William A. Sutton papers
MSS.028
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William A. Sutton papers MSS.028
Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Biographical Note.......................................................................................................................................... 4
Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5
Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................ 6
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................6
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 8
Series 1: Sutton, William A. City Council documents, 1926-1975........................................................ 8
Series 2: Sutton, William A. subject files, 1929-1979......................................................................... 15
Series 3: Sutton, William A. Indiana Municipal League documents, 1950-1968.................................19
Series 4: Sutton, William A. Metropolitan Planning Commission documents, 1963-1985.................. 20
Series 5: Sutton, William A. Republican Party documents, 1956-1974............................................... 22
Series 6: Sutton, William A. photographs, circa 1913-1985................................................................ 24
Series 7: Sutton, William A. slides, 1926-1979....................................................................................24
Series 8: Sutton, William A. interview, 1980/05/27.............................................................................24
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William A. Sutton papers MSS.028
Summary Information
Repository
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Creator - Donor
Sutton, William
Title
William A. Sutton papers
Date
1913-1985
Extent
6.5 Cubic feet 6 boxes, 1 folder, 1 audio cassette, and 1 binder
Language
English
Preferred Citation
William A. Sutton papers, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries
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Biographical Note
William A. Sutton, English professor and Republican city councilman, was born in Cleveland, Ohio on
December 2, 1915. His father, Leonard Sutton, emigrated from England in 1911.
In 1936, Sutton received his B.A. degree from Western Reserve University, and went on to earn his M.A.
and Ph.D. degrees from Ohio State University in 1937 and 1943, respectively. Sutton taught English at
Ohio State University, Muskingum College, and the University of Tennessee before joining the faculty of
the Ball State University English department in 1947.
An active member of the First United Presbyterian Church, Sutton helped organize the Delaware County
Council of United Church Men. He also was responsible for the formation of the Delaware County Safety
Council, and served as president of the council for two years. In addition to these two organizations,
Sutton was also a member of the Executive Committee of the Delaware Council of the Boy Scouts
Association, member and president of the Muncie City Council, chairman of the Delaware County
Republican Central Committee, and a precinct committeeman.
Dr. Sutton retired from Ball State University on November 24, 1980.
Scope and Contents
This collection includes documents, photographs, slides and an interview from William A. Sutton in
Muncie ranging from 1913 to 1985 regarding Sutton's work with the local government, and in religious
and secular community organizations.
Arrangement
Series 1: Sutton, William A. City Council documents, 1926-1975
Subseries 1.1: City Council agendas and minutes, 1960-1967
Subseries 1.2: Committees documents, 1926-1975
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Subseries 1.3: City Council miscellaneous documents, 1959-1967
Series 2: Sutton, William A. subject files, 1929-1979
Series 3: Sutton, William A. Indiana Municipal League documents, 1950-1968
Series 4: Sutton, William A. Metropolitan Planning Commission documents, 1963-1985
Series 5: Sutton, William A. Republican Party documents, 1956-1974
Series 6: Sutton, William A. photographs, circa 1913-1985
Series 6: Sutton, William A. slides, 1926-1979
Series 6: Sutton, William A. interview, 1980/05/27
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Archives and Special Collections, Ball State
University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to
Archives and Special Collections.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a gift from Dr. William Sutton in
several donations from 1979 to 1980, and in 2007.
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Processing Information
Collection processing completed 1984/02/16 by R. Cumberbatch and D. Tambo. Finding aid revised
2007/03. EAD finding aid created 2012/03/22 by Lisa Barney. EAD finding aid revised 2012/04/03 by
Bethany Fiechter.
Related Materials
Related Archival Materials
Materials relating to this collection may be found in the following collections in Archives and Special
Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie IN:
RG.04.01.10: Faculty William Sutton papers, 1874-1980
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
•
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Documents
Maps
Photographs
Slides (Photography)
Geographic Name(s)
• Delaware County (Ind.)--History--20th century--Sources
• Delaware County (Ind.)--Politics and government--20th century--Sources
• Muncie (Ind.)--History--20th century--Sources
Subject(s)
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• Committees
• Local government
• Stoeckel Archives of Local History
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Series 1: Sutton, William A. City Council documents, 1926-1975
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Sutton, William A. City Council documents, 1926-1975
Subseries 1.1: City Council agendas and minutes, 1960-1967
City Council agenda and minutes, 1960, 1964-1965
City Council agenda and minutes, 1965
City Council agenda and minutes, 1966
City Council agenda and minutes, 1967
Box
Folder
1
1
1
2
1
3
1
4
Box
Folder
1
5
1
6
1
7
Subseries 1.2: Committees documents, 1926-1975
Annexation Committee correspondence, reports, and background
materials, 1962-1966
Elections Committee correspondence, reports, and notes, 1956
Elections Committee correspondence, reports, financial documents, and
publications, 1955-1963, 1974
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Subseries 1.2: Committees documents, 1926-1975
Elections Committee newspaper clippings, 1956-1960
Elections Committee newspaper clippings, 1964
Elections Committee newspaper clippings, 1965
Elections Committee newspaper clippings, 1966
Finance Committee budget articles, booklets, reports, and correspondence,
1
8
1
9
1
10
1
11
1
12
1
13
1
14
1
15
1
16
1
17
1
18
1
19
1
20
1959-1960
Finance Committee budget correspondence and reports, 1961
Finance Committee budget calendar and report, 1962
Finance Committee budget report, 1963
Finance Committee budget calendar, report, and expense estimates, 1964
Finance Committee budget report and correspondence, 1965
Finance Committee budget "Local Budget Analysis" booklet, 1966
Finance Committee budget report, 1967
Finance Committee budget report, 1968
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Subseries 1.2: Committees documents, 1926-1975
Indiana State Chamber of Commerce. Local Governmental Budget Study
1
21
1
22
1
23
1
24
1
25
1
26
1
27
1
28
1
29
1
30
Manual. Indiana State Chamber of Commerce, March 1956.
Financing Local Government in Delaware County booklets, 1962, 1964
Finance Committee salaries newspaper clippings, correspondence, and
reports, 1957, 1960-1965
Tax and Governmental Research Department, Muncie Chamber of
Commerce. Delaware County Statement of Receipts, Disbursements,
Appropriations and Budget Requests by Funds and Function, 1956-1960.
Muncie Chamber of Commerce, 1960.
Muncie Civil City Statement of Receipts, Disbursements, Appropriations
and Budget Requests by Funds and Function reports, 1956-1964
Muncie Civil City Statement of Receipts, Disbursements, Appropriations
and Budget Requests by Funds and Function reports, 1960-1967
Finance Committee taxes news article and publications, 1957, 1959-1960
Finance Committee taxes news articles, publications, and correspondence,
1960-1961
Finance Committee taxes news articles, publications, and correspondence,
1962-1964
Finance Committee taxes news articles and publications, 1965-1966
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Subseries 1.2: Committees documents, 1926-1975
Finance Committee correspondence, notes, and reports, 1958-1961
Juvenile Committee correspondence, resolutions, and legislation, circa
1
31
1
32
1
33
1
34
1
35
2
1
2
2
2
3
2
4
2
5
1960-1962
Legislative Liaison Committee news articles and correspondence,
1962-1963
Library and Schools Committee, Muncie Community Schools, and the
State Department of Public Instruction correspondence, publications, and
reports, 1960-1964
Library and Schools Committee, Muncie Public Library annual report,
1960
Ordinance Committee animals legislation, correspondence, and regulation
and code books, 1965
Ordinance Committee building and fire prevention code books, 1960
Ordinance Committee bus benches legislations, reports, correspondence,
and map, 1963-1965
Ordinance Committee Commission on Youth correspondence, legislation,
article, and reports, circa 1965
Ordinance Committee fluoridation of water correspondence and articles,
circa 1965
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Subseries 1.2: Committees documents, 1926-1975
Ordinance Committee salvage yards codes, articles, and correspondence,
2
6
2
7
2
8
2
9
2
10
2
11
2
12
2
13
2
14
2
15
2
16
2
17
1964
Ordinance Committee legislation, circa 1926-1958
Ordinance Committee legislation, circa 1958-1969
Ordinance Committee legislation, petitions, correspondence, photos, and
map, 1960
Ordinance Committee legislation, petitions, and correspondence, 1961
Ordinance Committee legislation, petitions, and correspondence, 1962
Ordinance Committee legislation, petitions, and correspondence, 1963
Ordinance Committee legislation, petitions, and correspondence, 1964
Ordinance Committee legislation, petitions, and correspondence, Folder 1
of 2, 1965
Ordinance Committee legislation, petitions, and correspondence, Folder 2
of 2, 1965
Ordinance Committee legislation, petitions, and correspondence, 1966
Ordinance Committee legislation, petitions, and correspondence, Folder 1
of 2, 1967
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Subseries 1.2: Committees documents, 1926-1975
Ordinance Committee legislation, petitions, and correspondence, Folder 2
2
18
2
19
2
20
2
21
3
1
3
2
3
3
3
4
3
5
3
6
of 2, 1967
Parks and Cemeteries Committee, Beech Grove Cemetary correspondence,
1964
Parks and Cemetaries Committee, Prairie Creek Reservoir correspondence,
legislation, articles, contracts, map, and publication, 1960-1964
Parks and Cemetaries Committee correspondence, reports, legislation, and
articles, circa 1955-1966
Police and Fire Committee, Fire Department correspondence, proposals,
and reports, 1954-1966
Police and Fire Committee, Fire Department correspondence, reports, and
legislation, undated
Police and Fire Department Committee merit plan correspondence, reports,
and legislation, 1961-1965. 1975
Police and Fire Committee, Police Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous
Drugs news articles, correspondence, and resolution, 1965
Police and Fire Committee, Police Juvenile Division report and
questionnaire, 1964-1965
Police and Fire Committee, Police Traffic Division correspondence,
1963-1966
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Subseries 1.2: Committees documents, 1926-1975
Police and Fire Committee, Police Department correspondence, articles,
3
7
3
8
3
9
3
10
3
11
3
12
3
13
3
14
3
15
publications, budget proposals, and reports, 1959-1967
Police and Fire Committee, Police Department notes, publications,
regulations, and personnel lists, undated
Police and Fire Committee correspondence, circa 1967
Railroads Committee correspondence, reports, and articles, circa
1954-1964
Sanitation Committee, Muncie Sanitary District correspondence,
legislation, and reports, 1964-1966
Sanitation Committee correspondence, publications, and reports,
1961-1966
Sewage Disposal Committee, Ernest R. Hamilton Associates, Inc. Master
Plan for Sewage and Treatment Facilities. Ernest R. Hamilton Associates,
Inc., December 1964.
Snow Removal Committee correspondence, reports, and articles,
1963-1965
Streets and Alleys Committee correspondence, petitions, reports, and
articles, 1960-1967
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Subseries 1.3: Miscellaneous City Council documents, 1959-1967
Survey Committee Citizens Survey Committee. Survey of Health, Welfare
3
16
3
17
Box
Folder
3
18
3
19
3
20
Box
Folder
3
21
3
22
3
23
and Recreation in Delaware County, Indiana. Citizens Survey Committee,
March 1966.
Traffic Committee correspondence, 1960-1967
Subseries 1.3: Miscellaneous City Council documents, 1959-1967
Questionnaires, 1960
City Council notes, correspondence, and articles, 1959-1964
City Council correspondence, reports, and articles, 1965-1967
Series 2: Sutton, William A. subject files, 1929-1979
Affirmative Action Plan for Equal Opportunity Employment, affirmative
action correspondence, 1973
Amercians for Conservative Action newsletter, 1963
Board of Health publication, reports, and correspondence, circa
1945-1965
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Series 2: Sutton, William A. subject files, 1929-1979
Board of Public Works and Safety articles, proposals, and reports,
3
24
3
25
3
26
3
27
3
28
3
29
3
30
4
1
4
2
4
3
1962-1966
Boy Scouts of America publications, budget documents, and meeting
minutes, 1959-1962
Cable Television correspondence, 1965-1966
Chamber of Commerce (Muncie), Chief Munsee's Smoke Signals
newsletters, 1960, 1965
Chamber of Commerce (Muncie), Here is Your Indiana Government
booklets, 1947, 1949
Chamber of Commerce (Muncie), The Legislative Review reports, 1965,
1967
Chamber of Commerce (Muncie), Muncie-related reports, correspondence,
and legislation, 1960-1966
City Government articles, correspondence, and publication, circa
1962-1963
Clean-O-Rama, Muncie Plus, Inc., reports, articles, and correspondence,
1964-1969
National Cleanest Town Contest, 1966-1968
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Series 2: Sutton, William A. subject files, 1929-1979
Community Services Council of Delaware County, Indiana letter and
4
4
4
5
4
6
4
7
4
8
4
9
4
10
4
11
4
12
4
13
4
14
article, 1967
Crossroads Commission for Better Law Enforcement articles, press
releases, by-laws, and correspondence, 1974
Delaware County Safety Council intersection visibility correspondence,
drawings, and reports, 1960-1961
Delaware County Safety Council correspondence, reports, and articles,
1961-1965
Workshop on Federal Legislation on Education correspondence, programs,
and questionnaires, 1965
Human Rights Commission (Muncie) correspondence, meeting minutes,
reports, and publications, 1964-1967, 1973-1974
Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission publications and report, 1962-1964,
1966
Kiwanis Club newspaper clippings and meeting notes, 1969
League of Women Voters correspondence and brochure, 1961, 1967
Literature correspondence and essays, 1975-1976, 1978
Delaware County atlas and plat book, and map, 1963-1965
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Series 2: Sutton, William A. subject files, 1929-1979
Muncie street maps, circa 1952, 1962
Medical School, Ball State University correspondence and publication,
4
15
4
16
4
17
4
18
4
19
4
20
4
21
4
22
4
23
4
24
4
25
4
26
1964
Middletown and Middletown in Transition excerpts, 1929, 1937
Muncie Water Works accounting and rate study report, 1957-1960
Sutton notes, undated
Photographs, undated
Race Relations notes, articles, correspondence, and publications, 1938,
1947, 1970-1974
Delaware County Council of Churches correspondence, publications, and
reports, 1962, 1965-1966
Missions photograph and correspondence, circa 1953
United Church Men photograph and background materials, 1962, 1973
Religious associations correspondence and publications, 1961, 1965-1967
Senior citizens publications and workshop program, 1962, 1964
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Series 3: Sutton, William A. Indiana Municipal League documents, 1950-1968
4
27
4
28
4
29
4
30
Box
Folder
4
31
4
32
4
33
4
34
4
35
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals reports, proposals, and
correspondence, 1964-1965
Sutton, William A. autobiographical notes and photographs, undated
Miscellaneous reports, correspondence, news articles, and publications,
1960-1965
Miscellaneous reports, correspondence, news articles, and publications,
1966-1979
Series 3: Sutton, William A. Indiana Municipal League documents, 1950-1968
Constitutional Convention Study and Planning Committee meeting
minutes, 1964-1966
Constitutional Convention Study and Planning Committee correspondence,
reports, and articles, 1964
Constitutional Convention Study and Planning Committee correspondence,
publications, and news articles, Folder 1 of 2, 1965
Constitutional Convention Study and Planning Committee correspondence,
publications, and news articles, Folder 2 of 2, 1965
Constitutional Convention Study and Planning Committee correspondence,
1966-1967
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Series 4: Sutton, William A. Metropolitan Planning Commission documents, 1...
Constitutional Convention Study and Planning Committee correspondence,
4
36
5
1
5
2
5
3
5
4
5
5
5
6
5
7
undated
Constitutional Revision correspondence, notes, and meeting minutes,
Folder 1 of 2, 1968
Constitutional Revision correspondence, notes, and meeting minutes,
Folder 2 of 2, 1968
Indiana Municipal League newsletter, 1963-1966
Resolutions Committee correspondence, reports, and resolutions,
1965-1966
Indiana Municipal League correspondence, codes and regulations, and city
officials roster, 1950-1951, 1961-1967
Indiana Municipal League correspondence and legislation, 1965
Indiana Municipal League correspondence and legislation, 1966-1967
Series 4: Sutton, William A. Metropolitan Planning Commission documents, 1963-1985
Metropolitan Planning Commission agendas and meeting minutes, 1964
Metropolitan Planning Commission agendas and meeting minutes, 1965
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Box
Folder
5
8
5
9
William A. Sutton papers MSS.028
Series 4: Sutton, William A. Metropolitan Planning Commission documents, 1...
Metropolitan Planning Commission agendas and meeting minutes, 1966
Metropolitan Planning Commission agendas and meeting minutes, 1967
5
10
5
11
5
12
5
13
5
14
5
15
5
16
5
17
5
18
5
19
Jan.-June
Metropolitan Planning Commission agendas and meeting minutes, 1967
July-Dec.
Metropolitan Planning Commission annual reports, 1963, 1966
Board of Zoning Appeals petitions, correspondence, reports, and maps,
1961-1969
Harland Bartholomew and Associates. The Comprehensive Plan: Muncie,
Indiana and Environs. Report prepared for the City Plan Commission,
Muncie, March 1963.
Cole and Williams Engineering Joint Venture. "Supplementary Report
on Needs and Finance for County Roads and City Streets in Delaware
County," Guidelines for Progress: Indiana Highways-Roads-Streets,
1966-1985, March, 1967.
Development correspondence and reports, 1965-1967
Metropolitan Planning Program proposal and correspondence, 1966-1967
Property Responsibility Code proposals, notes, and correspondence, 1967
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Series 5: Sutton, William A. Republican Party documents, 1956-1974
Metropolitan Planning Commission staff reports, 1966-1968
Barton-Aschman Associates. "Study Design: Comprehensive Land Use -
5
20
6
1
6
2
6
3
6
4
6
5
Box
Folder
6
6
6
7
6
8
Transportation Study, Delaware-Muncie Metropolitan Area," February 2,
1967.
Urban renewal correspondence, publications, and reports, 1961-1966
Delaware-Muncie Metropolitan Plan Commission. "Comprehensive
Planning for the Delaware County Metropolitan Area: An Outline of the
Work Program for 1968," June 1967.
Metropolitan Planning Commission correspondence, proposals,
resolutions, and maps, 1960-1967
Metropolitan Planning Commission correspondence, news articles,
publications, and maps, undated
Series 5: Sutton, William A. Republican Party documents, 1956-1974
Congressmen Ralph Harvey and Richard Roudebush reports, 1963-1967
The Delaware County Republican newsletter, 1966-1967
"John Hampton for Mayor" photograph and campaign notes, undated
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Series 5: Sutton, William A. Republican Party documents, 1956-1974
"Ralph Harvey for Congress" brochure, correspondence, and news articles,
6
9
6
10
6
11
6
12
6
13
6
14
6
15
6
16
6
17
6
18
6
19
6
20
circa 1966
"Hobary Wray for Mayor" photograph, brochure, and correspondence,
1963
Miscellaneous correspondence, publications, and bumper stickers, circa
1956-1963
Muncie and Delaware County elections maps, 1956, 1965
Elections miscellaneous correspondence, notes, and reports, circa
1956-1968
Finance Committee correspondence, 1963
Precincts handbook, lists, correspondence, and maps, circa 1958-1974
Precincts lists and maps, undated
"The Redistricting Problem in Muncie" questionnaires, circa 1962
Republican Party miscellaneous questionnaires, circa 1960-1963
Republican voters lists, 1959
Women's Division brochures and correspondence, circa 1963-1971
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Series 6: Sutton, William A. photographs, circa 1913-1985
Young Republicans correspondence, press release, and rosters, circa
6
21
6
22
6
23
6
24
1963-1964
Republican Party rosters and notes, undated
Republican Party correspondence, 1956-1967
Republican Party brochures, correspondence, and rosters, undated
PSC.022 Series 6: Sutton, William A. photographs, circa 1913-1985
S.001 Series 7: Sutton, William A. slides, 1926-1979
R.015 Series 8: Sutton, William A. interview, 1980/05/27
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