Muncie Rock and Gem Club records
MSS.225
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Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Alexander M. Bracken Library
2000 W. University Avenue
Muncie, Indiana, 47306
765-285-5078
libarchives@bsu.edu
Muncie Rock and Gem Club records MSS.225
Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Administrative History...................................................................................................................................4
Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................5
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 7
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Summary Information
Repository
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Muncie Rock and Gem Club. (Muncie, Ind.)
Title
Muncie Rock and Gem Club records
Date
1971-2002
Extent
0.3 Cubic feet 1 box
Language
English
Preferred Citation
Muncie Rock and Gem Club records, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries
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Administrative History
The Muncie Rock and Gem Club was founded in March of 1971 by a handful of members of the local
community. Two of the charter members of the club were William "Bill" Dutton and his wife, Peggy.
The club states as its mission to inform and educate in the area of Earth sciences, especially rocks and
minerals. The Muncie Rock and Gem Club participated in state and national events with other likeminded clubs in places like Hartford City, Indianapolis, and Wabash, Indiana. The club also belonged to
a parent organization, the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies (AFMS). AFMS is broken into
seven regional divisions, with the Muncie Rock and Gem Club a member of the Midwest Federation. In
November, 2002, the club was voted out of existence, with Bill Dutton as the club's final president.
The club printed a monthly newsletter, The Happy Hounder, started in 1972 by Peggy Dutton and Betty
Broyles. The features of the Happy Hounder included club minutes, important speakers and events, and
club and member news. Often the newsletter included a feature on a pertinent area that each meeting
focused on. Examples of featured subjects included volcano eruption, a sample Mohs' scale, (used to
identify rock hardness) and diagrams of rocks and groups of rocks.
Club meetings convened on the first Thursday of each month, with the exception of July and August and
were held at the Fellowship Hall of Hazelwood Christian Church in Muncie. The Muncie Rock and Gem
Club consisted of an average of twenty to thirty members, most of whom remained members throughout
the club's existence. Membership reached a high in the mid-1990s with over thirty members.
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the Happy Hounder Newsletter (1975-2002), minutes (1995-2002), by-laws
(1971), and original artwork for the first newsletter (1972). Newsletters contain all events and activities of
the club, and also some budgetary information like dues and other administrative information such as club
officer elections, a yearly undertaking.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically.
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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
The Muncie Rock and Gem Records were received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation
from Winifred Wagoner on 2003/05/07.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2003/05 by J. Fox. Finding aid created 2003/05 by J. Fox. EAD finding
aid completed 2009/08/11 by Maren L. Read.
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
• Documents
• Newsletters
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Geographic Name(s)
• Muncie (Ind.)
Subject(s)
• Clubs
• Earth sciences
• Stoeckel Archives of Local History
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Collection Inventory
Attendence records, 1995-2000
By-laws, 1971
History, 1971
Minutes, 1995-2002
"Happy Hounder" newsletter, 1975-1979
"Happy Hounder" newsletter, 1980-1982
"Happy Hounder" newsletter, 1983-1985
"Happy Hounder" newsletter, 1986-1988
"Happy Hounder" newsletter, 1989-1991
"Happy Hounder" newsletter, 1992-1994
"Happy Hounder" newsletter, 1995-1997
"Happy Hounder" newsletter, 1998-2000
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"Happy Hounder" newsletter, 2001-2002
Newsletter original cover, 1972
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