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Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Alexander M. Bracken Library
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Muncie, Indiana, 47306
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Meridian Services, Inc. records and photographs MSS.246
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Administrative History...................................................................................................................................4
Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................6
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 8
Series 1: Meridian Services, Inc. annual reports, 1978-2007................................................................. 8
Series 2: Meridian Services, Inc. subject files, 1971-2006...................................................................10
Series 3: Meridian Services, Inc. artifacts, 1986-1995......................................................................... 18
Series 4: Meridian Services, Inc. electronic records, 1978-2005..........................................................18
Series 5: Meridian Services, Inc. certificates and scrapbooks oversize materials, 1961-2005..............19
Series 6: Meridian Services, Inc. photographs, 1970-2006.................................................................. 19
Series 7: Meridian Services, Inc. negatives, circa 1969-2006.............................................................. 19
Series 8: Meridian Services, Inc. reel-to-reel audio tapes, 1980, 1991.................................................19
Series 9: Meridian Services, Inc. slides, 1969-2006............................................................................. 19
Series 10: Meridian Services, Progress Has Marked the Times Interviews video, 2006/10/05............ 19
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Repository
Creator
Creator
Title
Date
Extent
Language
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Comprehensive Mental Health Services. (Muncie, Ind.)
Gresham, Suzanne L., Dr.
Meridian Services, Inc. records and photographs
1961-2006
3.9 Cubic feet 10 boxes
English
Preferred Citation
Meridian Services, Inc. records and photographs, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University
Libraries
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Meridian Services, originally named Comprehensive Mental Health Services (CMHS), was incorporated in 1971 and designated a community mental health center serving Delaware, Henry, and Jay counties in 1976. Over the years it expanded its services throughout East Central Indiana and became a regional, private, nonprofit behavioral healthcare system offering inpatient and outpatient services. Residents of the served communities make up a volunteer Board of Directors that governs Meridian Services.
In 2005, CMHS changed its name to Meridian Services, Inc. It is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and certified by the Indiana Division of Mental
Health and Addictions.
This collection includes annual reports, grants records, newspaper clippings, newsletters, artifacts, certificates, scrapbooks, photographs, negatives, slides, an audio tape, and a video recording from
Meridian Services, Inc. in Delaware, Henry, and Jay counties, Indiana ranging from 1961-2006 regarding the history and administration of the mental health center.
Arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Meridian Services, Inc. annual reports, 1978-2007
Series 2: Meridian Services, Inc. subject files, 1971-2006
Series 3: Meridian Services, Inc. artifacts, 1986-1995
Series 4: Meridian Services, Inc. electronic records, 1978-2005
Series 5: Meridian Services, Inc. certificates and scrapbooks oversize materials, 1961-2005
Series 6: Meridian Services, Inc. photographs, 1970-2006
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Series 7: Meridian Services, Inc. negatives, 1969-2006
Series 8: Meridian Services, Inc. autio tape, 1981, 1991
Series 9: Meridian Services, Inc. slides, 1969-2006
Series 10: Meridian Services, Progress Has Marked the Times Interviews video, 2006/10/05
Publication Information
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
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 donation from Meridian Services,
Inc. on 2006/04/24.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2006/11/01 by Jennifer Gray. Finding aid created 2006/11/01 Jennifer
Gray. Finding aid revised 2008/02/01 by Maren L. Read. Finding aid revised 2009/05/29 by Rachel N.
Miller. EAD finding aid completed 2012/04/03 by Lisa Barney. EAD finding aid revised 2012/09/28 by
Bethany Fiechter.
Existence and Location of Copies
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Digital reproductions of Meridian Services, Inc. records are available electronically in the Ball State
University Digital Media Repository: http://libx.bsu.edu/.
Corporate Name(s)
• Meridian Services, Inc. (Muncie, Ind.)
Genre(s)
• Clippings
• Newsletters
• Photographs
• Scrapbooks
• Video recordings
Geographic Name(s)
• Delaware County (Ind.)
• Delaware County (Ind.)--History--20th century--Sources
• Delaware County (Ind.)--History--21st century--Sources
• Muncie (Ind.)
• Muncie (Ind.)--History 21st century--Sources
• Muncie (Ind.)--History--20th century--Sources
Subject(s)
• Counseling
• Mental health
• Mental health services
• Mental illness
• Psychiatry
• Psychology
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• Stoeckel Archives of Local History
• Substance abuse
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Series 1: Meridian Services, Inc. annual reports, 1978-2007
Series 1: Meridian Services, Inc. annual reports, 1978-2007
Annual reports, 1978-1979
Annual reports, 1979-1980
Annual reports, 1980-1981
Annual reports, 1981-1982
Annual reports, 1982-1983
Annual reports, 1983-1984
Annual reports, 1984-1985
Annual reports, 1985-1986
Annual reports, 1986-1987
Annual reports, 1987-1988
Annual reports, 1988-1989
5
6
3
4
Folder
1
2
9
10
7
8
11
1
1
1
1
Box
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
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Series 1: Meridian Services, Inc. annual reports, 1978-2007
Annual reports, 1989-1990
Annual reports, 1990-1991
Annual reports, 1991-1992
Annual reports, 1992-1993
Annual reports, 1993-1994
Annual reports, 1994-1995
Annual reports, 1995-1996
Annual reports, 1996-1997
Annual reports, 1997-1998
Annual reports, 1998-1999
Annual reports, 1999-2000
Annual reports, 2000-2001
Annual reports, 2001-2002
Annual reports, 2002-2003
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
23
24
25
21
22
19
20
17
18
15
16
12
13
14
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Series 2: Meridian Services, Inc. subject files, 1971-2006
Annual reports, 2003
Annual reports, 2004
Annual reports, 2005
Annual reports, 2005-2006
Annual reports, 2006-2007
Series 2: Meridian Services, Inc. subject files, 1971-2006
1
1
1
1
1
Continuum of Care Homeless Assistant competition application, 1998
Vocational Services Project application, 1985/10/15
Articles of incorporation, 1971
Articles of incorporation amendments, 1974
"Cultivate Your Business" expo CMHS advertisement, 1998
Comprehensive Mental Health Services (CMHS) 25th anniversary invitation and program, 2001
1
1
1
1
Box
1
1
35
36
33
34
Folder
31
32
26
27
28
29
30
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Series 2: Meridian Services, Inc. subject files, 1971-2006
Comprehensive Mental Health Services (CMHS) flyers and brochures, undated
Comprehensive Mental Health Services (CMHS) name change notes and logo examples, undated
Community and referral surveys and summary results reports, undated
Community Support Services, Chronically Mentally Ill Services summary report and plan, 1984/11/02
Corporate Challenge (YMCA) schedule and policies, 1985
Letters of support and miscellaneous correspondence, 1974-1994
Tillotson facility dedication correspondence, 1992
Facilities drawings, circa 1970s
Klingel-Dowd, Susan. "Focus Group Interviews Recap and
Recommendations." Comprehensive Mental Health Services, Muncie, May
15, 1999.
Basic Planning Grant contract and management plan, 1984
Community Management for the Severely Mentally Ill grant application,
1988/03/30
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
46
47
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
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Series 2: Meridian Services, Inc. subject files, 1971-2006
Equipment Grants applications, correspondence, and reports, 1979-1985
Federal Operations grant application and comments, folder 1 of 5, 1980
Federal Operations grant application and comments, folder 2 of 5, 1980
Federal Operations grant application and comments, folder 3 of 5, 1980
Federal Operations grant application and comments, folder 4 of 5, 1980
Federal Operations grant application and comments, folder 5 of 5, 1980
Homeless Outreach case management application, 1996/02/21
Homeless Outreach contingency funds application, 1996/02/21
Homeless Outreach correspondence and other materials, 1988-1990
Homeless Outreach Team report and budget summary, 1993-1994
IMPACT program application and notes, 1997-1998
Initial Operations grant request and correspondence, folder 1 of 5, 1978
Initial Operations grant request and correspondence, folder 2 of 5, 1978
Initial Operations grant request and correspondence, folder 3 of 5, 1978
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
59
60
61
57
58
55
56
53
54
51
52
48
49
50
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Series 2: Meridian Services, Inc. subject files, 1971-2006
Initial Operations grant request and correspondence, folder 4 of 5, 1978
Initial Operations grant request and correspondence, folder 5 of 5, 1978
Initiation Grant application, folder 1 of 3, 1976
Initiation Grant application, folder 2 of 3, 1976
Initiation Grant application, folder 3 of 3, 1976
Inpatient Grant application, 1979-1980
Intermediate Grants contract and letter, 1984
Maternal and Child Health Grant application, 1987
Permanent Housing for the Handicapped Homeless application and notes, circa 1991-1992
Wood/Johnson Foundation - Chronically Mentally Ill Employment
Training Program grant request, circa 1987
Wood/Johnson Foundation - CSS Enhancement Project for Persons with
Long-Term Mental Illness at Risk for Hospitalization grant request,
1987-1989
Comprehensive Mental Health Services (CMHS) events guestbook,
1979-1995
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2 10
8
9
4
5
2
3
6
7
62
63
1
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Series 2: Meridian Services, Inc. subject files, 1971-2006
Comprehensive Mental Health Services (CMHS) historical highlights and summaries, 1969-1987
HUD Continuum of Care application, 1998
HUD letter from grant coordinators to mental health center directors,
1990/05/01
Hurley C. Goodall Apartments Dedication flyer, program, and letter, 1994
Medicaid Provider Enrollment as an approved Transportation Provider as a common carrier (not-for-profit) application and correspondence, 1997
Meridian Services 30th Anniversary booklets, 2006
Newspaper clippings, undated
Newspaper clippings, 1974
Newspaper clippings, 1975
Newspaper clippings, 1976
Newspaper clippings, 1977
Newspaper clippings, 1978
Newspaper clippings, 1979
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
22
23
20
21
18
19
16
17
14
15
11
12
13
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Series 2: Meridian Services, Inc. subject files, 1971-2006
Newspaper clippings, 1980
Newspaper clippings, 1982
Newspaper clippings, 1983
Newspaper clippings, 1984
Newspaper clippings, 1985
Newspaper clippings, 1986
Newspaper clippings, 1987
Newspaper clippings, 1988
Newspaper clippings, 1989
Newspaper clippings, 1990
Newspaper clippings, 1991
Newspaper clippings, 1992
Newspaper clippings, 1993
Newspaper clippings, 1994
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
35
36
37
33
34
31
32
29
30
27
28
24
25
26
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Series 2: Meridian Services, Inc. subject files, 1971-2006
Newspaper clippings, 1995
Newspaper clippings, 1997
Newspaper clippings, 1998
Newspaper clippings, 1999
Newspaper clippings, 2000
Newspaper clippings, 2001
Newspaper clippings, 2002
Newspaper clippings, 2003
Newspaper clippings, 2005
Comprehensive Mental Health Services (CMHS) advertisements newspaper clippings, 1998-2002
Associate organizations newsletters, 1973, 1993, 2000-2001
CMHS Connections newsletters, 1998 Feb.-Dec.
CMHS Connections newsletters, 1999
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
43
44
41
42
38
39
40
45
46
47
48
49
50
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Series 2: Meridian Services, Inc. subject files, 1971-2006
CMHS Connections newsletters, 2000
CMHS Connections newsletters, 2001
CMHS Connections newsletters, 2002
CMHS Connections newsletter, 2003 Jan.
Dialogue newsletters, 1980-1982
Patient Satisfaction articles, 1989 June
Associated Medical Network proposals, folder 1 of 2, 1991
Associated Medical Network proposals, folder 2 of 2, 1991
Community Support Services/Social Club Programs proposals,
1983/11/29
Intermediate Linkage Project proposals, 1983/11/29
Psychological Rehabilitation Model Projects proposals, 1985/10/15
Public presentations, undated and 1997
"Plan Development Report for Severely Disturbed Children and
Adolescents" report, 1984/08/28
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
56
57
54
55
58
1
51
52
53
4
5
2
3
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Series 3: Meridian Services, Inc. artifacts, 1986-1995
"Report to the People" flyer, 1976
Scrapbook I (use copy; original in OVA.246), 1973-1974
Scrapbook II (use copy; original in OVA.246), 1965-2004
Scrapbook III (use copy; original in OVA.246), 1961-1967, 1974
Series 3: Meridian Services, Inc. artifacts, 1986-1995
3
3
3
3
Comprehensive Mental Health Services (CMHS) coffee mug, undated
Comprehensive Mental Health Services (CMHS) staff photographs on foam board, undated
Comprehensive Mental Health Services (CMHS) t-shirts, 1986-1987, 1995, undated
Series 4: Meridian Services, Inc. electronic records, 1978-2005
Comprehensive Mental Health Services (CMHS) photographs discs, circa 1998-2000
Meridian Services annual reports disc, 1978-1988
Meridian Services annual reports disc, 1988-1994
Box
5
5
5
Box
4
4
4
6
7
8
9
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Series 5: Meridian Services, Inc. certificates and scrapbooks oversize mat...
5
Meridian Services annual reports disc, 1994-1999
Meridian Services annual reports disc, 1999-2005
OVA.246 Series 5: Meridian Services, Inc. certificates and scrapbooks oversize materials,
1961-2005
5
P.246 Series 6: Meridian Services, Inc. photographs, 1970-2006
PN.246 Series 7: Meridian Services, Inc. negatives, circa 1969-2006
R.246 Series 8: Meridian Services, Inc. reel-to-reel audio tapes, 1980, 1991
S.246 Series 9: Meridian Services, Inc. slides, 1969-2006
V.246 Series 10: Meridian Services, Progress Has Marked the Times Interviews video, 2006/10/05
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