John Hardacre transportation history collection
MSS.250
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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
John Hardacre transportation history collection MSS.250
Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Biographical Note.......................................................................................................................................... 4
Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................4
Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................ 5
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................5
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 7
Series 1: Hardacre, John transporation history files, 1941-1997............................................................ 7
Series 2: Hardacre, John transportation history oversize materials, 1941-1997..................................... 9
Series 3: Hardacre, John negatives, 1946-1948...................................................................................... 9
Series 4: Hardacre, John photographs, circa 1960s................................................................................ 9
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John Hardacre transportation history collection MSS.250
Summary Information
Repository
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Title
John Hardacre transportation history collection
Date
1941-1997
Extent
1.0 Cubic feet 1 box
Language
English
Preferred Citation
John Hardacre transportation history collection, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University
Libraries
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John Hardacre transportation history collection MSS.250
Biographical Note
Former Muncie Indiana Transit System (MITS) supervisor John Hardacre collected materials related to
Muncie's transporation history, focusing primarily on buses, and transportation in the State of Indiana.
Scope and Contents
This collection includes documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and artifacts ranging from 1944
to 1997 regarding transporation history in Muncie and the State of Indiana. The bulk of the collection
focuses on bus transportation. One file of note contains an article about journalist and news anchor Jim
Lehrer's transporation collection, and included with the article is a personal, handwritten note from Lehrer
to John Hardacre.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Hardacre, John transportation history files, 1941-1997
Series 2: Hardacre, John transportation history oversize matierals, 1941-1997
Series 3: Hardacre, John negatives, 1946-1948
Series 4: Hardacre, John photographs, circa 1960s
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
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John Hardacre transportation history collection MSS.250
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 donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2006/06 by R. Miller. EAD finding aid created 2012/03/07 by Lisa
Barney. EAD finding aid revised 2012/03/22 by Bethany Fiechter. EAD finding aid revised 2013/11/22
by Rebecca Marangelli.
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:
MSS.017: Interurban collection, 1941-1981
MSS.238: Muncie Indiana Transportation Systems (MITS) records, 1981-2003
Controlled Access Headings
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John Hardacre transportation history collection MSS.250
Geographic Name(s)
• Delaware County (Ind.)
• Muncie (Ind.)--History--20th century--Sources
Personal Name(s)
• Hardacre, John
Subject(s)
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Indiana--History
Local history
Stoeckel Archives of Local History
Transportation
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John Hardacre transportation history collection MSS.250
Series 1: Hardacre, John transporation history files, 1941-1997
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Hardacre, John transporation history files, 1941-1997
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach
Box
Folder
1
1
1
2
1
3
1
4
1
5
1
6
1
7
1
8
Employees of America Local 1499 by-laws, 1955
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach
Employees of America Local 1069, Denney and Hines Bus Company
memorandum of agreement, 1944/07/29
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach
Employees of America Local 1069, Indiana Railroad (Divison of Wesson
Company) memorandum of agreement, 1946/04/16
Amalgamated Transit Union membership cards, 1961, 1966
Barlas, Stephen The Bus Stops Here article and Lehrer, Jim
correspondence, undated
Cincinnati Car Corporation tag, undated
City of Muncie and State of Indiana History: Buses, Streetcars and
Interurbans scrapbook, 1957-1996
City Operator's daily report sheet, undated
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John Hardacre transportation history collection MSS.250
Series 1: Hardacre, John transporation history files, 1941-1997
Denney and Hines Bus Company and Wesson Company employee bus
1
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1
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1
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12
1
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pass books, undated
Denney and Hines Company and Wesson Company city bus operations
rule books, 1944 Oct., 1949 May
Hardacre, John "Your Operator" sign, undated
Indiana Railroad tag, undated
Muncie City Lines bus schedule, 1957
Muncie City Lines patch, undated
Muncie City Lines seniority roster, 1977/08/01
Muncie City Lines transfer tickets, undated
Muncie Transit System envelope and business card, undated
National Safety Council Safe Driver award, 1975/12/06
Southeastern Trailways insurance booklet, 1973
Transportation in Muncie and Indiana newspaper clippings, undated
Transportation in Muncie and Indiana newspaper clippings, 1941
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Series 2: Hardacre, John transportation history oversize materials, 1941-1...
Transportation in Muncie and Indiana newspaper clippings, 1987
Transportation in Muncie and Indiana newspaper clippings, 1990
Transportation in Muncie and Indiana newspaper clippings, 1991
Transportation in Muncie and Indiana newspaper clippings, 1997
War ration book, 1942
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OVA.250 Series 2: Hardacre, John transportation history oversize materials, 1941-1997
PN.250 Series 3: Hardacre, John negatives, 1946-1948
PSC.174 Series 4: Hardacre, John photographs, circa 1960s
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