Robert Stassen Burris Laboratory School collection
MSS.253
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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
Robert Stassen Burris Laboratory School collection MSS.253
Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Historical Note............................................................................................................................................... 4
Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................5
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 7
Series 1: Robert Stassen Burris Laboratory School records, 1930-1992................................................ 7
Series 2: Robert Stassen Burris Laboratory School photographs, 1930-1944........................................ 8
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Robert Stassen Burris Laboratory School collection MSS.253
Summary Information
Repository
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Title
Robert Stassen Burris Laboratory School collection
Date
1930-1992
Extent
0.3 Cubic feet 2 boxes and 1 folder
Language
English
Preferred Citation
Robert Stassen Burris Laboratory School collection, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State
University Libraries
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Robert Stassen Burris Laboratory School collection MSS.253
Historical Note
Established in 1929, as a part of Ball State University’s Teachers College and Muncie Schools, Burris
School was named after Dr. Benjamin Burris, Dean of the Ball State University’s Teachers College at the
time of the construction of the school. Since 1974, it has seen a separate school district and is no longer
considering a part of the Muncie Schools. In 1990, Burris, with the addition of the Indiana Academy
of Science, Mathematic and Humanities became a part of University Schools, which gives Ball State
University’s Board of Trustees the ultimate authority on school policies.
The bulk of the materials in this collection surround the scrapbook of Burris High School basketball
coach, Scott Fisher, who was an Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame inductee. In 1929, he established Burris’
basketball program, who would go on to dominate East Central Indiana basketball, including 6 straight
sectional titles from 1939-1944, participating in the Final Four in 1938 and won over 85% of games he
coached while at Burris.
Scope and Contents
This collection mostly consists of materials related to Burris High School athletics, senior classes
from the 1930s and 1940s and subsequent reunion materials from selected classes from the time
period. News clippings, commencement programs and a memory book can be found in the collection.
Fisher’s scrapbook includes team stats and information and also includes photos of Burris athletic teams
(including the basketball teams), photographs of basketball players and members of the track team. A
section of the Burris High School gym is also included in the collection.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Robert Stassen Burris Laboratory School records, 1930-1992
Series 2: Robert Stassen Burris Laboratory School photographs, 1930-1944
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Robert Stassen Burris Laboratory School collection MSS.253
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 donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2006/09 by R. Miller. EAD finding aid created 2012/10/19 by Julie
Hausknecht. EAD finding aid revised 2012/11/06 by Bethany Fiechter.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
• Burris Laboratory School. (Muncie, Ind.)
Genre(s)
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Documents
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Yearbooks
Geographic Name(s)
• Muncie (Ind.)
Personal Name(s)
• Fisher, Scott
Subject(s)
• Basketball
• Education
• Laboratory schools
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Series 1: Robert Stassen Burris Laboratory School records, 1930-1992
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Robert Stassen Burris Laboratory School records, 1930-1992
"Burris Bash" information sheet, 1992
Burris faculty, 1946
Burris class documents, 1932-1938
Burris class documents, 1942
Burris class documents, 1943
Burris class documents, 1944
Burris Class of 1944, 60th reunion memory book order form, 2004
"Oracle" yearbook, 1945
Class of 1940 reunion materials, 1992
Scott Fisher biography sheet, undated
Fisher, Scott athletic scrapbook materials, 1930-1936
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Robert Stassen Burris Laboratory School collection MSS.253
Series 2: Robert Stassen Burris Laboratory School photographs, 1930-1944
Fisher, Scott athletic scrapbook materials, 1930-1931
Fisher, Scott athletic scrapbook materials, 1931-1932
Fisher, Scott athletic scrapbook materials, 1932-1933
Fisher, Scott athletic scrapbook materials, 1933-1934
Fisher, Scott athletic scrapbook materials, 1934-1935
Fisher, Scott athletic scrapbook materials, 1935-1936
Fisher, Scott athletic scrapbook materials, 1936-1937
Athletic records scrapbook newspaper clippings, 1933-1934
Athletic records scrapbook newspaper clippings, 1936-1937
Athletic records scrapbook newspaper clippings, 1974
Athletic records scrapbook newspaper clippings, undated
Burris gym floor, 1929-1992
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PSC.290 Series 2: Robert Stassen Burris Laboratory School photographs, 1930-1944
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