Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
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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
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Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Historical Note............................................................................................................................................... 4
Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5
Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................ 5
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................6
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 8
Series 1: Muncie Schools and Communities Longfellow Elementary School interview forms and
tapes, 2008-2009...................................................................................................................................... 8
Series 2: Muncie Schools and Communities Storer Elementary School interview forms and tapes,
2009........................................................................................................................................................ 11
Series 3: Muncie Schools and Communities Mitchell Elementary School interview forms and tapes,
2008........................................................................................................................................................ 13
Series 4: Muncie Schools and Communities Sutton Elementary School interview forms and tapes,
2008........................................................................................................................................................ 16
Series 5: Muncie Schools and Communities Grissom Elementary School interview forms and tapes,
2009........................................................................................................................................................ 18
Series 6: Muncie Schools and Communities Northview Elementary School interview forms and tapes,
2009........................................................................................................................................................ 22
Series 7: Muncie Schools and Communities Southside High School interview forms and tapes,
2007........................................................................................................................................................ 23
Series 8: Muncie Schools and Communities Westview Elementary School interview forms and tapes,
2008........................................................................................................................................................ 23
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Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Summary Information
Repository
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Title
Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Date
2007-2009
Extent
2.0 Cubic feet 2 boxes
Language
English
Preferred Citation
Muncie Schools and Communities Project records, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State
University Libraries
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Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Historical Note
Ball State University students documented the Muncie Community School Corporation from 2007-2009
through a series of interviews, surveys, and observations. The project encompassed several elementary
schools including Longfellow, Storer, Mitchell, Sutton, Grissom, Northview, and Westview as well as
Southside High School.
EDFON 420 is an academic class at Ball State University that studies the complex relationships between
schools and society through the disciplines of sociology, history, and philosophy of education. The goal
of the class is to develop disciplines of normatives, interpretive, and critical perspectives on education.
Scope and Contents
This collection includes taped interviews, metadata forms, and photographs from several Ball State
University EDFON 420 classes in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 2007 to 2009.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Muncie School and Communities Longfellow Elementary School interview forms and
tapes, 2008-2009
Series 2: Muncie Schools and Communities Storer Elementary School interview forms and tapes,
2009
Series 3: Muncie Schools and Communities Mitchell Elementary School interview forms and
tapes, 2008
Series 4: Muncie Schools and Communities Sutton Elementary School interview forms and tapes,
2008
Series 5: Muncie Schools and Communities Grissom Elementary School interview forms and
tapes, 2009
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Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Series 6: Muncie Schools and Communities Northview Elementary School interview forms and
tapes, 2009
Series 7: Muncie Schools and Communities Southside High School interview forms and tapes,
2007
Series 8: Muncie Schools and Communities Westview Elementary School interview forms and
tapes, 2008
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 records donation from Mark
Malaby.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2012/04/09 by Bethany Fiechter. EAD finding aid created 2012/04/09
by Bethany Fiechter.
Related Materials
Related Archival Materials
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Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Materials relating to this collection may be found in the following collections in Archives and Special
Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie IN:
MSS.094: Muncie Community School records, 1874-1991
MSS.171: Delaware County Public Schools directories, 1904-1968
SC.276: Muncie Community Schools records, 1880s, 1920s, 2004
For more information on related items within Archives and Special Collections, please visit our Education
Resources subject guide: http://bsu.libguides.com/archiveseducationresources?hs=a
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
•
•
•
•
Documents
Interviews
Photographs
Surveys
Geographic Name(s)
• Delaware County (Ind.)
• Muncie (Ind.)
Personal Name(s)
• Malaby, Mark
Subject(s)
• Ball State University--Students
• Delaware County (Ind.)--History--21st century--Sources
• Education
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Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
• Elementary schools
• High school
• Muncie (Ind.)--History--21st century--Sources
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Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Series 1: Muncie Schools and Communities Longfellow Elementary School inte...
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Muncie Schools and Communities Longfellow Elementary School interview forms and
tapes, 2008-2009
Longfellow School "Economics" interview forms and tape, 2008/03/17
Box
1
Mixed materials
Folder
1
Longfellow School "Economics" interview forms and tapes, 2008/03/18
Box
1
Mixed materials
Folder
2
Longfellow School "School Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2008/02/14
Box
1
Mixed materials
Longfellow School "School Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2008/02/28
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Folder
3
Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Series 1: Muncie Schools and Communities Longfellow Elementary School inte...
Box
1
Mixed materials
Folder
4
Longfellow School "School Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2008/03/17
Mixed materials
Box
1
Folder
5
Box
1
Folder
6
Box
1
Folder
7
Box
1
Folder
8
Longfellow School "People" interview forms and tape, 2008/02/13
Mixed materials
Longfellow School "People" interview forms and tape, 2008/03/05
Mixed materials
Longfellow School "People" interview forms and tape, 2008/04/02
Mixed materials
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Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Series 1: Muncie Schools and Communities Longfellow Elementary School inte...
Longfellow School "Living Spaces" interview forms, 2008/03/17
Box
1
Mixed materials
Folder
9
Longfellow School "Living Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2008/03/19
Mixed materials
Box
1
Folder
10
Box
1
Folder
11
Box
1
Folder
12
Longfellow School release forms, 2008/03/05
Text
Longfellow School release forms, 2008/03/19
Text
Longfellow School release forms, 2008/03/26
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Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Series 2: Muncie Schools and Communities Storer Elementary School intervie...
Text
Box
1
Folder
13
Box
1
Folder
14
Box
1
Folder
15
Longfellow School release forms, 2008/04/07
Text
Longfellow School photographs, circa 2008
Computer disks /
tapes
Series 2: Muncie Schools and Communities Storer Elementary School interview forms and tapes,
2009
Storer School "Economics" interview forms and tape, 2009 Nov.
Box
1
Mixed materials
Storer School "Economics" interview forms and tape, 2009/10/21
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Folder
16
Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Series 2: Muncie Schools and Communities Storer Elementary School intervie...
Mixed materials
Box
1
Folder
17
Box
1
Folder
18
Box
1
Folder
19
Storer School "Economics" interview forms and tape, 2009/10/22
Mixed materials
Storer School "People" interview forms and tape, 2009/10/19
Mixed materials
Storer School "School Spaces" and "People" interview forms and tape, 2009/10/14
Box
1
Mixed materials
Folder
20
Storer School "School Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2009/10/09
Box
1
Mixed materials
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Folder
21
Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Series 3: Muncie Schools and Communities Mitchell Elementary School interv...
Storer School "Living Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2009/10/05
Box
1
Mixed materials
Folder
22
Storer School "Living Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2009/10/14
Box
1
Mixed materials
Folder
23
Series 3: Muncie Schools and Communities Mitchell Elementary School interview forms and tapes,
2008
Mitchell School project documentation, 2008/12/06
Box
1
Text
Folder
24
Mitchell School "Economics" interview forms and tape, 2008/10/20
Box
1
Mixed materials
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Folder
25
Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Series 3: Muncie Schools and Communities Mitchell Elementary School interv...
Mitchell School "Economics" interview forms and tape, 2008/11/12
Box
1
Mixed materials
Folder
26
Mitchell School "Economics" interview forms and tape, 2008/11/12
Box
1
Mixed materials
Folder
27
Mitchell School "Economics" interview forms and tape, 2008/11/13
Box
1
Mixed materials
Folder
28
Mitchell School "Economics" interview forms and tape, 2008/11/16
Box
1
Mixed materials
Mitchell School "Living Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2008/10/12
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Folder
29
Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Series 3: Muncie Schools and Communities Mitchell Elementary School interv...
Box
1
Mixed materials
Folder
30
Mitchell School "Living Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2008/10/24
Box
1
Mixed materials
Folder
31
Mitchell School "Living Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2008/10/29
Mixed materials
Box
1
Folder
32
Box
1
Folder
33
Box
1
Folder
34
Mitchell School "People" interview forms and tape, 2008/11/12
Mixed materials
Mitchell School "School Spaces" interview forms, 2008/10/02
Text
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Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Series 4: Muncie Schools and Communities Sutton Elementary School intervie...
Mitchell School "School Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2008/10/08
Box
1
Mixed materials
Folder
35
Mitchell School "School Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2008/10/29
Box
1
Mixed materials
Folder
36
Mitchell School "School Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2008/11/12
Box
1
Mixed materials
Folder
37
Series 4: Muncie Schools and Communities Sutton Elementary School interview forms and tapes,
2008
Sutton School project documentation, 2008/10/30
Box
1
Text
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Folder
38
Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Series 4: Muncie Schools and Communities Sutton Elementary School intervie...
Sutton School project documentation, 2008/12/05
Box
1
Text
Folder
39
Sutton School "Living Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2008/10/08
Mixed materials
Box
1
Folder
40
Box
1
Folder
41
Sutton School "Living Spaces" interview forms, 2008/10/29
Mixed materials
Sutton School "Living Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2008/11/21
Box
1
Mixed materials
Sutton School "School Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2008/10/30
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Folder
42
Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Series 5: Muncie Schools and Communities Grissom Elementary School intervi...
Box
1
Mixed materials
Folder
43
Sutton School "Living Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2008/11/07
Box
1
Mixed materials
Folder
44
Sutton School "School Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2008/11/07
Box
1
Mixed materials
Folder
45
Series 5: Muncie Schools and Communities Grissom Elementary School interview forms and
tapes, 2009
Grissom School Culvar home history documents, 2009/01/14
Text
Box
2
Folder
1
Box
Folder
Grissom School survey documents, 2009/03/03
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Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Series 5: Muncie Schools and Communities Grissom Elementary School intervi...
Text
2
2
Box
2
Folder
3
Grissom release forms, 2009/05/07
Text
Grissom School "Economics" interview forms and tape, 2009/03/21
Box
2
Mixed materials
Folder
4
Grissom School "Economics" interview forms and tape, 2009/04/08
Box
2
Mixed materials
Folder
5
Grissom School "Economics" interview forms and tape, 2009/04/20
Box
2
Mixed materials
Grissom School "People" interview forms and tape, 2009/02/27
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Folder
6
Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Series 5: Muncie Schools and Communities Grissom Elementary School intervi...
Mixed materials
Box
2
Folder
7
Box
2
Folder
8
Box
2
Folder
9
Box
2
Folder
10
Box
2
Folder
11
Grissom School "People" interview forms and tape, 2009 Mar.
Mixed materials
Grissom School "People" interview forms and tape, 2009/03/19
Mixed materials
Grissom School "People" interview forms and tape, 2009/04/01
Mixed materials
Grissom School "People" interview forms and tape, 2009/04/14
Mixed materials
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Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Series 5: Muncie Schools and Communities Grissom Elementary School intervi...
Grissom School "People" interview forms and tape, 2009/04/16
Mixed materials
Box
2
Folder
12
Box
2
Folder
13
Box
2
Folder
14
Grissom School "People" interview forms and tape, 2009/04/17
Mixed materials
Grissom School "People" interview forms and tape, 2009/06/02
Mixed materials
Grissom School "School Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2009/03/25
Box
2
Mixed materials
Grissom School "Living Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2009/03/01
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Folder
15
Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Series 6: Muncie Schools and Communities Northview Elementary School inter...
Box
2
Mixed materials
Folder
16
Grissom School "Living Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2009/03/27
Box
2
Mixed materials
Folder
17
Series 6: Muncie Schools and Communities Northview Elementary School interview forms and
tapes, 2009
Northview School "School Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2009/04/04
Box
2
Mixed materials
Folder
18
Northview School "School Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2009/04/07
Box
2
Mixed materials
Folder
19
Northview School "Living Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2009/04/13
Box
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Folder
Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Series 7: Muncie Schools and Communities Southside High School interview f...
Mixed materials
2
20
Box
2
Folder
21
Northview School "People" interview forms and tape, 2009/04/20
Mixed materials
Series 7: Muncie Schools and Communities Southside High School interview forms and tapes,
2007
Southside School "School Spaces," "Living Spaces," and "People" interview forms and tape,
2007/09/20-2007/11/27
Box
2
Mixed materials
Folder
22
Series 8: Muncie Schools and Communities Westview Elementary School interview forms and
tapes, 2008
Westview School "Economics" interview forms and tape, 2008/04/02
Box
2
Mixed materials
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Folder
23
Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Series 8: Muncie Schools and Communities Westview Elementary School interv...
Westview School "Economics" interview forms and tape, 2008/04/03
Box
2
Mixed materials
Folder
24
Westview School "Economics" interview forms and tape, 2008/04/07
Mixed materials
Box
2
Folder
25
Box
2
Folder
26
Box
2
Folder
27
Westview School "People" interview forms and tape, 2008/04/07
Mixed materials
Westview School "People" interview forms and tape, 2008/04/08
Mixed materials
Westview School "Living Spaces" and "People" interview forms and tape, 2008/02/23
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Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Series 8: Muncie Schools and Communities Westview Elementary School interv...
Box
2
Mixed materials
Folder
28
Westview School "Living Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2008/03/20
Box
2
Mixed materials
Folder
29
Westview School "Living Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2008/04/01
Box
2
Mixed materials
Folder
30
Westview School "Living Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2008/04/02
Box
2
Mixed materials
Folder
31
Westview School "School Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2008/02/29
Box
2
Mixed materials
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Folder
32
Muncie Schools and Communities Project records
Series 8: Muncie Schools and Communities Westview Elementary School interv...
Westview School "School Spaces" and "Living Spaces" interview forms and tape, 2008/03/11
Mixed materials
Box
2
Folder
33
Box
2
Folder
34
Box
2
Folder
35
Box
2
Folder
36
Westview School "Living Spaces" photographs, 2008/04/19
Computer disks /
tapes
Westview School photographs, 2008/04/07
Computer disks /
tapes
Westview School release forms, 2008/04/09
Text
Westview School release forms, 2008/04/11
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Series 8: Muncie Schools and Communities Westview Elementary School interv...
Box
2
Text
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Folder
37