Belle Fuson Parkison papers
MSS.037
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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
Belle Fuson Parkison papers MSS.037
Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Biographical Note / Historical Note / Administrative History......................................................................4
Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................4
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................5
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 7
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Summary Information
Repository
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Title
Belle Fuson Parkison papers
Date
1882-1912
Extent
0.3 Cubic feet 1 box
Language
English
Preferred Citation
Belle Fuson Parkison papers, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries
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Belle Fuson Parkison papers MSS.037
Biographical Note / Historical Note / Administrative History
Belle Fuson Parkison was a teacher in the Delaware County Schools for many years in the first half of
the twentieth century. She obtained her training at the Indiana State Normal School, Eastern Division, the
forerunner of Ball State University. She is said to have taught in most of the schools in the county during
her career and was one of the four critic teachers when the critic program started more than a half century
ago.
The Archives & Special Collections has little biographical information about Belle, except that she had
at least two children, Bob Parkison (deceased) and Ernest Parkison (deceased) - see Ernest’s collection in
MSS 31.
Scope and Contents
The Collection contains a variety of early twentieth century publications, including Arbor Vitae, 1916;
The Helicon, 1912; XYZ, 1902, 1906, 1907; The Muncie Club in Minstrelsy, 1902.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Conditions Governing Access
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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 from Ben Parkison on
1979/01/10.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
EAD finding aid created 2012/10/01 by Julie Hausknecht. EAD finding aid revised 2013/07/31 by Leslie
Nellis.
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
• Publications
Geographic Name(s)
• Delaware County (Ind.)
• Muncie (Ind.)
Subject(s)
• Education
• Family--History
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• Stoeckel Archives of Local History
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Collection Inventory
Arbor vitae, Muncie national institute, 1916
Elk's Street Carnival, Muncie, Indiana. B.P.O.E. 245, 1899 June
The Helicon, Muncie high school, 1901 June
Kitselman brothers, the duplex automatic ball, bearing woven wire fence
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machine, 1902
The Muncie Club in minstrelcy, 1902
Muncie High School commencement notice, June 16, 1882
Muncie of Today, 1905
The Munsonian, Muncie high school commencement number, 1912
XYZ Annual, 1902 June
XYZ Annual, 1906
XYZ papers, annual, 1907
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Miscellany, (notes on the Kitselman family), undated
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