Delaware County Tuberculosis Association records
MSS.141
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Delaware County Tuberculosis Association records MSS.141
Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Biographical Note / Historical Note / Administrative History......................................................................4
Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................6
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 8
Series 1: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association annual reports, 1925-1987..................................8
Series 2: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association meeting minutes and other related material,
1919-1984.................................................................................................................................................9
Series 3: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association correspondence and other written documents,
1925-1984...............................................................................................................................................15
Series 4: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association financial reports, 1953-1984............................ 19
Series 5: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association other reports, 1921-1984.................................. 21
Series 6: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association subject files, 1919-1991................................... 23
Series 7: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association scrapbooks, 1938-1991.................................... 25
Series 8: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association photographs, 1919-1934...................................26
Series 9: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association oversize materials, 1922, 1987.........................26
Series 10: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association film, circa 1950s-1960s..................................27
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Delaware County Tuberculosis Association records MSS.141
Summary Information
Repository
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Delaware County Tuberculosis Association.
Title
Delaware County Tuberculosis Association records
Date
1919-1991
Extent
6.5 Cubic feet 8 boxes, 1 box photographs, 1 oversize folder, 1 film
Language
English
Preferred Citation
Delaware County Tuberculosis Association records, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State
University Libraries
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Biographical Note / Historical Note / Administrative History
The Delaware County Tuberculosis Association (D.C.T.A.) Began in 1919 largely through the efforts
of Mrs. Elem Whiteley and the State Tuberculosis Association. Three years later, the Association
incorporated because it was decided that the efforts of association members could no longer be sustained
on a purely voluntary basis. Many of the wives of the Ball brothers sat on the first board and E.B. ball
became president of the D.C.T.A. in 1923. Thereafter, its resources and efforts doubled in the community
with broad educational, preventative, and treatment programs. Relationships with organizations like the
Visiting Nurses Association with even more resources.
Over the years, the D.C.T.A. has expanded its scope to include not only the causes of tuberculosis but
also other chest diseases, humanitarian visits to crippled children, and general improvement of health
practices within Delaware County. They instituted mass testing, x-raying, and treatment in Delaware
County for tuberculosis and were granted a small cottage on 1922 by Delaware County to act as a local
sanatorium. This, however, was not adequate to take care of the cases of tuberculosis the association
dealt with in Delaware County and so a long relationship with the Irene Byron Sanatorium in Fort Wayne
began. In 1958, The United Fund, a major supporter of the association, wanted to change it into a purely
educational organization. After investigating the idea it was decided to reduce the number of nurses
employed by the D.C.T.A. but to let it continue to function as it had. The number of tuberculosis cases
fell sharply during the period from the D.C.T.A.’s inception to 1962 when most of the sanatoriums on
the U.S. closed. The Delaware County Tuberculosis association continues its efforts today helping with
testing and education but also treatment when needed. It played an integral part in reducing the number
of tuberculosis cases as well as elevating the general level of education about infectious diseases in
Delaware County.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of files relating to the operation of the D.C.T.A. from 1919 to 1991. This includes
annual reports, short histories, scrapbooks, statistical reports on tuberculosis in Delaware County,
photographs, articles of incorporation, Christmas Seals sales, relations with other Delaware County
organizations, policy, employment practices, and various programs. OVA 50 consists of the 1922
Certificate of Incorporation and a 1987 Proclamation of “TB Awareness Week.”
Arrangement
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This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association annual reports, 1925-1987
Series 2: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association meeting minutes and other related materials,
1919-1984
Series 3: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association correspondence and other written documents,
1925-1984
Series 4: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association financial reports, 1953-1984
Series 5: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association other reports, 1921-1984
Series 6: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association subject files, 1919-1991
Series 7: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association scrapbooks, 1938-1991
Series 8: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association photographs, 1919-1934
Series 9: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association oversize materials, 1922, 1987
Series 10: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association film, circa 1950s-1960s
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
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No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection reprocessed 2013/10/06 by Leslie Nellis. EAD finding aid created 2009/03/26 by Maren Read.
EAD finding aid revised 2012/10/09 by Julie Hausknecht. EAD finding aid revised 2013/10/06 by Leslie
Nellis.
Existence and Location of Copies
Select materials from this collection have been digitized and are available online in the Ball State
University Libraries Digital Media Repository:
http://libx.bsu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/DlCnTbclsAs
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
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Correspondence
Financial records
Reports
Scrapbooks
Geographic Name(s)
• Delaware County (Ind.)
• Muncie (Ind.)
Subject(s)
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Health
Health education
Meetings
Organizations
Stoeckel Archives of Local History
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• Tuberculosis
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Series 1: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association annual reports, 1925-19...
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association annual reports, 1925-1987
Annual report, 1925
Annual report, 1926
Annual report, 1957
Annual report, 1964
Annual report, 1965
Annual report, 1966
Annual report, 1968
Annual report, 1969
Annual report, 1970
Annual report, 1971
Annual report, 1972
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Annual report, 1973
Annual report, 1975
Annual report, 1977
Annual report, 1978
Annual report, 1979
Annual report, 1981
Annual report, 1982
Annual report, 1983
Annual report, 1984
Annual report, 1987
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Series 2: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association meeting minutes and other related material,
1919-1984
Board members, former, 1940
Board minutes, related material, 1919-1920
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Board minutes, related material, 1921
Board minutes, related material, 1922
Board minutes, related material, 1923
Board minutes, related material, 1924
Board minutes, related material, 1925
Board minutes, related material, 1926
Board minutes, related material, 1927
Board minutes, related material, 1928
Board minutes, related material, 1929
Board minutes, related material, 1930
Board minutes, related material, 1931
Board minutes, related material, 1932
Board minutes, related material, 1933
Board minutes, related material, 1934
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Series 2: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association meeting minutes and oth...
Board minutes, related material, 1935
Board minutes, related material, 1936
Board minutes, related material, 1937
Board minutes, related material, 1938
Board minutes, related material, 1939
Board minutes, related material, 1940
Board minutes, related material, 1941
Board minutes, 1941
Board minutes, related material, folder 1, 1942
Board minutes, related material, folder 2, 1942
Board minutes, related material, folder 1, 1943
Board minutes, related material, folder 2, 1943
Board minutes, related material, folder 1, 1944
Board minutes, related material, folder 2, 1944
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Series 2: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association meeting minutes and oth...
Board minutes, related material, 1945
Board minutes, related material, 1946
Board minutes, related material, 1947
Board minutes, related material, 1948
Board minutes, related material, 1949
Board minutes, related material, 1950
Board minutes, related material, 1951
Board minutes, related material, 1952
Board minutes, related material, 1953
Board minutes, related material, 1954
Board minutes, related material, 1955
Board minutes, related material, 1956
Board minutes, related material, 1957
Board minutes, related material, 1958
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Series 2: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association meeting minutes and oth...
Board minutes, related material, 1959
Board minutes, related material, 1960
Board minutes, related material, 1961
Board minutes, related material, 1962
Board minutes, related material, 1963
Board minutes, related material, 1964
Board minutes, related material, 1965
Board minutes, related material, 1966
Board minutes, related material, 1967
Board minutes, related material, 1968
Board minutes, related material, 1969
Board minutes, related material, 1970
Board minutes, related material, 1971
Board minutes, related material, 1972
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Series 2: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association meeting minutes and oth...
Board minutes, related material, 1973
Board minutes, related material, 1974
Board minutes, related material, 1975
Board minutes, related material, 1976
Board minutes, related material, 1977
Board minutes, related material, 1978
Board minutes, related material, 1979
Board minutes, related material, 1980
Board minutes, related material, 1981
Board minutes, related material, 1982
Board minutes, related material, 1983
Board minutes, related material, 1984
Board minutes, education committee, 1965
Board minutes, property and budget committee, 1965
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Series 3: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association correspondence and othe...
Board minutes, seal letter committee, 1965
Board minutes, volunteer committee, 1965
Board of directors, 1960-1963
Board of directors, 1963-1965
Board of directors, 1966-1968
Board of directors, 1969-1970
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Series 3: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association correspondence and other written documents,
1925-1984
Application for admission, Irene Byron hospital, Delaware County,
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Articles of incorporation, 1922
Bulletin, A.L.A., 1979
Bylaws, 1922-1953
Bylaws, 1978
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Series 3: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association correspondence and othe...
Correspondence, 1925
Correspondence, 1927-1953
Correspondence, 1941
Correspondence, 1942
Correspondence, 1945
Correspondence, 1954
Correspondence, 1956
Correspondence, 1961
Correspondence, 1962
Correspondence, 1963
Correspondence, 1964
Correspondence, 1965
Correspondence, 1966
Correspondence, 1967
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Series 3: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association correspondence and othe...
Correspondence, 1968
Correspondence, 1969
Correspondence, 1970
Correspondence, 1971
Correspondence, 1972
Correspondence, 1973
Correspondence, 1974
Correspondence, 1975
Correspondence, 1976
Correspondence, 1977
Correspondence, 1978
Correspondence, 1979
Correspondence, 1980
Correspondence, 1981
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Series 3: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association correspondence and othe...
Correspondence, 1982
Correspondence, 1983
Correspondence, 1984
Correspondence, letters of resignation, replies, 1927-1931
Indiana state sanatorium, correspondence, George Washington Smith,
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N.T.A. retirement plan, correspondence, 1945-1946
Pamphlet, 1965
Pamphlet, 1989, undated
Policy, 1957
Policy, clinic, undated
Policy, Delaware County jail, undated
Policy, publicity, T.B.A., undated
Statement of philosophy, undated
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Series 4: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association financial reports, 1953...
Visiting nurse association, proposed contracts, 1927
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Series 4: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association financial reports, 1953-1984
Financial report, 1941-1942
Financial report, 1953
Financial report, 1957
Financial report, 1959
Financial report, 1960
Financial report, 1961-1962
Financial report, 1963
Financial report, 1964
Financial report, 1965
Financial report, 1966
Financial report, 1967
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Series 4: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association financial reports, 1953...
Financial report, 1968
Financial report, 1969
Financial report, 1970
Financial report, 1971
Financial report, 1972
Financial report, 1973
Financial report, 1974
Financial report, 1975
Financial report, 1976
Financial report, 1977
Financial report, 1978
Financial report, 1979
Financial report, 1980
Financial report, 1981
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Series 5: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association other reports, 1921-198
Financial report, 1982
Financial report, 1983
Financial report, 1984
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Series 5: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association other reports, 1921-1984
President's report, 1921
Report, 1977
Report, 1984
Report, evaluation, 1977
Report, evaluation, 1978
Report, executive director, 1957
Report, executive office, 1936 Jan.-Dec.
Report, executive secretary, 1923
Report, executive secretary, 1925
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Series 5: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association other reports, 1921-198
Report, patients, 1957
Report, sales, 1922
Report, secretary nurse, 1921
Report, secretary nurse, 1923
Report, survey results, 1981
Report of office, 1957
Report of office, 1969
Statistical reports, 1925-1955
Statistical report, 1974
Statistical report, 1975
Statistical report, 1976
Statistical report, 1977
Statistical report, 1978
Statistical report, 1982
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Series 6: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association subject files, 1919-199
Treasurer's report, 1923-1924
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Series 6: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association subject files, 1919-1991
Abstracts of papers, thirty third annual meeting, national tuberculosis
association, 1937 May-June
Certificates of appreciation, 1981, 1987-1988
Christmas seals contracts, correspondence, 1927-1942
Committees, 1968-1972
Community chest of Muncie, Delaware County, relations with T.B.A.,
1953-1957
Employment practices, undated
Goals, 1959-196?
History, 1919-1948
History, 1924
History, 1972
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Series 6: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association subject files, 1919-199
History, undated
History, D.C.T.A., development, 1919-1926
History, general historical articles, undated
History, original D.C.T.A. history, Edith Hilton, 1966
Indiana state sanatorium, trustee's certificate, 1956
Insurance, US fidelity, guaranty company, 1951-1956
Lists, 1972-1977
Lists, 1978-1983
Lists, clinics, 1932
Merchants trust, company report, 1955
N.T.A. increased film use proposal, 1956
Newsclippings, 1969
Newsclippings, 1971
Newsclippings, 1973
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Series 7: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association scrapbooks, 1938-1991
Newsclippings, 1977
Newsclippings, 1984
Newsclippings, 1986-1991
Program, 1957-1958
Program, affirmative action, undated
Seals, 1907-1969
Seals, undated
Statistics, 1990
Survey, undated
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Series 7: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association scrapbooks, 1938-1991
Scrapbook, 1938-1940
Scrapbook, 1941-1946
Scrapbook, 1939
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Series 8: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association photographs, 1919-1934
Scrapbook, 1952-1959
Scrapbook, 1987-1991
Scrapbook, 1967-1987
Scrapbook, 1959-1967
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P.083 Series 8: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association photographs, 1919-1934
Photoalbum, 1919-1926
Photoalbum, 1927-1934
Negatives, undated
Irene Buron sanatorium, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, photographs, 1927-1928
Photographs, postcards, 1930
OVA.026 Series 9: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association oversize materials, 1922, 1987
Delaware County Tuberculosis Association state charter grant, 1922
Delaware County Tuberculosis Association Muncie, Indiana proclamation of "TB Awareness Week,"
1987
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Series 10: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association film, circa 1950s-1960
F.031 Series 10: Delaware County Tuberculosis Association film, circa 1950s-1960s
Radiology Film (Kodak Photoflure)
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