Osborn and Bussell families papers
MSS.139
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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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Osborn and Bussell families papers MSS.139
Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Biographical Note.......................................................................................................................................... 4
Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................5
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 7
Series 1: Osborn and Bussell families subject files, 1922-1992.............................................................7
Series 2: Osborn and Bussell families photographs, undated................................................................. 8
Series 3: Osborn and Bussell family oversized photographs, 1948........................................................8
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Summary Information
Repository
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Title
Osborn and Bussell families papers
Date
1922-1992
Extent
0.3 Cubic feet 1 box
Language
English
Preferred Citation
Osborn and Bussell families papers, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries
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Osborn and Bussell families papers MSS.139
Biographical Note
Lyell L. Bussell attended Wilkinson High School, Ball State University, and Indiana University. In 1923,
he began teaching in Southport, and moved to Muncie in 1927 to teach at Lincoln School. He became the
principal of Forest Park School in 1942, but moved to Riley School in 1943. In 1944, he became principal
at Stevenson School. Bussell was a member of Willow Branch Methodist Church, the Association of
Childhood Education, the Muncie Teachers Association, as well as state and national teachers association,
and Phi Delta Kappa. He died in 1963.
Caroldine Osborn Bussell was born on March 7, 1905 in Amo, Indiana, and lived there until graduating
high school in 1924. She then completed a two year teaching course at Central Normal College in
Danville, and later attended Madame Blaker's Teachers College in Indianapolis. In 1937, she earned
a bachelor's degree from Butler University. She held teaching positions in Amo, Plainfield, and
Indianapolis. In 1941 she came to Muncie and married Lyell Bussell. She retired in 1967 after teaching
first grade at Roosevelt Elementary School for twenty-five years. Caroldine Bussell was involved in many
local organizations, such as Friends Memorial Church, Muncie Matinee Musicale, the Muncie Teachers
Association, and state and national teachers associations. She died on March 27, 1980.
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, teacher's contracts, financial records,
photographs, and other records for the Osborn and Bussell families of Muncie, Indiana ranging from
1922-1992.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Osborn and Bussell families subject files, 1922-1992
Series 2: Osborn and Bussell families photographs, undated
Series 3: Osborn and Bussell families oversized photographs, 1948
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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 1994/02/18 by M. Sears. EAD finding aid created 2012/10/09 by Julie
Hausknecht. EAD finding aid updated 2013/10/28 by Rebecca Marangelli.
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
• Clippings
• Correspondence
• Photographs
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Geographic Name(s)
• Delaware County (Ind.)
• Muncie (Ind.)
Subject(s)
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Education
Family--History
Local history
Stoeckel Archives of Local History
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Series 1: Osborn and Bussell families subject files, 1922-1992
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Osborn and Bussell families subject files, 1922-1992
Birth certificate, Lyell Bussell, 1943
Correspondence, Caroldine and Lyell Bussell, 1944
Correspondence, Caroldine and Bussell, 1951
Correspondence, Lyell Bussell, 1935
Course books, Lyell Bussell, 1922-1923, 1925-1926
Death record, Lyell Bussel, 1963
Draft card, Lyell Bussell, 1943
Newspaper clippings, Caroldine Bussell, 1950
Newspaper clippings, Lyell Bussell, 1946, 1949, undated
Newspaper clippings, Blythe Osborn, 1992
Program, May Day, Forest Park, undated
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Series 2: Osborn and Bussell families photographs, undated
Publication, The Muncie Public Schools, 1945
Rationing card, Lyell Bussell, undated
Scrapbooks, Caroldine Bussell, undated
Tax forms, 1933-1935, 1939-1940
Teacher's contracts, Lyell Bussell, 1927-1940
Teacher's contracts, undated
Teacher's license, Caroldine Osborn, 1931
Teacher's licenses, Lyell Bussell, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1942
Teacher's retirement fund, 1933, 1937, 1943, 1946
Teacher's salary schedule, 1958-1961
P.042 Series 2: Osborn and Bussell families photographs, undated
POVA.036 Series 3: Osborn and Bussell family oversized photographs, 1948
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