Summer 2011 Hours
All locations CLOSED on
May 30 & July 4.
Architecture Library
Through July 29, 2011
Mon.-Thurs. 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m.
Friday
7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday
1 p.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday
1-9 p.m.
Arch. Library—Interim
Mon.-Fri. 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sat.-Sun. Closed
Visual Resources
Collection (VRC)
Mon.-Fri.
7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Sat.-Sun.
Closed
Drawings + Documents
Archive
Mon.-Fri.
By appointment
Volume 6, Issue 3
May 2011
News from the Library / News from the Archive
As the end of the semester approaches
this is a good time to login to CardCat and
review your checked-out items in the “My
Library Account” section. Be sure to renew
or return items that are due soon.
Out of town this summer? You can still
make use of the library’s resources online
including CardCat, the Avery Index, the
Architecture Images Collection, and many
more. Feel free to email or call us if you
have any research questions.
If you will be on campus, make a note
of our summer hours at left. You may also
want to take advantage of the on-shelf holds
service and put a hold on items in CardCat
so they are waiting to be picked up when
you visit campus.
Enjoy the summer!
Two of the Archive’s MSHP graduate
assistants, Matt Kriegl and Seth Elder, have
collaborated with two History Department
GAs at University Libraries’ Archives &
Special Collections to produce an exciting
exhibit on historic downtown Muncie
architecture. The exhibit features original
material for some of Muncie’s most
interesting buildings from both the
Drawings and Documents Archive and
Archives & Special Collections. Included in
the exhibit are architectural drawings,
construction photographs, and ephemera
from times when the buildings were alive
with dances, movie showings, and train
travel. The exhibit will be on display from
April 27-July 11 in Bracken
Library, 2nd floor.
Library Staff
Amy Trendler
Architecture Librarian
AETrendler@bsu.edu
765-285-5858
Helen Ulrich
Architecture Library
Coordinator
HUlrich@bsu.edu
765-285-5857
Cindy Turner
Visual Resources Curator
01LKTurner@bsu.edu
765-285-5865
Archive Staff
Carol Street
Archivist for
Architectural Records
CAStreet@bsu.edu
765-285-8441
Students Study Samples for Class Project
By Cindy Turner, Visual Resources Curator
During spring semester over 80 percent of
Miguel San Miguel’s ARCH 100 class
completed an extra credit project using the
Building Materials Samples Collection in the
Visual Resources Collection (VRC).
In preparation for the assignment, San
Miguel reviewed a list of all the samples
available in the VRC and selected specific
materials for the students to choose from.
Another list of topics was chosen from the
Transmaterials books by Blaine Brownell that
were on course reserve in the Architecture
Library. The project required each student to
do basic research and prepare “material
The building material samples collection in the
VRC, AB117.
- Continued on pg. 2 Banner image credit: Arc de Triomphe, Paris, photo by David R. Hermansen. Architecture Images
Collection in the DMR, http://libx.bsu.edu.
- Continued from pg. 1 cutsheets” for the four types of
materials he or she chose from the
lists.
Throughout the project, VRC
personnel instructed students on
how to find material samples in
CardCat, the basics of CSI codes and
how to use them to find more
materials in the collection, and how
to locate their chosen samples in the
VRC. The students not only learned
Rubbersidewalks sample in CardCat.
about materials, they also learned
some valuable library research skills that they can use in future projects.
We look forward to doing more projects such as this with other classes.
Just e-mail me at 01LKTurner@bsu.edu to plan a project for your class!
You can find some of the Drawings and Documents Archive’s collection
online in the University Libraries’ Digital Media Repository, http://libx.bsu.edu/.
Current archival collections available online:
 Ball State University Building Plans
 Samuel G. Bartel Architectural Records Collection
 Daniel W. Hartwig Indiana Courthouse Photographs
 Alvin W. Holmes Covered Bridge Photographs
 Muncie Chevrolet Plan Architectural Records
 Gladys J. Miller Architectural Records Collection
 Schuyler N. Nolan Landscape Architectural Records Collection
 Pierre and Wright Architectural Records Collection
 Trowbridge and Beals Photograph Collection
 Wayne M. Weber Architectural Records Collection
 Daniel B. Young Landscape Architectural Records Collection
 Indiana Bridge Company Collection
Soon to come:
 Delaware County Courthouse Architectural Drawings
 William Henry Jackson’s Columbian Exposition Photographs
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Reserves for Fall
Fall is always a busy time for course
reserves and it is never too early to
plan ahead! Contact Helen Ulrich,
Architecture Library Coordinator,
(HUlrich@bsu.edu, 5-5857), or stop
by the library to request print or ereserves. Remember, requests should
be submitted at least 3-7 days before
the item is needed.
New Travel Guides
Search CardCat for “guidebooks” and
Architecture Library to find more guides.
21st Century Tokyo: a Guide to Contemporary
Architecture by Julian Worrall, et al.
NA1557.T6 W67 2010
AIA Guide to New York City, 5th ed., by
Norval White, et al. NA735.N5 A78 2010
Architecture Vienna: 700 Buildings edited by
August Sarnitz. NA1010.V5 A72513 2008
Botanic Gems: Indiana
Public Gardens, Including
Greater Chicago, Dayton,
Cincinnati &
Louisvilleby Alan
McPherson.
SB451.34.I6 M27
2009
Gardens of the Hudson Valley by Steve
Gross, et al. SB466.U65 H834 2010
University Libraries Online Resources
London’s Contemporary Architecture: a MapBased Guide, 5th ed., by Kenneth Allinson.
NA970.A4 2009
Your University Libraries...beyond just the printed word, we
are your point of entry into the digital universe.
Miami Architecture: an AIA Guide by Allan
T. Shulman, et al. NA735.M398 S58 2010
Search, find, and use more than 300,000 digital objects in the Ball State
Digital Media Repository, including video and audio, posters, photographs,
anatomical models, historic newspapers, almanacs, academic journals,
architectural plans, maps and atlases, and rare books.
Access over 81,000 digital books
Find articles in more than 30,000 e-journals
Listen to nearly 750,000 music recordings
Architecture Library / Drawings + Documents Archive
Rail-Trails Midwest: Great
Lakes edited by Laura
Shauger, et al.
GV191.42.M53 R35 2009
Venice: an Architectural Guide
by Richard J. Goy.
NA1121.V4 G679 2010
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