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Architecture Library
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Friday
7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday
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Sunday
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Visual Resources
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Drawings + Documents
Archive
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Volume 9, Issue 3
April 2014
For this issue of the newsletter, we
are highlighting some of the items in the
collections that have most captured our
attention. Of course it’s tough to pick
favorites when the library has so many
great books, DVDs, and journals and the
VRC is brimming with interesting
samples! Visit the library, the VRC, and
the archive to see the selected items and
more. Unless you’ll be off campus this
summer, in which case be sure to review
the list of research resources available
to Ball State students and
faculty members below.
Best wishes for your
summer pursuits!
Summer is a great time to pick your
own favorites in the archives, whether
they’re for personal research or for
classes next fall. We’ve helped you get
started by selecting a few of our own in
this newsletter, but there are thousands
more from which to choose.
If you stop in this summer, you’ll find
me processing our recent donations
from architect Ewing Miller, FAIA, and
landscape architect Eric Fulford, FASLA.
Expect these new collections to be
available in the fall.
Hope you have a
wonderful summer!
You can still access University
Libraries resources even if you’ll be
away from campus this summer! To get
started, visit the University Libraries
online at http://cms.bsu.edu/academics/
libraries. Resources available to Ball
State students and faculty members off
campus include:
 The Avery Index
 BuildingGreen.com
 Business Source Premier
 CardCat
 Drawings + Documents Archive
online collections
 JSTOR
 MADCAD (includes IBC 2012)
 OneSearch
Before I Die by
Candy Chang.
Selected by: Jackie
Sciscoe, Architecture
Library Coordinator.
Chang’s idea to paint
a wall of an
abandoned building
with chalkboard
paint turned in to a worldwide
phenomenon. This thought provoking
book is full of inspiring images and
quotes of what people around the world
want to do before they die. This is a
great community art project that makes
people stop and think about what is
By appointment
Library Staff
Amy Trendler
Architecture Librarian
AETrendler@bsu.edu
765-285-5858
Jackie Sciscoe
Architecture Library
Coordinator
JSciscoe@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
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Banner image credit: 860-880 Lake Shore Drive by Mies van der Rohe, photo by David R. Hermansen.
Architecture Images Collection in the DMR, http://libx.bsu.edu.
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truly important in life. Find it: in the Architecture
Library at call number N72.A76 C53 20103.
The Geography of Nowhere: the
Rise and Decline of America’s
Man-Made Landscape by James
Howard Kunstler.
Selected by: Ellen Forthofer (‘15,
Urban Planning), student assistant in
the Architecture Library.
Kunstler’s sarcastic and witty writing
will entertain you throughout the
book, though he reports on serious
issues in America’s current
development patterns. This book makes you think about
potential consequences in the built environment caused
by the decisions made by designers, politicians, and others
who shape the environment around us. A great, quick
read. Find it: in the Architecture Library at call number
NA2542.35.K86 1993.
Indiana Architecture X 3D
Selected by: Carol Street,
Archivist for Architectural
Records.
Our Indiana Architecture X
3D project to model and
create 3D prints using 19th
century architectural drawings
helps bring alive long-lost
architecture. This year M.Arch
Photo by Carol Street.
students Austin Pontius and
Chris Hinders created incredible models from Wysor
Grand Opera House drawings. Find it: in the Drawings
+ Documents Archive, AB 120.
Leslie Ayres Drawings
Selected by: Kathi Corwin (‘14, MSHP), student
assistant in the Drawings + Documents Archive.
My favorite thing in the archive are the presentation dra
wings by Leslie Ayres because I enjoy how much effort
was put into showing how the building would look when
completed. Find it: in the Drawings + Documents
Archive, AB 120.
Meranda Collection
Selected by: Chris Myers (’15, MSHP), student assistant
in the Drawings + Documents Archive.
My favorite item is the Meranda Collection, which is a
new collection I processed this year. This collection
shows the work of an architectural firm that reached to
all sides of Indiana and had a lasting impact on
Indianapolis. Whether a post-WWII housing developing
west of downtown, business blocks in Broad Ripple, or
mansions along Meridian Street, Alvin Meranda has left a
well-documented legacy over their 40+ year tenure.
Find it: in the Drawings + Documents Archive, AB 120.
Postcard
Collection
Selected by: Mary
Delach (‘14, MSHP),
student assistant in
the Drawings +
Documents Archive.
My favorite item is
the post card
Delaware County Courthouse, ca. 1950.
collection! I find it
Postcard Collection
interesting to see
what was important or significant enough for a
community to print on a post card. Find it: in the
Drawings + Documents Archive, AB 120.
Samples Related to Stormwater
Selected by: James Bohan (’14,
Landscape Architecture), student
assistant in the Visual Resources
Collection.
These samples are favorites because
they are great alternatives to
retention ponds and runoff water.
Find it: in the VRC, AB 117, at call
numbers BLDG MAT 2010-127, BLDG MAT 2012-038,
BLDG MAT 2012-042, and BLDG MAT 2013-017.
Vitamin Green.
Selected by: Chandra Aylsworth
(‘15, Architecture), student assistant
in the Architecture Library.
This book provides a look into the
many facets of sustainability and
how far reaching green products
are today. One of the things I am
most passionate about is the future
of green/sustainable products not in just Architecture,
which I am partial to, but in the everyday things as well.
The sustainable products in this book show just how
many things have been re-thought and produced green
along with many other innovative green and sustainable
solutions. I recommend this book as an inspiration for
any designer interested in "sustainable design" to show
just how limitless this way of design thinking truly is.
Find it: in the Architecture Library at call number
NA2542.36.V58 2012.