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Genealogy: Traveling through Time

Join archivist Bethany Fiechter on a journey through Delaware County's rich history. With over 10,000 digitized newspaper clippings and more than 800 manuscript collections, our repository serves as a vital resource for genealogical research, local history, and cultural heritage. Explore city directories, vital records, and unique family files that shed light on Muncie and its residents. Access materials through our one-stop full-text search and dive into a treasure trove of documents, photographs, and oral histories. For inquiries, contact Bethany at Ball State University Libraries.

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Genealogy: Traveling through Time

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  1. Genealogy: Traveling through Time Bethany Fiechter Archivist for Manuscript and Digital Collections

  2. Ready Reference • Works Progress Administration (WPA) Index • Delaware County Histories • City Directories • Family Files • Microfilm: Vital Records

  3. Local History Files • Vertical files of newspaper clippings collected since the late 1970s. • Includes information about Muncie and Delaware County people, buildings, events, and miscellaneous odds and ends • Digitized over 10,000 clippings; making them available on our reading room computers • One-stop, full-text searching

  4. Finding Aids • A descriptive tool that includes the contents and arrangement of materials in the collection • 800 manuscript collections, and over 300 photograph collections

  5. Digital Media Repository • A digital repository housing documents, oral histories, photographs, maps, and other sources • Over 140 collections, 423,000 items • How to search?

  6. For More Information… Bethany Fiechter Archivist for Manuscript and Digital Collections Ball State University Libraries 765-285-5078 bcfiechter@bsu.edu Photographs: P8-0029, P20-0037, P8-0115, P40-0389-X240, P.263-0006, P028-013, P028-029, P028-037

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