Black Muncie History Project records MSS.033

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1 Black Muncie History Project records MSS.0 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit April 9, 05 Describing Archives: A Content Standard Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Alexander M. Bracken Library 000 W. University Avenue Muncie, Indiana, libarchives@bsu.edu

2 Black Muncie History Project records MSS.0 Table of Contents Summary Information... Historical Note... Scope and Contents... Arrangement... Administrative Information...5 Controlled Access Headings...5 Collection Inventory... 7 Series : Black Muncie History Project records, Series : Black Muncie History Project research files, Series : Black Muncie History Project interviews, Series : Black Muncie History Project oversize ephemera, Page -

3 Black Muncie History Project records MSS.0 Summary Information Repository Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Creator - Compiler Goodall, Hurley C. Creator - Compiler Mitchell, J. Paul Title Black Muncie History Project records Date Extent. Cubic feet 7 boxes Language English Preferred Citation Black Muncie History Project records, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries - Page -

4 Black Muncie History Project records MSS.0 Historical Note The idea for the Black Muncie History Project was conceived by Hurley Goodall, who wanted the story of black Muncie to be told so that blacks could have information about their heritage, and also for the sake of making the white population aware of the black culture. Goodall, one of the first two blacks hired by the Muncie Fire Department and the first black to be elected to the Muncie Community School Board, had earned the right to be heard by the people of Muncie. He made his request for a grant to the Muncie Human Rights Commission in February of 97 and his request was granted in July 97. Goodall approached the Ball State University Department of History for help in working on this project. The head of that department talked to Dr. J. Paul Mitchell who was then teaching courses in black history. Mitchell agreed to work with Goodall on the project, and the two of them, without much information about how to do oral histories, began interviewing the older individuals within the Muncie black community. There was a sense of urgency with which this project was begun because of a concern that many of these older individuals were dying. It appears as though this concern was valid since, by 976, more than one quarter of the people who were interviewed had died. In addition to interviews conducted by Goodall and Mitchell, a few graduate students in the Department of History also interviewed some of these older people. In an effort to further help with the project, the Department of History provided Mitchell with a student secretary for the typing of transcripts of the taped interviews. As the culmination of this research project, Mitchell and Goodall published A History of Negroes in Muncie in 976. Scope and Contents This collection includes records, research files, audio recordings and interview transcripts from Hurley Goodall in Muncie, IN ranging from 9 to 978 regarding black history in Muncie, IN. Arrangement This collection is arranged in the following series and subseries: Series : Black Muncie History Project records, Page -

5 Black Muncie History Project records MSS.0 Series : Black Muncie History Project research files, Series : Black Muncie History Project interviews, Subseries.: Transcripts, Subseries.: Edited transcripts, Subseries.: Summaries, 97...Subseries.: Audio files, Series : Black Muncie History Project oversize ephemera, Administrative Information Publication Information Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Conditions Governing Access This collection is open for research. Copyright Notice Literary rights, including copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their legal heirs and assigns. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special Collections. The publisher must also obtain permission of the copyright holder. Accruals No further additions are expected. Processing Information EAD finding aid revised 00/07/0 by Lajmar Anderson. Controlled Access Headings - Page 5 -

6 Black Muncie History Project records MSS.0 Genre(s) Interviews Subject(s) African American history African Americans Middletown Studies Collection Oral history Stoeckel Archives of Local History - Page 6 -

7 Black Muncie History Project records MSS.0 Series : Black Muncie History Project records, Collection Inventory Series : Black Muncie History Project records, Box Research leads and papers, A History of Negroes in Muncie, first and published drafts Series : Black Muncie History Project research files, Box Afro-American World Almanac, 9 History of Negro Athletics in Muncie notes, Powell, Dick. The Black Coalition: Its Chairman, Its Goals and Its Plans. The Star, 969. Black business establishments, 9-97 Census research circa 80, circa 850, Churches: Antioch Baptist Church ephemera, undated Churches: Bethel A.M.E. church, Page 7 -

8 Black Muncie History Project records MSS.0 Series : Black Muncie History Project research files, Churches: Black churches in Muncie ephemera, 9-97 Churches: Trinity United Methodist Church, 975 Civic Concerns Coalition, 969 Delaware County Community Action Committee, 966 Federated Fundraising board, 968 Fraternal organizations, Gateway Christian Center, Goodall, Hurley school board election, 970 Baker, Eileen. 'Hard Times in Indiana'. undated Goodall, Hurley, ephemera, 969 Fire department, 958 Historical articles, 89,9,96-97 Mayors Task Force on Housing, 967 Muncie Open Housing Ordinance, Page 8 -

9 Black Muncie History Project records MSS.0 Series : Black Muncie History Project research files, Housing ephemera, 9, Human Relations Council, Human Rights Commission, Indiana Civil Rights Commission, 967 Employment of Black, circa Employment of Blacks, circa 97 Mayors task force on Human Rights, 967 Medical profession, Employment of Blacks, , 976 Muncie-Delaware Metropolitan Plan Commission reports, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (N.A.A.C.P.) Indiana State Convention, 957 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (N.A.A.C.P.) Indiana State Convention,969 Negro Summit Meeting, Page 9 -

10 Black Muncie History Project records MSS.0 Series : Black Muncie History Project research files, Newsclippings, Muncie Daily News clippings, The Shining Star, newspaper circa 9 Nokes murder trial clippings, Oliver, Anthony J. Sr. (Rev.)-biographical sketch, 978 May Obituaries, 97 Poor peoples party, 97 Population data: Blacks in Muncie, Population data: Blacks in Muncie,99-90 Population data: Blacks in Muncie,95-96 Population data: Blacks in Muncie,95, 9, 97 Population data: Blacks in Muncie, Race relations, 968 Schools: Central High School: mental ability study, circa Page 0 -

11 Black Muncie History Project records MSS.0 Series : Black Muncie History Project research files, Schools: Historical and statistical information, Schools: Muncie Central I.H.S.A.A. suspension controversy and Negro community efforst to resolve it Schools: Northwest High School controversy, 969 Schools: Southside High School racial tensions, Schools: Teachers resumes, 97 Social Action programs, Abstract of title of Whitely Land Company's first addition to the city of Muncie, 89-9 World War I-Black participation, 99 Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) -Madison Street branch, 98, 957 Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.)- Phyllis Wheatley Branch, circa 957 Youth Needs and Counseling services, 97, 969 Sympathy Club: Ring, William, M., 970 Scrapbook, undated - Page -

12 Black Muncie History Project records MSS.0 Series : Black Muncie History Project interviews, Series : Black Muncie History Project interviews, Subseries.: Transcripts, Box Booher, Charles, 97/0/ Bragg, John, 97/0/ Buley, Roy, 977/09/ Campbell, undated Davis, Leroy, 979/05/9 Dunn, Irvin (Lillian), 97/08/06 Dunn, Irvin (Lillian), 97 July Evans, Harry, 97/05/7 Ferguson, Wilma, 97 Findley, Clem, 97/0/0 Goodall, Dorene, undated - Page -

13 Black Muncie History Project records MSS.0 Subseries.: Transcripts, Goodall, Hurley, 978/05/09 Goodall, Hurley, 978/05/6 Hall, Thomas Wesley, Sr., undated Johnson, J.A., 97//8 Lampkins, Joan, undated Lyons, Joseph, undated Motley, Olivia, undated Navarro, Mary, 97/0/0 Peele, Grovelle, undated Phillips, Blanche, undated Pittman, Raymond, 97/0/ Reynolds family, 976// Scott, Harvey, 97/0/5 Scott, Jessica, undated - Page -

14 Subseries.: Edited transcripts, Black Muncie History Project records MSS.0 Settles, Bernice, 97/07/ Settles, Bernice, 97/07/0 Sims, Sara, 97//07 Stafford, Pauline, 976//0 Taylor, Jake, undated Thompson, Smith, 97/09/ Truitt, James G., undated Turner family, 97/0/0 Williams, Lucille, 97/0/0 Woldridge, Ella, 97/07/09 Wright, Ida, 97/07/0 Subseries.: Edited transcripts, Box Baker, Frank, undated - Page -

15 Subseries.: Edited transcripts, Black Muncie History Project records MSS.0 Booher family, 97/0/ Bragg, John, 97/0/ Buley, Roy, 977/09/ Campbell, undated Dunn, Lilian, 97 July Ferguson, Wilma, 97 Findley, Clem, 97/0/0 Hall, Thomas Wesley, Jr., undated Lampkins, Joan, undated Lyons, Joseph, undated Motley, Olivia, undated Navarro, Mary, 97/0/0 Pittman, Raymond, 97/0/ Scott, Harvey, 97/0/5 - Page 5 -

16 Black Muncie History Project records MSS.0 Subseries.: Summaries, 97 Scott, Jessica, undated Sims, Sara, 97//0 Stafford, Pauline, 976//0 Taylor, Jake, undated Thompson, Smith, 97/09/ Truitt, James, undated Turner family, 97/0/0 Williams, Lucille, 97/0/0 Subseries.: Summaries, 97 Box Baker, Frank, 97/0/0 Graham, Robert P., 97/0/7 Slayton, Lotis, 97//0 Williams, Leo, undated - Page 6 -

17 Black Muncie History Project records MSS.0 Subseries.: Audio files, R005 Subseries.: Audio files, Box 7 Box 5 Box 6 R5-00 Black and White disturbances in Indiana, 97//9 R5-00 Booher, Charles, 97/0/ R5-00a/b Bragg, John, 97/0/ R5-00 Buley, Roy, 977/09/ R5-005 Campbell family, undated R5-006 Dunn, Irvin, 97/08/06 R5-007a/b Dunn, Irvin, 97 July R5-008a/b Evans, Harry, 97/05/7 R5-009 Ferguson, Wilma and Joan Lampkins, undated R5-00a/b Findley family and Raymond Pittman, 97/0/0, 97/0/ R5-0a-d Goodall, Hurley, 97/0/08, 978/05/09, 978/05/6 R5-0 Hall, Thomas Wesley, Sr., undated R5-0a/b Johnson, J. Albert, 97//8 - Page 7 -

18 Black Muncie History Project records MSS.0 Subseries.: Audio files, R5-0 Lyons, Joseph, undated R5-05 Motley, Olivia, undated R5-06a/b Navarro, Mary, 97/0/0 R5-07/a/b Oliver, A.J., Rev., 978 May R5-08a-c Scott, Harvey, 97/0/5 R5-09 Settles, Bernice, 97/07/ R5-00 Sims, Sara, 97//07 R5-0 Stafford, Pauline, 97//0 R5-0 Thompson, Smith, 97/09/ R5-0 Truitt, James G., undated R5-0a/b Williams, Lucille, 97/0/0 R5-05 Booher family, 97/0/ R5-06 Campbell family, undated R5-07 Cleage, Albert, Rev., 969 May - Page 8 -

19 Black Muncie History Project records MSS.0 Series : Black Muncie History Project oversize ephemera, R5-08 Davis, Leroy, 97/05/9 97/05/9 R5-09 Ferguson, Wilma and Jake Taylor and Joan Lampkins, undated undated R5-00 Findley family and Raymond Pittman, 97/0/ 97/0/ R5-0 Patients at Faulkner Nursing Home, 97/06/0 97/06/0 R5-0 Senior Citizens at Whitely Community Center, undated undated R5-0 Taylor, Hazel, 97/07/5 97/07/5 R5-0 Woldridge, Ella, and Mary Guffey, 97/06/0 97/06/0 R5-05 Turner family and Lucille Williams: recollection of interview with Frank Baker, 97/0/0 97/0/0 OVB.00 Series : Black Muncie History Project oversize ephemera, OVB-00 Patterson Funeral Home calendar, 96 OVB-00 Unity Mutual life Insurance Company calendar, 96, 97 OVB-00 Muncie Area Metropolitan map series, undated OVB-00 Muncie zone map, 97 - Page 9 -

20 Black Muncie History Project records MSS.0 Series : Black Muncie History Project oversize ephemera, OVB-00 Indiana Herald, 98 April OVB-00 The Only Alternative, undated OVB-00 The Post Democrat, 9/0/ OVC-05 Mayors Task Force on Human Rights: reprt to the people of Muncie, undated POVC-00 Magic City Council, No. ; A.U.K. & D. of A. Juvenile Department photograph, 96/05/9 - Page 0 -