Archival Collections

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Discover special formats, first editions, fine printings and bindings, autographed books and broadsides, and other resources of significant value.

Middletown Studies Collection
Explore Muncie as Middletown using surveys, publications, photographs, and other primary sources documenting Muncie as a representative American community.

Stoeckel Archives of Local History
Find records, maps, oral histories, and photographs of local businesses, industry, social organizations, churches, and families for Muncie and Delaware County, Indiana.

University Archives
Research Ball State history using administrative office records, photographs, course catalogs, student newspapers, and yearbooks.

Drawings and Documents Archive
Learn about the original drawings, blueprints, photographs, models and building remnants that each tell a portion of the history of Indiana’s sites and structures.

Digital Initiatives
Thousands of research materials from Archives and Special Collections are available globally through the Digital Media Repository and Cardinal Scholar Institutional Repository.