Resources

The Muncie Labor Archive at the Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries, has collections documenting the history of organized labor in Muncie from the 1890s through the 1970s. The following related collections on unions are available for research:

• Muncie Labor Oral History Project
• Daniel B. Crowder Oral History Collection
• Muncie Fire Department and Local 1948, International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO
• UAW Local 287, 1937-1978 (Warner Gear/Borg Warner)
• UAW Local 499 Collection (Chevrolet-Muncie)
• Everitt H. Ferrill Papers
• Bricklayer`s Union No. 9
• Charlie Anderson Papers
• Local 459, International Union of United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America