Cunningham Memorial Library Special Collections

Scope and Contents The Eva Johnson Newton Papers consists of photographs, theater programs, and newspaper clippings. The collection is arranged in four folders, divided into relevant information to the Laboratory School, Normal School, theater items and other personal photos from the Johnson-Newton family. This collection includes many family member photos including the children as the progressed through their schooling. This collection includes many of the original photos and programs from the events, however...

Scope and Contents The Frances Reece Kepner Collection on Indiana State University student life consists of event programs, commencement programs, syllabi, and publications. The Frances Reece Kepner collection is arranged in six series including programs, sorority items, syllabi, alumni information, information regarding students and faculty and other miscellaneous information related to events that happened on the Indiana State campus. The programs include theater activities, Founder’s Day, homecoming, as...

Scope and Contents

The Harry Gee Papers consists of personal papers. The personal papers series contains correspondence letters, school work, program pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and articles/reviews of articles published by Harry Gee. The articles and reviews of articles were written about topics related to music, specifically the saxophone and clarinet. These written pieces were published by various music journals.

Scope and Contents

The Indiana State University Foundation Collection on 1930s Student Life consists of dance cards, newspaper clippings, the 1926 President Parsons memorials, programs for theater productions, commencements and a football game, invitations, and student publications.

Scope and Contents The James Mullican Papers consists of correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, conference programs, and pamphlets. The papers are arranged in 10 separate folders by year from 1974, 1981-1989. In each of these folders correspondence between Mullican and his colleagues in the planning and execution of the event, photos of some of the speakers, news clippings (typically photocopied), as well as programs and pamphlets for the conference are contained. The correspondence are hand written...

Scope and Contents The Jane Cunningham Hazledine Papers have two sections.  The first section consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, a ticket stub, a poem, event programs, correspondence, invitations, a yearbook, a bulletin, and newspapers. This section focuses especially on Jane's high school years until she graduated in 1932 from the Indiana State Training School. The newspaper clippings cover a variety of topics from awards that Jane won, clippings of pictures of people she knew, and performances...

Scope and Contents The Lavona Marie Harvey Papers consists of two scrap books that contain newspaper clippings from various sources that depict the students of Indiana State Teachers College, teachers, sports activities, and news from around campus. Many of the clippings in these scrap books show student life as well as student organizations that exemplify academic excellence and community service and involvement. There are also a series of banquet programs, theatre and musical playbills, and items from school...

Scope and Contents The Marsha Miller Papers consists of programs, brochures, newsletters, class notes and resources, and library guides. The papers mostly deal with the Cunningham Memorial Library Reference and Instruction's interaction with student learning communities in the Lilly Project and First Year Experience offices and University 101 classes. Remaining materials detail interactions between reference librarians and campus faculty about library resources. Additionally, a selection of university...

Scope and Contents

The Reeve Hall Time Capsule contains photographs, a newspaper, a yearbook, and programs. Much of the collection is illegible due to the damage that it sustained during it storage. Each document that was found in the time capsule is encapsulated. The collection contains many paper fragments, as well as bits of newspapers and parts of the Normal Advance yearbooks.

Scope and Contents

The Sycamore Players Records consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, and programs. The collection had separated each play in each of its own folder, containing all the articles and photos related to the performance in 1937-1939. Many of the photos are of the actual performance and the actors and actresses are identified. The folders then are organized chronologically into 20 separate folders.