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The Office of Archives and Records Management at Indiana University Bloomington is a department within the IU Library system. As an archives, the primary mission is to collect, organize, make accessible and preserve records documenting Indiana University's origins and development and the activities and achievements of its officers, faculty, students, alumni and benefactors. The IU Bloomington Archives is the largest and most comprehensive source of information on the history and culture of Indiana University. As the records management office for IU Bloomington offices, schools and departments, and for administrative offices on the IUB campus that have system-wide responsibilities, the primary goal is to provide overall direction for developing and implementing a records management strategy that will effectively and systematically manage records throughout their entire life cycle.
Collections
IU Finding Aids: Finding aids are guides and inventories to collections held in archives that provide detailed descriptions of manuscript collections, their intellectual organization and, at varying levels of analysis, of individual items in the collections.
Records and Papers of Herman B Wells: Collections from one of Indiana University's most memorable administrators, Herman B Wells.
Exhibits
Please stop by Wells E460 to see what we have prepared!
"The University Goes On": Indiana University During the Great Depression (Wells Library lobby & Archives reception area)
Without a doubt Indiana University felt the effects of the Great Depression -- it touched all corners of the university, including student life, athletics, and salaries. In the midst of this, New Deal programs such as the Works Progress Administration, Public Works Administration, and National Youth Administration helped IU to continue to develop and support Americans in their quest towards higher education. As part of Indiana University's celebration of Archives and Special Collections take a step into E460 -- and back in time -- to witness how the university weathered the storm known as the Great Depression.
At Home at Indiana: A Selection of Service Enterprises Records from 1940-1949 (Archives reading room)
This exhibit showcases a small selection of records found in the rich resources of Collection C178, the IU Auxiliary Enterprises records. According to the 1940-1941 Annual report of Service Enterprises - the department's original name - "The Service Enterprise Departments operate independently of the state budget, and must be self-supporting in every way. They are, however, operated by the University and considered as regular departments." Several departments fell under Service Enterprises, including the Halls of Residence, Indiana Memorial Union and the Union Food Department. It is from these records that a vivid account can be drawn of student life at Indiana University during a pivotal decade in United States history.
Together with the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections, the Archives has created a web site highlighting the tradition of the Old Oaken Bucket!
Digital Projects
Bloomington Faculty Council Minutes: Cooperative project with the Digital Library Program and Faculty Council Office to provide full-text searchable web access to a growing number of meeting minutes and circulars of the BFC, which is responsible for faculty governance on the Bloomington campus.
Archives of Institutional Memory: AIM is a digital repository for disseminating and preserving official Indiana University records with long-term, indefinite administrative, legal, fiscal or historical value. AIM manages and distributes digital items and allows for indexing and searching of the files and associated metadata to locate and retrieve the items.
IU Board of Trustees Minutes: Cooperative project with the Board of Trustees Office and the Digital Library Program to provide access to a growing number of meeting minutes on the web.
Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection: Charles Weever Cushman, amateur photographer and Indiana University alumnus, bequeathed approximately 14,500 Kodachrome color slides to his alma mater. The photographs in this collection bridge a thirty-two year span from 1938 to 1969, during which time he extensively documented the United States as well as other countries.
Indiana University Web Sites on Archive-It.org: The Indiana University Web Sites collection is an extension of the holdings of the University Archives which is responsible for the appraisal, acquisition, preservation and use of University records of permanent value and the private records of individuals and organizations associated with Indiana University.
