Union Board scrapbooks, 1932-2012
A Guide to the Records at the Indiana University Archives
Finding aid prepared by Philip C. Bantin
Summary Information
Repository
Indiana University Archives
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives
Creator
Indiana Memorial Union. Union
Board.
TitleUnion Board scrapbooks, 1932-2012
Collection No.
C568
Extent
106 items
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
The Union Board serves as the governing
body for the Indiana Memorial Union, which organizes various events and activities
for students on the Indiana University Bloomington campus. Established in 1909, the
Union Board has since developed into the largest student programming body at Indiana
University. The Collection consists of scrapbooks which were created by staff
annually from 1932 to the present.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Advance notice required.
Administrative History
The Union Board was originally organized by John M. Whittenberger in 1909 as an
organization that would "further the interests of Indiana University and her
students." Founding members included male students and two individuals in advisory
positions, including University President William L. Bryan. In its early years, the
male-only group met in the Student Building and the old Assembly Hall before the
construction of the Indiana Memorial Union building was completed in 1932. In 1952,
women were first admitted to the Union Board following a merger with the Association
of Women Students.
Over time, the Union Board grew to consist of a governing body including an elected
student Executive Team and group of student Committee Directors. As of 2010, the
Union Board supported thirteen active programming committees overseen by three
executive team members, making a combined total of sixteen student positions, all of
whom work in tangent with Staff Advisors, Faculty and Alumni Representatives, and
the Executive Director of the Indiana Memorial Union.
The goal of the Union Board is to serve students, faculty, alumni and the greater IU
Bloomington community through a diverse range of events, activities, and programs.
Major recurring activity initiatives organized by the Union Board include film
screenings, concerts, performing arts acts, comedy shows, lectures, debates, the
publication of Canvas arts magazine, Live From Bloomington local music programming,
annual Madrigal Dinner performances, and a variety of international and culturally
oriented events.
Arrangement
The Collection consists of one series: Scrapbooks.
Scope and Content Note
The Collection includes 106 scrapbooks from the years 1932 to 2012. Scrapbooks are
missing or were never created for the years 1992, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, and
2010. The scrapbooks were created annually to document prominent activities
undertaken by the Union during that year. A typical scrapbook from the 1930s to the
1980s contained primarily newspaper clippings from the Indiana Daily Student and the
Bloomington paper describing campus news and events particularly as they reflected
upon the Union, Union Board and student events. Scattered throughout the scrapbooks
of this period are programs or announcements of campus events. Starting in the 1990s
and to the present the scrapbooks include fewer newspaper clippings and more
photographs, programs, announcements of events and even newsletters of student
organizations. The material in all the scrapbooks is arranged in chronological
order.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries'
online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by
searching the catalog using these terms.
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Related Material
See also: IU Archives Collection C409, Union Board records, 1912-2010
Additional records such as newsletters, annual reports, bulletins, and publications
may be accessed in the
Archives of Institutional Memory
Archived web sites for the Union Board may be included in
Archive-It
Administrative Information
Usage RestrictionsThe donor(s) of this collection have not transferred their copyrights for the materials to the Trustees of Indiana University.
For more information, please contact the Indiana University Archives staff.
The Indiana University Archives respects the intellectual property rights of others and does not claim any copyrights for
non-university records, materials in the public domain, or materials for which we do not hold a Deed of Gift. Responsibility
for the determination of the copyright status of these materials rests with those persons wishing to reuse the materials.
Researchers are responsible for securing permission from copyright owners and any other rights holders for any reuse of these
materials that extends beyond fair use or other statutory limitations.
Digital reproductions of archival materials from the Indiana University Archives are made available for noncommercial educational
and research purposes only. If you are the copyright holder for any of the digitized materials and have questions about its
inclusion on our site, please contact the Indiana University Archivist.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Union Board scrapbooks, Collection C568, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Provenance
The Union Board loaned the records to the Archives for scanning. The
original scrapbooks have been retained by the Union Board.
Processing InformationProcessed by Philip C. Bantin.
Completed in 2014.
Folder List
Series:
Scrapbooks,1932-2012
February 1982 – June
1982
October – December,
1982
Fall 1982 – April
1983
March 28, 1988 –
December 1988
February 1989 –
December 1989
January 1990 –
January 1991
1993 – January
1994
1994
1996
February 1998 – November
1998
1999
2000
2002
2003
2006
2009
October 30, 2009 – November 1,
2009
2011
2012
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