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D. Joan Neff’s Indiana University scrapbooks, 1945-1949

A Guide to the Scrapbooks at the Indiana University Archives

Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Peters

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
Neff, D. Joan, 1927-

Title
D. Joan Neff’s Indiana University scrapbooks, 1945-1949

Collection No.
C597

Extent
2.4 cubic feet (4 custom boxes)

Language
Materials are in English

Abstract
Doris Joan Richards Neff graduated from Indiana University in 1949 with a BA in Physical Education with High Distinction. This collection consists of four scrapbooks she compiled while she was at IU, one for each school year, containing materials related to her social activities during that time.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research. Advance notice required.

Biographical Note

Doris Joan Richards Neff (often called Joan or Jo) was born July 12, 1927 to Eileen and Robert Richards. She lived by Winona Lake near Warsaw, Indiana, before coming to Indiana University in 1945. At Indiana University, she lived in Sycamore Hall, serving as Corridor Chairman her junior and senior years. She participated in the Archery Club, becoming social chair in 1947, and was a member of Pamarada her junior and senior years. She graduated in 1949 with a BS in Physical Education with High Distinction.

After graduation she married Franklin Warner Neff, who graduated from Indiana University in 1949 with an AB in Government with Honors. Over the years, the couple has been active philanthropically with the Indiana University School of Education Alumni Association, the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, and also have an endowed scholarship in their name for doctoral students in Organization and Leadership at the Teachers College at Columbia University.

Arrangement

The collection is comprised of four scrapbooks, each recording one school year.

Scope and Content Note

The collection is comprised of four scrapbooks. Each details one year of Joan’s life at Indiana University, 1945-1949. The bulk of the materials include newspaper clippings, programs from social and sporting events, notes and cards from family and friends, meeting notices, punch cards, matchbooks (most unused), flowers, and napkins and decorations from dances and other events. The majority of football programs 1945-1949 are included. Events attended include ones hosted by Acacia Fraternity, Indiana University Theatre, Indiana University Band and other music ensembles, events at the Indiana University Auditorium, and others. The focus of collection was social, although some communication with professors and academic award certificates are also included. Most items are captioned, identifying the item, its provenance, and any associated people or anecdotes. There are also some captions whose items have come detached and are no longer in the scrapbooks.

Related Material

Related photographs may be available in the University Archives Photographs Database.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information
Accession 2004/055
Usage Restrictions
The donor(s) of this collection have transferred their copyrights for the materials to the Trustees of Indiana University through a Deed of Gift. 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], D. Joan Neff’s Indiana University scrapbooks, Collection C597, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Provenance
Donated by D. Joan Neff, July 1, 2004.
Processing Information
Processed by Elizabeth Peters.

Completed in 2015.

Container List


Series: Scrapbooks, 1945-1949 

Box 1 Scrapbook, 1945-1946 

Highlights include:

  • - Implements from Chemistry lab, taken January 22, 1946, including a test tube brush, asbestos screen, glass tubes, the top of a medicine dropper, and a wire triangle
  • - A sugar letter R off of Ted’s birthday cake
  • - A cookie in the shape of a tennis racket
  • - Ribbons from Patricia Leiter Meitzler’s wedding bouquet, Easter 1946
  • - Frog eye lens extracted in Zoology
  • - “Jane’s Gum – a special offering for my scrap-book”
  • - Corners of $1, $5, and $10 bill given as birthday presents
  • - Items from a trip to Chicago: water cup from the train, hotel soap, ticket stubs, postcards, matchbooks, materials from Palmer House, drinking straw, sugar packet, placemat for dinner at the Shangri-La, Hotel Greeters Guide to Chicago, stone from the Lake Michigan beach

Box 2 Scrapbook, 1946-1947 

Highlights include:

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  • - Flowers from 5-year-old Sunday School girls
  • - A sugar letter Y from Pauline's birthday cake
  • - Seeds from a melon eaten Labor Day 1946, which was cut open on the bumper of the car
  • - Campaign button: Jenner (R) for Senator
  • - Identification card for Indiana University
  • - Woody Herman concert program with comments on the performance
  • - Photographs of Joan and Dave, taken in a booth at Union Station in Cincinnati
  • - Postcard covered in stamps
  • - Map of trails at Brown County State Park
  • - Map of trails at Pokagon State Park
  • - Lock of hair cut before starting as a counselor at Girl Scout Camp Ella J. Logan
  • - Materials related to activities at Girl Scout Camp Ella J. Logan

Box 3 Scrapbook, 1947-1948 

Highlights include:

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  • - Corridor chairman nametag
  • - Receipt from Chetwood Flying Service, where Frank Neff took Joan flying
  • - Matchbooks from Abe Martin Lodge
  • - Program from "A Conference on Social Usage," October 21-22, 1947
  • - Rose given to Joan by Frank Neff on their 6 month anniversary of dating, October 25, 1947
  • - Note from Frank Neff written in Spanish, shorthand, and French
  • - Drawing of Acacia fraternity pin, with caption "Pinned - November 23, 1947, Brown County State Park - Hesitation Point, Sunday, 11:30 am". Also a letter with an explanation of the pinning tradition.
  • - Broken top half of an arrow from Archery Club
  • - Name tag and program from Mid-West Physical Education Association Annual Convention, April 7-10, 1948, in Indianapolis
  • - Photographs of Joan and Frank taken at the North Webster Mermaid Festival
  • - Program for the Kentucky Derby, 1948
  • - Center of an audio record of "The Maharajah of Magador" by John Jacob Loeb, performed by Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
  • - The edge of Joyce's panties from her wedding, "which she trimmed to keep the ridge from showing"

Box 4 Scrapbook, 1948-1949 

Highlights include:

  • - Corridor chairman and undergraduate assistant nametag
  • - Newspaper announcement of ROTC Cadet officer appointments, including Frank Neff as Cadet Captain
  • - Leis from the Fall Carnival
  • - Announcement and rules for the Sadie Hawkins Race, Saturday, November 13, 1948
  • - Knitting sample
  • - Items from the Military Ball

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