Collection is open for research. Advance notice required.
The Poynter Center is an endowed ethics research center located at Indiana University
Bloomington. Established in 1972 with funding from the late Nelson Poynter, an
alumnus of Indiana University, the Poynter Center is dedicated to studying a broad
range of ethical issues in American public life and facilitating intellectual
interactions across the schools of Indiana University and the wider public. The
founding director was William Lee Miller, who served from 1972-1982. David H. Smith
served as director from 1982 until his retirement in 2003, and is currently the
interim director. Richard Miller served as director from 2003-2013.
Through its programming, the Poynter Center addresses bioethics, religion, political
ethics, research ethics, professional and educational ethics, technology, and many
other areas. Initiatives over the years include courses such as "The Citizen and the
News," supported by the Ford Foundation, which began in the fall of 1975 and studies
the institutions that produce news and information about public affairs in America.
The Center also brings in Poynter Fellows to lecture, participate in workshops, and
author essays on communications and news media.
The Center has sponsored numerous other projects such as teaching and research
workshops, public discussion series, sponsorship of undergraduate activities,
interdisciplinary seminars, and research collaborations, promoting moral
deliberation across all areas of life, including, but not limited to, science and
technology, medicine and healthcare, education, professionalism, business, and
democratic life and culture. Many of these courses and workshops held from the 1970s
through the 1980s utilized audio or visual recordings of interviews and commentators
presenting and discussing various American documents and issues. These materials
were used on campus as well as loaned out or copied upon request to institutions
around the United States for use in the classroom and to stimulate public discourse.
Some recordings were also made at WTIU, with the support of the Indiana Committee
for the Humanities.
Collection is organized into two series: Administrative files and Audiovisual
Materials.
The Administrative files series is organized alphabetically by subject, as received
from the Center. Files are composed of records relating to departmental activities,
events and symposiums, classroom materials and curricula, and various public
discussion series sponsored by the center. One folder of slides, negatives, and
photos has been removed and transferred to the Archives photo collection. Contact
the Photographs Curator for further information.
The Audiovisual materials include film, video, and audio recordings of lectures,
seminars and presentations on a wide range of topics. They have been sorted by
format in preparation for the Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative, with
one box of mixed materials. Items include U-Matic videotapes (125), 5" Sony V-30H
1/2" video reels (34), 7" Sony V-30H and Scotch HE 1/2" video reels (144), 1/4" open
reel audio tapes (22), VHS tapes (5), cassette tapes (2), and one 2-inch
quadraphonic film reel. One Sony timer recording adapter is also included. Few of
the materials are dated, but likely span a time period from the 1970s-1990s. A
printed list with descriptions of some of the videos is located in the "Videotapes"
file in Box 6.
Additional records such as newsletters, annual reports, bulletins, and publications
may be accessed in the
Archives of Institutional Memory.
Series:
Box 1
Administrative files, 1971-1998
Alternatives to Assisted Suicide conference, 1996-98
America and the Carter Presidency conference, 1978-79
American Religion and the Public Order, 1975-76
American Theories and Practice of Religious Liberty symposium,
1982-83
Appleton Consensus Project, 1990-91
Aspen Institute, 1975-80
Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution Lecture Series,
Ball Bros., 1976-87
Caputo, 1984-87
Freyer, 1982-85
Hyneman, 1982-83
Kommers, 1984-89
Madison, 1982-85
McCarthy, 1982-84
Merriman, 1984-86
Perry, 1984-86
Biology, Values, and the Law Study Group, 1986
Caring for the Helpless seminar, 1987
Catalyst Project Fund for the Improvement of Secondary Education
(FIPSE),
1993
July-Dec.1992
Jan.-June
1992
July-Dec.
1991
Jan.-June
1991
July-Dec.
1990
Jan.-June
1990
1989
The Changing Tapestry: A Conference on Religion in Culture,
1976
The Citizen, the Media, and American Institutions course,
1973
The Citizen, the Presidency and Public Morality course, 1974-75
The Citizen and Science Project, 1974-78
The Citizen and the Founding Fathers course, 1975-76
The Citizen and the Law course, 1974-76
The Citizen and the News Project,
1979-81
1978
1976-77
Box 2
1973-75
The Classroom and the Newsroom Seminars, 1978-
The Condition of the Humanities mini-conference, 1981
Conversations with David Broder, 1980
Copyrights, 1977-78,
1982,
1984-87,
1991-92
Corporate Responsibility project,
Apr. 1988-July
1989
May 1986-Mar.
1988
Ethical Issues in Teaching, Evaluating and Relating with Students
open faculty forum, 1983
Ethics: Practice and Teaching workshop, 1990-92
Ethics, Medicine and the Life Sciences conference, 1975-79
Ethics and Professional Responsibility Ad Hoc Committee,
1981-82
Ethics and the Educated Person,
1992-96
1991
July-Dec.
1990
Jan.-June
1990
July-Dec.
1989
Jan.-June
1989
Ethics Education Program,
Apr. 1984-June
1985
1983-Mar.
1984
Ethics in American Life lecture series, 1983
Ethics of Public Life seminars, 1979-81
Ethics Seminar (Levi Strauss & Co.), 1979-80
Exxon,
1989
May-Dec.1988
Jan.-Apr.
1988
1981,
1984,
1986-87
First Amendment project, 1986-92
Fishel (Jeff) book:
Parties and
Elections
, 1972-81
Box 3
Ford Foundation, 1973-76
Friends of the Poynter Center, 1981-82,
1985
Graduate Colloquia on Professional Responsibility, 1982-83
Humanistic Affairs Forum, 1983-85
Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1976
Institute for Religious Studies,
1982-85
1980-81
1977-79
Interdisciplinary Nonthematic Faculty Seminar on Ethics and
Responsibility, 1982-83
IRB Guidebook,
1993
July-Dec.
1992
Jan.-July
1992
1991
IU Foundation, 1992
Law, Science, and the Humanities conference, 1986-87
Lilly Endowment, Inc., 1972-78
Lilly Seminar: Medical Ethics, 1982-85
The Lilly-Poynter Conference: Indiana Colleges and the Crisis of
Confidence, 1974
Lilly-Poynter Statewide Meetings, 1974-77
May, William F.
Notes on the Ethics of
Doctors and Lawyers
, 1976-77
Medical Studies Groups, 1988-92,
1995
Medicine and the Public,
1977-78
1976
1975
Miller, William Lee.
Lincoln's Second
Inaugural
, 1980-82
NEH: Medical Ethics Radio Project, 1979-80
NEH Challenge Grant, 1977-79
NEH Residential Fellowships Program, 1981-82
NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers: Liberty, Equality, and
Fidelity in Bioethics, 1978-79
NEH Summer Seminar for Journalists: American Political Values,
1979
NEH Summer Seminars for Medical Practitioners, 1975-79
NEH Summer Seminars for Public Administrators, 1976-78
New Harmony Workshop - American Testament: Foundation and
Realization, 1975
New World Communications, Inc., 1975-77
NIH:
AIDS and Aid for Patient and
Healer
, 1987-89
NIH:
Using Human Fetal Tissue for
Transplantation and Research
, 1988-89
Box 4
Plain English in a Complex Society, 1979-80
Poynter, Nelson, 1971-81
Poynter Center
General, 1972,
1975-83,
1986-87,
1990-92
Curriculum Development in Public Affairs (MacGregor),
1981
Grants, 1975-82
IU Foundation Capital Campaign, 1980
Photographs and slides, undated
Housed with Archives Photo Collection
Annual Reports, 1981,
1986-92
Budget Planning Documents, 1985-91
Fellows, 1992-95
Five-Year Plan, 1989
Sponsored Courses, 1975-90
Poynter Center Trustee Education Program,
July
1989-1992
1988-June
1989
Poynter Dinner Series - The Loss of Confidence in American
Institutions, 1974-75
Poynter Faculty Fellows, 1978-82
Poynter Faculty Forums, 1985-89
Poynter Grapevine, 1974-80
Poynter Lectures - Byrum Carter, 1983-85
Poynter Project,
1974-76
1973
1972
Advisory Committee, 1972-79
Poynter Readers,
1983-90
1975-82
Correspondence, 1974-78
Editors, 1974-75
Poynter Seminars, 1996
The Presidents, the Press, and Political Man course, 1975-76
Prison Education Program,
1980
1978-79
Box 5
1976-77
Prison Education Project, 1974-75
Professional Ethics in Higher Education conference, 1988-90
Public Good and Private Happiness conference, 1986
Public Issues Forum, 1991
Public Service as Institution, 1980-
Box 6
Publications,
1973-79
Bound Essays:
No Rush to
Judgment
, 1978
(2 copies)
Bound Essays:
Science and the Public
Interest
, 1978
Essays, 1975-1991,
undated (ca.
1973-1977)
Newsletters, intermittent dates Spring 1987-Summer 1995
Pamphlets, 1986,
1993
Religion, the University, and the Democratic State conference,
1981
Religion and Politics in the Middle East, 1986-87
Religion in the News, 1997-98
Research Ethics: Policies and Procedures (proposed) - IU,
1989
Respect and Care in Medical Ethics, 1982-86
Responsible Corporate Management seminars,
1984-85
1982-83
Roache Lectures, 1975-95
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, 1976
Rockefeller Foundation, 1973-74,
1976-78,
1980
The Role of the Humanities in a Democratic Society, 1978
Science, Technology, and Society,
1986-89
1984-85
Science, Technology, and Society conference, 1978-79
Science and the Public Interest: Recombinant DNA Research public
forum, 1976-78
Social Issues in Medicine, 1975-78
Social Issues in Medicine for Nurses and Allied Health
Professionals, 1976
Television project, 1975-77
Town Meetings, 1976
Videotapes, 1974-80
World Affairs study/discussion group, 1984-85
Woodlands Conference, 1979
Washington Film Project, 1974
Series:
Box 7
Audiovisual Materials, 1970s-1990s
7" Sony V-31 video tape reel
Roll Call of States - Weds. New Hampshire + Anderson +
Hamilton Criticisms of Congress
Carter's Acceptance Speech Reel #1
Carter's Acceptance Speech Reel #2
Film - Ed Asner Mr. Dooley + into students by delegates
interview with Amy
Tape #4 Jordon Speech
7" Sony V-32 ½" video tape reel
No Title (From: Modern Media Institute)
Carter - Ford Debate I; Tape I
Carter - Ford Debate II, San Francisco 10/06/1976
Carter - Ford Debate III, 10/22/1976; Part I and Part II
5" Sony V-30H ½" video tape reel
Nuclear Energy Forum, Part 1
Nuclear Energy Forum, Part 2
Nuclear Energy Forum, Part 3
Nuclear Energy Forum, Part 4
Bartley I 524 Pathology of Perception
Kristol II Role of Press
Box 8
U-Matic videotape
Bartley 2 - Wall Street Journal
Bauer 1 #546
Citizen and News #846
David Broder, Citizen and the News Project
Appleby & Burgan, City and Urban Renewal #415
Broder, Citizen and the news #107 - Political
Reporter
Lou Cannon: Ronald Reagan and the 1982 Elections -
Master
Lou Cannon: Ronald Reagan and the 1982 Elections
What's News, What's Not
What's News, What's Not
Bartley 1 #524
No title
Box 9
U-Matic videotape
Notre Dame Bicentennial, 1976,
Academic Conference, Center of Continuing Education
Auditorium.
Session I "Understanding the American Revolution" #2,
3/8/76
Session III "The Religious Dimension of American
Aspirations" #6, 3/9/1976
Session IV "Is America in Any Sense Chosen?" #8,
3/9/1976
Session V "Moral Aspirations in American Literature" #9,
3/10/1976
Session V "Moral Aspirations in American Literature" #10,
3/10/1976
Session VI "Science, Technology and American Goals" #11,
3/10/1976
Session VI "Science, Technology and American Goals" #12,
3/10/1976
Session VII "American Aspirations and the World
Community" #13, 3/11/1976
Marlene Sanders, ABC Docum. - Close up
Bill Moyers' Journal, Carter + Country, Series
#402
Citizen and News (part 3) #848
Crossburning: Two Views #114 (Received without
contents)
Crossburning: Two Views (Master Cassette)
Nelson Poynter #2 Dub #5 (Dubbed 11/14/1977 at M.C.)
David Halberstam Reporter (Master 10/04/1979)
Box 10
7" Sony V-31 and V-32 ½" video tape reel
Richard Reeves + William Lee Miller, The Press + The 76
Election
Tape 1 Inauguration
Tape 2, Jan 20,
1977
Tape 2 Tuesday Republican
Tape 3 Acceptance Speech 7/20/1977
Tape 4, Jan 20, 1977
Parade
Tape 5, Jan 20, 1977
Parade Crankite Wrap-up
Carter-Ford Debate II (San Francisco), 10/6/1976
Will Sony CV-2200
Nova-Recombinant DNA
Wednesday 8/18 Republican Roll Call
Box 11
U-Matic videotape
Kamen II, Science as an Art Form
Kamen III, Science and Politics
Dub of NBC Tape - Master
Kristol II, Role of the Press #419
Moyers I, The Press #874
Moyers: The Press #874 Copy one
Bill Moyers' Journals: Essay on Watergate #726
Citizen and Science
Panel Medical Ethics, 4/22/1975
Bill Moyers #867, 1/30/1975
Bill Moyer #874, 1/30/1975
McCloskey #497, 1/30/1975
Woodcock: Science, Literature, and the Human Condition
#229
Will: the Brokered State #726a
Will #538
Will #258
Tomorrow's Television: Get What You Want or Like What You
Get
View of America from the 23rd Century
The Whole World is Watching
Reedy 1 #612
Reedy 2 #492
McCarthy 2 #856
McCloskey, City Politics #497
Box 12
U-Matic videotape
A Conversation with Nelson Poynter (#2 of 3) 1/12/1977
A Conversation with Nelson Poynter (#3 of 3) 1/12/1977
Woman's Studies Interview with Elise Boulding 2/27/1987
Woodcock #229
Will It's about Time, #762a
Will #726
Will #726
Will #258
Young 2 #422
Young #840
Young #840
Science and Society
American Declarations No.7 Letter from Birmingham City
Jail
Box 13
U-Matic videotape
Cannon, Insert dubs
Meg Greenfield, It's about Time
Crossburning Two Views #114
Greenfield It's about Time #517
Greenfield Lecture #1
Ervin 1 #753
Ervin Part 2 #753
David Halberstam Reporter #339
David Halberstam Reporter
Halberstam #277
Halberstam #480
Jeff Greenfield
Box 14
U-Matic videotape
New Conf. 11/10
President and Press Reedy I #612
Will I #538
Valeriani 2 #390
Valeriani 3 #409
View of America CS 1994
Sanders #133
Ruckelshaus 1 #244
Ruckelshaus 2 Sat. Night Massacre #365
Richard Reeves Conversations on America #109
Richard Reeves Conversations on America #119
Reedy 2 Presidency
Interview with Professor Lovell and Professor Janowitz "Armed
Forces in Society" 12/3/1983
No Title
Box 15
7" Sony V-32 ½" video tape reel
Young Martin Luther King
Tomorrow's TV (bad quality)
Ahlstrom, Emersons Harvard Divinity School Address
#103
Cannon, the Press and the 1976 Election
Appleby/Burgan, Conversation on America #415
(color)
Gorman
Crossburning
Cannon, What's News #113
Broder, Citizen and the News #107
Miller, It's about time #108 (color)
Moyers, Journal Washington Notebook #228
Reeves, Press and the 1976
Election
All in Family #101
Sanders, Womens Health
5" Sony V-30H ½" video tape reel
Panel Discussion on Women's Rights Part I
Panel Discussion on Women's Rights Part II
It's about Time: Gloria Steinem, recorded 10/17/1975
Andrew Young #1 - Unedited - M.L. King
Andrew Young #2 - Unedited Version - M.L.King
Democratic Vistas with Alfred Kazin
Ted Sorenson - The Honeymoon is Over, Behind the Lines
#617a
Box 16
5" Sony V-30H ½" video tape reel
Theodore Sorensen, Remarks of John F. Kennedy Sept. 12, 1960 Houston,
Texas
Broder
Democratic Vistas Kazin
G Reedy
Ruckelshaus I EPA 30min. B & W 5
Ruckelshaus, Sat. Night Massacre
Plante II Politics and Television
Dickens, Commons Literature & Life, 8/6/1975
Citizen & News I #846
Abigail McCarty I, Protest 60's and Movements 70's 28min. B & W
#855
Geo Reedy II "Presidency" 30min #427
Dickens - Commons - Literature and Life, 8/6/75
Abigail McCarthy II Challenge to Authority and the
Church
Anderson/Hamilton on Congress B&W #361
Plante 1 TV and the Social Fabric
Part I Women - Literature and Life, 7/16/75
Part II Women - Literature and Life, 7/16/75
Alfred Kazin, Billy Budd
V-P Mondale Acceptance Speech
7" Sony V-32 ½" video tape reel
David Broder, Citizen and the News - Master 7, 6/10/1976
Tuesday Republican Tape #1
Appleby, Conversation on America
7" Sony V-31 ½" video tape reel
I've got a Secret Young Nominating
Cronkite + Mrs. Lilliam (good) + Carter in Plains (+ Joe
Namath's Autograph)
Box 17
Audiocassette
Col 711, Poynter Center Lecture, Vol. 1, 11/06/81
Col 711, Poynter Center Lecture, Vol. 2, 11/06/81
VHS
Ronald H. Spector, Assoc. Prof. of History, U. of Ala.
Director of Naval History - Presentation to Multidisciplinary
Faculty Seminar on the Experience of War
Harry G. Summers to Faculty Multidisciplinary Seminar on the
Experience of War, 4/3/1987
The Second Annual Report of the Defense Secretaries,
9/30/1988
Seminar on "the Experience of War" by Glen Elder, 10/17/1986
Remarks of John F. Kennedy, 9/12/1960, Houston, Texas Presentation to
Multidisciplinary Faculty
Seminar on the Experience of War, Kenneth W. Thompson,
4/24/1987
2" Scotch Quadraphonic video reel
Untitled
7" Scotch 176 ¼" audio reel
Broder, TV Prod Master
7" Ampex 631 ¼" audio reel
Bo2005 - Douglass Cater Lecture, 2/27/1973
7" Scotch 207 ¼" audio reel
Keel Andy Young
7" Scotch 209 ¼" audio reel
Reel #1 The Politics of the Humanities - Bo7174, 1/19/78
Reel #2 The Politics of the Humanities- Bo7174, 1/19/78
Reel #4 The Politics of the Humanities - Bo7176, 1/20/78
7" Scotch 208 ¼" audio reel
Reel one - Poynter Center Lecture - Co1711, 11/6/81
Reel 10, Poynter Conference - Workshop Session III - Bo4911,
10/5/1975
Reel #1-Poynter (Jazz)
Reel #6 Workshop Session I I.U., 10/3/75
Reel #8 Workshop Session II, 10/4/75
Reel #1 David Broder - Wabash College, 10/2/1975
Reel #2 David Broder - Wabash College, 10/2/1975
Reel #3 David Broder - DePauw University, 10/2/75
Reel #4 David Broder - DePauw University, 10/2/1975
Reel #5 David Broder - I.U., 10/3/1975
Reel #7 David Broder - Ramada Inn, 10/3/75
Reel #9 David Broder, 10/4/75
Reel #1 Poynter
Bo5153 Copy
Reel #3 The Politics of the Humanities - Bo7175, 1/19/78
Reel #5 The Politics of the Humanities - Bo7176, 1/19/78
Sony Timer Recording Adaptor FA-20
Box 18
U-Matic videotape
Lou Cannon, Insert dubs
I
II
III
IV
No Title
A Conversation with Nelson Poynter
Nelson Poynter - "Freedom," 3/22/1977
David Broder, Citizen and the News Project
Notre Dame Bicentennial, 1976,
Academic Conference, Center of Continuing Education
Auditorium.
Session I "Understanding the American Revolution" #1,
3/8/76
Session I "The Declaration of Independence: Its Promise
and Problems" #3, 3/8/76
Session II "The Declaration of Independence: Its Promise
and Problems" #4, 3/8/76
Session III "The Declaration of Independence: Its Promise
and Problems" #5, 3/9/76
Session IV "Is America in any Sense Chosen?"#7, 3/9/76
Session VII "American Aspirations and the World
Community" #14, 3/11/76
Box 19
7" Scotch High Energy ½" video tape reel
Moyers, Conscience of a Public Official #862
Moyers 2 #862
CS 1838J "Science and Society/Race Against Time"
Young #640
Ruckelshaus 1 #244
Ruckelshaus Saturday Night Massacre #365
Valeriani 1 #375
Valeriani 2 #390
Valeriani 3 #409
Valeriani I Presidents and Press
Valeriani II Watergate #390
Bauer II #534
Reedy I President and Press #612
Sanders - Role of Women in Communications
Science Panel #584
Bartley I Pathology of Perception #524
Bartley II Wall Street Journal #469
Television: A Political Machine - CS 1941
Mullins, Citizen and Science
Mullins, Sociology of Science #913
Young #422
Plante 1
Plante 2 #513 (Master)
Reedy 1 #612
Sanders, Role of Women in Communication #133
Box 20
7" Scotch High Energy ½" video tape reel
Wills #258 Poynter Center George Wills - Master
Will #726A - Master
Will #538 - Master
Valeriani III News from Nowhere "Epstein" #409
Halberstam It's about Time #277
Hamiltion on the War Powers Bill #377
Henderson 1 Science and Local Government
Kamen 1 Citizen + Science #732
Kamen 2 Science and Art #383
Kamen 3 Science as Big Business #892
Broder: the Party's Over #456
Citizen and News 1
Citizen and News 2 #847
Citizen and News 3
Kristol 1 Republic Virtue vs. Servile Institutions
#362
Kristol 2 Role of the Press #419
McCarthy 1 Protest Movements #855
Halberstam: Best and Brightest #480
Bauer, Law #546
Bauer 2, Covering Racial Strife #534
Bauer 3, American Press vs. European Press #550
America: On the edge of Abundance - Net 2604
Anderson: Hamilton Congress #361
Bartley 1: The Pathology of Perception #524
Bartley 2: The Editorial #469
Box 21
U-Matic videotape
Cannon, Press and the Election
Cannon, Press and the Election
Broder, the Party's Over #456
Broder: Political Party Systems #84
Broder: The Political Reporter
David Broder: Citizen and News Project
David Broder: Appraises the 1980
Election
Bauer: Covering Racial Strife #534
Bauer 3: Press #550
Ahlstroom: It's about time #258
Citizen and News 2 #847
Citizen and News (part 2) #847
Box 22
7" Scotch High Energy ½" video tape reel
Tape #546 - Bauer I
Bauer I Press #550
Ervin Part I #753
Ervin Part 2 #753
Citizen + News #847, Citizen + News #848
Woodcock #229
Young, It's about Time
Young, Religion and Politics
Anderson/Hamilton Congress
Hamilton: War Powers Bill #377
Kamen I Science as Creative Art
Kristol I Republic Virtues vs. Servile Institutions
#362
Moyers II Conscience of Public Official #862
Broder, The Party's Over #456
Broder #84, 1975
Halberstam #277
Halberstam #480
Halberstam #664
Peterson #518 (Master)
Mullins #913
Mullins Citizen and Science #702
Box 23
U-Matic videotape
Crossburning
McCloskey #497
Mullins 2 #913
Mullins: Science and Government #702
Bill Moyers Journal - Essay on Watergate #726
Moyers 1 #874
Open Faculty Forum "Ethics of Teaching, Evaluating, and
Relating with Students" #1
Open Faculty Forum "Ethics of Teaching, Evaluating, and
Relating with Students" #2
Reedy Dub #612
Peterson 2 #518
Plante 2 #513
Plante 1 # 853
It's about time (Pauling) #86
Gorman: Gettysburg Address #104
Box 24
U-Matic videotape
Halberstam #664
Halberstam: It' about time #277
David Halberstam: Reporter #339
Hamilton: War Powers Bill #377
Kamen 1 #732
Kamen 2 #383
Kamen 3 Science and Politics #892
Kristol 1 Republican Virtues #362
Kristol 2 Role of the Press #419
McCarthy 1 #855
McCarthy 2 Challenge to Authority #856
Moyers 2 Conscience of Public Official #862
Interview with Professors Lovell and Janowitz "Armed Forces
in Society"
Hoffman: It's about Time #347
