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A Guide to the Records at the Indiana University Archives

Finding aid prepared by Richard Brewer.

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
Wright Quadrangle (Indiana University, Bloomington). Parks House residents

Title
Parks House publications, 1960-1980

Collection No.
C647

Extent
0.8 cubic feet (2 boxes)

Language
Materials are in English

Abstract
This collection contains issues of the Parks House Scribe, Scribe-Orifice, and Orifice, which were humor publications created by the male student residents of the Wright Quadrangle on the Indiana University Bloomington campus from 1960 through at least 1980. These publications consisted of simple stapled pages and included content such as campus news, drawings, jokes, and pictures.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research. Advance notice required.

Administrative History

Parks House is a unit within the Wright Quadrangle, a dormitory located on the corner of North Jordan Avenue and Tenth Street on the Indiana University Bloomington campus. The dormitory was built for male student housing in 1949 and named after Joseph A. Wright, governor of Indiana from 1849-1857, in 1959. Wright Quadrangle contains eight units connected by stairwells, breezeways, and hallways and is divided into eighteen different “houses”: Dodds House, Ferguson House, Stockwell House, Dunn House, Parks House, Dewey House, Rollins House, Jenkins House, Hummer House, Nichols House, Ruter House, Todd House, Hall House, Campbell House, Harney House, Lowe House, Elliott House, Harding House.

The Parks House Scribe, written by male residents of Parks House, Wright Quadrangle, was produced from 1960 through at least 1978. The numbering conventions of the Scribe-Orifice and the Orifice indicate that these publications, also from residents of Parks House, were probably a continuation of the Scribe, rather than entirely separate operations.

Arrangement

This collection is organized into one series of publications dating from 1960-1980. These publications are arranged in approximate chronological order, with duplicates found at the end.

Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of newsletters and magazines produced by the male student residents of Parks House, Wright Quadrangle, between 1960 and 1980. The publications include an incomplete set of 15 volumes of the Scribe (1960-1978), four issues of the Scribe-Orifice (1979-1980) and the Orifice (1978-1980). The issues, consisting of simple stapled pages, include campus news, drawings, jokes, and pictures. Humor (ranging from mild to obscene), and news articles are the primary features of these publications. Special issues, such as holiday-themed issues, occasionally contain covers illustrated in color.

Related Material

Related photographs may be available in the Indiana University Archives Photograph Collection.

Administrative Information

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