Indiana Club records, 1906-1978, bulk
1915-1928
A Guide to the Records at the Indiana University Archives
Finding aid prepared by Whitney Olthoff
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 Club (Indiana
University)
TitleIndiana Club records, 1906-1978, bulk
1915-1928
Collection No.
C464
Extent
.4 cubic feet (1 box)
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
The Indiana Club was established at
Indiana University on December 9, 1904. The goal of the club was to advance the
interests of the student body in the social, literary, political, and athletic
realms. This collection consists of minute books, registers, a book on the history
of the organization through 1915, records from the Alumni Association of the Indiana
Club, and other documents.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Advance notice required.
Administrative History
The Indiana Club was first established at Indiana University on December 9, 1904. The
club was reorganized September 29th, 1905 in an effort to resolve issues that had
been problems during its first year. For example, the club had trouble obtaining
regular membership and lacked a system to keep track of who was a member and who was
not. The club was created to deal with political issues among student clubs,
primarily due to the fact that fraternity and sorority members (the “Greeks”), had
more clout in campus clubs than did those who were unaffiliated (the “barbs”),
despite the fact that the latter made up the majority of the student population. It
got to a point where the “barbs” had trouble getting involved with student
organizations unless they could gain political support. The Indiana Club was first
called the Barb Organization, but the name was changed at its first official
meeting.
The aims of the club were primarily social and literary, although politics and
athletics were part of it as well. Social events were held for members and friends,
and literary programs highlighting original works such as plays were regularly held.
Any IU student who was not a member of a fraternity or other organization that stood
“as a unit socially and politically” (1905 Arbutus) were eligible for membership.
The club is last mentioned in the Arbutus in 1929, and a letter to Alumni members
dated June 1, 1929, states as follows:
“As for the Club itself, there is not much to tell. The members were very hopeful
last fall, but with a debt of over five hundred dollars… hanging over them, they say
they do not feel encouraged to get new people into the organization. … The debt, of
course, will be cared for… but the Club will not go on unless the alumni express a
desire to have it do so.”
On November 20, 1915, the Alumni Association of the Indiana Club was organized.
Regular updates on members, including marriage and birth announcements, were given.
Records in this collection suggest that the Indiana Club alumni group was still in
existence in 1978, but it is not known how long it existed after that.
Arrangement
Collection is organized into two series: Indiana Club records and Alumni Association
of the Indiana Club records.
Scope and Content Note
This collection is organized into two series, Indiana Club records, 1906-1978 and
Alumni Association of the Indiana Club records, 1915-1927. Both series are arranged
alphabetically by folder heading. Items of note include letters from Cora B. Hennel,
a book on the history of the Indiana Club up until 1915, and membership rosters.
Photographs and scrapbooks about the club are stored separately; consult the Archives
Photographs Curator for access information.
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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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Separated Material
Two envelopes of scrapbook pages were separated and transferred to the photograph
collection. Consult the Archives Photographs Curator for further information.
Related Material
Related photographs may be available in the
University Archives
Photographs Database
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Accession numbers: 9142-9161, 1178
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
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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.
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Preferred Citation
[Item], Indiana Club records, Collection C464, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Provenance
Some materials were donated by Clifford M. Blowers via Prof. Newell Long and
Cecilia Wahl to the University Archives, Feb. 1984. The rest of the collection
was transferred from Collection C413, the Cecilia Hennel Hendricks family
papers. Dr. Hendricks served as vice president of the organization in 1907, and
was a member of the Anniversary Publication Committee, which published a book on
the history of the Indiana Club in 1915. Her sister, Cora, served as treasurer
in 1905, secretary in 1906, and as the alumni secretary.
Processing InformationProcessed by Whitney S. Olthoff.
Completed in 2012
Container List
Series:
Box 1
Indiana Club records, 1906-1928
Correspondence and Registers, 1906-1928
Indiana Club 1902-1915
Minutes,
1916-1919
1919-1920
1925-1926
Series:
Box 1
Alumni Association of the Indiana Club records, 1915-1978
Correspondence and reports, 1915-1978
Financial records, 1915-1927
Minutes, 1915-1927