Indiana University Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology Campus Ghost Walks Records, 1911-2008, bulk
2001-2008
A Guide to the Records at the Indiana University Archives
Finding aid prepared by Jesse Fivecoate.
Electronic finding aid encoded by Jeannine Roe.
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 University, Bloomington.
Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology.
TitleIndiana University Department of
Folklore and Ethnomusicology Campus Ghost Walks Records, 1911-2008, bulk
2001-2008
Collection No.
C620
Extent
1 cubic foot
(3 boxes)
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
This collection consists of maps, audio
recordings, news reports, advertisements, committee notes, photographs, and story
transcripts for the campus ghost walks organized by the Indiana University
Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology. The ghost walks are annual tours that
feature ghost legends tied to well-known places on campus and the Bloomington,
Indiana, area.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Advance notice required.
Administrative History
The Indiana University Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology jointly administers
the Folklore Institute and Ethnomusicology Institute and offers undergraduate and
graduate degrees in both fields. The Folklore Institute at Indiana University began
as an eight-week program in the summer of 1942 under the directorship of Professor
Stith Thompson. During the program, residential and visiting faculty taught courses
on a number of topics, including field collecting and recording, the folk tale and
similar forms, folk music and songs, and Native American folklore.
The Folklore Institute grew into a stable research branch of Indiana University's
College of Arts and Sciences in 1949 and received departmental status with an
independent faculty in 1963. In 1977, the Folklore Institute was named an affiliated
institute of the newly designated Department of Folklore.
While ethnomusicology programming began at Indiana University as early as 1948, the
field first gained official status at the university through the introduction of the
Ethnomusicology Program under the Department of Folklore in 1982. In 2000, the
Ethnomusicology Institute was established. That same year, the administrative
structure governing folklore and ethnomusicology was reorganized, and the Department
of Folklore officially became the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, with
the Folklore Institute and Ethnomusicology institute as units within the department.
Since 2001, the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology has coordinated annual,
ghost-themed campus tours known as “ghost walks.” These tours take place during the
Halloween season and feature legends tied to well-known campus and Bloomington
spaces. Students, staff, and faculty from the department act as organizers,
storytellers, and performers for the walks. Past faculty and staff participants
include Ruth Aten, Linda Degh, and John Johnson.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into two series: Administrative files and Ghost legends.
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of maps, audio recordings, news reports, advertisements,
committee notes, photographs, and story transcripts for the campus ghost walks
hosted by the Indiana University Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology.
The Administrative Files series (1951-2008) includes materials relating to the
coordination of the annual event such as committee notes, correspondence, walking
guides, and publicity material, and event photographs. This series also includes a
scrapbook documenting the walks from 2002-2005.
The Ghost legends series (1911-2004) contains the collected legends drawn from the
Folklore Institute archives that were used to create the content of the walks. Local
ghost legends center on campus spaces as well as local Bloomington establishments
such as the Porticos Restaurant. Examples of campus ghost legends include those of
the Health Center, Well House, the sorority Zeta Beta Tau, and Eigenmann Hall.
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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
Additional records such as newsletters, annual reports, bulletins, and publications
may be accessed in the
Archives of Institutional Memory
.
Archived web sites for this
Department may be included in
Archive-It.
Related photographs may be available in the
University Archives
Photographs Database
.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
2011/002
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Preferred Citation
[Item], Indiana University Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology Campus Ghost Walks records, Collection C620, Indiana
University Archives, Bloomington.
Provenance
Records were transferred to the IU Archives in 2011 by John McDowell, Chair of
the Folklore department.
Processing InformationProcessed by Jesse Fivecoate.
Completed in 2016
Container List
Series:
Box 1
Administrative files, 1951-2008
Campus Ghost Walk – general files, 2001-2002
(2 folders)
Music for ghost walks, undated
(6 CDs and 1 floppy disc)
Correspondence, e-mails, 2001-2004
Flyers and posters, 2002-2008
How to Haunt a House, Dan Witkowski,
1995
Indiana Daily Student – collected material
General, 1984-2005
Bronze markers, 1951
Baby elephant, 1951
List of stories/participants, 2001-2004
Non-IU ghost stories by students in folk courses, 2001
Organization Committee, undated
Box 2
Photos, 2002-2005
Publicity, 2001-2006
Scrapbook, 2002-2005
(See Box 3
Oversized)
Walking guides, undated
Series:
Box 2
Ghost legends, 1911-2004
Arboretum, 2003
Auditorium, Theatre and Drama, 2004
Ballantine Hall, 2003
Briscoe, 2001-2004
Career Center, 2003
Cemeteries, 1951,
1990, 1996
Delta Tau Delta, 1976
Doctor/Frat House, 1984, 1990
Eigenmann Hall, 1976-2004
Folk/Ethno 504 N. Fess, 1984-2001
Goodbody, 1990
Health Center, 1989
IM Union, 2001-2004
Kappa Delta Rho, 1990-2004
Maxwell House, 2001
McNutt/ Hatchet Man, 2001
Miscellaneous Stories, 1984-2004
Owen Hall, 2001
Pi Beta Phi, 2003
The Pond, 2003
Poplars Ghosts, 2001
Porticos, 1990,
undated
Read Hall, 1976-2003
Sigma Phi Epsilon, 2002
Teter, 1989-2004
Well House, 1995
Women in Black, 1911
Zeta Beta Tau, 2004
Box 3
Oversized