This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit October 07, 2014 Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Alexander M. Bracken Library 2000 W. University Avenue Muncie, Indiana, 47306 765-285-5078 libarchives@bsu.edu
Table of Contents Summary Information... 3 Biographical Note... 4 Scope and Contents... 4 Arrangement...4 Administrative Information...4 Controlled Access Headings...5 Collection Inventory... 6 - Page 2 -
Summary Information Repository Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Creator Cooper, Robert H. Title Robert Cooper papers, 1920-1981 Date 1920-1981 Extent 0.3 Cubic feet Language English Preferred Citation Robert Cooper papers, 1920-1981, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries - Page 3 -
Biographical Note Dr. Robert Holiday Cooper was the head of the science department from 1950 to 1965 and was a full professor of biology until he retired in 1968. In 1970, President Pruis named the science building after Dr. Robert Cooper. He was involved in Hazelwood Christian Church, Kiwanis Club, Delaware County Tuberculosis Association and many more organizations around Muncie, Indiana. Dr. Cooper married Esther L. Munro on December 31, 1930. Scope and Contents This collection includes genealogy documents, photographs, scrapbook, and a plaque from Dr. Robert and Esther Cooper in Muncie, Indiana ranging in date from 1920 to 1981. Arrangement This collection is arranged by chronologically. Administrative Information Publication Information Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Conditions Governing Access This collection is open for research. Conditions Governing Use - Page 4 -
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special Collections. Accruals No further additions are expected. Processing Information Collection processing completed 2014/09/16 by Kasey Mock. Controlled Access Headings Subject(s) Agricultural education. Ball State University--Faculty Ball State University--History Ball State University--History--Sources Biology Education - Page 5 -
Collection Inventory The Knightstown Yearbook, 1920 1 1 The Double Q Composition Book for Treasurer, 1932-1935 1 2 Dr. and Mrs. Robert Cooper correspondence, 1933/06/19-1933/07/17 1 3 Item Newspaper scrapbook, 1940-1941 1 1 Cooper genealogy documents, 1945-1946, 1952, 1971 1 4 Item Dr. Robert H. Cooper Kiwanis Club of Muncie, Indiana President plaque, 1950 1 2 Bringing Indiana Into the Classroom notice, 1958/09/01 1 5 Establishing Cadiz and the Christian Church at Cadiz records, 1961 July 1 6 Dr. Robert H. Cooper Flight Certificate, 1962/12/12 1 7 Beef Cattle Performance Testing Program papers, 1963 1 8 - Page 6 -
Ball bird collection correspondence and newspaper clippings, 1964-1970 1 24 100mph Winds Batter Valdez, Fairbanks Daily News- Miner, 1966/12/02 1 9 In The Edmund F. Ball Family letter, 1966 1 10 Seen and Heard in Our Neighborhood by Dick Green newspaper article, 1968/01/02 1 11 Genealogy Society Pedigree Referral Service documents, 1969/09/17 1 12 Hazelwood Christian Church program, 1970/07/12 1 13 118th Lion's Delaware County Fair program, 1970/07/21-1970/08/01 1 14 International Wives meeting times and member roster, 1970-1971 1 15 House Committees on Environment notice and Environmental Management Act, 1971/01/02-1971/02/08 1 16 Hartford High School Alumni Association Banquet reservation form, 1971 1 17 Item Indiana Farm Record Book, 1972 1 3 Indiana Farm Record Book, 1973-1974 1 4 - Page 7 -
Indiana Farm Record Book, 1975-1977 1 5 Indiana Farm Record Book, 1978-1981 1 6 Cat photographs, undated 1 18 Charcoal stove advertisement, undated 1 19 Cooper's emergency contact information, undated 1 20 Item Kiwanis International flag, undated 1 7 Unidentified photographs, undated 1 21 Unidentified professional photographs, undated 1 22 World Map, undated 1 23 - Page 8 -