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Thank you for using our E-mail an Archivist service!
The University Libraries' E-mail an Archivist Service, just as the E-mail a Librarian Service, allows patrons to ask short factual questions from their own homes or offices. All questions are answered by Archivists, and you can usually expect an answer within 48 hours, except on university holidays or other such schedule variations.
If your question is difficult to describe, will involve more information than can be relayed through the E-mail an Archivist service, or if it is the weekend and you need an answer fast, please try the following:
Please go to the E-mail an Archivist form to ask your question.
If your question is difficult to describe, will involve more information than can be relayed through the E-mail an Archivist service, or if it is the weekend and you need an answer fast, please try the following:
- Check the Digital Media Repository
The Digital Media Repository includes access to over 67,000 images,
videos, audio, journals, newspapers, and other digital objects produced
at Ball State University to support the educational process.
- Browse our online Finding Aids & Guides
Online finding aids & guides provide detailed information to collections housed in the Archives & Special Collections.
- Search the Digital Commons resource portal
The Ball State University Digital Commons is a portal to thousands of
online resources provided by the University Libraries. Students, faculty,
and staff are now able to access thousands of digital resources, like GIS
resources, electronic theses and dissertations and e-books.
- Contact us
Contact us at 765-285-5078 or email at libarchives@bsu.edu.
Hours of operation are Monday & Tuesday, 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. and
Wednesday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Please go to the E-mail an Archivist form to ask your question.
Examples of Appropriate Questions
- What year was the Robert Bell building built?
- What are the topic headings that the Lynd's used for their Middletown study?
- Do you have information on the [fill in the blank] family?
- I need information for a historic Muncie building, what sort of information, maps & pictures do you have?
- I'm interested in your Steinbeck collection, what manuscripts do you have of his work?
