Categories: Open to the Public, Speakers
Calendar: Office of Community Engagement Calendar
Start: August 7, 2025 2 p.m.
End: August 7, 2025 3 p.m.
Location: E.B. and Bertha C. Ball Center
No cost, but registration is required (history category)
Contact Details
Daine Watters
765-285-8975

This program will discuss historical events in local history and how the role of fashion influenced them. Fashions from the Mary Beeman Historic Costumes collection at Ball State University will be displayed while presenters describe how women’s fashion was a key part of making history.

Presenters:

  • Melissa Gentry, Supervisor, Map Collection, Ball State University Libraries
  • Sara McKinley, Carnegie Library Manager and the Archivist for Muncie Public Library
  • Susan Smith, Archivist, Minnetrista Museum and Gardens
  • Karen Vincent, Executive Director, Delaware County Historical Society and Delaware County Historian