Help IU Archives Digitize the IDS

April 9th, 2025

The front page of the IDS April 23, 1979. Headline reads, "Delta Chi wins accident-ridden 500." Courtesy of University Archives, P0078797

Last year on IU Day, we set out with a goal of digitizing a single decade of the IDS from the 1950s. The response on IU Day and beyond allowed us to expand our goal, and we were able to digitize 1949-1973. We appreciate everyone who supported us last year!

We currently have April 1973 through April 1983 prepped and ready to be digitized. For IU Day, we are raising money to send them out to a large-scale digitizing company. With a cost of one dollar per page, our goal is to digitize the IDS in its entirety. Your support will make a huge impact in preserving IU’s storied history. How many pages of the IDS will you help digitize?

We invite you to Double Your Gift to the Mary Brown Craig University Archives Special Project Fund to help support projects like our IDS digitization efforts. Every dollar you give will be matched thanks to two generous donors who wish to honor the legacy of IU field hockey coach Kay Burrus and her trailblazing support of student athletes.   

A triumphant sport player is holding a trophy up high.

Ray Tolbert celebrating 1981 NCAA Championship

April 1, 1981 IDS, University Archives P0024586 .

Help digitize the IDS

By supporting the inaugural project of the Mary Brown Craig University Archives Special Project Fund today, you’ll help ensure that all generations have the opportunity to explore and learn from IU's vibrant past. Thanks to your support, people the world over will have access to decades of IU history through an online IDS.

Join us in this remarkable endeavor!