University Archives
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A portal for accessing descriptions of University Archives collections and holdings of other special collections units at IU Bloomington.
An ongoing project to provide digital access to the Archives' collection of approximately 2 million photographs and negatives. Images are added daily.
A search portal to access digitized audio and video from campus collection. Content is added regularly.
Image Collections Online serves as a showcase for various image collections curated by the libraries, departments, and cultural institutions of Indiana University.
Digital Collections is a growing repository of digital image collections held at Indiana University campuses.
Research Guides & Tutorials
Topical and course specific research guides focusing on IU Archives collections.
These tutorials help Indiana University units and departments in accessing and navigating the records retention schedule. If you have further questions about records management or transferring university records, please visit Resources For Records Management at Indiana University.
Video tutorials of Archives Online, IU's portal for accessing descriptions of University Archives collections and holdings of other special collections units at IU Bloomington.
Newspapers
- Hoosier State ChroniclesHoosier State Chronicles is operated by the Indiana State Library and funded by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services. The site provides free, online access to high quality digital images of Indiana's historic newspapers.
- Newspaper ArchivesIncludes digitized copies and content of local Indiana newspapers such as the Bloomington Evening World (1907-1923) and Indiana Daily Student (1867-1923).
- Newspapers.com World CollectionContains full runs and portions of runs of well-known, regional and state titles in addition to small local newspapers.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Indiana CollectionProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. State Collections empower researchers to digitally travel back through centuries to become eyewitnesses to local and regional history. Each title includes the complete paper, cover-to-cover, with full-page images in easily downloadable PDF format.
Other Recommended Resources
- Ancestry Library EditionPopular consumer online genealogy resource that includes birth, death, and marriage records as well as searchable manuscript census records for the U.S. 1790-1930.
- Arbutus YearbookA selection of IU yearbooks that were digitized by an unaffiliated third-party vendor.
- Archive GridSearchable portal to archival collections held by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies, and archives are represented in ArchiveGrid.
- Archives of Institutional MemoryThe Archives of Institutional Memory is a digital repository that provides persistent access to official Indiana University records with long-term, indefinite administrative, legal, fiscal or historical value.
- Collections@IUA searchable list of archives, galleries, libraries, museums and collections at IU.
- The Bloomington Faculty Council (BFC) Minutes and CircularsThe BFC is a representative body of elected members from the Bloomington campus of Indiana University. The digitized BFC collection features two key documents: minutes and circulars.
- IUB Archives blogArticles written by IU Archives staff and guest writers. Topics range from administrative history, student life and reesearch.
- IU Board of Trustees minutesThe Board of Trustees is IU's governing board, legal owner, and final authority. Their minutes include official acts, resolutions, policies, agreements, personnel actions, and other business records pertaining to the governance of IU.
- IU Chronology Timeline of key dates in IU Bloomington history (includes a selection of dates for regional campuses)
- IU Commencement speakers, 1892-presentA listing of commencement speakers for the Bloomington campus in reverse chronological order.
- IU Degree CompendiumThe Degree Compendium is an online resource for the public and University employees to query historical degrees for Indiana University at Bloomington.
- IU Publications in HathiTrustIncludes publications such as the Arbutus, course bulletins, reports, etc.
- IU ScholarWorks RepositoryIUScholarWorks Repository is a service of Indiana University Libraries to make the work of IU scholars freely available, while ensuring these resources are preserved and organized for the future.
- IU Web Archives on Archive-It.orgSeeks to preserve and facilitate access to web sites and social media produced by IU administrative offices, schools, departments, service units, institutes, centers, programs, and faculty, student and alumni organizations on the IU Bloomington campus.