#BALL STATE ILOCKER ARCHIVE#

#BALL STATE ILOCKER ARCHIVE#

Posted by Matt Kriegl, Graduate Assistant at the Drawings + Documents Archive These collections are also housed in the Library of Congress. The Drawings and Documents Archive also houses many HABS drawings relating to Indiana architecture.Īs a side note, there is also the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) as well at the Historic American Landscape Survey (HALS). For more information, please visit the Library of Congress website on HABS. Digitalization of the collection is also underway. HABS is an ongoing project and new structures are being added to this important resource. The Historic American Buildings Survey collection of documents, surveys, photographs, and more, is now housed at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., and is in the public domain. As a result, these maps are an important part of both the history of Indiana and the nation. These maps are not only important because they show the structures Indiana’s historic past, but also because these maps were on the forefront of a massive undertaking that was to help the United States pull itself out of an economic pitfall while reigniting the interest of America’s storied past. Two years after this map, in 1936, a map showing the location of projects in Indiana districts was completed. A year after the program was established in 1933, an Indiana HABS map from 1934 shows the locations of projects in District No. The Drawing and Documents Archive here at Ball State University’s College of Architecture and Planning recently uncovered some HABS documents that show an overview of important historical structures located within the state. In Indiana, there is evidence that the HABS program was active as early at the inception of the program. It was created by the National Park Service with a mission to document the architectural heritage of the United States and to put people, such as architects, draftsmen, and others, back to work. The Historic American Buildings Survey, commonly referred to as HABS, was established in 1933 in an effort to relieve the crushing impact of unemployment in the United States during the Great Depression. Indiana diners, as well as the diner’s midcentury offspring, the drive-in, developed according to cultural interests and pastimes and, therefore, architecturally reflect what was happening in the state and in the country. We may take the structure of the modern diner for granted, but it has experienced many architectural revisions in its progression from novelty business to regular customers. And every late night out deserves to be capped off with a visit to the local greasy spoon to ease the transition home. No road trip would be the same without its comforting neon beacon at the end of a long road. The humble diner is a familiar aspect of the American landscape. The Drawings and Documents Archive’s new exhibit, Indiana Diners and Drive-ins, explores the architecture of the diner from its origin as a night lunch wagon where night workers and bar patrons bought five-cent ham sandwiches and pie after the regular restaurants had closed for the night, to the rocket ship-inspired drive-ins of the 1950s where teenagers cruised in their Ford convertibles, looking for a malt and a burger. To learn more about the Dull Family farm, visit their website: Įxperience the history of the American diner! It would provide an avenue where two local FFA chapters from different districts, FFA Alumni, national FFA staff and the Dulls can all work together to revive a tired barn into a centerpiece that's used to educate both the young and the not-so-young about food and agriculture.' This project would provide a unique service learning opportunity for all involved. We feel this on-farm connection goes a long way in educating our future consumers about where food really comes from. During school tours, part of the barn is used for a petting zoo where the students and teachers feed and interact with our animals. We are very involved in our community, and our farm is a recommended place to visit by the Boone County Convention and Visitors Bureau. It is the first building that customers see as they come around the bend in the road and up the driveway, so it needs to look good for that first impression. We also run and maintain a tree farm that we use as part of a Christmas tree business. 'We are a family-owned corporation that row crops 2000 acres of corn and soybeans. Voting will take place from Octoto January 5, 2010. One barn in the running is owned by the Dull family in Thorntown, Indiana. This year Campbell’s Soup will be preserving 5 barns as chosen by voters.

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