We collect records of administrative, legal, and historical value created by or pertaining to IUPUI. These records come from a broad range of university units, schools, and departments, as well as from faculty, staff, and student organizations. We also collect records of the predecessor institutions that became IUPUI schools, including the John Herron Art Institute, the Normal College of the American Gymnastic Union, the Indiana Law School, and the Medical College of Indiana. We are also interested in the papers of faculty members and students who documented their experiences at IUPUI.
Records include paper or digital documents, datasets, photographs, audiovisual materials, scrapbooks, and other formats that provide information about the history and development of IUPUI.
Areas of interest include:
Records of IUPUI Administrative Units
We accept the records of schools, departments, centers, etc. We collect materials including, but not limited to, minutes, correspondence and memoranda, subject files, and reports.
Publications of IUPUI
We accept newsletters, magazines, programs, reports, and other types of publications, including audiovisual materials created for these publications, whether or not they were used. This includes student newspapers, literary journals, and other types of publications produced specifically by students.
Records of Organizations Related to IUPUI
We collect records relating to organizations created and maintained by faculty, staff, and/or students (e.g., Faculty Council, University Faculty Club of Indianapolis, Black Student Union). We are particularly interested in documenting the student experience through the history of diverse student organizations.
Faculty and Staff Papers
We collect the papers of IUPUI faculty and staff to support the University Archives, evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
- Teaching materials: we accept materials related to IUPUI courses, including syllabi, instructor-created lecture materials, handouts, exams, and paper topics. The records of individual students and grade books containing personally identifiable materials will not be accepted.
- Research materials: we accept unique materials that are the products of scholarly research, including data sets, field notes, substantive correspondence, oral histories, or interviews. For most types of research, publication is the primary record of research activity and should be included in IUPUI ScholarWorks whenever possible. We do not collect photocopies of published materials or archival materials held in other repositories.
- Professional activities: academic records created through participation in committees, faculty governance, or administrative roles are institutional records. Records of activities conducted as a member of professional organizations, particularly as an officer of an organization, belong to the particular organization and will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
- Personal papers: correspondence, photographs, and family-related materials will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, with preference to collections that fit with our overall collecting scope.
Student Papers
We accept the records of students and alumni/ae documenting student activities, especially photos, scrapbooks, diaries, and correspondence.
We do not seek to collect student transcripts, personnel records, medical records, large objects, or items with limited research value like plaques and trophies. Students, staff, and faculty members seeking to preserve their publications, theses, and dissertations should consult with the Center for Digital Scholarship to determine whether they are eligible for inclusion in IUPUI ScholarWorks.