This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit October 11, 2011 Describing Archives: A Content Standard Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Alexander M. Bracken Library 2000 W. University Avenue Muncie, Indiana, 47306 765-285-5078 libarchives@bsu.edu
Table of Contents Summary Information... 3 Biographical Note... 4 Scope and Contents... 4 Arrangement...4 Administrative Information...5 Controlled Access Headings...5 Collection Inventory... 7 - Page 2 -
Summary Information Repository Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Creator - Compiler Koons, George H. Title Date 1904-1926 Extent 0.3 Cubic feet 1 box Language English Language of Materials Materials in English. [] 1 Preferred Citation, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries - Page 3 -
Biographical Note George H. Koons, Jr., was the son of George H. Koons and Josinah Hickman Koons. He was born in Muncie on February 23, 1886. After graduating from Muncie High School in 1905, Koons attended Indiana University for two years. His studies there prepared him for law school at George Washington University, from which he graduated in 1909. He practiced law with his father at 312 Wysor Street in Muncie. The elder Koons had previously served as judge of the Delaware County Circuit Court (1892-98) and as president of the Muncie Bar Association (1906-07). When he died in 1919, George, Jr., continued practicing law at the Wysor Street Office. In 1922, he was elected president of the Muncie Bar Association. George H. Koons, Jr., was a member of the Republican Party, the Kiwanis Club, and was affiliated with the college fraternities of Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Delta Phi. He married Miriam B. Sterner on January 15, 1910, and the couple had two children, George Sterner and Helene Bauman Koons. The collection was present in the Delaware County archives at the time when a professional archivist was first hired to oversee the holdings there. It is not known when the collection was donated nor by whom. However, it seems likely that Koons` children donated the materials. Scope and Contents This collection includes personal and business correspondence, Muncie Board of Public Safety documents, a city ordinance regarding jitney busses, and miscellaneous material from George H. Koons in Muncie, Indiana ranging from 1904 to 1926 regarding his activities. Arrangement This collection is arranged chronologically. - Page 4 -
Administrative Information Publication Information Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Conditions Governing Access This collection is open for research. Conditions Governing Use Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special Collections. Custodial History This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation. Processing Information Collection processing completed 1994/02/18 by M. Sears. EAD finding aid created 2011/10/11 by Ashley Poynter. EAD finding aid revised 2011/10/11 Bethany Fiechter. Controlled Access Headings Genre(s) Correspondence Geographic Name(s) Delaware County (Ind.) Delaware County (Ind.)--History--20th century--sources Muncie (Ind.) - Page 5 -
Muncie (Ind.)--History--20th century--sources Subject(s) City planning Organizations Stoeckel Archives of Local History - Page 6 -
Collection Inventory Correspondence, 1904-1908, 1926 1 1 Correspondence, 1909-1910,1915 1 2 Correspondence, 1921 1 3 Norris, W.L. vs. City of Muncie legal case, 1919 1 4 - Page 7 -
Regulate and License Jitney Buses city ordinance, 1921-1922 1 5 Muncie Board of Public Safety documents, circa 1921-1922 1 6 Miscellaneous, circa 1910-1926 1 7 - Page 8 -