{"id":72,"date":"2021-03-29T13:49:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T17:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/middletownstudies\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2021-03-29T13:49:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T17:49:36","slug":"documenting-deindustrialization-the-middletown-digital-oral-histories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/middletownstudies\/home\/research-and-reports\/documenting-deindustrialization-the-middletown-digital-oral-histories\/","title":{"rendered":"Documenting Deindustrialization:\u00a0the\u00a0Middletown Digital Oral Histories"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Documenting Deindustrialization:\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Middletown Digital Oral Histories\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-73\" 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data-contrast=\"auto\">The Center for Middletown Studies\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">has<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0working to create a historical record of economic\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and social\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">changes in &#8220;Middletown&#8221;\u2014Muncie, Indiana\u2014and their impact on the life of the community.\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0A key facet of this effort has been a series of oral history projects examining different aspects of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the transition from a manufacturing-based community to a city dominated by a large state university and a regional hospital<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0 These projects\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">include\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">examin<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ations of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the history of organized labor<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the evolution of local\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">economic development<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0efforts<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0changing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0civic role of churches<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and the evolution of social services<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0 There also collections of interviews\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">documenting Black experiences<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and demographic change.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Many of these projects can be found in the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dmr.bsu.edu\/digital\/collection\/MidOrHis\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Middletown Digital Oral History Collections<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0held by Ball State University Libraries.\u00a0 Other\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">related\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">collections include the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/muslims%20in%20muncie%20oral%20histories%20and%20documentary%20project\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Changing Gears Oral Histories<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dmr.bsu.edu\/digital\/collection\/MncHSCnsOHP\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Muncie High School Consolidation<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0project, the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dmr.bsu.edu\/digital\/collection\/MunChCEOH\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Faith Communities and Civic Engagement<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0project,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/muslims%20in%20muncie%20oral%20histories%20and%20documentary%20project\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Muslims in Muncie<\/span><\/a><span 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