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Indiana Architecture X 3D: Archival Encounters of the 3-D Kind

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Abstract

3-D modeling and printing within the archives setting offer new tools for archivists to interpret collections and provide innovative avenues of outreach to many types of audiences. This article explores the recent initiative to invigorate architectural records collections at Ball State University’s Drawings + Documents Archive using rapid prototyping skills already employed by students in the College of Architecture and Planning. Transforming the information on nineteenth-century drawings using twenty-first-century technology creates a new level of interest and engagement in the archival collections among students, faculty, researchers, and casual visitors.

How to Cite:

Street, C., (2015) “Indiana Architecture X 3D: Archival Encounters of the 3-D Kind”, Archival Issues 36(2), 7–21. doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/archivalissues.11002