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Butler University

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Dates

  • Existence: 1923

Places

Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:

"Leo Remembers," memoir of Leo Harper, 2006

 File — Box 8
Identifier: MSS-SM 051
Scope and Contents

Files include the memoir of Dr. Leo Harper's military service in World War II and the Korean War as well as genealogical information and family recipes.

Dates: 2006

Margaret "Bonnie" Habich papers, 1928 - 1938

 File — Box 4
Identifier: MSS-SM 031
Scope and Contents This collection is a photocopy of a scrapbook that Margaret Habich kept; the original remains with her family. It primarily contains newspaper clippings from Margaret Habich’s time as a Butler student; there are also materials related to her time before Butler at the St. Agnes Academy and after Butler at Case Western Reserve University. The newspaper clippings concern her participation in the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, the theater department, weddings, and her academic career. This...
Dates: 1928 - 1938

Mary Ann Malott honorary society insignia drawings, 1951

 File — Box 9
Identifier: MSS-SM 058
Scope and Contents

Ten small drawings by Butler University student Mary Ann Malott. The drawings are of the insignias of Butler honorary societies, including Chimes, Who’s Who, Theta Sigma Phi, Scarlet Quill, Philokurian, Phi Chi Nu, Alfred Marshall, Sigma Tau Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, and Spurs. There is writing on the back of each drawing explaining the meaning and brief detail about the societies.

Dates: 1951

Mary Catherine Stair student papers, 1928 - 1943

 File — Box 4
Identifier: MSS-SM 029
Scope and Contents

Files pertaining to the Butler student career of Mary Catherine Stair (later Wild). Includes a March 1941 issue of "Bored Walk" magazine, photocopies of sheet music written by Stair and others, a dance cards and ephemera, and a small quantity of materials related to the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority including a song book and photographs.

Dates: 1928 - 1943

Milton L. Farber, Jr. faculty papers, 1976 - 1988

 File — Box 7
Identifier: MSS-SM 043
Scope and Contents This collection contains various materials regarding Milton L. Farber Jr. and his career at Butler University as a professor, focusing on his committee work. The collection includes a draft and final copy of the Constitution of the Faculty Assembly of Butler University; the Report of the Committee on Academic Change and Improvement, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; photographs of the first and second Executive Committee of the Faculty Assembly; a newsletter article and newspaper...
Dates: 1976 - 1988

"Moon Over Maui," screenplay by Robert C. Mansfield, 2000

 File — Box 7
Identifier: MSS-SM 049
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the play, “Moon Over Maui” written by Robert Mansfield, a former Butler University professor. The play takes place on the Hawaiian island of Maui in the year 1939; it is a murder mystery with the people of the island trying to piece together what happened to the victim.

Dates: 2000

New Faculty, 2008 - 2014

 File — Box 10
Identifier: MSS-SM 080
Scope and Contents

List of faculty hired across all academic colleges and other departments, such as the library and administration offices of Butler University between the years 2008 and 2014. It includes a picture and a synopsis of each new hire.

Dates: 2008 - 2014

Norman S. Brown diploma, 1949

 File — Box 1
Identifier: MSS-SM 014
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the diploma of Norman S. Brown from Butler University in 1949 with a Master of Science degree.

Dates: 1949

Notebook from Dr. Ray C. Friesner's Plant Physiology class, 1929

 File — Box 2
Identifier: MSS-SM 020
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of roughly 300 pages of notes for a Plant Physiology class taken by an unknown student in the summer of 1929. The contents include class material as well as drawings of plant physiology subject matter.

Dates: 1929

"Queen of My Dreams" musical comedy papers, 1948

 File — Box 4
Identifier: MSS-SM 26
Scope and Contents

Papers from the original production in 1948 of “Butler’s First Musical”, Queen of My Dreams. Files contain a photocopy program, annotated final script, and a photocopy of what is believed to be the initial rough draft of the musical, heavily edited.

Dates: 1948