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Butler University

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1923

Places

Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:

Jean Leveque notification Butler University vacating of the Odeon Building, 1970

 File — Box 10
Identifier: MSS-SM 078
Scope and Contents

Letter written by Jean Leveque, Assistant Treasurer for Butler University, to Gerald Carrier, Executive Secretary of the Jordan Foundation, regarding Butler’s vacating of the Odeon Building in downtown Indianapolis.

Dates: 1970

"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

"Letters from an American Soldier, 1941-1946," by Charles W. Walters, 1999

 File — Box 8
Identifier: MSS-SM 052
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the letters of Charles William Walters during his time in World War II. Most letters are addressed to his mother. The letters are written over his five-year stint in the military. The collection also includes copies of photographs and other ephemera assembled by Mr. Walters, such as Japanese currency, government documents, and postcards.

Dates: 1999

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

Nicholas M. Cripe essays on Butler University debate, 1986

 File — Box 9
Identifier: MSS-SM 063
Scope and Contents Drafts of an essay written by Dr. Nicholas Cripe, a professor of speech and a debate club coach at Butler University, about the history of debate at Butler from 1879 to 1910. It consists of three different drafts of the paper, the first one having multiple annotations and the second being the same document without the annotations. The third copy appears to be the final draft. The last document is entitled “The Butler Debate Tradition 1879-1979” and refers to Dr. Cripe in the third person,...
Dates: 1986