This essay by Butler student Nita P. Walker is a retelling of her family’s story and how the dynamic of race and classification of one’s identity changed over time. Walker discusses her family and what their Black heritage means to them, citing family members first coming to North America as enslaved people in 1501. She then moves forward in time explaining the identities of more recent family members, as well as her wishes for her children in the future and their Black identity.

This collection consists of four folders of academic essays while Alexander Weinstein Cavins was a Butler University student. He would go on to become a medical doctor. His papers include essays on topics such as literature, art, science, and entomology; it also includes drawings related to the sciences.

This collection contains nine bluebooks, which are small notebooks used for taking written tests. The majority are for her American Literature class; there are also two from her Ethics class. The bluebooks are undated. However, Elsie Felt graduated from Butler University in 1917 and it is presumed they date from sometime between 1914 and 1917.

This collection consists of pages from a scrapbook belonging to Butler University student Elanor A. Taylor. The pages include newspaper clippings about the opening of the new Butler campus in its current Fairview location. The collection specifically highlights Jordan Hall and Hinkle Fieldhouse, known then as Butler Fieldhouse or the Fieldhouse, on the new Fairview Campus. It also includes short articles about Eleanor A. Taylor.