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Notes taken by Butler student Cassandra Crowley, who graduated with a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in ballet. The notes and accompanying sheet music are from classes she took by Professor of Dance Betty Gour

Scope and Contents Scrapbook of letters, newspaper articles, and other materials concerning William M. French, who was an Indiana representative of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) in the later 1800s.) It has content ranging from his time in the military to his involvement in the IOOF to his engagement in politics. It is unclear if French or another family member kept this scrapbook or if it was created by someone interested in William M. French. The scrapbook appears to have originally been a...

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Three folders of photographs and printed ephemera, apparently documenting the Eberly and Bishir families of Indiana, Missouri, and Kansas. The first folder contains portraits of children and a few of adults; there is no note of who is in these photographs or when they were taken. The second folder contains documents such as post cards and small booklets with records of expenses. The third folder contains a photograph albums of city and landscapes, apparently in the Netherlands.

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,...

Scope and Contents Photocopies of a diary as well as transcriptions. It also includes photocopies of several newspaper clippings about Henry Bade; a photocopy of the article “From Salt Form to Chickamauga: Champaign County Soldiers in the Civil War” by Robert H. Behrens; and a photocopy of “Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois, Volume II 1861-1866” revised by Brigadier General J. N. Reece. This diary is from a soldier(s) in Company K, 25th Regiment of the Illinois Volunteers. The minimal...

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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.