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Small quantity of printed ephamera including a commencement invitation for the graduation of Florence Smock from Butler College in 1913, a pamphlet telling information on Monument Circle, also known as Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in downtown Indianapolis, and a pamphlet on religion and commandments by God.

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Memorial book containing handwritten notes recording the feelings of students, faculty, and staff as they remember the events of 9/11 a year after it happened. This was offered to students outside of Atherton Union on Butler University’s campus. Students were able to write something with marker and sign it. Many of the sentiments have to do with prevailing through hard times as a country, freedom, and prayer.

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Photocopies of newspaper articles mostly about Butler University, written by Thomas A. Hendricks. The articles that have a publisher noticeable were published by The Indianapolis News and presumed to also be published by The Butler Collegian. Much of the articles are related to sports, particularly football. Within the collection, there is also a typed speech that presumably was given at Butler related dinner.

Scope and Contents Writings of Butler University Emeritus professor of history, Bruce Bigelow. The writings were either published and/or presented at some point. The titles include "The Disciples of Christ in Antebellum Indiana: Geographical Indicator of the Border South," 1986; "19th Century Indiana as Depicted by Edward Eggleston: Themes for Historical Geography," 1990; "The Indiana School of Literature and Regional Culture," 1990; and "Booth Tarkington: A Novelist’s Perspective of Urban Transformation in...

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Manuscript entitled “White Petals,” a fictional account of life at Butler College at the beginning of the 1900s. Butler is known as “Christan College” in the manuscript and faculty members are described as the author knew them at Butler. The student characters are all fictitious. An Author’s Note is found at the back of the manuscript. The author, Lucile C. Marshall, graduated from Butler in 1906.

Scope and Contents Flyer for courses offered through Butler University via television in partnership with WFBM-TV. It also includes the course syllabus for one of these classes, World Literature II, English 396-TV, taught by Dr. Werner W. Beyer. Within the syllabus is what the course covers, a schedule of assignments and notes for each class day, Tuesdays and Thursdays. The collection also includes a letter to Dr. Beyer from Barnes & Noble and clippings from Time and other magazines. It is unknown what...

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The collection contains the original proclamation that outlines some of the contributions made by Butler University alumni to the city of Indianapolis and establishes alumni day on October 24th. It is signed by Mayor Richard Lugar. The collection also contains a separate sheet that outlines the alumni associations awards and the criteria for winning the award.

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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.

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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.

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Three-page account of lies that were told about him when he was an undergraduate. Writing this work roughly 50 years after his graduation, he sets the record straight about the rumors that circulated campus about him. The rumors include kidnapping a band student, vandalizing the Persephone statue, and writing an unsavory headline in the Daily Collegian. Bratton is assumed to have graduated from Butler in the 1940s.