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Alexander Wilson American Ornithology prints

 Collection
Identifier: PRI-005
Scope and Contents

Collection of prints made from the original copperplate engravings used to illustrate American Ornithology by Alexander Wilson, published between 1808 and 1814.

Dates: 1972

Richard A. Davis author portrait prints

 Class
Identifier: PRI-010
Scope and Contents

Collection of woodcut portraits of noteworthy American authors created by Butler University Librarian Richard A. Davis.

Dates: 1976 - 1989

Richard A. Davis faculty portrait prints

 Collection
Identifier: PRI-006
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 28 woodcut prints of Butler University faculty created by Butler University Librarian Richard A. Davis over the span of 16 years.

Dates: 1967 - 1986

Four Freshmen collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-017
Abstract

The Four Freshmen Collection includes music scores, audio, ephemera and other materials related to the Four Freshmen musical group that was started by four Butler University students in 1947. The Four Freshmen are no longer based at Butler; since their founding, there have been more than 25 different members, and they continue to entertain audiences.

Dates: circa 1947-2016

Jean de La Fontaine Les Fables Prints

 Collection
Identifier: PRI-004
Scope and Contents

A set of seven engravings with accompanying text leaves from the 1783 edition of the famous French verse tales, Les Fables, by Jean de la Fontaine, in which animals behave like human beings.

Dates: 1783

Manuscripts collection

 Collection
Identifier: PRI-003
Abstract

Artificial collection of mostly manuscripts, with a few printed items, spanning from the 13th to the 20th Centuries. Items were gifted to Butler or acquired from various sources.

Dates: 1260 - 1927

Jeanette Siron Pelton botanical print collection

 Collection
Identifier: PRI-001
Scope and Contents This collection of botanical prints contains original plates from herbals, plant histories, and botanical books and magazines from the 15th through the 19th centuries. The prints provide primary source materials illustrating the technological developments of early modern botanical, pharmacological , and medical sciences as well as the history and development of botanical illustration from woodcuts, to copperplate engravings, to chromolithographs. A few engraved portraits of botanists are...
Dates: 1491 - 1853

Small Collections

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-SM
Scope and Contents

The Small Collections are a grouping of small archival acquisitions from many different sources. More detailed notes about the scope, contents, and history of each small collection may be found at the file level. The collections are housed and described together for administrative purposes.

Dates: 1861 - present

Zoological print collection

 Collection
Identifier: PRI-002
Abstract

Collection of zoological prints spanning from the 15th to mid 19th centuries.

Dates: 1491 - 1844