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Butler University

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Dates

  • Existence: 1923

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Found in 103 Collections and/or Records:

"Variations Handbook," by Patricia Douglass, 1973

 File — Box 8
Identifier: MSS-SM 053
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a handbook composed by Butler University Ballet student, Patricia Douglass, who graduated in 1973. The handbook contains classical variations from standard repertoire classical ballets, such as “The Nutcracker” and “Black Swan.”

Dates: 1973

George M. and Martha S. Waller Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS046
Abstract

The bulk of this collection is made up of George Waller’s drafts of his history of Butler University and campus life, which eventually was published as Butler University: A Sesquicentennial History. It also contains photographs of the Butler campus and scholastic and other materials by Martha S. Waller. Both George and Martha Waller were Butler University professors.

Dates: 1868 - 2001; Majority of material found in circa 1990s

Rex N. Webster Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS045
Abstract

This collection contains personal, family, and professional correspondence and additional materials created by or pertaining to Rex N. Webster, a 1933 Butler University graduate who was later a Butler professor of botany.

Dates: 1936 - 1982

Milton Weiner Track Shirts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS054
Abstract

This collection consists of two track shirts used by Butler University student athlete Milton Wiener as a part of his participation in the 1936 Butler Relays (Indoors).

Dates: circa 1936

Alice Bidwell Wesenberg Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS030
Abstract

This collection contains writings and other materials by Alice Bidwell Wesenberg from her career as a poet and a teacher. She was an English professor at Butler University.

Dates: 1911 - 1977

"White Petals," by Lucile C. Marshall, circa 1910

 File — Box 10
Identifier: MSS-SM 075
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: circa 1910

William B. and Mary E. Johnson diplomas, 1936 - 1937

 File — Box 1
Identifier: MSS-SM 010
Scope and Contents

The collection contains a Master of Science diploma for William B. Johnson awarded by Butler University in 1936 and a 1937 Bachelor of Arts diploma for Mary E. Johnson, also awarded by Butler University.

Dates: 1936 - 1937

William Marshall diploma and Golden Legion certificate, 1930 - 1981

 File — Box 1
Identifier: MSS-SM 009
Scope and Contents

File contains the B.S. diploma of William Marshall, January 30, 1930 and the 1981 certificate and ribbon of induction into the Golden Legion of the Butler University Alumni Association.

Dates: 1930 - 1981

William R. Mathews autobiography, 1893 - 1950

 File — Box 3
Identifier: MSS-SM 026
Scope and Contents

Autobiography of William R. Matthews, documenting his life as a soldier in World War I as well as his career as the editor and publisher of The Arizona Daily Star, which included traveling to Germany right before the start of World War II.

The autobiography is typed and roughly 250 pages. It appears to be an unfinished work; it is undated but tells the story of Matthews’ life from 1893 until 1950.

Dates: 1893 - 1950

Ruth Duckwall Rasmussen Williams & William T. Rasmussen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS057
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and other materials from both Ruth Duckwall Rasmussen Williams and William T. Rasmussen, Butler University students in the 1930s who married in 1946. It documents their college lives as well as professional lives after graduating Butler University.

Dates: 1914 - 1987