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Butler University

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1923

Places

Found in 118 Collections and/or Records:

Carthon Henley Ressler Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS024
Abstract

This collection includes materials related to the academic career of Carthon Henley Ressler, who graduated from Butler University in 1870.

Dates: 1862 - 1928

Bette Richart Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS035
Abstract

This collection includes poetry written or collected by Bette Richart, correspondence, and other materials related to her life and career. Richart was a 1940 graduate of Butler University who experienced significant mobility issues due to a childhood illness. From surgery, Richart regained mobility of one of her arms and became a published poet.

Dates: 1942 - 1953

Sally Moore's notes from Betty Gour's dance courses, 1970 - 1974

 File — Box 8
Identifier: MSS-SM 055
Scope and Contents

Notes taken by Butler University Dance student Sally Meeker Moore in classes by Professor of Dance Betty Gour. They are divided into three sections: Novelty Dances, Ethnic Dances, and Spanish Dances; many of the notes include copies of the music the dances were set to.

Dates: 1970 - 1974

Schwitzer Hall Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS091
Abstract

Contains about 8 (some smaller collections of material) scrapbooks from Schwitzer Hall, a residential building on campus from 1956-2017.

Dates: 1978 - 1991

Ed Shaughnessy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS060
Abstract

This collection contains materials, such as photographs, notes, correspondence, research files, and more, used by Ed Shaughnessy in his teaching and writing. Ed Shaughnessy was the Edna Cooper Professor of English Literature emeritus at Butler University.

Dates: circa 1841 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1960 - 2004

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

Teresa Eppley Kofodimos Butler University piano & organ class materials, 1982 - 1984

 File — Box 10
Identifier: MSS-SM 087
Scope and Contents Materials collected by Teresa Eppley Kofodimos, a 1984 Butler graduate of the Radio-TV program, which was then a part of the Jordan College of the Arts. As a part of her program, Teresa took piano lessons from Dorothy Munger and two years of organ lessons from Dr. Mallory Bransford. The items include a notebook with Dorothy Munger’s lesson notes, music scores containing Mrs. Munger’s handwritten notes, and a folder with notes by Mallory Bransford, typewritten documents on organ techniques,...
Dates: 1982 - 1984

“The Truth - The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth,” by Keith Bratton, circa 1990

 File — Box 10
Identifier: MSS-SM 081
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: circa 1990

Chris Theofanis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS093
Abstract

This collection consists of the professional papers of Chris Theofanis, who worked for Butler University in public and community relations, eventually becoming the Director of Government and Community Relations from 1991 until his death in 1999. It includes correspondence, meeting agendas, government publications, Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood Association documents, and other materials related to his work at Butler University.

Dates: 1967 - 1998

Thomas Carr Howe Family letter, September 21, 1918

 File — Box 10
Identifier: MSS-SM 074
Scope and Contents

Letter written by former Butler College president Thomas Carr Howe to his newly born second cousin, Wilfred Carr Marshall. In the letter, he welcomes his new cousin to the world and fondly mentions other family members and experiences. Also included are the envelope the letter arrived in and a photograph of Thomas Carr Howe with first cousin Lucille C. Marshall (the baby’s mother) when she was a child. This photograph is referenced in the letter.

Dates: September 21, 1918