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Butler University

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Dates

  • Existence: 1923

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Found in 113 Collections and/or Records:

Vivian S. Delbrook Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS064
Abstract

This collection contains materials from the travels throughout the United States and abroad of 1927 Butler University graduate Vivian S. Delbrook. Ms. Delbrook went on to endow the Visiting Writers Series at Butler University.

Dates: 1941 - 2000

Doris Driggs diplomas and photograph, 1934 - 1975

 File — Box 2
Identifier: MSS-SM 017
Scope and Contents

This collection includes a picture of what is presumed to be Doris Driggs from the year 1975. It also includes two Butler University diplomas, the first from 1934 with a certificate of completion of the two-year Kindergarten-Primary Course in Education and the second is a Bachelor of Science Degree from 1936.

Dates: 1934 - 1975

Dr. John Smith Harrison photographs

 File — Box 10
Identifier: MSS-SM 079
Scope and Contents

Two photographs of Dr. Harrison. The first is of him working with students in the classroom. The second contains his working at his desk. Dr. Harrison was a long time English professor at Butler University.

Dates: 1861 - present

Eleanor A. Taylor student scrapbook, 1928 - 1930

 File — Box 1
Identifier: MSS-SM 008
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of pages from a scrapbook belonging to Butler University student Elanor A. Taylor. The pages include newspaper clippings about the opening of the new Butler campus in its current Fairview location. The collection specifically highlights Jordan Hall and Hinkle Fieldhouse, known then as Butler Fieldhouse or the Fieldhouse, on the new Fairview Campus. It also includes short articles about Eleanor A. Taylor.

Dates: 1928 - 1930

Elsie Felt bluebooks, circa 1914-1917

 File — Box 1
Identifier: MSS-SM 012
Scope and Contents

This collection contains nine bluebooks, which are small notebooks used for taking written tests. The majority are for her American Literature class; there are also two from her Ethics class. The bluebooks are undated. However, Elsie Felt graduated from Butler University in 1917 and it is presumed they date from sometime between 1914 and 1917.

Dates: circa 1914-1917

Ernest Paul Fink course materials, 1924 - 1926

 File — Box 5
Identifier: MSS-SM 033
Scope and Contents

The collection contains material from Ernest Paul Fink’s time as a Butler student from 1924 to 1926. It includes examination books (also known as Blue Books) from his archaeology class; a pocket notebook that he used as a journal for June and July 1924; five negatives of photographs of him; and a composition notebook with various newspaper articles glued into it with notes that Fink took about each. In the second folder is his 1926 diploma from Butler University.

Dates: 1924 - 1926

Eva Young Wiles autobiography, 1962 - 1971

 File — Box 1
Identifier: MSS-SM 005
Scope and Contents Eva Young Wiles wrote the story of her life in multiple installments. She attended Butler University and then went on to lead a life of service as a teacher and principal in Indianapolis. Within the collection, she writes about her travels around the world to several different countries. There is also an extensive list of service clubs she was a member of, as well as other organizations she took part in. The collection holds letters written by Eva Young Wiles during different time periods...
Dates: 1962 - 1971

Anne Fleming and William Miner Butler Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS082
Abstract

This collection consists of two scrapbooks detailing the experiences of Anne Fleming and William Miner during their time as Butler University students. It documents their experiences on campus as well as off-campus with friends and family. The scrapbooks include photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, ephemera, wedding invitations, and sketches.

Dates: 1953 - 1962

Florence Smock papers, 1913

 File — Box 10
Identifier: MSS-SM 067
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1913

Ray C. Friesner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS037
Abstract

This collection contains chapters of Ray C. Friesner’s comprehensive Flower Book, covering species A to Z in depth in terms of definitions and features as well as a folder of correspondence.

Dates: 1923 - 1948