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Butler University

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1923

Places

Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:

New Faculty, 2008 - 2014

 File — Box 10
Identifier: MSS-SM 080
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 2008 - 2014

Nicholas M. Cripe essays on Butler University debate, 1986

 File — Box 9
Identifier: MSS-SM 063
Scope and Contents Drafts of an essay written by Dr. Nicholas Cripe, a professor of speech and a debate club coach at Butler University, about the history of debate at Butler from 1879 to 1910. It consists of three different drafts of the paper, the first one having multiple annotations and the second being the same document without the annotations. The third copy appears to be the final draft. The last document is entitled “The Butler Debate Tradition 1879-1979” and refers to Dr. Cripe in the third person,...
Dates: 1986

Norman S. Brown diploma, 1949

 File — Box 1
Identifier: MSS-SM 014
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the diploma of Norman S. Brown from Butler University in 1949 with a Master of Science degree.

Dates: 1949

Notebook from Dr. Ray C. Friesner's Plant Physiology class, 1929

 File — Box 2
Identifier: MSS-SM 020
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of roughly 300 pages of notes for a Plant Physiology class taken by an unknown student in the summer of 1929. The contents include class material as well as drawings of plant physiology subject matter.

Dates: 1929

Fred Offutt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS007
Scope and Contents This collection contains the papers of Fred Offutt, who attended the Jordan College of Music at Butler University as an undergraduate and as a graduate student, although he later transferred to the Indiana University School of Music. The papers primarily contain sheet music, programs, and a limited number of personal papers. This collection consists of music composed by Fred Offutt for vocals, instrumentals, and piano. Also included are various programs from the Jordan College of...
Dates: 1943 - 2013

John E. Potzger collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS001
Scope and Contents The collection includes correspondence, papers, publications, photographs, and ephemera that provide insight into John E. Potzger’s pioneering work in pollen studies and postglacial forest succession and his career with Butler’s Botany Department. The collection also contributes to an understanding of Potzger’s career as a teacher in a Lutheran day school, his music studies, his membership in such organizations as the Association of Science and Mathematics Teachers, Phi Kappa Phi, the...
Dates: 1886 - 1975

Proclamation of “Butler University Alumni Day”, 1968

 File — Box 10
Identifier: MSS-SM 077
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1968

"Queen of My Dreams" musical comedy papers, 1948

 File — Box 4
Identifier: MSS-SM 26
Scope and Contents

Papers from the original production in 1948 of “Butler’s First Musical”, Queen of My Dreams. Files contain a photocopy program, annotated final script, and a photocopy of what is believed to be the initial rough draft of the musical, heavily edited.

Dates: 1948

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

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