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Butler University

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Dates

  • Existence: 1923

Places

Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

Emma Lou Thornbrough Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS003
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Butler history professor, Dr. Emma Lou Thornbrough. The collection includes correspondence, awards and plaques, writings, course materials, and research files. Included in the collection is a manuscript for an unpublished work, "The Indianapolis Story: School Segregation and Desegregation in a Northern City." Additionally all research materials and notes for this work were retained.

Dates: circa 1930-2000; Majority of material found within circa 1930-1994

"Translation of the Kreuterbuch (Herbals) with comments," by Werner M. K. Seidler, 1965 - 1966

 File — Box 8
Identifier: MSS-SM 054
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photocopies and an English translation of a 17th century book about the medicinal uses of herbs, Krueterbuch, by Adam Lonicer, published around 1630. Translation to English from German and accompanying comments are by Werner Seidler, a Butler University pharmacy student.

Dates: 1965 - 1966

"Treasures," autobiography of Norman Wilkins, 2020

 File — Box 8
Identifier: MSS-SM 050
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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: 2020

Unidentified Student graduation photographs, 1940

 File — Box 10
Identifier: MSS-SM 068
Scope and Contents

Four photographs of an unidentified Butler University student in his graduation gown. The photos are in front of Jordan Hall and dated June of 1940, but now description of who is in the photographs. Two are just the student, one is him and what appears to be his significant other, and the last is a picture of possibly his family. It is unknown who this man is.

Dates: 1940

"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

"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