Butler University
Dates
- Existence: 1923
Places
- Indianapolis (Ind.) (Residence)
Found in 103 Collections and/or Records:
Small Collections
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.
Teresa Eppley Kofodimos Butler University piano & organ class materials, 1982 - 1984
“The Truth - The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth,” by Keith Bratton, circa 1990
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.
Chris Theofanis Papers
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.
Thomas Carr Howe Family letter, September 21, 1918
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.
George Cullen Thomas Papers
This collection contains photocopies of two scrapbooks belonging to George Cullen “Cully” Thomas, documenting his athletic career at Butler University, where he played football, basketball, tennis, track, and baseball. The focus of the scrapbooks is football.
Emma Lou Thornbrough Collection
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.
"Translation of the Kreuterbuch (Herbals) with comments," by Werner M. K. Seidler, 1965 - 1966
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.
"Treasures," autobiography of Norman Wilkins, 2020
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.
Unidentified Student graduation photographs, 1940
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.