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Butler University

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1923

Places

Found in 103 Collections and/or Records:

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

George Cullen Thomas Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS069
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1909 - 1960; Majority of material found within 1909 - 1913

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