Abstract

The Four Freshmen Collection includes music scores, audio, ephemera and other materials related to the Four Freshmen musical group that was started by four Butler University students in 1947. The Four Freshmen are no longer based at Butler; since their founding, there have been more than 25 different members, and they continue to entertain audiences.

Scope and Contents This collection was created and donated by three alumni of the Jordan College of Music Dance Department class of 1962-Dixie Durr, Rebecca Obenauf, and Elizabeth Crall. Originally, the collection was organized into a series of manila envelopes, a plastic standing file, four notebooks (two steno, one hardback and one three-ring binder), and a large scrapbook. The notebooks and the scrapbook were created by Rebecca Obenauf. Due to conservation concerns, the spiral steno notebooks...

Abstract

This collection contains materials primarily related to theatre and musical performances by students at the Jordan College of the Arts. It includes theatre programs, newspaper clippings, and a delicate scrapbook.