Fay Kenoyer Daily Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS021

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection includes the published papers of Butler University chemist and botanist Fay Kenoyer Daily. It also includes materials prepared for presentations, correspondence, and biographical material related to Butler University botany faculty. There is documentation in Special Collections indicating that previous staff augmented this collection; the documentation is minimal and does not describe what may have been added and why.

Dates

Creation: 1933 - 1990
Creation: Majority of material found within 1960 - 1985

Creator

Daily, Fay Kenoyer (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

Biographical Note

While Kay Kenoyer Daily was her professional name, to her family she was known as Eva Fay Daily (née Kenoyer). Kay Kenoyer Daily was born in 1911 in Indianapolis, Indiana. She graduated from Butler University Magna Cum Laude in 1935 and received her master’s degree in 1952. She taught botany at Butler University for many years and worked for the Eli Lilly Company. Kay Kenoyer Daily passed away in Indianapolis in 2011.

Extent

0.24 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Fay Kenoyer Daily donated this collection to Butler University Libraries in 1989 (Accession Number 1989.004). However, there is also documentation indicating that previous Special Collections staff augmented this collection with related materials/publications. As this documentation is minimal, it is unclear what materials were added or why this was done.

Related Materials

MSS037 Ray C. Friesner Papers

MSS050 David Starr Jordan Published Papers

MSS-SM 020 Notebook from Dr. Ray C. Friesner’s 1929 Plant Physiology Class

Bibliography

Eva Daily Obituary, IndyStar, accessed on February 26, 2024, https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/indystar/name/eva-daily-obituary?id=47946258

Processing Information

Documentation exists in Special Collections that previous staff augmented this collection; documentation does not indicate why or what materials were added to the collection.