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Photographs from the 1940s of the U.S. Army Air Forces Band at Butler University and at Hinkle Fieldhouse. There is description of the photographs on the back. Many of the pictures include band conductor Robert J. Schultz who also worked at Shortridge High School.

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Photographs of the Hilton U. Brown Theatre which hosted Startlight Musicals, musical theatre performances, and headshots of theatre actors including Robert Dietz, Alfred Mirovitch, June Parrish, and Perry Como.

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Small quantity of printed ephamera including a commencement invitation for the graduation of Florence Smock from Butler College in 1913, a pamphlet telling information on Monument Circle, also known as Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in downtown Indianapolis, and a pamphlet on religion and commandments by God.

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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.

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Correspondence from Russian ballerina Irina Baronova to ballet conductor William McDermott, both of whom were a part of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Irina Baronova discusses her travels, former colleagues such as George Zoritch and Bronislava Nijinska, her family and writing her memoirs. The bulk of the letters were written when both Baronova and McDermott were in their 60s and 70s.

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Memorial book containing handwritten notes recording the feelings of students, faculty, and staff as they remember the events of 9/11 a year after it happened. This was offered to students outside of Atherton Union on Butler University’s campus. Students were able to write something with marker and sign it. Many of the sentiments have to do with prevailing through hard times as a country, freedom, and prayer.

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Photocopies of newspaper articles mostly about Butler University, written by Thomas A. Hendricks. The articles that have a publisher noticeable were published by The Indianapolis News and presumed to also be published by The Butler Collegian. Much of the articles are related to sports, particularly football. Within the collection, there is also a typed speech that presumably was given at Butler related dinner.

Scope and Contents Writings of Butler University Emeritus professor of history, Bruce Bigelow. The writings were either published and/or presented at some point. The titles include "The Disciples of Christ in Antebellum Indiana: Geographical Indicator of the Border South," 1986; "19th Century Indiana as Depicted by Edward Eggleston: Themes for Historical Geography," 1990; "The Indiana School of Literature and Regional Culture," 1990; and "Booth Tarkington: A Novelist’s Perspective of Urban Transformation in...

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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.

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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.