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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.

Scope and Contents Flyer for courses offered through Butler University via television in partnership with WFBM-TV. It also includes the course syllabus for one of these classes, World Literature II, English 396-TV, taught by Dr. Werner W. Beyer. Within the syllabus is what the course covers, a schedule of assignments and notes for each class day, Tuesdays and Thursdays. The collection also includes a letter to Dr. Beyer from Barnes & Noble and clippings from Time and other magazines. It is unknown what...

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The collection contains the original proclamation that outlines some of the contributions made by Butler University alumni to the city of Indianapolis and establishes alumni day on October 24th. It is signed by Mayor Richard Lugar. The collection also contains a separate sheet that outlines the alumni associations awards and the criteria for winning the award.

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Letter written by Jean Leveque, Assistant Treasurer for Butler University, to Gerald Carrier, Executive Secretary of the Jordan Foundation, regarding Butler’s vacating of the Odeon Building in downtown Indianapolis.

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Two photographs of Dr. Harrison. The first is of him working with students in the classroom. The second contains his working at his desk. Dr. Harrison was a long time English professor at Butler University.

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List of faculty hired across all academic colleges and other departments, such as the library and administration offices of Butler University between the years 2008 and 2014. It includes a picture and a synopsis of each new hire.

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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.

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Outline of the proposed course in American History by Albert Steiner, Jr. It tells of the goals and objectives of the course that is being proposed to be part of the core curriculum. The course would engage American Heritage of different groups in United States so all students could understand their heritage and how it fits into the larger society in the US.

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A study of the microscopic nature of leaves conducted by former Butler University Faculty George Hume Smith. The study is conducted on understanding the makeup of buds and leaves in nature. It includes analysis and sketches of their makeup for many different species of vegetation.