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Butler University

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Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Agnes E. Hinkle Ostrom collection

 Collection
Identifier: L692
Scope and Contents This collection includes seven scrapbooks and some miscellaneous items associated with them from Agnes E. Hinkle Ostrom and her daughter, Cynthia Agnes Ostrom in Indiana, ranging from 1930 to 1957 and focus on the early lives of the two women, particularly their school years.Agnes Ostrom created five of the seven scrapbooks, which concern her academic career and married life and cover a wide variety of topics. They include wedding invitations and announcements, material from her...
Dates: 1930-1957

Albert Gallatin Porter papers

 Collection
Identifier: L125
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence from Albert Gallatin Porter and others in Indianapolis, Indiana and elsewhere; newspaper clippings; speeches; autographed notes and manuscripts; and printed Congressional bills ranging from 1804 to 1928, regarding Porter's political career; biographies; historical subjects; his manuscript and indices.

There are also oversize Internal Improvement Loan stock document and newspaper clippings, ranging from 1838 July to 1888 May (OBC146).
Dates: circa 1804-1928, undated

Albert Mock collection

 Collection
Identifier: L470
Scope and Contents The bulk of this collection consists of Albert Mock's unpublished manuscripts, "Three Centuries of Hoosier Education" and "Three Centuries American Life" compiled and written circa 1960. The collection includes typewritten drafts; typewritten and handwritten rough drafts; newspaper clippings; research notes; and various publications regarding education ranging from 1856 to 1967. Items of note include a copy of the 1856 "A Sketch of the Educational History of Wayne County, and the Proceedings of...
Dates: 1856-1967

Bass Photo Company photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P034
Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs from the Bass Photo Company in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1850 to 1975 and undated regarding people, buildings, street scenes, illustrations, and events such as Foch Day (November 4, 1921) in Indianapolis, as well as a few shots taken around Indiana.
Dates: circa 1850-1975, undated

Butler University Alumni Association by-laws

 Collection — Folder: S1523
Identifier: S1523
Scope and Contents This collection includes a typewritten copy of the proposed by-laws of the Butler University Alumni Association that were approved by the Alumni Board of Directors in May 1980. According to a handwritten note on the first page, the by-laws were scheduled for ratification by alumni members at a special meeting of the board on September 13, 1980.
Dates: 1980

Carl E. Austin collection

 Collection
Identifier: L275
Scope and Contents This collection contains documents related to the Austin family. Items include a school journal, songs and poems written by Carl Austin, Sr. A miscellaneous folder also contains a card from the Progressive Spiritualist Church, his work done during elementary school and a memo listing the owners of 340 W. 30th Street from 1930 to 1961.This collection also contains information about his son, Carl E. Austin, Jr. This includes his military service records, notes taken while a student at...
Dates: 1913-1961

Constance Fenimore Woolson letter

 Collection — Folder: S0213
Identifier: S0213
Scope and Contents This collection includes a letter from Constance Fenimore Woolson in Cairo, Egypt to Catharine Merrill in Indianapolis, Indiana on March 12, 1890 regarding her fondness for Merrill and their time together at Cleveland Female Seminary, her travels in Europe, the Middle East, and Egypt, her former schoolmates in Indianapolis, and her writing.
Dates: 1890/03/12

Craig A. Martindale photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P054
Scope and Contents This collection includes 35mm slides, film, and papers most likely from Craig A. Martindale in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1983 to 1996, undated regarding family, county fairs, a 1992 fountain dedication at Butler University, vacations, agriculture, business, presentations, astronomy and astronautics, and 1996 finalists for the Ernst and Young LLP (EY) Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Some of the images seem to be guide and stock images used in business slide presentations.
Dates: 1983-1996, undated

Etta L. Keely collection

 Collection — Folder: S3468
Identifier: S3468
Scope and Contents This collection includes two receipts made out to Etta L. Keely for a Bible History and Literature course at Butler College (now Butler University). Dated October 18, 1921 and February 14, 1922, each receipt was for an $8.00 fee and was signed by Professor W. C. Morro, the head of the School of Ministerial Education at the college.
Dates: 1921-1922

Everett Hamilton diary

 Collection — Folder: S0574
Identifier: S0574
Scope and Contents This collection contains Everett Hamilton's 1863 pocket diary. The diary entries include notes about his daily activities while attending North Western Christian University in Indianapolis, church attendance, letters sent and received, and expenses paid out. There is also entries during his brief time in the army before his discharge for illness. The collection also includes an undated news clipping from the Indianapolis News that describes Hamilton's diary and how it was found by children...
Dates: 1863