Butler University
Organization
Found in 4 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 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The bulk of this collection consists of Albert Mock's unpublished manuscripts, "Three Centuries of Hoosier Education" and "Three Centuries American Life" compiled and written circa 1960.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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Albert Mock collection
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Carl E. Austin collection
Indianapolis Public Library Hilton U. Brown Branch oral history transcripts
Collection
Identifier: OH008
Scope and Contents
This collection contains transcripts of oral history interviews with residents of Irvington, once a town in Marion County, and now a neighborhood in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1978 to 1987. The interviews were conducted primarily by Lois Leamon and others for Indianapolis Public Library, Hilton U. Brown Branch's Irvington Oral History Project. The transcripts include historical information about the town-cum-neighborhood and the people who lived there.
Dates:
1978-1987
