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Katharine Merrill Graydon Club collection

 Collection
Identifier: L281

Scope and Contents

This collection includes meeting minutes, photographs, newspaper clippings, and histories from the Katharine Merrill Graydon Club in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1905 to 1973, regarding club activities.

Dates

  • 1905-1973

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.

Biographical Note

Katharine Merrill Graydon (1858-1934) was a professor of English Literature at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, from which she graduated in 1878. She was the granddaughter of Samuel Merrill, Indiana's first treasurer. She taught at Butler from 1907 until 1930 when she was named Professor Emeritus and was relieved of her active duties. Graydon wrote Butler College in the World War, published in 1922, which conveys stories of Butler graduates who served in World War I. She died in 1934 and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.

Mary Ellen George founded the The Katharine Merrill Graydon Literary Club in 1923. Its members were former students of Graydon at Butler. The club continued to meet until October 1973.

Sources:

Items in the collection.

Findagrave.com. "Katharine Merrill Graydon." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed December 16, 2024. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39514564/katharine-merrill-graydon.

Extent

0.3 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically.

Custodial History

This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Jane Mitchell on 1979/04/28.

Accruals

No further additions are expected.

Processing Information

Collection processing and finding aid completed 2015/12/3 by Nikki Stoddard Schofield. EAD finding aid revised 2024/12/16 by Brittany Kropf.
Title
Katherine Merrill Graydon Club collection
Status
Completed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository

Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671

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