NOBLE C. BUTLER PAPERS, 1809-1933

Collection #:

M 0035

OM 0009

BV 0961-0973; 3253-3265

NOBLE C. BUTLER

PAPERS, 1809-1933

Collection Information 1

Biographical Sketches 2

Scope and Content Note 4

Contents 6

Processed by

Charles Latham January, 1989 Paul Brockman

9 September 1998

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department William Henry Smith Memorial Library

Indiana Historical Society 450 West Ohio Street

Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

http://www.indianahistory.org/

Indiana Historical Society Noble C. Butler Page 1

COLLECTION INFORMATION

VOLUME OF

COLLECTION:

32 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize manuscript folder, 26 bound

volumes, 1 photograph folder

COLLECTION

DATES:

Inclusive 1809-1933, bulk 1859-1921

PROVENANCE: Mary Butler Bradley, 115 East 9th Street, Indianapolis, IN, July,

1959.

RESTRICTIONS: None

COPYRIGHT:

REPRODUCTION

RIGHTS:

Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must

be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society.

ALTERNATE

FORMATS:

RELATED

HOLDINGS:

Benjamin Harrison Papers (M 0132, OM 0325)

ACCESSION

NUMBER:

1959.0704, 0000.0124

NOTES:


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

Noble Chase Butler (1844-1933) was born in Salem, Indiana, the son of John H. and Mary

Chase Butler. Both parents were of Quaker descent.

After receiving his early education at Washington County Seminary and Salem Academy, Butler

entered Hanover College in 1860. He stayed through his junior year, then enlisted as a private in

the 93rd Indiana Infantry, where he served till 1865, mainly on special duty at headquarters.

At the end of the Civil War Butler studied law with his father. In 1866 the Butlers moved to

New Albany and entered into a partnership with Walter Q. Gresham. Noble Butler soon was

appointed Register in Bankruptcy and Master in Chancery.

In 1868 Butler married Annie Browning of Louisville, whose mother had roomed with Mary

Todd Lincoln in boarding school and whose uncle, Orville H. Browning, had served in Lincoln's

cabinet as Secretary of the Interior.

When his father retired, and Gresham went on the bench in 1869, Butler continued his practice in

New Albany alone. In 1879 he was appointed by Judges Gresham and Drummond as Clerk of

the federal district and circuit courts in Indianapolis. He held this position until 1922, living all

the while in what came to be known as the Morris-Butler house.

One important legal assignment which Butler was given was the receivership of two-wheel

companies, a $1.5 million business which he ran for more than a year. He lectured at Indiana

Law School from 1902 to 1922 and at Indiana University school of law in Bloomington. He was

one of the incorporators of the National Red Cross on its reorganization in l905, just before the

San Francisco earthquake. He was known as a writer of essays and as a speaker.

Sources: Indiana Biographical Series, Vol. 2 p. 319 and Vol. 12 p. 14

Encyclopedia of Biography of Indiana, Vol. 2 pp. 45-48

Materials in collection

John H. Butler (1812-1900), father of Noble C., was born in Pennsylvania but moved with his

family to Indiana in 1819. He became a lawyer, first in Salem, then in New Albany (in

partnership with Walter Q. Gresham 1866-1869). He was first a Whig, then a Republican. A

delegate to the 1860 Republican convention, he was proud to have voted for Lincoln on every

ballot. He served briefly as a circuit judge from 1869, and on the New Albany city council and

as president of the Merchants National Bank of New Albany. After his retirement he lived with

his son in Indianapolis.

Sources: Encyclopedia of Biography of Indiana, Vol. 1 pp. 46-49

Indiana Scrapbook Collection, Vol. 1 pp. 58-59



Walter Q. Gresham (1832-1895) was born in Lanesville, Indiana, in Harrison County between

Corydon and New Albany. After attending Corydon Seminary, he went to Indiana University for

one year, then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1854.

In the slavery controversies of the 1850s he steered a middle course, opposing the Kansas-

Nebraska Act but working to curtail the activities of the Underground Railroad. He joined the

Know-Nothings in 1855, the Republicans in 1856.

In 1860 Gresham was elected to the Indiana legislature (his only elective victory). He disagreed

with Governor Morton about political appointments to the boards of state benevolent institutions.

In the Civil War he served first as Lt.-Col. in the 38th Indiana regiment, then as Colonel of the

53rd Indiana. He served with Sherman and Grant and ended as a Major-General.

After the war, Gresham worked briefly (1866-1869) in partnership with John and Noble Butler,

then was appointed federal district judge. He became a power in Indiana Republican circles, and

soon developed a rivalry with Benjamin Harrison. He lost the senatorial nomination to Harrison

in 1880. He served under President Arthur for a year as Postmaster-General, then for a month in

1884 as Secretary of the Treasury. He had some ambitions for the Republican presidential

nomination in 1884; when these were disappointed (he received no votes at the convention) he

was appointed to the federal circuit court in Chicago.

In the 1888 Republican convention Gresham received 107 votes on the first ballot, but Harrison

won on the eighth. Gresham drifted into opposition to Harrison on the tariff issue. He supported

Cleveland in 1892 and was appointed Secretary of State when Cleveland took office. As

Secretary of State he prevented the annexation of Hawaii, and was involved with a number of

minor disputes, especially with Spain and Great Britain. He died in office, after serving two

years.

Gresham was a man of unquestioned ability in several fields. He had too prickly a conscience

and too sharp a tongue ever to become an organization man, and often found himself in

opposition. He had no qualifications for the most important position he ever held, as Secretary of

State.

Sources: Article on Gresham in Dictionary of American Biography



SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection, filling 32 manuscript boxes and 26 bound volumes, covers the period 1809-1933,

and consists of correspondence, essays, legal briefs, and calendars.

The bulk of the collection consists of the correspondence of Noble C. Butler, either in letter

form or in letter books. A majority of this correspondence has to do with legal matters, from the

point of view of a court clerk or of cases in which Butler was personally involved, e.g. as receiver

or trustee. Butler was a stickler for his rights and instituted two suits against the government for

his expenses as clerk, one in the 1880s, one after 1900.

Occasionally, a very personal letter appears among the legal details, for example one from his

son Noble, who apparently contracted some gambling debts as a student at Purdue and wrote that

his father seemed to view him "with loathing." Other items illustrate the education of the Butler

daughters, for example at the Girls Classical School and at the Metropolitan School of Music.

In boxes 24-25 there is a fair sampling of Butler's writings. Sometimes he dealt with legal

subjects such as "Bonds for Court Clerks," "The Civic Value of a Lawyer," "Law and Public

Opinion," and "The Constitution in the Territories"; sometimes with politics, "A Political

Positivist" (Machiavelli) or "Political Mythology"; sometimes with intellectual subjects like

"Intellectual Living," "Anarchy," and "The Gospel of Culture." He was very much interested in

Thomas Carlyle, and two papers on Carlyle total almost 200 pages.

Box 29 contains a collection of billheads from New Albany and Indianapolis which serves as a

sort of late 19th-century business directory for these two cities; also, a considerable sampling of

advertising from L. S. Ayres Co. in Indianapolis for the early 20th century.

The papers of John H. Butler (box 31) are mainly receipts. There are two folders of John H.

Butler correspondence in box 1.

The correspondence of Walter Q. Gresham (box 32) is perhaps the most interesting part of the

collection. Most of the letters are addressed to Noble Butler. The Gresham and Butler families

seem to have been on quite intimate terms, and Gresham speaks frankly about personal and

political matters, for example the maneuvering before the 1884 Republican national convention.

At this time Gresham was allied with President Arthur and in opposition to Blaine and Harrison.

Gresham's dislike of Harrison continues through the letters, especially in 1888. Letters of 23 and

29 November 1893, when Gresham was Secretary of State under Cleveland, explain his attitude

toward annexation of Hawaii. There is one folder of letters to Butler from Gresham's son Otto,

beginning in 1894. There is a typed calendar of the Gresham correspondence in the collection

inventory.

One folder of oversize items (OM 0009) contains a number of early land deeds and two

certificates of John H. Butler, one from a society at Hanover College, one his appointment as

circuit judge in 1869.


There are also thirteen bound volumes mainly having to do with the Butler legal firm and with

Noble Butler's work in various courts, but also including one group of clippings (mainly

editorials).


CONTENTS

BOX 1: Correspondence & Early Papers, 1809-1863

CONTENTS CONTAINER

Biographical materials

Box 1, Folder 1

Early papers, 1809-1848

Box 1, Folder 2

Early papers, 1809-1848 OM 0009

Early papers, 1848-1855 Box 1, Folder 3

John H. Butler papers, 1856-1858 Box 1, Folder 4

Noble Butler correspondence, 1858 Box 1, Folder 5

John H. Butler papers, 1859 Box 1, Folder 6

Noble Butler correspondence, 1859 Box 1, Folder 7

Noble Butler correspondence, Jan., 1860-June, 1860 Box 1, Folder 8

Noble Butler correspondence, July, 1860-Dec., 1860 Box 1, Folder 9

Noble Butler correspondence, Jan., 1861-Aug., 1861 Box 1, Folder 10

Noble Butler correspondence, Oct., 1861-Dec., 1861 Box 1, Folder 11

Noble Butler correspondence, Jan., 1862-March, 1862 Box 1, Folder 12

Noble Butler correspondence, April, 1862-Sept., 1862

Box 1, Folder 13

Noble Butler correspondence, Oct., 1862-Dec., 1862 Box 1, Folder 14

Noble Butler correspondence, Jan., 1863-June, 1863 Box 1, Folder 15

Noble Butler correspondence, July, 1863-Dec., 1863 Box 1, Folder 16

Correspondence, 1863 & Hanover College items Box 1, Folder 17

Correspondence, 1863 & Hanover College items OM 0009


BOX 2: Correspondence, Jan. 1864-June, 1867

CONTENTS CONTAINER

Correspondence, Jan., 1864-March, 1864

Box 2, Folder 1

Correspondence, April, 1864

Box 2, Folder 2

Correspondence, May, 1864

Box 2, Folder 3

Correspondence, June, 1864

Box 2, Folder 4

Correspondence, July, 1864

Box 2, Folder 5

Correspondence, Aug., 1864

Box 2, Folder 6

Correspondence, Sept., 1864

Box 2, Folder 7

Correspondence, Oct., 1864

Box 2, Folder 8

Correspondence, Nov., 1864

Box 2, Folder 9

Correspondence, Dec., 1864

Box 2, Folder 10

Correspondence, Jan., 1865

Box 2, Folder 11

Correspondence, Feb., 1865

Box 2, Folder 12

Correspondence, March, 1865

Box 2, Folder 13


Box 2, Folder 14


Box 2, Folder 15


Box 2, Folder 16


Box 2, Folder 17


Box 2, Folder 18


Box 2, Folder 19

Correspondence, Oct., 1865-Dec., 1865

Box 2, Folder 20


Correspondence, 1866

Box 2, Folder 21

Correspondence, Jan., 1867-April, 1867

Box 2, Folder 22

Correspondence, May, 1867-June, 1867

Box 2, Folder 23

BOX 3: Correspondence, July 1867- June 1868

CONTENTS CONTAINER


Box 3, Folder 1


Box 3, Folder 2


Box 3, Folder 3


Box 3, Folder 4


Box 3, Folder 5


Box 3, Folder 6


Box 3, Folder 7


Box 3, Folder 8


Box 3, Folder 9


Box 3, Folder 10


Box 3, Folder 11


Box 3, Folder 12


Box 3, Folder 13


Box 3, Folder 14


Box 3, Folder 15


Box 3, Folder 16


Box 3, Folder 17



Box 3, Folder 18

Correspondence, Jan., 1869-Feb., 1869

Box 3, Folder 19


Box 3, Folder 20


Box 3, Folder 21


Box 3, Folder 22

BOX 4: Correspondence, July 1869- Oct. 1871

CONTENTS CONTAINER

Correspondence, July, 1869-Aug., 1869

Box 4, Folder 1

Correspondence, Sept., 1869-Oct., 1869

Box 4, Folder 2


Box 4, Folder 3


Box 4, Folder 4


Box 4, Folder 5


Box 4, Folder 6


Box 4, Folder 7


Box 4, Folder 8


Box 4, Folder 9


Box 4, Folder 10


Box 4, Folder 11


Box 4, Folder 12


Box 4, Folder 13


Box 4, Folder 14


Box 4, Folder 15



Box 4, Folder 16


Box 4, Folder 17


Box 4, Folder 18


Box 4, Folder 19


Box 4, Folder 20


Box 4, Folder 21


Box 4, Folder 22


Box 4, Folder 23


Box 4, Folder 24


Box 4, Folder 25

BOX 5: Correspondence, Nov. 1871- June 1873

CONTENTS CONTAINER


Box 5, Folder 1


Box 5, Folder 2


Box 5, Folder 3


Box 5, Folder 4


Box 5, Folder 5


Box 5, Folder 6


Box 5, Folder 7


Box 5, Folder 8


Box 5, Folder 9


Box 5, Folder 10



Box 5, Folder 11


Box 5, Folder 12


Box 5, Folder 13


Box 5, Folder 14


Box 5, Folder 15


Box 5, Folder 16


Box 5, Folder 17


Box 5, Folder 18


Box 5, Folder 19


Box 5, Folder 20


Box 5, Folder 21

BOX 6: Correspondence, July 1873- Dec. 1875

CONTENTS CONTAINER


Box 6, Folder 1


Box 6, Folder 2


Box 6, Folder 3


Box 6, Folder 4


Box 6, Folder 5


Box 6, Folder 6


Box 6, Folder 7


Box 6, Folder 8


Box 6, Folder 9



Box 6, Folder 10


Box 6, Folder 11


Box 6, Folder 12

Correspondence, Aug., 1874-Sept., 1874

Box 6, Folder 13

Correspondence, Oct., 1874-Nov., 1874

Box 6, Folder 14


Box 6, Folder 15


Box 6, Folder 16


Box 6, Folder 17


Box 6, Folder 18


Box 6, Folder 19


Box 6, Folder 20


Box 6, Folder 21


Box 6, Folder 22


Box 6, Folder 23


Box 6, Folder 24


Box 6, Folder 25


Box 6, Folder 26


Box 6, Folder 27

BOX 7: Correspondence, Jan. 1876 – Dec. 1877

CONTENTS CONTAINER


Box 7, Folder 1


Box 7, Folder 2



Box 7, Folder 3


Box 7, Folder 4


Box 7, Folder 5


Box 7, Folder 6


Box 7, Folder 7


Box 7, Folder 8

Correspondence, Sept., 1876-Oct., 1876

Box 7, Folder 9


Box 7, Folder 10


Box 7, Folder 11


Box 7, Folder 12


Box 7, Folder 13


Box 7, Folder 14


Box 7, Folder 15


Box 7, Folder 16


Box 7, Folder 17

Correspondence, July, 1877-Aug., 1877

Box 7, Folder 18


Box 7, Folder 19


Box 7, Folder 20


Box 7, Folder 21


Box 7, Folder 22


BOX 8: Correspondence, Jan. 1878- Dec. 1878

CONTENTS CONTAINER


Box 8, Folder 1

Correspondence, April, 1878-June, 1878

Box 8, Folder 2

Correspondence, July, 1878-Sept., 1878

Box 8, Folder 3


Box 8, Folder 4


Box 8, Folder 5


Box 8, Folder 6


Box 8, Folder 7


Box 8, Folder 8


Box 8, Folder 9


Box 8, Folder 10


Box 8, Folder 11


Box 8, Folder 12


Box 8, Folder 13


Box 8, Folder 14


Box 8, Folder 15


Box 8, Folder 16


Box 8, Folder 17


Box 8, Folder 18


Box 8, Folder 19


Box 8, Folder 20



Box 8, Folder 21


Box 8, Folder 22

BOX 9: Correspondence, Jan. 1881- June 1883

CONTENTS CONTAINER


Box 9, Folder 1


Box 9, Folder 2

Correspondence, March, 1881-April, 1881

Box 9, Folder 3


Box 9, Folder 4


Box 9, Folder 5


Box 9, Folder 6


Box 9, Folder 7


Box 9, Folder 8


Box 9, Folder 9


Box 9, Folder 10


Box 9, Folder 11


Box 9, Folder 12


Box 9, Folder 13


Box 9, Folder 14


Box 9, Folder 15


Box 9, Folder 16


Box 9, Folder 17


Box 9, Folder 18



Box 9, Folder 19


Box 9, Folder 20


Box 9, Folder 21


Box 9, Folder 22


Box 9, Folder 23


Box 9, Folder 24


Box 9, Folder 25


Box 9, Folder 26


Box 9, Folder 27

BOX 10: Correspondence, July 1883- Dec. 1884

CONTENTS CONTAINER


Box 10, Folder 1


Box 10, Folder 2


Box 10, Folder 3


Box 10, Folder 4


Box 10, Folder 5


Box 10, Folder 6


Box 10, Folder 7

Correspondence, Feb. 1-15, 1884

Box 10, Folder 8

Correspondence, Feb., 16-28, 1884

Box 10, Folder 9

Correspondence, March 1-15, 1884

Box 10, Folder 10


Box 10, Folder 11


Correspondence, April 1-15, 1884

Box 10, Folder 12


Box 10, Folder 13

Correspondence, May 1-15, 1884

Box 10, Folder 14


Box 10, Folder 15


Box 10, Folder 16


Box 10, Folder 17


Box 10, Folder 18


Box 10, Folder 19


Box 10, Folder 20


Box 10, Folder 21


Box 10, Folder 22

BOX 11: Correspondence, Jan. 1885 – Feb. 1886

CONTENTS CONTAINER


Box 11, Folder 1


Box 11, Folder 2


Box 11, Folder 3


Box 11, Folder 4


Box 11, Folder 5


Box 11, Folder 6


Box 11, Folder 7


Box 11, Folder 8


Box 11, Folder 9



Box 11, Folder 10


Box 11, Folder 11

Correspondence, Nov. 1-15, 1885

Box 11, Folder 12

Correspondence, Nov., 16-30, 1885

Box 11, Folder 13


Box 11, Folder 14

Correspondence, Jan. 1-15, 1886

Box 11, Folder 15


Box 11, Folder 16


Box 11, Folder 17


Box 11, Folder 18

BOX 12: Correspondence, March 1886- Dec. 1886

CONTENTS CONTAINER


Box 12, Folder 1

Noble C. Butler v. U.S. (legal material), March 12, 1886

Box 12, Folder 2


Box 12, Folder 3


Box 12, Folder 4


Box 12, Folder 5


Box 12, Folder 6


Box 12, Folder 7


Box 12, Folder 8


Box 12, Folder 9


Box 12, Folder 10


Box 12, Folder 11



Box 12, Folder 12

BOX 13: Correspondence, Jan. 1887 – March 1888

CONTENTS CONTAINER


Box 13, Folder 1


Box 13, Folder 2


Box 13, Folder 3


Box 13, Folder 4


Box 13, Folder 5


Box 13, Folder 6


Box 13, Folder 7


Box 13, Folder 8


Box 13, Folder 9


Box 13, Folder 10


Box 13, Folder 11


Box 13, Folder 12


Box 13, Folder 13


Box 13, Folder 14


Box 13, Folder 15


Box 13, Folder 16

BOX 14: Correspondence, April 1888- Dec. 1889

CONTENTS CONTAINER


Box 14, Folder 1



Box 14, Folder 2


Box 14, Folder 3


Box 14, Folder 4

Correspondence, Aug., 1888-Sept., 1888

Box 14, Folder 5


Box 14, Folder 6


Box 14, Folder 7


Box 14, Folder 8


Box 14, Folder 9


Box 14, Folder 10


Box 14, Folder 11


Box 14, Folder 12


Box 14, Folder 13


Box 14, Folder 14


Box 14, Folder 15


Box 14, Folder 16


Box 14, Folder 17


Box 14, Folder 18


Box 14, Folder 19

BOX 15: Correspondence, Jan. 1890- June 1891

CONTENTS CONTAINER


Box 15, Folder 1


Box 15, Folder 2



Box 15, Folder 3


Box 15, Folder 4


Box 15, Folder 5


Box 15, Folder 6


Box 15, Folder 7


Box 15, Folder 8


Box 15, Folder 9


Box 15, Folder 10


Box 15, Folder 11


Box 15, Folder 12


Box 15, Folder 13


Box 15, Folder 14


Box 15, Folder 15


Box 15, Folder 16


Box 15, Folder 17


Box 15, Folder 18

BOX 16: Correspondence, July 1891 – March 1893

CONTENTS CONTAINER


Box 16, Folder 1

Correspondence, Aug., 1891-Oct., 1891

Box 16, Folder 2


Box 16, Folder 3


Box 16, Folder 4



Box 16, Folder 5


Box 16, Folder 6


Box 16, Folder 7


Box 16, Folder 8


Box 16, Folder 9


Box 16, Folder 10


Box 16, Folder 11


Box 16, Folder 12


Box 16, Folder 13


Box 16, Folder 14


Box 16, Folder 15


Box 16, Folder 16


Box 16, Folder 17


Box 16, Folder 18

BOX 17: Correspondence, April 1893 – Sept. 1894

CONTENTS CONTAINER


Box 17, Folder 1


Box 17, Folder 2


Box 17, Folder 3


Box 17, Folder 4


Box 17, Folder 5


Box 17, Folder 6



Box 17, Folder 7


Box 17, Folder 8


Box 17, Folder 9


Box 17, Folder 10

Correspondence, Jan., 16-31, 1894

Box 17, Folder 11


Box 17, Folder 12


Box 17, Folder 13


Box 17, Folder 14


Box 17, Folder 15

Correspondence, June 1-15, 1894

Box 17, Folder 16

Correspondence, June 16-30, 1894

Box 17, Folder 17


Box 17, Folder 18


Box 17, Folder 19

Correspondence, Sept. 1-15, 1894

Box 17, Folder 20

Correspondence, Sept., 16-30, 1894

Box 17, Folder 21

BOX 18: Correspondence, Oct. 1894- Oct. 1895

CONTENTS CONTAINER


Box 18, Folder 1


Box 18, Folder 2


Box 18, Folder 3


Box 18, Folder 4


Box 18, Folder 5



Box 18, Folder 6


Box 18, Folder 7


Box 18, Folder 8


Box 18, Folder 9


Box 18, Folder 10


Box 18, Folder 11


Box 18, Folder 12


Box 18, Folder 13


Box 18, Folder 14


Box 18, Folder 15

Correspondence, Oct. 1-15, 1895

Box 18, Folder 16

Correspondence, Oct. 16-31, 1895

Box 18, Folder 17

BOX 19: Correspondence, Nov. 1895 – March 1897

CONTENTS CONTAINER


Box 19, Folder 1

Correspondence, Dec. 1-15, 1895

Box 19, Folder 2

Correspondence, Dec., 16-31, 1895

Box 19, Folder 3

Correspondence, Jan., 1-15, 1896

Box 19, Folder 4


Box 19, Folder 5


Box 19, Folder 6


Box 19, Folder 7


Box 19, Folder 8



Box 19, Folder 9


Box 19, Folder 10


Box 19, Folder 11


Box 19, Folder 12


Box 19, Folder 13


Box 19, Folder 14


Box 19, Folder 15


Box 19, Folder 16


Box 19, Folder 17


Box 19, Folder 18


Box 19, Folder 19


Box 19, Folder 20

BOX 20: Correspondence, April 1897 – Dec. 1899

CONTENTS CONTAINER


Box 20, Folder 1


Box 20, Folder 2


Box 20, Folder 3


Box 20, Folder 4


Box 20, Folder 5


Box 20, Folder 6


Box 20, Folder 7


Box 20, Folder 8



Box 20, Folder 9


Box 20, Folder 10


Box 20, Folder 11


Box 20, Folder 12

Correspondence, [1897]

Box 20, Folder 13


Box 20, Folder 14

Correspondence, March, 1898-May, 1898

Box 20, Folder 15

Correspondence, June, 1898-July, 1898

Box 20, Folder 16

Correspondence, Aug., 1898-Nov., 1898

Box 20, Folder 17


Box 20, Folder 18

Correspondence, March, 1899-June, 1899

Box 20, Folder 19

Correspondence, July, 1899-Dec., 1899

Box 20, Folder 20

BOX 21: Correspondence, Jan. 1900 – Dec. 1906

CONTENTS CONTAINER


Box 21, Folder 1


Box 21, Folder 2


Box 21, Folder 3

Correspondence, Jan., 1901-June, 1901

Box 21, Folder 4


Box 21, Folder 5


Box 21, Folder 6


Box 21, Folder 7


Box 21, Folder 8



Box 21, Folder 9


Box 21, Folder 10


Box 21, Folder 11

Letter books, 1864-1904

BV 3253-2365


Box 21, Folder 12


Box 21, Folder 13


Box 21, Folder 14


Box 21, Folder 15


Box 21, Folder 16

Correspondence, [1906]

Box 21, Folder 17

BOX 22: Correspondence, Jan. 1907 – June 1916

CONTENTS CONTAINER


Box 22, Folder 1


Box 22, Folder 2


Box 22, Folder 3


Box 22, Folder 4


Box 22, Folder 5


Box 22, Folder 6


Box 22, Folder 7


Box 22, Folder 8


Box 22, Folder 9


Box 22, Folder 10



Box 22, Folder 11


Box 22, Folder 12


Box 22, Folder 13


Box 22, Folder 14


Box 22, Folder 15

Correspondence, Jan., 1916-May, 1916

Box 22, Folder 16


Box 22, Folder 17

BOX 23: Correspondence, 1916-1933

CONTENTS CONTAINER

Correspondence, Sept., 1916-Dec., 1916

Box 23, Folder 1


Box 23, Folder 2


Box 23, Folder 3


Box 23, Folder 4


Box 23, Folder 5


Box 23, Folder 6


Box 23, Folder 7

Passes & Cards, 1880s-1900s & n.d.

Box 23, Folder 8


Box 23, Folder 9

Correspondence, April, 1921-Dec., 1921

Box 23, Folder 10


Box 23, Folder 11

Correspondence, 1923-1925

Box 23, Folder 12

Correspondence, 1926-1933

Box 23, Folder 13


Florence, n.d.

Box 23, Folder 14

Correspondence, n.d.

Box 23, Folder 15

BOX 24: Correspondence, n.d.; Writings & Speeches, A-D

CONTENTS CONTAINER


Box 24, Folder 1


Box 24, Folder 2


Box 24, Folder 3

Address to Beta Theta Pi

Box 24, Folder 4

Address to graduates of law school

Box 24, Folder 5

Anarchy

Box 24, Folder 6

Bonds for Court Clerks

Box 24, Folder 7

Some characteristics of Thomas Carlyle, pp. 1-72

Box 24, Folder 8

Some characteristics of Thomas Carlyle, pp. 73-157

Box 24, Folder 9

Civil value of a lawyer

Box 24, Folder 10

Letter to Commercial

Box 24, Folder 11

The Constitution in the Territories

Box 24, Folder 12

Courts and Court Clerks

Box 24, Folder 13

The Dancing School

Box 24, Folder 14

Development of Admiralty Jurisdiction

Box 24, Folder 15

BOX 25: Writings & Speeches, G-W

CONTENTS CONTAINER

The Gospel of Gulfare

Box 25, Folder 1


Greek from the Ghetto

Box 25, Folder 2

Hanover, Indiana; Heine

Box 25, Folder 3

An historical gambling debt--E. C. Dudley

Box 25, Folder 4

Jan Hus

Box 25, Folder 5

Introduction--Dr. George T. Moore

Box 25, Folder 6

Intellectual Living

Box 25, Folder 7

Law and public opinion

Box 25, Folder 8

Literary Club, 1892-1893

Box 25, Folder 9

Literature

Box 25, Folder 10

The Manliness of Puritanism

Box 25, Folder 11

Memorials

Box 25, Folder 12

Natural law

Box 25, Folder 13

On government reports; our brother's keepers; on poetry

Box 25, Folder 14

Political mythology

Box 25, Folder 15

Political positivist

Box 25, Folder 16

Review of John W. Foster--Century of American Diplomacy

Box 25, Folder 17

Voting and reporting of election returns

Box 25, Folder 18

War

Box 25, Folder 19

Waiting

Box 25, Folder 20

Miscellaneous--Political

Box 25, Folder 21

Miscellaneous--Literary

Box 25, Folder 22

Miscellaneous--Literary BV 3265


Legal

Box 25, Folder 23

BOX 26: Notebooks & Pamphlets, 1856-1917

CONTENTS CONTAINER

Notebooks, Civil War materials, 186?-1899

Box 26, Folder 1

Notebooks, 1858-1914

Box 26, Folder 2


Box 26, Folder 3


Box 26, Folder 4


Box 26, Folder 5

Account books, 1866-1878, n.d. Box 26, Folder 6

Account books, 1866-1878, n.d. BV 0961-0964

Docket of cases, 1856-1866

Box 26, Folder 7

BOX 27: Periodical Pamphlets, Case Briefs, 1873-1923

CONTENTS CONTAINER

Marion County v. Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railway, 1873-

1874

Box 27, Folder 1

State of Indiana v. Louisville, Evansville & Terre Haute

Railway, [1877]

Box 27, Folder 2

Annual Report of Postmaster General, 1883

Box 27, Folder 3

Isaac T. Burns v. Louisville, Evansville & Terre Haute

Railway, 1885

Box 27, Folder 4

Theosophy & Swedenborg, 1892

Box 27, Folder 5

Dudley Case--Judge Woods, Justice Harlan, & Judge Niblack,

1889

Box 27, Folder 6

Metropolitan School of Music, 1895-1907

Box 27, Folder 7


Periodical Topics, 8 Jan. 1921

Box 27, Folder 8

Indiana Law School catalog, 1922-1923

Box 27, Folder 9

Columbia Club Stockholders meeting, 2 Feb. 1923

Box 27, Folder 10

Case briefs, 1886-1910

Box 27, Folder 11


Box 27, Folder 12

Case briefs, 1892

Box 27, Folder 13


Box 27, Folder 14


Box 27, Folder 15


Box 27, Folder 16

Court orders to pay, 1886-1898

Box 27, Folder 17

Court records, 1867-1915

BV 0965-0967

BV 0969-0972

BOX 28: Lists of Cases, 1910s-1920s; New Albany Water Works, 1899-1902

CONTENTS CONTAINER

Lists of cases, 1910s-1920s

Box 28, Folder 1


Box 28, Folder 2


Box 28, Folder 3


Box 28, Folder 4


Box 28, Folder 5


Box 28, Folder 6


Box 28, Folder 7

New Albany Water Works, 1899-1900

Box 28, Folder 8

New Albany Water Works, Jan., 1901-March, 1901

Box 28, Folder 9


New Albany Water Works, April, 1901-May, 1901

Box 28, Folder 10

New Albany Water Works, June, 1901

Box 28, Folder 11

New Albany Water Works, July, 1901

Box 28, Folder 12

New Albany Water Works, Aug., 1901-Sept., 1901

Box 28, Folder 13

New Albany Water Works, Oct., 1901-Dec., 1901

Box 28, Folder 14


Box 28, Folder 15

New Albany Water Works, April, 1902-May, 1902

Box 28, Folder 16

New Albany Water Works, June, 1902

Box 28, Folder 17

New Albany Water Works, July, 1902-Sept., 1902

Box 28, Folder 18

New Albany Water Works, Oct., 1902-Dec., 1902

Box 28, Folder 19

BOX 29: New Albany Water Works, 1903-1904; Printed Materials Billheads

CONTENTS CONTAINER


Box 29, Folder 1

New Albany Water Works, April, 1903-June, 1903

Box 29, Folder 2

New Albany Water Works, July, 1903-Dec., 1903

Box 29, Folder 3

New Albany Water Works, 1904

Box 29, Folder 4

New Albany Water Works, 1904, n.d.

Box 29, Folder 5

Printed Material

Box 29, Folder 6

Billheads, A-H

Box 29, Folder 7

Billheads, J-P

Box 29, Folder 8

Billheads, R-W

Box 29, Folder 9

Billheads, Indiana

Box 29, Folder 10


Billheads, Indianapolis, A

Box 29, Folder 11

Billheads, Indianapolis, B-C

Box 29, Folder 12

Billheads, Indianapolis, D-K

Box 29, Folder 13

Billheads, Indianapolis, L-P

Box 29, Folder 14

Billheads, Indianapolis, R-Z

Box 29, Folder 15

BOX 30: L.S. Ayres Advertising, 1894-1934; Newspaper Clippings, n.d.; John

H. Butler Receipts

CONTENTS CONTAINER

L. S. Ayres Advertising, 1894-1927

Box 30, Folder 1

L. S. Ayres Advertising, 1932-1934, n.d.

Box 30, Folder 2

L. S. Ayres Clippings

Box 30, Folder 3

Clippings

Box 30, Folder 4

Clippings

Box 30, Folder 5

Clippings

Box 30, Folder 6

Clippings

Box 30, Folder 7

Clippings, mainly editorials

BV 0968

John H. Butler receipts, A

Box 30, Folder 8

John H. Butler receipts, B

Box 30, Folder 9

John H. Butler receipts, C

Box 30, Folder 10

John H. Butler receipts, E-G

Box 30, Folder 11

John H. Butler receipts, H

Box 30, Folder 12

John H. Butler receipts, J-L

Box 30, Folder 13

John H. Butler receipts, M

Box 30, Folder 14


BOX 31: John H. Butler Receipts; Noble Butler, Personal Finances and

Papers, 1844-1906; Gresham Correspondence, 1865-June, 1886

CONTENTS CONTAINER

John H. Butler receipts, P

Box 31, Folder 1

John H. Butler receipts, R

Box 31, Folder 2

John H. Butler receipts, S-T

Box 31, Folder 3

John H. Butler receipts, W-Z

Box 31, Folder 4

John H. Butler, appointment as Circuit Judge, 1869

OM 0009

Personal notes & receipts, 1850-1873

Box 31, Folder 5

Tax receipts, 1844-1870

Box 31, Folder 6

New Albany tax receipts, 1871-1880

Box 31, Folder 7

New Albany taxes, 1869-1889

Box 31, Folder 8


Box 31, Folder 9


Box 31, Folder 10


Box 31, Folder 11

Newby Farms receipts, 1855-1857

Box 31, Folder 12

Estate of John C. Butler, 1890-1904

Box 31, Folder 13

Estate of John C. Butler, 1890-1904 BV 0972

Walter Q. Gresham-Correspondence-autobiographical

Box 31, Folder 14

Walter Q. Gresham, correspondence, 1865-1868

Box 31, Folder 15


Box 31, Folder 16


Box 31, Folder 17

Walter Q. Gresham, correspondence, Jan., 1884-June, 1884

Box 31, Folder 18


Walter Q. Gresham, correspondence, July, 1884-Dec., 1884

Box 31, Folder 19

Walter Q. Gresham, correspondence, 1885

Box 31, Folder 20

Walter Q. Gresham, correspondence, Jan., 1886-June, 1886

Box 31, Folder 21

BOX 32: Walter Q. Gresham Correspondence, 1886-1921

CONTENTS CONTAINER

Walter Q. Gresham, correspondence, July, 1886-Dec., 1886

Box 32, Folder 1


Box 32, Folder 2


Box 32, Folder 3


Box 32, Folder 4


Box 32, Folder 5


Box 32, Folder 6


Box 32, Folder 7


Box 32, Folder 8


Box 32, Folder 9

Gresham memorial, newspaper article

Box 32, Folder 10

Visual materials

Visual Collection:

Photographs, Folder 1

Walter Gresham Butler, diploma from Indpls. Public Schools,

high school department

OM 0009

NOBLE C. BUTLER PAPERS, 1809-1933

Documents

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