The collection contains early theses manuscripts from Butler University dating from 1887 until 1911 on subjects including Literature, Religion, Science, Greek and Latin. Until 1897 Butler required all students, including undergraduates, to write a theses statement in order to receive a degree. One year after Butler University joined the University of Indianapolis and became Butler College the theses requirement for undergraduate students was dropped. Postgraduate theses are available in this collection ending in 1911. While the majority of these manuscripts are handwritten, as early as 1908 graduate students were required to type a theses.

For specific questions pertaining to the Manuscript Thesis Collection, please contact University Archives.

Theses/Dissertations from 1906

Embryology and Evolution, Malo M. Amunson

Theses/Dissertations from 1897

Examination of Water Supply of Indianapolis, Alonzo S. Roberts

The Ideal Woman as She Is Represented by the Best English Writers from Chaucer's Time to the Present, Emma Stradling

Theses/Dissertations from 1896

The Alleged Incapacity of the Romans for Speculative Thought, Retta Valeria Barnhill

Theses/Dissertations from 1895

The Miracles of Jesus, John W. Barnett

Topographical Surveying, Nelson Brayton

Theses/Dissertations from 1894

The Alcohols, Charles Baker

The Jewish Sacrifices, E. W. Brickert

Theses/Dissertations from 1887

In the Name of, Mary E. Arnold

Mood and Tense in Genesis, Mary E. Arnold

A Grammatical, Lexical, Exgetical, and General Treatise on the First Epistle General of John, John W. Barnett