The University Archives at Butler University houses all physical copies of the University’s student theses, including both graduate and undergraduate works. Select digital copies—which include most contemporary, copyright-cleared, and public-domain theses—are available below.
For more information on how to search this digital collection, check out this guide: A Quick Guide To Accessing + Searching Butler University Thesis Collections.
Theses/Dissertations from 1898
La Poudre aux Yeux, Virgil Dalrymple
Changes of the Bed of White River in Marion County, Indiana, E. M. Graham
Paul's Use of Dikaiosyne, Albert Luther Ward
The Social Effects of the Norman Conquest Upon England, Anson Harvey Washburn
Theses/Dissertations from 1897
Purpose clauses in the gospel of Luke, C. A. Brady
The political history of Cuba, Frank T. Brown
Plutarch's use of ancient literature, Jessie Christian Brown
The development of the protective tariff legislation in the United States, Robert Alexander Bull
The purpose of this thesis is to show that the Turkish Treatment of the Armenians would justify foreign nations in intervening, James Calvin Burkhardt
The Spectroscope in Celestial Physics, S. A. Harker
James Lane Allen: His Art, His Humanity, George W. Knepper
Examination of Certain Commericial Antiseptics and Disinfectnants, John Thomas Lister
Examination of the Irvington Water Supply, Samuel Virgil McGaughey
Examination of Water Supply of Indianapolis, Alonzo S. Roberts
The Territorial Extension of the United States, Nettie Irwin Sweeney
The English and American Short-Story, Bona Thompson
A Comparative Study of Wordsworth and Goethe, Mabel H. Tibbott
Theses/Dissertations from 1896
The Alleged Incapacity of the Romans for Speculative Thought, Retta Valeria Barnhill
Greek Syntax, Illustrated with Examples from the Gospel According to Luke, H. F. Frigge
Greek Syntax Illustrated by Examples from Acts of Apostles, William Elmer Payne
Greek Syntax, Illustrated with Examples from the Gospel of Luke, William Eugarde Phillips
Greek and English Tragedy As Exempified [sic] in Sophocles and Shakespere [sic], Author Unknown
Theses/Dissertations from 1895
The history of the historian, Nell Brevoort
Development of the femur of the cat, E. A. Brown
Classification of the Similes and Metaphors in Homer, Edgar T. Forsyth
The Venetian Republic in its External Relations, Geogia Noble Galvin
Hannibal and Napoleon, Dora C. Hadley
Peripheral Nerve-Endings in the Cat, Laura Mace
Latin Laguage in History, Rose MacNeal
Shakespere [sic] & His Child Characters, G. May Reeves
Theses/Dissertations from 1894
Purpose expressions in Acts, G. G. Bruer
The Atonement, Benjamin F. Dailey
Purpose Expression in Luke's Gospel, George E. Hicks
Theses/Dissertations from 1893
Purpose and Result Clauses in Hebrews and John's Epistles, J. L. Brady
Theses/Dissertations from 1887
In the Name of, Mary Edna Arnold
The Religion of Robert Browning, E. P. Wise