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Butler University

LC control no.n 84037156
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Corporate name headingButler University
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Variant(s)Butler University, Indianapolis
See alsoPredecessor: Butler College
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Beginning date1923
LocatedIndianapolis (Ind.)
Found inIrwin Library. Lincolniana, a collection ... 1983: t.p. (Butler University, Indianapolis, Ind.)
LC data base, 6/1/84 (hdg.: Butler University, Indianapolis; usage: Butler University)
Jones, A. Butler University, c1968: p. 10, etc. (opened 1855 as North Western Christian University; name changed in 1876/77 to Butler University; name changed to Butler College in 1894/95, and back to Butler University in 1923/24)
Waller, George M. Butler University : a sesquicentennial history, c2006: p.1 (opened in 1855 as North Western Christian University), p. 85-86 (name changed to Butler University in 1877), p. 121-122 (University of Indianapolis [not to be confused with the University of Indianapolis (1986- )] created in 1896 as an umbrella over Butler College, which was the liberal arts and sciences college, and the law, medicine, and dentistry colleges; the University of Indianapolis name was quietly dropped in 1906; the name was changed from Butler College back to Butler University in 1923)