Add to ORKGIn 1847, abolitionist Disciples of Christ leaders in Indiana proposed founding a university on free soil. The closest Disciples school was in Virginia, a slave-holding state. In 1850, Ovid Butler wrote the charter and began fund-raising. Butler desired to see NWCU “occupy a position in the front ranks of human progress…as the Experiment and Advocate of the common rights of humanity without distinction on account of sex, race or color.”Use of this image is restricted to projects related to Destination Indiana. IHS may not reproduce.Destination Indiana - Butler University Journe
John Collins Moore of Moores Hill, in Dearborn County, works with community leaders to establish a c...
After the Civil War, the university felt growing pains, and was offered enticements to move east to ...
From the colonial period on through the 19th century, there existed a vital connection between faith...
In 1847, abolitionist Disciples of Christ leaders in Indiana proposed founding a university on free ...
Ovid Butler donated land for the school at College Ave. and 13th St. in Indianapolis. Architect Will...
Ovid Butler donated land for the school at College Ave. and 13th St. in Indianapolis. Architect Will...
Ovid Butler (1801-1881) was a lawyer, abolitionist, journalist, land developer, and founder of Butle...
“An Advocate and Exponent of the Common and Equal Rights of Humanity”: Defining and Assessing the Va...
In 1896, Butler University became part of the University of Indianapolis, which included the Indiana...
Indiana’s United Brethren Church was eager to establish a centrally located university in the Hoosie...
The decision to open Oberlin College (Ohio) to black students in 1835, two years after its founding,...
This paper examines the role of Christian higher education and religious philanthropy in the debate ...
This image shows Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio. In 1856, the Methodist Episcopal Chur...
Construction began in 1926 on Arthur Jordan Hall and the Butler Fieldhouse (renamed Hinkle Fieldhous...
The Eleutherian College in Jefferson County and the Union Literary Institute (Randplph County) were ...
John Collins Moore of Moores Hill, in Dearborn County, works with community leaders to establish a c...
After the Civil War, the university felt growing pains, and was offered enticements to move east to ...
From the colonial period on through the 19th century, there existed a vital connection between faith...
In 1847, abolitionist Disciples of Christ leaders in Indiana proposed founding a university on free ...
Ovid Butler donated land for the school at College Ave. and 13th St. in Indianapolis. Architect Will...
Ovid Butler donated land for the school at College Ave. and 13th St. in Indianapolis. Architect Will...
Ovid Butler (1801-1881) was a lawyer, abolitionist, journalist, land developer, and founder of Butle...
“An Advocate and Exponent of the Common and Equal Rights of Humanity”: Defining and Assessing the Va...
In 1896, Butler University became part of the University of Indianapolis, which included the Indiana...
Indiana’s United Brethren Church was eager to establish a centrally located university in the Hoosie...
The decision to open Oberlin College (Ohio) to black students in 1835, two years after its founding,...
This paper examines the role of Christian higher education and religious philanthropy in the debate ...
This image shows Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio. In 1856, the Methodist Episcopal Chur...
Construction began in 1926 on Arthur Jordan Hall and the Butler Fieldhouse (renamed Hinkle Fieldhous...
The Eleutherian College in Jefferson County and the Union Literary Institute (Randplph County) were ...
John Collins Moore of Moores Hill, in Dearborn County, works with community leaders to establish a c...
After the Civil War, the university felt growing pains, and was offered enticements to move east to ...
From the colonial period on through the 19th century, there existed a vital connection between faith...