Howard Crosby Butler Correspondence, 1917

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Butler, Howard Crosby (1872-1922)

Collector:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections

Title:

Howard Crosby Butler Correspondence

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pg15bd89x

Dates:

1917

Size:

2 boxes and 2.2 linear feet

Storage Note:

This is stored in multiple locations.
ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1
Firestone Library (scamss): Box 2

Language:

English

Abstract: Consists of correspondence of Howard Crosby Butler, Princeton professor of the history of architecture, with former students undergoing military training during World War I.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of thirty-seven letters (1917) to Butler from several former students undergoing training in the U.S. armed forces during World War I. Many of the letters are written on Army and Navy Young Men's Christian Association stationery; one bears the Princeton Flying School letterhead and is accompanied with a Princeton Aviation Corps envelope.

Arrangement

Arranged by accession number.

Collection Creator Biography:

Butler

Howard Crosby Butler was an archaeologist and professor of the history of architecture at Princeton University. In his early student days he played leading roles in the first productions of the newly founded Triangle Club and helped organize the college's third eating club, Tiger Inn, whose clubhouse he later designed. He organized and led three archaeological expeditions into the Syrian Desert and two expeditions for the excavation of ancient Sardis, discovering there long-hidden treasures that enriched modern knowledge of Lydian, Greek, Syrian, and Roman civilizations.

Collection History

Acquisition:: AM 11877, 14688
Custodial History: The collection was formed as a result of a Departmental practice of combining into one collection material of various accessions relating to a particular person, family, or subject.
Appraisal: No appraisal information is available.
Processing Information: Finding aid written by James Flannery on January 25, 2006. Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.

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