Philip Butcher papers, 1864-2005, bulk 1940-1990

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Series III. Research Files, 1883-1997

William Stanley Braithwaite, George Washington Cable and Thomas Walker--three of Butcher's longstanding research interests--are the primary focus of this series. Materials include notes, clippings, correspondence, photographs and ephemera related to his research.


William Stanley Braithwaite



Box 6 Folder 1 Correspondence--Edward Starr, 1969-1970


Box 6 Folder 2 Correspondence--Research, 1964-1977


Box 6 Folder 3 Correspondence--Library, 1964-1971


Box 6 Folder 4 Correspondence--Permissions, 1971-1972


Box 6 Folder 5 Research Files, 1938-1981


George Washington Cable--Correspondence


Box 6 Folder 6 to 7 Publishing, 1958-1974 (2 Folders), 1958-1974



Box 7 Folder 1 Anna Gertrude Brewster, 1943-1972


Box 7 Folder 2 Brewster Diary, 1893-1897


Box 7 Folder 3 Alma Edwards, 1949-1967


Box 7 Folder 4 to 8 Adelene Moffat and Family, 1896-1997, (5 Folders)



Box 14 Folder 2 Adelene Moffat--Portrait, circa, 1900



Box 7 Folder 9 Letters to the Editor, 1965-1981


Box 7 Folder 10 Research Inquiries, 1947-1963



Box 8 Folder 1 to 2 Research Inquiries, 1944-1964 (2 Folders), 1944-1964


Box 8 Folder 3 College Libraries, 1948-1969


Box 8 Folder 4 Public Libraries, 1959-1971


George Washington Cable--Research


Box 8 Folder 5 Cable Family, 1945-1968


Box 8 Folder 6 Williams and Franklin, 1946-1949


Box 8 Folder 7 Notes, 1960


Box 8 Folder 8 to 9 General, 1884-1967 (2 Folders), 1884-1967



Box 9 Folder 1 to 2 General, 1902-1978 (2 Folders), 1902-1978


Box 9 Folder 3 Notes, undated


Box 9 Folder 4 Northampton, 1908-1960


Box 9 Folder 5 Northampton Correspondence, 1949-1962


Box 9 Folder 6 Cable Speech, 1962



Box 13 Folder 9 Cable Publications, 1941-1971


Walker Family



Box 9 Folder 7 to 8 Thomas Walker Correspondence, 1895-1932 (2 Folders), 1895-1932



Box 10 Folder 1 Thomas Walker Photo, 1951, undated, 1951, undated


Box 10 Folder 2 Walker Receipts, 1885-1899


Box 10 Folder 3 Annie Walker, 1948-1992


Box 10 Folder 4 Fannette Walker Penn, 1906-1924



Box 14 Folder 3 Walker Ephemera, Undated


Box 14 Folder 4 Walker Photographs, Undated



Box 10 Folder 5 Walker Memorials, 1935-1936


Box 10 Folder 6 Frederick Douglass, 1891-1945


Box 10 Folder 7 General Research, 1883-1995


Other Subjects


Mark Twain and Warner Thornton McGuinn


Box 10 Folder 8 Correspondence, 1963-1969


Box 10 Folder 9 Research, 1912-1968


Box 10 Folder 10 Twain Article Controversy, 1985


Box 10 Folder 11 to 12 Sterling Brown, 1940-1969 (2 Folders), 1940-1969


General Research



Box 15 Folder 1 Articles, 1947-1973


Box 15 Folder 2 to 4 Books--Annotated, 1885, 1927, 1950-1969, 1885, 1927, 1950-1969, (3 Folders)



Box 16 Books, 1941, 1956, 1941, 1956



Box 15 Folder 5 "George Washington Cable: Early Realist of Negro Life"--Dissertation, M.A.,, 1947