Eugene Plumb Andrews papers, 1895-1956.
Collection Number: 14-6-912

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Eugene Plumb Andrews papers, 1895-1956.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
14-6-912
Abstract:
Correspondence, travel diaries, official documents, and photographs. Letters from Andrews to his family from Italy, Greece, Crete, and Egypt describing the progress of his archaeological work, personal matters, travels, and activities.
Creator:
Andrews, Eugene Plumb, 1866-1957.
Quanitities:
.6 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of archaeology, Cornell University.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, travel diaries, official documents, and photographs. Letters from Andrews to his family from Italy, Greece, Crete, and Egypt describing the progress of his archaeological work, personal matters, travels, and activities; an account of the Olympic Games, material pertaining to the Cornell Class of 1895, a gift of Tiffany Favrile glass to the university, the University chimes, and athletics. Correspondents include Alfred Emerson, Willard Straight, Hendrik Willem van Loon, and Bejamin Ide Wheeler.
Also, correspondence, notes, archaeological squeezes, sketches, and photographs relating to Andrews' years in Athens as a student at the American School of Classical Studies. Includes descriptions of duels at the University of Heidelberg, and trips in Switzerland, Sicily, and the Middle East with his wife Helen Putnam Andrews. Also, letters and sketches from van Loon, and notes, programs, tickets, and a newspaper relating to the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens.
NOTES

Consists of collections #14-6-912, #14-6-412, and #14-6-546.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Eugene Plumb Andrews papers, #14-6-912. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Andrews, Helen Putnam.
van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1882-1944.
Straight, Willard.
Emerson, Alfred.
Wheeler, Benjamin Ide.
Cornell University -- : Athletics.
Cornell University. Class of 1895
Cornell University -- : Chimes.
American School of Classical Studies (Athens, Greece)
Universitat Heidelberg
Places:
Sicily (Italy) -- Description and travel
Switzerland -- Description and travel.
Egypt -- Description and travel.
Crete (Greece) -- Description and travel.
Greece -- Athens -- Description and travel.
Greece -- Description and travel.
Italy -- Description and travel.
Subjects:
Olympic Games -- 1896 -- Greece -- Athens.
Parthenon.
Architecture, Classical.
Classical literature -- Study and teaching.
Archaeology -- Study and teaching.
Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
Photographs.

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Scope and Contents
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