Correspondence, 1904-1936.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Butler (Family : Butler, William, active 1768-1773)

Contributor:

Butler, Elizabeth Levering, Lady.

Butler, Geoffrey G. (Geoffrey Gilbert), Sir, 1887-1929.

Butler, Henry Montagu, 1833-1918, addressee.

Butler, Mary Kendall.

Butler, Spencer Perceval.

Jackson, Henry, 1839-1921.

Jones, Elisabeth M.

Jones, J. Levering (Joseph Levering), 1851-1920.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Foreign Office.

Great Britain.

Corpus Christi College (University of Cambridge).

World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain.

World War, 1914-1918.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of Lady Elizabeth Levering Butler.

Physical Description:

2 boxes

Place of Publication:

1904-1936.

Biography/History:

The family of British historian Geoffrey G. Butler, taken in an expanded sense to include the Philadelphian family of his American wife, born Elizabeth Levering Jones.

Summary:

Consists of 47 folders containing correspondence from 16 senders. Geoffrey Butler is the most prolific writer with letters to his wife Elizabeth Levering Butler (1 folder), her parents J. Levering Jones (7 folders) and Elisabeth M. Jones (12 folders), his mother Mary Butler (2 folders), and his uncle Henry Montagu Butler (1 folder). There are smaller numbers of letters from Elizabeth Levering Butler to her parents; from Mary Butler to her son and daughter-in-law and to Elisabeth M. Jones; from Geoffrey Butler's father Spencer Butler to his brother Henry Montagu Butler; and from Elizabeth Butler's parents to each other and to Geoffrey Butler.

There are also a few letters to family members from individuals who are not family members, such as the letters from Henry Jackson, a professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge, to Geoffrey Butler. Letters are filed alphabetically first by sender and then by recipient. The first major concern of the bulk of the letters is Geoffrey Butler's mentorship of Elizabeth Levering Butler's older brother Guy at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge. After 1914, the letters focus on Geoffrey Butler's courtship of Elizabeth Levering Jones, whom he married in 1916. These events take place in the context of the years before and during World War I, during which time Geoffrey Butler worked in the Foreign Office in London and his brothers served in British armed forces.

Cited as:

Butler Family Correspondence, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania.