John Robert Sitlington Sterrett papers
Scope and content
Notebooks of John Sterrett, containing his research records from Asia Minor. Includes notebooks containing inscriptions, road notes, field and expense books concerning archaeological expeditions to Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Assos: some notes are in Greek. Also Sterrett's Ph.D. thesis from the University of Munich, 1880: "Eine Untersuchung uber die funf grosseren homerischen Hymen" (Investigation of the five hymns of Homer).
"The Life and Times of John Robert Sitlington Sterrett as Revealed in his Letters to Aunts, Uncles & Cousins, his Wife & Daughters, June 24th, 1872 to April 10, 1914," photocopies of family letters typed and edited by his grandson, Kenneth O. Shrewsbury, Jr., 1995.
Dates
- 1872-1914.
Creator
- Sterrett, J. R. Sitlington (John Robert Sitlington), 1851-1914. (Person)
- Shrewsbury, Kenneth O. (Compiler, Person)
Biographical / Historical
John Sterrett was an archaeologist and a professor of Greek language and literature, and head of the Greek Department at Cornell University, 1901-1914.
Extent
1 cubic feet. (1 cubic feet.)
Language of Materials
English
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- Appm
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Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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