Box 4
Container
Contains 24 Results:
Photograph of Sarah Butler Wister with granddaughter "Marina", circa 1899
File — Box: 4, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wister Family Papers were acquired from the family of former La Salle University faculty member James Butler, who obtained items using multiple methods, after his passing in 2020. Butler conducted extensive research on the historic residences on La Salle University’s campus, with a particular interest in Peale House or the Belfield estate, and the families who lived there.It encompasses members of the Wister family, families related to the Wisters through marriage, locations...
Dates:
circa 1899
ALS, Owen Wister to his mother, Sarah Butler Wister, announcing the birth of William Rotch Wister, 1904
File — Box: 4, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wister Family Papers were acquired from the family of former La Salle University faculty member James Butler, who obtained items using multiple methods, after his passing in 2020. Butler conducted extensive research on the historic residences on La Salle University’s campus, with a particular interest in Peale House or the Belfield estate, and the families who lived there.It encompasses members of the Wister family, families related to the Wisters through marriage, locations...
Dates:
1904
Certificate of Appreciation from Board of Directors, William Wharton Jr. & Co. on occasion of the death of William Rotch Wister, 1911
File — Box: 4, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wister Family Papers were acquired from the family of former La Salle University faculty member James Butler, who obtained items using multiple methods, after his passing in 2020. Butler conducted extensive research on the historic residences on La Salle University’s campus, with a particular interest in Peale House or the Belfield estate, and the families who lived there.It encompasses members of the Wister family, families related to the Wisters through marriage, locations...
Dates:
1911
Letter from Mary Channing Wister to Horace Howard Furness, 1911
File — Box: 4, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wister Family Papers were acquired from the family of former La Salle University faculty member James Butler, who obtained items using multiple methods, after his passing in 2020. Butler conducted extensive research on the historic residences on La Salle University’s campus, with a particular interest in Peale House or the Belfield estate, and the families who lived there.It encompasses members of the Wister family, families related to the Wisters through marriage, locations...
Dates:
1911
Summary of military service of William Rotch Wister in the Civil War, 1912
File — Box: 4, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wister Family Papers were acquired from the family of former La Salle University faculty member James Butler, who obtained items using multiple methods, after his passing in 2020. Butler conducted extensive research on the historic residences on La Salle University’s campus, with a particular interest in Peale House or the Belfield estate, and the families who lived there.It encompasses members of the Wister family, families related to the Wisters through marriage, locations...
Dates:
1912
Copy of New York Times Review of Owen Wister's The Pentecost of Calamity, 1915
File — Box: 4, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wister Family Papers were acquired from the family of former La Salle University faculty member James Butler, who obtained items using multiple methods, after his passing in 2020. Butler conducted extensive research on the historic residences on La Salle University’s campus, with a particular interest in Peale House or the Belfield estate, and the families who lived there.It encompasses members of the Wister family, families related to the Wisters through marriage, locations...
Dates:
1915
Letter concerning Military Service Record of Owen Wister's father, Dr. Owen Jones Wister, a naval surgeon from 1848-1852, 1933
File — Box: 4, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wister Family Papers were acquired from the family of former La Salle University faculty member James Butler, who obtained items using multiple methods, after his passing in 2020. Butler conducted extensive research on the historic residences on La Salle University’s campus, with a particular interest in Peale House or the Belfield estate, and the families who lived there.It encompasses members of the Wister family, families related to the Wisters through marriage, locations...
Dates:
1933
ALS, Owen Wister to his son William Rotch Wister, 1934
File — Box: 4, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wister Family Papers were acquired from the family of former La Salle University faculty member James Butler, who obtained items using multiple methods, after his passing in 2020. Butler conducted extensive research on the historic residences on La Salle University’s campus, with a particular interest in Peale House or the Belfield estate, and the families who lived there.It encompasses members of the Wister family, families related to the Wisters through marriage, locations...
Dates:
1934
"The New Ordeal" by Owen Wister, 1936
File — Box: 4, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wister Family Papers were acquired from the family of former La Salle University faculty member James Butler, who obtained items using multiple methods, after his passing in 2020. Butler conducted extensive research on the historic residences on La Salle University’s campus, with a particular interest in Peale House or the Belfield estate, and the families who lived there.It encompasses members of the Wister family, families related to the Wisters through marriage, locations...
Dates:
1936
Obituary for Mary Eustis Wister, 1944
File — Box: 4, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Wister Family Papers were acquired from the family of former La Salle University faculty member James Butler, who obtained items using multiple methods, after his passing in 2020. Butler conducted extensive research on the historic residences on La Salle University’s campus, with a particular interest in Peale House or the Belfield estate, and the families who lived there.It encompasses members of the Wister family, families related to the Wisters through marriage, locations...
Dates:
1944