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NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER
Typed letter, signed, to George Arthur Plimpton New York, August 8, 1930
Plimpton Papers
In this letter, President Butler wrote to George Plimpton with news of the building of what would eventually be named Butler Library. Suggesting that Plimpton’s collection be given appropriate housing in the new building, Butler wrote: “We could arrange for the Plimpton Collection, the Plimpton Hall, or the Plimpton Alcove, or the Plimpton anything else which might seem both suitable and satisfactory.”
Gift of George Arthur Plimpton
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Bibliotheca Columbiana, Number 4 New York, August, 1937
Plimpton Collection
Issue No. 4 of Bibliotheca Columbiana was devoted to an announcement and description of the Plimpton Collection. The headings used are: The Seven Liberal Arts, Grammar, Rhetoric, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Geography, Astronomy, The Writing Masters’ Copy Books, Other Parts of the Library (including natural history, theology and music), and Reference.
Gift of George Arthur Plimpton