Catalogue of Photographs The history of archaeology at Princeton University formally begins with Howard Crosby Butler (class of 1892), who joined the faculty in 1895 and in 1899–1900 directed the first expedition sponsored by the University. As a Princeton undergraduate, Butler became interested in the explorations of Syria conducted by the Marquis de Vogüé in […]
People and Landscapes of the Chrysochou Valley Elisabeth Childs was born in Germany in 1942 and lived most of her early life at Sögeln in farming country near the town of Bramsche, just north of the city of Osnabrück. After a brief try at doing technical, archaeological photography, she found her calling in producing the […]
Catalogue of Photographs In 1928, Charles Rufus Morey, chair of Princeton’s Department of Art and Archaeology, proposed the exploration and excavation of the ancient and medieval site of Antioch, located in northern Syria near the Turkish border. Founded in 300 B.C., Antioch was one of the most important political and cultural centers of the Hellenistic […]
Catalogue of Photographs Howard Crosby Butler’s three Syrian campaigns established him as a preeminent Near Eastern archaeologist. Impressed by his scholarship, the director of the Imperial Ottoman Museum in Constantinople invited Butler in 1909 to excavate at Sardis, the ancient capital of Lydia. Butler was eager to explore this archaeologically and historically significant site, which […]
The archaeological archives consist of unique photographic and textual documentation generated by over 100 years of expeditions and excavations conducted and sponsored by Princeton University. In addition to the primary corpus of photographs, glass plate and film negatives, drawings, there are supplementary materials such as journals, field notebooks trench reports and other ancillary records. Together […]
The following guidelines are based on the policies and procedures recommended by the Princeton University Library. Use of the archive is granted subject to specific rules that are intended to protect collections in the Department of Art and Archaeology and to insure their preservation for future researchers. Sign registry. Store coats, briefcases and other non-essentials […]