George Daniel Butler collection 1917-1919

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George Daniel Butler collection 1917-1919

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0899

Approximately 600 photographs collected by George Daniel Butler, depicting the Yale section of the U.S. Ambulance Service with the French army, June 22, 1917-April 23, 1919. Also included are postcards of cities and historic sites in France.

0.5 linear foot

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6350888

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Butler, George D. (George Daniel), 1893-1985

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George Daniel Butler was born in Seymour, Connecticut, on November 14, 1893. He graduated from Yale with the Class of 1916. After graduation, Butler joined the war effort by assisting the U.S. Army Ambulance Service with the French army, for which he received a Croix de Guerre. Butler spent most of the rest of his working life with the National Recreation Association, where he was Director of Research, Assistant Executive Director and Associate Editor of "Recreation." He retired in December 1962...