Papers, [ca. 1893]-1944.

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Papers, [ca. 1893]-1944.

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Papers of McCrea containing manuscripts of his addresses and essays on classical themes and on specific Latin authors including Cicero, Horace, and Lucretius. There is an unpublished book manuscript in various stages of completition entitled, "Cicero as Philosopher." Letters to McCrea from Nicholas Murray Butler, Gonzalez Lodge, Frank A. Patterson, and Ernest G. Sihler, dealing with university and academic matters. In addition to some family documents and six photographs of McCrea, there are twelve folders of essays and themes written for Columbia College classes by a relative, Robert Glenn McCrea, who received his A.B. degree in 1896. Also a group of term papers submitted to McCrea, a grade book for Latin courses, and exam questions prepared by McCrea for M.A. and Ph.D. candidates.

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

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McCrea, Nelson Glenn, 1863-1944

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Sihler, E.G. (Ernest Gottlieb), 1853-1942

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Biographical Note: Ernest G. Sihler was the first recipient of the Ph. D. in Greek (1878) awarded by The Johns Hopkins University. Sihler was professor of Latin language and literature at New York University (1892-1923) and the author of published works in classical history and philosophy. Sihler was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana Jan. 2, 1853 and graduated fron Concordia College in 1869. He studied at the Universities of Berlin and Leipzig before entering Johns Hopkins whe...