NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG5483.AM: Philo Melvin Buck, Jr., 1877-1950
Papers: 1912-1931, 1974
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb.: Professor and Dean at University of Nebraska
Size: 0.1 cu.ft.
BACKGROUND NOTE
Philo Melvin Buck, Jr., was born in Morristown, New Jersey, in 1877. Raised in India, where his parents were missionaries, he became a dean at the University of Nebraska and subsequently created a Department of Comparative Literature, the first in the country, at the University of Wisconsin. He and his wife, Altheia Hall Buck, had two children: Edward and Carolyn Laura (Mrs. William Harvey Reeves of New York City). Carolyn graduated from Lincoln High School in 1924. Philo Buck died in 1950.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Philo Melvin Buck, Jr., collection is arranged into four series: 1) Correspondence, Undated; 2) Print Materials; 3) Financial Records; and 4) Educational Records.
Series 1 consists of social correspondence, mostly undated, including several invitations. Series 2 contains print materials, among which are articles describing a Lincoln ceremony in honor of General John J. Pershing in which Buck played a role; and the Carnegie Foundation sponsored trip that Buck and his wife made to India in the 1920s. Financial papers in Series 3 are related to a mortgage that Buck held on a house that he had sold in Madison, Wisconsin. Records of the education of Buck’s daughter Carolyn are in Series 4. They include her report cards, high school diploma, activity programs, and 50th class reunion documents.
DESCRIPTION
Series 1 – Correspondence, Undated
Folder
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- Social correspondence
Series 2 – Printed Materials
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- General John J. Pershing ceremony, 1919
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- Buck trip to India, c. 1923
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- Lincoln club materials, 1921-1931
Series 3 – Financial Records
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- Mortgage documents, 1927-1929
Series 4 – Educational Records
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- Carolyn Buck’s report cards, 1912-1924
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- School activity programs, 1921-1923
(a)Promotion bulletin, football program, high school diploma (see oversize)
- School activity programs, 1921-1923
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- 50th class reunion materials, 1974
ADDED ENTRIES:
Buck, Carolyn Laura
Buck, Philo Melvin, 1877-1950
Buck family
Education — Nebraska
Lincoln (Neb.) — History
Pershing, John J., 1860-1948
Students — Nebraska — Lincoln
BQ/kfk 06-13-2003
Revised TMM 11-02-2009