| Description | Bundle 1:
Order of Service for the memorial service for William Hepburn Buckler (1867 - 1952) held at All Souls College, Oxford, on 8 March 1952.
Enclosed are:
Three letters to William Calder from Buckler's widow Georgina Buckler; two dated April 1952 concern the disposal of Buckler's papers and effects and provide Calder with information for obituries abd a eulogy, while the third dated May 1953 concerns a dispute over certain notebooks of Buckler's which Calder has requested.
A letter from Buckler's daughter Barbara Wrinch, undated [April 1952], offering help and information for use in the obituaries and eulogy.
An envelope with two small photographs of Buckler, 1950 and undated.
The bundle also contains copies of two expdition reports:
Typed version of Adolf Wilhelm's report on his expedition to Asia Minor in 1925 (2 copies). The manuscript version of the report is in MS 3286/3/4.
Summary report of an expedition to Galatic Lycaonia in 1926 by Buckler and Calder, with a number of handwritten corrections. Calder lists the members of the expedition as himself, W.H.B uckler, Baltimore, Maryland, and R. Pares, All Souls College, Oxford. The report states that they were in Turkey from 1 May to 15 July 1926 and in that time 'examined the sites of over two dozen ancient cities and villages, and [...] recorded 473 ancient monuments'.
The photographs and notes now in MS 3286/5/7 were originally part of this bundle, as indicated by an archivist's note.
Bundle 2:
Letter to Buckler in German from Josef Keil, Austrian Archaeological Institute, Vienna, 9 April 1926, enclosing documents sent to Keil by Adolf Wilhelm in Athens. These are:
Calder's summary report of his 1926 expedition to Asia Minor [cf. bundle 1];
Draftl report of Keil's and Wilhelm's expedition to Cilicia Aspera in 1925, in German;
Version of this report in English by Wilhelm [not present, but see bundle 1].
In his letter, Keil comments that Wilhelm's report is escessively detailed and contains a number of statements which in Keil's opinion should definitely be omitted as they will cause difficulties with th Turkish authorities; he cites as examples the fact that the expedition's cartographer had a military background, and the criticism of the Turks' destruction of antiquities and Greek churches Keil closes with personal greetings and encloses a photograph of his young son.
Copy of letter sent by Buckler to Westermann dated 22 April 1926 with Wilhelm's English report. Buckler suggests that the report, if printed or duplicated, should only be diculated confidentially, and repeats Keil's warning about the possible effect on the Turkish authorities. |