Collection ID: FA026

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Buttrick, Wallace (1853-1926) and Rockefeller Foundation
Extent:
0.47 Cubic Feet
Language:
English .

Background

Scope and Content:

The Wallace Buttrick collection covers the period from 1888 to 1926.

This collection contains material on the Buttrick family history, Wallace Buttrick's several pastorates, his early work with the China Medical Board, and a trip to England in 1917.

Materials included are two unidentified manuscripts, resolutions, clippings, and a pamphlet.

Important subjects include family history; organization of the China Medical Board; trip to England in 1917; church interests; St. Paul, Minnesota, controversies; education; and Henry Lyman Morehouse.

Biographical / Historical:

Wallace Buttrick was born on October 3, 1853, on a farm in Potsdam, New York. In 1857, his family moved to Madrid, New York, and later to Ogdensburg where he spent most of his youth.

Mr. Buttrick attended the Ogdensburg Academy and later the Potsdam Normal School. His education was interrupted when his father became ill, and he then secured a job as a messenger in the State Capitol at Albany. This proved unsuitable, and in 1875 he took a position as railroad mail agent between Rome, New York, and Ogdensburg.

In 1880, Mr. Buttrick moved to Rochester where he entered the Divinity School. His first pastorate was the First Baptist Church of New Haven. He was always interested in the West, and he moved to the First Church of St. Paul, Minnesota in 1890. While in Minnesota, Mr. Buttrick engaged in lively controversies with the city administration. In 1892, he moved east to the Emmanuel Church of Albany where he stayed for nearly 10 years.

In 1902, Mr. Buttrick joined the General Education Board as Secretary.

Wallace Buttrick died on May 27, 1926.

Acquisition information:
The papers of Wallace Buttrick were deposited with the Rockefeller Foundation Archives in July 1967 by Mrs. Charles Merrill.
Arrangement:

The material in this collection is arranged chronologically, with the clippings and the scrapbooks at the end.

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

Open for research. Brittle or damaged items are available at the discretion of RAC. Researchers interested in accessing digital media (floppy disks, CDs, DVDs, etc.) or audiovisual material (audio cassettes, VHS, etc.) in this collection must use an access surrogate. The original items may not be accessed because of preservation concerns. To request an access surrogate be made, or if you are unsure if there is an access surrogate, please contact an archivist.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

The Rockefeller Foundation has title, copyright, and literary rights in the collection, in so far as it holds them. Rockefeller Archive Center has authority to grant permission to cite and publish archival material from the collection.

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
15 Dayton Avenue
Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591, United States
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