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R. Ridgely Lytle World War I Collection

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Lytle, R. Ridgely, 1891-1980

R. Ridgely Lytle was an Episcopal clergyman, pyschologist, and one of the founders of the American Foundation of Religion and Psychiatry.

The collection consists of World War I memorabilia, letters, photographs, and documents collected by Lytle (Princeton Class of 1913) when he was a delegate in the province of Luxembourg for the Commission for Relief in Belgium and, later, a member of the American ambulance drivers in France. Included is a catalog of an exhibition of these and other materials held at Princeton University Library in 1916.

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Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '15 in 2013.

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Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

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Collection Inventory

Catalogue of Exhibit, 1916. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Official Documents, 1915-1916. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Post Cards, 1916. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Blueprint Map of Belgium, circa 1915. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Photographs, circa 1915. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Primarily of soldiers in a hospital.

Physical Description

1 folder

Pamphlets of "Comité de Secours et d'Alimentation du Luxembourg", 1915. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1915. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous, 1915. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

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