Homer A. Thompson Papers: Series VIII
T. Leslie Shear, Sr. (Boxes 173-175)
The correspondence was catalogued as it was received.
BOX 173
Folder 1: Correspondence with ASCSA Managing Committee
Capps, Edward (1925-1929)
Folder 2: Correspondence with ASCSA Managing Committee (1930-1942)
Adossides,—
Carpenter, Rhys
Curtis, Allen
Henrickson,—-
Morgan, Charles
Oliver, James H., Jr.
Riggs, Arthur Stanley
Stillwell, Richard
Van Hook, La Rue
Waage, Fred O.
Warde, Frederick
Woods, Col. Arthur
Folder 3: Personal Correspondence
Blegen, Carl W. (1944)
Ladas, Stephen P. (1942-1944)
Lamont, Thomas W. (1943)
Lawson, Edward (1939)
Linforth, Ivan (1942)
McCormick, Cyrus (1943)
Oldfather, C.H. (1942)
Tsamis, Spiro (1942)
Venizelos, Sophocles E. (1942)
Vrionides, Christos (nd)
Wace, Alan (1944)
Weber, Shirley Howard (1940-1941)
Weld, Winsor (1941-1942)
Young, Rodney S. (1940’s)
—-, Jim (James H. Oliver?) (1942)
Folder 4: Miscellaneous Correspondence and Papers
Harvard University Press Book List (1934)
Office of Strategic Services “OSS” (1943-1944)
Princeton University (1943)
Robinson, David (newspaper clipping) (1952)
Walton Laboratories (1942)
WINS Radio (1943)
Unidentified
The remaining folders and flat box contain journals and periodicals with articles by T. Leslie Shear
Folder 5: Articles and Reviews in issues of Art and Archaeology:
“Recent Excavations at Corinth” pp. 109-15, Vol. XXIII, No. 3, (March 1927)
Rev. of Greek Fictile Revetments in the Archaic Period by Douglas Van Buren, 1926 pp. 238-39, Vol. XXIII, No. 5 (May 1927)
“The Agora of Athens” pp. 187-88, Vol. XXX, No. 5 (Nov. 1930)
“Progress of American Excavations in the Athenian Agora” pp. 19-28, Vol. XXXIV, No. 1 (Jan.- Feb. 1933)
“Discoveries in the Athenian Agora, 1933” pp. 283-97, Vol. XXXIV, No. 6 (Nov.-Dec. 1933)
Folder 6: Articles and Reviews in issues of The Classical Weekly:
Rev. of Etruskische Malerei by Fritz Weege, 1921 pp. 166-67, Vol. XV, No. 21 (3 Apr. 1922)
Rev. of The Palace of Minos, Vol. I by Sir Arthur Evans, pp. 158-60, Vol. XVI, No. 20 (2 Apr. 1923)
“The Gold Sands of the Pactolus” pp. 186-88, Vol. XVII, No. 24 (28 Apr. 1924)
Rev. of Korakou: A Prehistoric Settlement near Corinth by Carl W. Blegen, 1921, p. 23, Vol. XVIII, No. 3 (20 Oct. 1924)
Rev. of The Aegean Civilization by Gustave Glotz, 1925 pp. 201-02, Vol. XX, No. 25 (9 May 1927)
(No article by T. Leslie Shear) Vol. XXI, No. 12 (16 Jan. 1928)
“Five Campaigns of Excavation at Corinth, Summary of the Results” pp. 121-26, Vol. XXIV, No. 16 (2 Mar. 1931)
“Five Campaigns of Excavation at Corinth, Summary of the Results” pp. 1-11, Vol. XXIV, Nos. 16, 17 (2, 9 Mar. 1931)
“Five Campaigns of Excavation at Corinth, Summary of the Results” pp. 130-35, Vol. XXIV, No. 17 (9 Mar. 1931)
Rev. of Alt-Athen und seine Agora, Heft. 1 by Wilhelm Dörpfeld, 1937 pp. 75-76, Vol. 31, No. 8 (3 Jan. 1938)
Rev. of Alt-Athen und seine Agora, Heft. 2 by Wilhelm Dörpfeld, 1939 pp. 195-96, Vol. 33, No. 17 (4 Mar. 1940)
“Lodge and Knapp – The First Editors” pp. 236-37, Vol. 37, No. 24 (22 May 1944)
Folder 7: Miscellaneous journals and magazines organized chronologically:
The Numismatist, “A Hoard of Staters of Croesus at Sardes” pp. 349-52, Vol. XXXV, No. 8 (Aug. 1922)
The Banker’s Magazine, “The Gold of Croesus” pp. 1002-009, Vol. CVI, No. 6 (June 1923)
Princeton Alumni Weekly, “Excavating at Corinth” pp. 211-13, Vol. XXVI, No. 9 (25 Nov. 1925)
Princeton Alumni Weekly, “The New Excavations at Corinth: The Momentous Discovery of the
Long-Sought Sanctuary of Athena, the Bridler – A Clear Picture of the Periodicity of the
City’s Life” pp. 713-18, Vol. XXVII, No. 24 (25 Mar. 1927)
Discovery, “American Discoveries at Corinth” pp. 195-98, Vol. VIII, No. 90 (June 1927)
Folder 8: The Johns Hopkins Alumni Magazine, “The Adventure of Archaeology” pp. 322-34, Vol. XVI, No. 4 (June 1928)
New York University Alumnus Weekly, “T. Leslie Shear the Digger” pp. 5-6, Vol. IX, No. 3 (3 Oct. 1928)
Τουριστική Ελλάς, “Αι Ανασκαφαι της Αγοράς των Αρχαίων Αθηνών και τα Αποτελέσματα των
Αμερικανικών Ανασκαφων” σς. 61-64, Ετος Β’, Αριθ. 15 (Ιανουαριος 1932)
Τουριστική Ελλάς, “The American Excavations in the Agora of Athens in 1932” pp. 143-49, Vol. B’, No. 19 (May 1933)
New York University Alumnus, “Excavating the Athenian Agora” pp. 59-60, Vol. XIV, No. 4 (Dec. 1933)
Think, “Archaeologists in Athens” pp. 8-9, Vol. IV, No. 11 (Apr. 1939)
The Philhellene, “Strength in Unity” p. 1, Vol. I, No. 3-4 (Mar.-Apr. 1942)
The Dodecanese Islands, “The Greek Dodecanese” pp. 10-12 (1941, 1943)
The Philhellene, “The Isles of Greece” p. 1, Vol. II, No. 10-11-12 (Oct.-Dec. 1943)
The Greek Dodecanese: A Symposium by Prominent Americans pp. 96-97 (1944)
Folder 9: Offprints of T. L. Shear organized chronologically:
American Journal of Philology, Rev. of Aegina. Das Heiligtum der Aphaia, Vol. I by Adolf Fürtwängler, 1906 pp. 329-35, Vol. XXVIII, No. 3 (1907)
American Journal of Philology, “A New Rhodian Inscription” pp. 462-66, Vol. XXIX, 4, No. 116 (Oct.-Dec. 1908)
American Journal of Philology, “Inscriptions from Loryma and Vicinity” pp. 451-60, Vol. XXXIV, 4, No. 136 (Oct.-Dec. 1913)
American Journal of Archaeology, “A Sculptured Basis from Loryma” pp. 285-96, 2nd Series, Vol. XVIII, No. 3 (1914)
American Journal of Archaeology, “Head of Helios from Rhodes” pp. 283-98, 2nd Series, Vol. XX, No. 3 (1916)
Columbia University Quarterly, “Archaeology as a Liberal Study” pp. 258-72 (June 1917)
American Journal of Archaeology, “A Marble Head from Rhodes” pp. 313-22, 2nd Series, Vol. XXIV, No. 4 (1920)
American Journal of Archaeology, “Sixth Preliminary Report on the American Excavation at Sardes in Asia Minor” pp. 389-409, 2nd Series, Vol. XXVI, No. 4 (1922)
American Journal of Archaeology, “A Terracotta Relief from Sardes” pp. 131-50, 2nd Series, Vol. XXVII, No. 2 (1923)
American Journal of Philology, Rev. of Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art by Walter Woodburn Hyde, 1921 pp. 85-88, Vol. XLV, 1, No. 177 (Jan.-Mar. 1924)
American Journal of Archaeology, “A Marble Copy of Athena Parthenos in Princeton” pp. 117-119, 2nd Series, Vol. XXVIII, No. 2 (1924)
Folder 10: American Journal of Archaeology, “Excavations at Corinth” pp. 381-97, 2nd Series, Vol. XXIX, No. 4 (1925)
American Journal of Archaeology, “Excavations in the Theatre District of Corinth in 1926” pp. 1-20, 2nd Series, Vol. XXX, No. 4 (1926)
American Journal of Archaeology, “A Roman Chamber-Tomb at Sardis” pp. 19-25, 2nd Series, Vol. XXXI, No. 1 (1927)
American Journal of Archaeology, “Color at Corinth” pp. 1-3, 2nd Series, Vol. XXXII, No. 3 (1928)
American Journal of Archaeology, “Excavations in the Theatre District and Tombs at Corinth in 1928” pp. 474-95, 2nd Series, Vol. XXXII, No. 4 (1928)
The Art Bulletin, “The Horse of Sardis” pp. 3-18, Vol. X, No. 3 (1928)
American Journal of Archaeology, “A Hoard of Coins Found in the Theater District of Corinth in 1930” pp. 139-51, 2nd Series, Vol. XXXV, No. 2 (1931)
American Journal of Archaeology, “The Excavation of Roman Chamber Tombs at Corinth in 1931” pp. 424-41, 2nd Series, Vol. XXXV, No. 4 (1931)
American Journal of Archaeology, “The Latter Part of the Agora Campaign of 1933” pp. 540-548, Vol. XXXVII, No. 4 (1933)
American Journal of Archaeology, “The Conclusion of the 1936 Campaign in the Athenian Agora” pp. 403-14, Vol. XL, No. 4 (1936)
Αρχαιολογικής Εφημερίδος, “A Spartan Shield from Pylos” pp. 140-43 (1937)
Classical Studies, “Psimythion” pp. 314-17 (1936)
BOX 174
Binder: “The American Excavations in the Athenian Agora 1932”
Box 175
(kept separately)
Issues of Scientific American:
“Recent Excavations at Corinth” pp. 221-23 (Apr. 1926)
“How an Archaeologist Works” p. 261 (Dec. 1933)
“Excavations in Ancient Athens” p. 181 (Oct. 1934)
“Archaeologist’s Puzzle” p. 10 (Jan. 1937)
“American Archaeologists in Ancient Athens” pp. 90-92 (Feb. 1939)
Issues of The Illustrated London News:
“Excavating at Corinth: New Discoveries” p. 168, Vol. 173, No. 4658 (28 July 1928)
“Discoveries at ‘The Wealthy City of the Double-Ax’: Remarkable new Finds at Corinth during the Last
Excavations” pp. 286-87, Vol. 175, No. 4713 (17 Aug. 1929)
“New Spoils from ‘The Wealthy City of the Double Sea.’ Further Discoveries at Corinth: Treasures that
Escaped the Romans and the Goths” pp. 244-45, Vol. 177, No. 4764 (9 Aug. 1930)
“The Art of the Mosaic in Ancient Greece: Discoveries in a Roman Villa at Corinth: Magnificent Mosaic
Floors, Probably of Greek Origin before the Roman Invasion of 146 B.C.” pp. 1012 plus supplement, Vol.
178, No. 4808 (13 June 1931)
“New Treasures of Greek Art from its ‘Fountain-Head’: The Agora at Athens Yields Rich Archaeological
Finds” p. 337, Vol. 179, No. 4819 (29 Aug. 1931)
“Digging the Agora at Athens: Newly Found Treasures of Ancient Greek Art from the Place of its Apogee:
Sculpture of the Golden Age, and Pottery of Many Periods” pp. 1060-63, Vol. 180, No. 4862 (25 June 1932)
“A Snake Goddess, or Possibly One of the Furies: A Unique Relic of Ancient Greek Religious Art ‘of
Extraordinary Interest’” p. 345, Vol. 181, No. 4872 (3 Sept. 1932)
“The ‘Cock-Horse’ in Greek Art; and Roman Portrait Heads: New Discoveries in the Agora at Athens” pp.
326-28, Vol. 183, No. 4923 (26 Aug. 1933)
“Discoveries Helping to Map the Athenian Agora: Two Buildings Identified in the Agora at Athens, Locating
Others Described by Pausanias; an Altar and a Council Dining-Hall; With Sculpture and Pottery
Representing a Long Period in Athenian History” pp. 862-63, Vol. 184, No. 4963 (2 June 1934)
“New Revelations of Ancient Athens: Surprising Evidence Yielded by this Year’s Excavations in the Agora:
Neolithic and Later Burials, with Art Relics down to Roman Times” pp. 645-48, Vol. 97, No. 2530 (19 Oct. 1935)
“Reconstituted from over 200 Fragments: an Ivory Statuette Attributed to Praxiteles found at Athens” pp. 56-
57, Vol. 189, No. 5073 (11 July 1936)
“Revelations from the Heart of Greek Culture: Further Discoveries in the Athenian Agora: A Statue-Base
Signed by Praxiteles, Souvenirs of the Tyrannicides and the Peloponnesian War; and New Treasures of
Greek Art” pp. 118-21, Vol. 189, No. 5074 (18 July 1936)
“Athens Two Thousand Years Before Pericles: Evidence of Neolithic and other Early Settlements found in
the Agora Excavations, and an ‘Unknown’ Temple of Ares” pp. 430-32, Vol. 191, No. 5134 (11 Sept.1937)
“The Wonder City of Ancient Greece Yields New Secrets: The Eighth Season of Discoveries in the Agora at
Athens: Fresh Light on its Topography and Political Associations, with Important Relics of Greek Art in
Sculpture and Decorated Pottery” pp. 57-59, Vol. 193, No. 5177 (9 July 1938)
“Athens Revealed as a Settlement of Great Importance, even before the Trojan War: Discoveries in a
Mycenaean Chamber Tomb of the 14th Century on the Areopagus at Athens” pp. 161-63, Vol. 195, No. 5231 (22 July 1939)