Her last major undertaking was a book on Napoleon and the poets for which she translated many examples of European poetry into English. She was awarded honorary degrees by London and Oxford Universities. The papers were donated to the Institute of Germanic Studies in 1960 by Miss Isaline Blew Horner, long-time friend, Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge and Librarian there in the 1920s and 1930s. However, they represent only a fraction of Professor Butler's output. The original donation included books and offprints, which may now be found in the Libary collections.
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The papers include Professor Butler's lecture and research notes on Rainer Maria Rilke and other poets such as Stefan George, Lenau, Chateaubriand, Goethe, on the figure of Faust, Germany and Greece, and Napoleon and his influence on European poetry. The papers include typescript, manuscript, news clippings and letter formats.