Robert Dodd Lilley papers, 1935-1986

Creator:: Lilley, Robert Dodd, 1912-1986
Extent:: 16 linear feet 27 boxes 3 slipcases 6 oversized packages
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: Correspondence, subject files, corporate committee files, corporate reports, yearly appointment calendars, biographical materials, photographs, books from his personal library, memorabilia and works of art. Correspondence includes 3 bound slipcased volumes containing 471 letters, notes and congratulatory telegrams on the occasion of R.D. Lilley being named President of AT&T, April 1, 1972. Correspondents include David Rockefeller and Peter W. Rodino, Jr. Subject files contain Columbia University activities. Manuscript files include his student notebooks from the School of Engineering (1931) and the School of Mines (1934-1935). Corporate committee files include the New Jersey Commission on Civil Disorders, 1967-1968. Memorabilia consists of seven Columbia University related plaques, awards, citations, and varsity letters and fifteen Columbia related commemorative gifts and tokens, as well as thirty-five non-Columbia related diplomas, plaques, awards, citations and certificates and fifty-five non Columbia related trophies, commemorative gifts, and presentation pen & pencil sets. The works of art include two views of the Park Place building "Columbia College New-York" (NEW YORK MIRROR, 1828) and "Columbia College and College Green" (New York, 1830) facsimile reprint of the "Palm tree print"; a print of a drawing of "Columbia University circa 1903" from the Avery Library; two signed prints of Ernest D. Roth "Hamilton Hall" and the "School of Mines"; and a relief print of "John Jay" by Stanley Wyatt.
Biographical / historical:: President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) from 1972 to 1976; Columbia University A.B. 1933, B.S. 1934, E.M. 1935, LL.D. 1981; Columbia University Trustee 1968-1980, Emeritus.

Acquisition information:: Papers: Source of acquisition--Mrs Robert D. Lilley. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--12/07/88.
Custodial history:: Gift of Mrs Robert D. Lilley, 1988.
Processing information:: Papers Processed HH 01/--/89.
Arrangement:: Arranged. Correspondence. (Slipcases 1-3 in Boxes 28-30); Correspondence & subject files. (Box 1); Notebooks. (Box 2); Columbia University Committee Reports. (Boxes 3-4); N.J. Commission on Civil Disorders, 1967-1968. (Boxes 5-6); Corporate meeting files. (Box 7); Corporate meeting reports. (Box 8); Biographical. (Boxes 9-11); Photographs. (Boxes 12-13); Books from his library. (Box 14); Columbia University memorabilia. (Boxes 15-18); Non-Columbia memorabilia. (Boxes 19-27); Framed memorabilia. (Cartons 1-3, in Oversized); & Framed memorabilia. (Oversize packages 1-3, in Oversized).
Accruals:: Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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