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Abstract Or Scope: Notebooks include translations of Caesar, Xenophon, Aristotle, Cicero's "De Officiis", Juvenal, Homer's Odyssey, Demosthenes, Aristophanes, Tacitus, Lucan's Pharsalia, Cicero's Tusculan Disputations, Ancient Geography Questions by Prof. Drysler, Vergil's Eclogues, Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound, Horace, Euripides, Terence, Cicero's De Natura Deorum, and Plato. There is also a bound copy of the Philolexian Society's Constitution and By-laws and the Columbia College's Catalogues, 1853-1857, with memorabilia attached (programs, tickets, Class of 1857 ribbon, and photographs of Prof. Anthon and Prof. McVickar.

Abstract Or Scope: Notebooks on Xenophon's Memorabilia (translated from Prof. Anthon's edition, corrected by Prof. Drisler, 1853); Roman Antiquities; Ancient Geography; Vergil's Eclogues; Homer's Odyssey Book XVII, translated by Prof. Drisler, 1854; German Cotillion; Horace; Logic and English Literature; History of Philosophy; History with Prof. McVickar; Chemistry.

Creator: Gerry, Elbridge T. (Elbridge Thomas), 1837-1927
Abstract Or Scope: This collection contains the papers, consisting primarily of correspondence, of Elbridege T. Gerry (1837-1927), 1857 graduate of Columbuia College and later famous as a lawyer and philanthropist. There are also documents concerning Columbia College Class of 1857, college notebooks, memorabilia, and manuscript copies of Gerry's essays and orations.

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