Subjects: Medals - Columbia University Libraries Archival Collections Search Results

Creator: Burgess family
Abstract Or Scope: A collection of letters and memorabilia of John William Burgess, his wife, Ruth Payne Jewett Burgess, his son Elisha Payne Jewett Burgess, his daughter-in-law, Annette Curnen Burgess, his grand-daughter, Ruth Payne Jewett Burgess, and the Burgess, Jewett, Payne, and Curnen families. The personal correspondence numbering 17 items, covers the period 1908 to 1927 mainly between John and Elisha Burgess. There are two letters of a social nature from Eleanor Roosevelt and Nicholas Murray Butler and one lengthy post card from George Bernard Shaw to Annette Curnen Burgess. Also, memorabilia including portraits, photographs, books, diplomas, and medals.

Creator: Columbia University. Archives
Abstract Or Scope: This is an artificial collection of medals and pins presented to Columbia University students, faculty, staff, and alumni over the years.

Creator: Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944
Abstract Or Scope: David Eugene Smith collection of medals illustrating the history of mathematics

Creator: Matthews, Herbert Lionel, 1900-
Abstract Or Scope: The Herbert L. Matthews Papers contain the writings, correspondence, and personal papers of this American journalist, a correspondent and editorial writer for the New York Times from 1922 to 1967. Matthews' assignments spanned the world. As a journalist he covered the Italian invasion of Abyssinia in 1935 and 1936, Spain and the Spanish Civil War, Italy, India, Europe and World War II, postwar Europe, Latin America; as an editor he wrote about Vietnam, China, and Latin America.

Creator: Gilsey, Peter
Abstract Or Scope: A collection of theatrical admission tokens and medalets for London theaters, 1671-1888, plus one from Ireland and one from the United States.

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