John Erskine papers, 1890-1951

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Series V: Other Materials



Box 15 Correspondence, 1909-1949, 3 folders


Manuscripts


Box 15 "Heart's Enduring", 1914 January 15, undated, 2 copies


Box 15 "Learning to Read", 1914 July 2


Box 15 Address--Notes--The Hill School [Pottstown, PA], 1915 June 8


Box 15 "At the Front" [First Impressions], undated


Box 15 "Champlain", undated


Box 15 "Childhood", undated


Box 15 "Immortal Things", undated


Box 15 "Legend", undated


Box 15 "Our Diary", undated


Publications


Box 15 Poem: "Actaeon" in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, vol. LXIII, no. 3 at pp. 379-382 , 1902 January


Box 15 "Noblesse Oblige" A Romance in Verse by de Mille, William C. and John Erskine. The Metropolitan Magazine at pp. 72-81 , 1907



Box 16 Awards, 1918-1936


Box 16 John Erskine, Chairman, Educational Commission, U.S. Civilian Distinguished Service Medal, 1918


Box 16 Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1914–1918 [Commemorative Medal of the War 1914–1918] , created by Act of June 23, 1920


Box 16 Medal awarded by The Poetry Society of America in Appreciation of His Presidency (1922-1924), 1924


Box 16 Authors Club Memorial Fund Alexander Finta Walt Whitman / Prometheus Bronze Medallion Medal, 1925


Box 16 National Broadcasting Company 10th Anniversary Medal--To Those Who Have Shared With Us In The Advancement Of Broadcasting , 1936


Box 16 Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor--Medal, undated


Box 16 David Bispham Memorial Medal, undated


Box 16 Honorary Degree


Box 16 Honorary degree Doctor of Humanities--Citation--Boston University , 1935 June 10


Box 16 Portrait of John Erskine--Artist: Joseph-Felix Bouchor (French, 1853-1937)--signed 'J-F. Bouchor' (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed in French (on the lower right)--'Au nj ['nj' = Jean] Erskine / Paris 4 avril 1919 / en souvenir de mon affection / J-F. Bouchor' ['To nj [John] Erskine / Paris April 4 1919 / in memory of my affection / J-F. Butcher']--oil sketch on paper--[3 15/16 x 5 7/16 in. (10.0 x 13.8 cm.)], 1919 April 4



Box 17 Documents, 1895-1947


Box 17 MacDowell Colony--Correspondence, 1931-1948


Box 17 Miscellaneous--Correspondence, 1914-1951


Box 17 Musical Scores, 1947


Box 17 My Life as a Teacher--Manuscript--Draft, 1948


Box 17 Phi Beta Kappa--Correspondence and t.ms., 1931-1948


Box 17 Photographs


Box 17 Printed Materials, 1900-1964


Box 17 The Start of the Road--Manuscript--Draft



Box 19 Columbia Publications


Box 19 The Columbian , 1910


Box 19 The Columbian [Dedicated to John Erskine], 1921


Box 19 Grade Book--English Classes, 1909-1912


Box 19 Grade Book--English Classes, 1915-1917


Box 19 Grade Book--English Classes, 1921-1924


Box 19 Grade Book--English Classes, 1925-1927


Box 19 The Naughty-Naughtian: Being the book of the class of 1900... , 11 June 1900



Box 20 Columbia songs [compiled by a committee appointed by the Alumni Council, Burnet C. Tuthill, editor in chief, R. Arrowsmith, chairman], 1913


Box 20 Columbia songs [compiled by a committee appointed by the Alumni Council, Burnet C. Tuthill ... [et al.]], 1924


Box 20 Lecture, class notes, and correspondence with parents , 1904-1922, 2 folders



Box 21 Miscellanous Notes



Box 24 Printed Materials--Works by John Erskine, 1899-1942


Box 24 Printed Materials — Works by J. Erskine


Box 24 Erskine, John, "MacDowell at Columbia: Some Reflections", The Musical Quarterly, Vol. XXVIII, No. 4, 1942 October



Box 25 Correspondence, 1895-1930


Box 25 John Erskine to James Morrison Erskine (1851-1916) (JE's father; owner of Erskine and Company a silk factory) , 1895, 1907, 2 folders


Box 25 John Erskine to Eliza Jane Erskine (née Hollingsworth) (JE's mother) , 1907, 1918-1919, 2 folders


Box 25 John Erskine to Rhoda Erskine (1892-1934) (JE's sister. Barnard College (Class, 1915); taught general history and literature at the Juilliard School), 1907-1930


Box 25 John Erskine to others, 1918, undated


Box 25 John Erskine to Santa Claus, 1889, undated


Box 25 Toby Baxter to John Erskine, 1923 December 30


Box 25 Scrapbook--My Life as a Teacher (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1948)--Correspondence and Reviews, 1948-1949


Box 25 Gentle reader monthly magazine , 1931 July



Box 27 Articles by J. Erskine (printed), 1907-1970