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Series I: Cataloged correspondence, 1920-1943
Series II: Cataloged manuscripts, 1921-1934, undated
Series V: Memorabilia, circa 1890s, 1920s, undated

Marie Mattingly Meloney Collection on Marie Curie, circa 1890-1962, bulk circa 1920-1934

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Series I: Cataloged correspondence, 1920-1943


Box 1 Folder 1 Brisbane, Arthur, 1921 March 14

Box 1 Folder 2 Brooks, Harlow, 1925 July 23

Box 1 Folder 3-4 Carnegie, Louise W., 1930 January 23, February 6, 2 folders

Box 1 Folder 5 Coolidge, Calvin, 1921 March 31

Box 1 Folder 6-39 Curie, Ève, circa 1922-1943 January 1, undated, 34 folders

Box 1 Folder 40-187 Curie, Marie, 1921 January 31-1934 March 4, undated, 148 folders


Box 2 Folder 1-5 Dluska, B., 1929 September 22-1933 May 19, 5 folders

Box 2 Folder 6 Eliot, Charles W., 1923 December 18

Box 2 Folder 7 Farrand, Livingston, 1923 December 29

Box 2 Folder 8 Ilona, V., 1923 May 29

Box 2 Folder 9 Harding, Florence Kling, 1924 January 15

Box 2 Folder 10-67 Joliot-Curie, Irène, 1921 June 6-1943 March 14, 58 folders

Box 2 Folder 68 Meloney, Marie Mattingly (to Mrs. C. N. Chipman), 1921 May 22

Box 2 Folder 69 Meloney, Marie Mattingly (to Charles W. Eliot), 1920 December 24

Box 2 Folder 70 Meloney, Marie Mattingly (to Mrs. S. L. Quimby), 1922 March 27

Box 2 Folder 71 Jusserand, Elise, 1924 January 4

Box 2 Folder 72-74 Jusserand, Jean Jules, 1922 May 15-1929 June 10, 3 folders

Box 2 Folder 75 Kellogg, Charlotte Hoffman, 1921 April 4

Box 2 Folder 76-99 Meloney, Marie Mattingly (to Marie Curie), 1921 October 12-1931 July 21, 24 folders

Box 2 Folder 100 Mayo, William J., 1923 December 20

Box 2 Folder 101 Mead, Elsie, 1929 September 8

Box 2 Folder 102 Morgan, Anne, 1923 December 24

Box 2 Folder 103 Radium Institute of Warsaw, 1929 December 30

Box 2 Folder 104-105 Roche, 1921 January 8, 28, 2 folders

Box 2 Folder 106 U.S. Bureau of Standards, 1921 June 22

Box 2 Folder 107 Envelope to Marie Mattingly Meloney (letter not received), 1932 May 31

Series II: Cataloged manuscripts, 1921-1934, undated


Box 3 Folder 1-2 Marie Curie, Address of acceptance of a gram of radium from the women of America, 1921 May 22, 2 folders

Box 3 Folder 3 Marie Curie, Address of acceptance of a gram of radium from President Hoover, 1929

Box 3 Folder 4-5 Marie Curie, Address on her departure from the United States, 1929, 2 folders

Box 3 Folder 6 Marie Curie, "The American Gift" (three versions), circa 1926

Box 3 Folder 7 Marie Curie, typescript of an article on Radium, with corrections in her hand, undated, First page missing.

Box 3 Folder 8-18 Marie Curie, Autobiography, undated, 11 folders

Multiple versions: one in French; another in English, intended for serial publication. English version with corrections in Curie's hand.

Box 3 Folder 19 Marie Curie, "The Curie Radium Institute of Paris", undated

Box 3 Folder 20 Marie Curie, draft of a speech on the International Committee of Intellectual Cooperation (League of Nations), undated


Box 8 Folder 1 Marie Curie, "Impressions of America" manuscript, undated, With annotations and suggested changes in the hand of William B. Meloney, Sr.


Box 3 Folder 21 Marie Curie, "Impressions of America" typescript, undated

Manuscript copy available in Box 8.

Box 3 Folder 22 Marie Curie, biographical sketch of Irène Curie, undated

Box 3 Folder 23 Marie Curie, "The Life of Pierre Curie", undated

Box 3 Folder 24 Marie Curie, talk given at Vassar College, undated

Box 3 Folder 25 Marie Curie, Memorandum to Madame Curie for the press, undated

Box 3 Folder 26 Marie Curie, various handwritten notes, undated

Box 3 Folder 27-28 Marie Curie, "Note sur L'Institut du Radium et la Fondation Curie, Leur situation actuelle, leur avenir, leurs besoins", undated, 2 folders

Includes a typed English translation.

Box 3 Folder 29-30 Marie Curie, "Pierre Curie", undated, 2 folders

Box 3 Folder 31 Marie Curie, Preface of "Pierre Curie," with introduction by Marie M. Meloney, undated, Galley proofs.

Box 3 Folder 32 Marie Curie, Statement regarding disposition of the gram of Radium after Marie Curie's death, 1934 March 25

Box 3 Folder 33 Announcement of American Association of University Women welcome ceremony for Marie Curie, 1921 April

Series III: Arranged materials, circa 1905-1949, undated

Subseries III.1: Photographs, circa 1905-1949, undated


Box 4 Folder 1 Photographs related to Marie Curie, undated, 16 photographs

Box 4 Folder 2 Signed photographs of Marie Curie, 1929, 1932, undated, 6 photographs

Box 4 Folder 3 Group photographs including Marie Curie, undated, 26 photographs

Box 4 Folder 4 Photographs of laboratories and Radium production, undated, 13 photographs

Box 4 Folder 5-9 Photographs of Marie Curie, circa 1920s, 5 folders

Box 4 Folder 10 Photographs of Marie Curie at various ages, undated, 14 photographs

Box 4 Folder 11 Photograph of Marie Curie and Herbert Hoover, 1929

Signed by Herbert Hoover.

Box 4 Folder 12 Photographs of Marie Curie statue in Poland and medallion, undated

Box 4 Folder 13 Photographs of Marie Curie with others, circa 1910s-1930s

Includes one photograph of Marie Mattingly Meloney with Marie, Irène, and Ève Curie


Box 7 Folder 1 Oversized photographs of Marie Curie, 1929, One signed by Marie Curie.


Box 4 Folder 14 Photographs of Ève Curie, undated

Box 4 Folder 15 Photographs of Irène and Ève Curie, circa 1905, 1915

Box 4 Folder 16 Photographs of Irène Joliot-Curie, circa 1920s-1940s

Box 4 Folder 17 Photographs of Pierre Curie, undated

Box 4 Folder 18 Photographs of Marie Curie's mother and father, undated

Box 4 Folder 19 Photograph of Marie and Pierre Curie's watch, undated

Watch is in Box 8 of the collection.

Subseries III.2: Manuscripts and printed material, 1912-1937, undated

Box 4 Folder 20 Papers and correspondence relating to the purchase of mesothorium for Madame Curie, 1921

Box 4 Folder 21 Papers and correspondence relating to the gift of Radium to Madame Curie, 1921, 1926

Box 4 Folder 22 Agreement between the Executive Committee of Women of the Marie Curie Radium Fund and Madame Marie Curie, 1921 May 19

Box 4 Folder 23 Agreement between the Marie Curie Radium Fund and the Equitable Trust Company of New York, 1921 October 5

Box 4 Folder 24 Declaration of Trust by the Equitable Trust Company of New York for the Benefit of Mme. Curie, circa 1921

Box 4 Folder 25 Documents relating to the Marie Curie Trust, 1934 August-December

Box 4 Folder 26 "Conférences Nobel" printed pamphlet, signed by Marie Curie, 1912

Box 4 Folder 27 Cards signed by Marie Curie, to be used by Mrs. Marie Mattingly Meloney in thanking Mme. Curie's friends, 1921 July

Box 4 Folder 28 Receipts for registered mail, signed by Marie Curie, 1922 February 8, October 7

Box 4 Folder 29 Envelopes addressed by Marie Curie, 1924, 1926, undated

Box 4 Folder 30 List of degrees and honors conferred on Madame Curie, circa 1921

Box 4 Folder 31 Programs, invitations, and other material from events honoring Marie Curie, circa 1921, 1929

Box 4 Folder 32 Three cards headed "Faculté des Sciences de Paris" and signed by Marie Curie, undated

Box 4 Folder 33 Four calling cards and one signature (clipped from a letter) by Marie Curie, undated

Box 4 Folder 34 Leaves gathered at Mont Blanc by Marie Curie, 1933

Box 4 Folder 35 Documents relating to the naming of "Curie Street," New York City, 1935

Box 4 Folder 36 Polish postage stamps issued in honor of Marie Curie, undated

Box 4 Folder 37 Marie Mattingly Meloney, "That Millions Shall Not Die!", 1921 April

Box 4 Folder 38 Marie Mattingly Meloney, "The 100,000 Dollar Thimbleful", 1921 June

Box 4 Folder 39 Marie Mattingly Meloney, Introduction to "The Life Story of Pierre Curie", undated, Galley proofs

Box 4 Folder 40 Marie Mattingly Meloney, "Madame Curie and Radium", undated

Box 4 Folder 41 Marie Mattingly Meloney, untitled manuscript beginning "On a late afternoon in the early winter…", undated

Box 4 Folder 42 Francis Carter Wood, "Marie Curie and Her Services to Humanity", undated

Box 4 Folder 43 Francis Carter Wood, "Radium and Humanity", undated

Box 4 Folder 44 Miscellaneous materials: bills, receipts, news clippings, and correspondence related to Marie Curie, circa 1921-1937, undated


Box 7 Folder 2 Photocopies of letters from Marie Curie to Marie Mattingly Meloney, 1962

Series IV: Printed materials, 1898-1936, undated

Subseries IV.1: Materials by Marie Curie, 1898-1926, undated


Box 5 Folder 1 Sur les Rayonnements des Corps Radioactifs, extract from unidentified sources, undated

Box 5 Folder 2 Les Radio-elements et leur Classification, extract from unidentified source, undated

Box 5 Folder 3 Propriétés Magnétiques des Aciers Trempés, extract from the Bulletin of the Société d'Encouragement pour L'Industrie Nationale, 1898 January

Box 5 Folder 4 Recherches sur les Substances Radioactives, Deuxième édition, Revue et corrigée. Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1904

Box 5 Folder 5 Les Théories Modernes relatives à l'Électricité et à la Matière. Paris, Éditions de la Revue Politique et Littéraire (Revue Bleue) et de la Revue Scientifique., 1906 November 5

Box 5 Folder 6 Sur le poids atomique du radium., 1907 August 19

Box 5 Folder 7 Sur le poids atomique du Radium. Extract from Le Radium, Journal de Physique., 1907 October

Box 5 Folder 8 Action de la pesanteur sur le dépôt de la racioactivité induite. Extract from Le Radium, Journal de Physique., 1907 November 5

Box 5 Folder 9 Action sur l'émenation du radium sur les solutions des sels de cuivre. Extract from Le Radium, Journal de Physique., 1908 August 20

Box 5 Folder 10 Dosage du radium par la mesure de l'émanation dégagée. Extract from Le Radium, Journal de Physique., 1910 March

Box 5 Folder 11 Sur la mesure de la constante de l'émanation du radium. Extract from Le Radium, Journal de Physique., 1910 February 14

Box 5 Folder 12 Sur le polonium. Extract from Le Radium, Journal de Physique. Co-authored with A. Debierne., 1910 February

Box 5 Folder 13 La Radioactivité. In Revue Scientifique, no. 19., 1910 November 5

Box 5 Folder 14 Two extracts from Le Radium, Journal de Physique: Sur la variation avec le temps de l'activité de quelques substances radioactives, and Sur la distribution des intervalles d'émission des particules α du polonium., 1911 September

Box 5 Folder 15 Conférences Nobel pamphlet. Extract from Revue du Mois, t. XIII no. 73, 1912

Contains Pierre Curie's 1903 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, and Marie Curie's 1911 Nobel Prize acceptance speech.

Box 5 Folder 16 Sur le rayonnement du radium à la température de l'hydrogène liquide. Extract from Le Radium, Journal de Physique. Co-authored with M. Kamerlinghe Onnes., 1913 June

Box 5 Folder 17 Les Radio-Éléments et leur Applications pamphlet. Paris: Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, 1920

Box 5 Folder 18 The Discovery of Radium. Address by Madame M. Curie at Vassar College, 1921 May 14, Printed document with corrections in Marie Curie's hand.

Box 5 Folder 19 League of Nations Committee on Intellectual Co-Operation: Memorandum by Madame Curie, member of the Committee, on the Question of International Scholarships for the Advancement of the Sciences, Geneva, 1926 June 26

Subseries IV.2: Materials about Marie Curie and family, 1921-1936, undated

Box 5 Folder 20 En L'Honneur de Madame Pierre Curie et de la Découverte du Radium pamphlet., 1921 April 28, Bound volume with "Marie M. Meloney" stamped on cover.

Box 5 Folder 21 Remarks of the President in Presenting to Madam Curie a Gift of Radium from the American People. Washington, Government Printing Office., 1921 May 21

Box 5 Folder 22 Radium. In The Story of Pittsburgh, vol. 1, no. 7, 1921 August

Box 5 Folder 23 Conferencia, Journal de L'Université des Annales, 1922 August 15

Contains material on Marie Curie.

Box 5 Folder 24 Madame Curie at the St. Lawrence University., 1929 October 25-26

Box 5 Folder 25 Instytutu Radowego dla walki z rakiem im. Marji Sklodowskiej-Curie, 1929

Box 5 Folder 26 Marie Sklodowska-Curie. 1867-1934. Notice Nécrologique lue au Conseil de la Fondation Curie, 1934 October 24

Box 5 Folder 27 La Femme Polonaise, Revue Paraissant Tous Les Deux Mois, No. 1, 1935 January-February

Contains articles on Marie Curie.

Box 5 Folder 28 Miscellaneous printed material about Marie Curie, Pierre Curie, and Radium, 1921-1936, undated


Box 6 Radium, volumes VIII-XVI, 1916-1921, Reprints of scientific articles by the Joliot-Curies, in a blue fabric-covered case.

Works of Frédéric and Irène Joliot-Curie, circa 1920s-1930s

Series V: Memorabilia, circa 1890s, 1920s, undated


Box 7 Case for "Life of Pierre Curie with Autobiographical Notes and Correspondence" original manuscript with correction, by Marie Curie, undated, Blue cloth box with title on hinge in gold.

Materials formerly stored inside case now located in Box 3.


Box 8 Academic cap worn by Marie Curie while accepting honorary degrees in the United States, 1921 or 1929

Box 8 Silver pocket watch belonging to Pierre and Marie Curie, circa 1890s

Bears the inscription: "Watch which belonged to Pierre Curie and afterwards to Marie Curie. Used by both of them in the first researches on radium. Willed by Madame Curie to Mrs. William Brown Melony."

Given to Columbia University in 1967 by William Brown Meloney, CC '27.