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

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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