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

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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 form Marie Curie to Marie Mattingly Meloney, 1962