Egbert Harold van Delden letters on the Marconi memorial medal, 1938-1939

Summary Information

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Arrangement

Arrangement

Cataloged and arranged. Correspondence arranged alphabetically.

• Cataloged Correspondence

Description

Summary

Letters to van Delden about the formation of the Committee on Award of the Marconi Memorial Medal. The medal was to have been awarded annually for contributions to radio, and David Sarnoff had been chosen as the first recipient.

• Cataloged Correspondence

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Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Egbert Harold van Delden letters on the Marconi memorial medal; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--van Delden, Egbert Harold. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1978. Accession number--M-78.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 09/--/89.

Revision Description

June 2020 PDF replaced with full finding aid, YH

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History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

Professor of management at New York University. Columbia University A.B., 1928.

The Committee on Award of the Marconi Memorial Medal was dissolved in disagreement with the policies of the Italian government and the medal was never awarded.