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Series I: Ceramic and Porcelain Objects
Series II: Glass Objects
Series IV: Paper Based Items
Series V: Plastic Objects
Series VIII: Models and Statuettes
Series IX: Memorabilia
Series X: Trustees Collection

University Artifacts collection, 1750s-2020s, bulk 1880s-1990s

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Series VIII: Models and Statuettes

This series contains a collection of models and statuettes depicting campus buildings and features as well as of one person, J. Howard van Amringe. Models of campus buildings and features include Low Library, Butler Library, Earl Hall, the sun dial, and Alma Mater. Models are made of metal, paper and/or plaster.

Models


Box 54 Butler Library, undated

Model by Scott M. Stengel. Gift of the Class of 1982.


Box 9 Earl Hall, undated

Model made by Scott M. Stengel. Gift of the Class of 1982


Box 47 Earl Hall Cupola, undated

Cupola broken (?) off of plaster Earl Hall model. Model location unknown.


Box 8 Low Memorial Library, undated

Model made by Scott M. Stengel. Gift of the Class of 1982.


Box 13 Sun Dial, undated

Presented by the class of 1885 Columbia College on their twenty-fifth anniversary, June 1, 1910. "Horam Expecta Veniet." Original sundial located adjacent to College Walk. The original sphere was removed in the 1946.

C00.1457

Statuettes


Box 87 Alma Mater, 1977

Bronze. Restored by conservator August 2021.


Box 88 Alma Mater, undated

Plaster maquette. Base chipped. Restored by conservator August 2021.


Box 45 Hammerman, undated

Label, which has fallen off: "Thomas Egleston Associates, Edmund A. Prentis, Columbia University, School of Engineering and Applied Science."


Box 43 Lion, 1920s

Metal lion on a wooden base. On lion: "University Columbia" (sic); From note: "Gift of Cletus Thompson Palmer, 1323 Edwards Road, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45208. ArtistL Carl Maithre, gift, July 8, 1984, made in early 1920s."


Box 33 J. Howard Van Amringe - Bust, undated

Brown painted plaster bust of J. Howard Van Amringe. Chipped in several places.


Box 34 J. Howard Van Amringe, undated

(2) caricature plaster statuettes