Flat Files Collection, 1754-2024

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Series XII. Biographical Files-Oversize, 1906-1971

This series contains oversize material that would normally be included in the individual's Historical Biographical File.



Box Flat Box 4 Bushey, Peter B., 1967



Box Flat Box 8 Matthews, Brander, 1920, undated


Andrew Cordier Records, Speech "University as a Bastion of Academic Freedom" and Protest Flyers, circa 1968-1970



Box Flat Box 11 Dunne, Michael F., 1960


Pulitzer, Joseph, "The Unveiling of the Pulitzer Sculptured Relief" and "Son of Liberty-Joseph Pulitzer" (poem), 2007, undated, undated


Dewey, Thomas, "Law Alumni, Students Honor Gov. Dewey Tonight: University Confers LL.D. on Famous Alumnus," Columbia Law School News, 1947 November 24


Dewey, Thomas, Political Advertisements: "But How Does He Run New York- The Devastating Facts Behind the Dewey Myth," and "Mr. Dewey-American Negroes Have Grown Up Politically…And It's Time that You Grew Up Too!" The New York Times, 1948 October 24, 29


Dewey, Thomas, "Thomas E. Dewey is Dead at 68: Ex-Governor and Twice a Presidential Nominee," New York Times, 1971 March 17



Box Flat Box 16 Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1906-1947


O'Brien, Morgan J.-Young, Owen D.



Box Flat Box 18 Eisenhower, Dwight D. Farewell to Students event poster, 1953 January 16


Monell, Ambrose (1873-1921), "From Parsons to Present: Columbia Graduates at Parsons Brinckerhoff", undated


Box Flat Box 18 Rabi, I.I. (Isidor I.) - birth certificate of Rabi's father David Rabi, 1875

Item collected by Chauncey Olinger and donated in Fall 2022.