Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Collection, 2020

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Series I: Memorial Materials, 2020

This series contains notes, letters, posters, flowers and objects left at the Alma Mater statue left by members of the Columbia community, as well as some local community neighbors, in tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg following her death on September 18, 2020.



Box 1 Folder 1 Memorial Messages, 2020


Box 1 Folder 2 Memorial Messages, 2020


Box 1 Folder 3 Messages on Small Legal Pads, 2020


Box 1 Folder 4 Messages on Legal Pads, 2020


Box 1 Folder 5 Messages on Legal Pads, 2020


Box 1 Folder 6 Messages on Legal Pads, 2020


Box 1 Folder 7 Messages on Legal Pads, 2020



Box 2 Folder 1 Objects left at Memorial, 2020

(Includes stones, a Metropolitan Opera program, and a bracelet.)


Box 2 Folder 2 Shawl left at Memorial, 2020


Box 2 Folder 3 Newspapers left at Memorial, 2020


Box 2 Folder 4 Flower Wrappers with Messages, 2020


Box 2 Folder 5 Messages on Posters, 2020


Box 2 Rolled Posters, 2020

Series II: Digital Content, 2020

This series contains digital images of the memorials for Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Alma Mater statue and by her portrait in the Law School as taken by the University Photographer, Eileen Barroso.



Box Laptop Digital Images, 2020

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