Seth Low speeches, 1878-1916

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Series I. Seth Low speeches, 1878-1916



Box 1 Folder 1 National Convention of U.S. Export Trade, 1878


Box 1 Folder 2 "The Sunday School & Parish Library", 1878


Box 1 Folder 3 "The Problem of Pauperism", 1879


Box 1 Folder 4 112th Anniversary of the Chamber of Commerce, 1880


Box 1 Folder 5 Field Meeting at the Willows, 1880


Box 1 Folder 6 The Fifth Half Century of the Arrival of John Winthrop, 1880


Box 1 Folder 7 National Convention of Ship-Owning, 1880


Box 1 Folder 8 "The Sunday School & The Free Church", 1880-1881


Box 1 Folder 9 "The Evils of Patronage", 1881


Box 1 Folder 10 "Outdoor Relief in the United States", 1881


Box 1 Folder 11 "Municipal Home Rule", 1882


Box 1 Folder 12 Addresses & Papers on Municipal Government, 1882-1891


Box 1 Folder 13 Opening Ceremonies of the New York & Brooklyn Bridge, 1883


Box 1 Folder 14 Society of the Army of the Potomac, 1884-1902



Box 2 Folder 1 "In Favor of John B. Woodward", 1885


Box 2 Folder 2 "Municipal Government", 1885


Box 2 Folder 3 "Rapid Transit in Fulton Street", 1885


Box 2 Folder 4 "The Irish Home Rule Controversy", 1886


Box 2 Folder 5 Petition for End of Boss Rule, 1887


Box 2 Folder 6 "The Problem of Municipal Govt. in the U.S.", 1887


Box 2 Folder 7 Dedication of Soldiers' Monument at Gettysburg, 1887-1888


Box 2 Folder 8 "American Patriotism", 1888


Box 2 Folder 9 Bank Clerks' Mutual Benefit Association, 1888


Box 2 Folder 10 Church Temperance Society, 1888


Box 2 Folder 11 Lincoln Dinner Speech, 1888


Box 2 Folder 12 "Municipal Charities", 1888


Box 2 Folder 13 "Obstacles to Good City Government", 1888


Box 2 Folder 14 "Tariff Reform in the Present Canvass", 1888


Box 2 Folder 15 "An American View of Municipal Government in the U.S.", 1889


Box 2 Folder 16 Boston Merchants Association, 1889


Box 2 Folder 17 "The Problem of City Government", 1889


Box 2 Folder 18 Clippings,1890


Box 2 Folder 19 Distinctions Between College & University, 1890


Box 2 Folder 20 "Elevation of the Entire System of Education…,", 1890


Box 2 Folder 21 Installation of President Low, 1890


Box 2 Folder 22 "Municipal Government,", 1890


Box 2 Folder 23 "Municipal Misgovernment,", 1890


Box 2 Folder 24 "Organization of University Work,", 1890



Box 3 Folder 1 "The Rights of the Citizen,", 1890


Box 3 Folder 2 "Address by Seth Low,", 1890-1901


Box 3 Folder 3 "The Christian in the State,", 1891


Box 3 Folder 4 "Lowell as an Educator,", 1891


Box 3 Folder 5 "Peter Cooper,", 1891


Box 3 Folder 6 "The University & The Workingman,", 1891


Box 3 Folder 7 "New York in 1850 & 1890 A Political Study," 1891-1892, 1850, 1890, 1891-1892


Box 3 Folder 8 Banquet to the Hon. Whitelaw Reid, 1892


Box 3 Folder 9 "Municipal Government,", 1892


Box 3 Folder 10 National Academy of Design, 1892


Box 3 Folder 11 New England Society in New York City, 1892


Box 3 Folder 12 Fourth of, July, 1893



Box 4 Folder 1 "Higher Education in the United States,", 1893


Box 4 Folder 2 "Relief by Work,", 1893


Box 4 Folder 3 "Is Popular Government to Fail in AmericaÀ,", 1894


Box 4 Folder 4 New England Society of Pennsylvania, 1894


Box 4 Folder 5 "A City University,", 1895


Box 4 Folder 6 "The Excise Question,", 1895


Box 4 Folder 7 Laying of the Cornerstone of the Museum Building of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts & Sciences,, 1895


Box 4 Folder 8 "Relations of Columbia College & the Teachers College,", 1895


Box 4 Folder 9 "Some Questions of the Day,", 1895


Box 4 Folder 10 Arbitration in Dispute in Relation to J.J. Little & Co., 1896


Box 4 Folder 11 "Trades Unions,", 1896


Box 4 Folder 12 Columbia Spectator--Letters to the University Community, 1897-1898


Box 4 Folder 13 Presentation of Flagstaff to Columbia University, 1898


Box 4 Folder 14 "The War with Spain,", 1898


Box 4 Folder 15 "The Trend of the Century,", 1898-1899


Box 4 Folder 16 Hugo Grotius Celebration, 1899


Box 4 Folder 17 "International Conference of Peace,", 1899



Box 5 Folder 1 Laying of the Cornerstone of the Medical Society of Kings County, 1899


Box 5 Folder 2 "Mr. Vanderbilt as a Friend of Education,", 1899


Box 5 Folder 3 "The United States in 1899,", 1899


Box 5 Folder 4 "The College & the University,", 1900


Box 5 Folder 5 Resignation from Columbia University, 1901


Box 5 Folder 6 Tribute to Queen Victoria, 1901


Box 5 Folder 7 "The World's Work" Magazine, 1901


Box 5 Folder 8 Laying of the Cornerstone of the New York Public Library, 1902


Box 5 Folder 9 Message to the Board of Aldermen, 1902


Box 5 Folder 10 250th Anniversary of Establishment of Municipal Government in City of New Amsterdam,, 1903


Box 5 Folder 11 Acceptance of John Ericsson Statue, 1903


Box 5 Folder 12 Acceptance of Sherman Statue, 1903


Box 5 Folder 13 The Best Administration New York Ever Had--Campaign Book, 1903


Box 5 Folder 14 Laying the Cornerstone of the New Ethical Culture School, 1903


Box 5 Folder 15 Republican District Committee Dinner, 1903


Box 5 Folder 16 Tribute to Abram S. Hewitt, 1903


Box 5 Folder 17 Williamsburg Bridge Acceptance, 1903


Box 5 Folder 18 Founder's Day--Carnegie Institute, 1904


Box 5 Folder 19 Centennial Celebration of the Salem Light Infantry, 1905


Box 5 Folder 20 "Hampton & Its Founder,", 1905



Box 6 Folder 1 "In Memoriam Josephine Shaw Lowell,", 1905


Box 6 Folder 2 "The Position of the U. S. Among the Nations,", 1905


Box 6 Folder 3 New England Civic Federation, 1905-1910


Box 6 Folder 4 Dinner to St. Clair McKelway, 1906


Box 6 Folder 5 "Hospital Accounting,", 1906


Box 6 Folder 6 "The Moral Lessons of the Insurance Investigation,", 1906


Box 6 Folder 7 "Philippine Legislation,", 1906


Box 6 Folder 8 Anniversary Banquet of the St. Andrew's Society, 1907


Box 6 Folder 9 "James Bryce: Ambassador,", 1907


Box 6 Folder 10 "National Control of Interstate Railways,", 1907


Box 6 Folder 11 "Corrupt Practices at Elections,", 1908


Box 6 Folder 12 "Why Governor Hughes Should Be Nominated for President,", 1908


Box 6 Folder 13 New England Society in New York City, 1908-1909


Box 6 Folder 14 National Civic Federation, 1908-1916


Box 6 Folder 15 Crown Point Speech, 1909


Box 6 Folder 16 In Memory of John Crosby Brown, 1909



Box 7 Folder 1 Montefiore Home, 1909


Box 7 Folder 2 "The Necessity for National Incorporations of Companies Doing Interstate Business,", 1910


Box 7 Folder 3 The Rapid Transit Problem of New York, 1910


Box 7 Folder 4 "Strikes & How to Prevent Them,", 1910


Box 7 Folder 5 "A Suggestion for a step in advance towards Church Unity,", 1910


Box 7 Folder 6 "The World Missionary Conference,", 1910


Box 7 Folder 7 Citizens' Committee on Rapid Transit, 1911


Box 7 Folder 8 Committee on Interstate Commerce, 1911


Box 7 Folder 9 "The King James Version,", 1911


Box 7 Folder 10 Presentation of Fountain in Bryant Park, 1912


Box 7 Folder 11 "Workman's Compensation,", 1912


Box 7 Folder 12 American Assn. for International Conciliation, 1913


Box 7 Folder 13 Commencement Address at Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1913


Box 7 Folder 14 Commercial Club of Montgomery, 1913


Box 7 Folder 15 "Newlands Law,", 1913


Box 7 Folder 16 State Agricultural Society, 1913


Box 7 Folder 17 Bedford Farmers' Cooperative Association--President's Annual Report,, 1913-1914


Box 7 Folder 18 146th Annual Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, 1914


Box 7 Folder 19 Dinner to Major Henry Lee Higginson, 1914


Box 7 Folder 20 Memorial of Alexander E. Orr, 1914


Box 7 Folder 21 Simmons' Spice Mill, 1914


Box 7 Folder 22 American Merchant Marine, 1915


Box 7 Folder 23 Elihu Root, the Statesman, 1915


Box 7 Folder 24 Fifty-first Convocation of the University of the State of New York,, 1915


Box 7 Folder 25 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915


Box 7 Folder 26 "Proposed New Constitution of the Chamber of Commerce,", 1915


Box 7 Folder 27 Re: Home Rule Amendment Adopted by the Constitutional Convention, 1915


Box 7 Folder 28 Report of the Commission for the Investigation of Bovine Tuberculosis,, 1915


Box 7 Folder 29 Monthly Bulletin of Chamber of Commerce, 1915-1916