Commencement Collection, 1758-

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Series II: Subjects, 1758-2007

This series contains documents that are more general in nature and are not necessarily associated with a particular graduation year. Materials include descriptions of proper academic dress, lists of valedictorians, speeches given at the ceremony, and information about the diplomas



Box 33 Folder 1 General, 1758-1938, 1958, 1976, 2000


Box 33 Folder 2 through 2a Academic Costume (Academic Dress), 1896, 1910-1958, 1987, 2002, 2009


Box 33 Folder 3 Baccalaureate, 1860-1998


Commencement Addresses, 1787-1969



Box 33a Folder 1 Van Schaack, Henry Cruger, Valedictory Oration, 1787 Arpil 6

Manuscript


Box 33a Folder 2 Kemper, Jackson, "On Ruin", 1809 July 28

Photostat; original in the Columbia College Papers.


Box 33a Folder 3 Brown, John, "On the Knowledge of Natural Objects", 1811 August 7

Manuscript


Box 33a Folder 4 Eastburn, James Wallis, "Poem on the Pleasures Derived from the Association of Ideas", 1816 August 6

Manuscript


Box 33a Folder 5 Fish, Hamilton, Latin Salutatory, De temporibus quibus potissimum floruerint ingenia, 1827 August 7

Typescript copy of the Latin original with manuscript translation into English by Nelson McCrae; original in the Hamilton Fish letters.


Box 33a Folder 6 Jaffray, Robert, Salutatory, 1842

Manuscript


Box 33a Folder 7 Jay, William, Commencement Speech, 1859 June 28

Photocopy of manuscript notes; original in the Jay Family papers.


Box 33a Folder 8 Vaio, John, Latin Valedictory with translation into English, 1961 June 5

Typescript


Box 33a Folder 9 Christ, Norman H., Salutatory, 1965 May 31

Typescript


Box 33a Folder 10 Mosek, Richard D., Valedictory, 1966 May 31

Typescript


Box 33a Folder 11 Bogrow, Paul Alexander, Salutatory, 1966 May 31

Typescript


Box 33a Folder 12 Brown, Michael Leonard, Valedictory, 1969 June 2

Typescript


Box 33a Folder 13 Rowen, Louise Halle, Salutatory, 1969 June 1

Typescript



Box 33 Folder 4 Diplomas, 1770-1916, 1960


Box 33 Folder 5 Form of Graduation, 1885


Box 33 Folder 6 King's College Commencement in the Newspapers, 1930 June


Box 33 Folder 7 Photograph, circa 1914-1917


Box 33 Folder 8 Valedictorians, 1758-1772, 1786-1889, 1910, 1948-1966, 1994-1997, 2000-2007


Box 33 Folder 9 Valedictory and Salutatory Addresses, 1982-1996


Box 33 Folder 10 List of the Class Which Entered Columbia College October 1828 and Graduated August 7th 1832 Without Commencement. With All Its Various Changes, 1832