This collection consists of the records of the committee in charge of the 175th founding anniversary of Columbia University. Included in the collection is the Chair's correspondence files as well as printed programs with President Butler's concluding address "Ave Mater Immortalis;" invitations, instructions, assembly programs, Chaplain Knox's address, dinner program and catalogue of portraits presented on the occasion.
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Columbia University historical recordings, 1902-1985 18.13 linear feet
An artificial collection of phonograph records, reels of audio tape recordings, and motion picture films recording a variety of Columbia University academic and extra-curricular activities and events such as lectures; speeches, some at award ceremonies; commencement; installation of Nicholas M. Butler and Dwight D. Eisenhower as presidents of the university; King George VI of England during his visit, 1939; speech of England's Queen Mother, Elizabeth in 1954; homecoming; football, the band; academic and alumni conferences; and radio programs under the auspices of Columbia. Many of the recordings are of Eisenhower. Other prominent personalities include John Foster Dulles, Herbert Hoover, Isidor Rabi, Eleanor Roosevelt, John R. Dunning, and the Shah of Iran.