Louvain University Library cornerstone laying ceremonies file
Scope and content
File includes program for the Blessing of the Foundation Stone, Concert by the 1st regiment of grenadiers, carillon sheet music, menu with autographs of Cardinal Mercier and Monsieur Poincaré, former president of the French Republic; program and arrangements, all July 28, 1921. La Libre Belgique, July 29, 1921; typed report of the event by A. D. Weil, Cornell's delegate to the ceremony to Cornell President Livingston Farrand, July 29, 1921; and letter from President Farrand's secretary, Alice B. Cameron, sending the report to Librarian Willard Austin, January 14, 1922. Also 1924 circular titled “The Columbia Committee for Participation in the Restoration of the Library of the University of Louvain, Destroyed by the Germans in 1914,” which includes a New York Times article and a list of the 201 Columbia graduates who died in World War I.
Dates
- 1921.
Creator
- Université catholique de Louvain (1835-1969). Bibliothèque (Organization)
- Weil, Alphonse David. (Person)
Language of Material
In English.
Extent
1 folders. (1 folder.)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
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