Alexander J. Wall papers, ca. 1907 - ca. 1942.

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Alexander J. Wall papers, ca. 1907 - ca. 1942.

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Papers, ca. 1907 - ca. 1942, mostly related to Wall's historical research and the work of the New-York Historical Society. They include manuscripts and notes for lectures and entries in the Dictionary of American Biography; manuscripts related to Alexander C. Flick's "History of the State of New York"; the syllabus for a course Wall taught at Columbia in 1942 on museums and historical societies; photographs, dating from the 1930s, of museums in England and the Netherlands, and notes on the lighting of museums; a few other miscellaneous photographs, including a miniature photograph of the Flatiron Building; notes on Wall's research into the Stevens, Lummis, Guion, and O'Brien families; ephemera, membership lists, and other papers related to the administration of the New-York Historical Society; pinback buttons, dated 1916 and 1917; and a halfpenny token, dated 1794 and issued by John Fowler in London, portraying Neptune and a whaling boat.

1.4 linear feet (3 boxes, 1 oversize)

New-York Historical Society

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New-York Historical Society

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Columbia University

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The Columbia University community and administration mobilized to the fullest extent in answer to the entry of the United States into World War I. Summed up by President Nicholas Murray Butler in the 1918 Annual Report, the effects of the war on the University were far-reaching: "Students by the hundred and prospective students by the thousand entered the military, naval, or civil service of the United States; teachers and administrative officers to the number of nearly four hundred...

Flick, Alexander Clarence, 1869-1942

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Alexander Clarence Flick (1869-1942) was a historian and university professor. He taught history and political science at Syracuse University from 1899 to 1923, before becoming the New York State historian and Director of Archives from 1923 to 1939. A specialist in European history, he also wrote on New York history, the American Revolution and church history. From the guide to the Alexander Clarence Flick papers, ca. 1830-1938, 1928-1938, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts an...

Wall, Alexander J. (Alexander James), 1884-1944

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Librarian, The New-York Historical Society. From the description of Alexander J. Wall papers, ca. 1907 - ca. 1942. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58780654 ...

Loomis family.

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Guion family.

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Flatiron Building (New York, N.Y.)

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Stevens family.

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O'Brien family.

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