Edward J. Bermingham collection, 1948-1957.

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Edward J. Bermingham collection, 1948-1957.

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Correspondence of Dwight D. Eisenhower and his friend Bermingham who first met when the latter became President of Columbia. During his tenure as Columbia's President and later, as commander of SHAPE, Eisenhower exchanged long letters with Bermingham, outlining in detail his views of world affairs. When Eisenhower became President of the United States, the correspondence continued, and the two men met at least twice at the White House. The collection also includes a photograph of Eisenhower, inscribed to Bermingham; letters to Bermingham from Antònio Bermúdez, director of PEMEX, and Alexander Makinsky, president of the Coca Cola Export Corporation in Paris; and some correspondence between Bermingham and Eisenhower's aides.

2.5 linear ft (405 items in 2 boxes & 5 volumes).

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6729754

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

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...

Makinsky, Alexander.

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Staff member, Paris Office, Rockefeller Foundation. From the description of Alexander Makinsky diary, 1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867705 ...

Bermúdez, Antonio J.

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Petróleos Mexicanos.

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Bermingham, Edward J. (Edward John), 1887-1958

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Prominent investment banker, member of an advisory board at Columbia University (Columbia University, 1909). From the description of Edward J. Bermingham collection, 1948-1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122482500 Edward John Bermingham (1887-1958) was an investment banker and studied at Columbia University. He was a member of the financial committee of the Republican Party's National Committee, and instrumental in Eisenhower's nominat...

Coca Cola Export Corporation (Paris, France)

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