Cornellian Council records, 1910-1931.

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Cornellian Council records, 1910-1931.

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Correspondence and publicity materials of the Cornellian Council, including correspondence of the council's War Memorial Committee, which consists of letters to Robert E. Treman from Ferdinand Foch (in French), Charles E. Hughes, John J. Pershing, Alfred E. Smith, and a typescript radio address by Herbert Hoover concerning the dedication of the War Memorial at Cornell University, May 23, l931. Also, etchings of the War Memorial, Sage Chapel, Library Tower, and the Statue of Ezra Cornell.

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