Scrapbook : President Eliot's 90th birthday celebration / compiled by G.D. Greene, Chairman, 1923-1924.

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Scrapbook : President Eliot's 90th birthday celebration / compiled by G.D. Greene, Chairman, 1923-1924.

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This scrapbook records the planning for the celebration of President Eliot's 90th birthday. It includes: correspondence, both incoming and copies of outgoing, samples and drafts of programs and invitations, clippings and photographs. Many pieces of correspondence are signed by prominent political figures and university presidents; included are: Calvin Coolidge (?), President of the United States, W.H. Taft, United States Supreme Court Justice, Channing Cox, Governor of Massachusetts, Baxter, Governor of Maine, Fred Brown, Governor of New Hampshire, Redfield Proctor, Governor of Vermont, William Flynn, Governor of Rhode Island.

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Harvard University Archives.

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Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926

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