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Certificates and sketches, 1931-1986

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 78627

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Includes certificates and medals, artwork/sketches by Clare Boothe Luce, and printed ephemera.

Dates

  • 1931-1986

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 22.59 Linear Feet (40 Boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Box 30: 1 portofolio of miscellaneous sketches and drawings, dated 1932. 1 photograph of Reverand Edmund A. Walsh introducing Alexander Feodorovich Kerenski to Georgetown University taken by John Parr in 1938. 1 Certificate of Appointment to the office of Ambassador of Italy presented to Clare Boothe Luce by Dwight D. Eisenhower on 3/2/1953. 3 Italian political cartoons published in Candido on 11/22/1953. 1 portrait of Abraham Lincoln painted and autographed by Dwight D. Eisenhower in December, 1953. 1 autographed photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower painting a landscape. 1 caricature of Clare Boothe Luce entitled "America's Renaissance Woman" dated 4/4/1970. 1 Certificate of Membership of the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Years presented to Clare Boothe Luce by Gerald R. Ford, dated 4/14/1975. 1 Sylvanus Thayer Award presented to Clare Boothe Luce by Association of Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy in 1976. 1 photograph of the National Republican Minority Committee autographed by all the members. 1 photograph of Clare Boothe Luce receiving the Eagle Soars Again Award on 5/2/1984. 3 Certificates of Appointment to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board presented to Clare Boothe Luce by Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan on 6/28/1973, 1/13/1982, and 10/28/1985. 1 Pioneer Achiever Award presented to Clare Boothe Luce by the National Women's Party on 1/10/1986. 1 Advertisement poster for a theatrical production of "The Women", dated 11/19/1986. 1 sketch drawn by Elaine Frank in 1986. 3 drawings by Junichiro Sekino. 1 Certificate from Westminster College conferring an honorary Doctor of Laws on Clare Boothe Luce.

Box 37: Sketches and printed ephemera. - Obituary for Clare Boothe Luce - New York Times 8/18/1979 (mounted). - Cartoon: “Advice for the Modern Bride.” - International Star Registry (1986). - Women’s International Center, Living Legacy Award, 1985 (rolled print). - Empty over-sized envelope from Consulate-General of Japan, Honolulu, HI, addressed to Mrs. Henry R. Luce, Honolulu, HI. Stamped with no postmark date. - Printed Christmas cards (2) sent by Henry R. Luce and Clare Booth Luce. Undated.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

WALSH, EDMUND A. - PHOTOGRAPH AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (1938): Photograph

KERENSKI, ALEXANDER FEODOROVICH - PHOTOGRAPH AT GEORGETOWN (1938): Photograph

PARR, JOHN - PHOTOGRAPH OF EDMUND A. WALSH (1938): Photograph

LUCE, CLARE BOOTHE - CERTIFICATE OF PRESIDENTIAL APPT. (1953): Other Types

POLITICAL CARTOONS - PUBLISHED IN CANDIDO (1953): Other Types

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM - PORTRAIT BY EISENHOWER (1953): Other Types

EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. - PORTRAIT OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1953): Other Types

EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. - PHOTOGRAPH PAINTING LANDSCAPE (1953): Photograph

LUCE, CLARE BOOTHE - CARICATURE (1970): Other Types

LUCE, CLARE BOOTHE - PIONEER ACHIEVER AWARD (1986): Other Types

FRANK, ELAINE - DRAWING (1986): Other Types

LUCE, CLARE BOOTHE - SYLVANUS THAYER AWARD (1976): Other Types

SEKINO, JUNICHIRO - DRAWINGS (1980): Other Types

LUCE, CLARE BOOTHE - MEMBERSHIP AWARD (1975): Other Types

LUCE, CLARE BOOTHE - CERTIFICATE OF PRESIDENTIAL APPT. (1973): Other Types

LUCE, CLARE BOOTHE - CERTIFICATE OF PRESIDENTIAL APPT. (1982): Other Types

LUCE, CLARE BOOTHE - CERTIFICATE OF PRESIDENTIAL APPT. (1985): Other Types

WOMEN, THE (PLAY) - ADVERTISING POSTER (1986): Graphic Image

LUCE, CLARE BOOTHE - HONORARY DEGREE FROM WESTMINSTER COLLEGE (1970): Other Types

LUCE, CLARE BOOTHE - PHOTOGRAPH RECEIVING AWARD (1984): Photograph

NATIONAL REPUBLICAN MINORITY COMMITTEE - AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOGRAPH (1984): Photograph

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

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