Rice, William Gorham Papers

Special Correspondence Files, 1873-1937

1

Cleveland Biography Correspondence Files, 1918-1924

2-3

Grover Cleveland Letters and Documents, 1882-1908

4-5

Broadway Arcade Railroad Legislation, 1884

6

Grover Cleveland Research Materials

7-9

Carillon Correspondence

10

Carillon Papers

11-14

New York State Department of Civil Service Correspondence, 1928-1936

15-16

Miscellaneous Topical Files

17-18

Folio Documents

19-21

Photographs

22

Magic Lantern Slides

23-25

Letters of Grover Cleveland and other American statesmen (Stored in the Vault)

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Special Correspondence Files, 1873-1937 

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1-2 

Letters: Edgar K. Apgar to William Gorham Rice, 1873-1885 

3 

Letters of condolence to William Gorham Rice, 1885, regarding the death of Edgar K. Apgar 

4-5 

Letters to William Gorham Rice, 1886, regarding the Apgar Memorial Fund 

6 

Letters: Grover Cleveland to William Gorham Rice, 1883-1908 (copies; originals in vault) 

7 

Letters: Frances Folsom Cleveland to Col. and Mrs. William Gorham Rice, 1892-1912 (copies; originals in vault) 

8-9 

Letters: Frances F. Cleveland Preston to Col. and Mrs. William Gorham Rice, 1917-1933 

10 

Letters to William Gorham Rice, 1884-1889, from Daniel S. Lamont and others 

11 

Letters to William Gorham Rice, 1907, regarding recommendations for a position on the Public Service Commission 

12 

Letters: Charles Evan Hughes to William Gorham Rice and others, 1907-1909 (3 items) 

13 

Letters to William Gorham Rice from White House officials regarding diplomatic posts and other matters, 1913-1919 

14 

Letters: Woodrow and Edith Balling Wilson to Col. and Mrs. William Gorham Rice, 1921-1928 (copies; originals in vault) 

15 

Letters: John R. Boiling to William Gorham Rice, 1916-1924, regarding the Woodrow Wilson Foundation 

16 

Letter to William Gorham Rice from an anonymous Polish girl regarding the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, January 18, 1922 

17 

Letters to William Gorham Rice from Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and Herbert Hoover, 1913-1921 (copies; originals in vault) 

18 

Letters to William Gorham Rice from Gov. Alfred E. Smith, 1928-1932 

19 

Letters to William Gorham Rice from Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, 1933-1936 

20 

Letters to William Gorham Rice from prominent public officials, 1930-1937 (list of names enclosed) 

21 

Letters to Mrs. J.V.S.L. Pruyn from Frances F. Cleveland, 1886-1889 (copies; originals in vault) 

22 

Letters to John V.S.L. Pruyn from prominent persons, 1883-1898 (copies; originals in vault) 

23 

Letters to Harriet L. Pruyn Rice, n.d. (copies; originals in vault) 

24 

Invitations to Col. and Mrs. Rice from Grover Cleveland, 1886-1887 (includes wedding, 1886) 

Cleveland Biography Correspondence Files, 1918-1924 (Filed alphabetically by name) 

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A 

2-3 

B 

4-5 

C 

6 

D-E 

7 

F 

8 

G 

9-11 

H 

12 

I-J-K 

13 

L 

14-15 

M 

3 

1 

N 

2 

O 

3 

P-Q 

4-5 

Parker, George F. 

6 

R 

7-9 

S 

10 

T-U-V 

11 

W-Z 

Grover Cleveland Letters and Documents, 1882-1908 (Copies, originals in vault) 

4 

1-2 

Letters, G.C. to Francis Lynde Stetson, 1884-1908 

3 

Letters, G.C. to Eugene Chamberlain, 1884-1892 

4 

Letters, G.C. to Charles S. Fairchild, 1884-1900 

5 

Letters, G.C. to F.W. Himicks, 1899-1903 

6 

Letters, G.C. to William T. Saint Clair, 1886-1897 

7 

Letters, G.C. to Isidor Straus, 1896-1897 

8 

Letters, G.C. to Charles Terry, 1891-1895 

9 

Letters, G.C. to H. St. G. Tucker, 1900-1901 

10 

Letters, G.C. to William F. Vilas, 1884-1906 

11 

Letters, G.C. to Samuel B. Ward, 1880-1906 

12 

Letters, G.C. to various persons, 1892-1901 

13-15 

Transcripts of correspondence between Grover Cleveland and A.C. Benedict, 1891-1908 

16 

Transcripts of letters written by Grover Cleveland to various persons 

17 

Copies of miscellaneous Cleveland documents 

5 

1 

Congratulatory letters to Grover Cleveland, 1884: Samuel Tilden Harold Frederick c.) William H. Vanderbilt d.) Hugh Miller Thompson e.) William Everett f.) Robert Roosevelt g.) Frederick O. Prince h.) E.H. Haskell i.) Mary L. Longfellows 

2 

Congratulatory letters to Cleveland, 1884 

3 

Correspondence of Eugene Chamberlain, 1884-1888 

4 

Letters: Frances Lynde Stetson to Grover Cleveland, 1884-1906 

5-6 

Letters: Daniel S. Lamont to F.L. Stetson, 1884-1897 

7 

Telegrams: Daniel S. Lamont to F.L. Stetson, 1884-1893 

8 

Letters: Rose Elizabeth Cleveland to F.L. Stetson, 1884-1890 

9-10 

Correspondence of Francis Lynde Stetson, 1884-1918 

11 

Documents: Gubernatorial Election Certification, 1882 Printed speech, Albany, N.Y., August 18, 1884 

12-13 

Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Literature, 1884 

14 

Republican and Independents Central Committee Campaign Literature, 1884 

15 

Jay Gould Telegram, November 2, 1884 

16 

Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, 1884 

17 

Round Robin Petition, Democratic Convention, 1892 

18 

Campaign Broadside, 1884 

19 

Hendricks Nail, Campaign of 1884 

20 

Grover Cleveland Memorial Association 

Broadway Arcade Railroad Legislation, 1884 

6 

1 

Letters to Grover Cleveland 

2-4 

Telegrams sent to Grover Cleveland 

5 

New York State Legislative Documents 

6-10 

Reports and Petitions 

11-14 

Printed material 

Grover Cleveland Research Materials 

7 

1 

Article: "When Cleveland was Governor", William Gorham Rice. State Service (April 1918) 

2 

Articles: "Cleveland's First Election", William Gorham Rice. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. (June 1912) "Was New York's Vote Stolen", Francis Lynde Stetson and William Gorham Rice. North American Review. (January 1914) 

3-6 

Periodical Articles about Grover Cleveland authored by persons other than William Gorham Rice 

7 

News clippings: Reviews of books about Grover Cleveland, ca. 1920-1932 

8 

News clippings: Presidential election of 1884 

9-12 

News clippings: Biographical and historical perspectives on the life of Grover Cleveland 

13 

News clippings: Miscellaneous 

14 

Article: "Cleveland's Cabinet", Woodrow Wilson. The Review of Reviews. (April 1893) 

15 

Program: Testimonial dinner and dance to Jeremiah T. Mahoney to mark the 50th Anniversary of the 1st inauguration of Grover Cleveland, Waldorf Astoria, February 12, 1935 

16 

"Grover Cleveland" remarks of Robert Lincoln O'Brien on October 6, 1934, at Caldwell, N.J. on the acceptance by the state of his birthplace" "Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, A sermon… by Charles Lewis Slattery." January 26, 1919 

17 

"Grover Cleveland" William Gorham Rice. Lyons Republican. (May 1921) 

8 

1 

Outline of a proposed biography of Grover Cleveland 

2 

Proof: Cleveland's First Nomination and Election 

3 

"Grover Cleveland and Anti-monopoly" a letter of Simon Sterne to "Justice" (A New York weekly). Mss. July 19, 1884 

4 

Interviews and speeches by William Gorham Rice regarding Grover Cleveland 

5-9 

Mss. drafts of articles written by William Gorham Rice about Grover Cleveland 

9 

1-7 

Research Notes of William Gorham Rice 

Carillon Correspondence, 1913-1935 

10 

1 

1913-1917 

2 

1918 

3 

1919-1920 

4 

1921 

5 

1922 

6 

1923-1924 

7 

1925-1927 

8 

1930-1933 

9 

1934-1935 

Carillon Papers 

11 

1-2 

John Lane and Company, Correspondence and Invoices, 1914-1922 

3 

Correspondence with Bell Foundries, 1914-1928 

4-6 

Postcards from Belgium, Netherlands, and France, 1913 

7 

The Albany Singing Tower; the Book of the Carillon, edited by William Gorham Rice. [Albany Carillon Committee], 1927 

8 

Proceedings of the Guild of Carillonneurs of North America, Albany, June 1950 

9 

News clippings: Albany City Hall Carillon, 1926-1927 

10 

News clippings: Carillons around the world, 1925-1947 

11 

Greeting Cards with Carillon theme, c. 1920s-1930s 

12 

Mementos of the Carillon at Mountain Lake Sanctuary, Florida 

13 

Calendar of 1921 with illustrations of Carillons in Belgium. Sketches by Ray Hilton with text by William Gorham Rice 

14 

Advertisement brochures for books on Carillons authored by William Gorham Rice 

15 

Picture postcards of bell towers 

16 

Prints: Saint Rombold's Tower at Mechlin Antwerp Cathedral 

17 

Scrapbook 

18-19 

Subscription List 

12 

1 

Proof: Bell Music and Towers of the Low Countries 

2-3 

Mss. draft: Bell Music and Towers of the Low Countries 

4 

Memorandum books on carillons 

5-7 

Notes on literature relating to carillons and carillon music 

8 

Blueprints and specifications for construction and design of a Bell Tower (unidentified place) 

9 

De Torens Zingen; Nederlandsche Torens en Hunne Klokkenspellen. D.J. Van Der Ven. [Amsterdam: J.M. Meulenhoff, 1916] (annotated by Wm. Gorham Rice) 

13 

1-7 

Mss. draft and note for Carillons of Belgium and Holland. 

14 

1-5 

Letters to William Gorham Rice regarding his book, Carillons of Belgium and Holland, 1914-1915. (Letters were originally attached to pages of scrapbook in Box 20) 

6 

Correspondence, 1921-1925, regarding carillon music and literature in the United States 

7 

"The Carillons of Belgium after the Great War," William Gorham Rice. Art and Archaeology, 12:3 (August 1912), pp. 51-73 

8 

"Carillon Music of the Netherlands and America," William Gorham Rice. Art and Archaeology. 20:1 (July 1925) pp. 3-13 

9 

"The Singing Towers of Holland and Belgium," William Gorham Rice. National Geographic Magazine. 47:3 (March 1923) pp. 357-376 

10 

Carillons and the Carillons to Be Imported for the Park Avenue Baptist Church, New York. [n.p.: c. 1924]. (includes a copy of a letter by William Gorham Rice, December 1, 1923) 

11 

Carillons. [Loughborough: Taylor Bell Foundry, 1925] 

12 

Carillon music concert programs, 1923-1930 

13 

The Albany Singing Tower: The Book of the Carillon, edited by William Gorham Rice. (Albany: [Albany Carillon Committee], 1987) 

14 

Albany City Hall Carillon, 70th Anniversary Celebration, September 2-7, 1997. Cover title 

New York State Department of Civil Service Correspondence, 1928-1936 

15 

1-7 

1928-1936 (unarranged) 

16 

1-9 

1928-1936 (unarranged) 

Miscellaneous Topical Files 

17 

1 

Mementos of Governor David B. Hill, 1888 

2 

Presidential Ephemera: Blank invitations forms, 1884 Admission card to Andrew Johnson impeachment trial, 1868 Admission tickets: Democratic Convention, 1884 Admission tickets: Democratic Convention, 1912 Admission tickets: Democratic Convention, 1924 

3 

Electoral College Ballots: Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks, 1876 Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks, 1905 Woodrow Wilson and Thomas Marshall, 1913 Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner, 1933 

4 

Albany Institute of History and Art Donors Memorial Foundation Fund. Letters and reports, 1930-1931 

5 

Saint Peter's Episcopal Church (Albany). Stained Glass Window Fund, 1933 

6 

Grotius Memorial Fund, 1932 

7 

Albany Belgian Relief Fund, 1917 

8 

Council on Foreign Relations, 1931-1932 

9 

Edgar K. Apgar, obituaries and biographical material, 1885 

10 

Manuscript draft of an article about Woodrow Wilson, 1922 

11 

News clippings and periodical articles regarding the life and political career of Woodrow Wilson, ca. 1924 

12-14 

New clippings: New York State politics and government, 1928-1935 

18 

1-4 

Scrapbook (loose leaf) regarding politics and government in New York State and the City of Albany from 1870 to 1924 

5 

New York State Assembly Bills on Civil Service Laws, 1931 

6 

Notes on Civil Service legislation 

7 

New York State Civil Service Commission Reports, 1920-1921 

8 

Thirty-first Annual Report of the Municipal Civil Service Commission of the City of New York, 1914 

9 

"Pruyn Family - American Branch," by John V.L. Pruyn Jr. New York Genealogical and Biographical Review, 14:2 (April 1883), pp. 53-65 

10 

National Geographic Magazine. 26:3 (September 1914) 

11 

National Geographic Magazine. 43:3 (March 1923) 

12 

Canal Investigation Commission documents, 1875 (copies) 

13 

Invitations and programs 

Folio Documents 

19 

1 

Book: Early Life and Public Services of Hon. Grover Cleveland … by Eugene T. Chamberlain, New York: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1884. (annotated with attached manuscripts and printed materials) 

2 

Articles from the Saturday Evening Post by George F. Parker on the life of Grover Cleveland, 1922 

3 

Articles from the Saturday Evening Post by H.H. Kohlsaat on the personal recollection of U.S. presidents from McKinley to Harding, 1922 

4 

Articles from the Saturday Evening Post by Harry Wilson Walker on the politics of Tammany Hall, 1914 

5 

Miscellaneous articles from the Saturday Evening Post, 1922-1925 

20 

Scrapbook: Carillons of Belgium and Holland, 1914-1915. (Letters removed and filed in Box 14) 

21 

1 

Broadsides and Newspapers: Broadside: Cleveland and Hendricks Jubilee and Barbecue, Ithaca [N.Y.], November 20, 1884 "The Blaine Letters" Harper's Weekly supplement, 1884 Broadside: "Chapters of Fact," 1884 Printed Speech: "Sentiment in Our National Life," address delivered by Grover Cleveland before the University of Michigan, February 22, 1892 

2 

Democratic National Campaign Circulars, 1884 (12 items) 

3 

New York Times Pictorial Sections: March 17, 1907 March 14, 1937 

4 

Albany Argus: July 3, 1881 September 16, 1884 September 17, 1884 

5 

New York Tribune: July 5, 1876 Centennial Exhibition special edition 

Photographs 

22 

1 

Boating and fishing scenes (5 items). M.R. Nelligan, Pittsfield, Mass., written on back 

2 

Negatives for two items in Folder 1 

3 

Portraits of Samuel J. Tilden, n.d. (3 items, dups.). Pach Brothers, Photographers, New York, N.Y. 

4 

Portrait of William Gorham Rice Portrait of William Gorham Rice Floyd Walter playing Albany City Hall carillon Floyd Walter Monument to William Gorham Rice Delegates to the carillon conference, Belgium, 1931 

5 

View of Albany City Hall, 1936 

Magic Lantern Slides 

23 

1 

Canal scene, lift bridge (Delft) - Beseler Lantern Slide Co., N.Y. 

2 

William the Silent's tomb (Delft) - J.A. Glenn, Albany, N.Y. 

3 

The Hague - J.A. Glenn 

4 

Canal scene - scenic (Delft) - Beseler 

5 

Queen Wilhelmina (portrait) - J.A. Glenn 

6 

Judge Kellogg (at pulpit) - J.A. Glenn 

7 

Grotius Tomb (Delft) - J.A. Glenn 

8 

Grotius Tomb Niew [?]kerk (Delft) 

9 

Vue du Voorhout (street scene) - J.A. Glenn 

10 

?Court - ? - (The Hague?) - J.A. Glenn 

11 

[Hugo] Grotius Statue (Delft) - Beseler 

12 

Hugo Grotius portrait (line drawing) - J.A. Glenn 

13 

Stadhaus and Street (Delft) street scene - Beseler 

14 

Queen Wilhelmina inauguration - J.A. Glenn 

15 

Grotius [church] window (Delft) - J.A. Glenn 

16 

Snow-covered church and yard (Delft) - J.A. Glenn 

17 

The Netherlands - (North Holland) Enkhuisen: Tower in City Gate: called "Drommedary Tower" [photo of building with clock and carillon] - J.A. Glenn 

18 

Haarlson Franz Halz [?] Museum [photo of interior with furniture and paintings] - J.A. Glenn 

19 

Courtroom scene - judges seated - J.A. Glenn [slide is broken in 4 pieces] 

20 

The new League Building, Geneva - J.A. Glenn 

21 

U.S.A. Federation of [?] [photo of interior - meeting room] - J.A. Glenn 

22 

[Photo of] Registration of Treaties No. 1 - J.A. Glenn 

23 

Court in session - J.A. Glenn 

24 

I.L.O. Geneva [photo of library interior] - J.A. Glenn 

25 

The Rhone - Geneva - J.A. Glenn 

26 

Council meeting - J.A. Glenn 

27 

Committee of S.L. of N [?] Geneva [photo of people gathered at meeting table] - J.A. Glenn 

28 

[?] Hall - Geneva [exterior photo of building] [slide is cracked] - J.A. Glenn 

29 

[Photo of] Painting by Mima Nixon 1905 - Titled "Flower Market, Haarlem." Shows figures at water's edge and flats of flowers. *Photo used in Dutch Bulbs and Gardens by U. Silberrad and S. Lyall, (A. & C. Black; London, 1909) facing p. 108 - J.A. Glenn 

30 

(C.) Congress [photo of a group of men in dooryard] - J.A. Glenn 

31 

Hall. Secretariat. [photo of room interior] - J.A. Glenn 

32 

? Palace [exterior photo of a gate and bell tower] - J.A. Glenn 

33 

S.L. of N. Treaty [photo of two men examining large documents at desk] - J.A. Glenn 

34 

Frans Hals Museum [photo of exterior gate] - J.A. Glenn 

35 

League of Nations Library [ladies seated at reading tables] - J.A. Glenn 

36 

I.L.B.L. of N. [interior photo of large room with tables] - J.A. Glenn 

37 

[Photo of] Painting by Mima Nixon 1908 titled "A Bulb House" shows tulips in a hothouse. *Photo used in Dutch Bulbs and Gardens by U. Silberrad and S. Lyall (A. & C. Black, London, 1909), facing p. 104 - J.A. Glenn 

38 

On Secretariat wall L[eague] of N[ations] [photo of plaque mounted on wall "IN Memory of Woodrow Wilson"] - J.A. Glenn 

39 

International Assembly - Geneva [interior with people] - J.A. Glenn 

40 

Lake Geneva with church steeple in foreground [Cathedral St. Pierre?] - J.A. Glenn 

41 

L[eague] of N[ations] Library [interior] - J.A. Glenn 

42 

Palace in the Wood [exterior grounds] - J.A. Glenn 

43 

L[eague] of N[ations] Secretariat [exterior] - J.A. Glenn 

44 

L[eague] of N[ations] Assembly [interior with people] - J.A. Glenn 

45 

University of Geneva [building and grounds] - J.A. Glenn 

46 

Opening day of First Assembly [outdoor photo of crowd gathered, trolley car and flags] - J.A. Glenn 

47 

Geneva - [River's junction and view of the village] - J.A. Glenn 

48 

Peace Palace [exterior] - J.A. Glenn 

49 

Cheese market [people in streets and large wheels of cheese draped in cloth] - Copyrighted by National Geographic Magazine 

50 

Amsterdam - Montelbaanstoren [photo of waterway and clock tower] 

51 

Cardinal Mercier - J.A. Glenn 

52 

Maison du Sauvignon? [Malines?] [exterior of ornate 4½-story house] - J.A. Glenn 

53 

Hotel de Ville, Belgium [exterior of Gothic-style building] - J.A. Glenn 

54 

[Same photo as #53 - note says Malines - Town Hall?] - J.A. Glenn 

55 

Cardinal Mercier and associates [1922?]. *Photo used in "Carillon Music of the Netherlands and North America" by W.G. Rice, Art and Archaeology, July 1925, Vol. 20, No. 1, p. 7 - J.A. Glenn 

56 

Malines, Belgium [black-and-white rendition of cathedral/cityscape] - J.A. Glenn 

57 

Poster for the carillon concerts at Mechelen, Malines, Belgium [poster shows bell tower] - J.A. Glenn 

58 

Malines: Jef [or Josef] Denyn among his bells - J.A. Glenn 

59 

Antwerp Cathedral [photo shows primarily bell tower] - J.A. Glenn 

60 

Antwerp, [1920?] [photo taken from seaside, shows cityscape with bell tower] - J.A. Glenn 

61 

Ghent [photo of street scene, bell tower and cathedral] - Copyrighted by National Geographic Magazine 

62 

Antwerp ca. 18th century [black-and-white rendering of boat traffic, cityscape in distance] - J.A. Glenn 

63 

Mechelen, Malines, Belgium [photo of bell tower] 

64 

Cloth Hall, Ypres [photo of cobblestone square with cathedral in middle background] - J.A. Glenn 

65 

Mechelen, Malines, Belgium [photo of church from the waterway] - J.A. Glenn 

66 

(Same subject as #57). Poster for [Jef Denyn] carillon concerts at Mechelen, Malines, Belgium [poster shows bell tower] - J.A. Glenn 

67 

Portrait of Josef [Jef] Denyn, carillonneur. Belgium, 1920 - J.A. Glenn 

68 

Photo of Storrs [?] carillon 

69 

Photo of Malines after bombardment, August 1914 

70 

Ottawa carillon [scaffolding around top of bell tower] - J.A. Glenn 

71 

Archie [?] Palace, Malines [exterior] - J.A. Glenn 

72 

Ottawa, Canada [photo shows gates, courtyard and exterior of bell tower] - J.A. Glenn 

73 

Map of carillon towers in the Netherlands and Belgium [slide is cracked in several places, text is in Dutch] - J.A. Glenn 

74 

Palace garden, Malines [bell tower in background] - J.A. Glenn 

75 

The Clothiers Halles, Ypres in 1912 [exterior] 

76 

Belfry-Tournais, Belgium [photo of bell tower exterior and surrounding shopfronts] 

77 

Photo of architectural design for the library at Louvain [destroyed by the Germans in 1914; restored by America in 1922; Warren and Wetmore architects] 

78 

Belgium-Bruges view from the belfry - J.A. Glenn 

79 

Mons, Belgium clock/bell tower 

80 

Photo of large carillon bell 

24 

1 

Photo of the Metropolitan Methodist Church, Toronto, Canada. [23 bells in its carillon] 

2 

Carillon, Loughborough 

3 

[Unidentified building with clock/bell tower in center] 

4 

Gloucester, Mass., church and bell towers (see also #32 of Box 24) 

5 

[Unidentified bell tower] 

6 

[Unidentified church and bell tower on tree-lined street] 

7 

Storrs church and bell tower - J.A. Glenn 

8 

Trinity College church and bell tower, Hartford, Conn. - J.A. Glenn 

9 

Madison [?] bell tower - J.A. Glenn 

10 

Princeton, N.J., college grounds, church and bell tower [reflected in pond in the foreground] - J.A. Glenn 

11 

Mayo [Clinic] bell tower in Rochester, Minnesota - J.A. Glenn 

12 

"The Singing Tower of Albany" Lafayette Park and City Hall, Albany, N.Y. 

13 

Large carillon bell mold with man standing nearby 

14 

Large carillon bell being broken from the mold - man on ladder separating mold halves 

15 

Photo of foundry - molten metal being poured into [bell] mold 

16 

Photo of a foundry - men using winches and hoists to pour molten metal into bell molds 

17 

Photo of two men inside a large bell, smoothing out surface after bell has been broken from the mold 

18 

Photo of carillon setup of St. Chrysostom's Church, Chicago [43 bells] 

19 

Photo of three large carillon bells taken from below 

20 

Photo of man standing next to large, upturned bell 

21 

Photo showing two rows of large carillon bells and hammers (Ottawa) 

22 

Photo showing man seated at carillon keyboard 

23 

Photo of crowd gathered at the Parliament Building, Ottawa, as the carillon in the Victory Memorial Tower rings out "Oh, Canada" [in commemoration of Canada's 60 years as a self-governing nation] 

24 

Photo of two men standing next to large, upturned bell [Caption reads: The process of tuning a bell for a carillon, Loughborough, England] 

25 

Photo of a rendition of the Belfry at Mons, Belgium 

26 

[Photo of unidentified church and bell tower on tree-lined street] - J.A. Glenn 

27 

Photo of a print showing church and bell tower adjacent to a harbor with fishing boats moored at the docks [Alkmaar, Holland] - J.A. Glenn 

28 

Mercersberg - Photo of church and bell tower - J.A. Glenn 

29 

Road to Delft, Holland [photo shows road alongside a waterway] - J.A. Glenn 

30 

Mechlin, Belgium [photo shows church steeple and bell/clock tower amongst other roof tops] 

31 

Photo of [Josef?] Denyn next to large bell; original was signed and dated by Mr. Denyn, December 14, 1924 

32 

Gloucester, church - two steeples; American flags hanging in front [The Portuguese Church, Gloucester, Mass.] 

33 

Photo showing workings of bell tower clock [cogs and gears] 

34 

Photo of the "Cecil Rhodes' bell," the largest bell of the Cape Town city hall carillon [South Africa] 

35 

Photo of carillon bells arranged in circular format [Tower of the Palace, Amsterdam] 

36 

Photo of carillon bells arranged in linear format 

37 

Photo of carillon bells arranged in a square format, plaque reads, "Inveraray, Scotland …" *Photo used in Carillons, published by the Taylor Bell Foundry, Loughborough, England, p. 7. (See Rice Papers, Box 14, Folder 11) 

38 

Photo of carillon bells arranged in stacked format, 4 tiers high [largest ones at bottom] 

39 

Photo of a very large carillon bell and striker 

40 

Photo of large-scale carillon bell - ornate with coat of arms [?] in center 

41 

Photo of three people [first may be Jef Denyn] next to carillon inner workings 

42 

Carillon bell - engraved "to commemorate the Peace of 1918 and to keep in remembrance the service and sacrifice of Canada in the Great War A.D. 1926" 

43 

Old-fashioned mechanics to ring carillon bell - wooden wheel, metal bars and ropes 

44 

Antwerp, Belgium - Cathedral tower 

45 

Antwerp, Belgium - Place Verte and Cathedral. *Photo used in Rice's book, Carillons of Belgium and Holland, facing p. 196 

46 

Cattistock cathedral 

47 

Detail of the top of ornate carillon bell - embossed cherubs/filigree, dated 1674 with the words Benedicite Angell … 

48 

Photo of man seated at a carillon keyboard and reading music 

49 

Photo of Malines, Mechelen cathedral, Belgium 

50 

Architectural drawing of the cathedral at Antwerp, Belgium 

51 

Bruges, Belgium photo of canal and two bridges, cathedral in background. *Photo used in Rice's book, Carillons of Belgium and Holland, facing p. 62 

52 

Photo of large carillon bells hanging in [unidentified] clock tower 

53 

Photo the "Campanile of the Taylor Foundry" (carillon tower). *Photo used in Carillons, published by the Taylor Bell Foundry, Loughborough, England, p. 12, (See Rice Papers, Box 14, Folder 11) 

54 

Photo of Brussels, Belgium - Hotel de Ville and the Grand Place 

55 

Photo of "The Bournville Schools, Birmingham, England". *Photo used in Carillons, published by the Taylor Bell Foundry, Loughborough, England, p. 13. (See Rice Papers, Box 14, Folder 11) 

56 

Photo - Ghent, Belgium belfry, and view of street life below 

57 

Photo of Louvain, Belgium bell tower 

58 

Photo of unidentified cathedral taken from a distant tower window 

59 

Photo of Mechelen, Belgium cathedral (Hoofdingang Kathedraal) 

60 

Photo of Armagh Cathedral, Ireland. *Photo used in Carillons, published by the Taylor Bell Foundry, Loughborough, England, p. 15. (See Rice Papers, Box 14, Folder 11) 

61 

Photo of carillon in Andover, Mass., at the Phillips Academy [winter scene] - J.A. Glenn 

62 

Photo of cathedral in Toronto, Canada [Metropolitan Methodist Church] - J.A. Glenn 

63 

Photo showing a carillon's clavier [keyboard] and carillonneur [keyboardist]. *Photo used in Carillons, published by the Taylor Bell Foundry, Loughborough, England, p. 4. (See Rice Papers, Box 14, Folder 11) 

64 

Photo showing carillon bells in a frame; wires connected from keyboard 

65 

Photo of man playing carillon's keyboard; at his right are Josef Denyn and another man. *Photo used in National Geographic, March 1925, Vol. 47, 15503, p. 367 - J.A. Glenn 

66 

Photo of Toronto, Canada carillon in the Metropolitan Church [inner workings]. [Smaller format slide that the others] 

67 

Photo of three men next to inner workings of a carillon; man in the center is Josef Denyn 

68 

Photo of a woman alongside three huge bells; caption reads, "Bells outside Parliament buildings, Ottawa. May 26, 1927 - Photograph by John Govenlock Dickson." 

69 

[Same subject as #68] Photo of woman next to the largest bell of Ottawa carillon, May 1927 - Photograph by John Govenlock Dickson 

70 

[Same subject as #68] Photo of woman next to six huge bells. (Prior to installation in the Victory Memorial Tower, Ottawa). Caption reads, in part, "The largest of Canada's carillon of 53 bells, prior to installation in the Victory Memorial Tower, of the Parliament Buildings, Ottawa, Canada … This carillon … installed by authority of Parliament, to commemorate the Peace of 1918, and to keep in remembrance the service and sacrifice of Canada in the Great War, A.D. 1926." - Photograph by John G. Dickson, Dominion Observatory, Ottawa, Canada 

71 

Photo of linear arrangement of bells, unidentified 

72 

Photo of Josef Denyn leaning on very large, chipped bell 

73 

Photo of how keys on carillon keyboard are connected with wires to bells 

74 

Photo of Parliament Building, Ottawa, Canada 

75 

Photo of crowd gathered at the Parliament Building, Ottawa, at carillon inauguration, July 1, 1927 - Photo by John G. Dickson 

76 

Photo of skyline taken from unidentified tower 

77 

Photo of "The Congress of carilloneurs at Mechelen (Malines), Belgium in August 1923. Cardinal Mercier and the delegates in the courtyard of the Arch Episcopal Palace." *Photo used in "Carillon Music of the Netherlands and America" by W.G. Rice, Art and Archaeology, July 1925, Vol. 20, No. 1, p. 7 

78 

Photo of a newly cast, large bell with angels encircling the top 

79 

Photo of waterway and surrounding homes, Oudenaarde carillon and cathedral in background (Belgium). Caption reads, in part, Oudenaarde before August 1914 - J.A. Glenn 

80 

Rendition of Ghent, Belgium carillon and surroundings, circa 1814 

25 

1 

Photo of St. Rombold's Cathedral Tower (Malines) Mechlin, Belgium. *Photo used in Carillons of Belgium and Holland by W.G. Rice, facing title page. - Slide by J.A. Glenn, Albany 

2 

Photo of Domkerk Tower in Utrecht, Holland (42 bells in carillon) and nearby waterway [slide is cracked at bottom right corner] - J.A. Glenn 

3 

Close-up photo of Utrecht's Domkerk Tower - J.A. Glenn 

4 

Photo of St. James's Tower amidst rooftops - The Hague, Holland - J.A. Glenn 

5 

Photo of Vermeer rendition of Delft, Holland [Boat traffic on waterway and cityscape] - J.A. Glenn 

6 

Photo of black-and-white rendition of Delft, Holland's Nieuwe Kerk tower, circa 1729. *Photo used in Carillons of Belgium and Holland, by W.G. Rice, facing p. 38. - J.A. Glenn 

7 

Photo of the Nieuwe Kerk tower, Delft, Holland - J.A. Glenn 

8 

Photo - Antwerp, Belgium's Cathedral of Our Lady and the Place Verte 

9 

Black-and-white rendition of boat traffic and cityscape of Antwerp, Belgium ca. 17th century - J.A. Glenn 

10 

Photo of the Oude Kerk tower in Amsterdam, Holland (1 of 5 towers at Amsterdam's Paleis) - J.A. Glenn 

11 

Photo - Courtrai, Belgium's St. Martin tower - J.A. Glenn 

12 

Photo of the Zierikzee tower in Zeeland, Holland - J.A. Glenn 

13 

Photo of the port of Veere, Holland and its carillon tower at the town hall 

14 

Photo of fishing boats framing the Veere, Holland's town hall tower - J.A. Glenn 

15 

Town hall tower at Veere, The Netherlands - J.A. Glenn 

16 

Town hall tower at Oudenaarde, Belgium - J.A. Glenn 

17 

Tower of St. Maartenskerk in Courtrai, Belgium - J.A. Glenn 

18 

Leiden, Holland town hall tower - J.A. Glenn 

19 

Groningen, Holland's tower of Martinkerk - J.A. Glenn 

20 

Nymwegen, Holland's St. James's tower - J.A. Glenn 

21 

Photo of an old print: the harbor town of Rotterdam, Holland, featuring the Groote Kerk tower - J.A. Glenn 

22 

The Mint Tower of Amsterdam, Holland and adjacent canal. *Photo used in National Geographic Magazine, March 1925, Vol. 47, 155.3, p. 370. - Copyright National Geographic Magazine 

23 

The Wynhuis tower of Zutfen, The Netherlands - J.A. Glenn 

24 

Photo of an old print: The Western Kerk tower in Amsterdam, Holland - J.A. Glenn 

25 

Town hall tower at Schoonhoven, The Netherlands - J.A. Glenn 

26 

The Oude Kerk tower in Nykerk, The Netherlands - J.A. Glenn 

27 

The Abbey Tower, also known as "Large Jan," in the town of Middleburg, The Netherlands 

28 

The New City Hall tower at Rotterdam, The Netherlands - J.A. Glenn 

29 

Photo of New York City skyline taken from the Brooklyn Bridge; Mr. Rice was comparing tower at left (Woolworth building) to the tower at Utrecht, Holland. - Beseler Lantern Slide Co. (131 E. 23rd St., New York, NY) 

30 

Close-up photo of one of the more ornate bells from Malines, Belgium carillon (This bell was made by P. Hemony in 1674) - J.A. Glenn 

31 

Photo of the Bruges, Belgium belfry from the Grand Place 

32 

[Duplicate of slide #35 from Box 24] Photo of carillon bells arranged in circular format (Tower of the Palace, Amsterdam) - J.A. Glenn 

33 

Photo of carillon bells arranged in linear format (Tower of St. Rombold, Mechlin, Belgium) - J.A. Glenn 

34 

Photo of chime mechanism for the Abbey Tower, Middleburg, The Netherlands. *Photo used in National Geographic Magazine, March 1925, Vol. 47, 155.3, p. 364. Photo copyright National Geographic Magazine 

35 

[Presumably] Photo of same subject as slide #34, taken from different angle] 

36 

Photo of the carilloneur of Middleburg arranging pins in chime mechanism to change tune - J.A. Glenn 

37 

Photo - carilloneur of Bruges, Belgium playing the carillon keyboard - J.A. Glenn 

38 

Photo of decorative poster advertising the concerts of the Bruges, Belgium carillon - J.A. Glenn 

39 

Close-up photo of carilloneur of Middleburg, The Netherlands, playing the carillon keyboard - J.A. Glenn 

40 

Photo of keyboard (or clavier) for the carillon of Antwerp, Belgium. *Photo used in Art and Archaeology, August 1921, Vol. 12, No. 2, p. 65. - J.A. Glenn 

41 

Photo - keyboard of unidentified carillon 

42 

Photo of carillon sheet music by Josef Denyn 

43 

Close-up photo of (presumably) drum for chime mechanism of the Abbey Tower, Middleburg, The Netherlands 

44 

Photo of transmission wires and bars; staircase leading to the hammers and bells of unidentified carillon 

45 

Photo of transmission wires, hammers, and bells; unidentified carillon 

46 

Photo of canal with bell tower in background - may be Antwerp? 

47 

[Duplicate Slide - same as #27 of Box 24] Photo of print showing church and bell tower adjacent to harbor. Alkmaar, Holland - J.A. Glenn 

48 

[Slide obscured by photo tape that shifted] Photo of the Queenstown Cathedral, Ireland. *Photo used in Carillons published by the Taylor Bell Foundry, Loughborough, England, p. 15. (Rice Papers, Box 14, Folder 11) 

49 

[Unidentified building with carillon] 

50 

Carillon (unidentified) outlined with lights, caption says "25th jubilee". - J.A. Glenn 

51 

The Abbey Tower (known as Large Jan or Long John) in Middleburg, The Netherlands. *Photo used in Carillons of Belgium and Holland by William Gorham Rice, facing p. 102. - J.A. Glenn 

52 

[Exterior photo of unidentified carillon] 

53 

[Exterior photo of unidentified carillon/cathedral] 

54 

[Interior photo of unidentified carillon] 

55 

[Slide is smaller size, 3 ¼" x 3 ¼", than all others in collection] Exterior of unidentified carillon. Caption reads, "Dedication of carillon, October 6, 1927" 

Letters of Grover Cleveland and other American Statesmen Stored in Vault 

Letters: Grover Cleveland to William Gorham Rice 

V1 

1 

A.L.S., Albany, NY, July 15, 1883 A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., September 23, 1885 A.L.S., Saranac Inn, Franklin Co., NY, September 4, 1889 

2 

A.L.S., Gray Gables, Buzzards Bay, Mass., June 13, 1892 T.L.S., Gray Gables, Buzzards Bay, Mass., September 23, 1892 

3 

A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., April 30, 1895 A.L.S., Gray Gables, Buzzards Bay, Mass., September 15, 1895 

4 

A.L.S., Westland, Princeton, N.J., April 16, 1897 A.L.S., Westland, Princeton, N.J., May 17, 1897 A.L.S., Gray Gables, Buzzards Bay, Mass., August 1, 1897 

5 

A.L.S., Westland, Princeton, N.J., October 20, 1903 A.L.S., Princeton, N.J., April 5, 1907 T.L.S., Princeton, N.J., February 11, 1908 

Letters: Grover Cleveland to Francis Lynde Stetson 

6 

A.L.S., Executive Chamber, Albany, NY, January 11, 1884 A.L.S., Albany, NY, January 12, 1885 A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., February 15, 1886 A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., July 15, 1886 A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., April 30, 1887 A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., June 12, 1887 

7 

A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., April 14, 1888 A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., July 3, 1888 A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., February 1, 1889 A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., February 16, 1889 A.L.S., 816 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, November 18, 1889 

8 

A.L.S., Marion, Mass., June 20, 1890 A.L.S., Marion, Mass., July 10, 1890 A.L.S., New York, NY, May 29, 1891 A.L.S., Gray Gables, Buzzards Bay, Mass., June 14, 1892 A.L.S., New York, NY, October 5, 1892 A.L.S., Gray Gables, Buzzards Bay, Mass., July 31, 1893 Telegram February 13, 1893 

9 

A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., April 11, 1894 A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., April 23, 1894 A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., June 4, 1894 A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., July 1, 1894 A.L.S., Gray Gables, Buzzards Bay, Mass., October 2, 1894 A.L.S., Gray Gables, Buzzards Bay, Mass., October 11, 1894 A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., April 2, 1895 A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., April 6, 1895 A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., April 15, 1895 A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., May 31, 1895 

10 

A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., May 13, 1896 A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., May 17, 1896 A.L.S., Princeton, N.J., June 18, 1896 A.L.S., Westland, Princeton, N.J., February 18, 1898 A.L.S., Westland, Princeton, N.J., May 23, 1898 A.L.S., Westland, Princeton, N.J., April 27, 1899 A.L.S., Princeton, N.J., February 4, 1903 A.L.S., Stuarch, Fla., March 21, 1906 A.L.S., Princeton, N.J., December 15, 1906 

V2 

11 

Letters: Grover Cleveland to Eugene Chamberlain A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Albany, NY, November 28, 1884 A.L.S., Lakewood, N.J., February 19, 1892 A.L.S., Lakewood, N.J., March 2, 1892 

12 

Letters: Grover Cleveland to H. St. G. Tucker A.L.S., Buzzards Bay, Mass., August 16, 1900 A.L.S., Princeton, N.J., December 8, 1900 A.L.S., Princeton, N.J., March 15, 1901 

13 

Letters: Grover Cleveland to various individuals A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., to J.B. Coakley, October 8, 1886 A.L.S., New York, NY, to William B. Franklin, July 11, 1889 A.L.S., New York, NY, to J.L. Rathbone, July 11, 1889 A.L.S., Gray Gables, Buzzards Bay, Mass., to A.H. Heppner, June 30, 1892 A.L.S., Tyringham, Mass., to J.J. Nelligan, August 4, 1901 

14 

Grover Cleveland's letter of resignation as governor of New York State. A.L.S., Executive Chamber, Albany, NY, to the New York State Legislature, January 6, 1885 

15 

Letters: Frances Folsom Cleveland to Col. and Mrs. W.G. Rice A.L.S., Lakewood, N.J., January 22, 1892 A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., February 11, 1896 A.L.S., Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., January 31, 1897 A.L.S., Westland, Princeton, N.J., February 24, 1897 A.L.S., Riverside, Tyringham, Mass., July 19, 1901 A.L.S., Princeton, N.J., November 10, 1903 A.L.S., Intermont, Tamworth, N.H., July 14, 1909 A.L.S., Westland, Princeton, N.J., October 11, 1912 

16 

Letters: Grover and Frances F. Cleveland to Mrs. J.V.S.L. Pruyn A.L.S. (G.C.), Executive Chamber, Albany, NY, February 13, 1883 A.L.S. (F.F.C.), Washington, D.C., November 11, 1886 A.L.S. (F.F.C.), Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., March 6, 1888 A.L.S. (F.F.C.), Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., March 8, 1888 A.L.S. (F.F.C.), Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., November 9, 1888 A.L.S. (F.F.C.), Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., November 9, 1888 A.L.S. (F.F.C.), The Victorian, [?], March 12, 1889 

17 

A.L.S., Chester A. Arthur to Mrs. J.V.S.L. Pruyn, July 3, 1884 

18 

Herbert C. Hoover, T.L.S., New York, NY, to William Gorham Rice, March 1, 1917 

19 

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, L.S., Executive Chamber, Albany, NY, to William Gorham Rice, January 21, 1930 Eleanor Roosevelt, A.L.S., to William Gorham Rice, November 19, 1916 Eleanor Roosevelt, L.S., White House, Washington, D.C., to William Gorham Rice, September 3, 1935 Sara Delano Roosevelt, A.L.S., [Hyde Park, NY], to William Gorham Rice, November 4, [?] 

20 

Letters: Theodore Roosevelt to William Gorham Rice L.S., The Outlook, New York, NY, June 9, 1913 L.S., Metropolitan, New York, NY, January 18, 1918 L.S., New York, NY, May 7, 1918 

21 

L.S., William Howard Taft, Pointe-a-Pic, Quebec, to William Gorham Rice, August 4, 1921 

22 

A.L.S., Martin Van Buren, Washington, D.C., to John V.S.L. Pruyn, January 27, 1841 

23 

Letters: Woodrow Wilson to William Gorham Rice L., Washington, D.C., December 30, 1921 L., Washington, D.C., January 4, 1922 L., Washington, D.C., January 25, 1922 L., Washington, D.C., December 29, 1922 

24 

Letters: Edith Bolling Wilson to William Gorham Rice A.L.S., Washington, D.C., February 28, 1924 T.L.S., Washington, D.C., November 14, 1926