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William Gorham Rice
Papers, 1873-1997
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Quantity:	27 Boxes (16 cu. ft.)
Access:	Open to research. The originals of the letters of Grover Cleveland and other American statesmen are stored in the vault and require two business days notice for retrieval.
Acquisition:	Deed of gift
Processed by:	Fred Bassett, Senior Librarian, Manuscripts and Special Collections, January 1997, revised September 1997. Revised December 1998 by Doreen Hotaling, Library Clerk II. Revised again November 2000.

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Biographical Note:

William Gorham Rice was born in Albany, New York on December 23, 1856. He graduated from the Albany Academy in 1875. Shortly thereafter he was appointed by Governor Samuel B. Tilden as assistant paymaster general of the New York State National Guard. From 1883 to 1889, Rice served as secretary to Governors Grover Cleveland and David B. Hill. On February 10, 1892 Rice married Harriet Langdon Pruyn, daughter of John Van Schack Lansing Pruyn of Albany. They had one child.

Rice was an ardent supporter of civil service reform, which led to his appointment as a member of the United States Civil Service Commission in Washington, D.C. (1895 to 1898). In 1915 he became a member of the New York State Civil Service Commission, and served as its president (1919-1920 and 1931-1937). From 1922-1929 he was chairman of the Bureau of Public Personnel Administration.

Rice was considered a world-wide authority on carillons and wrote several books on the subject. He was the chief advisor on the construction and design of the carillon in the Albany City Hall.

Another special interest of Rice was Grover Cleveland. Included in the collection are his many articles and speeches on Cleveland's life and political career, as well as letters written by Cleveland.

William Gorham Rice died in 1945.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of William Gorham Rice are comprised chiefly of materials relating to his research for a biography of Grover Cleveland and on carillons. Included is correspondence, research notes, copies of articles and manuscripts of publications of these subjects. The Cleveland materials include many original as well as copies and transcriptions of letters written by Grover Cleveland that have good personal and political content. In addition, these papers include 1884 presidential campaign literature and materials related to legislation authorizing the construction of underground railways in New York City.

The carillon materials relate primarily to Rice's two books on carillon music and bell towers in Belgium and the Netherlands. Also included here is material relating to the Albany (N.Y.) City Hall Carillon.

The papers also include official correspondence of the Civil Service Commission generated during Rice's term as chief officer from 1931 to 1937. Its content concerns provisions of the civil service laws, classification of job titles, examination procedures, and other legal matters. Correspondents included the governor, members of the legislature, and chief officers of state agencies, commissions, and authorities.

Correspondence includes letters between William Gorham Rice and Edgar Apgar; letters from Woodrow Wilson and Edith Balling Wilson regarding the Woodrow Wilson Foundation for World Peace, and a collection of letters from many American statesmen such as Franklin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Herbert Hoover, Charles Evans Hughes, Alfred E. Smith, Herbert Lehman, Thomas E. Dewey, and Robert Moses.

Finally, these collection includes three boxes of magic lantern slides of carillons in the United States and Europe, the League of Nations buildings in Geneva, and scenes from the Netherlands.

Table of Contents

Contents	Box(es)
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)	V1-V2

Box and Folder List

Box	Folder	Contents
		Special Correspondence Files, 1873-1937
1	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)
2	1	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

 

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