Medals sent to the Cambridge Philosophical Society commemorating anniversaries and special events of various learned societies and other bodies, 1882 - 1987
Scope and Contents
1) Medal commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Societa Italiana delle Scienze, 1882;
2) Semi-Centennial medallion of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, with explanatory leaflet enclosed (50th anniversary 1920);
3) Medal showing relief portrait and inscribed ‘Alberto I Regnante Academia Scient. Litt. Et Art. Belgica Centesimum Quinquagesimum Natalem Suum Celebrat Anno MCMXXII (150th anniversary of the Belgian Academy of Sciences Letters and Arts 1922);
4) Centenary medal of the Austrian Academy of Science, 1947;
5) Cambridge University Press 'final melt' medal (made from the melt of the last typecast at CUP), 1987.
Dates
- Creation: 1882 - 1987
Extent
5 item(s) (5 items in box) : metal
Language of Materials
English
Originator(s)
Various
Finding aid date
2015-05-18 13:23:56+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Repository
CPS Archivist, Joan Bullock-Anderson
c/o Sedgwick Museum Archives, A G Brighton Building
Madingley Rise
Cambridge CB3 0UD
joan.b.anderson03@gmail.com