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Mercier at Columbia
Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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Description | Photograph shows Belgian Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier (1851-1926) at a ceremony at Columbia University, New York City where he was given an honorary Doctor of Law degree on October 7, 1919. Also depicted (left to right) are Columbia University president Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947), Patrick Joseph Hayes (1867-1938), Archbishop of New York; and Colonel William Barclay Parsons (1859-1932). Mercier was in the United States for a fundraising trip to rebuild the Library of Leuven, Belgium which was destroyed by German forces during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017 and The New York Tribune, Oct. 6, 1919.) |
File Format | JPG / JPEG |
Language | English |
Part of Series | Bain Collection |
Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
Access Restriction | Open |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Photograph |