Word: medallion
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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With the authority of the English organization an American Committee has been formed, which asks American readers and admirers of Stevenson to contribute to the work. The memorial is to take the shape of a "statue, bust, or medallion with such architectural or sculpturesque accompaniment as may be desirable," and the character of those having the matter in charge ensures its dignity and fitness...
...bronze medallion of the late James Russell Lowell has been hung in the reading room of Gore Hall. It was presented to the Library last year by the Grolier Club of New York...
...White is nearly finished and will probably be ready for occupancy before the middle of May. The building is three stories in height. Its exterior is built in the colonial style, of Indiana lime-stone and red brick. On the middle of the upper story, between two white medallion windows is a square stone which bears the shield of Harvard. There are some two dozen rooms in the building. The cost will approximate $55,000. The sum was raised by subscriptions from the Harvard graduates in New York City and from various wealthy alumni in other parts of the country...