Lot of 4 items, primarily awards / certificates. Appointment, Boston, June 23, 1891. For Morton A. Aldrich as Lieutenant Colonel of the Boston School Regiment. 14 x 17 in. on wove paper. Engrossed (Louisiana) resolution to thank Martin A. Aldrich and O.O. Provosty, Edgar H. Farrar and M.H. Carver "for their splendid addresses on Taxation Reform." 14 x 20 in. in folder of the same size. Signed by Thomas C. Barret, Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate, L.E. [Lee Emmett] Thomas, Speaker of the House of Representatives and L.E.[Luther Egbert] Hall, Governor of Louisiana, Aug. 22, 1912. Originated in the Senate, but also approved by the House. Resolution, to extend the appreciation of the New Orleans Association of Commerce to Dr. Morton A. Aldrich, New Orleans, July 10, 1914. 13.5 x 17 in., with foil seal of the Association. Mounted on cardboard. Certificate of appreciation, approx. 14.25 x 21 in. mounted on cardboard. "We the graduates of the College of Commerce and Business Administration of the Tulane University of Louisiana, representing all graduating classes since the founding of your College twenty years ago, do meet this 26th day of September, 1934, to express our sincerest and deepest appreciation for the noble efforts you have made to give to all of us an enviable place in the field of business...." Signed by about 68 former students. Morton Arnold Aldrich (1874-1956) graduated summa cum laude from Harvard then attended the University of Halle in Germany for his PhD. He was appointed Associate Professor of Economics and Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Tulane University in 1901. However, within his first year he made it known that he had bigger plans for Tulane. In 1902 he gave a lecture declaring the University's intention to establish a College of Commerce. Funds for such a venture were not available, so he turned to the business community. In that early lecture he pointed out that many New Orleans businessmen came from the North and suggested that the college should educate Louisianans to become leaders in the business community. He founded the Tulane Society of Economics, with a focus on the intersection of economic theory and business practice. Members included both academics and businessmen. A few years later the New Orleans Association of Commerce was established (with Morton as a charter member) to promote the economic interests of the city. In between he went to the State governing bodies with the tax reform plan, which help cement his status with the business community. In 1913 the Association of Commerce sent a letter to the University requesting that they establish a College of Commerce and the following year a plan to underwrite the cost to establish it. Morton became the first Dean of the School of Business Administration / A.B. Freeman School of Business. He did not stop there, however, he helped establish the national Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Aldrich remained Dean until mandatory retirement age of 65 (in those days) in 1939. He died in New Orleans in 1956. Aldrich's papers are at the Tulane Library Special Collections, Louisiana Research Collection. There are a few letters also in the John Aldrich Stephenson collection of the Hand, Fiske, and Aldrich families papers, 1745-1966 in the Library of Congress. References "Morton A. Aldrich," Freeman Centennial (https://freemancentennial.tulane.edu/2013/10/10/morton-a-aldrich/) Accessed Feb. 28, 2019 Morton A. Aldrich papers, Manuscripts Collection 311, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118. Provenance:Descended Directly in the Family of Morton A. Aldrich Condition: All with some toning and expected handling wear, but overall very good.
Lot of 4 items, primarily awards / certificates. Appointment, Boston, June 23, 1891. For Morton A. Aldrich as Lieutenant Colonel of the Boston School Regiment. 14 x 17 in. on wove paper. Engrossed (Louisiana) resolution to thank Martin A. Aldrich and O.O. Provosty, Edgar H. Farrar and M.H. Carver "for their splendid addresses on Taxation Reform." 14 x 20 in. in folder of the same size. Signed by Thomas C. Barret, Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate, L.E. [Lee Emmett] Thomas, Speaker of the House of Representatives and L.E.[Luther Egbert] Hall, Governor of Louisiana, Aug. 22, 1912. Originated in the Senate, but also approved by the House. Resolution, to extend the appreciation of the New Orleans Association of Commerce to Dr. Morton A. Aldrich, New Orleans, July 10, 1914. 13.5 x 17 in., with foil seal of the Association. Mounted on cardboard. Certificate of appreciation, approx. 14.25 x 21 in. mounted on cardboard. "We the graduates of the College of Commerce and Business Administration of the Tulane University of Louisiana, representing all graduating classes since the founding of your College twenty years ago, do meet this 26th day of September, 1934, to express our sincerest and deepest appreciation for the noble efforts you have made to give to all of us an enviable place in the field of business...." Signed by about 68 former students. Morton Arnold Aldrich (1874-1956) graduated summa cum laude from Harvard then attended the University of Halle in Germany for his PhD. He was appointed Associate Professor of Economics and Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Tulane University in 1901. However, within his first year he made it known that he had bigger plans for Tulane. In 1902 he gave a lecture declaring the University's intention to establish a College of Commerce. Funds for such a venture were not available, so he turned to the business community. In that early lecture he pointed out that many New Orleans businessmen came from the North and suggested that the college should educate Louisianans to become leaders in the business community. He founded the Tulane Society of Economics, with a focus on the intersection of economic theory and business practice. Members included both academics and businessmen. A few years later the New Orleans Association of Commerce was established (with Morton as a charter member) to promote the economic interests of the city. In between he went to the State governing bodies with the tax reform plan, which help cement his status with the business community. In 1913 the Association of Commerce sent a letter to the University requesting that they establish a College of Commerce and the following year a plan to underwrite the cost to establish it. Morton became the first Dean of the School of Business Administration / A.B. Freeman School of Business. He did not stop there, however, he helped establish the national Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Aldrich remained Dean until mandatory retirement age of 65 (in those days) in 1939. He died in New Orleans in 1956. Aldrich's papers are at the Tulane Library Special Collections, Louisiana Research Collection. There are a few letters also in the John Aldrich Stephenson collection of the Hand, Fiske, and Aldrich families papers, 1745-1966 in the Library of Congress. References "Morton A. Aldrich," Freeman Centennial (https://freemancentennial.tulane.edu/2013/10/10/morton-a-aldrich/) Accessed Feb. 28, 2019 Morton A. Aldrich papers, Manuscripts Collection 311, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118. Provenance:Descended Directly in the Family of Morton A. Aldrich Condition: All with some toning and expected handling wear, but overall very good.
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