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Correspondence, manuscripts, original political cartoons, printed and photostatic materials relating to the political and social activities of the Society of Tammany, or Columbian order. Most of the correspondence is concerned with the formation of the Kilroe Tammaniana Collection, Kilroe's collection of books, documents, manuscripts, posters, cartoons, etc. relating to Tammany Hall. Also, letters from various members of the Tammany organization. The manuscripts include typescripts of Kilroe's works such as A COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SAINT TAMMANY and TAMMANY HALL AND THE TAMMANY SOCIETIES IN THE UNITED STATES. In addition there are manuscript and typescript records of various Tammany Societies with particular emphasis on the New York City Society and the New York County Democratic Party organization. Among the cartoons are 22 by John Tinney McCutcheon (1870-1949), over half of which deals with Tammany and New York politics while the remainder concerns national politics with an emphasis on presidential campaigns.

This collection consists of the correspondence, board and committee minutes, and other administrative records of the Alumni Federation and its predecessor, the Alumni Council. It also contains records related to the regional Alumni Clubs.

This collection contains the Alumni News magazine's name files (A-Z). These "morgue" files contain newspaper clipplings, articles, press releases, book reviews, offprints, class reunion questionnaires, birth, marriage and death notices, change of address forms, some photographs and correspondence with the magazine, including submissions for the Class Notes section. The Alumni Federation included all Columbia schools: Columbia College but also Law, Physician and Surgeons, Journalism, Architecture, Pharmacy, etc. Files are organized alphabetically by the alum's last name and date from around 1919 to 1955.