Homer A. Thompson Papers: Series XI - Miscellaneous Objects

BOX 189

Small oblong plastic box with U.S. coins labeled “Money for Picture Books”
Bronze replicas of Athenian Lawcourt ballots (seven boxes)
Engraved printing plate “Beneath the Surface”

Medals awarded to Homer A. Thompson:
Εκατονταετηρις Πανεστηιου Αθηνων (1837-1937)
Συλλογος των Αθηναιων Homer A. Thompson ανθ’ ων υπερ της πολεως επραξε (3.9.1956)
Commander of the Royal Order of the Phoenix (1956)
Honorary Doctorate, Universite de Lyon (1963)
American Institute of Archaeology’s Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement (1972)
University Museum, University of Pennsylvania’s Lucy Wharton Drexel Medal (1978)
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut’s 150 anniversary silver medal (1979)
Heidelberg Academy of Science’s Jubilee Medal (1984)
IX Congres International d’Epigraphie Grecque et Latine Sofia (31 August – 7 September 1987)
British Academy’s Frederic George Kenyon Medal for Classical Studies (1991)
American Philosophical Society’s Thomas Jefferson Medal (26 April 1996)
Göteborg … (?)

Medals awarded to Dorothy Burr Thompson:
Golden Cross of the Royal Order of Beneficence (1956)
American Institute of Archaeology’s Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement (1987)
Video cassette: “Agora of Athens 1979”
Framed photograph of Agora staff (nd)

Unlabeled box with photographs of inscriptions
Small notebook: “Middle Stoa Columns No. 3-77”
Small notebook: “Middle Stoa Columns No. 78-150”
Small notebook: “Middle Stoa Parapet”
Film Reel: “Agora 1932 – Excavating Nereid”
Film Reel: “Agora 1932 – Hadrian”
Film Reel: “Agora 1933”*
Film Reel: “Agora 1933”*
Film Reel: “Agora 1933”*
Film Reel: “Agora 1933”*
Film Reel: “Myc. Tomb”*
Film Reel: (Unlabeled, box dated Nov. 1934)*
Film Reel: “MAF Fall 1953”
Film Reel: “MAF Fall 1953”
Film Reel: “Dedication 1957”
Film Reel: “Agora USIS Movie Film on Stoa of Attalos”
*in boxes mailed from T. Leslie Shear to Eastman Kodak

In box:
Books of negatives (some or all of the books of negatives might be the photographs in Series VI: Personal History, BOX 154)
  Book of Negatives: 1923, 1934 – Athens, Arcadia
Book of Negatives: 1928-1929 – Canada, Ann Arbor, Greece
Book of Negatives: 1930-1931 – Europe, Greece
Book of Negatives: 1931 – Greece
Book of Negatives: 1931-1932 – Greece, Sicily
Book of Negatives: 1932 – England, Greece
Book of Negatives: 1932 – Greece, England
Book of Negatives: 1932 – Greece
Book of Negatives: 1932-1933 – Canada, Europe, Greece
Book of Negatives: 1932-1933 – Greece
Book of Negatives: 1933 – Greece, Algiers, Palermo
Book of Negatives: 1933-1934 – Greece
Book of Negatives: 1933-1934 – Canada, Europe, Greece
Book of Negatives: 1934 – Greece
Four canisters of film
Envelopes with negatives:
Envelope: “Agora”
Envelope: “Coins”
Envelope: “Discards of Mater Caelaturae”
Envelope: “Greece Negatives”
Envelope: “Greece 1929”
Envelope: “Hymettos quarry and Acropolis details”
Envelope: “Lesbos 1954”
Envelope: “Summer of 1924”
Envelope: “Negatives ’35 1-30”
Envelope: “Negatives ’36 1-44”
Envelope: “Negatives ’37 1-50”
Envelope: “Negatives ’37 51-91”
Envelope: “Negatives ’38 1-50”
Envelope: “Negatives ’38 51-94”
Envelope: “Negatives ’39 1-29”
Envelope: “1955”
Envelope: unlabeled
Envelope: unlabeled
Envelope: unlabeled
Envelope: unlabeled
Envelope: unlabeled
Box with negatives: “Greek Furniture”

BOX 190

Five academic gowns: one is Université de Lyon gown (1963) and University of Michigan hood for Honorary Degree (June 1957)

BOX 191

(stored separately)

William James Thompson’s Quebec high school degree (1893)
H.A.T.: Deutsches Archaeologisches Institut, Corresponding Member (1953)
H.A.T.: Doctor of Letters, Toronto (1961)
H.A.T.: German Archaeological Institute (1962)
H.A.T.: University of Athens Degree (two copies) (1963)
H.A.T.: Elected V.P. Greek Archaeological Society (24 September 1987)
H.A.T.: Fellow of the Canadian Mediterranean Institute (22 November 1990)
Gold Cross of Beneficence, King Paul’s award to Dorothy Burr Thompson (9 September 1956)
Dorothy Burr’s diplomas
“Notes on some Greek and Roman Pottery from the Pnyx” and drawings (Wycherly?)
Layout for Agora pamphlets
Two plates of Roman wall paintings
Mounted photographs: four views of figured vase

BOX 192

(stored separately)

Rolled degrees, honors and certificates of membership:
Public Schools of British Columbia: Roll of Honour (1913)
Public Schools of British Columbia: Award for Proficiency (1916)
Public Schools of British Columbia: Roll of Honour (1917)
Public Schools of British Columbia: High School Entrance Certificate (July 24 1918)
Public Schools of British Columbia: Roll of Honour (1918)
Public Schools of British Columbia: Manual Training Diploma (1920)
University of British Columbia: Matriculation Exam and class grades (1920)

High School and University Matriculation Board of British Columbia: Junior Matriculation Certificate (1921)
University of British Columbia: BA (1925)
University of British Columbia: MA (20 May 1927)
German Archaeological Institute: Corresponding Member (1934)
Royal Society of Canada (20 May 1947)
University of British Columbia: LLD (26 October 1949)
American Philosophical Society Membership (21 April 1951)
German Archaeological Institute: Regular Member (9 December 1953)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Membership (8 May 1957)
Dartmouth College: Honorary Doctor of Letters (1957)
Université de Lyon: Honorary Degree (22 October 1963)
University of Freiburg: Honorary Degree (1 May 1966)
Swedish Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities (7 June 1966)
Framed watercolor of vase with Athena and shield, inscribed “ASCSA Trustees 1968-1987”
Society of Antiquaries of London: Membership Certificate (14 January 1971)
Austrian Archaeological Institute (31 October 1975)
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (2 April 1977)
German Archaeological Institute: Honorary Membership Certificate (21 April 1979)
Greek Archaeological Society (20 February 1980)
Paris X Nanterre University: Honorary Degree (27 January 1984)
(See also other diplomas and honors in Series VI: Personal History BOX 164)

On top of BOXES 189 and 190

Loose objects:
University of Athens chain in flat oblong blue velvet box
Two briefcases