This plaque was presented to Duke Ellington by the American Society of Composer, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in New York, New York in 1974. It is a wooden plaque with an engraved metal scroll shaped plate. The plate is engraved:
ASCAP-DEEMS TAYLOR AWARD In Tribute to The Distinguished Composer, Critic and Commentator Who Served as the Society’s President from 1942 to 1948 This Award Is Given to DUKE ELLINGTON For His Book ”MUSIC IS MY MISTRESS” [signature of Morton Gould] Secretary [undetermined signature] President New York, New York - December 18, 1974 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Music Is My Mistress was written by Duke Ellington and published by Doubleday in Garden City, New York, in 1973. In this autobiography, Duke Ellington tells the stories of his life and career including family and colleagues who influenced him, places he visited while performing, and his many musical collaborations.
This plaque is a made of wood with a laminated paper certificate with a gold border and silver seal with ribbons. The certificate is printed:
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CERTIFICATE OF NOMINATION FOR AWARD Be it known that Harry Warren and Leo Robin were nominated for an Academy Award of Merit for Outstanding Achievement Song "Zing A Little Zong" from "Just For You” This judgment being rendered with reference to Motion Pictures First Regularly Exhibited in the Los Angeles district during the year ending December 31, 1952
This certificate of nomination was presented by AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) to composer Harry Warren and lyricist Leo Robin for the song, "Zing a Little Zong," from the 1952 Paramount Pictures musical film, Just For You, directed by Elliott Nugent and starred Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman. The song was performed by Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman in the fim.sang this song in the film.
This plaque is a made of wood with a laminated paper certificate with a gold border and silver seal with ribbons. The certificate is printed:
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CERTIFICATE OF NOMINATION FOR AWARD>br>Be it known that Harry Warren was nominated for an Academy Award of Merit for Outstanding Achievement Song "On The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe" from "The Harvey Girls" This judgement being rendered with reference to Motion Pictures First Regularly Exhibited in the Los Angeles district during the year ending December 31 - 1946 [date handwritten]
This certificate of nomination was presented by AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) to composer Harry Warren for the song, "On the Atchison, Topeka, and Sante Fe," from the 1946 movie The Harvey Girls. Judy Garland sang this song in the film. In 1947, Harry Warren won the Oscar for Best Original Song for this song.
Bronze plaque with relief profile portrait of Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), the German physician who created homeopathy. This was executed by the French sculptor, Pierre Jean David D'Angers (1788-1856), and adorned the entrance of the first college of homeopathy in the United States,
Relief plaque of William Osler (1849-1919), a physician from Canada who help establish The Johns Hopkins Medical School, and authored the influential Texbook of Medicine. This was created by Doris Leavitt Appel (1904-1995), a sculptor in Lynn, Mass.
Plaque presented to Marty Sheets in 'Recognition and Appreciation of Your Leadership and Support for Special Olympics Golf.'
Marty Sheets was born with Downs Syndrome in 1953 but through Camp Joy, a camp for kids with intellectual disabilities, he found a love of sports. Invited to participate in the first International Special Olympic Games in Chicago in 1968, Marty formed a life long bond with founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Over the course of the next 40 years Sheets won over 250 medals while competing in golf, swimming, Alpine skiing, tennis and power lifting. His favorite sport was golf and In 2006, he was the PGA’s national volunteer of the year for his work at the Wyndham Championship in his hometown of Greensboro, N.C. He is also included in the portrait of Eunice Kennedy Shriver and other Special Olympians which now resides in the National Portrait Gallery collections.
From its beginnings as Camp Shriver in Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s backyard, to the first international games in 1968, Special Olympics has been about giving people with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to participate in sport. This participation builds confidence, provides emotional support and offers social opportunities for the athletes and their families. With state chapters and a global presence through its World Games, “Special Olympics is the largest sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities with 5 million athletes in 170 countries worldwide.”
First Annual Coco-Nuts Award, presented to Imogene Coca "for best performance anywhere," from the cast of On the Twentieth Century, June 5, 1978. The award is an elliptical wooden plaque with a fancy cut edge and two cut glass attachments with writing and design in blue ink. At top, a round glass piece sits within a lead medallion and is decorated with sock and buskin masks and the title "Coca-Nuts Award." Beneath this, a rectangular glass piece reads "FIRST ANNUAL COCA-NUTS AWARD PRESENTED TO IMOGENE COCA 6-5-78 FOR BEST PERFORMANCE ANYWHERE FROM THE CAST OF "ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY' BECAUSE THEY'RE NUTS ABOUT COCA."
Coca appeared as religious zealot Letitia Primrose in the original Broadway production of the musical On the Twentieth Century in 1978, a role for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. The role was written for Coca by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, who based the musical on the 1932 play of the same name and its 1934 film adaptation Twentieth Century, both written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.