and civil awards received by Sir Robert such as his Jubilee and Coronation medals, Order of Australia, Companion of Honour and US Legion of Merit. There are also a number of special presentation items including a walking stick, cigar boxes, silver gravy boats from the Kooyong electorate and a silver inkstand presented by Queen Elizabeth II. Robert Menzies's personal library of almost 4,000 books is held at the University of Melbourne Library. Published works To the people of Britain at war from the Prime Minister of Australia. Speeches delivered in Great Britain in 1941. (Longmans Green and Co, 1941) The Forgotten People and Other Studies in Democracy (Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1942) Speech is of Time: Selected Speeches and Writings (London: Cassell, 1958) Afternoon Light: Some Memories of Men and Events (Melbourne: Cassell Australia, 1967) Central Power in the Australian Commonwealth: An Examination of the Growth of Commonwealth Power in the Australian Federation (London: Cassell, 1967) The Measure of the Years (Melbourne: Cassell Australia, 1970) Dark and Hurrying Days: Menzies's 1941 Diary (Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1993) Letters to My Daughter (Miller's Point: Murdoch Books, 2011) Titles and honours In 1950 Menzies was awarded the Legion of Merit (Chief Commander) by US President Harry S. Truman for "exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services 1941–1944 and December 1949 – July 1950". On 1 January 1951 he was appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) On 29 August 1952, the University of Sydney conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) on Menzies. Similarly, He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws by the Universities of Bristol, Belfast, Melbourne, British Columbia, McGill, Montreal, Malta, Laval, Quebec, Tasmania, Cambridge, Harvard, Leeds, Adelaide, Queensland, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Drury and California. In 1954, the portrait painting Rt. Hon. R. G. Menzies, PC, CH, KC, MP by Sir Ivor Hele won the Archibald Prize On 4 April 1960, a portrait of Menzies by Sir William Dargie was the front cover of Time magazine. This portrait is held by the Art Gallery of New South Wales In 1963, Menzies was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Thistle (KT), the order being chosen in recognition of his Scottish heritage. He is the only Australian ever appointed to this order. He was the second of only two Australian prime ministers to be knighted during their term of office (the first