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People\'s College (Montour Falls, N.Y.)

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Albert Hazen Wright papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-26-1382
Abstract Correspondence, field notes, lecture notes, study notes, typescripts of articles, genealogies of the Wright family and of Noah Downs, negatives, slides, photographs, clippings, drawings, census reports, maps, New York publications and printed material, transcripts of oral history interviews with Wright, manuscripts of his scientific books, and other material pertaining to his career as a zoologist, university professor, lecturer, and author. Other subjects include the Cornell Natural History...
Dates: 1779-1965.

Albert Hazen Wright research materials

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1692
Abstract Correspondence, notes, outlines, typewritten and photo copies of newspaper articles, directories, court and census records, clippings, photographic prints and negatives, and other items used in the writing of Wright's histories of the New York State Agricultural College at Ovid, New York, the New York Central College at McGraw, New York, and the People's College at Havana (now Montour Falls) New York, as they pertained to the early history of Cornell University. Also sources pertaining to...
Dates: 1779-1960.

Peoples College records

 Collection
Identifier: 1138
Abstract Letters, scrapbooks, pamphlets, and other material relating to the establishment of the college in Montour Falls (then Havana), Schuyler County, New York; includes correspondence of the founder, Harrison Howard. Also records relating to administration, finance, and construction, 1856-1880, including land transactions, articles of agreement, building plans, specifications, supplies, labor, costs, and receipts; and educational papers, 1850-1864, including letters, teachers' applications,...
Dates: 1848-1880.

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Autobiographies. 2
Education -- New York (State) -- Montour Falls. 2
Legal documents. 2
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. 2
College teachers. 1