COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Largely correspondence containing recommendations for former students and requests for such. Other letters deal with university affairs, publication of Marcham's books by MacMillan and Harper's, requests by publishing houses and scholarly journals for reader reports, and reports from students on their research progress. Includes some minutes of history department meetings, manuscripts of speeches and reports by Marcham and others, articles by Marcham on athletics, course outlines and notebooks, papers relating to history workshops offered at Cornell, items pertaining to the British Businessmen's Course (1948). Includes files pertaining to a program financed by the General Education Board intended to improve the level of teaching history in high schools, ca. 1943-1944, and files relating to a History Dept. program concerning teaching critical thinking, ca. 1940-1944. Also, drafts and working papers of his projected history of Cornell; "Essays on Oliver Cromwell" prepared by John Marcham; a tape recording of Marcham's memorial service. Also, passports, a diploma, account books, and legal papers.
Dates
- 1925-1993.
Creator
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Professor of English history, Cornell University.
Extent
9.4 cubic feet. (9.4 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Papers related to Marcham's work as Professor of English History at Cornell University.
Physical Description
Correspondence, minutes, manuscripts, articles, course outlines, notebooks, files, an audiotape, passports, a diploma, account books, legal papers, and other materials.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- E. Engst, M. Warren
- Date completed:
- May 1986
- EAD encoding:
- Martin Heggestad, March 2004
- Date modified:
- Marcie Farwell, September 2018
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by E. Engst, M. Warren
- Date
- March 2004
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu