COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Personal and professional papers and student papers. Student papers were written by students in Professor Kammen's History 126 course in response to assignments calling for newspaper and archives research; and for interviews regarding student life, folklore, and slang. Papers are journal entries, memoirs, or critiques of campus life.
Pen and certificate commemorating the signing of legislation creating the New York State freedom trail program, 1997. Scrapbook compiled by students in summer 2004 CAU course. Correspondence with Heriberto Dixon and file on Cayuga land claims. Correspondence relating to New York State history, and letters from Indonesia and East Timor. Files on "Cornell: Glorious to View," and files and unused materials for "First Person Cornell." Photograph album from a trip to China, Dec. 1982-Jan. 1983, with pictures of Beijing, Loying, Wuxi, Soujo, and the Li River.
Files on being a local historian, including letters, book contracts, invitations to speak, and responses, 1979-2012; research files from "Part & Apart"; and research files relating to Cornell women's history.
Dates
- 1973-2014.
Creator
- Kammen, Carol, 1937- (Person)
- Dixon, Heriberto. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Access Restrictions:
Access restricted to permission of donor until January 1, 2035 with the exception of Boxes 34-37, 39-44.
Restrictions on use:
Authors of student papers retain the literary rights.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Cornell University history professor and specialist in upstate New York history.
Extent
33.3 cubic feet. (33.3 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Personal and professional papers and student papers.
Physical Description
Manuscripts, typscripts
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:
- Julia Parker
- EAD encoding:
- J.M. Nicholas, August 2003
- Date modified:
- Kristen Reichenbach, January 2019
- Cayuga Indians -- Claims.
- Cayuga Indians -- Land tenure.
- China -- Pictorial works.
- College students -- Attitudes.
- College students -- Conduct of life.
- College students -- New York (State) -- Ithaca -- Social life and customs.
- College students\' writings, American -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
- Folklore -- Study and teaching.
- Photographs.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Julia Parker
- Date
- August 2003
- 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