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Galvin family papers

 Collection — mu: 1022
Identifier: 4933

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, passports, photographs, certificates, awards, biographical clippings, and other papers of an upstate New York physician and college professor. Includes correspondence, accounts, historical descriptions, constitution and by-laws, and other papers pertaining to Cornell University's African-American fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, including a paddle.

Dates

  • 1906-1987.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Family members include Gregory Alexander Galvin, M.D., Meharry Medical College, and Corinne Brown Galvin, Ph.D., Ithaca College professor.

Extent

.8 cubic feet. (.8 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Correspondence, passports, photographs, certificates, awards, biographical clippings, and other papers of an upstate New York physician and college professor. Includes correspondence, accounts, historical descriptions, constitution and by-laws, and other papers pertaining to Cornell University's African-American fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha.

Physical Description

Correspondence, passports, photographs, certificates, awards, biographical clippings, and other papers.

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:
H. Finch
Date completed:
November 1995
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, May 2003
Date modified:
RMC Staff, November 2016
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by H. Finch
Date
May 2003
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)