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Dwight Sanderson papers

 Collection
Identifier: 21-33-73

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes 43 annual diaries of appointments; bibliographies; student papers; correspondence; papers on the family, marriage, and other topics; lecture outlines for classes on rural sociology, social psychology, and sociology; publications by Sanderson; scrapbook of articles following his retirement; post retirement letters; a photocopied excerpt from A Brief History of Entomology at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas concerning Sanderson and Glenn W. Herrick (1960); five albums of photographs and postcards from European travels, 1925/1926 and 1935; and other materials pertaining to Sanderson's work in rural sociology and related fields. Also, letter from Pearl Buck, written from Nanking, China, July 6, 1930.

Dates

  • 1894-1960,-1894-1943 (bulk)

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of rural sociology, New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University.

Extent

7.8 cubic feet. (7.8 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Includes 43 annual diaries of appointments; bibliographies; student papers; correspondence; papers on the family, marriage, and other topics; lecture outlines for classes on rural sociology, social psychology, and sociology; publications by Sanderson; scrapbook of articles following his retirement; post retirement letters; a photocopied excerpt from A Brief History of Entomology at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas concerning Sanderson and Glenn W. Herrick (1960); five albums of photographs and postcards from European travels, 1925/1926 and 1935; and other materials pertaining to Sanderson's work in rural sociology and related fields. Also, letter from Pearl Buck, written from Nanking, China, July 6, 1930.

Physical Description

Diaries, bibliographies, manuscripts, student papers, correspondence, publications, a scrapbook, photograph albums, and class 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:
A. Lipsky
Date completed:
October 1983
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, February 2003
Date modified:
Marcie Farwell, October 2018
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by A. Lipsky
Date
February 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)