Cornell University College of Engineering summer surveying camp records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 16-4-956

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Land survey maps drawn by Cornell Civil Engineering students during summer surveying camps, sometimes called Camp Cornell, at various locations in New York State, including Cayuga, Cayuta, Canandaigua, Keuka, Owasco, and Skaneateles Lakes; an index showing the location of the camp each year; surveyor's field book, 1934; diary of the Cayuga Lake Survey kept by successive groups of students, 1874-1879; and a "Camp Cascadilla" kitchen inventory, 1908.

Group photographs of students, history of summer camp documents.

Dates

1874-1952, 2007.

Creator

Cornell University. College of Engineering (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

12 cubic feet.

4.1 megabytes.

Additional Description

Abstract

Land survey maps drawn by Cornell Civil Engineering students during summer surveying camps at various locations in New York State, including Cayuga, Cayuta, Canandaigua, Keuka, Owasco, and Skaneateles Lakes; an index showing the location of the camp each year; surveyor's field book, 1934; diary of the Cayuga Lake Survey kept by successive groups of students, 1874-1879; and a "Camp Cascadilla" kitchen inventory, 1908.

Physical Description

Maps/Charts, Research 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:: M. Moran and L. Yee
Date completed:: May 1986
EAD encoding:: Evan Fay Earle, October 2007