COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Collection consists primarily of manuscript material for Bradley's book on the history of the Cornell Alumni Association, 1972; Cornell photographs, glass lantern slides, printed matter, clippings, scrapbooks, broadsides, and other Cornelliana; tape recordings and transcripts of former members of the Alumni Office staff, including Foster Coffin, Emmet Murphy, Ray Ashbery, Max Schmitt, Olive N. Snyder, Herman Krauss, Frances Egan, Walter K. Nield, Ho Ballou, Howard Stevenson, and Willard Kiggins; historical data concerning Cornell organizations including Quill and Dagger, Alpha Delta Phi, Cornell Alumni Fund, Cornell University Council, and Cornell Clubs of New York, New England, and Chicago; track team programs, correspondence, and travel information; personal correspondence; Her Honor Forever Maintain, by Bradley, 1973, and associated notes, manuscripts, and sources; "How to Conduct Class Reunions," a 1961 speech by Bradley; Class of 1926 reunion and fundraising materials, class mailings, and reunion costumes; records pertaining to other Cornell classes; and a cassette recording of Hunt Bradley's memorial service, 1982. Also, 1 bottle (empty) of Ballantine Burton Ale brewed for Hunt Bradley, 1946, and an evaluation of the contents, 1985.
Dates
- 1872-1982,-1920-1982 (bulk)
Creator
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Cornell University Class of 1926.
Extent
1.5 cubic feet. (1.5 cubic feet. 8 tape recordings.,)
Abstract
Collection consists primarily of manuscript material for Bradley's book on the history of the Cornell Alumni Association, 1972, as well as numerous other items pertaining to Cornell history.
Physical Description
Manuscripts, photographs, slides, printed matter, clippings, scrapbooks, broadsides, tape recordings, transcripts, historical data, correspndence, notes, records, costumes, mailings, abd 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. Warren
- Date completed:
- June 1985
- EAD encoding:
- Martin Heggestad, December 2003
- Alpha Delta Phi
- Ashbery, Ray.
- Ballou, Ho.
- Broadsides.
- Class reunions.
- Coffin, Foster M.
- Cornell Club of Chicago
- Cornell Club of New England
- Cornell Club of New York
- Cornell University. Alumni Association
- Cornell University. Class of 1926
- Cornell University. Council
- Cornell University. Office of Alumni Affairs
- Educational fund raising.
- Egan, Frances.
- Fund raisers (Persons).
- Kiggins, Willard.
- Krauss, Herman.
- Lantern slides.
- Manuscripts for publication.
- Murphy, Emmet.
- Nield, Walter K.
- Photographs.
- Quill and Dagger Society (Cornell University)
- Schmitt, Max.
- Scrapbooks.
- Snyder, Olive N.
- Stevenson, Howard.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by M. Warren
- Date
- December 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