Cornell University Department of History records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 14-17-1573

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

History department correspondence, memoranda, catalogs, inventories, reports, and minutes; financial records including payrolls, accounts, budgets, invoices, and vouchers; materials pertaining to the department's move from Boardman to West Sibley Hall, and later to McGraw Hall; student records including correspondence, gradebooks, course evaluations, draft deferment requests, applications, and other materials pertaining to study abroad, curriculum, fellowships, scholarships, assistantships, the Admissions Advisory Committee, advanced placement, honors program, prizes, quotas, and graduate study; Summer Session; teaching applications and faculty appointments; department chairman's records of L. Pearce Williams, Paul W. Gates, and others; personnel files; items regarding the Messenger Lecture Series; and related materials.

Includes Honors theses.

Dates

1923 - 1981
1946 - 1974

Creator

Cornell University. Department of History (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

15.2 cubic feet. (15.2 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

History department correspondence, memoranda, catalogs, inventories, reports, and minutes; financial records including payrolls, accounts, budgets, invoices, and vouchers; student records; teaching applications and faculty appointments; department chairman's records of L. Pearce Williams, Paul W. Gates, and others; personnel files; items regarding the Messenger Lecture Series; and related materials.

Physical Description

Correspondence, memoranda, catalogs, inventories, reports, minutes, and financial records.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: RMC Staff
Date completed:: August 2016
EAD encoding:: Marcie Farwell, August 2016
Date modified:: RMC Staff, August 2018