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Cornell University Office of Controller records

 Collection
Identifier: 7-1-1883

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes bid bonds from various building companies for heating, ventilation, and electrical wiring, bonds to accompany proposals for building work, contract bonds, contracts for University buildings, specifications for labor and materials required for construction, articles of agreement between the University and construction companies or private individuals for construction work or materials, certification of dollars paid out or rebated by architectural firms or construction companies. Also contains a blueprint of Olin Hall, correspondence (with several letters pertaining to the building of Willard Straight Hall and signed by Dorothy Whitney Straight and the Comptroller of the University Charles D. Bostwick, 1924), meeting notes for the Cornell Plantations Committee Meeting (1947-1970), pictures (several of Clara Dickson Hall), and state leases held by the Treasurer's Office. Also budget figures, reports, payroll vouchers, and other records of the Controller of Cornell University.

Dates

  • 1911-1982.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Access Restrictions:

Access to Box 7 restricted to the permission of the office of origin.

Extent

6.4 cubic feet. (6.4 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Budget figures, reports, payroll vouchers, and other records of the Controller of Cornell University.

Physical Description

Bonds, contracts, correspondence, blueprints, vouchers, meeting minutes.

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:
J. Solomon
Date completed:
April 1981
EAD encoding:
Ann Hubert, August 2003
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by J. Solomon
Date
August 2003
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 12/07/2018: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
  • 2007-05-29: converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002

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)