COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Correspondence of Hull relating to his studies in Germany in the 1890's, to his work as professor and dean at Cornell University, to his research as an historian, and to the professional organizations to which he belonged, particularly the American Historical Association; also manuscript and printed materials, correspondence and financial accounts pertaining to Ithaca, N.Y. organizations such as the Cornell Public Library, the Cornell Heights Land... Company, the Fall Creek Milling Company, the Ithaca Children's Home, the Ithaca Band, and the Ladies Union Benevolent Society. Additional records include deeds, mortgage and survey (1733-1803) on lands in Albany and Montgomery Counties and newspaper clippings and handwritten notes about the early Ithaca "Moral Society"; a few letters and other papers of Miss Mary J. Hull, sister of Professor Hull; English documents(1607-1725). Also included is correspondence of William A. Dunning, Max Farrand, Charles Homer Haskins, J. Franklin Jameson, Waldo G. Leland, Andrew C. McLaughlin, Isaac P. Roberts, Henry Morse Stephens, Willard Straight, James Sullivan, Hendrik Willem Van Loon. One box of lantern slides.
See moreDates
- Majority of material found within 1850-1945.
Creator
- Hull, Charles Henry, 1864-1936. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Professor of American History, Cornell University. Hull died in 1936.
Extent
5.1 cubic feet. (5.1 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Correspondence, manuscripts, printed materials, regarding his professional career and financial accounts pertaining to Ithaca, N.Y. organizations. Additional records include deeds, mortgage and survey (1733-1803) on lands in Albany and Montgomery Counties and newspaper clippings and handwritten notes about the early Ithaca "Moral Society". One box of lantern slides.
Physical Description
Correspondence, manuscripts, printed materials, financial and legal records, and lantern slides.
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:
- RMC Staff
- EAD encoding:
- RMC Staff
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, June 2018
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Cornell Heights Land Company (Ithaca, N.Y.)
- Cornell Public Library (Ithaca, N.Y.)
- Cornell, Ezra, 1807-1874.
- Deeds.
- Dunning, William Archibald, 1857-1922.
- Fall Creek Milling Company (Ithaca, N.Y.)
- Farrand, Max, 1869-1945.
- Haskins, Charles Homer, 1870-1937.
- History -- Research.
- History -- Societies, etc.
- History -- Study and teaching.
- Hull, Mary J.
- Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
- Ithaca Band (Ithaca, N.Y.)
- Ithaca Children\'s Home (Ithaca, N.Y.)
- Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937.
- Ladies Union Benevolent Society (Ithaca, N.Y.)
- Lantern slides.
- Leland, Waldo Gifford, 1879-1966.
- McLaughlin, Andrew C. (Andrew Cunningham), 1861-1947.
- Moral Society (Ithaca, N.Y.)
- Roberts, Isaac P.
- Stephens, H. Morse (Henry Morse), 1857-1919.
- Straight, Willard Dickerman, 1880-1918.
- Sullivan, James.
- Tompkins County (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
- Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1882-1944.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- 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