Cornell Womens Club of Batavia records

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 41-6-3435

Abstract

Victorian bird cage and copies of letters and clippings about it.

Dates

1934-2008.

Creator

Cornell Women\'s Club of Batavia (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

In 1975, the club acquired a Victorian birdcage said to have been owned by Liberty Hyde Bailey. Over the years, the club annually auctioned off the cage; the winner enjoyed it for a year and then put it up for rebid. Proceeds went to the club's scholarship fund. Eventually the cage was given to Gertrude ("Red") H. Smith (Cornell Class of 1947), whose mother Mary Wright Harvey founded the club in 1934 and was its first president.

Extent

1.9 cubic feet. (1.9 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Physical Description

Correspondence, Memorabilia, Newspapers

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
Date completed:: February 2009
EAD encoding:: Jessica Shon, February 2009