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Cosmopolitan Club records

 Collection
Identifier: 37-4-145

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, financial records, minute books, publications, memorabilia, scrapbooks and photographs relating to the Cornell University Cosmopolitan Club; correspondence includes records relating to the operation of the Club House, The International Federation of Students, Association of Cosmopolitan Clubs of America, The International Association of Ithaca, The International Student Service, Cornell University administration, correspondents include Edmund Ezra Day, Jacob Gould Shurman, John Mott and Donald C. Kerr; Financial records include financial activities and status of the Club and Association; Minute Books include official club business records of meetings and decisions; Membership records include a selection of the foudning members of the club; Publications including The Cosmopolitan Annual, Memorabilia consisting of commemorative programs and menus documenting official Club events, including Chinese Night 1906. Many of these items are autographed; Scrapbooks relating to International Student Association functions at Cornell (1932-1935); the founding and activities of International Student Association chapters at Berlin, Bonn, Gèottingen, Heidelberg, Leipzig, Munich and Zurich (1911-1913); scrapbook containg letters, newspaper clippings, photographs, christmas cards and other memorabilia documenting the Club founding, events and members; Photographs include individual and group portraits of Club members and administrative officers.

Dates

  • 1904-1958.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

4.6 cubic feet. (4.6 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Scrapbook containing letters, newspaper clippings, and programs relating to the Cornell Cosmopolitan Club; scrapbook relating to International Student Association functions at Cornell; scrapbook relating to the founding and activities of International Student Association chapters at Berlin, Bonn, Göttingen, Heidelberg, Leipzig, Munich, and Zurich (1911-1913); photographs of foreign students at Cornell and of Cosmopolitan Club activities. Also, other correspondence and records.

RELATED MATERIALS

See also The Cosmopolitan Student, ARP 1227, and three cups and saucer from the Cosmopolitan Club Residence (MU-562-563, 1180, 1299, 1363) in #41-7-1964.

See also Addresses and Proceedings of the Eighth International Congress of Students, LB3602.I595 1913, http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924030605277

Physical Description

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs, and 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) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Eleanor Brown
Date completed:
May 2003, November 2015
EAD encoding:
Daniel J. Keeley, Oct. 2002Peter Martinez, May 2003
Date modified:
Kristen Reichenbach, July 2018
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Eleanor Brown
Date
April 2011
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

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)