McCormick family papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 1312

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Consists mostly of graphic arts materials of Howard McCormick, representing his work as a wood engraver, cover designer, illustrator, and muralist, and includes prime prints, tear sheets, sketches, lecture slides, linoleum blocks, glass plate negatives of Navajo, Hopi, and Apache Indian dances, photonegatives of a trip to Mexico, a wood engraving print of Abraham Lincoln's head, magazine articles written by McCormick, exhibition catalogs, and similar materials. Also includes letters to Howard McCormick from his brother Frederick, a Reuter's correspondent in the Far East, in which he describes living conditions, customs, and superstitions among the Chinese, recounts his experiences reporting the Russo-Japanese War, and gives his impressions of the Russians; and business and personal correspondence from relatives and family friends. Correspondents include Carl Akeley, Josephine Newell, and Grace McCormick Wilson.

Includes a woodblock print by Howard McCormick of Borglum's bust of Lincoln.

Dates

1900-1941.

Creator

McCormick family. (Family)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

8.6 cubic feet. (8.6 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Consists mostly of graphic arts materials of Howard McCormick and correspondence of family and friends.

Physical Description

Prime prints, tear sheets, sketches, lecture slides, linoleum blocks, glass plate negatives, photonegatives, correspondence.

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:: M. Warren
Date completed:: May 1992
EAD encoding:: Ann Hubert, March 2004
Date modified:: Jude Corina, August 2017