Box 1
Container
Contains 34 Results:
Athletic Contests - statistics (dates of races, winners, and their times); Athletic Council - statistics and short history
File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
Letters: 1. To Hewett from John L. Senior, Graduate Manager of Cornell University Athletic Association - declines request to write history of Cornell athletics because of lack of time. Dec. 21, 1903
2. To Hewett with suggested bibliography on college athletics. January 1, 1904
3. To Hewett from editor on The...
Dates:
1857-1920,-1870-1905 (bulk)
Military Instruction and Manual Labor
File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents
1. Circular on the conditions for substituting courses for drillwork. Mar. 10, 1876
2. Pamphlet from War Department - laws and regulations about training of Army officers at educational institutions. April 6, 1904
3. Copy of Federal Act empowering President to set up military training programs at Colleges and Universities
...
Dates:
1857-1920,-1870-1905 (bulk)
Bibliography - two envelopes (first envelope)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents
- An 18 page list (with cover letter from G.W. Harris) of all the books and documents in University Library pertaining to Cornell. Page 19 contains list of books est. of the People's College. Feb. 26, 1904
Dates:
1857-1920,-1870-1905 (bulk)
Second Envelope
File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
- 1. Article in Ithaca Daily Journal taken from the Canadian Monthly on the founding and development of Cornell University. Aug. 6, 1873
- 2. Bibliography from topic
Dates:
1857-1920,-1870-1905 (bulk)
Copy of proceedings in the House of Representatives over Morrill Act
File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Research notes, correspondence, printed material, clippings, and drafts pertaining to Hewett's Cornell University: A History, including material on the Morrill Act, which provided land grants to state educational institutions; information on the founding of Cornell University; biographical notes on Andrew Dickson White, Henry W. Sage, Jacob Gould Schurman, and other Cornell professors and benefactors; histories of the various schools, departments, buildings, clubs,...
Dates:
1857-1920,-1870-1905 (bulk)
Statistics
File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents
- 1. Sheets entitled "Tables Complied from the First Editions of the Cornell University Registers for the Years 1886-1887 to 1890-1891"
- 2. Sheet entitled "Table Showing by Years the Number and Kinds of Degrees Granted by Cornell University"
Dates:
1857-1920,-1870-1905 (bulk)
Pages from The History of Cornell University by Hewett in Landmarks of Tompkins County with photos of Henry W. Sage and Hiram Corson
File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Research notes, correspondence, printed material, clippings, and drafts pertaining to Hewett's Cornell University: A History, including material on the Morrill Act, which provided land grants to state educational institutions; information on the founding of Cornell University; biographical notes on Andrew Dickson White, Henry W. Sage, Jacob Gould Schurman, and other Cornell professors and benefactors; histories of the various schools, departments, buildings, clubs,...
Dates:
1857-1920,-1870-1905 (bulk)
The Precursors of Cornell University
File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents
1. Pages from Public Acts of the State of Conn. on the establishment of the Storrs Agricultural College
2. A Prospectus of the People's College (typewritten)
3. Digest of an article in the Tribune by Horace Greeley (June 1850)
4. Notes on founding of People's College
5....
Dates:
1857-1920,-1870-1905 (bulk)
The National Land Grant
File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents
1. Letter to Hewett from Sen. Morrill relating short history of his bill
2. A printed act from New York State Legislature concerning a settlement between New York and Ezra Cornell in reference to the sale and location of the college land scrip
3. A circular letter promoting the Morrill Bill of 1873 for further financial aid to agricultural colleges
...
Dates:
1857-1920,-1870-1905 (bulk)
The United States Government and Higher Education - a short handwritten account by Hewett
File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Research notes, correspondence, printed material, clippings, and drafts pertaining to Hewett's Cornell University: A History, including material on the Morrill Act, which provided land grants to state educational institutions; information on the founding of Cornell University; biographical notes on Andrew Dickson White, Henry W. Sage, Jacob Gould Schurman, and other Cornell professors and benefactors; histories of the various schools, departments, buildings, clubs,...
Dates:
1857-1920,-1870-1905 (bulk)