Box 1
Container
Contains 34 Results:
The University Library
File — Box: 1, Folder: 36
Scope and Contents
- 1. Pamphlet - "Twenty-Five Years of the Annals of Cornell University Library, 1868-1893"
- 2. Statistics on Library Staff, assistants, cataloguers, etc.
- 3. Historical sketch of library
Dates:
1857-1920,-1870-1905 (bulk)
Biographies - Benefactors and Professors - 2 Envelopes
File — Box: 1, Folder: 37-38
Scope and Contents
First Envelope: Newspaper clippings
a. Death of Prof. H. Tuttle of History
b. New appointment - Alexander B. Trowbridge
c. Resignation of Prof. Durand, Director of Sibley College
d. Resignation of Miss L.S. Brownell because teaching job not ratified...
Dates:
1857-1920,-1870-1905 (bulk)
Letters of Amos Brown (Rev.)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Brown was an educator, administrator, President of People's College at Havana, New York, for several years, lobbyist for the 2nd Morrill Bill, and assisted in groundwork for the establishment of Cornell University. May 30, 1857-Apr. 23, 1865. Concerned mainly with affairs of the People's College at Havana, New York, and with progress of Morrill Act. (12 items)
Dates:
1857-1920,-1870-1905 (bulk)
Report on the trends in education and events leading up to the founding of Cornell in 1865 ., 1865
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Much material on Rev. Amos Brown and his efforts with the agricultural college at Ovid. Written by W.H. Brewer, Mar. 11, 1894, and Apr. 3, 1894. (80 pages)
Dates:
1865
Secret Societies
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
1. Dates of the Establishment of the Various Secret Societies at Cornell (Fraternities)
2. Lists of Charter Members of Fraternities
3. Correspondence: letters from Cornell fraternities giving data on their founding and charter members in answer to an inquiry by Hewett, 1904; also postcards on the same subject, 1898
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Dates:
1857-1920,-1870-1905 (bulk)
University Fellowships, Scholarships and Prizes
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
- 1. Statute establishing Scholarships and Fellowships at Cornell
- 2. Lists of Scholarships and Fellowships, data on examination and announcements of Scholarships and Fellowships
- 3. Newspaper clippings
- 4. List of Law Prizes, 1889-1899; Fuertes Medals; Sands Medals in Architecture, etc.
Dates:
1857-1920,-1870-1905 (bulk)
Woodford Prizes - The 1886 Memorial Prize Speakers; The 1894 Memorial Prize Debators, 1886, 1894
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
- 1. Woodford - June 19, 1871-May 6, 1904
- 2. 1886 Prize - May 7, 1887-May 31, 1904
- 3. 1884 Prize - Jan. 10, 1895-Jan. 9, 1904
Dates:
1886; 1894
Copy of The Cornell Era, vol. XXVI, NO. 10,, Dec. 2, 1893
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
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:
Dec. 2, 1893
Clubs - Notes on founding and activities of clubs at Cornell
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
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)
Musical and Drama Organizations
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
- 1. History of the Glee Club, Cornell Symphony and various choral groups from foundation to 1904
- 2. Pages from 1896-1904 catalogues on music courses available
- 3. History of Dramatic Clubs, mainly lists of yearly productions and their costs to 1904
Dates:
1857-1920,-1870-1905 (bulk)