Risley Hall (Cornell University)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Pratt family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-5-722
Scope and content
Papers of Henry Valentine Pratt (Cornell University Class of 1890) include a letter (1885) from W.A. Randall of Rochester, advising him to join a college fraternity, letters (1885) from L.H. Barnum, School Commissioner at Bloods, Steuben County, New York, advising him against fraternities and introducing him to Professor John Lewis Morris at Cornell, where Pratt had won a Regents scholarship, and an essay (1887) written for a social science class on the Willard Asylum and other state...
Dates:
1885-1996,-1885-1935 (bulk)
Prudence Risley log
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065230710]
Identifier: 37-3-169
Scope and content
Account of student activities at Risley Hall (a women's dormitory at Cornell University) kept by Warden Gertrude Nye, including descriptions of the Women's Dramatic Club, the Student Government Association, and social events written by residents of Risley; copied letters from Andrew Dickson White to Margaret Olivia Slocum (Mrs. Russell) Sage concerning her gift of the building to Cornell; and 1910-11 programs and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1913-1923.
Risley Theatre posters
Collection — Mapcase folder 1: [Barcode: 31924113560068]
Identifier: 37-5-3441
Scope and content
Poster for La Recherche and Dead Letter and poster for Josephine: The Mouse Singer, printed by Pathos Press.
Dates:
1991.