Content Description Collection contains the scrapbook of Frances S. Murphy, class of 1924. Included are photographs of the audience at Rutgers v. Cornell, 1921 Freshman Banquet at Risley Hall, an all-woman cast dressed in sailor, priest, businessman, infant, and period-typical masculine and feminine attire; ephemera from Lowville Academy (Murphy was elected as “class poet” for her high school commencement), Prudence Risley Hall Library, Women’s Athletic Association, American Red Cross, Women’s Self Government...

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Photographs of the Cornell University campus, especially interior and exterior views of Prudence Risley Hall. Also 1915 Music Festival Program and program of the Alumni Supper and Smoker for the Semi-Centennial Celebration, 1919.

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Broadsides, posters, and other announcements describing Cornell musical and theatre programs, lectures, concerts, and other events relating mainly to Risley Hall and Theatre. Collection of digital images and videos from 2022 showing the murals and paintings that once adorned the walls of Risley before renovations, with information regarding their former location in the building. Also includes a program from the production of "The Bedtime Story" by Sean O'Casey including Christopher Reeve.