Scope and content Correspondence, notes, and documents from 1890-1891, 1897, 1907, and 1909, including glass negatives and photographic prints. Correspondence and notes relate to the history of Phi Beta Kappa and plans to produce a book on its history. Documents include Phi Beta Kappa meeting minutes from circa 1777-1781, and a typewritten transcript of those minutes, as well as the text of an oration in Syriac. Also included are extensive typewritten notes on the history of the Parmele [sic] family, whose...

Content Description

Collection contains papers and ephemera documenting Ruth Gates Fishers' time at Cornell University, as well as reunion memorabilia. Includes athletics admission tickets, registration cards, correspondence, class reports, freshman desk books, booklets from reunions, postcards, and a small felt pennant (MU-4024).