Cornell University
Found in 2936 Collections and/or Records:
Prescott Winson and Daphne Showalter Townsend papers
Preserving the Past oral history project transcripts and tapes
Transcripts and audio tapes of interviews with members of the Classes of 1922-1941 and conducted by members of the Class of 1966 and 1997 at Cornell's annual reunions in 1996 and 1997. Also includes videotapes of interviews conducted in 2002-2003. Digital versions of some of these interviews as well as some additional interviews and transcripts are also included.
President's chair note and motto
Note, written in German script, dated at Spandau, German, September 24, 1868, with translation by George Lincoln Burr, 1928: 'Go out into all the world and testify to what is born, even in prison walls, from strength, from patience, and from loving toil. The United Workmen."
President's commission on self-governance records
Correspondence, subject files, preliminary and final reports, findings, surveys, and other records of the commission examining the issue of self-governance at Cornell University.
President's Committee on Long Range Financial Planning records
Includes correspondence and reports of a committee chaired by Edmund T. Cranch.
President's Council of Cornell Women records
Includes meeting minutes, bylaws, membership information, publicity photographs, DVDs, CDs and videotapes.
President's house collection
"A History of the Cornell University President's House," 2006, by Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings. Items collected by Elizabeth Rawlings include a copy of a letter from David Perkins about growing up in the house and a letter from Lolly Treman with some notes about her experiences at the house.
President's retreats records
Includes executive staff retreat reports, outlines, comments, plans, minutes, and other records concerning issues at Cornell, including material relating to the quality of undergraduate education; budgets; the State University of New York, its origin and funding; housing; admissions policies; graduate work; planning; buildings; minority education; faculty recruitment and tenure; fund raising; and student government.
Priscilla Ferry reminiscences
Includes "Grandpa White and His Wonderful House," a six page transcript of Ferry's recollections of Andrew Dickson White and his house on the Cornell campus; also, a six page typescript of an interview with Ferry conducted by Edith M. Fox, 1957.
Priscilla Gage Specht, collector. Sigma Kappa suspension papers
Letters and mimeographed material relating to the suspension of the Cornell chapter of Sigma Kappa by the national organization for pledging an African-American girl.
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- Collection 2893
- Archival Object 43
- Subject
- Photographs 678
- Scrapbooks 434
- Women college students. 138
- Women college students -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 134
- College teachers 99
- Diaries 83
- Greek letter societies. 67
- Videotapes. 47
- Greek letter societies -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 37
- Postcards. 33
- College students 28
- Account books 26
- Ithaca, New York 26
- Negatives. 26
- Programs (documents) 26
- World War, 1914-1918 26
- Drawings. 23
- Photograph albums. 23
- History -- Study and teaching. 22
- Ithaca (N.Y.) 22
- Motion pictures (visual works). 22
- Slides (photographs). 22
- Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works. 21
- Architecture -- Study and teaching. 20
- Broadsides (notices) 20
- Physics -- Study and teaching. 20
- Reminiscences. 20
- Cyanotypes. 19
- Diplomas. 19
- Genealogies. 19
- Student movements. 19
- Lecture notes. 18
- Programs (documents). 18
- Blueprints. 17
- College students -- Political activity. 17
- College teachers -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 17
- Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs. 17
- Rowing. 17
- Students -- Political activity. 17
- Agriculture -- Study and teaching. 16
- Architectural drawings. 16
- Engineering -- Study and teaching. 16
- Menus 16
- Minutes (administrative records) 16
- Minutes. 16
- Notebooks 16
- Oral histories. 16
- Women -- Societies and clubs. 16
- Agriculture -- Economic aspects. 15
- Class reunions. 15
- Entomologists 15
- Mechanical engineering -- Study and teaching. 15
- Agriculture. 14
- Botany 14
- Botany -- Study and teaching. 14
- Maps. 14
- New York (State) -- Ithaca 14
- Geology -- Study and teaching. 13
- Lantern slides. 13
- Minority college students -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 13
- Physicists. 13
- World War, 1939-1945 13
- African American college students 12
- Cornell daily sun. 12
- Education. 12
- Philippines. 12
- Poems 12
- Sketches. 12
- Speeches 12
- Student movements -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 12
- Accounts. 11
- City planning 11
- College administrators 11
- College students -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 11
- College students -- Political activity -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 11
- Lawyers 11
- Posters. 11
- Universities and colleges -- Faculty 11
- Women college teachers. 11
- Agriculture -- New York (State) 10
- Architects. 10
- Chemistry -- Study and teaching. 10
- China. 10
- Families -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 10
- Geologists. 10
- Nutrition. 10
- Authors. 9
- Campus planning. 9
- Entomology -- Study and teaching. 9
- Entomology. 9
- Japan. 9
- Memorabilia 9
- New York (State) -- Politics and government. 9
- Politics, Practical 9
- Psychology -- Study and teaching. 9
- Questionnaires. 9
- Tompkins County (N.Y.) 9
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements 9
- Academic freedom. 8
- Agricultural education. 8 + ∧ less