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Willard Straight Hall (Ithaca, N.Y.)

 Organization

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Alison Mason Kingsbury papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3663
Abstract

Drawings, illustrations, and paintings; charcoal landscape drawings; exhibition catalogs and reviews; bound volumes of sketches, notebooks and pamphlets. Also, "Unheralded Artist: Alison Kingsbury," Princeton University undergraduate thesis by Holly Markovitz, 2000.

Dates: [ca. 1923]-1965.

Andrea Strongwater recollections

 Collection — Manuscript box 32 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065300323]
Identifier: 37-5-2885
Scope and content

Recollection of student life of a Cornell University undergraduate, with particular reference to campus episodes of student unrest on campus, especially the occupation of Willard Straight Hall.

Dates: 1996

Cornell University concert and Sage Chapel programs

 Collection
Identifier: 14-20-417
Abstract

Programs of concerts and recitals at Cornell University.

Dates: 1878-2017.

Cornell University pictorial works

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 47-1-2395
Scope and content Engravings of entrance to Willard Straight Hall on the Cornell University campus, by Albert Edward Milliken. Also engravings of Sage Chapel, the Library Tower, and the statue of Ezra Cornell, by Milliken, with poems by Albert W. Smith. Framed engravings of the Tower, Sage Chapel, and the statue by Milliken, and of the War Memorial by Kenneth Washburn. Scope and Contents Page...
Dates: ca. 1870-2005.

Dorothy Whitney Straight Elmhirst papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3725
Abstract

Includes both sides of Dorothy's correspondence with Willard D. Straight; letters from friends and relatives. Also materials on civic activities, correspondence on Willard Straight Hall, and correspondence on The New Republic and Asia magazines.

Dates: 1887 - 1978; Majority of material found within 1887 - 1926

John Edgar Chance papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-5-2863
Scope and content Student memorabilia including programs, invitations, certificates, and other items, particularly relating to Willard Straight Hall and Hotel Ezra Cornell. Also a photocopy of a talk given by Chance to the Montclair Historical Society based on the diaries of William Hull Botsford with annotations by Talitha Botsford. Includes a specially made Cornell rug (1943) designed for Chance, circa 1941, by his father using a process he patented for inlaying carpet with a backing and produced by...
Dates: 1939-1982

Steven Muller interview by Keith R. Johnson

 Collection — Manuscript box 32 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065300935]
Identifier: 47-8-2898
Scope and content

Transcript and audiocassette of an interview with Muller conducted by Keith R. Johnson concerning activities at Cornell University, particularly events surrounding the occupation of Willard Straight Hall, Spring 1969. Includes discussion of the role of then President James A. Perkins.

Dates: 1994.

Willard Dickerman Straight papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1260
Abstract

Microfilmed papers of Willard D. Straight consist of personal and official correspondence, both original and typescript copies, and reports chiefly concerning his association with the Chinese Imperial Customs Service (1902-04). Documented is his employment with Reuters during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05); with the United States Department of State in Korea and Manchuria (1904-09); and with Edward H. Harriman, Jacob H. Schiff, and J.P. Morgan and Company (1904-09).

Dates: 1825-1925.

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