Abstract The Cornell University Ceramics, Glassware, and Metalware collection consists of items commissioned by the University, fraternities and societies, and departments. Materials include correspondence concerning Cornell Wedgwood china; full sets of Cornell Plates, made by Wedgwood, in Mulberry and blue, with twelve different designs, depicting Cornell scenes and buildings including the Crescent, Sage Chapel, Baker Laboratory, Myron Taylor Hall, Goldwin Smith Hall, Balch Halls, the Clock Tower,...

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Two account books of expenses, kept by Towner as a student at Cornell; Phi Beta Kappa banquet menu; Senior Week/Commencement program, 1940; two Cornell R.O.T.C. pins; and a Cornell pin.

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Cornell memorabilia includes a football player doll (MU-1383), a stuffed dog (Mu-1382), Cornell matchbooks (MU-1381), a small pennant and pin (MU-1379-1380), and various reunion buttons (MU-1377) and patches (MU-1378).

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Two scrapbooks compiled by Eleanor Colden Shear and one compiled by Herbert Shear contain programs, menus, tickets, dance cards, corsages, broadsides, photographs, and memorabilia documenting student life at Cornell University. Also a Cornell banner with various pins attached and Cornell diplomas, a Cornell stuffed dachshund, a needlepoint of the Cornell seal, a bobblehead football player, a Cornell plate, photograph and pencil sketch of Eleanor Colden.

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Photographs, including carte-de-visite pictures, cabinet cards, stereo views, prints and negatives. Also scrapbooks.

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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.

Scope and content Collection of documents mainly created by Sproull regarding his life. Includes autobiography, oral history interview, curriculum vitae, speeches and publications. Topics include his education experiences at Deep Springs College, Telluride Association, and Cornell University. Work regarding experimental physics and nuclear studies at Princeton, Cornell and Rochester. Copies of talks and papers on various aspects of nuclear and atomic studies, global warming, and education. Copy of a speech...

Scope and content Certificates for Phi Kappa Phi, Red Key, Freshman Advisory Committee, Cornell Athletic Association, Tau Beta Pi, Delta Tau Delta, and Quill and Dagger. Also his diploma, Junior Week programs, articles, 1938 Pennsylvania football program. Delta Tau Delta fraternity paddle, 1939 Cornell football team pillow embroidered with players' names and scores. Photo of classmates in graduation gowns with military service noted, Delta Tau Delta members, house, and house events, football team photos,...

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William H. Habicht, class of 1940, course material, engineering notebooks, and pilot log books.