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Fiske, Willard, 1831-1904.

 Person

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Andrew Dickson White papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1-2-2
Abstract

Collection consists of papers relating to White's activities as educator, politician, and diplomat.

Dates: 1832-1919.

Edward P. Evans letters

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065173183]
Identifier: 1-2-227
Scope and content Letters to Edward P. Evans from Andrew Dickson White, Willard Fiske, and Horatio S. White relating to family life; European travels; political and social life in the United States; and literary and historical matters; including Cornell University; University of Michigan; election of 1872; religion; the McGraw-Fiske will case; Charles Kendall Adams; Henry Ward Beecher; Ruth White Ferry; Ulysses S. Grant; Prince Chlodwig Hohenlohe; William McKinley; Clara White Newberry; Arthur Schopenhauer;...
Dates: 1870-1915.

Fiske Icelandic Collection records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 13-6-2713
Scope and content

Records of the accessioning of material into the Fiske Icelandic Collection at Cornell University. Also, brass nameplate for W. Fiske.

Dates: 1905-1985.

Goldwin Smith papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-17-134
Abstract

Correspondence; scrapbooks; journals; clippings; addresses; translations; drafts, manuscripts, and articles; printed copies of works by or about Goldwin Smith

Dates: 1819-1921,-1844-1915 (bulk).

Horatio Stevens White papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-18-492
Scope and content

Correspondence concerning the Dept. of German and White's professorship and lectures, University policy, student affairs, and personal matters. Correspondents include Tracy Peck, Willard Fiske, Charles Kendall Adams, Henry Shaler Williams, and others.





Dates: 1876-1905.

Hudson and Fiske families

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064939543]
Identifier: 2629
Scope and content Includes receipts (1781-82) for a Continental Army soldier's pay, disbursed by William Hudson (1751-1841); five certificates (1827-39) attesting to the promotion in the New York State Militia of his son William F. Hudson, and to his appointment as postmaster in Lindseyville, New York; correspondence, affadavits, and declarations (1853-54) pertaining to W.F. Hudson's unsuccessful efforts to obtains the pension benefits from his father's Revolutionary War service; W.F. Hudson's docket (1 vol.,...
Dates: 1781-1882.

Ithaca and New York City area programs and invitations

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 11-8-267
Scope and content Programs for cultural events in Ithaca, New York and in New York City, mainly for plays and concerts. Dramatic performances include plays by J.M. Barrie; plays featuring actors William Gillette, Tyrone Power, Maude Adams, and others; and performances by the Cornell Dramatic Club, the Cornell Women's Dramatic Club, and the Cornell Masque, as well as other performances at the Lyceum Theatre in Ithaca and the Apollo Theatre in New York. Musical performances include concerts by the Philharmonic...
Dates: 1880-1922-(bulk 1903-1921).

McGraw family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2355
Abstract Business and family correspondence, relating to lumbering interests near Canadea, New York; McGraw family genealogy; diaries and accounts of travels in France, Italy, Germany, Russia, and Egypt; Jennie McGraw Fiske diaries refer to travels in England and on the Continent, and to Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, and New York. Other subjects include Cornell University faculty members, the settlement of the estate of John McGraw, and a memorial to McGraw by the Cornell University Board of...
Dates: 1854-1956.

William E. Lucas scrapbook

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-5-2682
Scope and content

Scrapbook of Cornell activities, including letters from James Gluck, William C. Russel, and dealing with alumni activities, Psi Upsilon, the dedication of the Brooklyn Bridge, Willard Fiske, and John D. Warner. Also, bound copy of "Syllabus in Rhetoric" and "The History and Elements of the English Language." Also, Phi Beta Kappa invitation, 1884; and a diploma signed by William C. Russel.

Dates: 1872-1886.

Additional filters:

Subject
College teachers 2
Germany -- Description and travel. 2
Photographs 2
Russia -- Description and travel. 2
Spanish-American War, 1898. 2
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United States -- Politics and government. 2
Accounts. 1
Acquisitions (Libraries) -- New York (State) 1
Agriculture -- New York (State) -- Sandy Creek. 1
Architecture -- Study and teaching. 1
Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) 1
Canada -- Ethnic relations. 1
Canada -- Foreign relations -- United States. 1
Canada -- Politics and government. 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Description and travel. 1
Civil service 1
Colleges and universities -- Canada. 1
Colleges and universities -- United States. 1
Courts -- New York (State) -- Sandy Creek. 1
Detroit (Mich.) -- Description and travel. 1
Diaries 1
Diplomacy. 1
Diplomas. 1
Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Germany 1
Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Soviet Union 1
Diplomats. 1
Education -- Political aspects. 1
Education. 1
Egypt -- Description and travel. 1
England -- Description and travel. 1
England -- Foreign relations -- Russia. 1
English language -- History. 1
English language -- Study and teaching. 1
English literature. 1
Europe -- Politics and government. 1
Families -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
Farm rents -- New York (State) -- Sandy Creek. 1
France -- Description and travel. 1
French-Canadians. 1
Genealogy -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
German -- Study and teaching. 1
Great Britain -- Politics and government. 1
Guyana -- Boundaries -- Venezuela. 1
Higher education and state. 1
Historians. 1
History -- Study and teaching. 1
Icelandic -- Study and teaching. 1
Imperialism. 1
Invitations. 1
Ireland -- Politics and government. 1
Italy -- Description and travel. 1
Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs. 1
Jews -- History -- 1789-1945. 1
Journalists. 1
Justices of the peace. 1
Labor unions -- Political activity. 1
Libraries -- Special collections. 1
Lumber trade -- Minnesota. 1
Lumber trade -- New York (State) -- Canadea. 1
Lumber trade -- Ontario. 1
Lumber trade -- Wisconsin. 1
Manuscripts for publication. 1
Military pensions 1
Mills and mill-work -- Minnesota. 1
Mills and mill-work -- Ontario. 1
Mills and mill-work -- Wisconsin. 1
Music -- New York (State) -- New York. 1
New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel. 1
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Description and travel. 1
Philippines. 1
Politics, Practical 1
Politics, Practical -- Canada. 1
Politics, Practical -- England. 1
Politics, Practical -- United States. 1
Programs (documents) 1
Protectionism. 1
Railroads -- Canada. 1
Reports. 1
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) 1
Scrapbooks 1
Sensationalism in journalism. 1
Socialism. 1
Stereoscopic photographs. 1
Theater -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
Theater -- New York (State) -- New York. 1
United States -- Foreign relations -- Canada. 1
United States -- History -- 1849-1877. 1
United States -- History -- 1865-1921. 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. 1
United States -- Social life and customs. 1
Venezuela -- Boundaries -- Guyana. 1
Wedding announcements. 1
Weddings -- New York (State) 1
Women -- Suffrage -- United States. 1
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