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Cornell, Ezra, 1807-1874.

 Person

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Francis Miles Finch proposal

 Collection — Manuscript box 1 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065266359]
Identifier: 2-2-m.28
Scope and content

Proposal by Francis Miles Finch to assume Ezra Cornell's contracts for college lands, October 14, 1874.

Dates: 1874.

Franklin Cuthbert Cornell family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1-1-456
Abstract

Family papers, correspondence, and miscellaneous items concerning Franklin C. Cornell and son, Franklin C. Cornell, Jr.

Dates: 1857-1938.

George Frederick Behringer papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-5-242
Scope and content Autograph book containing signatures of Ezra Cornell, Andrew Dickson White, Behringer's classmates and members of the 1869 faculty; a volume of class notes from his year at Cornell containing a lecture on moral philosophy by William Dexter Wilson; and diplomas and certificates of George F. Behringer. Inlcudes diploma from Cornell's first commencement in 1869. Since Behringer was one of the eight members of the first graduating class and because was first alphabetically this is the very first...
Dates: [ca.1868-1909]

Horace Mack papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 955
Scope and content

Pamphlets and photographs pertaining to the Cornell University Class of 1880, including a letter from Justin S. Morrill to Andrew D. White; and maps of Ithaca, New York, and other cities in the states. Deed from Stephen Dodd and Mary Dodd to Jeremiah S. Beebe, Stephen B. Munn, and Horace Mack, 1828. Also two volumes of poetry (one bound and in a wooden box); and a framed photograph of Ezra Cornell that belonged to Horace Mack.

Dates: 1815-1888.

Hu Shih papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 41-5-219
Scope and content Writings of Hu Shih, including copies of several versions (1911, 1962), some with handwritten corrections, of a biographical sketch of Ezra Cornell, written in Chinese in 1911 and first published in 1915; "The Philosophy of Browning and Confucianism" (21 page typescript carbon), an essay which he wrote while at Cornell and read (1915) before the Browning Society of Boston; "Intellectual Preparedness" (9 page mimeo), his address at the Union College Commencement exercises (1940); his...
Dates: 1915-1990.

Minor H. Brown reminiscences

 Collection — Manuscript box 2 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065263968]
Identifier: 47-2-m.323
Scope and content

Reminiscences of Minor H. Brown, a member of the Class of 1892 and a life-long Ithaca resident. He recalls how as a child he went to Ezra Cornell's funeral with his mother; a crew race in 1875 when Cornell University under John Ostrom defeated twelve other crews; a conversation in upper New York State vernacular between Francis Miles Finch and Andrew Dickson White; and his many “pilgrimages” back to Cornell University.

Dates: n.d.

Mitchell and Barnes families papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3785
Abstract

Papers consist primarily of correspondence, land and other legal documents, daybooks, photographs, and clippings. Early documents largely concern the transfer and use of land in central and eastern New York.

Dates: 1791-1999.

Newspaper articles on Cornell University

 Collection — Portfolio 1: [Barcode: 31924118692080]
Identifier: 47-1-4206
Scope and content Newspapers and clippings with articles and illustrations concerning Cornell University, especially from its early years. Topics include the founding principles and growth of the University, its secular nature, its lands in Wisconsin, and anniversaries in its history. Individuals discussed include Cornell's founder Ezra Cornell and early presidents Andrew Dickson White and Jacob Gould Schurman. Newspapers represented include the Sonntagsblatt der N.Y. Staats-Zeitung (a New York paper in...
Dates: 1868-1922.

Philip Dorf papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064718269]
Identifier: 2328
Scope and content

Includes letters to Dorf concerning THE BUILDER from Allan Nevins, James A. Perkins, Eva Thomas, Nelson A. Rockefeller, and Frank Rhodes; a letter from Dorf to Edith Fox recalling visits to Frederic Treman Johnson and Liberty Hyde Bailey; "scrapbook" of clippings, reviews, and letters relating to Dorf's biography of Liberty Hyde Bailey, 1956. Also, Columbia recording, 78rpm, "Cornell," sung by Cornell Glee Club, ca. 1925.

Dates: 1952-1977.

Sage Hall cornerstone box

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1-1-3251
Scope and content Lead box found in the cornerstone of Sage Hall included a letter from Ezra Cornell; photographs of Henry W. Sage and Susan Linn Sage; a copy of the Cornell University Registers from 1868-69, 1869-70, 1870-71, 1871-72, and 1872-73 (2 copies); Cornell University Laws and Documents; the Cornell Era, May 9, 1873; the Evening Journal Almanac, 1873; and newspapers from May 14, 1873, including The Ithaca Journal, The Ithaca Daily Democrat, and The New-York Times. Also, photographs of the opening...
Dates: 1873-1997.

Additional filters:

Subject
Photographs 11
Deeds. 3
History -- Study and teaching. 3
Telegraph. 3
College teachers 2
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Diaries 2
Diplomas. 2
Diplomats. 2
Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs. 2
New York (State) -- Politics and government. 2
Poems 2
Railroads -- New York (State) 2
Real property, Exchange of. 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. 2
Agricultural colleges. 1
Agriculture -- New York (State) 1
Allegany County (N.Y.) 1
Ambassadors. 1
Architecture -- Study and teaching. 1
Aurora (N.Y.) -- History. 1
Botanical specimens. 1
Botany 1
Bounties, Military -- United States. 1
Canals. 1
Cayuga County (N.Y.) 1
Cayuga County (N.Y.) -- Politics and government. 1
Certificates. 1
Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863. 1
Chemung County (N.Y.) 1
China. 1
Cider industry -- New York (State) 1
Civil service 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
Congressmen. 1
Daybooks. 1
DeRuyter (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works. 1
Diplomacy. 1
Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Germany 1
Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Soviet Union 1
Dressmaking -- Patterns. 1
Dryden (N.Y.) 1
Dutchess County (N.Y.) 1
Education -- Political aspects. 1
Education. 1
Europe -- History. 1
Europe -- Politics and government. 1
Families -- Genealogy. 1
Families -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799. 1
Germany -- Description and travel. 1
Greek letter societies -- New York (State) 1
Guardian (Manchester, England). 1
Guyana -- Boundaries -- Venezuela. 1
Herpetology. 1
Higher education and state. 1
Historians. 1
Historiography. 1
History -- Research. 1
History -- Societies, etc. 1
Inventories 1
Ithaca (N.Y.) 1
Ithaca (N.Y.) -- History. 1
Land titles -- Dakota Territory -- Registration and transfer. 1
Land titles -- Illinois -- Registration and transfer. 1
Land titles -- Registration and transfer. 1
Lantern slides. 1
Library architecture -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
Logging. 1
Lumbering. 1
Lutheran Church -- Clergy. 1
Manuscripts for publication. 1
Maps. 1
Memorabilia 1
Michigan -- Description and travel. 1
Montgomery County (N.Y.) 1
Mortgages. 1
New York (State) -- History. 1
Notebooks 1
Onondaga County (N.Y.) 1
Orwell (Vt.) 1
Photogaphic prints. 1
Plaques (flat objects). 1
Politics, Practical 1
Politics, Practical -- New York (State). 1
Protectionism -- United States. 1
Psychologists. 1
Public libraries -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
Railroads -- New York (State). 1
Real estate investment. 1
Real property -- Kentucky -- Rowan County. 1
Real property -- New York (State) -- Allegany County. 1
Real property -- New York (State) -- Tompkins County. 1
Reminiscences. 1
Reports. 1
Republican Party Campaign 1871. 1
Rowing. 1
Russia -- Description and travel. 1
Samplers (embroidery). 1
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) 1
Saratoga County (N.Y.) 1
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