Scope and content Collection includes photographs of Cornell students, campus scenes, and views of Ithaca, New York; a photocopied diary of Charles Curtis; a scrapbook of clippings, correspondence, programs, and other items collected by Mr. and Mrs. Curtis, as well as student scrapbooks completed by each while they were students at Cornell; press plate and manuscript music for the Class of 1888 song, written by Charles Curtis; letters from former classmates acknowledging receipt of the Class of 1888 song,...

Scope and content Papers of Herbert Harrison Morehouse (Cornell Class of 1889) include a series of letters to his family concerning student life, with reference to freshman-sophomore contests, sports, cider raids, military drill, Bible classes and church services, a Henry George meeting (October 1887), excursions to local scenic places, his class schedules, and readings by Professor Hiram Corson, as well as a letter (1890) from Robert Henry Thurston, congratulating him on his new position in Central America,...