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White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918.

 Person

Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:

Letters to Samuel Campbell

 Collection — Manuscript box 69 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924078882416]
Identifier: 6370
Scope and content

Letter from Ezra Cornell to Samuel Campbell relating to a shorthorn bull, Dec. 23, 1869; letter from Andrew Dickson White to Campbell describing the veterinary medicine program at Cornell and asking him to help fund a building for it, March 21, 1870; and letter from James Law to Campbell about government regulation to prevent the spread of "foot and mouth disease," May 9, 1871.

Dates: 1869-1871.

Margaret Milmoe papers

 Collection — Manuscript box 29 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065307732]
Identifier: 47-2-2331
Scope and content

An episode of '73, a handwritten reminiscence about the laying of the cornerstone of Sage College at Cornell University, written ca. 1919. Also, program for Class Day exercises, 1886; letters from Jacob Gould Schurman, T. F. Crane, and George P. Bristol; obituary, February 9, 1940; and printed remarks by Andrew Dickson White on the selection of his successor, 1885.

Dates: 1886-1924.

Morse family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2394
Scope and content Includes a letter (Syracuse, 1910) to Effie Dallas Morse (Mrs. Virgil D. Morse) from Ellen M. Mitchell; a typescript copy of a letter (Copenhagen, 1915) to Mrs. Morse from her son, Robert V. Morse (Cornell University Class of 1911, LL.B. 1915) concerning the anti-American attitude in Germany; a letter (Albany, 1930) from Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt to Virgil D. Morse expressing his regrets at being unable to attend the opening of the Ithaca Reconstruction Home; a scrapbook (1903-1909) of...
Dates: 1880-1945.

Moses Coit Tyler collection

 Collection — Bound manuscript 48++ (index--photocopy): [Barcode: 31924117272827]
Identifier: 14-17-2641
Abstract

Diaries, lecture notes, and commonplace books by Moses Coit Tyler, and letters to him from others.

Dates: 1779-1900-(bulk 1850-1900)

Othon Goepp Guerlac papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-18-473
Scope and content

Correspondence, French notes, department exams and French exercises; newspaper clippings and other printed material and two letters from Andrew Dickson White about birthday celebration and military training at Cornell. Also includes clippings about France during World War I, French Communist party posters, clippings on Guerlac's trip to America, a collection of autographs and lantern slides of Guerlac's trip to the Klondike.

Dates: 1873-1932.

Thomas Alexander Hamilton letters, 1868-1913.

 Collection — Manuscript box 1 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065264156]
Identifier: 37-10-m.219
Scope and content

Letter, 1868, from Hamilton to his father describing conditions and events at the University during the first term of instruction, particularly a packing crate fire that roused faculty, students, and townspeople on a winter's night; letter from Andrew Dickson White to Hamilton, 1913, thanking him for a friendly note and commenting on the graduation activities in progress at Cornell at the time of his writing.

Dates: 1868 - 1913; Undated

United States Bureau of Education surveys concerning Cornell University

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064945300]
Identifier: 47-1-423
Scope and content

Printed forms containing detailed questions about the university, filled in in manuscript with data for Cornell University. Questions focus on the university as a whole, its library, its school of agriculture and the mechanic arts, and its museums of natural history, art, and archeology. Several of the forms were filled in by Andrew Dickson White himself.

Dates: 1873-1875.

United States passport

 Collection — Mapcase folder 1
Identifier: 1-2-3952
Scope and content

Passport from the Embassy of the United States of America to the German Empire for Ida May Cooper, signed by Andrew Dickson White, Ambassador, January 23, 1899.

Dates: 1899.

Utica daily press

 Collection — Manuscript box 3 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065264362]
Identifier: 20-1-m.495
Scope and content

Utica Daily Press, Feb. 23, 1885, with a long article on the organizational meeting of the New York State Forestry Association, including a letter from Andrew Dickson White commending the purpose of the meeting and expressing his regrets at not being able to attend.

Dates: 1885.

Waterman T. Hewett papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065172110]
Identifier: 14-18-391
Scope and content

Letters to Hewett, and reports, notes, and drafts of articles by him, including many letters from Andrew Dickson White, and regular reports by Hewett to Cornell President Jacob Gould Schurman on the activities of the German Department. Correspondents besides White and Schurman include Charles S. Francis, Hiram Corson, and William Elliot Griffis.

Dates: 1891-1918.

Additional filters:

Subject
Photographs 6
Scrapbooks 3
Diaries 2
Telegraph. 2
Women college students. 2
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Agriculture -- Study and teaching. 1
Alaska -- Boundaries -- Canada. 1
Alaska, Southeast. 1
Alchemy -- Bibliography -- Catalogs. 1
American literature -- History and criticism. 1
American literature -- Study and teaching. 1
Antislavery movements. 1
Archaeology -- Pictorial works. 1
Architecture -- Details -- Pictorial works. 1
Architecture -- Pictorial works. 1
Architecture -- Study and teaching. 1
Art museums -- Pictorial works. 1
Art, Modern y 18th century z Great Britain. 1
Bookplates. 1
Brakes -- Patents. 1
Cairo (Egypt) -- Pictorial works. 1
Catholics -- Theology. 1
Church and state -- Catholic Church -- History. 1
Church and state -- History. 1
Civil service 1
Coeducation. 1
College teachers 1
Commercial buildings -- Pictorial works. 1
Commonplace books. 1
Communism -- France. 1
Crew. 1
Decorative arts -- Pictorial works. 1
Demoniac possession. 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 -- Pictorial works. 1
Europe -- Politics and government. 1
Foot-and-mouth disease. 1
Forests and forestry -- New York (State) 1
Fortification. 1
French language -- Study and teaching -- United States. 1
Gardens -- Pictorial works. 1
Germany -- Description and travel. 1
Guyana -- Boundaries -- Venezuela. 1
Higher education and state. 1
Historians -- United States. 1
History -- Study and teaching. 1
Inquisition. 1
Inventions. 1
Ithaca (N.Y.) 1
Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Description and travel. 1
Lawyers -- New York (State) 1
Letters (correspondence). 1
Letters of recommendation. 1
Letters of recommendation. 1
Literary historians -- United States. 1
Magic. 1
Manuscripts -- Collectors and collecting. 1
Manuscripts for publication. 1
Monuments -- Pictorial works. 1
Museums -- Pictorial works. 1
Negatives. 1
New York (State) -- Social life and customs. 1
Occultism -- Bibliography -- Catalogs. 1
Occultism. 1
Office buildings -- Pictorial works. 1
Palaces -- Pictorial works. 1
Passports -- United States -- History. 1
Passports. 1
Politics, Practical 1
Public buildings -- Pictorial works. 1
Puritans -- Theology. 1
Puritans -- United States. 1
Railroads -- New York (State) 1
Real property -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
Religion and law. 1
Religious facilities -- Pictorial works. 1
Reports. 1
Romance languages -- Study and teaching 1
Rowing -- Training. 1
Rowing. 1
Russia -- Description and travel. 1
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) 1
Science -- History -- Sources. 1
Sculptors. 1
Sex discrimination against women -- Europe -- History. 1
Sex discrimination against women -- Germany -- History. 1
Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History. 1
Shorthorn cattle. 1
Sketches. 1
Soap trade -- France -- Marseille. 1
Street photography. 1
Tintypes (prints) 1
Torture. 1
Translating and interpreting -- Japan. 1
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