Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931.
Person
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Bristow Adams papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3205
Abstract
Consists of papers of Bristow Adams, journalist, professor, forester, and illustrator. Various materials document his journalistic career, including early work with a paper in D.C.; his editorial responsibilities on Stanford University publications; and his work as publications program director for the College of Agriculture at Cornell. From his student years are sketches of fur seals; college memorabilia; and many letters to his mother. Also, photographs from work for the US Forest Service;...
Dates:
1853 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1957
Burt Green Wilder papers
Collection
Identifier: 14-26-95
Abstract
Diaries; notes and charts pertaining to family genealogy; clippings concerning vivisection; correspondence, photographs, and printed material pertaining to spiders, phrenology, hygiene and education, writing music, Nantucket Island, the Field family, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., temperance, natural history, Wilder's career as a medical cadet and military surgeon during the Civil War; activities of members of the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry and the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry both...
Dates:
1841-1925.
George Lincoln Burr papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065203709]
Identifier: 14-17-22
Abstract
Letters, diary fragments, notes, manuscripts, and other material documenting Burr's boyhood in Newark Valley, New York, and his student days at Cortland Academy, at Cornell University, and at Leipzig University; his travels and activities in Europe collecting rare books and manuscripts for Cornell; his relationship with Andrew Dickson White; his relationships with other American and European scholars and his students; his work for the Venezuela-Guiana Boundary Commission; and his interest in...
Dates:
1861-1942.
Grove Literary Society records
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064934130]
Identifier: 37-6-190
Scope and content
Grove Literary Society records consist of descriptions of members; accounts of weekly activities, including journeys to regions around Ithaca; bits of poetry and song; minutes of meetings. Among the officers and members were Roswell Leavitt and David Starr Jordan.
Dates:
1869-1872.
Henry W. Sage papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1155
Abstract
The Sage papers consists of material pertaining to his business interests, the affairs of Cornell University, and his personal interests.
Dates:
1814-1930.
Jacob Gould Schurman papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3-4-6
Abstract
The Schurman papers consist of correspondence, addresses, photographs, testimonials, diplomas, certificates, newspaper clippings, printed material, and records of the New York Constitutional Convention (1915). The material listed covers Schurman's career as a teacher, college president, and diplomat; the majority of the papers involve his role in national and foreign affairs. His views on American imperialism are reflected in letters to President McKinley, David Starr Jordan, David J. Hill,...
Dates:
1867-1942, [1986].
James G. Needham papers
Collection — Box 1 (unprocessed)
Identifier: 21-23-479
Abstract
Correspondence and documents describing the career of James G. Needham.
Dates:
1884-1957.
Jared Treman Newman papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2157
Abstract
Jared Treman Newman was an Ithaca, New York attorney, 1893-1896, and mayor, 1907-1908; Cornell University Trustee, 1895-1903 and 1907-1933; and a bank official.
Dates:
1803-1953,-1803-1937 (bulk)
Lena Lillian Hill Severence papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064947553]
Identifier: 2790
Scope and content
Letters to Lena Hill Severence, plus two pamphlets and a mimeographed item. Letters concern her efforts to secure pension legislation for teachers in New York State. Correspondents include New York State Normal School officials Myron T. Scudder, William J. Milne, and Isaac B. Poucher; university presidents Andrew D. White, Jacob Gould Schurman, James B. Angell, David Starr Jordan, and Charles W. Eliot; lawyer and politician Elihu Root; New York State legislator Jesse S. Phillips; and New...
Dates:
1903-1916.
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.
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 2
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