Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942.
Person
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Adeline Carrie Kiep scrapbook and miscellany
Collection
Identifier: 37-5-929
Abstract
Collection documenting the academic and social life of Adeline Carrie Kiep, Cornell University Class of 1905, during her time as a student. Collection includes materials on Kiep’s coursework; her membership in Kappa Alpha Theta; her attendance at theatrical productions and other performances on campus and in Ithaca. Collection contains scrapbook, loose scrapbook pages, news clippings, event programs, and additional ephemera.
Dates:
1903-1905.
Alonzo B. Cornell letters and receipts
Collection — Manuscript box 54 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065252151]
Identifier: 3028m
Scope and content
Two letters written by Alonzo B. Cornell and four receipts written by others. The receipts concern payments made for army allotments to the families of soldiers of the 137th New York Volunteers infantry regiment during the Civil War. The two letters, both written in 1893, express Alonzo Cornell's wishes that the original allotment roll of the 137th Regiment from October 1864 be deposited in the Cornell Library. The letters are addressed to Jacob Gould Schurman, President of Cornell...
Dates:
1864-1893.
Charles Evans Hughes letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 18-2-m.130
Scope and content
Included are letters from James O. Griffin and H. B. Hutchins pertaining to Hughes' appointment to the faculty of the Cornell Law School, 1891; his own letter, June 9, 1891 to Cornell President Charles Kendall Adams accepting the appointment; President Jacob Gould Schurman's letter, January 3, 1893, accepting Hughes' resignation; Schurman's letter, Nov. 9, 1916, commending Hughes on the ever of his defeat in the presidential elections of 1916; Schurman's letter, Feb. 14, 1930, congratulating...
Dates:
1891-1940.
Cornell University autograph and memorabilia collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924093405185]
Identifier: 47-1-3485
Scope and content
Autographed letters and other memorabilia signed by Ezra Cornell, Andrew Dickson White, Jacob Gould Schurman, Livingston Farrand, Thomas Frederick Crane, William I. Myers, George H. Sabine, and others. Also 1873 Cornell Navy Regatta program and photograph of Crew coach Charles Courtney.
Dates:
1870-1952.
Cornell University committee conspectuses
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065173332]
Identifier: 2-7-89
Scope and content
Records primarily of Cornell University's Committee on General Administration and also the Board of Trustees, consisting mainly of conspectuses (summaries of issues to be addressed) for meetings. Topics include the Law School, the Medical College, representation of faculty on the Board of Trustees, a proposal to limit the number of students, Delta Chi house, plans for the War Memorial and other buildings on West Campus, faculty appointments, purchases of land and buildings, and allocation of...
Dates:
1920-1928.
Cornell University miscellaneous autograph collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070744143]
Identifier: 47-1-3692
Scope and content
Letters and documents to, from, or relating to Cornell people and subjects. Items include letter from Reuben G. Thwaites to Charles Kendall Adams, 1874; award to Cornell University from the U.S. Centennial Commission, 1877; poem, "Naenia" by Willard Fiske for Jennie McGraw Fiske; John Lyons ('83) to [A. Luzerne]? Coville, n.d.; Hiram Corson to Charlotte Porter, 1888; M. W. Stryther to Henry W. Sage, n.d.; Edward P. North to Estevan A. Fuertes; Samuel Willi Brown ('73), 1897; E. Singleton,...
Dates:
1874-1929.
Cornell University School of Civil and Environmental Engineering records
Collection
Identifier: 16-4-23
Scope and content
Correspondence and circular letters surrounding the search for a new Dean or Director for the College of Civil Engineering. Correspondents include Cornell University President Jacob Gould Schurman, Robert H. Thurston, Frank S. Washburn, R. H. Treman, Charles D. Marx, Walter C. Kerr, and many others.
Dates:
1900-2015.
Gail and Stephen Rudin Cornelliana Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 47-1-4159
Scope and content
Letters and documents from and to Ezra Cornell relating to the Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Railroad, to Douglass Boardman regarding the telegraph business, from Thomas Rooker about an "acoustic telegraph," and from Conrad Milton about a "percussion shell." Letters from Andrew Dickson White to. W. C. Crane about the possible purchase of a newspaper for the Library and to Abner I. Phipps doubting a visit to New England. A manuscript written by Jacob Gould Schurman for an anthology to be produced...
Dates:
1848-1931.
Galloway-Schurman papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064918281]
Identifier: 21-2-52
Scope and content
Letters, telegrams, and newspaper clippings concerning Galloway's recruitment and service as Director and then Dean of the New York State College of Agriculture. Topics include the College's budget, cases of individual students requiring special consideration, relations with New York State, extension work, and the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva.
Dates:
1914-1917.
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].
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- Scrapbooks 3
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- Agricultural extension work. 1
- Ambassadors. 1
- American literature -- History and criticism. 1
- American literature -- Study and teaching. 1
- Balkan Peninsula -- History. 1
- China. 1
- Circular letters. 1
- Commonplace books. 1
- Crew. 1
- Diaries 1
- Diplomas. 1
- Diplomatic and consular service, American 1
- Diplomats. 1
- Education. 1
- Engineering schools -- New York (State) -- Ithaca -- Administration. 1
- Germany. 1
- Greece. 1
- Historians -- United States. 1
- International relations. 1
- Letterpress copybooks 1
- Literary historians -- United States. 1
- Montenegro. 1
- New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 19th century. 1
- Philippines. 1
- Philosophy -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
- Political campaigns. 1
- Postcards. 1
- Railroads -- New York (State) 1
- Religion. 1
- Rowing. 1
- Telegraph. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. 1
- United States -- History -- Study and teaching. 1
- United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. 1
- Women college students. 1
- Women's rights -- United States 1
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