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Engraved portraits by Jacques Reich include Andrew Dickson White (6 copies); John Paul Jones, James Madison, Wiliam Makepeace Thackeray, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell, Charles Evans Hughes, and one identified portrait.

Scope and content Collection contains letters from Agassiz to Edwin Percy Whipple concerning Agassiz' interests in a museum and new photographic processes; to Andrew Dickson White concerning the need for adequate university instruction in the United States and making recommendations for faculty appointments at Cornell University; letters to Dom Pedro II; also includes a reprint of the account "Agassiz' Last Lecture at Cornell." Also includes a framed portrait of Agassiz that previously hung in Stimson...

Scope and content Manuscripts, notes, and speeches relating to folklore, medieval and Renaissance literature; correspondence from Andrew Dickson White, and others pertaining to Cornell University, its buildings, and campus planning; and correspondence regarding the publication of Crane's articles. Also, an honorary diploma granted to Crane by Princeton University and signed by Woodrow Wilson, 1903; and a portrait of Crane by Truman E. Fassett, commissioned by the Cornell Class of 1909 and presented to the...