Abstract

The bulk of this collection consists of letters from Caplan's colleagues, graduate students, friends, and family members, and notes and drafts of his replies. Also included are speeches and lectures, course materials, bibliographies, subject files, notes, manuscripts, reprints and other published material, diaries, photographs, sketches, materials concerning Cornell, and other papers reflecting Caplan's career as a classics professor.

Scope and content Programs, exams, and memorabilia from the Class of 1934, including a parody Spring Day newspaper, which includes early Dr. Seuss cartoon, and parody poems by Milton Marx. Also, reminiscences by Winifred Saltzman about her student days, with references to Moses Leavitt, to Frederick Marcham, and to Kurt Lewin and Robert Ogden; and material and poems relating to Cornell Adult University classes. Includes letters from Glenn Altschuler, Harry Caplan, Anthony Caputi, Max and Michal Black, Mary...