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Information gathered from tombstone inscriptions, arranged alphabetically by name. Includes birth and death dates, names of father, mother, and spouse, and veteran status.

Scope and content Primarily correspondence of Cornell Librarians George William Harris, Willard Austen, and Otto Kinkeldey concerning such routine library matters as requests for information, receipts for books, donations, and other business. Also, miscellaneous correspondence of Woodford Patterson, Albert William Smith, David Fletcher Hoy, Justin Winsor, and letters to the C.U. Board of Trustees and faculty members. Some correspondence relates to the Fiske collections. ...

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Baseball given to Davy Hoy to throw out to inaugurate Hoy Field, Cornell's baseball field, in 1922. Digital photographs and memorabilia associated with a July 23, 2008 event to commemorate the ball coming back to Cornell that was held at the former home of Davy Hoy, 225 Fall Creek Drive. David F. Hoy III, Davy's grandson, presented the ball to Cornell.

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Contains letters of October 4, 1894 from E.S. Williams, Cornell Treasurer to Mrs. Rebecca Mullan (mother of Francis Drexel) and April 6, 1895 from David F. Hoy, Asst. Registrar of Cornell University to Mr. John Mullan (father of Francis Drexel). There is also one envelope postmarked Ithaca, NY August 8, 1895. Letter of October acknowledges receipt of $50 for tuition; letter of April advises that the faculty will consider the readmission of the son in September 1895.