Typescript of Founder's Day speech, "Engineering as a Profession," by William Barclay Parsons, 1901, with a published Chinese translation by Dr. W.A.P. Martin, Shanghai, American Presbyterian Mission Press, 1902; reprint of "On Founder's Day," by Professor Edward L. Nichols, The Scientific Monthly, Vol. XIV, No. 5, May, 1922; and Founder's Day program, 1957.

Nichols' University of Leipzig Collegien-Buch, with names of physics lectures attended, professors' signatures, and other information. Also, a bibliography of Nichols' publications from 1878 to 1930 (21 pp. typescript carbon).

98 pages of typewritten correspondence between Cornell University administrators and faculty and architects at Carrère & Hastings, discussing specifications for Rockefeller Hall, and also updates to the electricity and lighting in Goldwin Smith Hall. Correspondents include Jacob Gould Schurman, Robert Henry Treman, George S. Moler, Edward L. Nichols, Owen Brainard, and others.