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China journal and memorabilia

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 14-2-2543

Scope and content

Collection contains a journal written from notes taken in China, representing a set of impressions rather than a diary of specific events. Also includes a brass paperweight (MU-1040), a small decorative spear or awl (MU-1043, a letter opener with bone handle (MU-1042), and a stein from the Country Club of Ithaca Men's Handicap 1902 (MU-1041).

Scope and content

Also, biographical material and publicity.

Dates

1980.

Creator

Seznec, Alain. (Person)

Restrictions on Access

Access to Box 1 restricted to the permission of donor.

Biographical / Historical

Professor; Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; Carl Kroch University Librarian. In 1980, Alain Seznec was part of a Cornell delegation to China, led by Cornell president Frank Rhodes. Other participants included then-Provost Keith Kennedy; Tom Everhart, Dean of the College of Engineering; Alison Casarett, Dean of the Graduate School); and five faculty members.