Scope and content
Includes two account books for a retail business, 1936-1941; broadside advertising weekly review classes offered by the school; two folders of notes on problems and solutions for courses in mechanics; and a letter and note addressed to Schaff from Yale University Library (1942).
Dates
- 1918-1941.
Creator
- University Tutoring School (Organization)
Biographical / Historical
The University Tutoring School was a private school in Ithaca, New York run by Harold H. Schaff.
Biographical / Historical
Born in 1900, Harold H. Schaff served in the Air Force in World War I, then graduated from Yale in 1921 and earned his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1930. He taught history at the University of Wisconsin, Syracuse University, and later Cornell. He was also the head of the University Tutoring School until he was appointed secretary to New York State Lieutenant Governor Thomas W. Wallace. While still in Ithaca he also organized the Share a Smoke Club, a charity that provided American cigarettes to British troops in World War II. He also served as executive secretary of the New York State War Council.
Extent
.4 cubic feet. (.4 cubic feet.)
Language of Materials
English
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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