Floyd R. Newman papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 37-5-1619

Scope and content

The Floyd R. Newman papers document Newman’s Cornell experience as a student and alumnus, his professional career, family and travels dating 1893-1990. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, programs, menus, broadsides, clippings, pamphlets, Cornell memorabilia and World War I artifacts. Subjects include class of 1912 and reunions, Allied Oil Company, Churchville, N.Y., F.R. Newman Arboretum, China and Japan. Correspondence includes letters regarding "The Great Ice Follies of 1912," when Newman and four other Cornell students skated the length of Cayuga Lake, including the skates Newman wore. Also, letters from Floyd Newman's son, John A. Newman (Cornell University Class of 1943), concerning Mario Garcia Menocal (Cornell University Class of 1888), Cuba's first popularly elected president, and his brother, Adolpho Jose Menocal (Cornell University Class of 1888). World War I artifacts include medals, helmets, and French and German bayonets. Cornell memorabilia include sports shoes, helmets, banners and buttons.

Scope and content

Also, a collection of World War I memorabilia including photographs, medals, helmets, French and German bayonets and German uniform items; and memorabilia and documents from the Shanghai Volunteer Corps. Some materials are on display at the Wortham Museum in Barton Hall.

Dates

1893-1990.

Creator

Newman, Floyd R. (Floyd Roy), 1890-1990. (Person)
Duncan, David C. (Person)
Dunlop, David. (Person)
Bland, Anne. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Access Restrictions:

Access to Boxes 45, 46, 49, 50, 53, 54, 56, 57 is restricted.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Cornell University Class of 1912. Floyd Roy "Flood" Newman was born in Casnovia, Michigan in 1890 and grew up in Churchville, New York. In 1908, he entered Cornell University where he majored in chemistry and participated actively in athletics. In February 1912, he skated the length of Cayuga Lake. While at Cornell, Newman was a member of Bandhu Fraternity, which later became Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. Following his graduation, Newman went to Shanghai, China, as a Standard Oil Company trainee. There he joined the Shanghai Volunteer Corps and rose to the rank of first lieutenant. As an Army officer in World War I, Newman helped organize the distribution of petroleum supplies to the armed services in the United States and France. In 1925 he co-founded the Allied Oil Company, Inc. of Cleveland. He was co-owner and secretary-treasurer of the company until 1948 when it merged with the Ashland Oil and Refining Company. Newman was a former Cornell University Trustee and served as a Presidential Councillor. He gave Helen Newman Hall, Newman Lab and the F.R. Newman Arboretum to Cornell, and supported the University's geological sciences and athletic programs.

Extent

73.9 cubic feet. (73.9 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Floyd R. Newman was born in Casnovia, Michigan in 1890 and grew up in Churchville, New York. Newman's papers document his Cornell experience as a student and alumnus, his professional career, family and travels dating 1893-1990. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, programs, menus, broadsides, clippings, pamphlets, Cornell memorabilia and World War I artifacts.

PARTIAL INDEX

Cornell miscellaneous: Boxes 7-10, 32-36
FRN miscellaneous: Boxes 10-12, 36-44
Allied Oil Company (see also Box 42 for Ashland): Boxes 12-13, 18, 29
FRN family (mother, father, uncles, aunts, etc.): Boxes 13-15
Churchville, New York: Boxes 15-16
FRN travel: Boxes 16-28
Cornell personnel: Boxes 30-31
FRN friends: Box 31
FRN confidential (RESTRICTED): Box 45
Helen Newman (partially RESTRICTED): Box 46
FRN employees - Hemlock Hollow and 862: Boxes 47-48
Elizabeth Newman Wilds and family (RESTRICTED): Box 49
John A. Newman and family (RESTRICTED): Box 50
Hemlock Hollow - services: Boxes 51-52
FRN - financial (personal) (RESTRICTED): Boxes 53-54, 56-57
FRN - medical: Box 55
Unsorted papers: Boxes 58-60
Slides: including Morocco-Madrid-London, 1965, 1959, 1963; 3D slides, various locations, 1956-1957; photographs of trips, 1952, 1958, 1962; photograph albums, video tapes, cassettes, tape recordings, Christmas cards, magazines, scrapbooks, post cards, misc.: Boxes 61-72
Correspondence, 1950s, 1980s: Box 73
Correspondence, 1940s: Box 74
Correspondence, 1920s-1930s: Box 75
Correspondence, 1908-1919: Box 76

Physical Description

Correspondence, photographs, passports, programs, menus, broadsides, clippings, pamphlets, newspapers, portraits, drawings, sports equipment, military artifacts, clothing, and other items.