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Thomas Frederick Crane papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 14-18-136

Scope and content

Manuscripts, notes, and speeches relating to folklore, medieval and Renaissance literature; correspondence from Andrew Dickson White, and others pertaining to Cornell University, its buildings, and campus planning; and correspondence regarding the publication of Crane's articles. Also, an honorary diploma granted to Crane by Princeton University and signed by Woodrow Wilson, 1903; and a portrait of Crane by Truman E. Fassett, commissioned by the Cornell Class of 1909 and presented to the university in 1925.

Dates

1875, 1888-1926.

Creator

Crane, Thomas Frederick, 1844-1927. (Person)
Fassett, Truman E. (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Professor of Romance language and literature, dean and acting president at Cornell University. He was imortalized as Tee Fee Crane in the Cornell song Give My Regards to Davy.