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Sphinx Head Society records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-6-1919

Scope and content

Correspondence; minutes and minute books; initiation book; address book, directories, newsletters, and membership lists; items relating to the 50th anniversary in 1940; constitution and bylaws; and financial records of the Sphinx Head Society at Cornell University. Also, Sphinx Head Constitution and membership book, signed by initiates every year since 1891. Photographs including group photos of members.

Scope and content

Includes Skorton/Murphy Appreciation Banner (2015).

Dates

  • 1890-2015.

Creator

Restrictions on Access

Access restricted to documented members of the Sphinx Head Society, except for Box 5.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

The "Sphinx Head Constitution" membership book in box 2 may be borrowed each semester for signatures of initiates.

Extent

2.6 cubic feet. (2.6 cubic feet.)

Language of Materials

English

Alternate Form Available

Sphinx Head Constitution and membership book: available on CD.

Related Materials

See Cornell University Building Files, #47-10-4032, for images of the former meeting place and former Carl Sagan house tomb.

Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)