Andrew Strong White and Claire Howard White papers
Scope and content
Included are manuscripts of 16 essays (ca.1886) written by Mr. White while an undergraduate at Cornell; extracts from lectures on paleontologyand geology given by Professor Henry Shaler Williams, 1886-87; Junior Prize for Oratory medal, 1887; two candlesticks inscribed "Second Prize, Land and Water Contest"; record book pertaining to the Salina and Central Square Plank Road Company of Syracuse, a railroad company of which White was a stockholder and officer, including minutes of Board of Directors' meetings, accounts, an undated list of stockholders, and correspondence, 1905-14; letter to White from Theodore Roosevelt, 1914; two autograph books; clippings, broadsides, four phonograph albums, and programs (ca. 1934-ca. 1954) concerning the musical career of Mrs. White (Claire Alcée); two framed portraits of the Whites by Frank Salisbury; family photographs; a library inventory; five scrapbooks; and a Russian tea set sent as a gift from Andrew Dickson White while he served as U.S. Ambassador to Russia. Two photos of Harry Irving Howard '20, Claire's brother, in box four, one with Quill and Dagger pin. Also, one phonograph recording: Mme. Claire Alcée recital and interview, Willard Sektberg, accompanist: 1. Wohin - Schubert, 2. Die wasser Lillie-Grieg, 3. Dos cantares popolares-obradors, 4. "Le nozze di Figaro," Mozart. Two metal candlesticks, presenting Corinthian style columns MU-904, MU905- Box 2; A pair of binoculars into a leather case (MU1190- Box 2). Also, A.D. White tea set, including tea pot, creamer, sugar bowl, strainer, slop jar, tongs and lemon fork.
Dates
- 1886-1963.
Creator
- White, Andrew Strong, 1867-1952. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Lawyer. Andrew Strong White, nephew of Cornell University President Andrew Dickson White, received B.A. and LL.B. degrees from Cornell in 1888 and 1893. In 1918 he married [Nellie] Claire Howard, who studied opera in Europe and performed recitals in the United States and abroad under the professional name Claire Alcée. Mr. White practiced law in Syracuse, New York, and managed his family's real estate holdings.
Extent
1.5 cubic feet. (1.5 cubic feet.)
Language of Materials
English
- Accounts.
- Autographs (manuscripts).
- Broadsides (notices)
- Cornell University
- Howard, Harry Irving.
- Phonograph records.
- Photographs
- Portraits.
- Prizes.
- Railroads -- New York (State)
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
- Salina and Central Square Plank Road Company
- Scrapbooks
- Singers.
- Singing.
- White, Claire Howard, 1886-1963.
- Williams, Henry Shaler, 1847-1918.
- Women singers.
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Box: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- mu: 1028 (Mixed Materials)
- mu: 1029 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 5 (Mixed Materials)
- mapcase folder: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 5 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 1 (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)