Cornell University Office of the Registrar records
Scope and content
Records of matriculating students (2 MS. vols., 1868-1899) by year of entry; records of student course work (3 MS. vols., 1868-1885) by name of student; records of admission to advanced standing or to the Graduate Department and related data concerning the students' previous study (1 MS. vol., 1886-1909); registrar's copies of reports made by the university trustees and the Cornell Law School to the University of the State of New York, the New York State Board of Regents and Education Department, the Bureau of Education of the Department of the Interior, and the American Association of Collegiate Registrars (1 notebook, 1889-1934); matriculation data for September 1909 giving students' names, the schools they last attended, and credits accepted at admission, apparently copied for the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
In addition, correspondence, rosters, memoranda, data, and printed material concerning the scores of Cornell freshmen on various standardized tests taken in 1942, 1946, and 1947, the Selective Service Act of 1948 and the university policies and procedures relating to it (1948-1954), and the Students' Army Training Corps at Cornell (1918) and the Work of the Faculty Committee on Courses for the SATC, including correspondence of Frank A. Barton, Cornelius Betten, Charles Love Durham, Charles H. Hull, Dexter Kimball, Veranus A. Moore, and James A. Winans. Includes backup microfilm of Office's records (transcripts and college announcements).
Also, grade reports/grade forms (SP73-SP82); advanced placement credit accepted #16442-16461; degree lists, 1942-1956; and Special Program Record, U.S. Navy Dept., 1943-1944.
Dates
- 1868-2008.
Creator
- Cornell University. University Registrar (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
Access to individual student records restricted to permission of student and office of origin.
Extent
265.3 cubic feet. (265.3 cubic feet.)
6 volumes. (6 volumes.)
164 microfilm reels. (164 microfilm reels.)
Language of Materials
English
Processing Information
Contains former collection #36-1-876.
- American Association of Collegiate Registrars
- Barton, Frank Arthur, 1869-1921.
- Betten, Cornelius, 1877-1962.
- Cornell University -- : Students.
- Cornell University. Committee on Military Service
- Durham, Charles Love, 1872-1949.
- Education -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
- Hull, Charles Henry, 1864-1936.
- Kimball, Dexter S. (Dexter Simpson), 1865-1952.
- Moore, Veranus A. (Veranus Alva), 1859-1931.
- United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps
- United States. Army. Students' Army Training Corps
- United States. Bureau of Education
- United States. Navy
- University of the State of New York
- Winans, James Albert, 1872-1956.
- 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
607-255-3530
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