Raymond Floyd Howes papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 3204

Scope and content

Collection consists primarily of correspondence, scrapbooks, pamphlets and booklets by Raymond Floyd Howes. Correspondents include members of the E.B. Titchener family, Bower Aly, Richard Armour, Mary Boynton, Rand Evans, Wilbur S. Howell, Laura L. Howes (Howe's granddaughter), Everett Lee Hunt, and Colston E. Warne. Also, photograph and programs. Also includes a diary (1895) of Howes' mother, Eleanor (Nora) Mary Titchener, sister of E. B. Titchener, concerning trans-Atlantic travel, and social life in Cascadilla Hall, a faculty residence at Cornell University.

Dates

1895-1984.

Creator

Howes, Raymond F. (Raymond Floyd), 1903- (Person)
Titchener, Eleanor Mary. (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Educational administrator. Howe graduated from Cornell University, Class of 1924. After teaching at the University of Pittsburgh (1924-1926) and at Washington University, St. Louis (1926-1936), Howes became Executive Secretary of the Cornellian Council of Cornell University. Howes was later appointed assistant to Engineering Dean Solomon C. Hollister and assistant to the provost, dealing primarily with fundraising. In 1951, he joined the staff of the American Council on Education, Washington, D.C. Howes authored several books, including OUR CORNELL, 1939. He was also the nephew of E.B. Titchener, a prominent psychologist and Cornell professor.