Archives at Cornell

Edward L. Robertson scrapbook

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 37-5-3044

Scope and content

Scrapbook documenting Edward L. Robertson's student life at Cornell, particularly the Cornell baseball team. Also memorabilia relating to a trip to the Philippines via Japan taken by him in 1903, including a letter of introduction from Cornell President Jacob Gould Schurman.

Dates

1899-1903.

Creator

Robertson, Edward L. (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Cornell University Class of 1901. Edward Livingston Robertson graduated from Cornell with a law degree (LL.B.). He was a member of the Varsity baseball team in 1900 and 1901, and its captain in the latter year. He was also a member of Quill and Dagger, the senior honorary society, and of Chi Phi fraternity. After graduation Robertson became a lawyer and a New York State Supreme Court Justice from Syracuse.