Scope and content
Letters written by Arthur Charles Lindemuth and other Cornell students describing student activities, dedication of Sage Chapel, victories of crew, preaching of Henry Ward Beecher in Sage Chapel, improvement of university grounds, and condition of student rooms; letters from Lindemuth's family in Greenville, Ohio, relating to the temperance movement, public school affairs, fire companies, sending supplies to son at college, and the effect of the depression of 1873 on the picture frame business; letters from a naval cadet concerning visits to Philadelphia and Wilmington and a railroad car factory and shipbuilding yards there.
Dates
- 1873-1877.
Creator
Biographical / Historical
. Cornell University Class of 1875.
Extent
.2 cubic feet. (.2 cubic feet.)
Language of Materials
English
- Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887.
- Cornell University -- : Students.
- Depressions -- 1873 -- United States.
- Families -- Ohio -- Greenville.
- Fire departments -- Ohio -- Greenville.
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Description and travel.
- Public schools -- Ohio -- Greenville.
- Railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Cars.
- Sailors.
- Shipyards -- Delaware -- Wilmington.
- Shipyards -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
- Temperance.
- Wilmington (Del.) -- Description and travel.
- 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
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