Scope and content
Scrapbook documenting social events at Cornell and in Ithaca, including programs, photographs, dance cards, telegrams, invitations, and other memorabilia. Includes photographs of student rooms.
Dates
- 1901-1902.
Creator
- Cook, Edith Marguerite. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Edith Cook was born in 1882 in Yonkers, the daughter of Sarah Rebecca Williams. Her father, Isaac Newton Cook, graduated from Cornell in 1875. Her brother, Joseph Williams Cook, a member of Theta Delta Chi, graduated in 1902. During his senior year, Edith came to Ithaca to live with her uncle, Emmons L. Williams (Cornell University Treasurer). She married Edwin James Collins in 1906; their son Emmons Williams Collins graduated from Cornell in 1927, and her great granddaughter, Samantha Neurather, will graduate in 2005.
Extent
1 volumes. (1 volume.)
Language of Materials
English
- 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
607-255-9524 (Fax)