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Class of 1871 photograph album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 37-5-4089

Scope and content

Leather-bound album of cabinet card photographs of selected members of the Class of 1871. Album also contains some other photos, including tintypes. The album contains the following: James Freeman Clarke 1869-1870 '71, did not graduate. Myron Kasson 69-71; '71 BVS, Cornell's first Bachelor of Veterinary Science degree. Miller Armstrong Smith 68-71; '71 BCE. August (Augustus) Doerflinger 69-71; BCE '71 CE '90. Anita Marson, child actress. Miss Williams of Ithaca, New York, possibly a young Jane Williams Newman. Elisha Dwyer Leffingwell 68-71; '71. Robert Ossian Kellogg 68-71; '71 Ph.B. George La Tour Smith 69-71; '71 BCE '74 CE. Alva Morse Baldwin 69-72; '72 Ph.B, card says '71. Robert Goodloe Harper Speed 68-71 '71 Ph.B. Irving Hoagland 68-71; '71 BS, '71 Ph.B. Frederic Schoff 68-71; '71 BCE. '90 CE at one point the oldest living alumnus in the state of Pennsylvania. Charles Granger Canfield 70-72 Optional scientific course. Augustus James Rogers 68-71 '71 Ph.B. James Gilroy of Dansville, New York. Boys of Belfast, New York, photo of several young men. Asahel Norton Fitch 68-71 '71 Ph.B. Mahlon Gaylord Peters 69-72 '72 BS. Samuel Whitfield Salmon 68-71; '71 BCE. Rose Gable of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. James F. [unreadable], this photograph also appears in another 1871 album also unidentified, the name does not match up with student lists from other sources. Sanford Freeman Huntley 68-71, 76-77; '71 BS. George Alden Benton 69-71 '71 AB. Eugene Jacob Hadley 68-73; '71 BS, CE. Albert Henry Sewell 68-71; '71 BS. John Elliott More 68-71 '71 AB. George Whitfield Scott Ingraham 68-71 '71 AB. Loring Higbee Barnum 68-71; '71 Ph.B. Royal Taft 68-71 '71 BS, when he died he was Cornell's oldest living alumnus. John Milton McNair 68-71 '71 BS. William Penn Ryman 68-71 '71 BS. Ida M. Bean of Madison Wisconsin, probably Lawrence University '72. Lizzie Lee of Albany, New York, colored tintype of a girl. Julia Smith age 10.5 years, Knapp Creek, Otto, McKean County, Pennsylvania. Loose photos include: Florence Duke, taken March 15, 1872. Unidentified female colored tintype, possibly singer Christine Nilsson. Unidentified male colored tintype. Unidentified girl, photo by R. A. Lewis, New York. Additional pages that are labeled, but not matched to photos: Nilsson. Fannie Smith from Hornellsville, New York. Ida Albertson. Edward Everett. A photo that was there at one point, has a labeled page, but is now missing: William Stebbins Barnard 68-71, 73-74; '71 BS.

Scope and content

The album has had the photos removed and replaced at some point and they were replaced out of order. A previous owner, not the original at some point penciled in labels for some of the photos based on the reordered position and these are in conflict with pencil labels that appear older, probably from the original owner. Not all the photos are labeled. There are several spaces for photos that are labeled that do not appear to match up with photos that are included or are not possible to match up with loose photos. Also contains some modern, printed, biographical information about some of the included individuals.

Dates

  • 1871.

Creator

Language of Material

English.

Biographical / Historical

Kirkland William Ingham attended Cornell from 1869-71 and was class of 1871 when he received a Ph.B. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.

Extent

1 volumes. (1 volumes.)

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
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