Gail and Stephen Rudin Cornelliana Collection
Scope and content
Letters and documents from and to Ezra Cornell relating to the Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Railroad, to Douglass Boardman regarding the telegraph business, from Thomas Rooker about an "acoustic telegraph," and from Conrad Milton about a "percussion shell." Letters from Andrew Dickson White to. W. C. Crane about the possible purchase of a newspaper for the Library and to Abner I. Phipps doubting a visit to New England. A manuscript written by Jacob Gould Schurman for an anthology to be produced by the World League for Peace (Ligue mondiale pour la paix), 1931. Student scrapbook of William H. Wienhober from Cornell University (1904-1906) and the Colorado School of Mines, with photographs, printed ephemera, and other items, 1904-1908.
Dates
- 1848-1931.
Creator
- Rudin, Stephen (Collector, Person)
- Cornell, Ezra (Date of work: 1807-1874..) (Person)
- White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918. (Person)
- Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942. (Person)
- Wienhoeber, William Herman. (Person)
Language of Material
In English.
Extent
7 items. (7 items.)
- Boardman, Douglass (Date of work: 1822-1891..)
- Colorado School of Mines
- Cornell University -- : Students.
- Cornell University. Class of 1908
- Cornell, Ezra (Date of work: 1807-1874..)
- Crane, W. C.
- Milton, Conrad.
- Phipps, Abner I.
- Railroads -- New York (State)
- Rooker, Thomas.
- Scrapbooks
- Telegraph.
- Utica, Ithaca, and Elmira Railroad
- World League for Peace
- 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
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)