Cornell University Treasurer's Office miscellanea
Scope and content
Correspondence and financial records of or relating to the Treasurer's Office. Topics include the Cornell Woman's Guild, boiler contracts, acquiring telephones, tests of coals for the boiler plant, disposal of boilers and smokestacks, the Keokuk (Iowa) Railway and Power Company, light bulb contracts, protests of customs duties; warrants (for property taxes?) from Randolph County, Missouri; repairs to Emerson Cottage on South Avenue in Ithaca, New York; the moving and repairing of four houses on campus; and repairs to a lathe. Correspondents include E.L. Williams, Charles D. Bostwick, Babcock & Wilcox, Westinghouse Lamp Company, and the law office Comstock & Brown in New York City.
Dates
- 1877-1926-(bulk 1900-1913).
Creator
- Cornell University. Treasurer's Office (Organization)
- Williams, E. L., active 1904. (Person)
- Bostwick, Charles D., 1870-1937. (Person)
- Babcock & Wilcox Company (Organization)
- Westinghouse Lamp Company (Organization)
- Comstock & Brown (Organization)
Language of Material
In English.
Biographical / Historical
E.L. Williams was the Treasurer of Cornell University in the early 1900s; Charles D. Bostwick was the Assistant Treasurer.
Extent
.4 cubic feet. (.4 cubic feet.)
- 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)