Newspapers and clippings with articles and illustrations concerning Cornell University, especially from its early years. Topics include the founding principles and growth of the University, its secular nature, its lands in Wisconsin, and anniversaries in its history. Individuals discussed include Cornell's founder Ezra Cornell and early presidents Andrew Dickson White and Jacob Gould Schurman. Newspapers represented include the Sonntagsblatt der N.Y. Staats-Zeitung (a New York paper in German), Troy times, Catholic union and times, Daily telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), New York herald tribune, Evening post (New York), and others. Typewritten letters from the donors accompany some of the items.

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