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Arthur Henry Sagendorph glass plate negatives collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 37-5-4232

Scope and content

18 glass plate negatives that contain images of the Cornell University campus circa 1900. Photographs include one of the Cornell barns, goats, the Trolley going over the gorge bridge, the arts quad with student cadets, McGraw clocktower and Boardman Hall, Sibley Hall East without the dome constructed, Dairy building (now the north side of Goldwin Smith Hall), Cayuga Lake, Morse Hall, the Hydraulic Lab, the Cornell hydroelectric power station taken from the suspension bridge. There is also an image of possibly football players at what may be Percy Field. Two photos are of Sagendorph in front of a house and one photo shows a number of people in front of a house numbered 156.

Dates

  • circa 1900.

Creator

Language of Material

English.

Biographical / Historical

Arthur Sagendorph attended Cornell for a Special Course in 1900-1901; he was from Spencer, Massachusetts. He went on to establish Alta Crest dairy farm, now St. Joseph's Abbey.

Extent

.1 cubic feet. (.1 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

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)