Scope and content Mainly papers of Arlington Mapes concerning his school days in Rushville (1870-78) and at Cornell University, the latter including notes taken at Professor William Dexter Wilson's lectures in the philosophy of history, his undergraduate scrapbook, correspondence (including one letter from Moses Coit Tyler), and his senior essay on American history, 1883; and records concerning his activities in later life, including two Republican Party canvass books (1890s), accounts (5 v., 1890-1925), a...