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College wit and humor.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Cornell Daily Sun collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 35-11-1162
Scope and content

Original contract between George Francis Gifford and William Ballard Hoyt concerning the founding of the Cornell Daily Sun, June 22, 1880; cabinet card photograph of Hoyt; and postcard to Horatio S. White advising that the first number will be issued and what it will contain, September 10, 1880. Also framed copy of the contract.













Dates: 1880-2011.

Cornell Lunatic records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-7-2128
Scope and content

Manuscript daybook from the CORNELL LUNATIC, a Cornell University student humor magazine. Collection also contains: a brochure "Slope Day Fun Guide" and posters from Fall 1977-Spring 1980; a photocopy of a letter sent by Joey Green on behalf of the Lunatic to the Cornell Countryman regarding a copyright violation, March 11, 1980; a Cornell Men's Hockey "unofficial program" from February 20, 1980; and a Cornell-Yale Homecoming parody program from November 3, 1979.

Dates: 1977-1983, 2003.

Cornell University Class of 1937 (Women) records

 Collection
Identifier: 41-4-738
Abstract Records of the Class of 1937 Women's Secretary, Carol Cline, include correspondence, programs, pamphlets, photographs, memoranda, and memorabilia pertaining to reunions; questionnaires and other biographical information for each reunion; a guide for class secretaries, clippings, and other printed material; "Class of 1937 Women, History Since Graduation, 1937-1990," and tape recordings of the Women's Reunion Banquet and Midnight Dormitory Party (1962), Introduction to 1937 Banquet, and the...
Dates: 1937-1997.

Cornell Widow editorial records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065219580]
Identifier: 37-7-1929
Scope and content

Materials for preparation of Cornell Widow 100th Anthology, 1980, and a copy of the Anthology, 1981; and cartoons by Green for The Cornell Daily Sun, 1978-1980.

Dates: 1970-1982.

William F. Fuerst papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-5-2326
Scope and content

Freshman beanie, freshman deskbook, and Senior Week Program, Class of 1939; doggerel about Cornell University President Deane W. Malott, collected by Bill Fuerst, ca. 1956; and buttons from Homecoming and various athletic events at Cornell.



Dates: 1936-1999.