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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Bass family Civil War letters

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924113876589]
Identifier: 8741
Abstract

112 letters from two cousins, Philo Judson and Samuel Jay Bass, from Orwell, New York (Oswego County) who fought for the Union in the Civil War. Also include letters from an Allen R. Bass.

Dates: 1861 - 1863
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Bass family Civil War letters

Burroughs family bible

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065107173]
Identifier: 4890
Scope and content

Annotated family bible.

Dates: 1825.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Burroughs family bible

Catherine A. Mead papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3645
Abstract

Letters to Catherine A. Mead, Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, from relatives and friends, mostly concerning family news such as marriages, births, deaths, and health. Financial matters such as crop prices and debts are also mentioned. Catherine Mead's will is included.

Dates: 1854-1920.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Catherine A. Mead papers

Charles Clinton Covell diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065217535]
Identifier: 2213
Scope and content

Diaries concern family life, jobs held, visits with friends, and travel and work experiences in New York, Pennsylvania, Missouri, and South Dakota.

Dates: 1894-[ca. 1930]
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Charles Clinton Covell diaries

Dwight Sanderson papers

 Collection
Identifier: 21-33-73
Abstract Includes 43 annual diaries of appointments; bibliographies; student papers; correspondence; papers on the family, marriage, and other topics; lecture outlines for classes on rural sociology, social psychology, and sociology; publications by Sanderson; scrapbook of articles following his retirement; post retirement letters; a photocopied excerpt from A Brief History of Entomology at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas concerning Sanderson and Glenn W. Herrick (1960); five albums...
Dates: 1894-1960,-1894-1943 (bulk)
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Dwight Sanderson papers

Edward H. Loftus papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064933322]
Identifier: 4275
Scope and content Collection includes personal and family letters, including letters from his parents in Bangkok and from Prince Sonapandit of the Private Secretary's Office, Grand Palace, Bangkok; documents relating to a Siamese railway concession, including printed prospectus and concession, 1886, by Alfred John Loftus and others and manuscript petitions by Phya Maha Yotha and Pra Nides Choldi, 1896; professional correspondence about the coronation in Bangkok, 1911, and mention of events leading to...
Dates: 1879-1931.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Edward H. Loftus papers

Elizabeth Stavely letters

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924112453182]
Identifier: 8442
Scope and content

Letters from Elizabeth Stavely to her family. The letters discuss her time at Cornell University, Northern California, her membership in the League of Women Voters, the natural world, and travels to Australia, Europe and the Far East. Also a copy of the Spring 2014 Ezra Magazine with an article discussing the letters and their donation. Also an ebook titled, Love, Mother A Woman's Life in Letters 1978 - 2013.

Dates: 1978-2014.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Elizabeth Stavely letters

Emma L. Phillips McDivitt photograph albums

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065197323]
Identifier: 4125
Abstract

Three albums of photographs taken primarily by Emma McDivitt, but also containing John P. Troy and Ernest Abbe photographs, of Cornell University students and campus scenes, family gatherings, as well as scenes from her travels in Europe and East Asia. Other subjects include the solar eclipse of January 1925 and the unveiling of the Ezra Cornell statue at Cornell University.

Dates: [ca.1900-1926].
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Emma L. Phillips McDivitt photograph albums

Fred D. Rumsey papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2827
Scope and content

Papers of Fred D. Rumsey and his family include a Rumsey family genealogy; Dean family genealogy; correspondence; broadsides; accounts; certificates; speeches and notes; material on agriculture, the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, and the New York State Grange; photographs; diaries; Bibles with family history; publications; clippings; and memorabilia.

Dates: 1779-1967.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Fred D. Rumsey papers

Joan Taylor papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065239026]
Identifier: 6297
Scope and content

Correspondence, poems and other writings, lists, and other material relating to Taylor's family.

Dates: 1928-1970.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Joan Taylor papers

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