Land survey maps drawn by Cornell Civil Engineering students during summer surveying camps at various locations in New York State, including Cayuga, Cayuta, Canandaigua, Keuka, Owasco, and Skaneateles Lakes; an index showing the location of the camp each year; surveyor's field book, 1934; diary of the Cayuga Lake Survey kept by successive groups of students, 1874-1879; and a "Camp Cascadilla" kitchen inventory, 1908.

Includes correspondence, photographs, research notes, a few maps, and taped interviews which were intended to be used for a book about steamboats on Keuka Lake.

Includes graduate research papers for thesis entitled "A Comparison of Forests at the Time of European Settlement and During 1981 in an Area Surrounding Keuka Lake, New York." Includes drafts, photocopies of original land surveys (1788-1827) of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase, annotated U.S. Geological Survey maps, recently published soil surveys of Steuben and Schuyler counties, field notes, and articles from 19th and early 20th century concerning the Keuka Lake area.