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Japan -- Description and travel.

 Subject
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Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Aaron L. Binenkorb films

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6689
Abstract

Fifty nine films created by Aaron L. Binenkorb documenting travels in Spain, Russia, Sweden, Italy, Singapore, Norway, Greece, Morocco, Holland, India, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Trinidad, France, Bali, Tahiti, Samoa, South Africa, Denmark, Portugal, and Germany.

Dates: [ca. 1950-1980]

Deborah Rawson papers

 Collection
Identifier: 8462
Abstract

Includes student notebooks and papers from grade school through college, photographs, letters to Rawson, subject files, and articles written by her.

Dates: 1947-2007

Donald C. Kerr letters

 Collection — Manuscript box 10 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065267597]
Identifier: 34-6-m.165
Scope and content

Transcript copies of letters of Donald C. Kerr, Foreign Student Advisor at Cornell University, reporting on a trip to Asia, including a letter from Tokyo, December 3, 1955; from Hong Kong, December 18, 1955; from Manila, December 26, 1955; and from Singapore, January 15, 1956.

Dates: 1955-1956.

Eidlitz Fellowship projects

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070592831]
Identifier: 15-5-3336
Scope and content Report and slides on "New Land," a project on manufactured land in Japan by Justin DeAbreu; "(In)visible Boundaries," by John H. Tsai, 2004; Saga of 66 North (2 CDs) Scope and Contents 2019 project: "Rethinking wabi-sabi: embracing the imperfection and impermanence in design," by Ada Chan and Linqi Dong. A study of Japanese architecture, focusing on wabi-sabi (simplicity and...
Dates: 2004-2019

Floyd R. Newman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-5-1619
Abstract

Floyd R. Newman was born in Casnovia, Michigan in 1890 and grew up in Churchville, New York. Newman's papers document his Cornell experience as a student and alumnus, his professional career, family and travels dating 1893-1990. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, programs, menus, broadsides, clippings, pamphlets, Cornell memorabilia and World War I artifacts.

Dates: 1893-1990.

Frank C. Finch papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6412
Scope and content

The collection contains personal correspondence, military handbooks and information, broadcasts and speeches, clippings, magazine articles and photographs, and mementos relating to his interest in Korea and work there from 1945-1950. Subjects of correspondence include travel on United States transport ships, impressions of Japan, the economy of Korea, travels in Korea, Korean elections, Korean birthing customs, and American government affairs in Korea.

Dates: 1945-1950.

Gould family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2033
Abstract Diaries, 1799-1832, of Stephen Wanton Gould, concerned with meetings of the Society of Friends, the activities of his family members and friends as well as several public events; extracts from the records of monthly meetings, 1676-1707, held by Rhode Island Quakers; letters, 1862-1868, from John Stanton Gould to his daughter Mary (Gould) Baldwin, relating to the Goulds and the related families, Gould's early life, his interests, and other personal matters; journal, 1866-1869, showing Gould's...
Dates: 1799-[ca. 1869]

Katherine V. W. Palmer and Ephraim Laurence Palmer memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: 4177
Abstract Bound volume of letters on the retirement of E. Laurence Palmer, 1952; scrapbook of letters on the retirement of Katherine V. W. Palmer from the Paleontological Research Institution, 1978; scrapbook on Katherine V. W. Palmer's trip to Japan, 1974; medal from the Paleontological Society. Also, Sigma Delta Epsilon materials, including correspondence, directories, newsletters, clippings, minutes, reports, speeches, and a history of Sigma Delta Epsilon, 1921-1971; and four-page mimeographed...
Dates: 1918-1978,-1952-1978 (bulk)

North family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1226
Scope and content Correspondence, deeds, indentures, miscellaneous pamphlets, commemorative booklets, and other papers. Includes papers (1752-1800) of Joshua Pine, Platt Townsend, Gerard Walton, and William Walton concerning land divisions at Hempstead, New York; material relating to the organization of Walton, New York, and to the first settlers there; Civil War letters written by Joshua Pine and Daniel Patrick, 38th Regiment, New York Volunteers (1861-1862); papers concerning Arthur North, lawyer,...
Dates: 1752-1943.

Poate family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 4417
Abstract

Frederick William Poate papers include correspondence, photographs, map, ephemera, and bulletins of the Old Comrades Association.

Dates: 1935-1993.