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Military education.

 Subject
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Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Aram Houssig Dimijian World War I letters

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064934254]
Identifier: 2014
Scope and content

Letter to Mrs. Howard E. (Hilda) Babcock from Dimijian focus on his activities during the first World War, including information on army camp, military training, personal problems, his experiences with the American Expeditionary Forces in France, the city of Tours, Jacob Gould Schurman's visit to the front (August 27, 1918), Dimijian's membership on the Allied War Claims Commission (1919), and his return to the United States. Also, one photograph of Dimijian.

Dates: 1917-1919.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Aram Houssig Dimijian World War I letters

Cornell University ROTC records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 33-2-4134
Abstract

Includes reports, meeting minutes, subject files and photographs pertaining to the Cornell ROTC program.

Dates: 1890-2002.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cornell University ROTC records

Dale R. Corson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3-11-1665
Abstract The Dale R. Corson papers consist of office files, correspondence, and other material deriving chiefly from his provostship (1963-1969) and presidency of Cornell University (1963-1977). The papers illustrate the Corson administration reconstituting the University following the trauma of the 1969 student revolt and the negative publicity following the takeover of Willard Straight Hall; dealing with anti-war demonstrations and protests relative to other social and local issues; and surviving...
Dates: 1963-1977.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Dale R. Corson papers

Francis Grant von Margius Schleicher military training items

 Collection — Manuscript box 23 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065307229]
Identifier: 33-1-m.909
Scope and content

Two typescript copies of "The First Student Military Training Camp in the East," July 1913; seven page pamphlet, "Roster of College Camp of Instruction," 1913; and four photographs of R.O.T.C. personalities.

Dates: 1913.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Francis Grant von Margius Schleicher military training items

Frank Arthur Barton papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 33-2-448
Abstract

Correspondence and pamphlets concerning Barton's appointment as professor of military science at Cornell, alumni activities, the Boy Scouts, the R.O.T.C. program, Delta Upsilon Fraternity, and Cornell University's Semi-Centennial Celebration. Included are photographs of Barton, his family, and R.O.T.C. students, and Barton's Senior Ball medal (1891). Also, documents related to Barton's military service in the Philippines (1901-1902).

Dates: 1887-1922.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Frank Arthur Barton papers

Horace Kinney Diment scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924113964799]
Identifier: 37-5-4331
Scope and content Scrapbook pertaining to Diment's time at Cornell University from 1916-1920. Scrapbook includes newspaper clippings, 1916-1917 student handbook, items relating to the track team, rifle club, Cornell Athletic Association ticket booklet, baseball team. Several clippings related to the Cornell ambulance unit heading into World War One and other Reserve Officers' Training Corps items including certificate appointing Diment to Corporal signed by Frank Barton includes his uniform rank patches, also...
Dates: 1916-1920
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Horace Kinney Diment scrapbook

United States Army School of Military Aeronautics at Cornell University records

 Collection
Identifier: 33-2-110
Abstract Correspondence, financial reports, curricula, inventories, photographs, weekly reports, lists of students, subject files, and other records of the School at Cornell University. Includes registrar cards for students. Photographs include composites, Cornell University cadets during training maneuvers held at Enfield Glen, Tompkins County, New York. Includes a picture of Ray June of Ithaca, New York wearing a World War I uniform. Also, a glass plate positive of an aerial view of a stadium,...
Dates: 1917-1919.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / United States Army School of Military Aeronautics at Cornell University records

University-ROTC Relationships Committee records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064718467]
Identifier: 11-4-1761
Scope and content

Includes minutes, reports, correspondence, memoranda, and other materials pertaining to the University-ROTC Relationships Committee, chaired by Robert J. Young. Also, some material of the Senate Committee on Military Taining, Cornell University.

Dates: 1970-1974.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / University-ROTC Relationships Committee records

Willard Dickerman Straight papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1260
Abstract

Microfilmed papers of Willard D. Straight consist of personal and official correspondence, both original and typescript copies, and reports chiefly concerning his association with the Chinese Imperial Customs Service (1902-04). Documented is his employment with Reuters during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05); with the United States Department of State in Korea and Manchuria (1904-09); and with Edward H. Harriman, Jacob H. Schiff, and J.P. Morgan and Company (1904-09).

Dates: 1825-1925.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Willard Dickerman Straight papers

World War I papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064934247]
Identifier: 2013
Scope and content Correspondence, newspaper clippings and photographs concerning John Butler's service in the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. Includes draft notice, letters to family members describing his training at Camp Dix, April 1918, and battle experiences in France, June through October, 1918. Also, photographs of the Butler family; correspondence from the War Department concerning Butler's death in the Argonne Forest and his interrment; and photographs of Butler as well as...
Dates: 1917-1920.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / World War I papers

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