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Reminiscences.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

Helen Clark Fonda papers

 Collection — Manuscript box 25 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065307427]
Identifier: 37-7-m.987
Scope and content

Five photographs, ca.1916-1917, and handwritten reminiscences, 1974, relating to Helen Clark Fonda's student days at Cornell University.

Dates: [ca.1916-1917]; 1974.

Hibbard family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064926714]
Identifier: 37-5-2589
Scope and content

SONGS OF CORNELL, which includes football fight songs; and a letter from Frank's daughter, Evelyn Hibbard Stewart, reminiscing about the songbook. Also, campus photos and invitations, 1913-1916, of Frank Hibbard and Irma E. Powell Hibbard.

Dates: 1909-1983.

James Leonard Carlton reminiscences

 Collection — Manuscript box 48 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065250825]
Identifier: 2396
Scope and content

Typed reminiscences of James L. Carlton as dictated to Charlotte Holmes Crawford describe life in the Cherokee Strip, the Oklahoma land rush, and service in the 31st Michigan Infantry, National Guard, 1898-99, with comments on the Cuban campaign in the Spanish-American War and the role of blacks in the Battle of San Juan Hill.

Dates: 1958.

Joseph Clarence Hinsey reminiscence

 Collection — Tr 1160
Identifier: 19-1-1822
Scope and content

Reminiscence concerning Cornell and Stanford Universities. Includes references to C. K. Poe Fratt, Glenn S. ("Pop") Warner and Cornell football, and other students, faculty, and administrators of Cornell University.

Dates: 1979.

Julia Mack Riley reminiscences: Growing up in Cascadilla

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065184644]
Identifier: 47-2-1078
Scope and content

Reminiscences of Julia Mack Riley, entitled "Growing up in Cascadilla"; sections include "Through Cascadilla Windows With the Eyes of a Child," "Through Cascadilla Doors With the Feet of a Child," and "Northern Lights." Includes typescripts, some with revisions, and handwritten notes. Riley discusses Ithaca, New York and Cornell University, mainly between 1882-1893.

Dates: [ca. 1950-1962]

Laura Mann Doolittle reminiscences

 Collection — Manuscript box 36 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065247227]
Identifier: 1406
Scope and content

Two photocopies of a ten page typescript including genealogical information and other comments on the Mann family of Fairfield, New York, during the 1840s.

Dates: 1896.

Le Van Merchant Burt family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2327
Abstract

Letters and documents relating to the Civil War, various business ventures, and political activities.

Dates: [ca. 1860-1924]

Leo Bernard Skeffington papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3229
Scope and content Includes three volumes (pamphlets) entitled "Footprints," 1970, 1971; notebooks of letters and clippings concerning the Gannett Farms; first issue of USA TODAY, Gannett Co.'s national daily newspaper, September 15, 1982; and tape recordings of Skeffington's reminiscences of his career with Gannett newspapers and of Frank Gannett, his experiences with Mormons, the New York State (Geneva) Agricultural Experiment Station, Governor Reubin Askew and water resources in Florida, American water...
Dates: 1945-1983.

Moore family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065173738]
Identifier: 303
Scope and content Deeds, wills, and other papers of William, Ezekiel, and Thomas Moore, Londonderry County, Ireland (1751-1820); correspondence, legal papers, rent lists, and accounts for Brooklyn properties (1827-1871, 1897); inventories of real and personal property and other documents of Thomas C. Moore of Williamsburg, Kings County; and recollections of the wife of an aide to General Jacob Brown of Lafayette, President Monroe, Mrs. Monroe, Mrs. John Quincy Adams, Mrs. Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, and other...
Dates: 1751-1939.

Notes on Forest Home

 Collection — Manuscript box 44 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924070595727]
Identifier: 2108m
Scope and content

Spiral-bound notebook containing manuscript notes on buildings, businesses, and people in the history of Forest Home, New York, based on the diary of DeWitt Clinton and reminiscences of Charlotte Edwards and Mary E. McKinney. Also, a typewritten transcript of the notes.

Dates: 1920s?