Philip Dorf papers, 1952-1977.

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Philip Dorf papers, 1952-1977.

Includes letters to Dorf concerning THE BUILDER from Allan Nevins, James A. Perkins, Eva Thomas, Nelson A. Rockefeller, and Frank Rhodes; a letter from Dorf to Edith Fox recalling visits to Frederic Treman Johnson and Liberty Hyde Bailey; "scrapbook" of clippings, reviews, and letters relating to Dorf's biography of Liberty Hyde Bailey, 1956. Also, Columbia recording, 78rpm, "Cornell," sung by Cornell Glee Club, ca. 1925.

9 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7910506

Cornell University Library

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Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979

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Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 41st vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977, and previously as the 49th governor of New York from 1959 to 1973. He also served as assistant secretary of State for American Republic Affairs for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (1944–1945) as well as under secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1954....

Rhodes, Frank Harold Trevor

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President of Cornell University from 1977-1995. From the description of Frank H. T. Rhodes papers, 1977-1996. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64072940 President, Cornell University, 1977-1995. From the description of Frank H. T. Rhodes president emeritus papers, 1995-2009. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64745908 ...

Johnson, Frederic Treman.

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Cornell University

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Dorf, Philip.

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Philip Dorf (Cornell University Class of 1924) wrote a biography of Ezra Cornell entitled THE BUILDER. From the description of Philip Dorf papers, 1952-1977. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64074630 ...

Cornell Glee Club.

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Thomas, Eva, of Oswego, N.Y.

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Cornell, Ezra, 1807-1874

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Born 1807 in New Britain, N.Y., Cornell helped organize the Western Union Telegraph Co. and was a founder of Cornell University. Died 1874. From the description of Selected letters to Ezra Cornell pertaining to the Russian Extension Company in the Ezra Cornell papers [microform], 1864-1867. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42067275 Telegraph magnate, philanthropist. From the description of Letter to F. Allen, 1868 April 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122535706 ...

Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954.

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Liberty Hyde Bailey was instrumental in separating Horticulture from Botany and establishing it as a distinct scientific pursuit. Born on a farm in Michigan in 1858, Liberty Hyde Bailey graduated from the Michigan Agricultural College with a degree in botany. After working with the renowned botanist Asa Gray at Harvard, he returned to Michigan to teach horticulture and landscape gardening. In 1888, he came to Cornell to build a new curriculum in practical and experimental horticulture. In 1904, ...

Perkins, James Alfred, 1911-1998

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American educator; chairman, International Council for Educational Development, 1970-1990; chairman, President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies, 1978-1979. From the description of James Alfred Perkins papers, 1955-1998. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122384036 President, Cornell University, 1963-1969. From the description of James A. Perkins papers, 1941-1990. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64692109 From the d...

Fox, Edith M., 1905-

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Archivist. Edith Mead Fox graduated from Cornell University in 1932 and received an M.A. in 1945. She served as Curator and Archivist of the Collection of Regional History and University Archives (later the Dept. of Manuscripts and University Archives) at Cornell University from 1945 to 1967. She died in 1986. From the description of Edith M. Fox papers, 1929-1962. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63937330 ...

Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971

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Historian, journalist and educator. He attended the University of Illinois where he earned a B. A. 1912 and an M. A. in English, 1913. Nevins moved to New York to work and eventually was made a Professor of History at Columbia University. Wrote numerous biographies and articles on history. President of the American History Association in 1959. Helped found the Society of American Historians. From the description of Commencement address, June 1953. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Librar...