Andrew Strong White and Claire Howard White papers, 1886-1963.

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Andrew Strong White and Claire Howard White papers, 1886-1963.

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Included are manuscripts of 16 essays (ca.1886) written by Mr. White while an undergraduate at Cornell; extracts from lectures on paleontologyand geology given by Professor Henry Shaler Williams, 1886-87; Junior Prize for Oratory medal, 1887; two candlesticks inscribed "Second Prize, Land and Water Contest"; record book pertaining to the Salina and Central Square Plank Road Company of Syracuse, a railroad company of which White was a stockholder and officer, including minutes of Board of Directors' meetings, accounts, an undated list of stockholders, and correspondence, 1905-14; letter to White from Theodore Roosevelt, 1914; two autograph books; clippings, broadsides, four phonograph albums, and programs (ca. 1934-ca. 1954) concerning the musical career of Mrs. White (Claire Alcée); two framed portraits of the Whites by Frank Salisbury; family photographs; a library inventory; five scrapbooks; and a Russian tea set sent as a gift from Andrew Dickson White while he served as U.S. Ambassador to Russia. Two photos of Harry Irving Howard '20, Claire's brother, in box four, one with Quill and Dagger pin. Also, one phonograph recording: Mme. Claire Alcée recital and interview, Willard Sektberg, accompanist: 1. Wohin - Schubert, 2. Die wasser Lillie-Grieg, 3. Dos cantares popolares-obradors, 4. "Le nozze di Figaro," Mozart.

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Salina and Central Square Plank Road Company.

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White, Claire Howard, 1886-1963

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Howard, Harry Irving.

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Williams, Henry Shaler, 1847-1918

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Geologist and paleontologist, who taught at Cornell University from 1879-1892, then at Yale until 1904, and then at Cornell again from 1904-1912. He retired in 1912. From the description of Henry Shaler Williams anatomical drawings, 1912. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 70687042 ...

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White, Andrew Strong, 1867-1952

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Lawyer. Andrew Strong White, nephew of Cornell University President Andrew Dickson White, received B.A. and LL.B. degrees from Cornell in 1888 and 1893. In 1918 he married [Nellie] Claire Howard, who studied opera in Europe and performed recitals in the United States and abroad under the professional name Claire Alcée. Mr. White practiced law in Syracuse, New York, and managed his family's real estate holdings. From the description of Andrew Strong White and...