Cornell University Library miscellaneous correspondence, 1872-1944.

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Cornell University Library miscellaneous correspondence, 1872-1944.

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Primarily correspondence of Cornell Librarians George William Harris, Willard Austen, and Otto Kinkeldey concerning such routine library matters as requests for information, receipts for books, donations, and other business. Also, miscellaneous correspondence of Woodford Patterson, Albert William Smith, David Fletcher Hoy, Justin Winsor, and letters to the C.U. Board of Trustees and faculty members. Some correspondence relates to the Fiske collections. Miscellaneous letters regarding gifts to the library and other library matters, 1896-1929. Two letters from Hu Shih to George Harris about the gift of Chinese books by Chinese students to the library, 1911. Other correspondents include J. R. S. Sterrett , W. L. Westermann, Madison Bentley, Edward B. Titchener, T. F. Crane, Burt Green Wilder, and William Elliot Griffis. Also, correspondence relating to images (photographs and printing plates) borrowed from the Library, 1893-1910. Correspondence and receipts from Willard Fiske to George Harris, 1890-1901, with one message from Harris to Fiske, 1899.

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Fiske, Willard, 1831-1904

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The coins were purchased by Willard Fiske from H. H. I. Lynge of Copenhagen in 1899. From the description of Runic coins, circa 1047-1076. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 489960820 Linguist, bibliophile, chess expert. First university librarian at Cornell University. Assembled impressive collections of Dante, Petrarch, Icelandia, etc. From the description of Willard Fiske letters [manuscript], 1875 and 1879. (University of Virginia). WorldCat re...

Kinkeldey, Otto

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Otto Kinkeldey was an American musicologist. From the description of Papers, 1908-1962. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652126 From the guide to the Otto Kinkeldey papers, 1908-1962, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) Professor of Music (1923-1927) and University Librarian (1930-1946), Cornell University. From the description of Otto Kinkeldey papers, 1902-1966. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63534706 ...

Hoy, David Fletcher, 1863-1930.

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David Fletcher "Davy" Hoy was Cornell's Registrar. On July 23, 2008. an event to commemorate the ball coming back to Cornell was held at the former home of Davy Hoy, 225 Fall Creek Drive. David F Hoy III, Davy's grandson presented the ball to Cornell. From the description of Davy Hoy baseball event miscellany, 1922, 2008. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 243923551 ...

Sterrett, J. R. Sitlington 1851-1914.

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Bentley, Madison, 1870-1955

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Cornell University Ph.D. 1898; professor of psychology. From the description of Madison Bentley papers, 1900-1932. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64073357 ...

Crane, Thomas Frederick, 1844-1927

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Professor of Romance language and literature, dean and acting president at Cornell University. From the description of Thomas Frederick Crane papers, 1888-1926. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64073364 ...

Titchener, Edward Bradford, 1867-1927

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Professor of Psychology, Cornell University. From the description of Edward Bradford Titchener papers, 1887-1940. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63933942 ...

Griffis, William Elliot, 1843-1928

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William Elliot Griffis was an American orientalist, congregational minister, lecturer, and prolific author. From the description of William Elliot Griffis collection, [1873]-1903. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 298180709 Pastor of the First Congregational Church (Ithaca, N.Y.). From the description of William Elliot Griffis papers, 1897-1908. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63938002 Clergyman, author, educator and l...

Westermann, William Linn, 1873-1954

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Harris, George William, 1849-1917

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Cornell University Librarian. Inventor of the Harris system of book classification, which was used at Cornell from the 1880s until the 1940s. From the description of George William Harris papers, 1868-1914. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63933989 ...

Patterson, Woodford, 1870-1948.

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Cornell University Class of 1895. From the description of Woodford Patterson papers, 1895-1984. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64073962 ...

Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897

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Historian, cartographer, and librarian of the Boston Public Library. From the description of Letter : Cambridge, Mass., to Henry Harrisse, Paris, France, 1891 Oct. 10. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 40998446 Winsor graduated from Harvard in 1853 and was a librarian at Harvard and at the Boston Public Library. From the description of Papers of Justin Winsor, 1847-1897 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972933 Winsor was libr...

Smith, Albert W. (Albert William), 1856-1942

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Director of Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanic Arts, Cornell University. From the description of Albert William Smith papers, 1904-1914. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64652425 Epithet: of Ashford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000974.0x0002f3 ...

Cornell University. Board of Trustees

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Frank Woods, Thomas Reed, and J. Dennis Malone, Cornell University alumni and owners of Clos du Bois Wines, donated 1,600 cases of pinot noir wine to the University in 1981. It was first served at a Board of Trustees Council dinner, October 30, 1981. From the description of Council dinner wine bottle, 1978. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64073841 ...

Cornell University, Library

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The Book Collection Contest was instituted in 2003 continuing the tradition of the Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Book Collection Contest that was helf from 1966 to 1987. It provides Cornell students with the opportunity of displaying their aptitude in assembling and organizing book collections and articulate their interest in books and reading. In 2006 the contest expanded to include a separate category for graduate students. From the description of Cornell University Library and Li...

Wilder, Burt G. (Burt Green), 1841-1925

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Epithet: Professor of Physiology, Cornell University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000212.0x00008a Lecturer on physiology at University of Michigan and professor at Cornell University. From the description of Burt Green Wilder papers, 1876-1881. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 82799847 From the description of Burt Green Wilder papers, 1876-1881. (University of Michigan). Wor...

Austen, Willard

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Hu, Shi, 1891-1962

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Philosopher. From the description of Mankind must resolve to make this the last war : handwritten and typescript drafts, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451222 University president, literary historian, diplomat. From the description of Reminiscences of Shih Hu : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481592 Scholar, educator, and Chinese Ambassador to the United States from 1938-19...