Register of old "grads," would be "grads," and busts, 1913-1925.

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Register of old "grads," would be "grads," and busts, 1913-1925.

A specially-printed register of Cornell students and alumni visiting Bement's store. Includes name, address, profession, messages, impressions of the old town, and other remarks. It contains the signatures and sentiments of more than 2,000 Cornellians The first name in the register is Kenneth L. Roberts '08, who designated his profession as "some journalist!"; Frank E. Gannett '98 labelled himself on June 12, 1915 as "newsboy."; and Hendrik Willem Van Loon provided an illustrated entry on December 20, 1923.

1 volume.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7916485

Cornell University Library

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Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1882-1944

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Hendrik Willem van Loon was born in Rotterdam, Holland on January 14, 1882. He attended Cornell University, graduating in 1905. In 1906 he married Eliza Ingersoll Bowditch and began working for the Associated Press in New York City, Washington, D.C., Moscow, and Warsaw. His son Henry Bowditch van Loon was born on June 22, 1907, and Gerard Willem van Loon on January 16, 1911. Hendrik van Loon received his Ph.D. from the University of Munich in 1911, and in 1913 his book THE FALL OF THE DUTCH REPU...

Roberts, Kenneth Lewis, 1885-1957

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Novelist. From the description of Papers of Kenneth Lewis Roberts, 1919-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063732 American author specializing in the writing of richly detailed historical fiction. From the description of Papers of Kenneth Roberts, 1911-1947. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136005 American novelist, born Kennebunk, Maine, 1887. Staff correspondent for the Saturday evening post, 1919-; author of many historical novels ...

Cornell University

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Gannett, Frank E. (Frank Ernest), 1876-1957

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While a student at Cornell University, Frank Gannett worked as a reporter for the ITHACA JOURNAL, correspondent for newspapers in other cities, and editor of the CORNELL DAILY SUN. He accompanied the first United States Commission to the Philippines as secretary to its chairman, Jacob Gould Schurman, then President of Cornell. Returning to Ithaca, New York in 1900, he worked for the ITHACA DAILY NEWS and the CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS. He also worked for a time in New York City and Pittsbu...

Bement, Louis

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Louis C. Bement was an Ithaca haberdasher, who had a store on East State Street. His father had managed Cascadilla Hall. He presented the volume to the Cornell University Library on August 20, 1929. From the description of Register of old "grads," would be "grads," and busts, 1913-1925. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 646256595 ...