The James F. Barker collection consists of photocopied clippings relating to Barker's appointment as the Institute's second president in 1916, to his resignation in 1919. A small amount of photocopied correspondence is present and concerns the Federal Board of Vocational Education (part of the federal WWI effort) and decreased post-war attendance. Also included is his daughter Josephine's high school yearbook, the Senior Annual (June 1917) from East High School in Rochester, New York. Barker's copy of National Geographic's Map of the Western Theatre of War has annotated WWI battlelines drawn by Barker. Last are copies of his alumni records from Cornell University, where he earned a degree in mechanical engineering in 1893. The Collection on James F. Barker consists of photocopied clippings and correspondence relating to Barker's term as the Institute's second president. Also included is a copy of his daughter Josephine's high school yearbook, and a map of Europe in World War I, annotated by Barker.
