Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 45

Included are 933 engravings of American statesmen, including some broadsides, and 35 autographed letters.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 6839

Photographs and ephemera relating to jazz musicians, African-American artists, dancers, writers, and the New York Scene, 1970s-1990s.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 8052

The core of the collection is a series of rare soundboard recordings of live performances taken directly from the soundboard, also party flyers.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 21-25-3736

This collection features art projects and assignments created in the studio and left behind by students.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 8033

Approximately 5,000 comic books published between 1984 and 2004.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 37-7-3854

Includes general concerts at Ithaca High School and Cornell University.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 47-7-1948

Includes two Cornell plaques, one ca.1907, depicting Ezra Cornell; a red cap bearing a "C" with the initials "UFBT"; an original Uris Library Reading Room chair; a rubber mold for the Cornell Seal; and a bronze medallion bearing a likeness of Ezra Cornell. A set of twelve rose-colored Wedgwood plates depicting Cornell University buildings; scenes depicted are McGraw Tower (Library Tower), Willard Straight Hall, the War Memorial, Baker Laboratory of Chemistry, Sage Chapel, McGraw Hall, the Schoellkopf Crescent, Ezra Cornell Statue, Balch Hall, Myron Taylor Hall, Goldwin Smith Hall and Sibley Dome. A Class of 1958 cloth badge; a Class of 1921 scarf; five caps, two from the Class of 1929, one from the Class of 1921, one from the Class of 1923, one undated; straw hat from the Class of 1934; nine reunion jackets, three from the Class of 1929, two from the Class of 1921, and one each from the Classes of 1916, 1923, 1925 (red, white and blue), and 1927; one polo shirt from 1923; a Cornell spoon; four Cornell service pins, ca. 1955-1970; two mugs from 1912; a 14" Cornell pencil; a 3"x4" "Cornell Library Club" printing plate; a cigarette case belonging to Ralph Gordon; a trowel wielded by President Edmund Ezra Day June 22 1946 on the Day Hall cornerstone.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 8027

Bookplates from a variety of countries and time periods, mainly American and European. Armorial and pictorial plates are included, as well as those consisting of portraits, family crests, or mottoes.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 14-20-998

Includes professional correspondence and applications and recommendations for grants and university positions. Also, personal correspondence with his parents while studying in Europe and teaching at Mills College and with a friend, Jonathan Schiller; worksheets, photographs and galley proofs for HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC and both editions of A SHORT HISTORY OF THE OPERA; notes and notebooks on "Early Opèra Comique" and others, his dissertation manuscript; a manuscript on West Indian Music; lecture notes; musical tapes; annotated programs; and a typescript of an article "How to Tell Good Music from Bad;" alphbetical correspondence file, correspondence with W. W. Norton.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 8062

The Janet Hamill Archive contains extensive materials that document the life and work of Janet Hamill.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 2174

Papers of Romyn Hitchcock, a chemist and lecturer on the Orient, include correspondence, lecture notes, monographs, government bulletins and other pamphlet material, newspaper clippings, and maps. Collection is primarily concerned with Chinese-American diplomatic relations; spheres of influence; problems of Chinese immigration, including low wages, tong societies, and the Chinese Exclusion Act; and the geography, art, religion, and customs of China and Japan.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 14-27-2648

Collection consists of slides, correspondence, and research materials of Claire Holt.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 14-28-2920

Correspondence, artwork, lecture notes, photographs, subject files, and other papers; includes broadsides for events at Cornell and in the Ithaca community; includes videotape and audiocassette of Memorial/Testimonial service, and other printed items including Kahn's artwork.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 4884

Primarily medieval and early modern documents representing different styles of handwriting.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 8074

Archive of material from the Los Angeles punk scene assembled by a passionate music fan between 1982 and 1992.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 2425

Letters from colleagues, public figures, friends, relatives, and others concerning the execution and sale of various works, his nomination to membership in honorary and professional societies and related professional and social matters; an autobiographical sketch, etc.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 2425

Letters from colleagues, public figures, friends, relatives, and others concerning the execution and sale of various works, his nomination to membership in honorary and professional societies and related professional and social matters; an autobiographical sketch (typescript carbon), 1943, membership certificates and citations, numerous photographs of the artist and his sculpture, newspaper clippings on his career, and miscellaneous printed items. Also, messages of condolence and formal tributes sent to his widow, Cecelia W. Muench MacNeil, obituaries, and press reports concerning a memorial established for the artist. Correspondents include Adriaan Jacob Barnouw, Emile Brunet, Jo Davidson, William Henry Fox, Carl Paul Jennewein, Leon Kroll, and Victor Emanuel III.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 8045

Multi-volume sets in decorative bindings by standard authors.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 6931

Medieval manuscript leaves collected by Eleze McKenzie and individually framed. Items are from Italy, India, Turkey, the Low Countries, the United Kingdom, Flanders and France.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 6834

Includes sketchbooks, production records, correspondence, exhibition catalogs, articles written by or about Musick.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 6570

Files for Focus on Art include notes, clippings, publications, and other background materials for the television shows, compiled by Johnnie Parrish. Also, original videotapes of the shows that included interviews with local artists as well as workshops and gallery openings. Also, alphabetical subject files on art and artists. Copy of Seventeen magazine, July 1953, with article mentioning Priscilla Kiefer (Johnnie Parrish)

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 6912

Art work and letters sent to the Prisoner Express program from people in prison in the United States.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 8400

Research collection of photographic slides, publications, and notes on Ragamala painting.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 6673

The collection consists of artist's files submitted to sponsors the Rockefeller Foundation and National Video Resources in application for New Media Fellowships.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 6852

Brochures, fliers, magazines, and publicity documenting shows in New York City art galleries.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 2566

Papers of Raphael Soyer, including minutes, correspondence, manuscript articles, reprints and news clippings collected by him in his capacity as an organizer and member of the editorial board of the art magazine, Reality.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 6812

Broadsides, wine lists, prints, newspaper and magazine articles, menus, and other graphic materials relating to food and wine.

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Collection Number: 8231

Research and study materials related to Zalis’ academic work on the history and practice of video art at the University of Iowa and the Long Beach Museum. Includes many significant video artworks on video cassette, related bibliographies, and lists of significant video art production, study and distribution sources during 1980s and 1990s.