Photographic Collections

3-D image collection   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 8080
Collection of images and artifacts related to the visual and cultural history of the stereograph and subsequent three-dimensional imaging technologies.

Ahearn, Charlie hip-hop archive   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 8078
Collection includes film production records, flyers, posters, original art, videos, audio, oral histories, photographs, slides, and vinyl recordings documenting early hip hop culture and the film "Wild Style."

Allen, Arthur A. papers,1899-1968,   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 21-18-1255
Papers consist largely of Allen's professional correspondence and his work in the field of ornithology.

Amsterdam News photograph archive   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 8084
Collection includes photographs and related materials covering a broad range of topics, with a particular focus on day-to-day life in New York's African-American community during the 20th century.

Anonymous nudist and erotic photography collection   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 7781
Photographic prints, slides, negatives, and short films; publications, brochures, books, and correspondence surrounding the work and personal life of a studio photographer who was active in New York City in the 1960s and 1970s.

Bailey, Liberty Hyde papers, 1845-2004   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 21-2-3342
Material relating to the life and work of Liberty Hyde Bailey.

Baker, Donald W. College Veterinary Medicine Photograph Collection   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 24-2-4215
Collection of photographs mostly pertaining to the Veterinary School at Cornell showing faculty, staff, facilities, students, classes, events, and other topics documenting operations in the College.

Barboza, Anthony papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

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.

Barton, Frank Arthur papers, 1887-1922.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 33-2-448
Correspondence and pamphlets concerning Barton's appointment as professor of military science at Cornell, alumni activities, the Boy Scouts, the R.O.T.C. program, Delta Upsilon Fraternity, and Cornell University's Semi-Centennial Celebration. Included are photographs of Barton, his family, and R.O.T.C. students, and Barton's Senior Ball medal (1891). Also, documents related to Barton's military service in the Philippines (1901-1902).

Black Metal Music collection   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 8031
Original fanzines, magazines, sound recordings, photographs, and posters documenting Black Metal music.

Bowman, Charles Lewis, photographs and drawings, 1917-1962   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3807
Photographs and architectural drawings of houses designed or altered by Charles Lewis Bowman.

Brill, Gerow D. papers, 1884-1924   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 1379
Correspondence, diaries, accounts, and manuscript articles and reports, pertaining chiefly to Brill's work in Wuchang, China, as head of the Hupeh Agricultural College and Experimental Farm and as a scientific explorer for the United States Department of Agriculture (1897-1901) and later in a similar capacity with the Department of Public Instruction on the Philippine Islands (1901-1902).

Bryant, Laura papers, [ca. 1891]-1961.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2112
Papers include professional correspondence with colleagues, publishers, and others concerning textbooks; also, her teaching career in general.

Burritt, Maurice C. papers, 1832-1959.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2414
Correspondence, reports, budgets, and other materials relating to the work and life of Maurice C. Burritt.

Campbell, Harry Earle family papers, 1790-1964.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2371
Discharge and other papers of James Hann Campbell of the 50th Pennsylvania Volunteers; deeds for land in Fox Township, Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania, 1866-1912; historical data on Shunk and Clairton, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, by H. E. Campbell; family letters, 1904-09; photographs of Campbell, Ferguson, Hoagland, and Wilcox families in Allegheny, Bradford, and Sullivan Counties in Pennsylvania, and Delaware and Yates Counties in New York; copies of surrogate's records and documents, 1790, on estates of Anthony McMillen, a sea captain, and his wife. Also, a family album and many loose photographs mostly of family, some of lumbering at Shunk; clippings, pamphlets, and over 1000 postcards.

Clarke and Van Ness family papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2166
Includes official papers and correspondence concerning the Civil War service of Mr. Clarke's father, James E. Clarke, and his maternal grandfather, Zolman Van Ness, as well as correspondence, campaign publications, and clippings concerning the fund-raising drive of the National Contributors Committee.

Clifton Mines photographs and miscellany, 1864-1969   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3458
Photographs, clippings and magazine articles, and typescripts of newspaper articles ca.1867-ca.1941 concerning the Clifton Iron Co., St. Lawrence County, New York. Also, certificates of increase of capital stock, 1864, 1868; consent to mortgage, 1866; and typescripts of the certificate of incorporation and financial documents.

Conzo, Joe, Jr. photographs and ephemera,   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 8091
Collection includes photographic film negatives, 4x6 and 8x10 prints, proof and contact sheets, large format finished prints, and associated ephemera. Many of the images have been digitized and arrived on hard drives.

Cooperative Consumers' Society records, 1936-1982   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 1689
Materials relating to the activities of the Cooperative Consumers' Society, including records pertaining to store management, cooperation, volunteers, personnel, expansion, planning, construction, reopening, and other subjects. Also included are minutes and reports of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee; Education Committee materials; "Trade Winds," an employee publication; copies of the "Co-op Bulletin"; papers and a market survey analysis; and papers concerning the early history of the Co-op.

Cornell athletics records, 1874-2013   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 40-1-370
Athletic event programs, photographs, annual reports, advertisements, plaques, cups, films and clippings concerning various Cornell athletic events, including women's athletics, and a certificate of incorporation of the Cornell Athletic Association.

Cornell Law School photographs, 1974-1996.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Collection Number: 18-1-2890.
Photographs of students, faculty, and visiting professors and lecturers.

Cornell University building files   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 47-10-4032
Photographs, clippings, brochures, correspondence and other materials relating to Cornell University buildings.

Cornell University Center for Aerial Photographic Studies records   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 16-4-4213
Collection consists mainly of the actual film reels used for interpretation and research. Air photos and roll film from miscellaneous projects conducted by Cornell faculty for engineering projects, such as road siting, railroads, landslide analysis, etc. Sites include Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Guatemala, New Guinea, Panama, & Puerto Rico and others.

Cornell University College of Engineering photographs, 1870-1965   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 16-2-2378
College of Engineering photographic negatives, ca. 1945-1965, unidentified; seven lantern slides of field trips, 1870-1900, identified; photographs of Physics Dept. apparatus, 1870s-1880s, identified; five glass negatives and photographs of the construction of the Hydraulic Laboratory; glass slides depicting College of Engineering equipment and facilities (1870-1900); and photographs of John McMullen with a McMullen Scholarship brochure.

Cornell University Media Services Photo Section records, 1943-1989.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 21-37-2227
Extension Bulletins with photographs annotated to give Media Services negative numbers. Also photographs of New York State Fair and Farm and Home Week exhibits. File cabinets with negative files and card files by subject.

Cornell University News Service records   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4-3-15
Includes correspondence, news press releases, notes, publicity material, newspaper clippings, distribution lists, administrative files, photographs, biographies, and other records of events at Cornell.

Cornell University student and faculty cabinet photographs,1892   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 6692
Cabinet photographs of Cornell University faculty and students from 1892.

Cornell University Track and Field collection   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 40-9-1820
Materials documenting the history of the track teams at Cornell.

Dekker, Niels A. Douwes papers, [ca. 1900]-1950, 1944-1946 (bulk)   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3480
Photographs, maps, correspondence and reports of Niels Douwes Dekker relating to the Netherland Indies (Indonesia). Also includes other documents related to the Dutch presence in Indonesia and the Indonesian revolution.

Dennis, R. Keith Mathematician Print and Photo collection   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 8565
Collection consists namely of prints, portraits and photographs of mathematicians.

Diver, DeForest Douglas Railroad Photographs, ca. 1870-1948   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 1948
Original photographs, glass plates and other negatives, and glossy prints, mainly of the New York, Ontario, and Western Railway, taken by Mr. Diver and others in Delaware, Madison, Oneida, Oswego, Otsego, and Sullivan Counties, New York.

Dow, John Melmoth papers, 1798-1918.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2765
Personal and professional papers of John M. Dow. Also included are letters and newspaper clippings concerning political events in Central America in the second half of the nineteenth century. Dow also pursued his interests as a naturalist, exploring the Central American coast to collect marine flora and fauna.

Embree, John F. papers, 1932-2001.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 6475
Records of a social study undertaken by John Embree and his wife Ella Embree Wiswell of Suye-mura, a Japanese village, from 1935-1936.

Farrand, Livingston Papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3-5-7
The Livingston Farrand Papers consist of correspondence, office files, reports, letters of transmittal, notices of appointment to committees, scrapbooks, cross reference sheets, clippings, diplomas, and certificates deriving from his presidency of Cornell University from 1921 to 1937. The collection consists chiefly of correspondence, pertaining largely to the routine administration of the President's Office and the University. Subjects include student and faculty issues, student health, athletics, Cornell United Religious Work including arrangements for Sage Chapel preachers, alumni affairs, fraternities, the Cornell-in-China Program, and the University Faculty; also, relations with and the administration of the Law School, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Cornell University Medical College, the College of Engineering, Cornell University Library, the Office of the Comptroller, ROTC, the New York State College of Agriculture, and the New York State Veterinary College, and relations with New York Hospital, the city of Ithaca (N.Y.), the United States Office of Education, the New York State Department of Education, the American Council on Education, the Carnegie Corporation and Carnegie Foundation, the Heckscher Research Council, and the United States War Department. Included is a portfolio of photographs by Lewis W. Hine, created for the American Red Cross during a survey mission from 1918-1919.

Fenner photographic collection, 1889-1953   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4-3-2881
Negatives and photographic prints of Cornell University buildings, professors, athletic events, and campus scenes.

Gallagher, Barrett photographs and film, 1932-1989   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3956
Photographs of Cornell University faculty and campus scenes taken by Barrett Gallagher include Alexander M. Drummond; University President Livingston Farrand and his wife, Daisy; University Presidents Deane W. Malott and Frank H.T. Rhodes; arts quadrangle buildings, museum, and other photographs for publications such as the Cornell Alumni News. Also, 16mm film Spring in Ithaca, ca. 1960.

Gilbert, Jack and Inger papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 6964
Thirty-five scrapbooks documenting trips taken by the Gilberts.

Gould, Norman Judd papers}   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2078
Material relating to his Gould's political career, the Gould and Judd families, or to Goulds Pumps,Inc. of Seneca Falls, New York.

Halsey family papers, 1870-1975.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2966
Personal and professional papers of Francis W. Halsey (Cornell University Class of 1873), a newspaper editor and writer, and of his brother, Frederick A. Halsey (Cornell University M.E. 1878), an engineer and author of a number of articles and books about engineering. Also, letters to Frederick Halsey's daughters Olga and Marion from Fred H. Colvin.

Hamill, Janet archive,   [no physdesc:quantity]

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 and illuminates Hamill's unique relationship with her longtime friend Patti Smith.

Harding, Robert F. (collector) railroad photographs, [ca. 1890-1959]   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2019
Subjects include crewmen, locomotives, other rolling stock, freight yards, a wreck, right-of-way, and other views, chiefly of the New York, Ontario, and Western Railway. Also, two clippings pertaining to Marblehead, Massachusetts railroads.

Hazzard, Florence Woolsey papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2516
Correspondence, manuscripts of writings, notes and bibliographies, printed matter, photographs, and other papers dealing mainly with Hazzard's studies of eminent American women.

June, Ray papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2588
Photographs of movie scenes, crews, casts, and directors of the many motion pictures June filmed for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and other companies.

Keithan, William papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 28-1-4102
Includes photographs, printing blocks, and glass negatives (1930s) of the hotel school and campus, and files from when Keithan was dean.

Kennedy Assassination Collection, 1963-1969   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Collection Number: 6461.
Newspapers and magazines reporting on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy.

Kugelberg, Johan punk collection   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 8060
Collection of approximately 3,000 rare and unique items documenting English and American punk and post-punk music, circa 1974-1986.

Laurence MacDaniels papers,   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 21-25-815
Papers include correspondence with other horticulturists, floriculturists, and pomologists mainly concerning the activities of the North American Lily Society, which he founded, the Northern Nut Growers Association, of which he was president, the American Society for Horticultural Science, and the American Horticultural Council; correspondence concerning the future of the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University and the bread standards (1957-1958) set by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; correspondence, reports, and translations (1959-1962) that document MacDaniels' mission as a consultant on nuts and small fruit for the Technical Assistance Administration of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia under programs sponsored by the U.S. International Cooperation Administration and the U.S. Agency for International Development; administrative correspondence of the Department of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture; correspondence with the American Association of University Professors in regard to the continued usefulness of retired professors; research notes and scientific photographs; manuscript, typescript and mimeographed lecture notes, course outlines, and examination questions; and printed matter relating to scientific organizations and other subjects; also, photoprints and negatives of Armenia (1919-1920), Florida and Maguay and Mexico (1921); Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, (1926), Samoa, Fiji, Tahiti (1927) and Lebanon (1944).

Leslie, Bonnie Indonesian slide collection   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 8432
Collection consists of 35mm slides created by Bonnie Leslie during her time in northern Sumatra from 1975 to 1978.

Loewentheil, Stephan photograph collection   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 8043
Collection of photographs on various subjects demonstrating the technological evolution of photography, with emphasis on the period of 1822 to 1885. Includes 19th- and 20th-century photographs organized in several major groups.

Loewy, Benno photographs, [ca. 1850-1870]   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3013
Albums of photographs of famous personages in the arts. Some photographs are formal head and shoulder type, others are full length. Many are of actors portrayed in the roles they played in well known plays. One volume is an alphabetical index to the photograph albums.

Matthes, Gerard Hendrik papers,   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3017
Professional papers of Gerard Hendrik Matthes, a hydraulic engineer and member of the U.S. Geological Survey.

McDivitt, Emma L. Phillips photograph albums, [ca.1900-1926]   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4125
Three albums of photographs taken primarily by Emma McDivitt, but also containing John P. Troy and Ernest Abbe photographs, of Cornell University students and campus scenes, family gatherings, as well as scenes from her travels in Europe and East Asia. Other subjects include the solar eclipse of January 1925 and the unveiling of the Ezra Cornell statue at Cornell University.

McDonald, Boyd papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 7782
Files relating to Boyd's and others' work with "The Guide: Gay travel, entertainment, politics, & sex," "Alibi," and ""Straight to Hell: The Manhattan Review of Unnatural Acts."

McDonald, Ruth Seely Berry papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2016
Papers and correspondence of Ruth McDonald and her family.

Medical Society of the State of New York records   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2695
Includes minutes of meetings and agenda of several councils, in addition to membership records and publications.

Morrison, Hedda photographs, [ca. 1950-1985], 2007-2015   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4516
Photographs and negatives of Sarawak, other places in Malaysia, Indonesia, and elsewhere in Southeast Asia.

New York State College of Agriculture winter short course photographs   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 21-34-2459
Composite photographs and prints of the students and faculty members who attended the winter short courses at Cornell. Composites include the general agriculture, poultry, dairy, and horticulture classes.

Nolen, John papers,1890-1938, 1954-1960.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2903
Collection consists of personal and professional correspondence, letterbooks, addresses, biographical data, diaries, scrapbooks, school notes and textbooks, syllabi, lectures and outlines, typescript papers and articles, printed material, policy directives, card files, sample contracts, projects files and reports, slides, photographs, negatives, plans, blueprints, drawings, charts, and maps relating to Nolen's work in city planning, preservation, survey projects, zoning, and extension programs.

Photograph Album of Siam, 1900.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4863
Album photographs of Siam (Thailand). Subjects include Siamese royalty, religious figures and residences, politicos, group social scenes, theatre folk, street scenes, musicians, and other views of Bangkok and Thailand.

Photographs of bovines   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 6632
Sixty-three photographs of prize-winning bovines, taken by Adrien Tournachon at the 1856 Universal Agricultural Competition of Paris. Sixty are cattle from France, Hungary, Germany, and England; three are long-haired sheep from Hungary.

Photography pamphlets and ephemera   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 8050
Includes instruction and user manuals, trade catalogs, and advertisements for cameras and other photographic equipment and supplies. Some were issued by Eastman Kodak.

Postcard collection, 1898-2000.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4525
Wide miscellany of postcards, topics including Cornell University, New York State, all other states of the United States, and foreign countries and cities.

Postcards of female and male impersonators and cross-dressing,   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 7778
Postcards portraying cross-dressing and female and male impersonators in France, Sweden, Austria, Spain, Belgium, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Italy, and Romania. Postcards include photographic and photomechanical prints, some hand-colored. All are printed between circa 1900 and 1930 and depict performers on amateur, café-concert, music-hall, and legitimate stages at the high-point of cross-dressing as a form of entertainment. Many depict gallant visual narratives of women being wooed by other women dressed as men. Additional postcards include humorous images, popular genre narratives, promotional portraits of theatrical and music-hall male and female impersonators, as well as World War I POW camp theatrical productions. Two postcards are credited to female photographers, Ilse Magenmiller (German) and Jessie Westbrook (American). Sets of postcards depict narrative sequences, including Joan of Arc, Les Cerises, Chasé-croisé, Idylle à Trianon, and Une Amourette Louis XV. One such sequence, Pierrot et Columbine (circa 1900), portrays a sexual ending with Columbine represented nude (in a pink body suit). Male and female impersonators featured include Robert Bertin, Jeanne Bloch, Leopoldo Fregoli, Monte Verdi, Louis Vernassier, Sarah Bernhardt, Gaby Deslys, John Graffton, Betti Kuhn, Hetty King, Zena Dare, Vesta Tilley, Winifred Ward, and Huntley Wright, among others.

Postcards of German female impersonators,   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 7636
Sixty-two late-Wilhelmine male transvestite postcards portraying thirty individuals in their Damen-Imitator personas, including three images of "Gauze, Canadian Indian Soprano." Sixteen are signed or inscribed by the subjects, with references to gay cabarets in Berlin, Cologne, Kiel, and throughout the country. Five are addressed to Paul Shafer and one to Asta, female impersonators of the period, who are also pictured on some of the cards. One postcard depicts Man de Wirth in costume, circa 1920s. This may be Franz Man de Wirth, described on an 1898 German postcard (viewed online) as the best female impersonator of the time.

Requardt, Gustav Jaeger papers, 1905-1966.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2548
Printed and photocopied items, mainly concerning Requardt's student years at Cornell University, his participation in alumni activities, his career in sanitary engineering, and his interest in national politics and public affairs.

Rowlee, Willard Winfield papers, 1905-1923   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 14-29-234
Correspondence, reports, photographs, and other miscellaneous printed material pertaining to Rowlee's activities at Cornell University and elsewhere.

Sarnoff, Dorothy Papers, 1920-1998   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3147
Material relating to Dorothy Sarnoff's personal life and careers as a Singer and Speech Consultant.

Sharp, Lester lantern slide collection, [19--]   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 6690
Black and white glass lantern slides of portaits of various botanists from the 1500s-1900s, used by Professor Sharp in his lectures.

Stereoscopic views, 1800's-1900's.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 6541
Stereoscopic views: chiefly Cornell University views and buildings; Ithaca area views, architecture, and waterfalls and glens; New York State, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Minnesota, California, Wisconsin, West Virginia and Vermont views, industry, and architecture. There are a few views of Switzerland and France as well. Also four cabinet cards featuring scenes from Fall Creek, Ithaca.

Stycos, J. Mayone papers, 1955-2004.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Collection Number: 21-33-3171
Personal and professional papers and biographical information about Professor Stycos, sociologist, photographer and professor of sociology.

Tipton, Billy photographs   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 7767
A group of personal and professional photographs of Billy Tipton.

University Photography records,   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4-14-2883
Photographs, contact sheets, negatives, and slides depicting students and faculty, buildings, and campus events.

Visual Services / Cornell Publications Photography records,   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4-3-1885
Slides of Cornell University buildings, classrooms, students, alumni, professors, athletics, and other Cornell and Ithaca, New York subjects and scenes. Photographs, ca. 1960-1980; 35 mm. black and white transparencies of historical campus photographs; 2 x 2 black and white and color slides, some identified; 35 mm. and 2 x 2 negatives, with guide; and contact sheets of prints and negatives; 8 x 10 photographs of the Theory Center; 35 mm. slides of Roberts Hall; 35 mm. slides of Maplewood Park.

Watermargin records, 1947-2012.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 37-4-446
Correspondence, clippings, newsletters, photographs, minutes of meetings, programs, incorporation papers pertaining to a Cornell University cooperative living unit, with particular reference to social issues and visits from Eleanor Roosevelt, Marion Anderson and Norman Thomas.

Weintraub, Harry H. Collection of Gay-Related Photography and Historical Documentation   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 7771
Photographs ranging from formal 19th-century portraits to candid 20th-century snapshots and Hollywood stars' studio portraits that provide a wide view of men's bodies and gay men's lives, styles, and activities from the 1850s to 2010, plus associated scrapbooks, greeting cards, programs from events, sound recordings, magazines, comic books, calendars, and ephemera. Exceeding 10,000 items in total, the collection richly documents gay male culture from many angles, featuring 1950s physique and nude photography by important studios and artists, images of drag queens, sexual activity, men together, men in the military, in athletics, and in dance, opera, and theater. Included are significant photographs of men of color and about 100 images of U.S. and European lesbians and women in drag.

White, Gordon E. negatives   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 35-11-2573
Negatives, 4x5 cut film, taken at Cornell University for the Cornell Sun, for the Cornellian, and for personal interest.

Wilcox, H. K. photographs, 1890-1915.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 6372
Photographic albums containing photographs taken on trips to Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, France, England, the United States, Africa, Holland, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, and Algeria between 1897 and 1915. Also, loose photographs, lantern slides, and dry plate glass negatives documenting extensive travel from 1890.

Wilde, Mary Hitchcock papers, 1801-1984   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3989
Letters, photographs and photograph albums, writings and genealogical material of Hitchcock-Wilde and related families including Fairbrothers, Frost, Mann, Marvin, Raymond, Reynolds, Stenson, and Waddy.


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