Guide to the Dwight Sanderson Papers,
1894-1960

Collection Number: 21-33-73

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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Compiled by:
A. Lipsky
Date completed:
October 1983
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, February 2003
Date modified:
RMC Staff, July 2012

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Dwight Sanderson papers, 1894-1960, 1894-1943 (bulk)
Collection Number:
21-33-73
Creator:
Dwight (Ezra Dwight), Sanderson 1878-1944.
Quantity:
7.8 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Diaries, bibliographies, manuscripts, student papers, correspondence, publications, a scrapbook, photograph albums, and class materials.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes 43 annual diaries of appointments; bibliographies; student papers; correspondence; papers on the family, marriage, and other topics; lecture outlines for classes on rural sociology, social psychology, and sociology; publications by Sanderson; scrapbook of articles following his retirement; post retirement letters; a photocopied excerpt from A Brief History of Entomology at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas concerning Sanderson and Glenn W. Herrick (1960); five albums of photographs and postcards from European travels, 1925/1926 and 1935; and other materials pertaining to Sanderson's work in rural sociology and related fields. Also, letter from Pearl Buck, written from Nanking, China, July 6, 1930.
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of rural sociology, New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes 43 annual diaries of appointments; bibliographies; student papers; correspondence; papers on the family, marriage, and other topics; lecture outlines for classes on rural sociology, social psychology, and sociology; publications by Sanderson; scrapbook of articles following his retirement; post retirement letters; a photocopied excerpt from A Brief History of Entomology at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas concerning Sanderson and Glenn W. Herrick (1960); five albums of photographs and postcards from European travels, 1925/1926 and 1935; and other materials pertaining to Sanderson's work in rural sociology and related fields. Also, letter from Pearl Buck, written from Nanking, China, July 6, 1930.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Sanderson, Dwight1878-1944.
Buck, Pearl S.(Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973.
Herrick, Glenn W.
Cornell University--Faculty.
New York State College of Agriculture.Dept. of Rural Sociology.

Subjects:
Family.
Sociology.
Sociology, Rural.
Social psychology.
College teachers.
Sociologists.

Places:
Europe--Description and travel.

Form and Genre Terms:
Bibliographies.
Diaries.
Scrapbooks.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Dwight Sanderson papers, #21-33-73. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Sept. 1938
Four Years of County Planning & Development (mimeographed copy)
Box 1
1935
A Demonstration in County Development (3 bound copies)
Box 1
1922-1939
Tompkins County Schools (3 folders)
Box 1
The Family
Box 2
(All of the following are from Chapters I, VIII, XI, XII, XIII, XIV; Chapters XV, XVI, XVII, XXI were noted in collection as missing)
1932
Physiology and Psychology of Petting, Legal Aspects of Betrothal
Box 2
1932
The Prediction of Adjustment in Marriage
Box 2
1932
Husband-Wife Relations in Marriage
Box 2
1932
Family Bibliography
Box 2
1932
Extracts from Thomas-Tusser's Book on Huswifery" (edition of 1580).
Box 2
1918
Federal Extension Service (Boy's and Girl's Club Work)
Box 2
1934
FERA (Federal Emergency Relief Admin. )
Box 2
1937-1943
Group I & II
Box 2
1918-1921
Rural Organization 16 Lecture Outlines, Notes
Box 3
Rural Organization Miscellanea
Box 3
1915-
Rural Secondary Schools, Social Studies
Box 3
1939-1943
Rural Sociology I-IV
Box 3
Social Psychology
Box 3
1915
Sociology 15 (Introductory)
Box 3
1916
"State Departments of Agriculture " by Dwight Sanderson. Written at University of Chicago in 1916.
Box 3
1930-1940
Annual Cornell School for Missionaries
Box 4
"Moral Education in the Public Schools"
Box 4
Dec. 16, 1916
Philosophy 31 (Paper presented at University of Chicago)
Box 4
1915
Psychology (Abnormal) Paper,, and Sociology Paper prepared by D. Sanders on at University of Chicago
Box 4
Nov. 2, 1917
"A Psychological Account of the Program of Religion" - Paper given at University of Chicago
Box 4
1917-1941
Rural Community I -VI I I
Box 4
1925-1944
Rural Community, No. VIII-XI
Box 5
1917
"Rural Community Organization for Religious Education" -Rural Church Seminar
Box 5
1940
Problems of Rural Democracy
Box 5
1917-1924
Rural Organization, No. l-III
Box 5
1920
Memorandum concerning Proposed objects of the American Farm Bureau Federation (Prepared and circulated privately at the time of the first meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation in Chicago. )
Box 6
1917-1922
Rural Organization - IV-IX
Box 6
1939-1941
Association Press (National Council of the YMCA)
Box 7
Mainly 1931
County Agents Course
Box 7
1936-1937
Depression Problems, I-II (much correspondence in preparation of Sanderson's manuscript on "New Problems of Rural Youth )
Box 7
The Family. Chapters I through VIII. Chapters 14, 15, 16, 17 & 21 are missing.
Box 7
1937
Factual Material for the Discussion of "Trends in American Standards of Living" by L.S. Cottrell
Box 7
1928-1934
The Group III
Box 8
1917-1941
Leadership I-IV (Farm Bureau, Scrapbook, Leadership, Letters & Bibliographies, student papers . Includes a mimeo copy of "Rural Leadership" by D. Sanderson
Box
1901-1943
Miscellaneous correspondence re E.D. Sanderson. Also, various awards and articles.
Box 9
ca.1925
Miscellaneous Pictures (mostly negatives) and Postcards.
Box 10
1899-1950
Diaries; correspondence concerning publication of Sanderson's works, such as "The Farmer and his Community," "Elementary Entomology", "Insect Pests of Farm, Garden and Orchard", and job opportunities around the country.
Box 11
n.d.
All illustrations and photographs used in books by D. Sanderson
Box 12
1898-1903
Entomological Publications
Box 13
1904-1914
New Hampshire Entomology
Box 13
1913-1914
"Report of the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment station"
Box 13
1932
The Rural Community
Box 13
1942
Rural Sociology and Rural Social Organization
Box 13
All the above are by D. Sanderson
Box 13
1902-1906
Texas Entomology
Box 14
1911-1912
"Report of the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station"
Box 14
1911-1912
"Report of the State Board of Regents, West Virginia"
Box 14
1913-
First Biennial Report, State Crop Pest Commission, West Virginia
Box 14
1918
Report of the New York State Food Supply Commission
Box 14
Nov. 1944
The American Journal of Sociology, pp. 117-260
Box 14
Mar. 1946
Rural Sociology, Vol. II, No. 1
Box 14
1945
Volume Report: "The Contribution of Extension Methods, and Techniques Toward the Rehabilitation of War Torn Countries"
Box 14
1894-1902
Scrapbook of early works
Box 14
1893-1896
Scrapbook of early themes and copies of the Hesperian Star from the Agricultural College in Michigan.
Box 14
1917
NYS Food Supply Commission. Preliminary Report of the Census of the Agricultural Resources of New York State. Bulletin No. 2
Box 14
1917
Bulletin of the NYS Food Supply Commission. Report of the Conference.
Box 14
Articles, letters re retirement, and letters of condolence to the Sanderson Family, including a black binder of newspaper obituaries. Also two reprints: A Biography of Ezra Dwight Sanderson by W.A. Anderson, and a bibliography of Sanderson up to Sept. 25, 1943.
Box 15
Brief biographical sketches of Sanderson and Glenn W. Herrick, publ. 1960, 8 pp. photocopy.
Box 15
July 6, 1930
Letter from Pearl S. Buck.
Box 15
n.d.
"The Family in the Life of Today", Handbook for leaders of discussion groups.
Box 16
1943
"With Love and Affection, Respectfully Yours, Graduate Students". (A bound collection of laudatory letters from graduate students to D. Sanderson upon his retirement.
Box 16
1893-1897
One bound volume of early work (including high school themes) by D. Sanderson.
Box 16
1885-1901
One scrapbook of school material and grades through college; including various souvenir programs and invitations.
Box 16
1930-1933
One student notebook on Entomology with hand drawn insect examples.
Box 16
ca. 1910
One scrapbook of insect photographs and newspaper clippings.
Box 16
1934-1935
One scrapbook of newspaper clippings re: the Tompkins County Development Association.
Box 16
1903-1907
Two folders: Contents of a scrapbook of clippings and printed items.
Box 16
1925-1926
Album containing postcards and photographs from various locations in France and one in Germany, including Amance, Amiens, Avignon, Bar-le-Duc, Bazancourt, Bellefosse, Bormes, Buire-sur-L'Ancre, Chalons-sur-Marne, Chanteheux, Courtisols, Einville, Fouday, Fressin, Le Treport, Giens, Ribaud, Givry-en-Argonne, Hangest-en-Santerre, Hyeres, La Ferte-Chevresis, Laon, Le Havre, Lyon, Metz, Motteville, Nancy, Paris, Reims, Ribemont, Rilly-la-Montagne, Rouen, Rouffach, Salins-des-Pesquiers, Seichamps, Sezanne, Solbach, Strasbourg, Tronville-en-Barrois, Vertus, Vitry-le-Francois, Witry-les-Reims, and Schwarzwald.
Box 17 Volume 1
1925-1926
Album containing postcards and photographs from various locations in France, including Aix-en-Provence, Alps, Arles, Auray, Barjoles, Bordeaux, Camaret, Carnac, Chateaulin, Cite de Carcassone, Correns, Crozon, Damazan, Draguignan, Gardanne, Grimaldi, Guillaumes, L’Aveyron, La Feuillee, La Haute-Garrone, La Rochelle, Landivisiau, Marseille, Menton, Merville, Monaco, Monte-Carlo, Montmeyan, Montpellier, Morlaix, Nerac, Nice, Nimes, Puch, Quimper, Quinson, Rennes, Roscoff, Saint-Malo, Saint-Pol-de-Leon, Sanremo, Sospel, Tonneins, Toulouse, Vianne, and Villefranche.
Box 17 Volume 2
1925-1926
Album containing postcards and photographs from various locations in France and Italy, including Amboise, Bernay, Blois, Chambord, Chemonceaux, Courtonne-la-Meurdrac, Grand-Champs, La Bretagne, Laval, Le Mans, Lisieux, Loches, Locmariaquer, Marolles, Sologne, Thiberville, Tours, Vannes, and Florence, Genoa, Milan, Rome, and Venice.
Box 18 Volume 3
1925-1926
Album containing postcards and photographs from various locations in Switzerland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, including Bern, Lucerne, Romanshorn, Zurich, Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig, Munich, Potsdam, Cesky Brod, Olomouc, Warsaw, Liskow, Aaskov, Copenhagen, Frederiksborg, Haraldsborg, Kronborg, Odense, Roskilde, Svogerslev, Vejen, Amsterdam, Groningen, Volendam, Wageningen, Winschoten, Brussels, and Leuven.
Box 18 Volume 4
1925-1926
Album containing postcards and photographs from various locations and museums in Belgium, England, Scotland, France, Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands, including Diksmuide, Ypres, Bruges, Brussels, London, Warwik, Oxford, Grasmere, Durham, Lincoln, Ely, Cambridge, Alloway, Trossachs, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Paris, Tours, Rome, Milan, Berlin, and Amsterdam.
Box 19 Volume 5
1935
Album containing postcards and photographs from various locations in Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, including Trieste, Gradiste, Mraclin, Nova Gradiska, Tomasica, Zagreb, Kovacevac, Orasje, Veria,Lovech, Cismigiu, and Bucharest.
Box 20 Volume 6
1935
Album containing postcards and photographs from various locations in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England, France, Luxembourg, the former Yugoslavia, Monaco, Switzerland, Germany, and Belgium, including Cashel, Connemara, Foxford, Galway, Kilkenny, Killarney, Larne, Limerick, Londonderry, Sligo, Tipperary, Abbottsford, Aberfeldy, Alloway, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Fortingall, Glen Coe, Inverness, Loch Lomond, Aberystwyth, Carnarvon, Canterbury, Kenilworth, Aubenas, Blois, Briancon, Eze, Nimes, Paris, Puget-Théniers, Rueil-Malmaison, Sion, Versailles, Diekirch, Brig, Gletsch, Lucerne, Bingen, Heidelberg, Herrenalb, Murg, Offenburg, Worms, and Brussels.
Box 20 Volume 7
1898-1935
Diplomas from the University of Michigan, BS 1897; Cornell University, BS 1898; University of Chicago, Ph.D 1921; and certificates from Phi Kappa Phi, the Department of State for the 12th Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, Ministry of Agriculture of Belgium, and the Country of Luxembourg
Mapcase DD-18