© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Charles Henry Hull
papers, 1850-1945.
Collection Number:
14-17-249
Creator:
Charles Henry Hull, b.
1864.
Quantity:
5.1 cubic
ft.
Forms of Material:
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence of Hull relating to his
studies in Germany in the 1890's, to his work as professor and dean at Cornell
University, to his research as an historian, and to the professional
organizations to which he belonged, particularly the American Historical
Association; also manuscript and printed materials, correspondence and
financial accounts pertaining to Ithaca, N.Y. organizations such as the Cornell
Public Library, the Cornell Heights Land Company, the Fall Creek Milling
Company, the Ithaca Children's Home, the Ithaca Band, and the Ladies Union
Benevolent Society. Additional records include deeds, mortgage and survey
(1733-1803) on lands in Albany and Montgomery Counties and newspaper clippings
and handwritten notes about the early Ithaca "Moral Society"; a few letters and
other papers of Miss Mary J. Hull, sister of Professor Hull; English
documents(1607-1725). Also included is correspondence of William A. Dunning,
Max Farrand, Charles Homer Haskins, J. Franklin Jameson, Waldo G. Leland,
Andrew C. McLaughlin, Isaac P. Roberts, Henry Morse Stephens, Willard Straight,
James Sullivan, Hendrik Willem Van Loon. One box of lantern slides.
Language:
Collection material in English
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Correspondence of Hull relating to his studies in Germany in the
1890's, to his work as professor and dean at Cornell University, to his
research as an historian, and to the professional organizations to which he
belonged, particularly the American Historical Association; also manuscript and
printed materials, correspondence and financial accounts pertaining to Ithaca,
N.Y. organizations such as the Cornell Public Library, the Cornell Heights Land
Company, the Fall Creek Milling Company, the Ithaca Children's Home, the Ithaca
Band, and the Ladies Union Benevolent Society. Additional records include
deeds, mortgage and survey (1733-1803) on lands in Albany and Montgomery
Counties and newspaper clippings and handwritten notes about the early Ithaca
"Moral Society"; a few letters and other papers of Miss Mary J. Hull, sister of
Professor Hull; English documents(1607-1725). Also included is correspondence
of William A. Dunning, Max Farrand, Charles Homer Haskins, J. Franklin Jameson,
Waldo G. Leland, Andrew C. McLaughlin, Isaac P. Roberts, Henry Morse Stephens,
Willard Straight, James Sullivan, Hendrik Willem Van Loon. One box of lantern
slides.
SUBJECTS
Names:
Hull, Charles Henry, b.
1864.
Dunning, William Archibald,
1857-1922.
Farrand, Max, 1869-1945.
Haskins, Charles Homer,
1870-1937.
Hull, Mary J.
Jameson, J. Franklin(John
Franklin), 1859-1937.
Leland, Waldo Gifford,
1879-1966.
McLaughlin, Andrew Cunningham,
1861-1947.
Roberts, Isaac Phillips, 1833-1928.
Stephens, H. Morse(Henry Morse),
1857-1919.
Straight, Willard Dickerman,
1880-1918.
Sullivan, James.
Van Loon, Hendrik Willem,
1882-1944.
Cornell Heights Land Company (Ithaca,
N.Y.)
Cornell Public Library (Ithaca,
N.Y.)
Cornell University--Faculty.
Fall Creek Milling Company (Ithaca,
N.Y.)
Ithaca Band (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Ithaca Children's Home (Ithaca,
N.Y.)
Ladies Union Benevolent Society (Ithaca,
N.Y.)
Moral Society (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Subjects:
History--Research.
History--Societies, etc.
History--Study and
teaching.
Places:
Ithaca (N.Y.)--Social life and
customs.
Tompkins County (N.Y.)--Social life
and customs.
Form and Genre Terms:
Clippings.
Lantern
slides.
Deeds.