Guide to the William Ballard Hoyt Papers,
1878-1881

Collection Number: 37-5-563

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
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
M.E. Warren
Date completed:
May 1990
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, April 2003

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


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
William Ballard Hoyt papers, 1878-1881.
Collection Number:
37-5-563
Creator:
William Ballard Hoyt, 1858-1915.
Quantity:
.1 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Notebooks and correspondence.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Notebooks kept and letters written by Hoyt concerning class work and athletics.
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Cornell University Class of 1881.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Notebooks kept and letters written by Hoyt concerning class work and athletics.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Hoyt, William Ballard, 1858-1915.
Cornell University--Students.
Cornell University. Class of 1881.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
William Ballard Hoyt papers, #37-5-563. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
c. 1880-1881
Student notebook kept by William B. Hoyt: notes on psychology course and also on "Warfare between Ecclesiasticism and the Political, Mental and Moral Sciences" by Andrew D. White
Box 1
Small notebook containing few notes on crew and rowing and other miscellaneous entries
Box 1
Small notebook containing miscellaneous entries such as small accounts, what appear to be lecture notes, etc.
Box 1
1881
Letter, dated Apr. 14, from William Channing Russell to George Burr about his leaving Cornell [removed to Burr Papers, May 1990 per EE]
Box 1
1881
Letter, dated September, to Dr. F. L. O. Roehrig (written in Latin) [removed to separate collection, per EE]
Box 1
1880
Letter, dated February 1, from William B. Hoyt to his brother Albert H. Hoyt; also postcard Oct. 12 (?)
Box 1
1880
Letter, dated Feb. 15, from William B. Hoyt to his parents
Box 1
1881
Letter, dated June 2, from Hoyt to his mother
Box 1
1878
Letter, dated Nov. 24, commencing "Dear Mother" but letter is either unfinished or not signed
Box 1
1882
Printed circular letter, dated January 31, from New York Association of Cornell University
Box 1
1882
2 printed receipts for money
Box 1