Guide to the Cornell University Class of 1937 (Women) Records,
1937-1997

Collection Number: 41-4-738

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
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EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, September 2003
Date Modified:
Jude Corina, March 2013

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Cornell University Class of 1937 (Women) records, 1937-1997.
Collection Number:
41-4-738
Creator:
Cornell University. Class of 1937 Women.
Quantity:
6.7 cubic ft.,
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, programs, pamphlets, photographs, memoranda, memorabilia, questionnaires, clippings, audiotapes, and other papers.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Records of the Class of 1937 Women's Secretary, Carol Cline, include correspondence, programs, pamphlets, photographs, memoranda, and memorabilia pertaining to reunions; questionnaires and other biographical information for each reunion; a guide for class secretaries, clippings, and other printed material; "Class of 1937 Women, History Since Graduation, 1937-1990," and tape recordings of the Women's Reunion Banquet and Midnight Dormitory Party (1962), Introduction to 1937 Banquet, and the 45th Reunion Banquet at the Johnson Art Museum. Also, questionnaires about the class, 1972-1991.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Records of the Class of 1937 Women's Secretary, Carol Cline, include correspondence, programs, pamphlets, photographs, memoranda, and memorabilia pertaining to reunions; questionnaires and other biographical information for each reunion; a guide for class secretaries, clippings, and other printed material; "Class of 1937 Women, History Since Graduation, 1937-1990," and tape recordings of the Women's Reunion Banquet and Midnight Dormitory Party (1962), Introduction to 1937 Banquet, and the 45th Reunion Banquet at the Johnson Art Museum. Also, questionnaires about the class, 1972-1991. Class of 1937 class and reunion records; and reunion memorabilia, particularly "Flip the Frog" class mascot items.
Also contains files of Merle Ohlinger, including correspondence with Carol Cline. Reunion photograph, n.d. and parody issue "Naval Day Nudes, May 23 1936."
SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University. Class of 1937 Women.
Cline, Carol Helen, 1915-1985.
Cornell University--Alumni and alumnae.

Subjects:
Class reunions.

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Cornell University Class of 1937 (Women) records, #41-4-738. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1938, 1957-1958
Women of '37 correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 1
1941
Women of '37 correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 2
1942-1980
'37 correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 3
1957-1958
Women of '37 correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 4-5
1958-1960
Women of '37 correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 6
1963-1966
Women of '37 correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 7
1964-1967
Women of '37 correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 8-10
1966-1982
Women of '37 correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 11
1967
Women of '37 correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 12
1974-1976
Women of '37 correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 13
1936-1937
Mrs. Helena Abendschein
 Box 1 Folder 14
1941-1942
Re: Mrs. Abendschein, Chaperone, Sigma Delta Tau; incl. photo of Mrs. A., correspondence with Mary Donlon
Box 1 Folder 15
1937-1940
Mrs. N. Carter Daniel
 Box 1 Folder 16
1962
Letters to Dilly (Esther Dillenbeck Pruden), re: 25th anniversary gift for Carol Cline
Box 1 Folder 17
1941-1951
Dean R. Louise Fitch
 Box 1 Folder 18
1943
Prof. John C. Adams, Shakespeare prof.
 Box 1 Folder 19
1944-1945
Helen E. Fry '37, mainly re: her service with the American Red Cross in North Africa and Italy
Box 1 Folder 20
1940-1951
Margaret W. Thompson, Assistant to the Dean of Women, 1935-1940; 1944-1948 letters, with the American Red Cross in China
Box 1 Folder 21
1963-1964
Miscellaneous correspondence since 1962, incl. letter from Edith M. Fox, Oct. 21, 1963
Box 1 Folder 22
1937-1943
Class of 1937 records, A-G
 Box 1 Folder 23
1937-1943
Class of 1937 records, H-N
 Box 1 Folder 24
1937-1943
Class of 1937 records, O-S
 Box 1 Folder 25
1937-1943
Class of 1937 records, T-Z
 Box 1 Folder 26
1947-1948
1937 women, 10th Reunion questionnaires #1
 Box 1 Folder 27
1947-1948
1937 women, 10th Reunion questionnaires #2
 Box 1 Folder 28
1946-1948
1937 women (correspondence, newsletters) #3
 Box 1 Folder 29
1953-1957
1937 women biographical records
 Box 1 Folder 30
1951-1953
Class of 1937, 15th Reunion questionnaires #1
 Box 2 Folder 1
1951-1953
Class of 1937, 15th Reunion questionnaires #2
 Box 2 Folder 2
1951-1952
Class of 1937, 15th Reunion correspondence #3
 Box 2 Folder 3
1937, 1952
15th Reunion (newsletters from Cline)
 Box 2 Folder 4
1956-1957
20th Reunion questionnaires #1
 Box 2 Folder 5
1956-1957
20th Reunion questionnaires #2
 Box 2 Folder 6
1957
20th Reunion correspondence #3
 Box 2 Folder 7
1961-1963
25th Reunion Ringbook #1
 Box 2 Folder 8
1961-1962
25th Reunion Ringbook #2
 Box 2 Folder 9
1961-1962
25th Reunion Ringbook #3
 Box 2 Folder 10
1955-1980
Mostly Reunion 1962
 Box 2 Folder 11
1948-1982
Mostly Reunion 1962
 Box 2 Folder 12
1961-1963
1937 Women 25th Reunion
 Box 2 Folder 13
1962
25th Reunion reservations
 Box 3 Folder 1-2
1961-1962
'37 Reunion, 1962
 Box 3 Folder 3
1967
'37, 30th Reunion
 Box 3 Folder 4
1947-1957
'37 Newsletter (carbons)
 Box 3 Folder 5-6
1937-1958
Alumni Fund
 Box 3 Folder 7
1938-1966
Copies for Alumni News
 Box 3 Folder 8
1966-1967
Copies for Alumni News
 Box 3 Folder 9
1953
Correspondence with 1937 Women's Officers about Alumni News
Box 3 Folder 10
1940-1961
Class Secretaries Association Meeting
 Box 3 Folder 11
n.d.
A Guide-book for Class Secretaries
 Box 3 Folder 12
1937, 1941
Cornell Alumni News
 Box 3 Folder 13
1939-1967
Cornell Club of Dayton
 Box 3 Folder 14
1951-1960
Cornell Dramatic Club
 Box 3 Folder 15
1943-1962
Federation of Women's Clubs
 Box 3 Folder 16
1957
'37 Reunion photos
 Box 3 Folder 17
1967, 1972, 1977, 1979, 1982
'37 Reunion photos: 30th, 35th, 40th, 45th
 Box 3 Folder 18
1947-1960
Hinchliff: Letter from Cornell
 Box 3 Folder 19
1948-1961
Non-official Reunion Years - literature
 Box 3 Folder 20
1954-1982
Reunion material and miscellaneous
 Box 3 Folder 21
1959-1964
Reunion workshop materials
 Box 3 Folder 22
1955
1955 Reunion - miscellany
 Box 3 Folder 23
1947
10th Reunion - miscellany
 Box 3 Folder 24
1957
Cornell University class reunions
 Box 3 Folder 25
1972
1972 Reunion miscellany
 Box 3 Folder 26
1941, 1947, 1981
Sigma Delta Tau
 Box 3 Folder 27
1958, 1972, 1977
'37 Directories
 Box 3 Folder 28
1942-1962
Women of 1937 Directories
 Box 3 Folder 29
1958-1965
'37 Directories
 Box 3 Folder 30
1948-1959
Newsclippings
 Box 3 Folder 31
Cornell buildings
 Box 3 Folder 32
1949-1964
1939 Reunion and Class News (also '36)
 Box 3 Folder 33
1979
Newsletters concerning 1939 Women's 40th Reunion
 Box 3 Folder 34
1937-1943
Cornell '37 Mortar Board Round Robin
 Box 3 Folder 35
1944-1949
Cornell '37 Mortar Board Round Robin
 Box 3 Folder 36
1950-1984
Cornell '37 Mortar Board Round Robin
 Box 3 Folder 37
1937-1947
Class of '37 Newsletters
 Box 3 Folder 38
1948-1961
Class of '37 Newsletters
 Box 3 Folder 39
1962-1972
Class of '37 Newsletters
 Box 3 Folder 40
1938-1942
Class of 1937 scrapbook, 2nd and 5th reunions
 Box 4 Folder 1
1939, 1947, 1952
'37 women pictures
 Box 4 Folder 2
1954
Class of 1893 letter to class secretaries
 Box 4 Folder 3
1937
LIFE, June 7, 1937 (features class of '37)
Box 4 Folder 4
Album of Cornell songs made for Cornell Alumni Assoc. (6 sides)
Box 5
Recording of Cornell songs (2 sides)
 Box 5
Class of '37 banner
 Box 5
Freshman beanie
 Box 5
White blazer and skirt, '37 emblem
 Box 5
'39 button and ribbon, Elizabeth D. Stocking
 Box 5
Book, You Can Take Them With You, by Violet Brown Weingarten '35
Box 5
5 reunion buttons
 Box 5
1952
Printing block, cut for banquet program, 15th reunion
 Box 5
Shoe cleaner, compliments of Ithaca Hotel
 Box 5
1947
Origami frog, 10th reunion
 Box 5
"Flip" - stuffed frog, Class of '37 mascot
 Box 6
Cowbow hat with button from 1952 reunion
 Box 7
Crew hat
 Box 7
Metal reunion mugs, (6)
 Box 7
Buttons (4)
 Box 7
Small Cornell banner
 Box 7
"How to care for your wild rock"
 Box 7
Megaphone
 Box 7
Reunion beer bottle
 Box 7
Baseball cap with button "Cincinnati next"
 Box 7
V. U. centennial goblet in box
 Box 7
Cornell banner
 Box 7
Carol Cline letters, 1940s
 Box 8
30th Reunion questionnaires and class correspondence
 Box 9
40th Reunion questionnaires and photographs
 Box 9
45th Reunion questionnaires and photographs
 Box 9
Directories, class correspondence
 Box 9
Reunion booklets, senior banquet menu
 Box 9
Reunion files
 Box 10
Class letters
 Box 10
Photograph
 Box 10
Class history files
 Box 11
Files
 Box 12
Reunion programs
 Box 13
Files
 Box 13
Paper miscellany
 Box 13
Files
 Box 14
Printing block
 Box 15
Frog stickers (1 roll)
 Box 15
Ceramic frogs (2 green, 1 white)
 Box 15
Frog (1-$1 bill origami)
 Box 15
Reunion buttons (2)
 Box 15
Reunion files
 Box 16
Carol Cline letters
 Box 16
"Flip" the frog (new crocheted version)
 Box 17
n.d.
Reunion photograph
 Box 18
1936
"Naval Day Nudes" parody issue
 Box 18