Guide to the Oscar Diedrich von Engeln Papers,
1896-1964

Collection Number: 14-15-856

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
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http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
M.E. Warren
Date completed:
September 1988
EAD encoding:
Ann Hubert, May 2004

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


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Oscar Diedrich von Engeln papers, 1896-1964.
Collection Number:
14-15-856
Creator:
O. D. von (Oscar Diedrich) Engeln, 1880-1965.
Quantity:
6.9 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, notebooks, exams, manuscripts, clippings, scrapbooks, diaries, certificates, diplomas, family genealogy.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence pertaining to von Engeln's years at Cornell as a student and professor and to his writings on geology and Cornell history.
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of geology, Cornell University.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence pertaining to von Engeln's years at Cornell as a student and professor and to his writings on geology and Cornell history; student notebooks and exams; manuscripts of published and unpublished works; ice experiment notes by John L. Rich, 1911, later published by von Engeln, 1914; ice surface rubbings; "Records of Physiographical Experiments," 1915-1917; photographs of family, friends, colleagues and students, geological subjects, and world travels; von Engeln's camera; photographs of natural features in Turkestan taken by W. Rickmer Rickmers, with related correspondence; clippings; scrapbooks, diaries; certificates and diplomas; and a family genealogy. Material pertaining to Ralph S. Tarr, Professor of Geology, and reminiscences of other Geology Department members. Also, letters, unpublished articles, notes, two diaries, and photograph album (with identification) concerning Alaskan trips in 1906 and 1909.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Engeln, O. D. von, 1880-1965.
Rickmers, Willi Rickmer, 1873-1965.
Cornell University--Students.
Cornell University--Faculty.
Cornell University. Dept. of Geology.

Subjects:
Geology.

Places:
Asia.
Ithaca (N.Y.)
Alaska--Description and travel.

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Diaries.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Oscar Diedrich von Engeln papers, #14-15-856. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Correspondence
Box 1
Series II. Ralph S. Tarr Memorial
Box 1
Series III. Cornell and miscellaneous
Boxes 1, 8, 10
Series IV. Writings
Boxes 1, 8
Series V. Photographs
Subseries I. Albums
Boxes 2, 9, 11
Subseries II. Greenland expedition
Boxes 2-3
Subseries III. Photographs
Boxes 4, 14
Subseries IV. Negatives
Boxes 5, 13, 14
Subseries V. Postcard albums
Boxes 6, 17-18
Series VI. Scrapbook
Box 7
Series VII. Certificates and diplomas
Box 8, Map Case D-10
Series VIII. Alaskan trips; 1906, 1909
Boxes 4, 9
Series IX. Lantern Slides
Box 14

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1898
William Dean Howell's letter
Box 1 Folder 1
1901-1913
Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 2
1914
Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 3
1915-1920
Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 4
1921-1929
Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 5
1931-1949
Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 6
1952-1961
Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 7
1962-1963
Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 8
1919-1929
Correspondence and notes on Cayuga Rock Salt Company
Box 1 Folder 9
1905-1910
Ralph S. Tarr Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 10
1912
Items pertaining to the death of Ralph S. Tarr
Box 1 Folder 11
1913-1918
Ralph S. Tarr Memorial: correspondence
Box 1 Folder 12
1912-1919
Ralph S. Tarr Memorial: lists, letters, financial records
Box 1 Folder 13
1913
Ralph S. Tarr Memorial: suggestions re inscriptions
Box 1 Folder 14
1866-1934
Genealogy and related items
Box 1 Folder 15
1891-1948
Miscellany
Box 1 Folder 16
1904-1910
Cornell items
Box 1 Folder 17
Expenses of the Deaprtment of Physical Geography and Summer School Instruction
Box 1 Folder 18
1912
Pamphlets for Geology I
Box 1 Folder 19
1914
"Cornell University Summer Session Geography and Geology" (draft)
Box 1 Folder 20
1948-1949
Sigma Gamma Epsilon miscellany
Box 1 Folder 21
1902-1965
Clippings
Box 1 Folder 22
Reports, Essays and Drafts
Box 1 Folder 23
1919-1934
Reports, Essays and Drafts
Box 1 Folder 24
1891-1936
Mss. by von Engeln
Box 1 Folder 25
Finger Lakes Region - Mss.
Box 1 Folder 26-28
c. 1960
Finger Lakes Region - Printed
Box 1 Folder 29
c. 1960
Finger Lakes Region - Galleys
Box 1 Folder 30
Principles of Geology, mss. foreword through chapter 3
Box 1 Folder 31
Principles of Geology, chapters 4-8
Box 1 Folder 32
Principles of Geology, chapters 9-11
Box 1 Folder 33
Principles of Geology, chapters 12-13
Box 1 Folder 34
Principles of Geology, chapters 14-16
Box 1 Folder 35
Principles of Geology, chapters 17-18
Box 1 Folder 36
Principles of Geology, chapters 19-21
Box 1 Folder 37
Principles of Geology, chapters 22-24
Box 1 Folder 38
Principles of Geology, chapters 25-26
Box 1 Folder 39
Principles of Geology, chapters 27-29
Box 1 Folder 40
Principles of Geology, chapters 30-32
Box 1 Folder 41
Principles of Geology, chapters 33-36
Box 1 Folder 42
Principles of Geology, chapters 37-39
Box 1 Folder 43
Reminiscences, mss. pp 1-109
Box 1 Folder 44
Reminiscences, mss. pp 110-214
Box 1 Folder 45
1934, 1961-1964
Clippings, Reviews
Box 1 Folder 46
1961-1962
Reviews and Advertisements
Box 1 Folder 47-48
Photograph Albums
Box 2-3
Family
Box 4 Folder 1-4
1906-1950
Family and Other
Box 4 Folder 5
1906-1950
Family and Other
Box 4 Folder 6
1910-1963
Family and Other
Box 4 Folder 7-8
Family and Other
Box 4 Folder 9
1903-1963
Family
Box 4 Folder 10
1908-1963
Friends and Colleagues
Box 4 Folder 11-13
1907-1952
Students
Box 4 Folder 14-15
1947
Willard Straight Hall Party
Box 4 Folder 16
Expeditions
Box 4 Folder 17
1896-1909
Cornell and Alaska Expeditions
Box 4 Folder 18
1904-1950
Geological Expeditions
Box 4 Folder 19
1904
Glaciers
Box 4 Folder 20
Ters-Agar
Box 4 Folder 21
At Duwana
Box 4 Folder 21
Above Jailgan looking towards Tupchek
Box 4 Folder 21
Kalta-Karamk (just before Kizil-sn enters western gorge)
Box 4 Folder 21
Kalta-Karamk (eastern end of this broad section of Kisil-sn)
Box 4 Folder 21
1 map
Box 4 Folder 21
Kem-Kuban
Box 4 Folder 22
Darant-Kurgan Panorama E-S-W, Trans-Alai Range
Box 4 Folder 22
Obi-niob
Box 4 Folder 22
Approaching the Garmo Glacier
Box 4 Folder 22
View from Farna-Kub above Pashimgan to Darvaz
Box 4 Folder 23
Panorama of Tupchek; the Gildi
Box 4 Folder 23
Glacier and its Moraines
Box 4 Folder 23
Peter the Great and Zerin-Zamin from Range of Little Tupchek
Box 4 Folder 24
Around Little Tupchek
Box 4 Folder 24
Top-Kurgan
Box 4 Folder 24
Negatives
Box 5
Post Card Albums
Box 6
Student Scrapbook
Box 7
Miscellany, Cornelliana
Box 8
"Before Ithaca" Articles
Box 8
1948
Book of Letters to von Engeln
Box 8
1930
Diary, Mrs. von Engeln (formerly Maude Graham Hewitt)
Box 8
1898-1929
Certificates
Box 8
1919-1938
History pf Cornell University Department of Geology
Box 8
1919
Broadside
Box 8
1913-1917
Records of physiographical experiments
Box 8
1911
Ice experiments typescripts, rubbings, notebook
Box 8
c. 1905
Syllabus
Box 8
1906, 1909
Letters, unpublished articles, notes, two diaries, and a photo album concerning Alaskan expeditions
Box 9
1914
American Geographical Society Fellow
Mapcase K
1914
American Geographical Society Life Fellow
Mapcase K
1918
Corporal, New York, State 4th Infantry, Company D
Mapcase K
1918
Mrs. von Engeln, preparation of Red Cross surgical dressings instructor
Mapcase K
1919
Mrs. von Engeln, Woman's Committee for Fifth Liberty Loan
Mapcase K
1919
Acknowledgement of Mrs. von Engeln's service with the Fifth Liberty Loan
Mapcase K
1920
Red Cross Membership
Mapcase K
1928
von Engeln elected a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Mapcase K
1929
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
Mapcase K
Recognition of Mrs. von Engeln's services with the Red Cross
Mapcase K
Encyclopedia Britannica contributor
Mapcase K
Cornell Geological Society membership
Mapcase K
1904
Maude Graham Hewitt, academic diploma from Margaretville, N.Y., High School
Mapcase D-10
1904
Maude Graham Hewitt, high school diploma, Margaretville, N.Y., High School
Mapcase D-10
Mar. 1905-June 1905
Maude Graham Hewitt, advanced academic diploma, Margaretville, N.Y., High School
Mapcase D-10
1908
Oscar von Engeln, B.A. from Cornell University
Mapcase D-10
1909
Maude Graham Hewitt, B.A. from Cornell University
Mapcase D-10
1910
Marriage certificate of von Engeln and Maude Graham Hewitt
Mapcase D-10
1911
Oscar von Engeln, Ph.D. from Cornell Unievrsity
Mapcase D-10
1919
Maude Graham Hewitt, initiation certificate from Delta Zeta Sorority
Mapcase D-10
Association of American Geographers membership
Mapcase D-10
1934
Paper designating von Engeln United States delegate to the international Geographical Congress, held in Warsaw beginning Aug. 23, 1934
Mapcase D-10
1931
Moraine look at Reynoldsville-Bennettsburg - one from Cayuta Valley from hill on Nicklesburg Road
Box 14 Folder 1
1931
Moraine look at Reynoldsville-Bennettsburg - one from Cayuta Valley from hill on Nicklesburg Road
Box 14 Folder 1
19091911
Camera used by O. D. Von Engeln in Alaska
Box 10
1920
New York State photograph album
Box 11
19--
Topographic sections of New York State on o/s glass negatives, two photocopies of prints of maps [unidentified]
Box 13
1938
Divide Area - obsequent and consequent streamheads near Candor - on Southside of Candor - Van Ecttem Valley - First road west of Candor
Box 14 Folder 3
Negatives of Oct. trip with Wold
Box 14 Folder 4
1931
Jonet Face Univ. Quarty - Jonet Face of recok bing quarried for Taylor Hall University Quarry - bottom of east side of road
Box 14 Folder 5
Shows glacier sculpture
Box 14 Folder 6
1933
Tully Falls - Lower Taughanic
Box 14 Folder 7
1933
Crowbar Point
Box 14 Folder 8
1934
Truncated Spur - west side of Six Mile Valley from Coddington Road
Box 14 Folder 9
1934
Tributary Valley north of Bold Hill on east side of Six Mile Valley
Box 14 Folder 10
1932
Up Valley at Sweden Valley, PA - looks NE to NE - no ice glacial
Box 14 Folder 11
Excursion to Divide area around Cayuta, also Moraine Channel near Newfield, Oct.
Box 14 Folder 12
1935
Whitstone Gulf Butresses - This gorge is so large because eroded just glacially in very weak shales
Box 14 Folder 13
1935
Overflow southward into Unadilla Creek Headwaters of high level lake founded in slope of esearpment
Box 14 Folder 14
1932
Terrace along east side of outlet - highway crossing near junction with Pony Hollow
Box 14 Folder 15
1932
Downstream toward Cayuta Outlet (south) Terrance on west side of lower end (from highway toward Pony Hollow)
Box 14 Folder 16
1932
Doubtful bedrock near divide, upheaved or transported? (lower gorge, near divide)
Box 14 Folder 17
1932
Place of divide, near position of photo above, looking downstream (lower gorge, divide)
Box 14 Folder 18
1932
Swamp at divide point looking south (lower gorge)
Box 14 Folder 19
1932
Ledge rock fall in tributary valley, NE side of gorge (above divides, lower gorge)
Box 14 Folder 20
1932
View of north end of lower gorge toward SE
Box 14 Folder 21
1932
View of lower gorge valley from north end southward, hill in distance, flat area, winding, local waste
Box 14 Folder 22
1932
Cayuta Gorge (middle) outlet - junction with lower gorge. (middle gorge outwashed at mouth, junction)
Box 14 Folder 23
1932
Upper Cayuta Gorge outlet north of junction with middle gorge (south of road bridge)
Box 14 Folder 24
1932
Fall hill east of which flows out outlet channel, head of middle gorge, west of which lies present outlet channel (along road about one mile north of Alpine)
Box 14 Folder 25
Wattems
Box 14 Folder 26
1922
Richford from Morainic Knoll looking west diagonal slide up Truncated Slope
Box 14 Folder 27
1925
Truncated Spur and slightly modified Valley on east side of Horesheads Elmira, trough at Horseheads
Box 14 Folder 28
1922
Cortland, NY - South of glacially scoured divide notch - see maps, also note - Virgical continuation of this valley
Box 14 Folder 29
1922
Labrador Hollow - West end from summit of hill west of village
Box 14 Folder 30
1925
Rock City, Olean-blocks of Olean conglomerate tilting down hill due to weathering Alleghany Plateau level to south and west
Box 14 Folder 31
1925
Rock City, Olean - look NE surface of conglomerate and joints
Box 14 Folder 32
Moraine - Cross section Six Mile
Box 14 Folder 33
Fall Creek
Box 14 Folder 34
1925
Newark Valley
Box 14 Folder 35
1922
Near Headwaters of Chenango Creek, NY - view from road ro right leading up to 1761' elevation. This is on Taylor Valley region, south of Fulton
Box 14 Folder 36
1922
Danby - looking down State Road toward East Notch and toward north wall of Danby Trough
Box 14 Folder 37
1917
Six Mile Creek - Entrance bridge in park
Box 14 Folder 38
Dunde Region - Pony Hollow and Jackson Hollow Saddle - SW of Newfield
Box 14 Folder 39
Ithaca area and elsewhere (glass and film negatives, Cornell University Geology Dept. staff (film negatives
Box 15
c.1928
Malloryville esker (glass negative), Malloryville kames (glass negatives), field notes, Ithaca area photographs
Box 16
Photos and slides: local (film negatives, West India (glass negatives), Iceland (film negatives)
Box 17
Lewis B. Kelsey: term paper in Special Problems Geol. 208
Box 18 Folder 1
Index for 3"x4" slides
Box 18 Folder 2
Miscellany
Box 18 Folder 3
Glacial Pebbles
Box 18 Folder 4
Glaciers
Box 18 Folder 5
Glaciers and Glaciation
Box 18 Folder 6