Guide to the Cornell University Crew Records,
1871-1985

Collection Number: 40-1-924

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:
G. Colman, N. Dean
Date completed:
September 1986
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, May 2003

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Cornell University Crew records, 1871-1985.
Collection Number:
40-1-924
Creator:
Cornell Crew (Rowing team)
Quantity:
6.5 cubic ft.,
Forms of Material:
Rosters, diary, journals, scrapbooks, logs, map, correspondence, programs, photographs, glass negatives, slides, videocassettes, and film.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes varsity and freshman crew rosters; Coach Charles Courtney's diary and journals of distances rowed, weather conditions, and other information; regatta programs; scrapbooks; map; correspondence with Todd Jesdale; minutes of the Sprague Boat Club; photographs, photograph albums, and glass negatives of crew events, Ithaca, New York views, and the Cayuga Lake Inlet; and a phonograph record and cassette copy concerning a 1946 regatta at Lake Washington. Material pertaining to John L. Collyer and Donald E. Maclay. Also, videocassettes and a film of the 1957 Cornell crew victory at Henley. Also, the crew logs (1937-1970) and crew files (1937-1975) of coach R. Harrison "Stork" Sanford; and slides of crews and crew activities. Also, scrapbooks (1896-1898).

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes varsity and freshman crew rosters; Coach Charles Courtney's diary and journals of distances rowed, weather conditions, and other information; regatta programs; scrapbooks; map; correspondence with Todd Jesdale; minutes of the Sprague Boat Club; photographs, photograph albums, and glass negatives of crew events, Ithaca, New York views, and the Cayuga Lake Inlet; and a phonograph record and cassette copy concerning a 1946 regatta at Lake Washington. Material pertaining to John L. Collyer and Donald E. Maclay. Also, videocassettes and a film of the 1957 Cornell crew victory at Henley. Also, the crew logs (1937-1970) and crew files (1937-1975) of coach R. Harrison "Stork" Sanford; and slides of crews and crew activities. Also, scrapbooks (1896-1898).
SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell Crew (Rowing team)
Collyer, John L.
Courtney, Charles.
Jesdale, Todd.
Maclay, Donald E.
Sanford, R. Harrison "Stork."
Cornell University--Athletics.
Sprague Boat Club.

Subjects:
Regattas.
Rowing.

Places:
Ithaca (N.Y.)
Cayuga Lake.

Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
Negatives.
Journals.
Maps.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Slides (photographs).

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Cornell University Crew records, #40-1-924. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
May 24, 1958
Ithaca Journal, p. 10, concerning provenance of this collection
Box 1 Folder 1
1900-1958
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 2
Misc.
 Box 1 Folder 3
1872-1911
List of crew members
 Box 1 Folder 4
1903, 1905-1907, 1909, 1922-1924
Courtney journals
 Box 1
1894
Courtney diary
 Box 1
ca. 1895-1907, 1910, 1919-1920
Courtney crew assignments and records
 Box 1
1904-1905, 1908-1910, 1912
Freshman crew candidates
 Box 1
1902, 1907-1909
Versity crew candidates
 Box 1
1907
Courtney's personal expense book
 Box 1
1916
Training table expense book
 Box 1
1899, 1904-1908, 1911, 1914-1916
Regatta programs
 Box 1
1874-1901
Minutes, The Sprague Boat Club of Cornell University, 1 vol.
 Box 1
1871-1905
The Cornell Navy, published vols.
 Box 1
Black and white prints plus a few negatives, most with identification by Courtney; Courtney home and other Union Springs, N.Y. locations, views of Ithaca from 218 Eddy Street and from Cayuga Inlet, pictures of crews, mostly taken at Ithaca, Poughkeepsie, and Henley
Box 2-4
3 1/4" x 4" black and white slides in wood boxes
 Box 5-6
ca. 1890
Photograph album
 Box 7
Audio cassette of a 1946 disc recording
 Box 7
Video cassette of 1957 crew victory at Henley
 V-46
Video cassette of 1957 crew victory at Henley
 V-301
Correspondence, 1948-1970; Scrapbooks, 1931-1932, 1940; Courtney's log book, 191-1920
 Box 8
Coach Sanford's crew logs, 1937-1970, and files, 1937-1975
 Box 9
Slides
 Box 10
Scrapbooks
 Box 11