Guide to the Foster Coffin Papers,
1907-1961

Collection Number: 41-2-1211

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:

E. Engst, M. Warren

Date completed:

July 1984

EAD encoding:

Martin Heggestad, May 2003

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Foster Coffin papers, 1907-1961.

Collection Number:

41-2-1211

Creator:

Foster, Coffin 1890-1979.

Quantity:

1 cubic ft.

Forms of Material:

Correspondence, financial records, a phonograph record, and a tape recording.

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

Correspondence with other members of the Cornell Class of 1912 concerning class activities, reunions, and the Donald C. Kerr Memorial Endowment; a small quantity of personal correspondence and financial records; and a phonograph record and tape recording of a portrait presentation ceremony.

Language:

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Foster Coffin (class of 1912) was an Alumni Representative at Cornell University and was Director of Willard Straight Student Union, Cornell University.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

SUBJECTS

Names:

Coffin, Foster, 1890-1979.

Cornell University--Alumni and alumnae.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Foster Coffin papers, #41-2-1211. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Date	Description	Container
1929	Cornell 1912 Reunions	Box 1	Folder 1
1930	Cornell 1912 Reunions	Box 1	Folder 2
1931	Cornell 1912 Reunions	Box 1	Folder 3
1931-1933	Cornell 1912 Reunions	Box 1	Folder 4
1934-1936	Cornell 1912 Reunions	Box 1	Folder 5
1927-1931	Cornell 1912 Reunions Miscellaneous	Box 1	Folder 6
1934	Cornell 1912 Charles H. Blair for Alumni Trustee	Box 1	Folder 7
Jan.-May 1937	Cornell 1912	Box 1	Folder 8
June-Dec. 1937	Cornell 1912	Box 1	Folder 9
1938-1939	Cornell 1912 Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 10
1930-1937	Cornell 1912 Miscellaneous	Box 1	Folder 11
1934-1947	Cornell 1912 Miscellaneous	Box 1	Folder 12
1926	Cornell 1912	Box 1	Folder 13
1926-1927	Cornell 1912	Box 1	Folder 14
Jan.-Mar. 1927	Cornell 1912	Box 1	Folder 15
Apr.-June 1927	Cornell 1912	Box 1	Folder 16
1941	Cornell 1912 Tell Berna for Trustee	Box 1	Folder 17
1937-1951	Cornell 1912 Miscellaneous	Box 1	Folder 18
1939-1941	Cornell 1912	Box 1	Folder 19
1942-1946	Cornell 1912	Box 1	Folder 20
Jan.-Mar. 1947	Cornell 1912	Box 1	Folder 21
May-Dec. 1947	Cornell 1912	Box 1	Folder 22
1948-1949	Cornell 1912	Box 1	Folder 23
1950-1951	Cornell 1912	Box 1	Folder 24
June-Dec. 1952	Cornell 1912	Box 1	Folder 25
Jan.-May 1952	Cornell 1912	Box 1	Folder 26
1947	Cornell 1912 Miscellaneous	Box 1	Folder 27
1956	Donald C. Kerr Memorial Endowment, Foster M. Coffin	Box 1	Folder 28
1957	Donald C. Kerr Memorial Endowment, Foster M. Coffin	Box 1	Folder 29
1958	Donald C. Kerr Memorial Endowment Fund	Box 1	Folder 30
1957	Donald C. Kerr Memorial Endowment Fund	Box 1	Folder 31
1957	Donald C. Kerr Memorial Endowment Fund	Box 1	Folder 32
1958-1959	Donald C. Kerr Memorial Endowment Fund - Active	Box 1	Folder 33
1956-1957	Donald C. Kerr Memorial Endowment Fund - Inactive	Box 1	Folder 34
1958-1959	Donald C. Kerr Memorial Endowment Fund - Inactive	Box 1	Folder 35
1961	Bob Tschirky	Box 1	Folder 36
1935	Information re: bequests	Box 1	Folder 37
1935	Reunions, etc.	Box 1	Folder 38
	Reunion Information - other schools	Box 1	Folder 39
	Reunion Information - other schools	Box 1	Folder 40
1927-1934	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 1
Mar. 1935	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 2
Apr.-May 1935	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 3
May 1935	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 4
June 1935	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 5
1935	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 6
1935	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 7
1927-1935	Miscellaneous Financial Records	Box 2	Folder 8
1927-1957	1912 Class Photos	Box 2	Folder 9
1926-1927	1912 Reunion Miscellaneous	Box 2	Folder 10
1935	Miscellaneous	Box 2	Folder 11
1907	Personal Carver-Carruth Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 12
1918-1943	World Wars Miscellaneous	Box 2	Folder 13
1934-1935	Personal Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 14
1934-1935	Personal - Insurance Policies	Box 2	Folder 15
1959	Nantucket-Coffin Family Reunion	Box 2	Folder 16

Guide to the Foster Coffin Papers,1907-1961

Collection Number: 41-2-1211

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

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

Guide to the Foster Coffin Papers,
1907-1961

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library