Guide to the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Development and Alumni Affairs Records,
1960-1995.

Collection Number: 21-2-1767

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:
Date completed:
EAD encoding:
Corey Ryan Earle, Nov. 2005

© 2005 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Development and Alumni Affairs records, 1960-1995.
Collection Number:
21-2-1767
Creator:
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Development and Alumni Affairs
Quantity:
2.4 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Minutes, correspondence, audiocassettes
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Records of the Cornell College of Agriculture's Development and Alumni Affairs office include correspondence, proposals, minutes, reports, donor lists, accounts, date books, and other materials relating to corporate and alumni gifts, scholarships, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Fund, and other subjects. Names included are Laing E. Kennedy, A. Lee Thompson, William I. Myers, Lansing P. Shield, W. Keith Kennedy, A. Bradford Carruth, Wendell G. Earle, and Elmer L. Townsend. Includes photographs and slides of various events and people, such as David Call and of campus buildings, including the demolition of Roberts Hall in 1990.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Records of the Cornell College of Agriculture's Development and Alumni Affairs office include correspondence, proposals, minutes, reports, donor lists, accounts, date books, and other materials relating to corporate and alumni gifts, scholarships, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Fund, and other subjects. Names included are Laing E. Kennedy, A. Lee Thompson, William I. Myers, Lansing P. Shield, W. Keith Kennedy, A. Bradford Carruth, Wendell G. Earle, and Elmer L. Townsend. Includes photographs and slides of various events and people, such as David Call and of campus buildings, including the demolition of Roberts Hall in 1990.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Call, David L., 1932-
Carruth, A. Bradford.
Earle, Wendell, 1923-
Kennedy, Laing E.
Kennedy, W. Keith, 1919-
Myers, William Irving, 1891-1976.
Shield, Lansing P.
Thompson, A. Lee.
Townsend, Elmer L.
Cornell University--Alumni and alumnae.
Cornell University--Buildings
Roberts Hall (New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences).
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences--Alumni and alumnae.
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences--Endowments.
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences--Funds and scholarships..
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences--Finance.

Subjects:
Educational fund raising.
Slides (photographs).
Photographs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Development and Alumni Affairs records, #21-2-1767. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
College of Agriculture Fund - Financial Needs of Students, 1968
Box 1 Folder 1
College of Agriculture - Alumni Association and Fund, 1969
Box 1 Folder 2
Summary of Gifts, 1970
Box 1 Folder 3
College of Agriculture Fund - List of Pledges - Upstate, NY, 1970
Box 1 Folder 4
Inquiry Letters and Responses, 1970-1972
Box 1 Folder 5
Lansing P. Shield Memorial Scholarship Fund, July 1971
Box 1 Folder 6
Sears-Roebuck Foundation Scholarship, 1960-1966
Box 1 Folder 7
Summary of Gifts, 1971-1972
Box 1 Folder 8
Letters sent to Dairy Farmers, 1972
Box 1 Folder 9
Ag Fund - Hudson Valley, 1972
Box 1 Folder 10
Scholarships and Awards, 1972-1973
Box 1 Folder 11
Request for Permanent Operation of Fund, 1972-1973
Box 1 Folder 12
College of Agriculture and Life Science Council Meeting, 1972-1974
Box 1 Folder 13
Fund Advisory Committee, 1972-1974
Box 1 Folder 14
Foundation Gifts to Cornell, 1972-1973
Box 1 Folder 15
Corporate Gifts, 1972-1973
Box 1 Folder 16
Fund Summary, 1973
Box 1 Folder 17
Fund Reports, 1973-1976
Box 1 Folder 18
Faculty Response, March 1973
Box 1 Folder 19
Laing Kennedy Date Book, 1973
Box 1 Folder 20
Cornell Fund for College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1973-1974
Box 1 Folder 21
Scholarships and Awards, 1973
Box 1 Folder 22
Treasurer's Book, 1972-1975
Box 1 Folder 23
A. Lee Thompson, 1971-1974
Box 1 Folder 24
Advisory Committee Agenda, 1973
Box 1 Folder 25
Donor's List, 1973
Box 1 Folder 26
Correspondence, 1973-1974
Box 1 Folder 27
Conferences, 1973-1974
Box 1 Folder 28
Gifts and Programs, 1974
Box 1 Folder 29
Action for a Creative Fund, 1974
Box 1 Folder 30
Proposals and Projects, 1974
Box 1 Folder 31
Faculty Response to Letter, Feb. 1974
Box 1 Folder 32
Donor Lists, 1974
Box 1 Folder 33
Annual Report Brochure, 1974
Box 1 Folder 34
Fund Committees, 1974
Box 1 Folder 35
Elmer T. Townsend Proposal, 1974-1975
Box 1 Folder 36
Fund, 1974-1975
Box 1 Folder 37
Summary of Endowed Accounts, 1974-1975
Box 1 Folder 38
Projects and Proposals, 1974-1975
Box 1 Folder 39
Services, 1974-1975
Box 1 Folder 40
Standing Committees, 1974-1975
Box 1 Folder 41
Annual Reports, 1974-1975
Box 1 Folder 42
Permanent Operation of the Fund, 1974-1975
Box 1 Folder 43
Laing Kennedy Date Book, 1974
Box 1 Folder 44
Donor List, 1975
Box 1 Folder 45
General CALS Fund, 1975-1976
Box 1 Folder 46
Laing Kennedy Date Book, 1975
Box 1 Folder 47
Payroll Deductions, 1975-1976
Box 1 Folder 48
Private Grants, Contracts, and Gifts, 1975-1976
Box 2 Folder 1
Charter and Tower Gifts, 1975-1976
Box 2 Folder 2
Committee Meeting, 1975-1976
Box 2 Folder 3
Progress Report, 1975-1976
Box 2 Folder 4
Proposals and Annual Report, 1975-1976
Box 2 Folder 5
Laing Kennedy Date Book, 1976
Box 2 Folder 6
Memo Book Bradford Carruth, 1976
Box 2 Folder 7
Correspondence, Jan. 1976
Box 2 Folder 8
Correspondence, Feb. and Mar. 1976
Box 2 Folder 9
Correspondence, Apr. and May 1976
Box 2 Folder 10
Correspondence, Jun. and Jul. 1976
Box 2 Folder 11
Correspondence, Aug. and Sep. 1976
Box 2 Folder 12
Correspondence, Oct., Nov., and Dec. 1976
Box 2 Folder 13
Bradford Carruth Memo Book, 1976-1977
Box 2 Folder 14
Bradford Carruth Memo Book, 1977
Box 2 Folder 15
William I. Myers Professorship Solicitation Letters, Apr. 1979
Box 3 Folder 1
William I. Myers Papers, 1976
Box 3 Folder 2
William I. Myers Prospects, Action, 1977-1979
Box 3 Folder 3
William I. Myers Professorship, 1977-1978
Box 3 Folder 4
Requests for Pledges to William I. Myers Professorship, 1977
Box 3 Folder 5
William I. Myers Professorship Correspondence, 1973-1978
Box 3 Folder 6
William I. Myers Professorship Booklets
Box 3 Folder 6b
Wendell G. Earle Testimonial Dinner Correspondence, 1975
Box 3 Folder 7
Wendell G. Earle Testimonial Dinner Menu, Programs, Photograph, 1975
Box 3 Folder 8
Chinese Agricultural Education Delegation - photograph and flyer, 1980
Box 3 Folder 9
David Atkinson '60 - Foremost Benefactors Ceremony - photos, 1993
Box 3 Folder 10
David Call - Reviewing Plans for New Roberts Hall - slides, 1989
Box 3 Folder 11
David Call's Portrait Unveiling
Box 3 Folder 12
Dr. Austin Curtis Jr. '32 - 60th Reunion - photos and clippings, 1992
Box 3 Folder 13
Wendell G. Earle - photos
 Box 3 Folder 14
Dean Beverly Galloway's Portrait - CALS Alumni Assocation Meeting - photos, 1980
Box 3 Folder 15
Keith Kennedy - photos and slides
 Box 3 Folder 16
Lee Teng-hui - photos and program, 1995
Box 3 Folder 17
Dean Daryl Lund with composite picture of campus - photo, 1990s
Box 3 Folder 18
Ronald Lunch Deanship Dedication - photos and program, 1994
Box 3 Folder 19
Isaac Roberts, Dean - photo
Box 3 Folder 20
Eloy Rodriquez - slides, 1995
Box 3 Folder 21
Agriculture Quad Tree Planting - slides and flyer, 1992
Box 3 Folder 22
Akwe:kon House Dedication - slides, 1991
Box 3 Folder 23
Alpha Zeta Fraternity Dedication with Frank Rhodes - slides, 1993
Box 3 Folder 24
Campus Buildings - photos
 Box 3 Folder 25
Campus Buildings - slides
 Box 3 Folder 26
Campus Buildings - slides
 Box 3 Folder 27
Campus Buildings - slides
 Box 3 Folder 28
"Herakles at Ithaca" Dedication - Jason Seley - photos
Box 3 Folder 29
Roberts Hall Demolition - slides, 1990
Box 3 Folder 30
Roberts Hall Demolition - photos, 1990
Box 3 Folder 31
Old Roberts Hall Brick Presentation with Dean Call - slides
 Box 3 Folder 32
Stone Microcomputer Center Dedication Ceremony - photos, 1991
Box 3 Folder 33