Guide to the Frank Curtis Abbott Reports,
1946-1948

Collection Number: 26-3-1878

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
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http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
B. Huth
Date completed:
March 1981
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, June 2003

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


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Frank Curtis Abbott reports, 1946-1948.
Collection Number:
26-3-1878
Creator:
Frank Curtis Abbott, 1920-
Quantity:
.2 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Reports.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes seven reports concerning the organization and administration of Cornell University written by Abbott while he was employed as an administrative assistant first to Provost Arthur S. Adams and later to President Edmund Ezra Day. Subjects include University policies, planning, evaluation, personnel management, and other topics.
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Cornell University Class of 1942, M.P.A. 1949.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes seven reports concerning the organization and administration of Cornell University written by Abbott while he was employed as an administrative assistant first to Provost Arthur S. Adams and later to President Edmund Ezra Day. Subjects include University policies, planning, evaluation, personnel management, and other topics.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Abbott, Frank Curtis, 1920-
Adams, Arthur S.
Day, Edmund Ezra, 1883-1951.
Cornell University--Administration.
Cornell University--Employees.
Cornell University--Planning.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Frank Curtis Abbott reports, #26-3-1878. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Dec. 1946
Report no. 1: Background Factors
Box 1 Folder 1
Jan. 1947
Report no. 2: Policy Formulation
Box 1 Folder 2
Feb. 1947
Report no. 3: Organization
Box 1 Folder 3
Mar. 1947
Report no. 4: Coordination, Planning, Evaluation, Controls
Box 1 Folder 4
Apr. 1947
Report no. 5: Executive Functions
Box 1 Folder 5
May 1947
Report no. 6: Personnel Management
Box 1 Folder 6
Sept. 1948
Final Report
Box 1 Folder 7