Guide to the Harry Caplan papers,
1918-1980

Collection Number: 14-9-1921

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:
T.A. Gobert
Date completed:
June 1988
EAD encoding:
Ann Hubert, August 2003

© 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Harry Caplan papers, 1918-1980.
Collection Number:
14-9-1921
Creator:
Harry Caplan, 1896-
Quantity:
27.8 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, manuscripts, papers, photographs.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
The bulk of this collection consists of letters from Caplan's colleagues, graduate students, friends, and family members, and notes and drafts of his replies. Also included are speeches and lectures, course materials, bibliographies, subject files, notes, manuscripts, reprints and other published material, diaries, photographs, sketches, materials concerning Cornell, and other papers reflecting Caplan's career as a classics professor.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Harry Caplan received his B.A. in 1916, M.A. in 1917, and Ph.D. in 1921 from Cornell. He taught in Cornell's Department of Public Speaking, 1919-1923, and in the Department of Classics, 1924-1980.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The bulk of this collection consists of letters from Caplan's colleagues, graduate students, friends, and family members, and notes and drafts of his replies. Also included are speeches and lectures, course materials, bibliographies, subject files, notes, manuscripts, reprints and other published material, diaries, photographs, sketches, materials concerning Cornell, and other papers reflecting Caplan's career as a classics professor.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Caplan, Harry, 1896-
Cornell University--Faculty.

Subjects:
Classical languages--Study and teaching.
Classical literature--Study and teaching.
College teachers.

Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
Photographs.
Sketches.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Harry Caplan papers, #14-9-1921. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1918-1939
Correspondence
 Box 1
1920s-1945
Correspondence
 Box 2
1942-1949
Correspondence
 Box 3
1943-1944
World War II letters from Jay (Caplan's nephew)
 Box 3
1950-1956
Correspondence
 Box 4
1956-1961
Correspondence
 Box 5
1961-1964
Correspondence
 Box 6
1965-1968
Correspondence
 Box 7
1969-1973
Correspondence
 Box 8
1974-1976
Correspondence
 Box 9
1976-1980 andn.d.
Correspondence
 Box 10
1940-1954
Unsorted correspondence (in envelopes)
 Box 11
1954-1963
Unsorted correspondence (in envelopes)
 Box 12
1957-1969
Unsorted correspondence (in envelopes)
 Box 13
1960-1971
Unsorted correspondence (in envelopes)
 Box 14
1967-1973
Unsorted correspondence (in envelopes)
 Box 15
1969-1971
Unsorted correspondence (in envelopes)
 Box 16
1972-1975
Unsorted correspondence (in envelopes)
 Box 17
1964-1976
Unsorted correspondence (in envelopes)
 Box 18
1975-1979
Unsorted correspondence (in envelopes)
 Box 19
Subject files
 Box 20
Subject files
 Box 21
Alphabetical files; miscellany; students' papers
 Box 22
Writings
 Box 23
Writings; diaries; appointment book
 Box 24
1947-1953
American Philological Association
 Box 25
1946
Bibliography - Medieval and Renaissance Latin letter
 Box 25
1948
Bibliography
 Box 25
1949,1951
American Academy in Rome letters
 Box 25
1949
Jewish War Veterans
 Box 25
Certificate of Incorporation; The Statler Club
 Box 25
India-Cornell memoranda
 Box 25
Notes - slips, cards, etc. with notations and references
 Box 25
Modus faciendi sermones (manuscript)
 Box 25
Family Correspondence
 Box 25
  • a. "Family 1"
  • b. "Family 2"
  • c. "Family 3"
  • d. "Family 4"
  • e. Bulletins of Congregation Beth Emeth
Thesaurus Lingua Latina correspondence
Box 25
1954
American Philolgocal Association paper and material
 Box 25
Abstracts by various authors (manuscripts)
 Box 25
Miscellaneous
 Box 25
Menander the Rhetorician
 Box 25
Manuscript of Ad Herrenium
Box 26
"University Matters" - material concerning University meetings, recommendations for positions, etc.
 Box 26
1946-1947
Committee on Educational Policy; minutes of the committee meeting
 Box 26
Personal documents
 Box 26
1946
Linguistic Society financial report
 Box 26
ca. 1928-1929
Presentation of Caplan in Wales
 Box 26
1921
Caplan's statement on his thesis
 Box 26
Photographs
 Box 27
Sketches; prayer book
 Box 28
ca. 1949-1965
Postcards
 Box 29
ADDN
 Box 30-32