Bernice Hopkins papers, 1925-1999.
Collection Number: 23-3-3128

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Bernice Hopkins papers, 1925-1999.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
23-3-3128
Abstract:
Correspondence, recipes, awards, articles, photographs, memorabilia, and other records of Bernice Hopkins as a student in Institution Management at Cornell, a dietitian, a lecturer in the Division of Nutritional Science at Cornell University and her work as a volunteer at Footnet.
Creator:
Hopkins, Bernice.
Quanitities:
2.7 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Cornell University Class of 1932.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, recipes, awards, articles, photographs, memorabilia, and other records of Bernice Hopkins as a student in Institution Management at Cornell, a dietitian, a lecturer in the Division of Nutritional Science at Cornell University and her work as a volunteer at Footnet.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Bernice Hopkins papers, #23-3-3128. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

Related Materials

See also collections #47-10-3394 and #23-2-749 for additional biographical information.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
Cornell University -- : Students.
New York State College of Human Ecology
New York State College of Home Economics
New York State College of Home Economics. Department of Institution Management
Foodnet (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Cornell University. Class of 1932
Subjects:
Dietitians.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
The Sandborn descendants - genealogy
1899-1981
Box 1 Folder 2
Letters of recognition, biography, memorabilia of Bernice Hopkins
1933-1993
Box 1 Folder 3
Bernice Hopkins-personal
1981-1994
Box 1 Folder 4
History of the Department of Institution of Management by Bernice Hopkins
1925-1969
Box 1 Folder 5
Guatemala
1987
Box 1 Folder 6
Information/ history/ correspondence about Home Economics/ Human Ecology at Cornell
1963-1998
Box 1 Folder 7
History of Manhattan Management and related correspondence
1998-11-13
Box 1 Folder 8
Kilimanjaro Tale-The Saga of a Medical Family in Africa, by Gwnneth Latham
Box 1 Folder 9
Dom Econ Cake Recipe, The Cook's Assistant, Deerfield Fair Cookbooks
1924
Box 1 Folder 10
(Removed from) "My Favorite Recipes"
Box 1 Folder 11
Muddy Pond Mennonite Community Cookbook
Box 1 Folder 12
Stones River Medical Community Cookbook
1984
Box 1 Folder 13
Recipe book
Box 1 Folder 14
Two small recipe books
Box 1 Folder 15
Recipe books
Box 1 Folder 16
FoodNet retirement certificate, Carrol College recognition certificate-both removed from frames
1999, 1976
Box 1 Folder 17
Army Certificate of Service
1947
Box 1 Folder 17
Senior Citizen of the Year Award
1992
Box 1 Folder 17
New York State Award for Improving the Life of Senior Citizens
1992
Box 1 Folder 17
Senior Citizen Outstanding Contribution
1998
Box 1 Folder 17
Course completion certificate for Army
1945
Box 1 Folder 18
Two senior portraits of Bernice Hopkins
1925, 1935
Box 1 Folder 19
Portrait of Orvis Hopkins, baby portrait, Bernice as a baby with her parents and paternal grandfather
Box 1 Folder 20
The Girl Graduate's Record Book from Bernice's senior year of high school
1925
Box 1 Folder 21
Senior class portrait book
1925
Box 1 Folder 22
Items saved by Bernice Hopkins (articles, pamphlets, etc.)
Box 1 Folder 23
Photocopies of articles saved by Bernice Hopkins
Box 1 Folder 24
Articles and letters
Box 1 Folder 25
Articles and letters
Box 1 Folder 26
Portrait of young girl
Box 1 Folder 27
Seven small photos including Bernice Hopkins around age two
Box 1 Folder 28
Two mounted portraits of Bernice Hopkins -various ages
Box 1 Folder 29
Photos of Bernice Hopkins at various ages
Box 1 Folder 30
Three portraits of Bernice Hopkins as a child/ baby
Box 1 Folder 31
Two portraits including Bernice Hopkins
Box 1 Folder 32
New York State College of Human Ecology at Cornell University Certificate of Recognition to Bernice Hopkins - Board Member Emeritus
1989-06-09
Box 1
Rotary Foundation names Bernice Hopkins a Paul Harris Fellow - certificate
1990
Box 1
Ithaca Sunrise Rotary Club - Bernice Hopkins - Honorary Rotarian plaque
1990-1991
Box 2
Metal box of recipes from the United States Navy
Box 2
VUMC Dietetic Internship Director-gold plate
1949-1960
Box 2
Bernice Hopkins-Retired from the New York State College of Human Ecology at Cornell University - silver plate
1974-06-19
Box 2
Bernice Hopkins - The American Dietetic Association - glass plaque
Box 2
Paul Harris Fellow medal
Box 2
Envelope of various name badges and ribbons for Bernice Hopkins
Box 2
Slide show-"Planning your Community Kitchen-A Cornell Slide Set"
Box 2
Lace knitted by B.H.'s Grandmother
1955-1959
Box 2
Lace knitted by B.H.'s Aunt Carrie
1955-1959
Box 2
Pink and white flowered bag "Ditty Bag." Note by Bernice Hopkins - given me by 'Red Cross' when I went overseas in 1945. It had many things, a pocket book (to read) comb toothpaste -etc, things an overseas military person could use."
1955-1959
Box 2
2 cream colored towels. Note by Bernice Hopkins -"These towels were wedding presents to my father and mother-They were married October 10, I think, 1906." Note by B.H.
1955-1959
Box 2
Pink lacy jacket. Note by Bernice Hopkins - "I left the Panama Canal Zone in 1945 after 11 years. The daughter of our 'clerk' in the dietary department made this jacket for me. -To this day it has never been worn. De Dier (clerk) was from Martinique-an extremely intelligent, helpful person."
Box 2
Red beret witha 32 patch on it.
Box 3
Wooden keepsake box with two compartments. Non-paper items have been left in the box. Folders 22-31 in Box 2 contain paper items removed from it.
Mounted portrait of Bernice Hopkins in Army Uniform
Army Medical Center Junior Dietitians Course Completion Certificate
1933-06-29
Bernice Hopkins' Bachelor of Science Diploma from Cornell University
Box 4
Helen Bull Vandervort -Human Ecology Alumni Achievement Award
1996
Box 4 Folder 1
Tompkins County Trust Co. Award for Excellence
1999
Box 4 Folder 2
Reunion material for the class of 1932, including the commencement program
1982-1995
Box 4 Folder 3
Recognition of being a member of the American Dietetic Association for fifty years
1992
Box 4 Folder 4
Biographical file - letters, articles, resume
Box 4 Folder 5
Alumni Association constitutions and bylaws
1950-1989
Box 4 Folder 6
Various memos concerning the College of Human Ecology
Box 4 Folder 7
Division of Nutritional Sciences - memos
1980-1999
Box 4 Folder 8
Passports
Box 4 Folder 9
Correspondence concerning the History of the Department of Institution Management
1985
Box 4 Folder 10
Chapters written for the History of the Department of Institution Management that were not published
1991
Box 4 Folder 11
Information gathered when writing the History of the Department of Institution Management
Undated
Box 4
Certificates from the College of Human Ecology Alumni Association
Box 4
Photos of quilts made by the Bliss and Van Alstyne Families in the mid 1800s
Tape Recording 7907a TR-7907a
Bernice Hopkins - College of Home Economics
Undated