Guide to the Cornell Women's Club Of Batavia Records,
1934-2008.

Collection Number: 41-6-3435

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:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
February 2009
EAD encoding:
Jessica Shon, February 2009

© 2009 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Cornell Women's Club of Batavia records, 1934-2008.
Collection Number:
41-6-3435
Creator:
Cornell Women's Club of Batavia.
Quantity:
1.9 cubic foot.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, Memorabilia, Newspapers
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Victorian bird cage and copies of letters and clippings about it.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

In 1975, the club acquired a Victorian birdcage said to have been owned by Liberty Hyde Bailey. Over the years, the club annually auctioned off the cage; the winner enjoyed it for a year and then put it up for rebid. Proceeds went to the club's scholarship fund. Eventually the cage was given to Gertrude ("Red") H. Smith (Cornell Class of 1947), whose mother Mary Wright Harvey founded the club in 1934 and was its first president.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Victorian bird cage and copies of letters and clippings about it.
Includes meeting minutes, newspapers clippings, correspondence and a banner.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell Women's Club of Batavia.
Bailey, L. H.(Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954.
Harvey, Mary Wright.
Smith, Gertrude Harvey.
Wright, Mary R.
Cornell University--Alumni and alumnae.
Cornell University--Societies, etc.

Subjects:
Women--Societies and clubs.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Cornell Women's Club of Batavia records, #41-6-3435. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Guest Register for 40, 60, 65th Anniversaries
 Box 2 Folder 1
1934-1959
Treasurer's Book
 Box 2 Folder 2
1934-1964
Notebook
Box 2 Folder 3
1965-1976
Notebook
Box 2 Folder 4
1975-1976
Notebook
Box 2 Folder 5
1976-1977
Notebook
Box 2 Folder 6
1977-1978
Notebook
Box 2 Folder 7
1978-1979
Notebook
Box 2 Folder 8
1979-1980
Notebook
Box 2 Folder 9
1980-1985
Notebook
Box 2 Folder 10
1985-1994
Notebook
Box 2 Folder 11
1994-1995
Notebook
Box 2 Folder 12
1995-1997
Notebook
Box 2 Folder 13
1997-1999
Notebook
Box 2 Folder 14
1999-2000
Notebook
Box 2 Folder 15
2000-2002
Notebook
Box 2 Folder 16
2002-2004
Notebook
Box 2 Folder 17
2004-2007
Notebook
Box 2 Folder 18
2007-2008
Notebook
Box 2 Folder 19
Banner
 Box 3