Francis family papers, 1874-1906.
Collection Number: 263
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Francis family papers, 1874-1906.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
263
Abstract:
Scrapbooks, copy books and correspondence of John Morgan Francis, his son Charles
Spencer Francis, and his grandson John Morgan Francis.
Creator:
Francis family.
Quanitities:
1.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Charles Spencer Francis (1877), and John Morgan Francis ('02) were Cornell University
graduates. John Morgan Francis (1823-1897) was United States ambassador to Vienna.
Scrapbooks of John Morgan Francis (1823-1897), his son Charles Spencer Francis (1853-1911),
and his grandson John Morgan Francis (1879-1925), containing clippings and correspondence
pertaining to Cornell University and the Cornell crews when Charles Spencer Francis
and John Morgan Francis were students; copybook (Oct. 1884-Aug. 1885) of John Morgan
Francis, containing copies of letters written to Francis by colleagues, friends, and
family, gives insight into duties and problems of a diplomat; also comments on election
of 1884; letters pertain to Cornell crew matters and the controversy between Francis
and Charles E. Courtney.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Francis family papers, #263. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Francis, John M. (John Morgan), 1823-1897.
Courtney, Charles Edward, 1849-1920.
Francis, Charles Spencer, 1853-1911.
Francis, John Morgan, 1879-1925.
Cornell University -- : Athletics.
Cornell University -- : Rowing
Places:
United States -- Diplomatic and consular service -- Austria -- Vienna.
Subjects:
Diplomats.
Diplomacy.
Elections -- United States -- Sources.
Diplomatic and consular service -- Austria -- Vienna.
Form and Genre Terms:
Scrapbooks.
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