Guide to the People's College Records,
1848-1880

People's College records, 1848-1880.

1138

People's College (Montour Falls, N.Y.)

1.5 cubic ft.

Correspondence, scrapbooks, financial documents, academic papers

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Letters, scrapbooks, pamphlets, and other material relating to the establishment of the college in Montour Falls (then Havana), Schuyler County, New York; includes correspondence of the founder, Harrison Howard. Also records relating to administration, finance, and construction, 1856-1880, including land transactions, articles of agreement, building plans, specifications, supplies, labor, costs, and receipts; and educational papers, 1850-1864, including letters, teachers' applications, recommendations, minutes, presidents' reports, resolutions, and lists of students, faculty, and trustees. Includes a letter from Horace Greeley dated February 26, 1859 to the Treasurer of People's College. Also, John Hay, Assistant Private Secretary, Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C. to Charles Cooke, June 26, 1863, enclosing the Horace Greeley resolution relating to the People's College Convention. Also copy of the Horace Greeley resolution relating to The People's College Convention, November 1, 1852. Additional correspondents include Edward Hitchcock, Mark Hopkins, Theodore D. Woolsey, and the Geneva Medical College.

Collection material in English

People's College (Montour Falls, N.Y.)

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872.

Hay, John.

Hitchcock, Edward, 1828-1911.

Hopkins, Mark, 1802-1887.

Howard, Harrison.

Woolsey, Theodore Dwight, 1801-1889

Cook Academy (Montour Falls, N.Y.)

Geneva Medical College (Geneva, N.Y.)

People's College (Montour Falls, N.Y.)--Buildings.

Education--New York (State)--Montour Falls.

Universities and colleges--New York (State)--Montour Falls.

Schuyler County (N.Y.)--Intellectual life--19th century.

Scrapbooks.