Guide to the Cascadilla School Publications,
1887-1932

Collection Number: 1152

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Cascadilla School publications, 1887-1932.
Collection Number:
1152
Creator:
Cascadilla School (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Quantity:
.1 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Catalogues, a prospectus, a yearbook, and pictures.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Catalogues (1887, 1893-1894, 1896-1897, 1923-1924, 1924-1925, 1931-1932), prospectus and yearbook (ca. 1900), and pictures of the school (ca. 1900).
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Cascadilla School was a boarding school for boys in Ithaca, New York.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Catalogues (1887, 1893-1894, 1896-1897, 1923-1924, 1924-1925, 1931-1932), prospectus and yearbook (ca. 1900), and pictures of the school (ca. 1900).
Accession folder contains a "Catalogue of Students of the Cascadilla School, 1876-94."
SUBJECTS

Names:
Cascadilla School (Ithaca, N.Y.)

Subjects:
Boarding schools--New York (State)--Ithaca.
Education--New York (State)--Ithaca.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Cascadilla School publications, #1152. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1893-1894
Cascadilla School Catalogue
 Box 1
1883
Cascadilla School Catalogue (+ duplicate)
 Box 1
ca. 1900
Cascadilla School items
Prospectus and viewbook, containing endorsements of Jacob Gould Schurman, Charles Kendall Adams, R.H. Thurston, E.A. Fuertes and photographs and descriptions of the school and its facilities
Box 1
Special announcement concerning innovations: a separate home for younger boys and a recreation building
 Box 1
Leaflet of department of physical culture
 Box 1
1896-1897
Cascadilla School Catalogue
 Box 1
Prospectus and viewbook, containing endorsements by Jacob Gould Schurman and Charles Kendall Adams, pictures of student rooms, buildings, etc.
Pictures of Cascadilla School buildings and activities, apparently removed from a catalogue printed in the late '90s (10 pcs.)
 Box 1
Wait Hall, West Front; main dining room; boys' room and principal's office; residence and Wait Hall, west front; the residence, East Front; new boat house; Wait Hall vestibule and '96 crew practicing on new rowing machines; '94 crew and C.U. from the Cascadilla School residence; new boat house (from Fall Creek) and the 1895 crew; east veranda of residence
1887
The Cascadilla School - 1 sheet announcement
 Box 1
1924-1925
Cascadilla School Catalogue
 Box 1