Alice Cecilia Sanderson Rivoire papers, 1925-1948.
Collection Number: 2129
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Alice Cecilia Sanderson Rivoire papers, 1925-1948.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2129
Abstract:
Papers include scrapbooks (1925-1945), reports, notes, and miscellaneous manuscript
and printed items concerning Mrs. Rivoire's education in Ithaca, New York and at Cornell,
travel in the United States and abroad, and her later teaching career.
Creator:
Rivoire, Alice Cecilia Sanderson, 1920-
Quanitities:
2 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Teacher, Girl Scout leader.
Cornell University Class of 1941, Home Economics.
Papers include scrapbooks (1925-1945), reports, notes, and miscellaneous manuscript
and printed items concerning Mrs. Rivoire's education in Ithaca, New York and at Cornell,
travel in the United States and abroad, and her later teaching career. Also, diaries
(1925-26, 1935, 1941) of her mother, Cecilia Blandford Sanderson; photocopied text
for Rural Sociology I, rewritten by Rivoire's father, Dwight Sanderson, a professor
at Cornell University; Professor and Mrs. Sanderson's letters from Europe (1925-26,
1935) and typescript copies (1935) of those of their cousin and traveling companion,
Flora (Grace) Prince; a guestbook from the Sanderson home (1930-48); and photographs.
Additional papers include biographical information; information about her work with
the Girl Scouts; biographical files on Dwight Sanderson; sympathy letters on the death
of Cecilia Sanderson; and correspondence with T'ung Shen and members of his family,
photographs and other items relating to Shen. Also files on Alice and John Rivoire's
activities with the Cornell Club in New York, and particularly, its library; and with
other Cornell activities, including the Class of 1941 and the E. Dwight Sanderson
Memorial Scholarship Fund in Rural Sociology; reunion memorabilia; and a Cornell "sneaker
phone."
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Alice Cecilia Sanderson Rivoire papers, #2129. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
Prince, Flora.
Sanderson, Cecilia Blandford.
Sanderson, Dwight (Ezra Dwight), 1878-1944.
Rivoire, John.
Shen, Tong.
Shen, Tʹung, 1911-
Prince, Grace.
Sanderson, Alice Cecilia.
Cornell University -- : Students.
Cornell University. Class of 1941
Cornell University. Class of 1942
Girl Scouts of the United States of America
Cornell Club of New York
New York State College of Home Economics
Places:
United States -- Description and travel.
Europe -- Description and travel.
Subjects:
Women teachers.
Teachers.
Women college students.
Voyages and travels.
Teaching.
Sociology, Rural.
Form and Genre Terms:
Scrapbooks.
Photographs.
Lecture notes.
Diaries.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 |
Scrapbooks
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| Box 2 |
Scrapbooks
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| Box 3 |
Biographical files
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| Box 3 |
Student papers
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| Box 3 |
Employment
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| Box 3 |
Red Cross
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| Box 3 |
Girl Scout activities
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| Box 4 |
Travel letters: Dwight, Cecelia, Alice
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| Box 4 |
Travel diaries: Cecelia, Alice
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| Box 4 |
Dwight Sanderson
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| Box 4 |
Sympathy cards – death of Cecelia
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| Box 4 |
T'ung Shen letters
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| Box 4 |
T'ung Shen diary
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| Box 4 |
T'ung Shen article: "The Japanese Way" pamphlet
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| Box 4 |
T'ung Shen memorial volume
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| Box 4 |
Liang-ting Cha
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| Box 4 |
Yu Shon
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| Box 5 |
Membership Awards
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| Box 5 |
Alumni activities
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| Box 5 |
Cornell Club
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| Box 6 |
Photo albums
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| Box 6 |
China clippings scrapbook
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| Box 7 |
Reunion memorabilia
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