Charles Hazen Blood papers, 1889-1909.
Collection Number: 2263
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Charles Hazen Blood papers, 1889-1909.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2263
Abstract:
Consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence, depositions and other legal documents,
statements of account, and memoranda, mainly concerning legal matters Blood handled
in public office and in private practice, as well as his family and personal business
affairs. Also documented are Blood's activities as a Cornell alumnus, mainly regarding
the promotion and financing of Alumni Field and his candidacy for reelection as alumni
trustee in 1906, as graduate treasurer of the Cornell Masque, and as an alumnus and
supporter of Kappa Alpha fraternity; and his activities as an Ithaca landlord, developer
of Cornell Heights and Cayuga Heights, supporter of the Ithaca Conservatory of Music
(now Ithaca College), and Presbyterian layman.
Creator:
Blood, Charles Hazen, 1866-1938.
Quanitities:
3.8 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence, depositions and other legal documents,
statements of account, and memoranda, mainly concerning legal matters Blood handled
in public office and in private practice, as well as his family and personal business
affairs. Included are letters, photographs, and other papers dealing with liquor and
gambling law violations; extradition proceedings and other aspects of civil and criminal
cases; the settlement of estates, farm mortgage holdings and family properties in
Kansas, Nebraska, and North and South Dakota and investments in Pitkin County, Colorado,
bonds, and litigation over oil property in Titusville, Pennsylvania in which his father
had invested; the visit of the Imperial Chinese Commissioners, 1906; his work as director
and chairman of the executive committee of the Ithaca, New York, Telephone Company,
much of which is concerned with its competition with the Bell System, and with the
management of the Caroline Telephone Company and the Trumbull's Corners Telephone
Company; his work as attorney for the Ithaca Street Railway, involving in part the
choice of a route across the Cornell campus and the promotion of connecting electric
lines; his interest in state and local Republican politics and such related matters
as appointments and elections to the State Supreme Court and the selection of the
site for a new post office building in Ithaca.
Also documented are Blood's activities as a Cornell alumnus, mainly regarding the
promotion and financing of Alumni Field and his candidacy for reelection as alumni
trustee in 1906, as graduate treasurer of the Cornell Masque, and as an alumnus and
supporter of Kappa Alpha fraternity; and his activities as an Ithaca landlord, developer
of Cornell Heights and Cayuga Heights, supporter of the Ithaca Conservatory of Music
(now Ithaca College), and Presbyterian layman. Includes papers of Charles F. Blood.
Correspondents include George W. Bacon, Fred D. Barto, W. D. Barnard, Herman Bergholtz,
Romeyn Berry, Charles D. Bostwick, Herman V. Bostwick, Charles D. Coburn, T. F. Crane,
Hollis E. Dann, Harry F. Dixie, John Wilbur Dwight, Albert F. Gladding, Samuel Grumbine,
Henry Gaines Hawn, Hervey C. Hazen, David N. Heller, Frank H. Hiscock, Bert G. Hubbell,
Horace Mack, Burr Mattice, Jared T. Newman, Cuthbert W. Pound, George Priest, George
W. Ray, Willard W. Rowlee, Henry W. Sackett, Jacob Gould Schurman, John L. Senior,
Edwin C. Stewart, Charles M. Titus, Charles E. Treman, Sr., Robert H. Treman, Henry
A. Van Alstyne, Mynderse Van Cleef, Andrew S. White, Ernest I. White, Frederick J.
Whiton, Emmons L. Williams, George R. Williams, Roger B. Williams, Clarence F. Wyckoff,
and Edward G. Wyckoff.
| Series I. Charles F. Blood | Boxes 1-6 |
| Series II. Charles H. Blood | Boxes 7-11 |
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Charles Hazen Blood Papers, #2263. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Lawyer, district attorney, 1895-1903, and county judge and surrogate of Tompkins County,
New York, 1904-1907; Cornell University trustee, 1901-1924; director of local corporations
and bank official. Cornell University Class of 1888, LL.B. 1890).
Names:
Blood, Charles F.
Bacon, George Washington, 1830-1921.
Barto, Fred D.
Bergholtz, Herman.
Berry, Romeyn, 1881-1957.
Bostwick, Charles D., 1870-1937.
Bostwick, Herman V.
Coburn, Charles D.
Crane, T. F.
Dann, Hollis, 1861-1939.
Dixie, Harry F.
Dwight, John Wilbur.
Gladding, Albert F.
Grumbine, Samuel.
Hawn, Henry Gaines.
Hazen, Hervey Crosby.
Heller, David N.
Hiscock, Frank H.
Hubbell, Bert G.
Mack, Horace.
Mattice, Burr.
Newman, Jared T. (Jared Treman), 1855-1937.
Pound, Cuthbert Winfred, 1864-1935.
Priest, George.
Ray, George W.
Rowlee, Willard W.
Sackett, Henry W.
Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942.
Senior, John L.
Stewart, Edwin C.
Titus, Charles M.
Treman, Charles E., Sr.
Treman, Robert H. (Robert Henry), 1858-1937.
Van Alstyne, Henry A.
Van Cleef, Mynderse, 1853-1935.
White, Andrew S.
White, Ernest I.
Whiton, Frederick J.
Williams, Emmons L.
Williams, G. Robert (George Robert.)
Williams, Roger B.
Wyckoff, Clarence F.
Wyckoff, Edward G.
Cornell University
Ithaca Telephone Company
Caroline Telephone Company
Trumbull's Corners Telephone Company.
Ithaca Street Railway Company
Ithaca College
Places:
China -- Foreign relations.
Titusville (Pa.)
Pitkin County (Colo.)
Ithaca (N.Y.) -- City planning.
New York (State) -- Politics and government.
Cornell Heights (Ithaca, N.Y.) -- City planning.
Cayuga Heights (N.Y.) -- City planning.
Subjects:
Bankers.
Judges.
Lawyers.
Regional planning.
City planning.
Investments.
Finance.
Practice of law.
Land use -- South Dakota.
Land use -- North Dakota.
Land use -- Nebraska.
Land use -- Kansas.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Charles F. Blood
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Correspondence and other manuscript items
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1842-1849 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1850-1859 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1860-1862 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes letters ( Dec. 1861) from a member of one of the Union army's bands; letters address the condition of
the army, gives battle descriptions and speaks about "Balls Bluff"
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1863-July 1864 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes letters ( May 1863, May 1864, June 1864, July 6, 1864, July 30, 1864) from John Barnard, a soldier in the Union army; letters address the Battle of Chancellorsville,
the experiences of a man who was held prisoner by the Confederates, conditions in
the South, General Sherman, and the anticipation of an attack on Atlanta
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 | Aug. 1864-1865 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes letters ( Aug. 1864, Sept. 1864) written by Barnard outside of Atlanta and then in Atlanta; letters address the soldier's
hope for Lincoln's reelection, his desire for the war's end, his anticipation of an
attack on Atlanta, and then finally a description of the Yankee seizure of Atlanta
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1866-June 1869 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | July 1869-1870 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | 1871 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes insurance contracts for the various properties that Blood owned and for the
First Presbyterian Church in Ithaca for which Blood was a trustee
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1872-Feb. 1873 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes insurance contracts for the various properties that Blood owned and for the
First Presbyterian Church in Ithaca
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 | Mar. 1873-Dec. 1873 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes insurance contracts for the various properties that Blood owned and for the
First Presbyterian Church in Ithaca
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 | Jan. 1874-June 1874 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes insurance contracts for the various properties that Blood owned in Ithaca
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 | July 1874-June 1875 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | July 1875-Dec. 1875 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes insurance contracts for the various properties that Blood owned and for the
First Presbyterian Church in Ithaca; includes a congratulatory letter concerning Blood's
election to the command of the 28th Brigade
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1876 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | 1877 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | 1878 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes letters to and from Dr. White addressing Blood's concerns about the lack
of a minister at the Presbyterian Church in Ithaca
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 | Jan. 1879-June 1879 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter to Dr. White concerning the search for a new minister in Ithaca;
includes insurance contracts for the First Presbyterian Church
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 | July 1879-Dec. 1879 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter ( Dec. 1879) sent from Berlin by Willard Fiske; letter requests a suit to be sent and it addresses
A.D. White's visit to Germany
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 | Jan. 1880-June 1880 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter written by Mr. Hawes from the Department of State in Washington
regarding a suit of clothes; includes a letter from Willard Fiske written from Berlin
thanking Blood for sending the suit he had requested
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 | June 1880-Dec. 1880 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes Blood's business card as a merchant tailor and a dealer in cloths
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 | 1881 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter ( May 1881) written by Charles H., the son of Charles F. ; son addresses what the family has
been doing in Ithaca during his father's absence, includes another letter (Sept. 1881)
from Charles H. to his father; addresses Jennie McGraw's arrival in Ithaca and the
fact that she is staying in Prof. Fiske's father's house; includes a member's card
from the Bible and Prayer Union of 1882
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| Box 2 | Folder 6 | Jan. 1882- June 1882 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter ( Feb. 1882) from the Board of Home Missions requesting Blood's help in securing funds from the
Presbyterian churches in the Ithaca area
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| Box 2 | Folder 7 | July 1882- Dec. 1882 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter ( Nov. 1882) from Charles H. and Estella (Charles F.'s wife) written to Charles F. during his
trip to the West
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| Box 2 | Folder 8 | Jan. 1883- June 1883 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 | July 1883-June 1884 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 | July 1884- Dec. 1884 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a card ( Oct. 1884) designating Blood as the delegate from his church to the Synod of New York; includes
a letter ( Dec. 1884) from Charles H. to his father; he writes about his experiences in New York City
where he is staying to see a doctor
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| Box 2 | Folder 11 | Jan. 1885- June 1885 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 | July 1885- Dec. 1885 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 | Jan. 1886- June 1886 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 | July 1886- Dec. 1886 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 | Jan. 1887- June 1887 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 | July 1887- Dec. 1887 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter (July 1887) from Mr. Marsh informing Blood of his membership in
the Committee of the Society for the Prevention of Crime; includes a letter (Sept.
1887) from Mr. Storms informing Blood of his unanimous election to the Ithaca Savings
Bank's Board of Trustees; includes a letter (Dec. 1887) from Charles H. to his father
regarding business matters
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| Box 3 | Folder 5 | Jan. 1888- June 1888 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 | July 1888- Oct. 1888 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 | Nov. 1888- Dec. 1888 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 | Jan. 1889- Apr. 1889 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 | May 1889- Aug. 1889 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 | Sept. 1889- Dec. 1889 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 | Jan. 1890- Apr. 1890 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 | May 1890- Aug. 1890 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter ( June 1890) from Charles H. to his father; talks about his visit to New York and his experiences
at a Cornell/Yale crew race
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| Box 3 | Folder 13 | Sept. 1890- Oct. 1890 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 | Oct. 1890- Nov. 1890 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 1 | Dec. 1890 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 | Jan. 1891- June 1891 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter ( Jan. 1891) from the Town and Gown Club indicating Blood's membership
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| Box 4 | Folder 3 | July 1891-Dec. 1891 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 | Jan. 1892- June 1892 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 | July 1892- Dec. 1892 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a certificate ( Nov. 1892) that contains President Harrison's Thanksgiving Proclamation
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| Box 4 | Folder 6 | 1893 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 7 | 1894-1895 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 | 1896 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 9 | 1897 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 10 | 1898-1899 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 11 |
Miscellaneous correspondences (not dated)
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| Box 4 | Folder 12 |
Miscellaneous correspondences (not dated)
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| Box 4 | Folder 13 |
Miscellaneous papers (not dated)
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Printed Items
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| Box 5 | Folder 1 | Not dated | |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 | 1853-1866 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a program ( Dec. 1866) from the dedication of Cornell Library where Ezra Cornell and A.D. White gave addresses
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| Box 5 | Folder 3 | 1867 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 | 1868-1874 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a program ( July 1869) from Cornell's First Annual Commencement; includes a program ( June 1871) from Cornell's Class Day exercises
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| Box 5 | Folder 5 | 1875-1888 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a program ( June 1878) from Cornell's Class Day exercises; R.H. Treman is listed as the Vice-President
of the class
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| Box 5 | Folder 6 | 1889-1891 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes Cornell President Charles Adams' annual report for the year 1890-91
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| Box 5 | Folder 7 | 1891-1894 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes the Founder's Day oration of Jan. 1893 which gives a biography of Ezra Cornell
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| Box 5 | Folder 8 | 1895-1898 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 9 | Not dated | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes pamphlets from Southern California providing information for prospective
investors and migrants
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| Box 5 | Folder 10 |
Miscellaneous business cards, checks and papers (not dated)
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Account books and documents regarding the Presbyterian Church of Ithaca
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| Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Documents concerning Simeon DeWitt's sale of property to the Trustees of the South
Presbyterian Church of Ithaca,
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1816-1826 |
| Box 6 |
Two volumes of account books,
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1857-1873 | |
| Box 6 |
One account book volume,
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1883-1884 | |
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Series II. Charles H. Blood
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Correspondence and other manuscript items
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| Box 7 | Folder 1 | Aug. 16, 1889- Sept. 25, 1895 | |
| Box 7 | Folder 2 | Jan. 9, 1896- June 30, 1896 | |
| Box 7 | Folder 3 | July 2, 1896- Dec. 28, 1896 | |
| Box 7 | Folder 4 | Jan. 4, 1897- Aug. 14, 1897 | |
| Box 7 | Folder 5 | Jan. 8, 1898- May 14, 1898 | |
| Box 7 | Folder 6 | May 17, 1898- June 30, 1898 | |
| Box 7 | Folder 7 | July 1, 1898- Sept. 15, 1898 | |
| Box 7 | Folder 8 | Sept. 16, 1898- Oct. 28, 1898 | |
| Box 7 | Folder 9 | Nov. 1, 1898- Dec. 5, 1898 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes several items ( Nov. 1898) from a man who is offering Blood an opportunity to make money in the illegal business
of duplicate bills; includes a letter ( Nov. 1898) that announces his election to the Board of Trustees of the Ithaca Savings Bank
following the death of his father who formerly held the position
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| Box 7 | Folder 10 | Dec. 7, 1898- Dec. 30, 1898 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter ( Dec. 1898) from George Priest requesting an endorsement letter from Blood to be sent to Governor-elect
Theodore Roosevelt
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| Box 7 | Folder 11 | Jan. 1, 1899- Mar. 11, 1899 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter ( Jan. 1899) from George Priest thanking Blood for writing a recommendation letter to New York
Governor Theodore Roosevelt
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| Box 7 | Folder 12 | Mar. 17, 1899- May 5, 1899 | |
| Box 7 | Folder 13 | May 6, 1899- July 15, 1899 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter ( May 1899) from Edward Gladding regarding divorce laws and the equality of women
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| Box 7 | Folder 14 | July 17, 1899- Dec. 26, 1899 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter ( Nov. 1899) from Blood to the Editor of the Buffalo Evening News (E.H. Butler) concerning the
drowning of Edward Berkeley at Cornell
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| Box 7 | Folder 15 | Apr. 16, 1900- Mar. 24, 1902 | |
| Box 7 | Folder 16 | Mar. 25, 1902- Apr. 14, 1902 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 1 | Apr. 16, 1902- Apr. 30, 1902 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter ( Apr. 21, 1902) from Blood to Mrs. Lang discussing her divorce and the evidence needed to secure
a divorce
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| Box 8 | Folder 2 | May 1, 1902- May 24, 1902 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 3 | June 3, 1902- July 15, 1902 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 4 | July 14, 1902- July 31, 1902 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 5 | Aug. 1, 1902- Aug. 30, 1902 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 6 | Sept. 1, 1902- Sept. 29, 1902 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 7 | Oct. 1, 1902- Oct. 15, 1902 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter ( Oct. 1902) from The Alumni Athletic Field Committee regarding the presentation of their athletic
field project at the next meeting of the Cornell trustees
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| Box 8 | Folder 8 | Oct. 16, 1902- Nov. 13, 1902 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes letters ( Oct. 1902) from Cornell President J.G. Schurman
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| Box 8 | Folder 9 | Nov. 16, 1902- Dec. 9, 1902 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes letters ( Nov. 1902) from J.G. Schurman; one states that he is going to recommend a location for the
new athletic field at Cornell; includes a newspaper clipping regarding Blood's actions
in the Churchill murder trial
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| Box 8 | Folder 10 | Feb. 3, 1903- Dec. 19, 1905 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes several sheets about the typhoid epidemic in 1903
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| Box 8 | Folder 11 | Jan. 4, 1906- Jan. 29, 1906 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 12 | Feb. 2, 1906- Feb. 22, 1906 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter ( Feb. 6, 1906) from President Schurman informing Blood of the itinerary planned for the Imperial
Chinese Commissioners' visit to Cornell; includes several letters regarding Blood's
re-election as a Cornell trustee
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| Box 8 | Folder 13 | Feb. 23, 1906- Mar. 15, 1906 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes letters from various people in different states endorsing Blood's re-election
to the Board of Trustees
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| Box 8 | Folder 14 | Mar. 16, 1906- Apr. 10, 1906 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a pamphlet outlining the nomination of Blood for Cornell Trustee for the
election of June 1906
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| Box 8 | Folder 15 | Apr. 11, 1906- Apr. 14, 1906 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 16 | Apr. 18, 1906- May 10, 1906 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes several letters ( May 1906) from President Schurman regarding the landscape of the Cornell campus and the placement
of a new road
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| Box 9 | Folder 1 | May 12, 1906- May 25, 1906 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a pamphlet about the possibility of allowing library books to circulate into
homes; includes a statement made by A.D. White about his opinion on circulating books;
includes a map ( 1900) of the Cornell University campus
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| Box 9 | Folder 2 | May 26, 1906- June 5, 1906 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter ( May 1906) from President Schurman regarding the use of Fall Creek gorge for water power
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| Box 9 | Folder 3 | June 6, 1906- June 20, 1906 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes various information about the Cornell reunions on June 20, 1906
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| Box 9 | Folder 4 | June 21, 1906- July 31, 1906 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes letters ( June 1906) from President Schurman including one regarding a report written by Blood
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| Box 9 | Folder 5 | Aug. 1, 1906- Aug. 29, 1906 | |
| Box 9 | Folder 6 | Sept. 1, 1906- Sept. 20, 1906 | |
| Box 9 | Folder 7 | Sept. 21, 1906- Oct. 15, 1906 | |
| Box 9 | Folder 8 | Oct. 16, 1906- Oct. 31, 1906 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes several letters from various members of the Sphinx Head Society urging Blood
to support the society's request for a plot of land on Cornell's campus. Blood was
a member of the Quill and Dagger Society.
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| Box 9 | Folder 9 | Nov. 1, 1906- Nov. 29, 1906 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes several letters from various members of the Sphinx Head Society urging Blood
to support the society's request for a plot of land on Cornell's campus
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| Box 9 | Folder 10 | Dec. 1, 1906- Dec. 20, 1906 | |
| Box 9 | Folder 11 | Dec. 21, 1906- Dec. 29, 1906 | |
| Box 9 | Folder 12 | Apr. 5, 1907- July 31, 1908 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes Blood's biography for the 1907 edition of Who's Who in New York City and State
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| Box 9 | Folder 13 | Aug. 10, 1908- Dec. 16, 1908 | |
| Box 9 | Folder 14 |
Miscellaneous papers (not dated)
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| Box 9 | Folder 15 |
Miscellaneous papers (not dated)
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| Box 9 | Folder 16 |
Miscellaneous correspondences (not dated)
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Letterbooks of outgoing correspondence
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| Box 10 |
Eight volumes from
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1897-1909 | |
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Various books
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| Box 11 |
Law text with lecture synopsis and notes by Blood,
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1888-1890 | |
| Box 11 |
Scribble book,
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1910 | |
| Box 11 |
Synopsis of lectures given by Blood at Cornell University Law School,
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1898 | |
| Box 11 |
Notes on real property (not dated)
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