Guide to the Walter Ledyard Todd Papers,
1889-1970.

Collection Number: 3167

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
R.R. Jones
Date completed:
March 1972
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, March 2004

© 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Walter Ledyard Todd papers, 1889-1970.
Collection Number:
3167
Creator:
Walter Ledyard Todd, 1886-1971.
Quantity:
9.4 cubic ft.,
Forms of Material:
Correspondence files, business files, scrapbooks, diaries, photographs, and printed material.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence files, business files, scrapbooks, diaries, photographs, and printed material of Walter L. Todd relating to his business, Cornell University and alumni affairs, business dinners and meetings, and personal matters.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Walter L. Todd and his brother George were partners in Todd Associates and owners of Widmer's Wine Cellars in Naples, New York. The family firm, Todd Company, which manufactured office equipment and supplies, had earlier merged with the Burroughs Corporation. Todd was a trustee of and a donor to Cornell University, served as president of the Cornellian Council and as a member of the Cornell University Council, and was active in alumni affairs in Rochester. He became Cornell's 16th Presidential Councillor, a lifetime honor recognizing outstanding alumni, in 1969.
Cornell University Class of 1909.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence files, business files, scrapbooks, diaries, photographs, and printed material of Walter L. Todd relating to his business, Cornell University and alumni affairs, business dinners and meetings, and personal matters.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Todd, Walter Ledyard, 1886-1971.
Todd, George.
Cornell University--Students.
Cornell University.
Cornell University. Class of 1909.
Cornell University. Cornellian Council.
Cornell University. Council.
Todd Associates.
Widmer's Wine Cellars (Naples, N.Y.)

Subjects:
Businessmen.

Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Walter Ledyard Todd papers, #3167. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1955
Gannett Foundation
 Box 1
1953-1954
Cornell University Alumni Assoc.
 Box 1
1955
Cornell Alumni Fund
 Box 1
1956-1959
Ornithology Laboratory (Dr. Arthur A. Allen)
 Box 1
1948-1957
Cornell University (M.P. Catherwood)
 Box 1
1946-1957
Cornell University (Foster M. Coffin)
 Box 1
1943-1946
Cornell University (Whitney R. Cross)
 Box 1
1947-1949
Cornell University (Dr. E.E. Day)
 Box 1
1944
Cornell University (Day, Harris & Wilcox)
 Box 1
Certificates
 Box 1
1951-1953
Cornell University (Willard I. Emerson)
 Box 1
1953-1959
Cornell University (College of Engineering, Dean S.C. Hollister)
 Box 1
1953-1958
Cornell University (Dr. John R. Johnson, Department of Chemistry)
 Box 1
1953-1959
Cornell University (Dr. Deane W. Malott)
 Box 1
1953-1958
Cornell University (Dean H.B. Meek, School of Hotel Admin.)
 Box 1
1953-1959
Cornell University (Dr. William I. Myers, College of Agriculture)
 Box 1
1956-1959
W.V. Nixon (Univ. Development, Cornell)
 Box 1
1956-1957
J. Robert Williams (Office of Public Info.)
 Box 1
1955-1959
Zwingle, Dr. J.L.
 Box 1
1952-1959
Cornell Miscellaneous
 Box 1
1954-1955
Cornell Skivington Papers
 Box 1
1957-1958
Cornell Statler Inn
 Box 1
1949-1950
Greater Cornell Committee
 Box 1
1944-1958
Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations
 Box 1
1953-1956
Cornell Zeta Psi
 Box 1
1955-1959
Cornell University Council
 Box 1
1966-1967
Cornell Fund
 Box 2
1968
Cornell Fund
 Box 2
1968
Cornell Fund - Tower Club
 Box 2
1963-1964
Cornell Miscellaneous
 Box 2
1966-1967
Cornell Miscellaneous
 Box 2
1966
Bausch & Lomb - Dedication
 Box 2
1959-1963
Bausch & Lomb - Carl S. Hallauer
 Box 2
1962-1964
Bausch & Lomb - McManus
 Box 2
1958-1959
Bausch & Lomb - William V. Nixon
 Box 2
1962-1963
Bausch & Lomb - Prof. G.V. Smith
 Box 2
1960-1962
Bausch & Lomb - Dale R. Corson
 Box 2
1939-1941
Bausch & Lomb - Edward Bausch corres. with Provost Peters
 Box 2
1962-1963
Bausch & Lomb - Edward Bausch misc. corres.
 Box 2
1941-1944
Bausch & Lomb - Edward Bausch
 Box 2
1959-1960
Pomona College Plan
 Box 2
Admission Procedures
 Box 2
1964
Centennial
 Box 2
1968
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
 Box 2
1957
Cornell University Council Dinner
 Box 2
1956
Cornell University Council Meeting
 Box 2
1947-1959
Cornell Club of New York
 Box 2
1948-1958
Cornell University - School of Business and Public Administration
 Box 2
1953-1959
Cornell University Associates
 Box 2
1959
Cornell Plantations
 Box 2
1954-1960
Cornell University - L.H. Durland
 Box 2
1947-1959
Cornell Club of Rochester
 Box 2
1956-1959
Cornell Alumni Fund
 Box 3
1967
Ithaca, Oct. 21-22 (probably)
 Box 3
1970
McMaster Dinner folder
 Box 3
1970
Cornell Class Reunion folder
 Box 3
Dedication of Brookwood Science Information Center
 Box 3
1966
Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation
 Box 3
Chamber of Commerce, Annual Dinner and other Meetings
 Box 3
1954-1955
The Federation of Churches
 Box 3
1956-1957
Monroe County Library System (2 folders)
 Box 3
1960
Rochester Chamber of Commerce
 Box 3
1955-1958
Rehabilitation Commission Advisory Comm.
 Box 3
1949-1952
Navy League of the United States (2)
 Box 3
1949-1951
Non-Property Taxes Comm. Meetings
 Box 3
1949
Rochesterians & Rochester Convention and Publicity Bureau
 Box 3
1948-1949
Rochester Civic Development Co. (2)
 Box 3
"Odds and Ends" (mainly printed matter)
 Box 3
1907-1909
Letters written by Walter Todd to his mother while he was at Cornell
 Box 4
Printed pamphlets
 Box 5
1910-1911
Salesman's order book of G.W. Todd & Co. manufacturers of the protectograph
 Box 6
1899-1958
Chronological Record of G.W. Todd & Company and successor companies
 Box 6
1909
Reports: Walter L. Todd - Term papers for various courses at Cornell
 Box 6
1933-1970
Diaries of Walter L. Todd
 Box 6
1907-1909
Cash book
 Box 7
ca. 1912
Ledger
 Box 7
1923-1927
Cornell Scrapbook
 Box 7
July 5-23, 1927
Scrapbook - Tribute drive in honor of Walter L. Todd
 Box 7
n.d.
Scrapbook of postcards - Scenes in foreign countries
 Box 7
1905-1927
Scrapbook (Mostly Cornell Material)
 Box 8
1923-1926
Scrapbook (Mostly Cornell Material)
 Box 8
1925
Scrapbook of Letters - re: "Cornell Book of Views"
 Box 8
1904-1925
Scrapbook (Mostly Cornell Material)
 Box 8
1927
Scrapbook of European Trip
 Box 9
1902-1922
Scrapbook (Mostly Cornell Material)
 Box 9
Correspondence re: Cornell Book of Views
 Box 10
Newspaper clippings concerning the Todd Family and others
 Box 10
Printed material re: Rochester, N.Y. and others
 Box 10
Cornelliana
 Box 10
Misc. letters and photos
 Box 10
1915
1 bound vol. "Sales recpt. 1915 Letters."
 Box 10
1916
1 bound vol. Sales recpt.
 Box 10
1 framed picture of crew poster, Cornell not specifically identified, crew men have "C" on shirts. Item loaned to Cornell in Washington office for 10 yrs. until 4-11-1995.
Box 10
1905-1909
Cornell Scrapbook
 Box 11