Guide to the Strong Family Papers,
1870-1977

Collection Number: 3933

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:
S. Lipsky
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, April 2004

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Strong family papers, 1870-1977.
Collection Number:
3933
Creator:
Strong family.
Quantity:
1 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, diaries, a scrapbook, photographs, genealogies, and other material.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Collection includes correspondence of and biographical material concerning Frank Strong; diaries, transcript of diaries, and a scrapbook kept by his mother, Mary Foote Strong, 1902-1918; photograph album of Frank Strong's daughter, Evelyn Strong Claassen; genealogies of Frank Strong's family and of his wife, Mary Evelyn Ranson. Also, printed material concerning the University of Kansas Chancellors; photographs of John Butler Strong, Mary Foote Strong and her two sons, Frank and Otis.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Frank Strong, originally from Cayuga County, New York, was chancellor of the University of Kansas, 1902-1920.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Collection includes correspondence of and biographical material concerning Frank Strong; diaries, transcript of diaries, and a scrapbook kept by his mother, Mary Foote Strong, 1902-1918; photograph album of Frank Strong's daughter, Evelyn Strong Claassen; genealogies of Frank Strong's family and of his wife, Mary Evelyn Ranson. Also, printed material concerning the University of Kansas Chancellors; photographs of John Butler Strong, Mary Foote Strong and her two sons, Frank and Otis.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Strong family.
Claasen, Evelyn Strong.
Strong, Frank, 1859-1934.
Strong, Frank.
Strong, John Butler.
Strong, Mary Evelyn Ranson, 1870-1953.
Strong, Mary Foote.
Strong, Otis.
University of Kansas.

Places:
Cayuga County (N.Y.)

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

Cite As:
Strong family papers, #3933. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Professional Correspondence of Frank Strong. All copies and typescripts. 1895-1903, 1913-1940, 1946
Box 1 Folder 1
Diaries and Notes of Mary Foote Strong. Diaries, 1871, 1876, 1890, 1902-1918 . Dates of Notes, 1773, 1776, 1859, 1863, 1867.
Box 1 Folder 2
The Genealogical Family Record of Frank Strong.
 Box 1 Folder 3
The Genealogical Family Record of Mary Evelyn Ransom (Mrs. Frank Strong).
Box 1 Folder 4
Personal Correspondence of Frank Strong and his Family, 1835, 1863-1864, 1874, 1881-1882, 1889-1908, 1914-1935 . All typescript copies and photocopies.
Box 1 Folder 5
"A Biography of my Grandfather, Frank Strong," by Sarah Claassen Severinghaus, 1977 .
Box 1 Folder 6
Printed Articles on University of Kansas Chancellors, 1962, 1966 .
Box 1 Folder 7
Correspondence re: Frank Strong's investments, 1902-1954.
Box 1 Folder 8
Personal correspondence of Frank Strong, his Family, and others, 1890-1946 .
Box 1 Folder 9
Album of Frank Strong's Family, Volume I, 1776-1902 . Folders: Part I and Part II.
Box 1 Folder 10
Album of Frank Strong's Family, Volume II, 1902-1963 . Folders: Part I and Part II.
Box 1 Folder 11
High school classbooks and college magazines, 1880, 1889, 1919, 1934 . 5 publications.
Box 1 Folder 12
One Volume of the Inauguration of Ernest Hiram Lindsley at University of Kansas. The volume also contains the Inaugural Address by Frank Strong, Page 5. (Administrations of the University of Kansas, 1866-1920 ).
Box 1 Folder 13
One special sourvenir historical issue of the Oregon Emerald (University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon). "The University of Oregon's First 100 Years," Vol. 74, No. 65, Oct. 31, 1972 .
Box 1 Folder 14
Two reprints from the American Historical Review. "The Causes of Cromwell's West Indian Expedition," Vol. IV, No. 2, Jan. 1899, by Frank Strong, and, "A Forgotten Danger to the New England Colonies," 1899 , by Frank Strong.
Box 1 Folder 15
One Family Scrapbook kept by Mary Foote Strong.
 Box 1 Folder 16
Three Certificates:
U.S. Treasury Dept. Office of Internal Revenue to John Butler Strong dated Aug. 1, 1879 .
Box 1 Folder 17
Women's Baptist Home Mission Society Life Membership to Mary Foote Strong dated July 18, 1890 .
Box 1 Folder 17
Ulysses S. Grant appointment of John B. Strong as Collector for the Internal Revenue Service, 24th District, Auburn, N.Y.
Box 1 Folder 17
Eight Decorative Convention and Award Ribbons in a 6x9 white envelope.
Box 1 Folder 18
9 1/2" x 15" white envelope of newspaper clippings all copied on permalife.
Box 1 Folder 19
Photographs (in 7 1/4" x 5 1/4" white folder):
John Butler Strong as a young man, ca. 1851 . Daguerreotype.
Box 1 Folder 20
Mary Foote Strong as a young woman, ca. 1850s . Daguerreotype.
Box 1 Folder 21
Mary Foote Strong with her two sons, Frank and Otis Strong, 1870s .
Box 1 Folder 22