Strong family papers, 1870-1977.
Collection Number: 3933
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Strong family papers, 1870-1977.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
3933
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.
Creator:
Strong family.
Quanitities:
1 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Frank Strong, originally from Cayuga County, New York, was chancellor of the University
of Kansas, 1902-1920.
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.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Strong family papers, #3933. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
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:
Scrapbooks.
Diaries.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Professional Correspondence of Frank Strong. All copies and typescripts.
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1895-1903, 1913-1940, 1946 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Diaries and Notes of Mary Foote Strong. Diaries, 1871, 1876, 1890, 1902-1918 . Dates
of Notes,
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1871, 1876, 1890, 1902-1918, 1773, 1776, 1859, 1863, 1867. |
Box 1 | Folder 3 |
The Genealogical Family Record of Frank Strong.
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
The Genealogical Family Record of Mary Evelyn Ransom (Mrs. Frank Strong).
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Personal Correspondence of Frank Strong and his Family, 1835, 1863-1864, 1874, 1881-1882,
1889-1908, 1914-1935 . All typescript copies and photocopies.
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1835, 1863-1864, 1874, 1881-1882, 1889-1908, 1914-1935 |
Box 1 | Folder 6 |
"A Biography of my Grandfather, Frank Strong," by Sarah Claassen Severinghaus, 1977
.
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1977 |
Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Printed Articles on University of Kansas Chancellors, 1962, 1966 .
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1962, 1966 |
Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence re: Frank Strong's investments,
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1902-1954. |
Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Personal correspondence of Frank Strong, his Family, and others, 1890-1946 .
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1890-1946 |
Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Album of Frank Strong's Family, Volume I, 1776-1902 . Folders: Part I and Part II.
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1776-1902 |
Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Album of Frank Strong's Family, Volume II, 1902-1963 . Folders: Part I and Part II.
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1902-1963 |
Box 1 | Folder 12 |
High school classbooks and college magazines, 1880, 1889, 1919, 1934 . 5 publications.
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1880, 1889, 1919, 1934 |
Box 1 | Folder 13 |
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 ).
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1866-1920 |
Box 1 | Folder 14 |
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 .
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Oct. 31, 1972 |
Box 1 | Folder 15 |
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.
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1899 |
Box 1 | Folder 16 |
One Family Scrapbook kept by Mary Foote Strong.
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Three Certificates:
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Box 1 | Folder 17 |
U.S. Treasury Dept. Office of Internal Revenue to John Butler Strong dated Aug. 1,
1879 .
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Aug. 1, 1879 |
Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Women's Baptist Home Mission Society Life Membership to Mary Foote Strong dated July
18, 1890 .
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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.
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Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Eight Decorative Convention and Award Ribbons in a 6x9 white envelope.
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Box 1 | Folder 19 |
9 1/2" x 15" white envelope of newspaper clippings all copied on permalife.
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Photographs (in 7 1/4" x 5 1/4" white folder):
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Box 1 | Folder 20 |
John Butler Strong as a young man, ca. 1851 . Daguerreotype.
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1851 |
Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Mary Foote Strong as a young woman, ca. 1850s . Daguerreotype.
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1850s |
Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Mary Foote Strong with her two sons, Frank and Otis Strong, 1870s .
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1870s |