Guide to the Galvin Family Papers,
1935-1987

Collection Number: 4933

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:
H. Finch
Date completed:
November 1995
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, May 2003
Date modified:
RMC Staff, March 2013

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Galvin family papers, 1906-1987.
Collection Number:
4933
Creator:
Galvin family
Quantity:
.8 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, passports, photographs, certificates, awards, biographical clippings, and other papers.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence, passports, photographs, certificates, awards, biographical clippings, and other papers of an upstate New York physician and college professor. Includes correspondence, accounts, historical descriptions, constitution and by-laws, and other papers pertaining to Cornell University's African-American fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Family members include Gregory Alexander Galvin, M.D., Meharry Medical College, and Corinne Brown Galvin, Ph.D., Ithaca College professor.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, passports, photographs, certificates, awards, biographical clippings, and other papers of an upstate New York physician and college professor. Includes correspondence, accounts, historical descriptions, constitution and by-laws, and other papers pertaining to Cornell University's African-American fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Galvin family.
Galvin, Corinne Brown, 1907-
Galvin, Gregory Alexander, 1907-
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
Cornell University--Students.
Cornell University--Societies, etc.
Ithaca College--Faculty.
Meharry Medical College.

Subjects:
African Americans--Students--Social life and customs--New York (State)--Ithaca.
African Americans--Education.
African Americans--Societies, etc.
Physicians (General practice)--New York (State)--Ithaca.
Family--New York (State)--Ithaca.

Places:
Ithaca (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Galvin family papers, #4933. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Galvin family papers
Passports and biographical clippings
Box 1 Folder 1
Photographs
Box 1 Folder 2
Correspondence, 1952-1987
Box 1 Folder 3
Medical Consultant, Department of Public Welfare, 1954-1956
Box 1 Folder 4
NYS Academy of General Practice
Box 1 Folder 5
Same, badges
Box 1 Folder 6
Certificates and Awards
Box 1 Folder 7
First Baptist Church Documents
Box 1 Folder 8
NYS Teachers Association, Equal Educational Opportunities Project, 1968
Box 1 Folder 9
Tompkins County Commission on Human Relations, 1963-1965
Box 1 Folder 10
Jane McDougald Galvin-Lewis, Boston University
Box 1 Folder 11
Maharry Medical College, Alumni Directory, 1986
Box 1 Folder 12
Meharry Medical College, President's Award, 1987
Box 1 Folder 13
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity papers
Correspondence, 1954-1956
Box 2 Folder 1
"Round-Up," 1955
Box 2 Folder 2
Alpha Chapter Accounts, 1954-1956
Box 2 Folder 3
Constitution and By-Laws, 1954
Box 2 Folder 4
Convention Program, 1939, 1956
Box 2 Folder 5
Misc.
Box 2 Folder 6
The History of Alpha Phi Alpha: A development in Negro College Life, 1935 edition and 1939 edition
Box 2 Folder 7
Senior Meritorious Service Award presented to G. Alex Galvin, M.D., 1980
Box 2 Folder 8
Charter for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Alpha Chapter, Cornell University, 1906
 Box 3
Family diplomas, certificates, and photographs, oversized
 Box 3
Alpha Phi Alpha paddle, signed by Galvin as President and fourteen others, May 25, 1940
Mu.1022