Jack and Inger Gilbert papers, 1963-2009.
Collection Number: 6964
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Jack and Inger Gilbert papers, 1963-2009.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
6964
Abstract:
Thirty-five scrapbooks documenting trips taken by the Gilberts.
Creator:
Gilbert, John J., Jr.
Quanitities:
8 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Jack Gilbert graduated from Cornell with a degree in Civil Engineering in 1949. Inger
Molmen Gilbert graduated in 1949 with a degree in Home Economics.
Thirty-five scrapbooks documenting trips taken by the Gilberts. Include trips to visit
her family in Norway, other European trips, a trip to Alaska by rail through Canada,
Florida, canals from Rhode Island to Buffalo, European cruises (including the QE2),
Belize, New York City, various Elderhostel trips, South Africa, Newfoundland, Atlantic
coast cruise, British Isles cruise, New England islands cruise, cruise to New Orleans,
Viking voyage, and a cruise to Hawaii. Also, Reunion memorabilia from the Class of
1949.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Jack and Inger Gilbert papers, #6964. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
Cornell University. Class of 1949
Cornell University -- : Alumni and alumnae.
Places:
United States -- Description and travel.
Hawaii -- Description and travel.
Canada -- Description and travel.
South Africa -- Description and travel.
Belize -- Description and travel.
Alaska -- Description and travel.
Norway -- Description and travel.
Subjects:
Travelers.
Elderhostels.
Railroad travel.
Ocean travel.
Voyages and travel.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Scrapbook 1 |
Travels to Norway and Great Britain; Visits with family
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June 28, 1963 - June 27 1975 |
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Scope and Contents
Note cards from Jack Gilbert describing all scrapbooks. June 28, 1963 - July 17, 1963
Inger and Jack Gilbert in Norway and Great Britain crossed the Atlantic by ship both
ways. Some original bills of sale. June 27, 1973 - August 28, 1973 Inger Gilbert with
daughters Ellen and Marta to visit her parents Otto and Gudrun Molmen in their new
home in Norway. Flew Air Canada from Toronto and return to Toronto. Some original
bills of sale. 1974 Otto Molmen's 75th birthday. Inger Gilbert with her brother Otto
G. Molmen in Norway. October, 1974 Otto Molmen goes into a nursing home in Norway.
He was later moved to a nursing home in Rinacho, Norway where he died June 27, 1975.
Godron, his wife, his children, Inger Gilbert and Otto G. Molmen and many others were
at the funeral.
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| Box 1 | Scrapbook 2 |
Trips to Norway
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June 11, 1976 - June 8 1982 |
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Scope and Contents
June 11,1976 - July 10, 1976 Inger and Jack Gilbert KLM Toronto Amsterdam and Canadian
Pacific Air Amsterdam to Toronto. Train Amsterdam - Kobenz- river back to Cochan.
Train Koblenz - Hamburg - Copenhagen - Oslo - Rinpehe, Norway. With Godron Molmen,
Otto George Molmen and wife, a cousin and wife we took and train, ship, bustrip thru
Norway June 28 - July 9. July 20,1978 - August 17, 1978 Inger and Jade Gilbert Pacific
Western Airlines round trip Toronto - Copenhagen train and ferry train to home of
Gudrun Molmen in Hamderp, Norway. March 4, 1980 - ? Inger Gilbert and brother Otto
G. Molmen in Norway to funeral of her mother Godron Molmen. July 4, 1980 - August
11, 1980 A very complicated trip to Norway involving Inger and Jack Gilbert and four
of her children, Marie, John III, Ellen and Marta. May 18, 1982 - June 8, 1982 Inger
Gilbert to Norway for confirmation of a relative.
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| Box 1 | Scrapbook 3 |
Trips to Norway, Scotland, Ireland
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August 4, 1983 - June 6, 1986 |
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Scope and Contents
August 4, 1983 - August 30, 1983 Another complicated trip to Norway involving Inger
Gilbert, son John J III and wife Diane, daughter Marie, husband Ron and son Erik for
a family reunion. May 14, 1985 - June 4, 1985 Inger in Norway. May 17 is Norwegian
Independance Day. Also a confirmation of a relative. May 17, 1986 - June 6, 1986 Inger
and Jack and daughter Gaol - QEZ round trip Scotland, Ireland for ancestor hunting.
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| Box 1 | Scrapbook 4 |
Trips to Norway and Alaska
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May 15, 1988 - November 19, 1989 |
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Scope and Contents
May 15, 1988 - May 25, 1988 Inger to Norway by air both ways. August 26, 1989 - Sept
12, 1989 Alaska Trip for Inger and Jack VIARail Toronto - Vancouver - bus and ferry
to Victerio. Ferry to Seattle to board Alaska Ferry then back to Toronto from Prin
Zupert on VIARail. November 15, 1989 - November 19, 1989 Jack and Inger bus and train
including VIARail round trip Motrial to Halifax.
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| Box 2 | Scrapbook 5 |
Trip to family reunion in Norway
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Summer 1990 |
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Scope and Contents
Trip for retirement celebration. Inger and Jack, their five children and four spouses
and three grandchildren. Family reunion in Norway
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| Box 2 | Scrapbook 6 |
Trips to New York, Halifax, Outer Banks
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September 1, 1990 - October 4, 1990 |
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Scope and Contents
September 1, 1990 - September 5, 1990 QEZ round trip New York to Halifax (Inger and
Jack). September 23, 1990 - October 4, 1990 Family trip to Outer Banks (Inger, Jack,
daughter Gael, Ellen and grandson Paul.)
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| Box 2 | Scrapbook 7 |
Trips to Flordia, Maryland, Europe
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February 22, 1991 - June 18, 1991 |
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Scope and Contents
February 22, 1991 - March 17, 1991 Ingert and Jack drive round trip to Flordia to
visit with both of his college roommates and spouses Also visited with two daughters.
Visited Chestertown, MD, on the Eastern Shore, where we lived in the 50's. May 3,
1991 - June 28, 1991 Our freighter trip across the Atlantic round trip. In Europe
trains, riverboats, coastal voyage.
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| Box 2 | Scrapbook 8 |
Trip to Europe
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May 3, 1991 - June 28, 1991 |
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Scope and Contents
Trip in Europe
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| Box 2 | Scrapbook 9 |
Cornell Adult University Trips
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October 11, 1991 - November 1992 |
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Scope and Contents
October 11, 1991 - October 15, 1991 Cornell Adult University (CAU) Trip to Charleston,
SC. Gettysburg June, 1992. Another CAU (?) trip in November, 1992.
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| Box 3 | Scrapbook 10 |
Trips to Norway and Delmar Beach
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January 16, 1992 - June 1992 |
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Scope and Contents
January 16, 1992 - February 5, 1992 Inger round trip to Norway to celebrate 100th
birthday of relative. April 23, 1992 - June 1992 Went to Delmar Beach and trip on
the ship "Amazing Grace".
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| Box 3 | Scrapbook 11 |
Trip to New York City
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July 10, 1993 - July 25, 1993 |
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Scope and Contents
History of Long Island City Mansions, The Saga of Long Island, small cruise ship on
the Hudson River
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| Box 3 | Scrapbook 12 |
Trip to New Smyrna Beach, Flordia
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January 16, 1994 - April 3, 1995 |
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Scope and Contents
January 16, 1994 - April 4, 1994 Trip to New Symrna Beach, Florida to visit college
roommates. May 19, 1994 rented house on Montauk for family. August 20, 1995 - Sept
1, 1995 Canels of America, Warren, RI to Bethel, NY. December, 22 1994 - April 3,
1995 Sunrise Condos in New Smyrna Beach.
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| Box 3 | Scrapbook 13 |
Cornell Adult University Trip
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August 5, 1996 - September 7, 1996 |
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Scope and Contents
Cornell Adult University Trip on the ship "Song of Flower"
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| Box 4 | Scrapbook 14 |
Trip to New York City and Belize
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January, 1997 - August 11, 1997 |
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Scope and Contents
Round trip to New York City for Cornell meeting. Inger, Jack, daughter and grandchildren.
March 28, 1997 - August 11, 1997 ACCL small shit cruise to Belize. Inger, Jack, Martha
Ohaus and daughter Susan
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| Box 4 | Scrapbook 15 |
Trips to New Smyrna Beach, Florida, Rochester, New York and New York City, New York
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December 29, 1997 - April 24, 1999 |
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Scope and Contents
December 29,1997 - March 31, 1998 Five pictures of New Smyrna Beach, Flordia. October
4, 1998 - October 9, 1998 visit to Rochester. Big Bands Music and camping. January
28, 1999 - April 24, 1999 visit to the beach of New York City.
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| Box 4 | Scrapbook 16 |
South Africa Trip and Charleston, South Carolina
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January 27, 2000 - March 20, 2000 |
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Scope and Contents
Trip to Africa, several photos, bills of sale, newspaper and magazine articles. Post
cards and small artifacts from trip. Letters to family.
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| Box 4 | Scrapbook 17 |
Trip from Ithaca, New York to St Anthony, Newfoundland
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September 1, 2000- September 28, 2000 |
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Scope and Contents
Documents relating to Gilbert trip including photographs, trip itinerary, magazine
articles. Several photographs relating to a Viking themed tourist attraction in St
Anthony, Newfoundland
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| Box 3 | Scrapbook 18 |
Continuation of trip from Ithaca, New York to St Anthony, Newfoundland
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September 1, 2000- September 28, 2000 |
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Scope and Contents
Mostly magazine and informational clippings related to the Gilbert trip to St Anthony,
Newfoundland
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| Box 5 | Scrapbook 19 |
Trip to North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia and Maryland
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January 4, 2000 - May 6, 2000 |
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Scope and Contents
Pictures and articles relating to light houses and ships on the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.
Pictures and articles related to Gilbert trip to Jamestown, Virginia.
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| Box 5 | Scrapbook 20 |
Trip to the British Isles, Cornell Adult University Trip
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August 12, 2001 - September 9, 2001 |
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Scope and Contents
Some pictures, mostly pamphlets and articles relating to the British Isles where the
Gilbert's visited.
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| Box 5 | Scrapbook 21 |
Visit to Scotland
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August 24, 2001 - September 9, 2001 |
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Scope and Contents
Part of the British Isles trip from Scrapbook 20. Focuses on the Scotland part of
the Gilbert trip with several photos, information sheets relating to the tourist sites
the Gilbert's visited and small personal artifacts from hotels.
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| Box 5 | Scrapbook 22 |
Trip to New York and New England Cruise
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December 8, 2001 - July 5, 2001 |
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Scope and Contents
Pictures relating to New York City near Christmas time. Playbills and tickets from
several Broadway plays. Some pictures from cruise ship to New England and tourist
information.
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| Box 5 | Scrapbook 23 |
Trip to Caribbean
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March 3, 2002 - April 5, 2002 |
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Scope and Contents
Several pictures and documents related to freighter ship that carried Inger and Jack
Gilbert. Letters describe their trip and the conditions of their boat. Several bills
and reciepts relating to trip.
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| Box 5 | Scrapbook 24 |
Trip to Montreal and England
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April 9, 2003 - August 23, 2003 |
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Scope and Contents
Tourist information, maps and small items from hotels concerning the Gilbert trip
to Montreal. Photographs and items from cruise ship concerning Gilbert cruise on the
Queen Elizabeth 2 to England.
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| Box 6 | Scrapbook 25 |
Trip to Channel Islands and New Orleans
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August 23, 2003 - December 23, 2003 |
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Scope and Contents
Many pictures and informational sheets relating to the various cruise ships the Gilbert's
used on their trips. Menus, pictures of wait staff, pictures of boat itself included.
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| Box 6 | Scrapbook 26 |
Cruise and trip to New York
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June 30, 2004 - March 2, 2005 |
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Scope and Contents
Tickets, bills and photographs relating to cruise "to nowhere" aboard the Queen Elizabeth
2. More pictures and travel information relating to trip to New York.
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| Box 6 | Scrapbook 27 |
Trip to South Hampton
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April 21, 2005 - June 9, 2005 |
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Scope and Contents
Pictures, tickets and tourist information related to places visited by the Gilbert's
in South Hampton.
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| Box 6 | Scrapbook 28 |
Continuation of South Hampton trip from scrapbook 27
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April 21, 2005 - June 9, 2005 |
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Scope and Contents
Pictures, post cards and mementos of South Hampton trip.
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| Box 6 | Scrapbook 29 |
Elderhostels in Philadelphia and Canada
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February 13, 2006 - May 27, 2006 |
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Scope and Contents
Mementos and bills from trips and some photographs.
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| Box 6 | Scrapbook 30 |
Trips to Elderhostels in Georgia and Maryland
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April 22 2007 - May 11, 2007 |
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Scope and Contents
Post cards, tourist information and pictures related to the attractions the Gilbert's
visited.
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| Box 7 | Scrapbook 31 |
"Viking's Voyage" Trip to Iceland
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July 7, 2007 - August 11, 2007 |
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Scope and Contents
35 day cruise on Holland American Line in Deluxe Suite. Postcards, travel information,
pictures, maps and personal mementos from trip.
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| Box 7 | Scrapbook 32 |
Continuation of a "Viking's Voyage" Trip to Iceland
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July 17, 2007 - August 31, 2007 |
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Scope and Contents
More information packets and tourism information, postcards, mementos and pictures
of trip to Iceland.
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| Box 7 | Scrapbook 33 |
Trip to Montreal, New York City and Philadelphia
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November 2, 2007 - February 8, 2009 |
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Scope and Contents
Tourist information and bills of sale related to trip.
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| Box 7 | Scrapbook 34 |
Trips to Montreal, Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria, Sand Diego, Hawaii, Los Angeles,
Chicago and Syracuse
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September 18, 2009 - October 23, 2009 |
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Scope and Contents
Photos, maps, bills, menus, tickets and play bills relating to train trips across
the United States.
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| Box 7 | Scrapbook 35 |
Trip to Elderhostel in Philadelphia, Hawaii and canceled trip to New York City
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November 8, 2009 - October 29, 2010 |
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Scope and Contents
Tourist information, tickets and receipts relating to trips.
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| Box 8 |
Cornell reunion memorabilia
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1949, 1969, 1974 | |
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Scope and Contents
Pair of white pants labeled "Cornell '49", Cornell jersey labeled "55th of '49" with
picture of clock tower, red and white tote bag with the number "32" worn off, red
polo with "C49" logo, two red dress shirts with "'49" on front pocket and clock tower
on back, white skirt with "Cornell '49" on patch, white t-shirt with clock tower and
"'49" on front and class listing within large C on back, Cornell reunion run t-shirt
red with bear leaning against C in white, red and white vest with "'49" on back, red
and blue striped polo shirt with "49" on front pocket, several hats with Cornell or
"49" logos, two kazoos one with Cornell logo, two metal cups for 1969 and 1974 reunions,
class of '49 megaphone, red and white pom pom.
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