RMA00504.xml Guide to the Walter Francis Willcox papers, 1886-1960. Willcox, Walter Francis papers, 1886-1960. Compiled by N. Dean Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Sept. 2003

Finding aid encoded by Ann Hubert Sept. 2003 2007-05-29 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 Guide to the Walter Francis Willcox papers,1886-1960 Collection Number: 14-10-504 &Collection Number: 14-10-821 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library 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 N. Dean October 1993 Ann Hubert, September 2003 Marcie Farwell, May 2016 © 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY Walter Francis Willcox papers, 1886-1960. 14-10-504 & 14-10-821 Walter Francis Willcox, 1861-1964. 7 cubic ft.; 16 reels negative microfilm; 4 tape recordings; 4 folders. Correspondence, tributes, articles, notes, genealogies. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Papers concerning Willcox's career as professor of economics and statistics at Cornell, including extensive material on American social and political issues, as well as Willcox's personal and family papers. Collection material in English BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of economics and statistics at Cornell University.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, tributes, printed and draft articles and notes, and genealogies and other family papers. Subjects include Willcox's involvement in the United States census of 1900, the International Statistical Institute, Amherst College alumni activity, and statistical analysis of various social problems, including the registration of births and deaths and voter registration, Afro-American crime statistics, race relations, and Prohibition.

The collection also includes tape recordings celebrating Willcox's 90th, 95th, and 100th birthdays; family correspondence, including letters to and from Alice Eloise Work (Mrs. Walter Willcox), and his son Bertram F. who was in France with the American Ambulance Field Service.

Also, material relating to his work with the William Allen White Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, comment on American political practices and statecraft, addresses and articles pertaining to Cornell University, and work concerning Congressional reapportionment. Tape recordings pertain to Andrew Dickson White, Jacob Gould Schurman, and Charles Kendall Adams.

 SUBJECTS Names: Willcox, Walter Francis, 1861-1964. Adams, Charles Kendall, 1835-1902. Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942. White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918. Willcox family. Willcox, Bertram F. Work family. Work, Alice Eloise. American Ambulance Field Service. Amherst College--Alumni. Cornell University--Faculty. Cornell University. Dept. of Economics. International Statistical Institute. William Allen White Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies. Subjects: Statistics. Census--1900. Afro-Americans. Vital statistics. Prohibition. Criminal statistics--United States. Political science--United States. Afro-American criminals. Family--New York (State). Apportionment (Election law)--United States. Voter registration--United States. Race relations--United States. Professors emeriti. Economists. Form and Genre Terms: Tributes. INFORMATION FOR USERS Cite As:

Walter Francis Willcox papers, #14-10-504. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

 RELATED MATERIALS

Includes collections #14-10-821, #14-10-mf32, #14-10-tr24, tr25, tr23, and tr22, and #14-10-m.76, m.376, and m.466.

 CONTAINER LIST Collection Number: 14-10-504 1 St-W correspondence re statistics and reapportionment for U.S. Congress 2 Genealogical material re folder of Wilcox family letters, 1804-1848? ; Statistical notes 3 A-Work Genealogical files 4 W correspondence (personal and family). Including Anne Goodenow letters (typescript, 2 folders) and 2 envelopes of letters to Mary A. Wilcox re genealogy Collection Number: 14-10-821 Correspondence and papers 1 1 Holmes Family. Letters (transcripts), 1818-1843 1 2 Holmes Family. Genealogy and Biography Notes 1 3 Holmes Family. Career of John Holmes 1 4 Holmes Family, correspondence relating to, 1925-1957 1 5 Holmes Family. Description of Holmes House, Alfred, Maine 1 6 Willcox Family. Recollections of Willcox Home, Kennebunk, Maine, by Mary A. Willcox 1 7 Willcox Family. Miscellaneous papers (includes "Willcox-Work Family Lines") 1 8 William Henry Willcox. Autobiography, (manuscript) 1901 1 9 William Henry Willcox. Autobiography, (typescript) 1901 1 10 William Henry Willcox. Autobiography, (typescript) 1901 1 11 William Henry Willcox-Anne Goodenow Letters (transcripts), 1852-1856 1 12 William Henry Willcox-Anne Goodenow Letters (transcripts); 1857-1859, 1861-1863 1 13 "Letters from and about Wm. H. Willcox, Wm. G. Willcox;" 1855, 1896-1898 1 14 Anne Holmes Goodenow Willcox. Autobiography (typescript), 1893 1 15 Anne Holmes Goodenow Willcox. Autobiography (typescript), 1893 1 16 Willcox Family Life by Mary A. Willcox 2 1 Walter Francis Willcox. Letters; 1878-1880, 1884-1887, 1893, 1896-1898, 1909 2 2 Walter Francis Willcox. Letters (transcripts). 1878-1880 (valedictory), 1880-1887, 1892, 1893, 1896-1898, 1901, 1909 2 3 Alice Eloise Work. Letters and Papers, Jan. 1888-May 1889 2 4 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, July 1889-Aug. 1889 2 5 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, Sept. 1889 2 6 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, Oct. 1889 2 7 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, Nov. 1889 2 8 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, Dec. 1889 2 9 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, Jan. 1890 2 10 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, Feb. 1890 2 11 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, Mar. 1890 2 12 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, Apr. 1890 2 13 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, May 1890 2 14 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, June 1890 2 15 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, July 1890, Sept. 1890 2 16 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, Oct. 1890 2 17 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, Nov. 1890 2 18 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, Dec. 1890 3 1 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, (typescript), Apr. 1891-July 1891 3 2 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, (typescript), July 1891-Oct. 1891 3 3 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, Nov. 1891 3 4 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, Dec. 1891 3 5 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, Jan. 1892 3 6 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, Feb. 1892 3 7 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, Mar. 1892 3 8 Alice Eloise Work. Letters, July 1892, Dec. 1892, Aug. 1893 3 9 Alice Work Willcox. Letters; 1896, 1898 3 10 Alice Work Willcox. Letters, 1899 3 11 Alice Work Willcox. Letters, 1900 3 12 Alice Work Willcox. Letters, May 1901 3 13 Alice Work Willcox. Letters, June 1901 3 14 Alice Work Willcox. Letters, Aug. 1901 3 15 Alice Work Willcox. Letters, Sept. 1901 3 16 Alice Work Willcox. Letters; 1902, 1905, 1906, 1909 4 1 Bertram F. Willcox. Letters; 1917, 1918 4 2 William G. Willcox. Tributes, 1923 4 3 Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence; 1925, 1931, 1933, 1934 4 4 Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence, Jan. 1935-June 1935 4 5 Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence, July 1935-Dec. 1935, 1936 4 6 Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence, Jan. 1940-June 1940 4 7 Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence, July 1940-Dec. 1940, 1948 4 8 Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence; 1950, 1952 4 9 Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence; 1953, 1954 4 10 Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence, Sir Alfred Zimmern, 1953-1957 ; (also Zimmern's writings) 4 11 Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence, 1955-1957 4 12 Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence; 1959, 1961-1964 4 13 "Sociedad Mexicana de Geografia y Estadistica," letter, diploma, identification card, 1933 5 1 Walter F. Willcox. Tributes on 80th Birthday, 1941 5 2 Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence, 85th Birthday, 1946 5 3 Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence, 90th Birthday, Addresses, 1951 5 4 Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence, re Address, "Comments on speech at ninetieth anniversary dinner, Mar. 22, 1951 5 5 Walter Family Letters re Walter F. Willcox bibliography, Will, and 96th Birthday; 1955, 1957 5 6 Walter F. Willcox re "95th Birthday Comments," 1956 5 7 Walter F. Willcox, 95th Birthday: Addresses by Robert E. Cushman and Frederick G. Marcham 5 8 Walter F. Willcox, 100th Birthday, 1961 5 9 Walter F. Willcox, Transcript of tape recorded interview, Mar. 23, 1957 (with "William Allan and Mary Willcox interview") 5 10 Walter F. Willcox. "Worksheets" 5 11 Miscellaneous 5 12 Greeting Cards 6 1 Walter F. Willcox's Autobiographical Material 6 2 Walter F. Willcox's Autobiographical Material 6 3 Walter F. Willcox's Autobiographical Material, "Early Life," etc. 6 4 Walter F. Willcox's Autobiographical Material, "Confessions of an Octogenarian," "The Stone Will Case," etc. 6 5 Walter F. Willcox's Autobiography - Drafts, 1956 6 6 Walter F. Willcox. Reapportionment Letters to New York Times, May 22, 1957 6 7 Walter F. Willcox. "A Notable College Class" (Amherst, 1884 ) 6 8 Walter F. Willcox. "The Teaching of Economics, Political and Social Science at Cornell University" 6 9 Walter F. Willcox. Clippings 6 10 Clippings: Robert Frost, Franklin D. Roosevelt 6 11 "Volume V Clippings" (Editorials), 1939-1946 6 12 "Included in Volume V" (Editorials), 1940 6 13 Apportionment Statistics (negatives) 6 14 Walter F. Willcox. Photographs 6 15-18 Willcox Family Photos 6 19 Miscellaneous Photos including Alfred House, (Maine), Willcox home, (Ithaca), and Mary (?); Negatives Items 6 20 Passport, Aug. 31, 1938 6 21 Passport, Apr. 26, 1955 6 22 Scrapbook: Congratulations to Walter F. Willcox from the descendants of his brother William G. Willcox," 1961 Printed materials 6 23 "Sprouts from a Winter Garden," 1947-1954 by Walter F. Willcox (2 copies) 6 24 "Methods of Appointing Seats in the House of Representatives" by Walter F. Willcox. Reprint, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Dec. 1954, Vol. 49, pp. 685-695 and other related material ( 1940, 1941 )