RMA00820.xml Guide to the Adelaide Taber Young papers, 1887-1911. Young, Adelaide Taber papers, 1887-1911. Compiled by A.B. Levine, N. Dean Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library May 2003

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Finding aid encoded by Martin Heggestad May 2003 2007-05-29 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 Guide to the Adelaide Taber Young Papers,1887-1911 Collection Number: 37-5-820 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 A.B. Levine, N. Dean December 1991 Martin Heggestad, May 2003 © 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY Adelaide Taber Young papers, 1887-1911. 37-5-820 Adelaide Taber Young, 1877-1964. 1.8 cubic ft. Correspondance, photographs, scrapbooks and clippings. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Papers of Adelaide Taber Young include letters written to her mother during her studies at Cornell, largely concerning student life, sorority affairs, and social activities; student notebooks; scrapbooks of photographs, programs, clippings, and other memorabilia from Cornell and Elmira College, including items concerning her sister, Sara Louise (Elmira Class of 1904). Collection material in English BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

After graduation from Cornell University (Class of 1899), Adelaide Young taught biology and physiology at Elmira College, Elmira, New York. She married Dr. Farnham Horatio Shaw.

 COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Papers of Adelaide Taber Young include letters written to her mother during her studies at Cornell, largely concerning student life, sorority affairs, and social activities; student notebooks; scrapbooks (4 vols., 1894-1904) of photographs, programs, clippings, and other memorabilia from Cornell and Elmira College, including items concerning her sister, Sara Louise (Elmira Class of 1904); a book of American history notes (1898); 53 photographs of trees identified by their Latin names, with a letter (1901) from Professor Willard W. Rowlee of the Cornell Botany Department concerning them, and 22 pressed and mounted botanical specimens (unidentified); a letter (1901) from George Lincoln Burr; correspondence (1890-1901) with family and friends; photographs of friends and relatives from her hometown, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, from Cornell and Ithaca, and from Elmira College.

 SUBJECTS Names: Young, Adelaide Taber, 1877-1964. Burr, George Lincoln, 1857-1938. Rowlee, Willard W. Young family. Young, Sara Louise. Cornell University--Students. Elmira College--Students. Subjects: Greek letter societies. Students--Recreation. Trees. Women college students. Women college teachers. Form and Genre Terms: Notebooks. Photographs. Scrapbooks. INFORMATION FOR USERS Cite As:

Adelaide Taber Young papers, #37-5-820. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

 CONTAINER LIST 1 2 scrapbooks of memorabilia ( 1901-1904 ) from Elmira College 1 1 undergraduate scrapbook of A.T. Young from Cornell, 1806-1899 1 1 book of Cornell blue-tinted photos 1 1 printed book Cornell vs. Penn (1896) - official sourvenir, Thanksgiving football game, 1896 1 1 American History notebook, Jan.-May 1898 ; apparently Miss Young's; professor unknown 1 1 diary-scrapbook of Miss Taber's, for a brief period in 1894 2 1 folder of correspondence with friends, family, Burr and Rowlee letters, letter from Elmira College ( 1890-1901 ) (15 pieces) 2 Several folders of memorabilia, Cornell, Elmira, and other 2 Photos, 1887-1911 3 53 identified photos of trees in Ithaca area 3 22 pressed and mounted identified botanical specimens 4 Letters from Adelaide Taber Young, at Cornell, to her mother, 1895-1900