RMA01803.xml Guide to the School of Hotel Administration Director's records, 1922-1981. School of Hotel Administration Director's records, 1922-1981. Compiled by E. Engst Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library June 2004

Finding aid encoded by Ann Hubert June 2004 2007-05-29 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 Guide to the School of Hotel Administration Director's Records,1922-1981 Collection Number: 28-1-1803 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 E. Engst August 1987 Ann Hubert, June 2004 Jude Corina, September 2015 © 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY School of Hotel Administration Director's records, 1922-1981. 28-1-1803 Cornell University. School of Hotel Administration. Director. 10.1 cubic ft. Correspondence, files, albums, records, reports, meeting minutes, plaques. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Records of the Director's Office and of Howard B. Meek include registration reports as well as school budgets, minutes of faculty and staff meetings, and reports. Collection material in English ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Directors and deans represented include Howard B. Meek, Robert A. Beck, and John J. Clark.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Records of the Director's Office include correspondence files; biographical files; and subject files, including files of the Courtney Memorial Fund. Records of Howard B. Meek include registration reports, with letters to Meek; correspondence; items relating to a Hotel School European tour; and plaques and awards given to Meek. Also, school budgets, 1954-1978; minutes of faculty and staff meetings, 1935-1981; report of the Education Committee of the American Hotel Association, 1944; and minutes of Deans' Council meetings, 1968-1970.

 SUBJECTS Names: Cornell University. Beck, Robert Alfred, 1920- Clark, John J. Meek, Howard B., 1893- Subjects: Hotel management--Study and teaching. Hotel management schools--New York (State)--Ithaca. Places: Europe--Description and travel. INFORMATION FOR USERS Cite As:

School of Hotel Administration Director's records, #28-1-1803. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

 SERIES LIST

Series I. History Boxes 1-2, 12

  Subseries I. Chronological files   Subseries II. Biographical files   Subseries III. Subject file   Subseries IV. Courtney Memorial Fund   Subseries V. Registration Reports

Series II. Howard B. Meek files Boxes 1, 4-11

  Subseries I. Administrative Records     -Registration reports     -Correspondence     -Miscellaneous   Subseries II. European tour   Subseries III. Commemorative Items     -Plaques and awards     -Loose material

CONTAINER LIST Series I. History Subseries I. Chronological files 1 1 Correspondence 1922 1 2 Correspondence 1923 1 3 Correspondence 1924 1 4 Correspondence 1925 1 5 Correspondence 1926 1 6 Correspondence 1927 1 7 Correspondence 1928 1 8 Correspondence 1929 1 9 Correspondence 1930 1 10 Correspondence 1931 1 11 Correspondence 1932 1 12 Correspondence 1933 1 13 Correspondence 1934 1 14 Correspondence 1935 1 15 Correspondence 1936 1 16 Correspondence 1937 1 17 Correspondence 1939 1 18 Correspondence 1940 1 19 Correspondence 1941 1 20 Correspondence 1942 1 21 Correspondence 1943 1 22 Correspondence 1944 1 23 Correspondence 1945 1 24 Correspondence 1946 1 25 Correspondence 1947 1 26 Correspondence 1948 1 27 Correspondence 1949 1 28 Correspondence 1950 1 29 Correspondence 1951 1 30 Correspondence 1952 1 31 Correspondence 1953 1 32 Correspondence 1954 1 33 Correspondence 1955 1 34 Correspondence 1957 1 35 Correspondence 1958 1 36 Correspondence 1959 1 37 Chronological list of important events 1960 1 38 Chef's course 1945 1 39 NCR posting machine 1 40 Tourism Subseries II. Biographical files (list of folder contents in front of each file) 1 41 Boomer, Lucius M. 1 42 Callis, Harold B. 1 43 Day, Edmund E. 1 44 Eppley, Eugene C. 1 45 Gibson, A.W. and Student War Service Committee 1 46 Green, Thomas D. 1 47 Hamilton, W.I. 1 48 Herndon, James B. 1 49 Hoie, John McF. 1913-1958 1 50 Kief, Raymond J. 1 51 McHatton, George 1 52 McKowne, Frank A. 1923-1944 1 53 Meek, Howard B. 1 54 Needham, William R. 1 55 Owen, Emerson 1 56 Pinco, Charles N. 1 57 Randolph, Frank H. 1 58 Recknagel, Helen J. 2 1 Rose, Flora 2 2 Shircliff, Arnold 2 3 Statler, Alice and Ellsworth M. 1923-1962 2 4 Toth, Lewis 2 5 Tschirky, Oscar, Leo, and Robert 2 6 Van Rensselaer, Martha 2 7 Vehling, Joseph D. 2 8 Windsor, Andrew L. Subseries III. Subject file 2 9 Accelerated program 2 10 Army - Reg. QM students 2 11 Budget folder 2 12 CPA 2 13 Cornell Society of Hotelmen Subseries IV. Courtney Memorial Fund 2 14 Courtney memorial fund 2 15 CICSF 1967 2 16 "Impact of Hotel School Alumni Felt throughout the World," by Frank Ready 2 17 Cornell Alumni Corporation 2 18 Alumni Trustee nominations 2 19 Bills and vouchers 2 20 Correspondence course 1920-1940's 2 21 Good housekeeping (Lewis course) 2 22 Home Economics miscellany 2 23 Hospital administration course explorations 1927-1947 2 24 Menu planning course 2 25 Insurance course 2 26 National hotel exposition trips 1924-1941 2 27 Navy program 2 28 Naval ROTC 2 29 ROTC 2 30 Navy and marine possibilities 2 31 Old faculty 2 32 Olympics 2 33 Other hotel schools, philosophy on 2 34 Placement 1927-1951 2 35 Real estate course 2 36 Research 2 37 First explanatory conference on research in fields related to the operation of hotels July 9, 1953 2 38 First explanatory conference on research in fields related to the operation of hotels July 9, 1953 2 38 Reports and recommendations November 17, 1953 2 39 Research Subseries V. Registration Reports 12 1-38 Reports on Student Registration submitted to the Dean 1938-1970 Series II. Howard B. Meek files Subseries I. Administrative Records Registration reports 1 1 Letter to H.B. Meek October 1940 1 2 Letter to H.B. Meek February 1941 1 3 Letter to H.B. Meek October 1941 1 4 Letter to H.B. Meek February 1942 1 5 Letter to H.B. Meek September 1942 1 6 Letter to H.B. Meek February 1943 1 7 Letter to H.B. Meek July 1943 1 8 Letter to H.B. Meek November 1943 1 9 Letter to H.B. Meek Spring 1944 1 10 Letter to H.B. Meek July 1944 1 11 Letter to H.B. Meek November 1944 1 12 Letter to H.B. Meek March 1949 1 13 Estimated registration February 1940 1 14 Expected registration February 1940 1 15 Expected registration September 1941 1 16 Registration September 1940 1 17 Registration February 1941 1 18 Registration September 1941 1 19 Registration February 1942 4 1 Registration Report 1940 4 2 Registration Report 1941 4 3 Registration Report 1941 4 4 Registration Report 1942 4 5 Registration Report 1942 4 6 Registration Report 1943 4 7 Registration Report 1943 4 8 Registration Report 1943 4 9 Registration Report 1944 4 10 Registration Report 1944 4 11 Registration Report 1944 4 12 Registration Report 1949 Correspondence 4 13 A-C 1948-1951 4 14 "To Buildings and Grounds" 1948-1950 4 15 "To Day" 1942-1950 4 16 "To Holabird and Root and Burgee" 1941-1950 4 17 D-O February 1942 4 18 "To Parke" February 1942 4 19 P-Z February 1942 Miscellaneous 4 20 Miscellaneous February 1942 4 21 Miscellaneous 1947-1949 4 22 Report No. V 1949 4 23 Statler Hotel Sound Equipment 1948 4 24 Sample Hotel School Exam Questions 1937 5 1 Cornerstone ceremonies 5 2 Purchasing department 5 3 Sayles, Charles I. 5 4 Dedication 5 5 Faculty Club 5 6 Bamberth, Hugo 5 7 Meek retirement 5 8 OPA (Office of Price Administration) and Palmer, Archie M. 5 9-10 OPA 5 11 Minimum Wage Board, New York State Department of Labor 5 12 Kittamat Hotel survey 5 13 Thayer Hotel 5 14 Statler Foundation 6 12 Buying retirement on the loss of state status 6 13 Sales course 6 14 Scholarships 6 15 Secretarial science 6 16 National Executive Housekeepers Association (Summer School) 6 17 Teacher Training for Chefs 6 18 Veterans Administration 1946-1951 6 19 Wines course 7 Binder with plates from the Edgewater Beach Salad Book by Arnold Shircliffe, presented to the Meeks Subseries II. European tour 5 15 Hotel tour participants 1955 5 16 Participants and prospects, correspondence re European hotel and restaurant executives tour 1953 5 17 Pictures and questionnaires 1955 5 18 Miscellany 1955 5 19 Prospects 5 20 Meek correspondence concerning tours 1954-1956 5 21 Flyers, maps, etc. 6 1 "Old" 6 2 Itineraries, etc. 6 3 Promotion 6 4 Promotion - early 6 5 Vouchers 1958 6 6 Europe memoirs 1953 Subseries III. Commemorative Items Plaques and awards 6 7 Hotel Ezra Cornell - appreciation plaque 11 Scroll signed by members of the New York Branch of the Cornell Society of Hotel Men, in appreciation of Meek's 10th Anniversary of starting the Hotel Course April 1932 11 Certificate signed by the Governor of Nebraska, appointing him Admiral in the Navy of Nebraska 1954 7 Pacific Air Force plaque for Outstanding Service Open Mess Training Course at the Imperial Hotel - Tokyo, Japan 1959 6 8 Hotel Association of Washington, D.C. - plaque for outstanding service April 3, 1961 7 "The Southern Exposition for Hotels, Motels and Restaurants" - Appreciation plaque April 4, 1961 6 9 Texas Hotel and Motel Association, Distinguished Service Award May 5, 1964 6 10 New York State Hotel Association, honorary life membership card 6 11 Honorary citizen of Texas May 25, 1961 6 20 "The Growth of an Idea," scrapbook documenting the first 25 years of the Hotel School 6 21 "Testimonial Dinner in Honor of Dean Howard Bagnall Meek," scrapbook January 9, 1961 6 22 "Meekbake," The New England Chapter of the Cornell Society of Hotelmen, scrapbook March 10, 1961 6 23 "Testimonial Dinner in Honor of Dean Howard B. Meek," scrapbook March 16, 1961 11 "Professor Howard Bagnall Meek," testimonial dinner, Mayflower Hotel (album) April 3, 1961 11 Certificate of appreciation from Cornell Society of Hotelmen 1969 7 "A Pictorial Commemorative of the visit of Professor H.B. Meek and the Graduating Class of the Hotel Administration of Cornell University to the Greenbriar..." (photograph album) June 13-15, 1937 Loose material 7 1 Loose material from testimonial dinner album, including photographs 1961 7 2 H.B. Meek miscellany 7 3 Trip to South America 1950-1951 7 4-5 Miscellaneous Cornell University material 7 6 Hotel management clippings, Bureau of Good Ideas 7 7 Menus, etc., not used 7 8-9 European trip miscellany 7 10 Hotel accounting, slide preparation 7 11 "Federal Reserve Policy" paper by Meek 1929 7 12 Certificate in Spanish given to Meek (1951); Signed photo (1932); Slide of Mr. and Mrs. Meek 8 School Budgets 1954-1978 8 Dean's Council Minutes 1970 8 Future Projects-Beck 8 Faculty Minutes 1978 8 Faculty Minutes 1969-1972 8 Budget for Hotel School 1922-1933 9 Dean's Council 1968-1970 9 Education Committee Report 1944 9 Staff Meetings 1976-1978 9 Faculty Meetings 1972-1976 9 Petit. Meetings 1975-1981 9 Faculty Minutes 1935-1959 9 Cornell Faculty Salaries Analysis 10 Dean's Conferences 1963-1967