DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Shackleton Family Collection,
1914-1921
37-05-3133
Shackleton Family
3.0 cubic ft.
Scrapbooks, photographs, film, classnotes.
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Scrapbooks, photos and films from Mary E. Moore Shackleton and Horace Shackleton. Most material relates to their experiences as students at Cornell University but there is also material related to the Shackleton/Moore families
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Mary Eastman Moore (Cornell University Class of 1920) was the daughter of Veranus A. Moore, dean of the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine. She graduated from Cornell in 1920 and married Horace E. Shackleton who graduated from Cornell in 1919. Horace Shackleton was an employee of the Grange League Federation and Mary Shackleton worked in Statler Hall.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Two scrapbooks of Mary E. Moore from Ithaca High School and Cornell University including photographs, programs, memorabilia, and clippings. Several notebooks from Mary E. Moore's classwork at Cornell, many from classes at the New York State College of Home Economics. Two Cornell University scrapbooks of Horace E. Shackleton and his photograph album of Cornell scenes. Also 35 reels of 8 mm. movie film, primarily of Cornell athletic events, but also some family home movies and one copy of an "Our Gang" film.
SUBJECTS
Names:
Shackleton, Mary Moore.
Shackleton, Horace E.
Cornell University. Class of 1919.
Cornell University. Class of 1920.
Cornell University--Pictorial works.
New York State College of Home Economics.
Subjects:
Women college students--New York (State)--Ithaca.
Form and Genre Terms:
Scrapbooks.
Photographs.
Motion pictures (visual works)
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cite As:
Shackleton Family Collection, #37-05-3133. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
PROVENANCE
The scrapbooks and film were given to the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections by the DeWitt Historical Society in 2001. Mary Moore's class notes were separated from the Veranus Moore papers in 2004.
RELATED MATERIAL
RMC Collection #51-01-1368. Norman Moore papers, 1919-1994.
RMC Collection #24-01-119.
Veranus A. Moore papers, 1836-1958.
SERIES LIST
[Series I. Photographs](s1)
[Series II. Scrapbooks](s2)
[Series III. Mary Moore's Class Notes](s3)
[Series IV. Films and Ephemera](s4)
CONTAINER LIST
Series I. Photographs
1
Horace Shackleton photo album
1
Photos of New York City, including Bellevue Hospital
3
Long landscape picture, including Veranus Moore, of the "American Veterinary Association at Panama Pacific International Expedition, San Francisco, Cal, Sept 3, 1915"
Series II. Scrapbooks
2
Horace Shackleton's Stunt Book # 11
1915-1917
2
Horace Shackleton's Stunt Book # 12
1917-1919
4
Mary Moore's "High School and College Days" Scrapbook
4
Mary Moore's Cornell Stunt Book
Series III. Mary Moore's Class Notes
5
1
Bacteriology
1917
5
2
Biochemistry
1918
5
3
Chemistry 92?
ca. 1918
5
4
Chemistry 93
1918
6
1
Design
1918 - 1919
6
2
Dressmaking and Millinary
1915 - 1916
6
3
English History
n.d.
6
4
First Term
1916
6
5
H.E. 2
1917
6
6
H.E. 9
1920
6
7
H.E. 15
1915
6
8
H.E. 70
1919 - 1920
6
9
Health in the Home
1920
6
10
History
1915
6
11
History
n.d.
6
12
House Planning
1918 - 1919
6
13
Household Management
1919
6
14
Household Bacteriology
1916
6
15
Human Physiology VI
1917
6
16
Human Physiology VII
1917 - 1918
6
17
Inorganic Chemistry
1912 - 1914
6
18
Political Science
1918
6
19
Qualitative Analysis
ca. 1920
6
20
Recipes
n.d.
6
21
Rural Organization
1920
6
22
Rural Organization
1920
6
23
Sixth Grade Sewing
1906 - 1908
6
24
Textiles
1918
6
25
Zoology
1917 - 1918
6
26
Zoology
1918
6
27
Miscellaneous
6
28
Chemistry Exam Books
1917
Series IV. Films and Ephemera
3
Films
1
2 copies of The Cornell Era from 1919
1
Clipping picturing Veranus Moore, Norman Moore, and Erwin Moore
1
Clipping of 1925 Rotarians