RMA03435.xml Guide to the Cornell Women's Club of Batavia records, 1934-2008. Cornell Women's Club of Batavia records Compiled by RMC Staff Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library February 2009

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 Finding aid encoded by Jessica Shon, February 2009 Guide to the Cornell Women's Club Of Batavia Records, 1934-2008. Collection Number: 41-6-3435 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 RMC Staff February 2009 Jessica Shon, February 2009 © 2009 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY Cornell Women's Club of Batavia records, 1934-2008. 41-6-3435 Cornell Women's Club of Batavia. 1.9 cubic foot. Correspondence, Memorabilia, Newspapers Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Victorian bird cage and copies of letters and clippings about it. Collection material in English ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

In 1975, the club acquired a Victorian birdcage said to have been owned by Liberty Hyde Bailey. Over the years, the club annually auctioned off the cage; the winner enjoyed it for a year and then put it up for rebid. Proceeds went to the club's scholarship fund. Eventually the cage was given to Gertrude ("Red") H. Smith (Cornell Class of 1947), whose mother Mary Wright Harvey founded the club in 1934 and was its first president.

 COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Victorian bird cage and copies of letters and clippings about it.

Includes meeting minutes, newspapers clippings, correspondence and a banner.

 SUBJECTS Names: Cornell Women's Club of Batavia. Bailey, L. H.(Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. Harvey, Mary Wright. Smith, Gertrude Harvey. Wright, Mary R. Cornell University--Alumni and alumnae. Cornell University--Societies, etc. Subjects: Women--Societies and clubs. INFORMATION FOR USERS Cite As:

Cornell Women's Club of Batavia records, #41-6-3435. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

 CONTAINER LIST 2 1 Guest Register for 40, 60, 65th Anniversaries 2 2 1934-1959 Treasurer's Book 2 3 1934-1964 Notebook 2 4 1965-1976 Notebook 2 5 1975-1976 Notebook 2 6 1976-1977 Notebook 2 7 1977-1978 Notebook 2 8 1978-1979 Notebook 2 9 1979-1980 Notebook 2 10 1980-1985 Notebook 2 11 1985-1994 Notebook 2 12 1994-1995 Notebook 2 13 1995-1997 Notebook 2 14 1997-1999 Notebook 2 15 1999-2000 Notebook 2 16 2000-2002 Notebook 2 17 2002-2004 Notebook 2 18 2004-2007 Notebook 2 19 2007-2008 Notebook 3 Banner