RMM04240 Guide to the Severinghaus family papers, 1922-1994 Severinghaus family papers, 1922-1994 Compiled by Gregory Fischer Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library July 2000

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EAD encoding by Mireille Lee, July 2000. File last modified: July 19 2000 ENG 2007-05-29 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 Guide to the Severinghaus family papers, 1922-1994 Collection Number: 4240 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 Gregory Fischer December 1995 Mireille Lee, July 2000 Fredrika Loew, October 2018 © 2000 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY Severinghaus family papers, 1922-1994 4240 Severinghaus family. 33 cubic ft. Subject files, correspondence, photographs, movie films, audiotapes, ephemera. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Subject files, correspondence, photographs, movie films, audiotapes, ephemera, and other material pertaining to the personal life and professional career of Leslie Severinghaus and his family (particularly his wife Emmavail Luce Severinghaus). Chief topics include the Peking Union Medical College, travel and work in China, education, the Haverford School in Pennsylvania, and Wellesley College. Collection material in English BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Leslie Richard Severinghaus was born in 1899, the son of Charles E. and Anna Edward Severinghaus. After graduating from Cornell University in 1921, he taught English at the Peking Union Medical College in Peking, China and later served as head of the English Department and Headmaster of the Haverford School. He was a member of the Cornell University Board of Trustees. While in Peking, Leslie Severinghaus met and married Emmavail Luce who had returned to China after her 1922 graduation from Wellesley College to serve as a foreign secretary in the YWCA.

 COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Subject files, correspondence, photographs, movie films, audiotapes, ephemera, and other material pertaining to the personal life and professional career of Leslie Severinghaus and his family (particularly his wife Emmavail Luce Severinghaus). Chief topics include the Peking Union Medical College, travel and work in China, education, the Haverford School in Pennsylvania, and Wellesley College.

Additional material includes letters written from China, 1922-1927; photographs and photograph albums; other files; 1980 compilation of TIME magazine articles on the Philippines, 1970-1980; typescript report "Common Sense and the Constitution,"1982, on separation of church and state; reprint about college admissions policies, 1963; article on the Peking Union Medical College, 1982; and "Changing Times and Cornell's Presidency," a report to the Board of Trustees, 1961. Also, photographs taken at Cornell University, 1986; videotape made for the celebration of the donation of the Leslie R. Severinghaus Reading Room; and items from the dedication of the Reading Room, 1992. Also, program for memorial service, and hymns. Also, nine framed items, including posters, watercolor portrait of Severinghaus, prints, and sketches and a scrapbook concerning the Severinghaus Reading Room in Kroch Library.

 SUBJECTS Names: Severinghaus family. Severinghaus, Leslie R., 1899- Severinghaus, Emmavail Luce. Severinghaus, Sheldon Root. Chung-kuo hsieh ho i k o ta hsueh. Chung-kuo hsieh ho i ko ta hsueh. Cornell University. Board of Trustees. Haverford School. Wellesley College. Subjects: Time. Church and state--United States. Universities and colleges--Admission. Places: China--Description. Philippines--Politics and government. China--Description. INFORMATION FOR USERS Cite As:

Severinghaus Family Papers, #4240. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

 SERIES LIST

Series I. Personal

Correspondence Boxes 1-4 Family Correspondence Boxes 1, 5, 6, 9, 11 Journal/diaries/memoirs/planners Boxes 7-15 Additional Personal Boxes 57-59

Series II. China

Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Box 16 American Bureau of Medical Aid for China (ABMAC) Box 17 American Oral English Program (SLUR) Box 18

Series III. Schools

Haverford School Boxes 19, 29 Palmer Box 20 "Experiment": Green Mountains International Work and Language Camp at Goddard College Boxes 24, 49, 50 Headmasters Associations Box 22

Series IV. Cornell

Box 23

Series V. Travel

Boxes 30-33

Series VI. Subject Files

Religion, State, Schools Boxes 24, 28 Wellesley (Emmavail) Boxes 24, 26, 27 Speeches/addresses Boxes 24, 27 Financial Box 24, 29 Directorships Box 25 Audubon Box 29 Newspaper Clippings Box 28 Hartford Outline Box 28

Series VII. Visual Material and Ephemera

Photograph Albums Boxes 26, 34-39 Photographs Boxes 32, 49-52 Slides Boxes 40-45, 66-68, 71 Negatives Boxes 46-48, 53-56 Ephemera Boxes 62, 65, Map Cases KK20, DD 10

Series VIII. Audio and Audiovisual Materials

Reel tapes Boxes 60, 69 Cassette tapes Box 60 Video cassettes Boxes 69-70 Film Boxes 60-61 69-71

CONTAINER LIST Series I. Personal

Includes original and transcribed correspondence to and from Leslie Severinghaus and his extended family; original and transcribed journals and diaries of Leslie Severinghaus and the Luce and Severinghaus families' memoirs of Charles E. Severinghaus and Leslie and Emmavail Severinghaus; and the daily planners of Leslie Severinghaus. Family correspondence includes Leslie's extensive collection of correspondence to and from father Charles E. Severinghaus, brother Aura E. Severinghaus, and son Sheldon Root Severinghaus. Additional personal includes Luce and Severinghaus family genealogies, and address book, memorial service material, and books.

 Correspondence 1 1 H. W. Luce Papers, 1924 1 1 Yenching Files, 1929-41 1 2 Elizabeth Root and Henry Winters Luce: Congratulatory Correspondence upon Engagement, 1896 (copied/transcribed in 'Discovery') 1 3 Elizabeth Root Luce, 1940-48 1 4 Helen Van Voast - Elizabeth Root Luce Correspondence 1 5 Correspondence re: H. W. Luce illness, memorial 1 6 Elizabeth Luce Correspondence re. Religion 1 7 Henry and Elizabeth Luce Correspondence 1 8 Miscellaneous Correspondence (fragments/no dates) 1 9 Early Miscellaneous 1 10 Severinghaus Correspondence (family) 1 11 Mrs. Richard Lawrence (letters, postcards, photos) 1 12-13 Children's Correspondence 1 14 Children's Artwork 1 15 Letters from Sheldon, undergraduate student at Cornell, 1959-? 1 16 Correspondence: Sheldon in Pakistan 1 17-19 Leslie Severinghaus Letters to Sheldon, 1964-69 1 20 Additional Emmavail Severinghaus Correspondence, 1920's-? 1 21 Announcements 1 22 Charles E. Severinghaus, 1890's 1 23 To Charles E. Severinghaus, 1940-50 1 24 Correspondence: J. G. Schaal and Charles E. Severinghaus, 1940-45 1 25 Charles E. Severinghaus Correspondence, 1944 1 26-28 Correspondence concerning Charles E. Severinghaus, 1939-63 1 29 Charles E. Severinghaus Correspondence, 1945-48 1 30 Cornell Undergraduate Correspondence (including papers), 1918-22 1 31 Leslie Severinghaus Correspondence, 1920 1 32 Leslie Severinghaus Correspondence, 1922 1 33 Peking and PUMC - Leslie Severinghaus Correspondence, 1922-27 29 5 PUMC - Correspondence (Leslie Severinghaus) 1 34 Leslie Severinghaus Correspondence, 1923 1 35 Leslie Severinghaus Correspondence - Jan.-May, 1923 1 36 Correspondence - June-Dec., 1923 1 37 Correspondence, 1924 1 38-40 Correspondence, 1925 1 41 Correspondence, 1926 1 42 Correspondence, 1926-27 2 1-2 Correspondence, 1927 2 3 Letters/daily logs of Emmavail Severinghaus and Leslie Severinghaus regarding return to United States, 1927 2 4 Correspondence, 1928 2 5 Correspondence, 1929 2 6 Correspondence, 1933 2 7 Alcohol, 1933 2 8 Correspondence, 1934 2 9 Correspondence, 1935 2 10 Correspondence, 1936 2 11 Correspondence, 1937 2 12 Correspondence, 1938 2 13 Correspondence, 1939 2 14 Correspondence, Political, re. China/Japan, 1939 2 15 Correspondence, 1940 2 16 Peter Martin Lampel, 1939-64 2 17 Correspondence, 1941 2 18 Correspondence (political, trade with China) with support material, 1941-54 2 19 Correspondence, 1942 2 20 Correspondence, 1945 2 21 Correspondence, 1946 2 22 Correspondence, 1947 2 23 Correspondence, 1948 2 24 Correspondence re: Catholicism and Secularism, 1948, 1960 2 25 Correspondence, 1950 2 26 Correspondence, 1951 2 27 Correspondence, 1952 2 28 Correspondence, 1953 2 29 Correspondence, 1954 2 30 Correspondence, 1955 2 31 Correspondence, 1956 2 32 Correspondence, 1957 2 33 Correspondence, 1958 2 34 Correspondence, 1959 2 35 Correspondence, 1960-63 2 36 Correspondence, 1961 2 37 Europe Trip, 1961 2 38 ACAC Journal Article: "A Philosophy for College Admissions," 1963-64 2 39 Correspondence, 1964 2 40 Correspondence, 1965 2 41 Leslie Severinghaus to Emmavail Severinghaus (Taiwan trip) 1966 2 42 Leslie Severinghaus to Emmavail Severinghaus, Oct. 12-Dec. 1, 1966 2 43 Leslie Severinghaus to Emmavail Severinghaus - Coconut Grove/Taiwan, 1966 2 44 Emmavail Severinghaus to RLS (Taiwan trip) 1966 2 45 Correspondence, 1966-67 2 46 Correspondence, 1968 2 47 Correspondence, 1969 2 48 Henry R. Luce Biography, 1969-72 2 49 Correspondence, 1970 2 50 Correspondence with Tan Lu-Sheng, 1970-80 2 51 Correspondence, 1971 2 52 Correspondence, 1972 2 53 Correspondence, 1973 2 54 Leslie Severinghaus - Theodore Wilder Correspondence (Ornithology), 1973-89 2 55 Correspondence, 1974 2 56 Correspondence, 1975 2 57 Correspondence, 1976 2 58 Correspondence, 1977 2 59 Correspondence, 1978 2 60 Correspondence, 1979 2 61 Dingle Family Correspondence, 1970's 2 62 Correspondence - fragments, 1970's 2 63 Correspondence, 1980 2 64 Correspondence, 1981 2 65 Correspondence, 1982 2 66 Correspondence, 1983 2 67 Correspondence, 1984 3 1 Correspondence, 1984 3 2-3 Christmas Correspondence; Emmavail Severinghaus condolences, 1985 3 4 Condolences - Emmavail's death, 1985 3 5-6 Correspondence, 1985 3 7 Correspondence, 1986 3 8 Leslie Severinghaus visit to Franklin Ave. Methodist Episcopal Church (father was pastor), 1987 3 9 Correspondence, 1987 3 10 Correspondence, 1988 3 11 Palmetto Presbyterian Church Correspondence, 1988-90 3 12 Correspondence, 1989 3 13 Undated Correspondence, 1980's 3 14 Correspondence, 1990 3 15 Correspondence, 1991 3 16 Correspondence, 1992 3 17 Correspondence, 1993 3 18 Correspondence, 1994 3 19 Correspondence - undated/fragments, 1990's 3 20 Correspondence with Lala Iverson - includes Iverson's manuscript: "Sermon on the Mount," 1989-90 3 21 Correspondence to Grandchildren 3 22 Correspondence from folder titled "Religion," 1986-93 3 23 Christmas Newsletters 4 1-2 Correspondence - Retirement, 1965 4 3 Correspondence with J. George Black, 1944-58 4 4 Correspondence - Dr. E. M. Wilson, 1939-65 4 5 Leslie Severinghaus-Lala Iverson Correspondence, 1993-94 4 6 Correspondence, 1964-90 4 7 Correspondence - Overseas Students, 1961-65 4 8 Congratulatory Correspondence - Headmastership, 1942 4 9 Van Pelt Correspondence, 1941-62 4 10 Correspondence - G. Dickson Garner, 1943-64 4 11 Correspondence - Europe Trip, 1963 Family Correspondence 5 1 1927 Walter L. Severinghaus Correspondence 5 2 1940-62 Correspondence to Walter L. Severinghaus 5 3 1926-73 Walter L. Severinghaus Correspondence 5 4 Severinghaus Correspondence 5 5-6 Early Correspondence: Aura, Esther and Leslie Severinghaus to home (originals with transcriptions) 5 7 Aura E. Severinghaus - assorted correspondence 5 8 1912-14 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence 5 9 1914-16 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence 5 10 1913-17 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence 5 11 1939-40 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence 5 12 1940 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence 5 13 1939-40 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence 5 14 1940 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence 5 15 1912 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence (not family) 5 16 1914 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence (not family) 5 17 1915-17 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence (not family) 5 18 1918 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence (not family) 5 19 1919-20 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence (not family) 5 20 1920 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence (not family) April 1-Aug. 20, undated 5 21 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence 5 22 Aura E. Severinghaus and Sally Severinghaus Correspondence 5 23 1918-25 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence 5 24 1923-37 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence 5 25 1925 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence 5 26 1926 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence 5 27 1939 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence 5 28 1940 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence 5 29 1941-76 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence 5 30 1941-48 Charles E. Severinghaus to Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence 5 31 1945 Charles E. Severinghaus to AEA Correspondence 5 32 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence to home 5 33 1925-50 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence 5 34 1918 Family Letters to Aura E. Severinghaus 5 35 1917-19 Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence to Home 5 36-37 Aura E. Severinghaus - Family Correspondence 5 38 Aura E. Severinghaus - Personal, Financial (Peking) 5 39 1923 Aura E. Severinghaus - Sarah M. Nay wedding certificate, photos, bride's book 5 40 1974 Aura E. Severinghaus Last Will and Testament 6 1 Henry R. Luce - Early Correspondence (transcribed), p. 21-120 6 2 Henry R. Luce - Early Correspondence (transcribed), p. 123-159 6 3 Henry R. Luce - Early Correspondence (transcribed), p. 260-409 6 4 Henry R. Luce - Early Correspondence (transcribed), p. 410-521, Index 6 5 1903-1922 Luce Correspondence (transcribed) 6 6-8 Luce Family Correspondence (transcribed) 6 9 Esther Louise Severinghaus Correspondence (transcribed) 6 10 1940-46 Charles E. Severinghaus to Leslie Severinghaus Correspondence (transcribed) 6 11 1930's-40's Severinghaus Family Correspondence (photocopies and transcriptions) 6 12 Assorted Family Correspondence - Luce/Severinghaus (photocopied/transcribed) 6 13 "Chits" between Leslie Severinghaus and Emmavail in courting (transcribed) 6 14-15 1922-27 Leslie Severinghaus Correspondence, Vols. I and II (transcribed) 6 16 1922-27 Leslie Severinghaus - "The China Letters" (bound/transcribed) 6 17 1964-65 Leslie Severinghaus Correspondence to Sheldon Severinghaus (transcribed) 6 18 1940 Emmavail Severinghaus Correspondence regarding the birth of Sheldon Severinghaus and the move to Buck Lane, Haverford Journal/diaries/memoirs/planners 7 1 1932-88 Grace Colby Severinghaus - Christmas letter collection 7 2 1865-1941 Charles Edwin Elmer Severinghaus Autobiography 7 3 1991 History of the Severinghaus Family by Charles Severinghaus 7 4 Esther Severinghaus funeral service 7 5 1956 Leslie Severinghaus photographic scrapbook, family history 7 6 H. W. Luce notebook? 7 7 1918-22 Emmavail Luce - Wellesley 7 8 1920 "Astronomye" English Lit. 8B - Emmavail 7 9 1922 English 308B - "A Comparison" (Emmavail) 7 10 1922 English Lit. 308B - "Opinions Concerning Women" (Emmavail) 7 11 English Lit. 308 - Browning (Emmavail) 7 12 1922 Emmavail Luce - Wellesley, History 3F paper 7 13 English Lit. - "Stevenson's Spirit of Adventure" (Emmavail) 7 14 St. Agnes - English Lit. 308 (Emmavail) 7 15 English Lit. 308 (Emmavail) 7 16 1913 Diaries of Emmavail Luce - transcribed 7 17 1917-19 Emmavail Luce Diary (transcribed) 7 18 1919-22 "Forward: two more diaries of Emmavail Luce" - Wellesley 7 19 1922, 1954 Emmavail Severinghaus - Travel Journals, V. I and II 7 20 1920, 1921 Emmavail Luce Diaries (transcribed) 7 21 1921 Emmavail Luce journal entries - "The Trip to England" 7 22 192 Emmavail Luce - Memoirs - passage to Peking from U.S. 7 23 1922-27 Emmavail letters home to friends; diaries 7 24 1923 "Popular Education in Tsinanfu" (Emmavail) 7 25 1923-24 YWCA Wellesley in China (Emmavail) 7 26 Emmavail 7 27 1899-1923 Leslie Severinghaus - Autobiographical Sequence 7 28 1982 "An Autobiographical Sequence" Vol. II 7 29 Honorary Degrees - Dickinson, Trinity, Pennsylvania, Temple 7 30 1978 Testimonial Dinner (transcribed) 7 31 Testimonial to Leslie Severinghaus, Cornell University Trustees - remarks by Leslie Severinghaus 7 32 Aura E. Severinghaus - Memorial Service 7 33 College Expenses 7 34 1918-22 Cornell University Undergraduate - Accounts, Grades, etc. 7 35 1921 Cornell University papers on Wordsworth 7 36 M.A. Thesis - Columbia 7 37 1920's Poetry, Prose 7 38 1925-27 Leslie Severinghaus Collection of Prose 7 39 1930's Leslie Severinghaus Poetry, Prose 7 40 1989 The Rise and Demise of an Aspiring Poet 7 41 1922-27 `"More Written Material from the China Period" 7 42 1923-27 Leslie Severinghaus - Peking Journal Transcription 7 43 1927 Leslie Severinghaus - Handbook/Planner - PUMC 7 44 Fragment - Leslie Severinghaus - Peking Memoirs, p. 331-414 7 45 Leslie Severinghaus Peking Memoirs 7 46 Leslie Severinghaus Peking Recollections 7 47 1941 Leslie Severinghaus account of trip to Wheeling, West Virginia with Sheldon and Aura 7 48 1958 Bear Trapping and Gaspé Trip 7 49 1959 Newfoundland Diary 7 50 1965 Leslie Severinghaus - Journal Entry, March 19-28 7 51 1970 Journal Entries - Feb. 28-June 15 7 52 1994 Leslie Severinghaus - Reminisce 7 53 Travel Diary - Tokyo 7 54 Wheeling High School - Reunions 7 55 Leslie Severinghaus-Emmavail Severinghaus Childhood Storybook List 7 56 List of books in Luce-Severinghaus collection 7 57 "Parallel Narration of Luce Family and Severinghaus Family 7 58 Leslie Severinghaus-Emmavail Severinghaus Wedding Anecdote 7 59 Memoirs fragment, Peking Period p. 223-307 7 60 Untitled Memoirs fragments, Peking 7 61 1978 Family and Visitors log 7 62 19987 Thanksgiving scrapbook (photocopy) 65 year celebration 7 63 Introduction to Discovery (original) 7 64 1920's Scrapbook pages (photocopy) 7 65 Memoir fragments 7 66 Journal fragments 8 1 1985 Christmas tree ornament: Republican Presidential Task Force 8 2 1884 Terre Haute High School commencement 8 3 1907 "The Daily Altar," inscribed "To Willard with love from John Dec. 25, '09" 8 4 1918 Esther Severinghaus five year record book 8 5 Address book with jottings and verses - ? Severinghaus 8 6 1910-13 Photos of Emmavail Severinghaus art work 8 7 1855 The Visitor; or Calls of Usefulness inscribed A. E. Nay 8 8 1927 Leslie Severinghaus - monthly expense books 8 9 1922-23 Sara M. Nay and Aura E. Severinghaus Passports 8 10 Autograph album of Bena W. Schneider, Boonville, Ind. 8 11 Dancing invitation 8 12 J. F. Severinghaus clippings notebook 8 13 1897 brochure: "Evening Pastimes" 8 14 1883 Ida Mock's (?) Autograph album 8 15 "The Student's Composition Book" 8 16 1960? Leslie Severinghaus automobile expense/travel log 9 1 Very early Root Family documents (with photographs) 9 2 1923 Leslie Severinghaus diary (original) 9 3 1930's,-40's Journal of family occurrences (from correspondence) 9 4 "Reminiscences of Isabel Ingram Mayer based on her diary kept 1922-24, Peking, China" 9 5 1922 "Tea for Two: The Anatomy of an American Friendship" 9 6 Aura E. Severinghaus - assorted correspondence (oversize folder, see Aura E. Severinghaus, assorted correspondence, letter sized for more) 9 7 Elizabeth Root Luce -- notes/writing 9 8 Christmas greetings address list 9 9 1967-76 Christmas newsletters 10 1 c. 1871-80 Scrapbook - newspaper clippings, mostly German 10 2 1914 Das Sonntagsbuch (German songbook) 10 3 Travel journal - Holy Land? 10 4 Prayer scrapbook 10 5 1917-26 Comparative Statistical Record of Charges for Michigan District, Central German Conference (Methodist Episcopal Church) 10 6 1942 Charles E. Severinghaus Diary 10 7 Charles E. Severinghaus Terre Haute school book - essays 10 8 1897 Gospel Hymns No. 5 (Charles E. Severinghaus) 10 9 1941 Charles E. Severinghaus Diary 10 10 1945 Charles E. Severinghaus Diary 10 11 19113? Charles E. Severinghaus expense journal 10 12-31 Charles E. Severinghaus - Small notebooks, diaries, bank books 10 32 1916 Charles E. Severinghaus - "The Pastor's Vade Mecum" 10 33 1942 Charles E. Severinghaus - "Daily Suggester" 10 34 Charles E. Severinghaus - sermons, stories, other writings 11 1-4 1945 Charles E. Severinghaus - mss. of life history 11 5 1953-54, 1948 Charles E. Severinghaus - "Talks given - Talks not accepted"; PTA meeting address 11 6 Charles E. Severinghaus - notes on sermons? 11 7 Charles E. Severinghaus - insurance for Leslie and Aura 11 8 1909 Charles E. Severinghaus - Ohio minister's license 11 9 1884 Charles E. Severinghaus - Terre Haute High School graduation program 12 1 Leslie Severinghaus's introduction to "Discovery " 12 2 c. 1982 "A Brief autobiography by Charles Edwin Elmer Severinghaus - 1865-1962" 12 3 Volume I: Discovery - "Family Affair" . . . 1896-1907 12 4 Volume II: Discovery - "Family Affair . . . March 1907-March 1913 12 5 Volume III: Discovery - "Family Affair" . . . March 1913-August 1915 12 6 Volume III: Discovery - "Family Affair" - items inserted into Leslie Severinghaus annotated copy 12 7-17 Volumes IV-XIII: Discovery - "Family Affair" - 1915-1925 12 18 Discovery addendum 12 19 1897-1904: Tengchow-Weihsien Move - - - Yale in Hunan 12 20 Discovery - A Family Story: four Diaries by Emmavail Luce, 1916-1919 12 21 1983 Severinghaus trip to China 12 22 1989 Elisabeth Luce Moore - A Spoken History 12 23 1983 "Going Home" - The Record of a Journey - 1927 - journal logs and correspondence 13 1965, 1969,1990-93 Leslie Severinghaus (?) Diaries 14 1971-72, 1977-78, 1982, 1989 Leslie Severinghaus (?) Diaries 15 1971-80 Leslie Severinghaus (?) Diaries Additional Personal 57 1 Address book 57 2 Severinghaus genealogy 57 3 Luce genealogy 57 4 Address by Clare Booth Luce before the Annapolis Naval Academy: "History and the Nature of Man" 57 5 1970-80 Philippines: A Background 57 6 1990, 1992 Severinghaus Reading Room Dedication and Manuscripts and University Archives exhibit material 57 7 1994 Leslie Severinghaus Memorial Service 57 8 1984, 1985, 1987 Memorial, dedications, obituaries - Severinghaus and Luce 57 9 1955 Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary Layman's Award and newspaper clippings 57 10 "The Lady in the Painting" - Chinese Reading Booklet for corresponding instructional audio tapes 58 1 Paintings of Wu Ch'ang Shou and Ch'i Pai Shih 59 2 An Illustrated Life of Confucius 59 1 sheet music - composed by L. K. Severinghaus 59 2 1940 sheet music - composed by Lois S. Perkins 59 3 1900 "The Daisy Chain - Twelve Songs of Childhood" 59 4 1964 Holiday magazine - p. 89 photograph of Haverford School class of 1970 59 5 1980 "Moon Cakes and Maple Sugar" by Marnie Copland 59 6 1944 Chinese Wit Wisdom and Written Characters by Rose Quong 59 7 1932 The Use of Material from China's spiritual Inheritance in the Christian Education of Chinese Youth 59 8 1980 China Scenes Series II. China

Includes correspondence, student work, teaching material, student directories, publications, and reference and support material related to Leslie Severinghaus's employment as an English professor at the Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) as well as his later association with the institution; material pertaining to Leslie Severinghaus's association with the American Commemorative Bureau; and material relating to Leslie Severinghaus's involvement in the American Oral English project (SLUR) under the auspices of the ABMAC at the National Defense Medical Center in Taipei.

 Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) 16 1 Shanghai American School - Correspondence (Yenching faculty) 16 2-3 PUMC - directory correspondence 16 4-6 PUMC - Directories and directory information 16 7 Check-list, names/addresses 16 8 1925-26 The English Novel - 18th and 19th Century given to II year Medical Class - I and II trimesters - PUMC 16 9-10 1926-27 PUMC - Student Work - Papers 16 11 1922-27 PUMC - Student Work 16 12 1926-27 PUMC - Student Work: "The Third Trimester" 16 13 PUMC - Student Work - compositions submitted for "The Third Trimester" 16 14 PUMC - Student Work 16 15 PUMC - pamphlets, announcements, brochures 16 16 1920-23 PUMC - Aura Severinghaus account with Asia Banking Corporation - statements 16 17 1921 PUMC Dedication Book 16 18 PUMC - assorted material 16 19 "China Mementoes" 16 20 PUMC - additional material American Bureau of Medical Aid for China (ABMAC) 17 1-2 American Bureau for Medical Aid to China, Inc. (ABMAC) 17 3-6 ABMAC and related American Oral English Program (SLUR) 18 1 American Oral English - project proposal 18 2 SLUR - Franklin & Marshall Language Project 18 3 American Oral English Programs - reports, other material 18 4 SLUR Correspondence 18 5 Program Feedback 18 6 "SLUR - Level One" 18 7 SLUR - Exercises 18 8 American Oral English Series III. Schools

Includes correspondence, publications, and other material related to Leslie Severinghaus's employment as English teacher and headmaster at The Haverford School, as well as material from continued association with that institution; correspondence, records, and other material related to Leslie Severinghaus's service as a consultant and interim headmaster at The Palmer School' correspondence, records, publications, travel ephemera, and photographic material from the Severinghaus; service to the Green Mountains International Work and Language Camp at Goddard College ('The Experiment'); and correspondence, records and other material related to The Headmaster's Association, The Country Day School Headmaster's Association, and the Arden House Colloquium.

 Haverford School 19 1-2 1965-68 Personal Correspondence 19 3 Correspondence 19 4-5 Publications/Pamphlets/Newsletters 19 6 Haverford School Quarterly 19 7 Henry Luce Foundation Library 19 8 Haverford School 19 9 Photograph 19 10 1939-62 "Form Standing" charts 19 11 II - VI Form - photographs 19 12 Haverford School - 36-year survey chart 19 13 Haverford School 19 14 Parents' Nights 19 15-16 1942-47 Talks, illustrated talks, commencement speeches, etc. 19 17 Haverford School - "Religion in Human Experience" 19 18 1981 Leslie Severinghaus's re-evaluation of religion class at Haverford 19 19 "Senioritis" booklet - order form and cover 19 20-24 Haverford School miscellaneous 29 1 1945-46 Leslie Severinghaus - "A Pictorial Outline of a Year at Haverford 1945-46" 29 2 Haverford Palmer 20 1-8 Palmer School "Experiment": Green Mountains International Work and Language Camp at Goddard College 21 1-4 Correspondence 21 5-7 Travel records/arrangements 21 8 Travel journal 21 9 1939-40 Green Mountain International Work and Language Camp Correspondence (5) 21 10 1939-41 Green Mountain International Work and Language Camp Correspondence 21 11 1939 Green Mountain International Work and Language Camp at Plainfield, Vermont 21 12 1938-48 "Experiment" International Living 21 13 1937 "Experiment" 21 14 1938 "Experiment" - Scandinavia 21 15-16 "Experiment" literature 21 17 Emmavail Severinghaus - introduction to "Experiment" 21 18 "An Experiment in International Living" - damaged manuscript Headmasters' Associations 22 1 1963 Headmaster's report to Board of Directors 22 2 Headmaster's Association 22 3 1985 Country Day School - Headmaster's Association Directory 22 4 1961-62 Middle States Association - Commission on Secondary Schools 22 5-7 Country Day School Headmasters' Association 22 8 1958 Arden House Colloquium Leslie Severinghaus was chair) Series IV. Cornell

Includes correspondence, reports, and publications related to Severinghaus' alumni activities at Cornell University, including trustee papers, presidential searches, admissions policies, student uprisings, the East Asia Program, the Laboratory for Ornithology, gifts to the university, reunions, and the 1984 Adult University Cruise aboard the 'Sea Cloud'.

 23 1 Cornell University - Correspondence 23 2 1986 Cornell University - Gift Correspondence 23 3 "Interesting documents" from work with Cornell University 23 4 Cornell University miscellany 23 5 1969 Trustee 23 6 1989 Trustee papers 23 7 1993 Trustee papers 23 8 Trusteeship Correspondence 23 9-10 Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology 23 11 Cornell University Presidential Councilor 23 12 Student Uprisings/Protests 23 13 Presidential Searches, etc. 23 14 1963 "A Philosophy for College Admissions" (1) - letters, reprints, etc. - written first for Cornell, modified and published in the ACAC Journal 23 15 1977 Leslie Severinghaus speaking tour 23 16 1992 East Asia Program 23 17 East Asia Program related material 23 18 1984 Material/correspondence for Cornell Alumni News article 23 19 1991 Reunion '21 23 20 1984 Cornell - Adult University - cruise aboard "Sea Cloud" 23 21 1978 Guest book of Cornell Club of Miami 23 22 1991 An Oral History Interview with Deane W. Malott 23 23 Cornell University related publications 23 24 1991 "Million Dollar Class Award" 23 24 1991 Cornell Fund Reunion Campaign award 23 25 1963 Recording: James Perkins' Inauguration Address 23 26 Songs of Cornell Series V. Travel

Contains correspondence, journal entries, and ephemera related to the travels of Leslie Severinghaus, Emmavail Severinghaus, and Sheldon Root Severinghaus. Material is chronologically ordered, beginning with Emmavail Luce's 1921 journey to England.

 30 1 1921 Emmavail - England 30 2 1927 Emmavail Severinghaus and RLS - return trip from China 30 3-4 1932 Emmavail Severinghaus and Leslie Severinghaus - "Around the World" 30 5 1953 Taiwan 30 6 1953 World Trip with Garside 30 7 1954 Emmavail Severinghaus and M. T. Moore - Trip Around the World 30 8 1955,-58-64 Journals: Florida trips 30 8 1963 Journals: New Orleans and Texas trip 30 9 1957 Emmavail Severinghaus and Leslie Severinghaus journal - trip to California 30 10 1960 ERS and Leslie Severinghaus - trip to U.S. Rockies by Jeep 30 11 1965 Asia 30 12-14 1966 Leslie Severinghaus Taiwan trip 30 15 1968 Africa 30 16 1968 Asia 30 17 1969 Galapagos Islands 30 18 1969 Florida trip 30 19 1969 India 30 20 1970 Seychelles Islands 30 21 1971 Africa 30 22 1973 Taiwan 30 23 1973 Hong Kong and around Taiwan 30 24 1974 New Zealand, Australia, Bali, Taiwan 30 25 1975 Africa 30 26 1978 Everglades National Park 30 27 1980 "Beth" to "Tex" Correspondence - China 30 28 1981 Leslie Severinghaus to Taiwan 30 29 1982 Far East 30 30 1982 Far East - Maps, pamphlets, etc. 30 31 1983 China 30 32 1983 China - Maps, pamphlets, etc. 31 1 English Readers, miscellany 31 2 Travel 32 9 Guidebook to Angkor with notes 32 10 Maps, brochures, guide books 32 11 Guide books 33 1 China trip memoria 33 2 1985 Far East with Boles 33 3 1988 Cornell Glee Club - Asia tour 33 4 1989 China 33 5 1965-75 Retirement travel log 33 6 Fragments 33 7 Travel ephemera (postcards/snapshots) Series VI. Subject Files

A. Religion, State, Schools: Contains correspondence, manuscripts, and support material related to the publication of Leslie Severinghaus' book, Religions and History, and his efforts to introduce the instruction of world religions to private schools.

B. Wellesley: Contains correspondence, publications, speech outlines, year books, a scrap book, and ephemera pertaining to Emmavail Severinghaus' student and alumni involvement with Wellesley College.

C. Speeches/addresses: Consists of speech outlines and compositions, as well as transcribed speeches given by Leslie Severinghaus to various organizations and institutions. Also contains a chronological collection of reactions to the speeches in the form of correspondence.

D. Financial: Contains material related to trusts, donations, and personal finances.

E. Directorships: Contains material related to various institutions and organizations of which LEslie Severinghaus was a director.

F. Audubon: Contains material pertaining to Severinghaus' involvement with the Tropical Audubon Society.

G. Newspaper Clippings: Contains unsorted newspaper and periodical clippings collected by Leslie Severinghaus, as well as a collection of clippings pertaining to China.

H. Hartford Outline: An unknown outline, possibly a manuscript, about missions in China. Labeled 'Hartford Outline'.

 Religion, State, Schools 24 1 "Religion in Human Experience" 24 2 Religions and History - support material 24 3 Religions and History - correspondence 24 4 Religions and History - Personal response correspondence/promotion 24 5 Religions and History - world religion map 24 6-8 Religions and History - support material 24 9 Charles E. Severinghaus - "The Celebration of the Quadri-Centennial of Luther and the Reformation" 24 10 Religions and History - draft copy 24 11 1989 Religions and History - related correspondence, Robert J. Dilzer, Jr. 24 12-13 Religions and History - Gift Book Responses from Independent Schools 24 14 Religions and History - book 24 15 1966 Leslie Severinghaus Education Proposal 24 16 1982 Common Sense and the Constitution 28 8 Collected publications, periodicals, pamphlets, booklets Wellesley (Emmavail) 26 Emmavail (?) Wellesley scrapbook 24 29-30 Wellesley College (Correspondence) 24 31-32 Wellesley College (Publications) 24 33 Emmavail Severinghaus - Wellesley reunion sash and pin 24 34 1920 Wellesley "Legenda" 24 35 1921 Wellesley "Legenda" Speeches/addresses 24 17 Leslie Severinghaus - speeches/addresses 24 18 Leslie Severinghaus - transcribed speeches/addresses 24 19 1952-54 Remarks on Speeches 24 20 1954-55 Remarks on Speeches 24 21 1955-56 Remarks on Speeches 24 22 1957-58 Remarks on Speeches 24 23 1958-59 Remarks on Speeches 24 24 1959-60 Remarks on Speeches 24 25 1960-61 Remarks on Speeches 24 26 1961-62 Remarks on Speeches 24 27 1962-63 Remarks on Speeches 24 28 1963-64 Remarks on Speeches 27 3x5 speech notecards Financial 24 36 Financial - move from Haverford to Coconut Grove 24 37 Financial - photographic inventory 24 38 Financial - property tax 24 39 Financial - Merrill Lynch Basic Value Fund, Inc. 24 40 Financial - Volusia County Bonds 24 41 Financial - Putnam Tax Exempt Income 24 42 Financial - Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner and Smith Inc. 24 43 Financial - Time Inc. 29 4 Personal Financial - original copies of H. R. Luce Trust Funds Directorships 25 1 East Ridge Retirement Village, Inc. 25 2 1969-74 Eckerd College (chairman, Board of Visitors) 25 3 The Dexter School 25 4 Leslie Severinghaus - Vanguard School Audubon 29 3 Tropical Audubon Society Newspaper Clippings 28 9-10 Clippings 28 11 Asia newspaper clippings 28 12-13 Newspaper clippings Hartford Outline 28 1-7 "Hartford Outline" I - VII Series VII. Visual Material and Ephemera

Contains photographs of early and late Severinghaus and Luce families, travel, and The Experiment in International Living; 35mm slides of retirement travels; glass lantern slides and glass negatives taken by Charles E. Severinghaus of extended family, and many taken by Leslie at Cornell University and in Peking, China; 35 mm negatives of Severinghaus family life, annotated photograph albums of various subjects, including PUMC construction, the Luce family in Peking, travel, and commemorative and family events. Commemoration ephemera consists of plaques, medals, posters, paintings, drawings, degrees, and oversized photographs.

 Photograph Albums 34 1 1973 Photograph album - trip to Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc. 34 2 1971 Photograph album - trip to Puerto Rico, Portugal, etc. 35 1906-? Photograph album - Luce Family 36 1923 Photograph album - Aura E. Severinghaus visit to the Valley of the Lost Tribe and famous Trappist Monastery in North China 37 1 Photograph album - Yenching University 37 2 Photograph album - Emmavail? 38 1 1983 Photograph album - China ...1922 and China...1983 38 2 1985 Photograph album - Japan, Ithaca, etc. 38 3 1972 Photograph album - collected by Leslie Severinghaus 38 4 Loose items from back of album 39 1 1988-89 Photograph album - Christmas - China trip with Cornell University Glee Club 39 2 Photograph album - Aura E. Severinghaus and Sara Nay wedding 39 3-6 Photograph album - Vol. I-IV - Luce/Severinghaus Story 39 7 Photograph album - India 39 8 "Vail" 39 9 Photograph album - early family; Leslie Severinghaus at Cornell University 39 10-11 Photograph albums - China 39 12 Photograph album - early Leslie Severinghaus and Emmavail Severinghaus 39 13 1989 Photograph album - observance of Leslie Severinghaus' 90th birthday 39 14 Photograph album - miscellany 39 15 Photograph album - Vol. I Photographs 32 1 Photos 32 2 Photos at Angkor 32 3 Siam - numbered postcards (photos) annotated 32 4 Angkor - numbered post cards (annotated) 32 5-6 Bangkok - annotated post cards 32 7-8 Bangkok - annotated photos 49 Photographs 50 1 Photographic - photographs, annotated post cards, negatives 50 2 Photographs 50 3 Photographic (negatives) 50 4-5 Photo scrapbook 50 6 Green Mountain International Work and Language Camp - photographs 51 Photographs Slides 40-45 35mm slides 53-56 Glass slides 66 1 1956 Europe LRS, ELS and Sheldon part 1 Slides 66 2 1956 Europe LRS, ELS and Sheldon part 2 Slides 66 2 1957 Western trip LRS, ELS part 1 Slides 66 3 1957 Western trip LRS, ELS part 2 Slides 66 4 1957 Western trip LRS, ELS part 3 Slides 66 4 1958 Bear trapping Slides 66 4 1959 Newfoundland Slides 66 4 1960 Western camp trip part 1 Slides 66 5 Western camp trip part 2 Sheldeon and Dad Slides 66 5 Europe part 1 Slides 66 6 1961 Europe part 2 Slides 66 6 1963 Europe A reel 1, France, Spain, Gibraltar, Switzerland, London Slides 66 6 1963 Europe A reel 2 Slides 66 6 1963 Europe A reel 3 Slides 66 6 1963 Europe B reel 3 part 1 Slides 67 1 1963 Europe B reel 3 part 2 Spain and Portugal Slides 67 1 1963 Europe B reel 4 Slides 67 1 1963 Europe B reel 5 (missing) Slides 67 1 1965 Asia trip reel 1 Slides 67 2 1965 Asia trip reel 2 Slides 67 2 1965 Asia trip reel 3 Slides 67 2 1969 Galapagos and Ecuador reel 1 Slides 67 3 1969 Galapagos reel 2 Slides 67 3 1969 Galapagos reel 3 Slides 67 3 1969 Galapagos reel 3.5 Slides 67 4 1969 Galapagos reel 4 Slides 67 4 1970 Seychelles Slides 67 4 1970-10-26-1970-11-12 Seychelles islands part 1 Slides 67 5 1970-10-26-1970-11-12 Seychelles islands part 2 Slides 67 6 1970-10-26-1970-11-12 Seychelles islands part 3 Slides 67 6 1958-1964 This is Taiwan collection part 1 Slides 68 1 1958-1964 This is Taiwan collection part 2 Slides 68 1 1963 Portugal, Spain and Barcelona collection Slides 68 1 1970 Europe Slides 68 2 1971 Africa with Walter and Helen reel 1 Slides 68 2 1971 Africa reel 2 Slides 68 2 Undated Record sheet Slides 68 3 Undated Parent's Asia trip return Slides 68 3 1969 LRS Galapagos Slides 68 3 Undated Africa collection by Lester Hunter Slides 68 3 1983 LRS Asia Slides 68 3 1980 Unmarked LRS Asia reel part 1 Slides 68 4 1981 Unmarked LRS Asia reel part 2 Slides 68 4 1983-1984 Unknown slides Slides 68 4 Undated Assorted French slides Slides 68 4 1965-1969 Assorted marked Slides 68 4 1968 Uganda, Rhodesia, Umtata Slides 68 5 1969 Galapagos and Panama Canal Slides 68 5 1965 Eastern Asia collection Slides 71 1 1953-03-1954 Florida Audubon, Senior picnic, Sheldon and friends Stereo slides 71 2 1953-1955 Sheldon and friends, Florida, camp, Philadelphia zoo Stereo slides Negatives 46-48 35mm film negatives 52 Negatives Ephemera 62 Ephemera KK20, DD10 Ephemera 65 MU-1216 Undated Glass bird statuette Series VIII. Audio and Audiovisual Materials

Contains cassette and 8mm and 16mm reel audio/video takes of lectures, family events, bird calls, SLUR material, and Chinese language instruction and travel. Also two videocassettes.

 Reel-to-reel tapes 61 Reel-to-reel tapes 69 TR-17109 1955-03-20 LRS and Allison Schumann piano concerto Cassette tapes 61 Cassette tapes, including "Les' Tapes of Henry" Video cassettes V59 Leslie Severinghaus video V60 Tape of dinner held in honor of Leslie Severinghaus 69 V-10653 1989 China tape 1 69 V-10654 1989 China tape 2 69 V-10655 1989 China tape 3 69 V-10656 1989 China tape 4 69 V-10657 1989 China tape 5 69 V-10658 1989 China tape 6 69 V-10659 1989 China 69 V-10660 Undated Where Confucius meets the New Wave 69 V-10661 Undated Creative spirits

From Ou Cheng-Wei

 69 V-10662 Undated To free an eagle 69 V-10663 1990-05-25 LRS Asian reading room Glee Club

Alain Seznec, Frank Rhodes, Hank Luce

 69 V-10664 Undated Beta part 1 69 V-10665 Undated Beta part 2 69 V-10666 Undated Beta part 3 70 V-10667 1989 Geographical fugue, Cornell glee club, Concert tour in Asia 70 V-10668 1989 Geographical fugue, Cornell glee club, Concert tour in Asia 70 V-10669 1989 Geographical fugue, Cornell glee club, Concert tour in Asia 70 V-10670 Undated Leslie Severinghaus Film 60-61 Movies 69 F-2072 1968-01-22-1968-03-16 Africa reel 1 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2073 1968-01-22-1968-03-16 Africa reel 2 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2074 1968-01-22-1968-03-16 Africa reel 3 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2075 1968-01-22-1968-03-16 Africa reel 4 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2076 1968-01-22-1968-03-16 Africa reel 5 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2077 1968-01-22-1968-03-16 Discards Africa reel 1 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2078 1968-01-22-1968-03-16 Discards Africa reel 2 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2079 1969-05 Galapagos reel 1 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2080 1969-05 Galapagos reel 2 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2081 1969-05 Galapagos reel 3 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2082 1969-05 Discards Galapagos reel 1 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2083 1969-05 Discards Galapagos reel 2 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2084 1969 India reel 1

LRS meets Sheldon and Lucia in New Delhi on their return from Taiwan; meetings of IUCN; France

 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2085 1969 India reel 2 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2086 1969-1970 Xmas 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2087 1970-1971 Family continuation 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2088 1971 Africa reel 1

LRS, ELS, Walter, Helen

 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2089 1971 Africa reel 2 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2090 1971 Africa reel 3 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2091 1971 Africa reel 4 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2092 1971 Africa reel 5 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2093 1971 Africa reel 6 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2094 1971 Africa reel 7 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2095 1968-07-20-1968-08 Sheldon and Lucia's wedding reel 1

Luces and Perkinses - Japan, Taiwan

 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2096 1968-07-20-1968-08 Sheldon and Lucia's wedding reel 2

Luces and Perkinses - Japan, Taiwan

 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2097 Undated Untitled reel 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2098 Undated Untitled reel 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2099 Undated Untitled reel 8mm film (super 8) 69 F-2100 Undated Untitled reel 8mm film (super 8) 70 F-2101 1959 Newfoundland and Nova Scotia 16mm film 70 F-2102 1961 Europe 16mm film 70 F-2103 1953 Florida, Cypress garden 16mm film 70 F-2104 1956 Tinicum to Florida 16mm film 70 F-2105 1963 Europe 16mm film 70 F-2106 1957 Western trip 16mm film 70 F-2107 1952 Florida, Matlavage, Elms, Thorington 16mm film 70 F-2108 1956 Europe 16mm film 70 F-2109 Summer 1957 Small bits for distribution

Enclosed list of small bits of miscellaneous film

 16mm film 70 F-2110 1962 Bird footage 16mm film 71 F-2111 1958 Texas reel 1 16mm film 71 F-2112 1958 Texas reel 2 16mm film 71 F-2113 1960 Western trip 16mm film 71 F-2114 1934 Children 16mm film