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Cornell University Treasurer's Office Accounts,1866-1944

Collection Number: 7-6-13

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Container		Description
Box 1		20 Small cash Account Books with First National Bank of Ithaca, 1886 -1911
Box 1		1 Small cash Account Book with Fifth Avenue Trust Company, New York City, 1904-1910
Box 1		1 Small Journal of Accounts (Investments, Bonds and Stocks) n.d.
	Volume 1	Account book, 1911-1913
		Listing all the expenses of the various departments of the University from May 1911 to Mar. 1914. The listings are by departments and identify the appropriation from which each sum was taken.
	Volume 2	Records of Bonds, 1880-1914
		A listing of university held bonds from Oct. 30, 1880 through June 27, 1914. Lists issuing company, type of bond, number issue date, date and place payable, interest payable and principal.
	Volume 3	Records of interest payments on mortgages, 1900-1915
	Volume 4	Records of mortgages, 1876-1915
		Mortgages book giving complete data on mortgages held by the university from 1876 to 1915. Lists purchase data, mortgagee amount of cash involved, interest rate and date. Also from whom purchased if purchased, and where recorded and where payable.
	Volume 5	Record of interest payments on bonds, 1900-1915
	Volume 6	Index of Mortgages, n.d.
		Index to university mortgage books. No dates. Gives name of mortgage and page number in the entire book.
	Volume 7	Record of Bonds, 1880-1931 ; also, Record of mortgages 1876-1900
		List of mortgages financed by the university from Apr. 10, 1876 to Jan. 4, 1900. Back of volume contains same listing for bonds from May 8, 1880 to Jan. 12, 1900. This book lists complete information on both bonds and mortgages.
	Volume 8	Index (?)
	Volume 9	Index of Mortgages, n.d.
		Mortgage and bond book listing the various persons against whom mortgages and bonds were held. It contains an index and all listings are alphabetically arranged along with the folio numbers and amount of cash involved. There are no dates.
	Volume 10	Record of Securities, 1872-1890
		A listing of the securities in which the university endowment funds were invested. Listed are the purchased date, firm, type of security, number of security, date issued, when payable, amount of interest.
	Volume 11	Cash book (outgoing), 1897-1913
		Day book listing daily payments from Aug. 6, 1899 to Feb. 1913. Entries are intermittently placed throughout the book.
	Volume 12	Index of Securities
	Volume 13	C.U. Appropriation book, 1900-1920
		University appropriations book 1900-1920. Lists two years to a page, moneys appropriated for university expenses by department. Lists amount of appropriation, expenditure and balance of appropriation left after each entry.
	Volume 14	C.U. Reports, 1864-1868 (Removed - see Acc. 47-1-1527)
	Volume 15	Records of Special Funds, 1879-1885
		University ledger listing: 1) University land script fund, 2) University endowment, 3) Various university funds. These entries cover the dates, Feb. 1879 to June 1885 by month and by separate fund.
	Volume 16	General Ledger A, 1868-1871
		Ledger listing the various expenses in an itemized form which the various departments of the university and persons concerned with the university incurred from Nov. 25, 1868 to Aug. 31, 1871. Contains an index.
	Volume 17	College of Forestry - Voucher Records, 1899-1914
		Voucher record-College Forest Appropriation Book. Sixty pages of voucher listings by number from 1 to 780. Dates extend from May 20, 1899 to Apr. 22, 1914. Each entry describes the person date the sum concerned was appropriated and total of the full appropriation from which the sum was taken.
	Volume 18	College of Forestry - Voucher Record, 1898-1903
		Voucher Record-College Forest Appropriations. Lists date, amount of bill paid and total amount of appropriation from which money was taken. May 12, 1898 to Oct. 17, 1903.
	Volume 19	Professional Pension Recod, 1903-1944
		Account book listing professional pension fund payments, by professors name from 1903 to 1947. Index of back cover.
	Volume 20	Student Loan Fund, 1873-1904
		Student Loan Fund book. Students and sums are listed by name from 1873-1904.
	Volume 21	Record of Sage College Room Rents, 1895-1900
		Sage College Record of Room Rent 1895-1900. Listings are made by person, monthly.
	Volume 22	Abstracts of Ithaca property owned by Ezra Cornell and Cornell University
		Seventy-three pages of titles, abstracts, maps and descriptions of various land in and about Ithaca which were transferred through Ezra Cornell to the university. These abstracts have record of land as early as 1822 and extend up to 1867. The various mortgages on the land are also described.
	Volume 23	Account Book (Day Book), 1886-1871
	Volume 24	Account Book (Day Book), 1871-1879
	Volume 25	Account Book (Day Book), 1869-1871 ; Coal Contracts, 1871-1888
	Volume 26	Account Book (Day Book), 1866-1871
	Volume 27	Account Book (Day Book), 1870-1871
	Volume 28	University budget, 1871-1900
	Volume 29	Agriculture and Home Eco. disbursements, 1926-1927
	Volume 30	General Ledger D, 1890-1904
	Volume 31	Account Book (Cash Book No. 2), 1882-1891
	Volume 32	Cash Book No. 3, 1891-1896
	Volume 33	Ledger - Account Book, 1879-1890
	Volume 34	Letter book - orders, 1889-1893
	Volume 35	Letter book - orders, 1893-1895
	Volume 36	Letter book - orders, 1891-1897
	Volume 37	Letter book - orders, 1897-1899
	Volume 38	Letter book - orders, 1899-1901
	Volume 39	Letter book - orders, 1902-1904
	Volume 40	Letter book - orders, 1904