Contents

• DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
• BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
• COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
• Cross references to added entries
• SERIES LIST
• Additional List of Correspondents
• INFORMATION FOR USERS
• SUBJECTS
• CONTAINER LIST

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George Lincoln Burr papers, 1861-1942.
Collection Number: 14-17-22

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

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INFORMATION FOR USERS

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CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
		Series I. Correspondence
Box 1	Folder 1	Correspondence	1861-1873
Box 1	Folder 2	Correspondence	1874-1876
Box 1	Folder 3	Correspondence	1877-1878
Box 1	Folder 4-6	Correspondence	1879-1881
		Scope and Contents Including list of medallions, folder 5
Box 1	Folder 7	Correspondence	January-June 8, 1882
Box 1	Folder 8	Correspondence	July-August, 1882
Box 1	Folder 9	Correspondence	September-December, 1882
Box 1	Folder 10	Correspondence	January-July, 1883
Box 1	Folder 11	Correspondence	August-December, 1883
Box 1	Folder 12	Correspondence	January-April, 1884
Box 1	Folder 13	Correspondence	May-September, 1884
Box 1	Folder 14	Correspondence	October-December, 1884
Box 1	Folder 15	Correspondence	January-February, 1885
Box 1	Folder 16	Correspondence	March-May, 1885
		Scope and Contents Includes 4 letters from Horace Kephart to Burr, from Florence, Italy
Box 1	Folder 17	Correspondence	June-July, 1885
		Scope and Contents Includes 4 letters from Horace Kephart to Burr, from Florence, Italy
Box 1	Folder 18-19	Correspondence	August-November, 1885
Box 1	Folder 20	Correspondence	December, 1885
		Scope and Contents Includes 1 letter from Horace Kephart to Burr, from Florence, Italy. Dated December 16.
Box 2	Folder 1	Correspondence	January, 1886
		Scope and Contents Includes 1 letter from Horace Kephart to Burr, from Florence, Italy
Box 2	Folder 2-3	Correspondence	February-July, 1886
Box 2	Folder 4	Correspondence	August-December, 1886
		Scope and Contents Contains correspondence regarding architectural photos
Box 2	Folder 5-6	Correspondence	January-July, 1887
Box 2	Folder 7	Correspondence	August, 1887
		Scope and Contents Contains correspondence regarding the printing of the Reformation catalogue
Box 2	Folder 8	Correspondence	September-December, 1887
Box 2	Folder 9-12	Correspondence	January-June, 1888
Box 2	Folder 13-16	Correspondence	July-December, 1888
Box 2	Folder 17-20	Correspondence	January-July, 1889
		Scope and Contents Contains original letter from AD White to Charles Kendall Adams regarding the gift of the Cornell Papyrus, dated March 18, 1889.
Box 2	Folder 21-22	Correspondence	August-December, 1889
Box 3	Folder 1-2	Correspondence	January-June, 1890
Box 3	Folder 3	Correspondence	July-December, 1890
Box 3	Folder 4-5	Correspondence	January-May, 1891
Box 3	Folder 6-8	Correspondence	June-December, 1891
Box 3	Folder 9-10	Correspondence	January-April, 1892
Box 3	Folder 11-12	Correspondence	May-December, 1892
Box 3	Folder 13-14	Correspondence	January-March, 1893
Box 3	Folder 15	Correspondence	April-May, 1893
		Scope and Contents Includes correspondence on university photographs
Box 3	Folder 16-19	Correspondence	June-December, 1893
Box 3	Folder 20-22	Correspondence	January-May, 1894
Box 3	Folder 23-25	Correspondence	August-December, 1894
Box 4	Folder 1-3	Correspondence	January-July, 1895
Box 4	Folder 4-5	Correspondence	August-December, 1895
Box 4	Folder 6-8	Correspondence	January-March, 1896
Box 4	Folder 9-10	Correspondence	April-May, 1896
		Scope and Contents Includes letters on Venezuela
Box 4	Folder 11	Correspondence	June, 1896
		Scope and Contents Includes letters on Venezuela and Blue Book
Box 4	Folder 12-15	Correspondence	July-October, 1896
		Scope and Contents Includes letters on Venezuela and Blue Book. Many addressed to Mallet-Prevost
Box 4	Folder 16-17	Correspondence	November-December, 1896
Box 4	Folder 18-23	Correspondence	January-July, 1897
Box 4	Folder 24	Correspondence	August-September, 1897
		Scope and Contents Includes envelope of photos of Burr's family home
Box 4	Folder 25-26	Correspondence	October-December, 1897
Box 5	Folder 1-4	Correspondence	January-May, 1898
		Scope and Contents Includes letters on Venezuela from Mallet-Prevost
Box 5	Folder 5-8	Correspondence	June-October, 1898
Box 5	Folder 9	Correspondence	November, 1898
		Scope and Contents Including notes on Saint Lucia, Republican campaign
Box 5	Folder 10	Correspondence	December, 1898
Box 5	Folder 11	Correspondence	January, 1899
Box 5	Folder 12	Correspondence	February-March, 1899
		Scope and Contents Related to the building of the new Chapel and Alumni Hall
Box 5	Folder 13	Correspondence	April, 1899
Box 5	Folder 14	Correspondence	May, 1899
		Scope and Contents Including correspondence on Venezuela
Box 5	Folder 15-17	Correspondence	June-November, 1899
Box 5	Folder 18	Correspondence	December, 1899
		Scope and Contents Including correspondence on trial of Maria Renata
Box 5	Folder 19-21	Correspondence	January-October, 1900
Box 5	Folder 22	Correspondence	November-December, 1900
Box 6	Folder 1	Correspondence	January, 1901
		Scope and Contents Includes mention of Professor Tyler's death
Box 6	Folder 2-4	Correspondence	February-July, 1901
Box 6	Folder 5-7	Correspondence	August-December, 1901
Box 6	Folder 8-10	Correspondence	January-February, 1902
Box 6	Folder 11-12	Correspondence	March-May, 1902
		Scope and Contents Includes two letters from Hendrik Van Loon
Box 6	Folder 13-14	Correspondence	June-July, 1902
Box 6	Folder 15	Correspondence	August, 1902
		Scope and Contents Includes two typescript copies of letters Hendrik Van Loon to E. Bell-Robinson
Box 6	Folder 16-19	Correspondence	September-December, 1902
Box 6	Folder 20	Correspondence	January-February, 1903
Box 6	Folder 21	Correspondence	March-April, 1903
		Scope and Contents Including a letter and postcards from France, dates March 25.
Box 6	Folder 22-24	Correspondence	May-October, 1903
Box 6	Folder 25-26	Correspondence	November-December, 1903
		Scope and Contents Including two letters from Win. A. Dunning, one about having Burr fill-in for a lecture in New Orleans and one on Giddings paper
Box 7	Folder 1-3	Correspondence	January-March, 1904
Box 7	Folder 4-6	Correspondence	April-September, 1904
Box 7	Folder 7-9	Correspondence	October-December, 1904
Box 7	Folder 10-12	Correspondence	January-June, 1905
Box 7	Folder 13-15	Correspondence	July-October, 1905
Box 7	Folder 16-17	Correspondence	November-December, 1905
Box 7	Folder 18-22	Correspondence	January-June, 1906
Box 7	Folder 23-26	Correspondence	July-December, 1906
Box 7	Folder 27-28	Correspondence	January-March, 1907
Box 8		Correspondence	April 1907 - 1908
Box 8		Win. A. Dunning to G.L. Burr	March 9, 1908
		Scope and Contents Routine AHA regarding report on annual meetings in Madison
Box 8		Win. A. Dunning to G.L. Burr	May 25, 1908
		Scope and Contents Regarding publication of essays, especially Robertson's
Box 8		Win. A. Dunning to G.L. Burr	April 8, 1908
		Scope and Contents A general letter "To the Members of the Committee on Public; regarding publication of Prize Essays; financing/publishers; great length of essays; wants independent Series
Box 9		Correspondence	1909 - Oct. 1910
Box 9		Win. A. Dunning to G.L. Burr	January 8, 1909
		Scope and Contents Regarding Krehbiel's essay; announcement of the series of prize
Box 9		Win. A. Dunning to G.L. Burr	January 18, 1909
		Scope and Contents Details of essay prizes, etc., financial matters; rules
Box 9		Win. A. Dunning to G.L. Burr	January 22, 1909
		Scope and Contents Details on essay correction process
Box 9		Win. A. Dunning to G.L. Burr	January 25, 1909
		Scope and Contents Regarding format of type and page of essays
Box 9		Win. A. Dunning to G.L. Burr	February 17, 1909
		Scope and Contents Sorrow over death of Burr's wife
Box 9		Win. A. Dunning to G.L. Burr	March 5, 1909
		Scope and Contents Regarding Krehbiel's manuscript - editing
Box 9		Win. A. Dunning to G.L. Burr	March 31, 1909
		Scope and Contents Krehbiel's manuscript on way to printer
Box 9		Win. A. Dunning to G.L. Burr	April 5, 1909
		Scope and Contents routine - essays
Box 9		Win. A. Dunning to G.L. Burr	June 27, 1909
		Scope and Contents routine - re proofs (enclosure attached)
Box 9		Win. A. Dunning to G.L. Burr	October 6, 1909
		Scope and Contents Krehbiel's book
Box 9		Win. A. Dunning to G.L. Burr	June 30, 1910
		Scope and Contents Notestein's essay
Box 9		Win. A. Dunning to G.L. Burr	July 10, 1910
		Scope and Contents Notestein's essay (cynical; anti-Semitic)
Box 10		Correspondence	Nov. 1910 - 1912
Box 11		Correspondence	1913 - Feb. 1915
Box 12		Correspondence	Mar. 1915 - April 1916
Box 12		Correspondence	Mar. 1915 - January 1916
		Scope and Contents Regarding the management of the American Historical Reviews finances. Historian Frederic Bancroft got into an epistolary argument with GLB (treasurer). Burr later referred to this as the "Bancroft Episode."
Box 12		Win. A. Dunning to G.L. Burr	March 5, 1915
		Scope and Contents Looking for new Columbia faculty member
Box 12		Win. A. Dunning to G.L. Burr	May 28, 1915
		Scope and Contents Appointment with Evans
Box 12		Win. A. Dunning to G.L. Burr	January 10, 1916
		Scope and Contents AHA meeting location
Box 13		Correspondence	May 1916 - 1917
Box 14		Correspondence	1918 - June 9, 1921
Box 14		Win. A. Dunning to G.L. Burr	April 14, 1919
		Scope and Contents recommending W.T. Morgan for Eng. History position
Box 15		Correspondence	June 10, 1921 - July 1924
Box 16		Correspondence	Aug. 1924 - May 1927
Box 17		Correspondence	June 1927 - April 1931
Box 18		Correspondence	May 1931 - Aug. 1934
Box 19		Correspondence	Sept. 1934 - Nov. 12, 1938
Box 20		Correspondence, A-K	1941, 1942, no date
Box 21		Correspondence L-Z
Box 22		R. Bainton & L.O. Gibbons Research Correspondence re G.L. Burr
		Series II. Personal Documents and Cornell Material
Box 23		Burr Family Material, G.L. Burr Pre-college Days
Box 23		Burr family account book 1848-1856, followed by Burr's class notes and accounts with Cornell library	1848-1880
Box 23		Burr's daily diary, partially filled	1874
Box 23		Burr's class notebooks	1873-1875
Box 23		Burr's notebooks from Homer and Newark, New York
Box 23		Book of handwritten poems, many by Mary Burr	1828-1829
Box 23		Hepsy Burr's scrapbook, filled with obituaries and marriages and miscellaneous clippings	1883-1898
Box 23	Folder 1	William J. Burr correspondence and writing book	1835-1902
Box 23	Folder 2-3	Burr family genealogical papers, including sketches, biographies, family records pages from a Bible, and marriage records
Box 23	Folder 4-6	Burr's pre-college notes, clippings, and memorabilia, mainly from Newark, Homer and Cortland	Mid-late 19th century
Box 24		Burr's notebooks from lectures at Cornell	1873-1880
Box 24		Class of 1881 Treasurer's Book, with notes and correspondence	1881
Box 24	Folder 1-2	Printed lectures and exams
Box 24	Folder 3	Printed Cornell material
		Scope and Contents Annual Commencement Program 1879, Report of the Librarian, event tickets, Hill Jubilee program, Class Day Exercises 1878, Rules for Students 1878, Resolutions, The Library pamphlet 1883, Exercises for the Class of 1882 and 1879, and other printed pamphlets.
Box 24	Folder 4	Class of 1881 memorabilia	1881, 1911, 1922, 1929
		Scope and Contents Including Burr's oration "Revolt and Revolution"
Box 24	Folder 5	Burr's lecture notes and maps of North America
Box 25		Letter book	1884-1886
Box 25		Book memoranda
Box 25		Small notebook
Box 25		Book bibliography and memoranda, with small clippings from catalogues	1885-1888
Box 25		Diary	1885
Box 25		Transcribed copy of Balthasar Hubmaier's "Von Letzern und ihren Verbrennen"	October, 1904
Box 25		Drawing book
Box 25		Burr's description of books
Box 25		Collegien-buch from Leipzig, with diploma folded in the back
Box 25	Folder 1-2	Note cards of lectures and notes
Box 25	Folder 3	Itinerary of Champlain-St. Lawrence excursion	1883
Box 25	Folder 4	Title slips for books used at Basel and in the British Museum	1890s
Box 25	Folder 5	Travel brochures
Box 25	Folder 6	Cornell Club pamphlet, Cornell invitations, and other Cornell items	1870-1890
Box 25	Folder 7	Photocopies of book memoranda
Box 25	Folder 8	Passports from the Department of State, with large watermarks	1888, 1904, 1912
Box 25	Folder 9-11	Class exams and notes, mainly from Germany	1880s
Box 25	Folder 12	Newspaper clippings
Box 25	Folder 13	Notes for Mrs. Hodder's Thesis
Box 25	Folder 14	Burr's handwritten copies of "Politics in College" and "The Religious Philosophy of Lucretius"
Box 25	Folder 15	Ithaca Congregational Church programs and pamphlets	1884, 1892, 1894, 1915
Box 25	Folder 16	Deposits in the White library, University library, and Christian Association library (incomplete)	1880s-1890s
Box 25	Folder 17	Burr's application to military training camp	1915, 1917
Box 25	Folder 18	Pedigree form for Burke's Landed Gentry	1937
Box 26	Folder 1	Young Men's Youth Association event programs and pamphlets	1880-1884
		Scope and Contents From New York, Cornell, and Washington DC. Also includes Burr's notes on membership
Box 26	Folder 1	Cornell University Christian Association invitations and pamphlet	1916
		Scope and Contents Includes notes from a lecture Burr gave to C.U.C.A.
Box 26	Folder 2	Note cards on a lecture called "The Living Gospel", possibly given at the Unitarian Church	1920s
Box 26	Folder 2	Notes, pamphlets, reports, and programs from the Unitarian Church
		Scope and Contents Includes lecture "Talk on the Devil", "A Historical Development of the Christian Sunday", and "The Living Gospel
Box 26	Folder 3	Reports and copies of correspondence about the Red Cross
Box 26	Folder 4	American Historical Association leaflets and pamphlets	1884, 1909, 1916, 1932
Box 26	Folder 5	Cornell Alumni Trustee nominations and biographies	1880s-1930s
Box 26	Folder 6	Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti trial leaflets
Box 26	Folder 7	Clippings and lecture on the Fred Morelli case	1921
		Scope and Contents Fred Morelli, class of 1924, took a leave of absence after being attacked by classmates for not wearing his freshman cap. Burr vehemently opposed the use of force and spoke out against the attacks.
Box 26	Folder 8	Biographies and sketches of Cornell faculty and alumni
Box 26	Folder 9	Burr's war and Civic Federation lecture notes
Box 26	Folder 10, 15	Pamphlets, publications and leaflets of events at other universities	1900s
Box 26	Folder 11, 14	Cornell resolutions, pamphlets, and miscellany	1880s-1920s
		Scope and Contents Includes invitations to events, program for "Alice and Wonderland", exam schedules, course listings, handwritten copy of "All Hal, Cornell!" by E.T. 1903, and petition to not take final exam.
Box 26	Folder 13	War relief materials	1910-1920
		Scope and Contents Includes war relief brochures, leaflets on Austria aid, documents from the American Relief Administration (including 3 letters from recipients of Christmas food packages), outline for a handbook on relief work for students in Europe, and Cornell Rifle Club announcements
Box 26		Agenda note book	1896
Box 26		Ramabai Circle of Cornell University treasurer's book with membership list and pamphlets	1898-1920
Box 26		The Imprisonment of Ghent Professors, by Kr. Nyrop	1917
Box 27		Telluride Material
Box 29	Folder 20	Notes and clippings on Geology for Warfare of Science
Box 29	Folder 21	Notes on education
Box 30		Warfare of Science
Box 31		Warfare of Science Notes, Mss., Revisions
Box 32		Venezuelan Boundary Comm. No. 1
Box 33		Venezuelan Boundary Comm. No. 2
Box 34		Misc. Reviews, Writings, Bibliographies No. 1
Box 35	Folder 1	Notes and copies of articles and speeches given by Burr on AD White
Box 35	Folder 2	Notes on Charles Babcock, Bennett, Irving Church, Collyer, Comstock
Box 35	Folder 3	Notes on Corson, Crane, Fiske, Hull, Russell, Schurman, Sill, Smith, Tyler, White
Box 35	Folder 4	AD White Obituary by Burr
Box 35	Folder 5-6	Talks by Burr, on White, Cornell, European Archives, and Venezuela
Box 35	Folder 7	Loyalty and Liberty	1919
		Scope and Contents Notes in binder
Box 36		Misc. Reviews, Writings, Bibliographies No. 2
Box 37		Misc. Scraps, Notes
Box 38	Folder 1-2	Miscellaneous witchcraft notes
Box 38	Folder 3	'New England's place in the History of Witchcraft' by Burr
Box 38	Folder 4	On the Loos MS.
Box 38	Folder 5	Burr's reviews of witchcraft books
Box 38	Folder 6	"A Witch-Hunt in the Book Shops", by Burr
Box 38	Folder 6	"The Crime of Witchcraft" by Burr	1923
Box 38	Folder 6	"The Historical Work of Henry C. Lea", by Burr	1925
Box 38	Folder 6-7	Burr's notes and drafts on introduction to Lea's materials
Box 38	Folder 8	"Fragments from the sources- the Witchcraft Persecution" by Burr
Box 38	Folder 9	Miscellaneous witchcraft notes
Box 38	Folder 10	"The Historical Work of Henry Charles Lea" by Burr
Box 38	Folder 11	Robert Calef materials
Box 38	Folder 12-17	Witchcraft notes and bibliographies
Box 38	Folder 18-19	Materials on Lea and witchcraft
Box 38	Folder 20	Kleiner Beitrag zur Geschichte des Hexenwesens, transcribed by Burr
Box 38	Folder 21	Dietrich Flade notes by Burr
Box 38	Folder 22	Savonarola notes
Box 38	Folder 23	Drafts on witchcraft history
Box 39		Degrees and Medals
Box 40		Research Papers by Students
Box 41		Research Papers by Students
Box 42		Jan. 5, "1970 Accession : typed and printed items concerning the AHA-Bancroft episode, 1915; bibliographical notes (witchcraft).
		Series III. Photographs and drawings
Manuscript Box 51		George Lincoln Burr caricature in A.D. White library by Herbert Roland Bainton	1940-1943
		Scope and Contents Formerly on display in the A.D. White library
Box 26	Folder 12	Cyanotype and blueprint of Sigma Phi and Professor Nichols house
Box 28	Folder 1	Edna Moffatt
Box 28	Folder 2	Schilliger
Box 28	Folder 3	Burr-Nelson and Morse-Nelson	1920s-1930s
Box 28	Folder 4	Cabinet cards	1800s-early 1900s
		Scope and Contents Including Isabelle Robertson, Frances Boynton, Margaret Boynton, Mary Bartlett Hill, Emma Berry, Stella Spencer, Mrs. Clarke, Winifred Ball, and other Cornell students and associates
Box 28	Folder 5	Cartes-de-Visite and other small photographs	1800s-early 1900s
		Scope and Contents Including Lottie Stines, Martha Whilson, Fran Fanny Stadeli, Amelia Shapleigh, Emily Outwater, and others
Box 28	Folder 6	People, including Bobbie Stert, Winifred Ball and others	early 1900s-1930s
Box 28	Folder 7-8	Leipzig
		Scope and Contents Including Anna Biedermann, Therese Biedermann, Mrs. Karl Biedermann, Ludwig Knorr, and history professors
Box 28	Folder 9	Cornell faculty
Box 28	Folder 10	Photographs of the Burr's, labelled "to use" with chapter numbers and a sketch
Box 28	Folder 11	Scenes and Buildings
		Scope and Contents Taughannock, Cornell library (1890s), AE Kent and Co, Richmond from Manchester
Box 28	Folder 12	Telluride group photos, Cornell History Club,
Box 28	Folder 13	Large group photos
Box 28	Folder 14	Large Cornell women group photos
Box 28	Folder 15	Van Loon photos and sketches
Box 28	Folder 16	Unidentified people
Box 28	Folder 17	Large photos	Early 1900s
		Scope and Contents Including Lyman Abbott, Evan Evans, Edward Huhur, Agnes Tierney
Box 29	Folder 1-3, 10	George Lincoln Burr	Late 1800s-1930s
Box 29	Folder 4-5	Matsy Martin (Mrs. G.L. Burr)
Box 29	Folder 6	Cabinet cards	Late 1800s
		Scope and Contents Including Isabel Howland, Harriet Day, Hannah Otis, Phebe Fort, Alice Goddard (1881), Clara Teague, Mary Putnam, and Gertrude van Pelt and others
Box 29	Folder 7	Cabinet cards	Late 1800s
		Scope and Contents Including FJ Scott (1880), FC Whitney, Frank Leverance, LF Boyer, George Schurman, Ostrander, Fred Kilborne and others
Box 29	Folder 8	Cabinet cards	Late 1800s
		Scope and Contents Including Herrick, Halsey, Hahn, Concklin, Curtice, Clarke, Wightman, Stearns, Holmes, Hoyt, Hough, Wing, David Halsey (1881), and Theobald Smith
Box 29	Folder 9	George Lincoln Burr in the AD White library and at his desk
Box 29	Folder 11	Cabinet card photos of Burr taken at the Hague	1896
Box 29	Folder 12	Bound photographs	1902
		Scope and Contents Including Watkins Glen, Taughannock falls and point, Rocky point, South of Sheldrake, Burr on Cayuga Lake, Esty point
Box 29	Folder 13	The Burr family	Late 1800s
		Scope and Contents Including Mrs. Andrew Burr, Mrs. WJ Burr, WJ Burr, Sarah Burr, and unidentified
Box 29	Folder 14	Burr family home in Newark Valley and WJ Burr	1890s
Box 29	Folder 15	Dr. Robert Collyer and unidentified	1910
Box 29	Folder 16	Cornell Debating Club	1881
Box 29	Folder 16	Group photos
Box 29	Folder 17	Cartes-de-visite
		Scope and Contents Including Melville Landon, Harry Norman, Cornelia Smith, DE Roberts, Robina Smith, Albert Jonas, Jonah Walsh, Mary Roberts, and Mrs. RW Walsh
Box 29	Folder 19	Glass slide from drawing
Box 29	Folder 18	Sketch of Burr
Box 29	Folder 22	Daguerreotype of WJ Burr	1850