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Cornell University Library Miscellaneous Correspondence,1872-1944

Collection Number: 13-1-501

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May 9, 1874	To John D. Van Buren, Esq., NYC; from J.L. Morris, Sibley College
May 11, 1874	Reply on same sheet of paper: to Prof. J.L. Morris; from John D. Van Buren
Mar. 16, 1875	To ?; from G.W. Schuyler
Dec. 29, 1890	To Mr. R. Arrowsmith; from Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Sept. 9, 1892	To ?; from C.R. Corson
Oct. 14, 1892	To ?; from Herbert Tuttle
Jan. 12, 1894	To Prof. Prentiss; from V.A. Moore
Nov. 21, 1895	To ?; from C.R. Corson
Sept. 22, 1898	To Honorable S.D. Halliday, Ithaca, N.Y. (Board of Trustees); from ADW, USA, Embassy, Berlin
Nov. 4, 1898	To Fred W. Ely, Esq.; from Franklin C. Cornell
Dec. 16, 1899	To Mr. Phileo; from Moses Coit Tyler
Apr. 23, 1900	To Walter P. Cook; from Franklin C. Cornell
Apr. 8, 1910	To R.C. Edlund; from Frank Irvine
Nov. 19, 1912	To Miss Carman, Presidents' Asst. Sec'y; from Bessie DeWitt Beahan
June 9, 1913	To E.L. Williams, Esq., CU; from Ralph C.H. Cattarall
Mar. 11, 1916	To Snider; from Frank S. Barton
Nov. 16, 1916	To Mr. George C. Boldt, Esq., NYC; from Willard Straight
May 8, 1918	To Prof. Charles L. Durham, Ithaca; from Frank Irvine
Oct. 14, 1918	To ?; from W.P. Van Ness
June 24, 1919	To Dr. Van Engeln; from John C. Branner
Mar. 11, 1922	To Prof. W.A. Hammond; from E.R. Corson
Feb. 26, 1932	To Mrs. Frank H. Severance; from Mary E. Cornell
Sept. 27, 1920	To Prof. Smith; from Mary E. Cornell
Oct. 15, 1934	To Dr. Otto Kinkelday; from Livingston Farrand

Letters to the Board of Trustees and Faculty

Nov. 7, 1892	From Francis T. Walker (?), Pres. of M.I.T.
Nov. 7, 1892	Cyrus Northrop, Pres. of Univ. of Minnesota
Nov. 10, 1892	Henry M. Kerr
Sept. 22, 1898	Andrew D. White to S.D. Halliday re: adding a Memorial Apse to Sage Chapel

Letters of Dr. Otto Kinkeldey

Feb. 10, 1936	From A.B. Carman
Mar. 6, 1934	Note from Woodford Patterson
Feb. 10, 1936	From Typescript copy of letter from Livingston Farrand to Kinkeldey and Miss Otis
Nov. 28, 1932	From Woodford Patterson
Sept. 11, 1931	From Albert Nordell
May 8, 1934	From Percy MacKaye
Sept. 16, 1931	Part of carbon of a reply sent to Mr. Albert Mordell
July 28, 1932	From R.L. Turner

Letters of Woodford Patterson

Apr. 5, 1934	From Rufus M. Jones
Feb. 14, 1934	From H.A. Wallace
Nov. 25, 1932	From Dr. Luzerne Coville
Apr. 8, 1913	From M.G. Menocal
Sept. 21, 1911	From Robert W. [?]
Oct. 15, 1921	From Nathan L. Miller

Letters of Geo. W. Harris

Dec. 24, 1879	From Justin Winsor
Apr. 8, 1884	From James Hall
Nov. 12, 1884	From G. Billings
Mar. 9, 1885	From Robert Fletcher
July 25, 1885	From P.H. Perkins
Aug. 20, 1885	From Sarah K. Bolton
Nov. 17, 1885	From J.W. Dwight
Dec. 31, 1885	From R.C. Davis (sent to treasurer but referred to Library?)
Jan. 7, 1886	From William E. Foster
Jan. 26, 1886	From Wm. C. Lane
Feb. 25, 1886	From R.B. Hayes
Feb. 27, 1886	From James F. Gluck
Mar. 18, 1886	From Justin Winsor
Mar. 23, 1886	From Frank P. Smith
Mar. 23, 1886	From J.N. Larned
Mar. 25, 1886	From Justin Winsor
Mar. 25, 1886	From W.C. Beehler
May 18, 1886	From L.O. Howard
May 29, 1886	From W. Belastien
June 30, 1886	From Melvil Dewey (carbon)
July 7, 1886	From H. Carrington Bolton
July 15, 1886	From C (?). B. Tillinghast
July 13, 1886	From H. Carrington Bolton
July 15, 1886	From H. Carrington Bolton
Aug. 24, 1886	From Geo. H. Baker
Sept. 23, 1886	From Wilberforce Eames
Sept. 27, 1886	From F. Saunders
Oct. 23, 1886	From F. Saunders
Aug. 8, 1886	From (?)
Jan. 13, 1887	From Henry Carrington Bolton
Jan. 26, 1887	From R.W. Selby
Mar. 1, 1888	From W.F. Poole
Mar. 17, 1888	From John S. Billings
Sept. 18, 1888	From Wm. I. Fletcher
Sept. 22, 1888	From Fred A. Halsey
Nov. 7, 1888	From J.C. Arthur
Nov. 13, 1888	From Andrew D. White
Dec. 15, 1888	From E.M. Thompson
Jan. 21, 1889	From J.N. Larned
Jan. 21, 1889	From J.A. Luitners
Feb. 1, 1889	From H.N. VanDyke
Feb. 6, 1889	From Fred V. Coville
Mar. 20, 1889	From C.C. Soule
Mar. 24, 1890	From Frank Hiscock
Mar. 27, 1890	From H. Schmidt Warterberg
Mar. 29, 1890	From Geo. T. Little
Apr. 4, 1890	From John C. Branner
Apr. 15, 1890	From Regis Chauveuet
Apr. 18, 1890	From Samuel S. Green
Apr. 19, 1890	From John Parker
May 10, 1890	From J. Billings
Sept. 27, 1890	From C.A. Cutter
Nov. 14, ?	From T.W. Rhys Davids
	Photograph of Clark Bell
May 25, 1890	From W.A. Borden
Sept. 10, 1890	From George P. Brett
Sept. 24, 1890	From Herbert E. Mills
Oct. 25, 1890	From J. Billings
Nov. 28, 1890	From J. Billings
Dec. 19, 1890	From J. Billings
Mar. 5, 1891	From Jos. G. Meyer
Mar. 6, 1891	From James F. Gluck
Mar. 28, 1891	From C. Alex Nelson
Aug. 2, 1891	From C. Alex Nelson
July 20, 1891	From Geo. W. Botsford
Dec. 12, 1891	From Reginald S. Faber
Mar. 9, 1892	From Reginald S. Faber
Sept. 14, 1892	From F.B. Sanborn
Jan. 28, 1893	From Jos. G. Mayer
Oct. 27, 1893	From Azariah S. Root
Nov. 20, 1893	From Justin Winsor
Jan. 18, 1894	From Charles W. Gillet
Jan. 31, 1894	From Geo. W. Ray (?)
June 9, 1894	From Dr. E. Zarncke (transferred to Harris by J.G. Schurman)
July 21, 1894	From A.W. Lied (?) (Office of the Sec'y of War)
Aug. 23, 1894	From L. Carroll Root
Jan. 8, 1895	From J. Billings
Feb. 8, 1895	From G.B. Tillinghast
May 7, 1895	From Theodore Stanton
June 19, 1895	From Charles C. Soule
Aug. 23, 1895	John De Witt Warner
Sept. 26, 1895	Henry A. Pilsbury
Oct. 25, 1895	Frank P. Hill
Dec. 12, 1895	Geo. H. Baker
Dec. 1, 1895	James E. Russell
Feb. 18, 1896	Clinton D. Smith
Feb. 21, 1896	Eliot Temple (?) (Univ. of Michigan)
Feb. 27, 1896	M. Carey Thomas
May 1, 1896	R.C. Davis
June 3, 1896	John De Witt Warner
Jan. 11, 1897	Melvil Dewey
Apr. 2, 1897	James F. Gluck
Apr. 8, 1897	Wm. Elliot Griffis
Apr. 29, 1897	J.C. Branner
May 15, 1897	Andrew D. White
May 29, 1897	Geo. W. Davis
Apr. 26, 1897	M. Carey Thomas (letterhead and signature)
?	M. Carey Thomas (signature)
June 29, 1897	L. Carroll Root
Aug. 5, 1897	Cyrus Adler
Aug. 11, 1897	Wm. C. Lane
Sept. 29, 1897	Nathaniel Schmidt
Oct. 18, 1897	Herbert Putnam
Oct. 22, 1897	Herbert Putnam
Oct. 29, 1897	Wm. Elliot Griffis
Dec. 20, 1897	F.A. Crandall
Jan. 22, 1898	Herbert H. Smith
Mar. 9, 1898	Katherine L. Sharp
Mar. 26, 1898	R.G. Thwaites
Apr. 13, 1898	G.A. (or G.U.?) Hay
May 5, 1898	William E. Foster
May 10, 1898	J.C. Williams
May 12, 1898	Samuel S. Green
May 19, 1898	Wm. C. Lane
Sept. 15, 1898	D. Berghoffer (in German)
Oct. 15, 1898	Wallis B. Waterman
?	W.B. Waterman
Nov. 18, 1898	C.D. Wierncod (?)
Feb. 14, 1899	L. Leonetti
Apr. 1, 1899	Leo Wiener (letter addressed to Theo. W. Koch; tranferred to Library ?)
July 22, 1899	F.B. Sanborn
Sept. 26, 1899	Georgiana Guild
Jan. 9, 1900	John S. Billings
Jan. 31, 1900	Rutherford P. Hayes
Feb. 13, 1900	James H. Canfield
Feb. 20, 1900	C.K. Bolton
Mar. 14, 1900	Jacques Rosenthal
Apr. 9, 1900	Stephen D. Peet
Apr. 11, 1900	L.T. Brownell
Apr. 30, 1900	James L. Whitney
June 5, 1900	Wm. H. Brett
July 5, 1900	Albert E. Maltby
Aug. 21, 1900	Philip C. Knapp
Sept. 12, 1900	Geo. H. Fisher
Sept. 28, 1900	J. Harper (?) Jr.
Nov. 1, 1900	Prof. H.A. Rinnert
Jan. 22, 1901	A.B. Kruger
May 16, 1901	James H. Canfield
June 2, 1901	H(?).W. Halsey
June 5, 1901	Louis Wilson
June 13, 1901	N.D.C. Hodges
June 26, 1901	Sidney R. Greenstadt
July 2, 1901	Sidney R. Greenstadt
Sept. 21, 1901	Louis Wilson
Sept. 21, 1901	M.M. Chabert
Oct. 5, 1901	J.C. Branner
Nov. 26, 1901	M. Barbi (?) (in Italian)
Dec. 10, 1901	From Charles G. Osgood
Dec. 13, 1901	From C.E. Norton
Dec. 22, 1901	From Charles G. Osgood
Dec. 27, 1901	From C.E. Norton
Aug. 28, 1902	From William Beer
Sept. 21, 1903	From Herbert H. Smith (?)
Oct. 9, 1903	From James H. Canfield
Feb. 15, 1904	From William Beer
Jan. 22, 1906	From E. Chatelain
Jan. 24, 1908	From H. Wadlin
Feb. 1, 1908	From C.H. Gould
Jan. 26, 1909	From H. Black
Jan. 25, 1910	From Mrs. Jourois (?)
Oct. 4, 1911	From Horatio C. King

Miscellaneous correspondence

Sept. 21, 1863	Copy (?) of statement by John M. Harlan, Attorney General of Kentucky (transf. to Mss. 6-1-83)
Apr. 9, 1840	From Antonio Blitz, prestidigitateur; to Furman, American Museum (transf. to Mss. 6-1-83)
Aug. 26, 1897	From Erhard Zarnicke (?) (also memo from C.U.L. in re: the Zarncke collection); to ?
Oct. 24, 1904	From W. Osler; to ?
Apr. 15, 1908	From Announcement of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission
Jan. 9, 1911	From Julius Kahn; to Wm. Poillon
Dec. 22, 1916	Clipping from Boston Evening Transcript, regarding Harvard's acquisition of a Sargent landscape
	Calling card of Louis H. Ayme, Consul of the U.S.A.
July 12, ?	From J. Bryce; to J.G. Schurman
	Biographical sketch (printed) of William Daniel
Feb. 10, 1836	From M. Faraday; to ?
	Pamphlet - "The Bank Restriction Barometer" - relating to the English Bank Notes
	Series of bound documents concerning Prof. Zarncke
May 23, 1774	Photostatic and printed copies of letter from Isaac Low to the Committee of Correspondence in Boston
	Autograph letter of Seymour Haden
?	Fragment of letter from Daniel Gilman; to ?
?	Note from (?) Mazzini; to ?
	Empty envelope upon which is written "A.L.S. from Hiram Corson to Miss Charlotte Porter, Browning Scholar and Editor of Poet Lore."
July 11, 1887	From H.B. Brown; to B.W. Austin
Feb. 14, 1889	From Stevenson Burke; to B.W. Austin
May 17, 1890	From William Daniel; to B.W. Austin
June 20, 1894	From Jas. G. Field; to B.W. Austin

Letters of Acting President Albert W. Smith

	Signature of M.L. Burton
Aug. 23, 1921	From A. Lawrence Lorrell
Sept. 7, 1921	From M.L. Burton
Sept. 4, 1921	From John Grier Hibben
Oct. 3, 1921	From James Rowland Angell
Aug. 23, 1921	From James Rowland Angell
Sept. 12, 1921	From Charles W. Eliot

Letters of Registrar (David Hoy)

Jan. 26, 1912	From Jacob H. Schiff
Apr. 8, 1898	From Wilberforce Eames
Nov. 21, 1904	From M.L. Bruce [?]
Aug. 26, 1908	From Walt C. Murray
Apr. 9, 1920	From Elbridge T. Gerry

Letters of Willard H. Austen

May 17, 1890	From D. Nicholson
Aug. 25, 1890	From Geo. S. Spinney
Aug. 27, 1890	From T.R. Learned (?)
Feb. 9, 1891	From W.F. Poole
July 19, 1893	From Robert Adler Bowen
Jan. 22, 1894	From A. Smith (?) Warner
Feb. 13, 1897	From Eleanor A. Grmerod (?)
Nov. 2, 1898	From W.I. Fletcher
Jan. 21, 1899	From Jeannette L. Gilder
Jan. 25, 1899	From G.H. Putnam
Feb. 10, 1899	From Jeannette L. Gilder
Apr. 25, 1899	From Melville D. Landon
Jan. 9, 1900	From J. Gilder
Nov. 6, 1907	From E.C. Richardson
Mar. 12, 1908	From J.H. Kellogg
May 11, 1908	From Goodwin Brown
Feb. 10, 1909	From G.E. Woodbury (or Woodberry?)
June 25, 1909	From Leander T. Chamberlain
Aug. 25, 1909	From Ben B. Lindsey
Aug. 30, 1909	From Maud B. Booth
July 3, 1910	Document from the American Embassy in Rome (in Italian), with a note from President Schurman
July 30, 1912	From Andrew D. White
Aug. 2, 1916	From Edward S. Curtis
Aug. 11, 1916	From Thomas S. Jones, Jr.
Sept. 23, 1916	From Katherine B. Judson
Mar. 2, 1917	From Thomas Hagan
Apr. 26, 1917	From Charles F. Prentice
July 14, 1917	From Vernon Watney
Dec. 7, 1917	From Andrew D. White
Dec. 8, 1917	From W.K. Bixby
Mar. 27, 1918	From James Vincent Nash
Mar. 29, 1918	From Worthington C. Ford
Oct. 1, 1918	From F. Madan
Feb. 18, 1920	From H.A. Wilson
June 20, 1920	From David Chalmers Nimmo
June 22, 1920	From Lord Channing
1921	From Dr. Paul Cohn (postcard)
Apr. 9, 1921	From Dr. Paul Cohn
Apr. 22, 1921	From Charles M. Harrington
May 7, 1921	From A. (?). Sedles (?) (Sec'y's office, Yale Univ.)
Mar. 16, 1922	From S. James
Mar. 21, 1922	From John B. Stetson Jr.
Apr. 18, 1922	From William M. Calder
Aug. 21, 1922	From John Cotton Dana
Aug. 22, 1922	From Pio Rajira (?) (in Italian)
Sept. 16, 1922	From Sao-Ke (?) Alfred Sze
Oct. 23, 1922	From Frederick Parsons
Oct. 30, 1922	From John R. Mott
Jan. 27, 1923	From Grant Overton
Feb. 5, 1923	From Norman J. Gould
Feb. 27, 1923	From T.J.J. See
Mar. 30, 1923	From Wm. Sulzer
Apr. 24, 1923	From George Wallingford Noyes
Aug. 20, ?	From William Elliot Griffis
Oct. 4, 1923	From William Elliot Griffis
Apr. 27, 1923	From Henry Gappr (?)
May 11, 1923	From L.D. Barnett (?)
Aug. 29, 1923	From J. Franklin Jameson
Nov. 12, 1923	From (?). MountNephew (?)
June 17, 1924	From Kate Stephens
Feb. 7, 1925	From Rex F. Harlow
Apr. 20, 1925	From A.H. Stocking
May 14, 1925	From Ramon Coffman
Aug. 10, 1925	From Lucy M. Salmon
Apr. 28, 1926	From M.K. Farrand
Apr. 28, 1926	From Frank Pierrepont Graves
Aug. 19, 1926	From Wm. Elliot Griffis
Sept. 18, 1926	From Elizabeth Hutcher Sadler
Sept. 9, 1926	From C.D. Cook
Nov. 5, 1926	From E.T. Nash
Feb. 24, 1927	From Viscount Knutsford
Feb. 4, 1927	From Francis Griffin Stokes
Feb. 22, 1927	From Francis Griffin Stokes
June 7, 1927	From Woodford Patterson
June 16, 1928	From Demetrius C. Boulger
July 7, 1928	From Demetrius C. Boulger
July 21, 1928	From Albert Bushnell Hart
Mar. 28, 1930	From Thomas Hagan
May 22, (?)	From Kirk Munroe
Aug. 31, (?)	From Henry Vignaue
(?)	Fragment of letter from J.O. Vincent
	Calling card of Thomas O'Hagan

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Container		Description
Box 1	Folder 1	1872-1885
Box 1	Folder 2	1886-1887
Box 1	Folder 3	1888-1889
Box 1	Folder 4	1890-1891
Box 1	Folder 5	1982-1893
Box 1	Folder 6	1894
Box 1	Folder 7	1895-1897
Box 1	Folder 8	1897-1898
Box 1	Folder 9	1899-1900
Box 1	Folder 10	1901
Box 1	Folder 11	1902-1907
Box 1	Folder 12	1908-1909
Box 1	Folder 13	1910-1915
		Includes list of books presented to Cornell University Library by Chinese students, Dec. 28, 1911 and letters from Hu Shih.
Box 1	Folder 14	1916-1919
Box 1	Folder 15	1920-1921
Box 1	Folder 16	1922-1925
Box 1	Folder 17	1926-1936
Box 1	Folder 18	1944, undated