Hunt Bradley papers, 1872-1982,-1920-1982 (bulk)
Collection Number: 41-2-1550

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Hunt Bradley papers, 1872-1982,-1920-1982 (bulk)
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
41-2-1550
Abstract:
Collection consists primarily of manuscript material for Bradley's book on the history of the Cornell Alumni Association, 1972, as well as numerous other items pertaining to Cornell history.
Creator:
Bradley, Hunt (Horatio Hunt), 1904-1982.
Quanitities:
1.5 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Cornell University Class of 1926.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Collection consists primarily of manuscript material for Bradley's book on the history of the Cornell Alumni Association, 1972; Cornell photographs, glass lantern slides, printed matter, clippings, scrapbooks, broadsides, and other Cornelliana; tape recordings and transcripts of former members of the Alumni Office staff, including Foster Coffin, Emmet Murphy, Ray Ashbery, Max Schmitt, Olive N. Snyder, Herman Krauss, Frances Egan, Walter K. Nield, Ho Ballou, Howard Stevenson, and Willard Kiggins; historical data concerning Cornell organizations including Quill and Dagger, Alpha Delta Phi, Cornell Alumni Fund, Cornell University Council, and Cornell Clubs of New York, New England, and Chicago; track team programs, correspondence, and travel information; personal correspondence; Her Honor Forever Maintain, by Bradley, 1973, and associated notes, manuscripts, and sources; "How to Conduct Class Reunions," a 1961 speech by Bradley; Class of 1926 reunion and fundraising materials, class mailings, and reunion costumes; records pertaining to other Cornell classes; and a cassette recording of Hunt Bradley's memorial service, 1982. Also, 1 bottle (empty) of Ballantine Burton Ale brewed for Hunt Bradley, 1946, and an evaluation of the contents, 1985.

RELATED MATERIALS

Includes collection 4-2-1364.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Hunt Bradley papers, #41-2-1550. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Ashbery, Ray.
Ballou, Ho.
Coffin, Foster M.
Egan, Frances.
Kiggins, Willard.
Krauss, Herman.
Murphy, Emmet.
Nield, Walter K.
Schmitt, Max.
Snyder, Olive N.
Stevenson, Howard.
Alpha Delta Phi
Cornell University. Class of 1926
Cornell Club of Chicago
Cornell Club of New England
Cornell Club of New York
Cornell University -- : Alumni and alumnae.
Cornell University -- : Societies, etc.
Cornell University. Alumni Association
Cornell University. Office of Alumni Affairs
Cornell University. Council
Quill and Dagger Society (Cornell University)
Subjects:
Fund raisers (Persons).
Educational fund raising.
Class reunions.
Form and Genre Terms:
Scrapbooks.
Photographs.
Manuscripts for publication.
Lantern slides.
Broadsides.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Personal
Box 1 Folder 1
Moses Brown School - Track Miscellany
1920-1922
Box 1 Folder 2
Correspondence
Sept. 1921-Feb. 1922
Box 1 Folder 3
Correspondence
Mar.-May 1922
Box 1 Folder 4
Correspondence
July 1922-1923
Box 1 Folder 5
Correspondence
Jan.-Apr. 1924
Box 1 Folder 6
Correspondence
May 1924
Box 1 Folder 7
Correspondence
June-Dec. 1924
Box 1 Folder 8
Correspondence
Jan.-Apr. 1925
Box 1 Folder 9
Correspondence
May-Nov. 1925
Box 1 Folder 10
Correspondence
Jan.-June 1926
Box 1 Folder 11
Correspondence
July 1926
Box 1 Folder 12
Correspondence
Aug.-Oct. 1926
Box 1 Folder 13
Correspondence
1927-1933, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 13
Correspondence - greeting cards
n.d.
Box 1 Folder 14
Social Invitations
1920s
Box 1 Folder 15
Bills and Receipts
1925-1930
Box 1 Folder 16
Quill and Dagger - miscellany
1921-1930
Box 1 Folder 17
Alpha Delta Phi
1922-1925
Box 1 Folder 18
Alpha Delta Phi
1946-1960
Box 1 Folder 19
Alpha Delta Phi
1955-1956
Box 1 Folder 20
Correspondence
1945
Box 1 Folder 21
Correspondence
1955-1970
Box 1 Folder 22
Correspondence
1971-1981
Personal items
Box 1 Folder 23
Passport
1924
Box 1 Folder 23
Citation, certificate
1927
Box 1 Folder 23
Notes
1940?
Box 1 Folder 23
Unidentified notebook
1884
Box 1 Folder 24
S.A.T.C.
1918
Track
Box 1 Folder 25
Cornell Track Miscellany
1921-1970
Box 1 Folder 26-29
Cornell Track Miscellany
Box 1 Folder 30
International Meet
July 1925
Box 1 Folder 31
Personal Expenses, England trip
1926
Box 1 Folder 32
England
1926
Box 1 Folder 33
Travel Miscellany: bills, schedules, ticket
Box 1 Folder 34
Theatre programs, menus
1870, 1926-1936
Box 1 Folder 35
Track Competition - Dope
1923-1925
Box 1 Folder 36
ICAAAA
1925-1926
Box 1 Folder 37
Varsity Track Squad
1925-1926
Box 1 Folder 38
Trials and Meets in Ithaca
1926
Box 1 Folder 39
ICAAAA - Correspondence Received
1926
Box 1 Folder 40
Penn Dual Meet
1926
Box 1 Folder 41
Intercollegiates
1926
Box 1 Folder 42
Correspondence (Track and Field)
1926
Box 1 Folder 43
ICAAAA - Correspondence - carbon copies
1926
Box 1 Folder 44
Lists
1923-1924
Box 1 Folder 45
Officials
1926
Box 1 Folder 46
Michigan
1926
Box 1 Folder 47
Penn Meet
1926
Box 1 Folder 48
ICAAAA Meeting
1926
Box 1 Folder 49
ICAAAA Executive Committee
1925-1926
Box 1 Folder 50
ICAAAA
1925-1926
Box 2 Folder 1
ICAAAA, Executive Committee
1925-1926
Box 2 Folder 2-3
Track Lists
1925-1926
Box 2 Folder 4
Meet Reports
1925-1926
Box 2 Folder 5
ICAAAA Indoor Meets
1925-1926
Box 2 Folder 6
Travel Miscellany
1926
Box 2 Folder 7
All-around Jumping and Weight Throwing contests
1922-1924
Box 2 Folder 8
Bradley's Track Collection, Oxford-Cambridge Trip
1978
Box 21
Photographs
Personal
Box 2 Folder 9
Undergraduate Endowment Participation
1935
Box 2 Folder 10
U.E.P. Plan
1935
Box 2 Folder 11
U.E.P. Plan
1935
Box 2 Folder 12
U.E.P. Plan
1936
Box 2 Folder 13
The Cornellian council
1936-1938
Box 2 Folder 14
Cornell Alumni Fund
1938-1939
Box 2 Folder 15
Alumni Fund
1947-1948
Box 2 Folder 16-17
Bradley Personal
1947-1948
Box 2 Folder 18
(For Archives - originally box 3)
Alumni Affairs
Box 2 Folder 19
Cornell - Class of '26 Class Dinners at NYCC
1946-1947
Box 2 Folder 20
Class of '26, Treasurer's Information
1966-1971
Box 2 Folder 21
'26 Reunion Expenses
1926
Box 2 Folder 22
40th Reunion, Class of '26
Box 2 Folder 23
'26 Reunion costumes
1971
Box 2 Folder 24
'26 Alumni Fund (H.B. file)
1945-1946
Box 2 Folder 25-26
Class of '26 Alumni Fund
1947-1948
Box 2 Folder 27-29
Class of '26 Alumni Fund
1948
Box 2 Folder 30
Class of '26 Alumni Fund, Correspondence
1947
Box 2 Folder 31
Class of '26 Alumni Fund
1946-1947
Box 2 Folder 32
Class of '26 Alumni Fund
1947
Box 2 Folder 33
1926 Data
1948-1950
Box 2 Folder 34
'26 Reunion Material
1928, 1931
Box 2 Folder 35
'26 10th Reunion
1930-1936
Box 2 Folder 36
Alumni Material and Correspondenc
1930-1971
Box 2 Folder 37
Class of 1897
1948
Box 2 Folder 38
Cornell '99 Class Letters
1957-1958
Box 2 Folder 39
Class Newsletters (1912, 1915, 1917, 1922, 1955, 1965)
Box 2 Folder 40
'12 Reunion Material
1947
Box 2 Folder 41
Class of 1912 Accounts
1947-1953
Box 2 Folder 42
Class of 1912, Treasurer Boochever
1948
Box 2 Folder 43
Class of 1912, Boochever, dues
1949-1950
Box 2 Folder 44
Class of 1912, Boochever, dues
1951-1952
Box 2 Folder 45
Class of 1912, Boochever, dues
1951-1953
Box 2 Folder 46
Class of 1915
1948
Box 2 Folder 47
'15 - 60th Reunion talk
1915
Box 2 Folder 48
Class of 1917
1948
Box 2 Folder 49
Class of 1918
1948
Box 2 Folder 50
Class of 1922
1948
Box 2 Folder 51
Class of 1923
1948
Box 2 Folder 52
Class of 1924
1948
Box 2 Folder 53
Class of 1925
1948
Box 2 Folder 54
Class of 1926
1948
Box 2 Folder 55
"How to Conduct Class Reunions," a paper presented to the American Alumni Council National Conference
July 13, 1961
Box 3 Folder 1
Class of 1928
1948
Box 3 Folder 2
Class of 1931
1948
Box 3 Folder 3-4
Class of 1940, 10th Reunion
Box 3 Folder 5
1940 Men - reunion finances, costume
1950
Box 3 Folder 6
Class of 1947
1948
Box 3 Folder 7
Quinquennial Reunion Classes
1948
Box 3 Folder 8
Reunion Mailings
1950
Box 3 Folder 9
Reunion letters - Brewer and Munschauer Promotional Personal
1950-1952
Box 3 Folder 10
Reunion letters
1950
Box 3 Folder 11
Class mailings
1951
Box 3 Folder 12
Class mailings
1952
Box 3 Folder 13
Class mailings
1953
Box 3 Folder 14
Reunion
1965
Box 3 Folder 15
Reunion Miscellany
Box 3 Folder 16
Bradley expense account (Alumni Fund)
1948
Box 3 Folder 17
Weekly reports - HHB
1948
Box 3 Folder 18
HHB - Notes
1948
Box 3 Folder 19
Murphy, Emmet J.
1948
Box 3 Folder 20
Progress at Cornell
1948
Box 3 Folder 21
Progress at Cornell - May issue
1948
Box 3 Folder 22-23
Class letters
1948
Box 3 Folder 24-25
Alumni Fund
1948-1956
Box 3 Folder 26
Alumni Fund
1952-1956
Box 3 Folder 27
Alumni Fund
1954
Box 3 Folder 28
Alumni Fund, miscellaneous
1948
Box 3 Folder 29
Leadership Names - Cornell Fund
1948-1968
Box 3 Folder 30
Lists
1941-1967
Box 3 Folder 31
Guide for Class Officers
1973
Box 3 Folder 32
Text - Association of Class Secretaries
Box 3 Folder 33
Miscellaneous
1954-1966
Box 3 Folder 34
Ideas for Progress and Report
Box 3 Folder 35
Alumni Fund
1950-1953
Box 3 Folder 36
Alumni Fund Council Minutes
1947-1948
Box 3 Folder 37
Cornell Fund Gift Reports
1958-1961
Box 3 Folder 38
Cornell University Council
1951-1952
Box 3 Folder 39
Cornell University Council
1953-1954
Box 3 Folder 40
Cornell University Council
Jan.-May 1955
Box 3 Folder 41
Cornell University Council
Sept.-Dec. 1955
Box 3 Folder 42
American Alumni Council Conference notes
1958
Box 3 Folder 43
American Alumni Council, general
1959
Box 3 Folder 44
American Alumni Council Dist. II Conference
1959
Box 3 Folder 45
Broadside, Class of '90 - 50th Reunion
Box 4 Folder 1
American Alumni Council
1955-1959
Box 4 Folder 2
Cornell Club of New York
1946-1948
Box 4 Folder 3
Cornell Club of New York
1948
Box 4 Folder 4
Lackawanna Cornell Club
1946
Box 4 Folder 5
Guide for Cornell Clubs
1970
Box 4 Folder 6
Bradley Congratulatory Letters
1956
Box 4 Folder 7-9
Bradley Congratulatory Letters
1967
Box 4 Folder 10
Gene Kaufmann Memorial Service
1965
Box 4 Folder 11
Meade Summers (from)
1923-1926, 1978
Box 4 Folder 12
Adams, Garner S.
1948
Box 4 Folder 13
Snyder, Mrs. Olive N.
1948
Box 4 Folder 14
Kiyooka, Eiichi
1977-1978
Box 4 Folder 15
Spear, Robert D. ('19)
1972-1974
Box 4 Folder 16
Spear, Robert D.
1975, 1977-1978
Box 4 Folder 17
Memoirs of Harold C. Bernhard ('26)
1980
Box 4 Folder 18
Di Stasio, Joe ('48)
1947
Book
Box 4 Folder 19
Bradley book: Her Honor Forever Maintain
1973
Box 4 Folder 20
Original longhand text - A
Box 4 Folder 21
Original longhand text - B
Box 4 Folder 22
Original longhand text - C
Box 4 Folder 23
Original longhand text - D
Alumni Affairs
Box 4 Folder 24
History - Cornell Clubs
Box 4 Folder 25
Morris Bishop copy for review
1970
Box 4 Folder 26
Harry Kaplan copy for review
1970
Box 4 Folder 27
History - Cornell Alumni Association
Box 4 Folder 28
Alumni Association Finances
1943
Box 4 Folder 29
Cornell Alumni News
Box 4 Folder 30
History - Cornell Classes
Box 4 Folder 31
History - Cornell Fund
Box 4 Folder 32
History - Cornell Association
Box 4 Folder 33
Alumni Conventions
Box 4 Folder 34
Alumni Trustee Elections
Box 4 Folder 35
Dix Reunion Plan
Box 4 Folder 36
Scholarships
Box 4 Folder 37
Secondary School Program
Box 4 Folder 38
Alumni Institute
1935-1936
Box 4 Folder 39
A History of Cornell, Bishop
Box 4 Folder 40
History Notes
Box 4 Folder 41
History - footnotes
Box 4 Folder 42
History - Sources of Information
Box 4 Folder 43
Miscellaneous History
Box 4 Folder 44
History Chapters
Box 4 Folder 45
History Appendix
Box 4 Folder 46
Alumni Association History Index
Box 4 Folder 47
Headlines for Montage - History
Box 4 Folder 48
History - Title on cover, Title Page, Frontispiece, Introduction, Dedication, Chapter Heads
Box 4 Folder 49
Associate Alumni
1872-1922
Box 4 Folder 50
Cornell Alumni Corporation - Notes on annual meetings, Board of Directors meetings, etc.
1923-1939
Box 4 Folder 51
Elements of Style, Strunk, and notes
Box 5 Folder 1
Cornell Alumni Association
1939-
Box 5 Folder 2
Bradley's notes on the Associate Alumni Meetings Minutes
Box 5 Folder 3
Cornell Conventions
1917-1942
Box 5 Folder 4
History - Pictures - photo copies, master set #1
Box 5 Folder 5
Potential Pictures - extra
Box 5 Folder 6
Pictures captions
Box 5 Folder 7
History - Picture references
Box 5 Folder 8
History - correspondence
1970-1971
Box 5 Folder 9
Transcript of tape recording: Foster Coffin '12
Box 5 Folder 10
Transcript of tape recording: Emmet Murphy '22
Box 5 Folder 11
Transcript of tape recording: Ray Ashbery '25
Box 5 Folder 12
Transcript of tape recording: Max Schmitt '24
Box 5 Folder 13
Transcript of tape recording: Olive N. Snyder '22, Walter K. Nield '27, Herman Knauss '27 (no transcript, questions only: Willard Kiggins '21, Francis Eagan '26, Howard Stevenson '19)
Box 5 Folder 14-15
Travel guides and brochures, photos (commercial)
Box 5 Folder 16
Cornell postcard views
1901
Box 5 Folder 17-28
Cornelliana
Box 5 Folder 29
Miscellaneous
Box 6
Photograph albums
1920, 1928, n.d.
Box 7
Photograph albums
1918-1925
Box 8
Loose photographs
Box 9
Loose photographs
Box 10
Loose photographs
Box 11
Loose photographs
Box 12
Loose photographs
Box 13
Photos and broadsides
Box 14
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings (field and track)
1921
Box 15
Scrapbook: Elmo Carruthers, England trip
1926
Box 15
Scrapbook: Field and Track
1918-1925
Box 16
Newsclippings
1919
Box 16
Newsclippings
1917
Box 16
Newsclippings
1918
Box 16
Newsclippings
1919
Box 16
Newsclippings
1935
Box 16
Track Summary
1913-1914
Box 16
Records
1912
Box 16
Penn-Cornell Meet
1942
Box 17
Cornell Club of New England Minutes
1924-1938
Box 17
Cornell Club of Chicago, attendance
1914-1922
Box 17
Scrapbook, Cornell 1916 Decennial Reunion
1925
Box 18
Glass Slides
Box 18
Rubber Stamp
Box 18
Printing Blocks
Box 19
Glass Lantern Slides
Box 20
Memorabilia: Class of '26 plaque, jacket, cap, buttons; also, brass plated plate from Public Affairs Staff,
1970
Tape recordings
tr. 4935
Foster M. Coffin '12
tr. 4936
Emmet J. Murphy '22
tr. 4937
Ray Ashbery '25
tr. 4938
Max Schmitt '24 and Herman Krauss '24
tr. 4939
Olive N. Snyder '22 and Frances Egan '26a
tr. 4940
Walter K. Nield '27
tr. 4941
Willard Kiggins '21 (no transcript)
tr. 4942
Ho Ballou tape - old days at Cornell (not for history)
tr. 5201a
Memorial Service for H.H.B.
July 7, 1982