Barlow Ware papers, 1921-2012.
Collection Number: 4-3-2587
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Barlow Ware papers, 1921-2012.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4-3-2587
Abstract:
Files of Barlow Ware relating to his life and work at Cornell University. Contains
files from his work in the Office of Special Projects and Alumni Affairs. These files
mostly pertain to fundraising for fraternities; several files contain copies of documents
relating to the transfer of the houses to university ownership. Files relating to
his personal life including many items regarding his family genealogy from the Ware,
Barlow, Effinger families and others, correspondence with family members including
many letters written to his mother, Katherine Taylor Effinger, as a child and photographs.
Photo albums covering his entire life, including his time at Cornell as a student.
Files relating to his support of Cornell include his awards and recognitions including
his Hall of Fame and Foremost Benefactor inductions. Also a typescript European travel
diary from a lengthy trip in 1956-1957. Also material relating to his support of the
glass Blaschka Marine Invertebrate Collection. Other items relate to his work with
Rotary International and the Boy Scouts of America.
Creator:
Ware, Barlow, 1925-2011.
Quanitities:
1.2 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
William Barlow Ware Jr. graduated from Cornell University in 1947. Ware served as
manager to the wrestling team and as Touchdown the Bear. He would later join Cornell
to work in Alumni Affairs and Development as director of Special Projects. He also
served as the voice of the Big Red as the announcer at hockey and football games.
His dedication to Cornell and the Ithaca community through his service and his donations
would earn him numerous recognitions including induction into the Cornell Athletic
Hall of Fame, recognition as a Foremost Benefactor, the Frank H. T. Rhodes Exemplary
Alumni Service Award, Rotary Foundation Meritorious Service Award, Boy Scouts of America
Silver Beaver Award, and many others.
Files of Barlow Ware relating to his life and work at Cornell University. Contains
files from his work in the Office of Special Projects and Alumni Affairs. These files
mostly pertain to fundraising for fraternities; several files contain copies of documents
relating to the transfer of the houses to university ownership. Files relating to
his personal life including many items regarding his family genealogy from the Ware,
Barlow, Effinger families and others, correspondence with family members including
many letters written to his mother, Katherine Taylor Effinger, as a child and photographs.
Photo albums covering his entire life, including his time at Cornell as a student.
Files relating to his support of Cornell include his awards and recognitions including
his Hall of Fame and Foremost Benefactor inductions. Also a typescript European travel
diary from a lengthy trip in 1956-1957. Also material relating to his support of the
glass Blaschka Marine Invertebrate Collection. Other items relate to his work with
Rotary International and the Boy Scouts of America.
New York Times article from June 15, 1947 titled "The College Graduate-1947 Model
Signed photograph of President Livingston Farrand to Foster Coffin
Cornell blanket
Craigielea Memorial Education Fund of Chi Phi seal.
French engravings, Les deux Grands-Ducs, Un nouveau converti, and Paris enrhume by
Honoré Daumier.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Barlow Ware papers, #4-3-2587. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Effinger family.
Cornell University -- : Students.
Boy Scouts of America
Quill and Dagger Society (Cornell University)
Rotary International
Wildegg (Castle)
Cornell University. Office of Special Projects
Cornell University. Class of 1947
Subjects:
Greek letter societies -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Office of Special Projects records
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Alpha Delta Phi
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1958-1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Alpha Epsilon Phi
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1983 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Chi Phi
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1971-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Alpha Phi Alpha
|
1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
General fraternity information
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1975-1982 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Chi Phi
|
1967-1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7-8 |
Chi Psi
|
1968-1969 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Delta Chi
|
1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Delta Kappa Epsilon
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1960-1972 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Delta Phi
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1973-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Delta Sigma Phi
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1980-1983 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Delta Tau Delta
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1963-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Group Housing funds summary
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1961-1966 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Delta Upsilon
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1960-1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Kappa Alpha
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1958-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Kappa Alpha Fund
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1945-1946 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Kappa Alpha Theta
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1968-1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Kappa Delta
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1972-1975 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Kappa Sigma Group Housing Fund
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1973-1976 |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Phi Gamma Delta
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1976-1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Phi Kappa Psi
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1980-1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Pi Kappa Phi
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1983-1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Psi Upsilon
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1963-1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25-27 |
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
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1980-1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Sigma Alpha Mu
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1961-1977 |
| Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Sigma Nu
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1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Sigma Phi Epsilon
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1975 |
| Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Theta Delta Chi
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1978-1985 |
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Series II. Photograph Albums
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| Box 2 |
Childhood photos of Ware
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1930 | |
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Scope and Contents
Personal photos of friends and events.
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| Box 2 |
Photo album of Katherine Taylor Effinger
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1935-1940 | |
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Scope and Contents
Family album of labeled photographs of Ware as a child and other family members, friends,
and travels.
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| Box 2 |
Photo album of Katherine Taylor Effinger
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1935-1950 | |
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Scope and Contents
Family album of photographs of Ware as a child and other family members through his
time as a Cornell student. Includes images of travels to Sierra Madre, Washington
D.C. and others. Many labeled photographs of friends and family members.
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Woodberry Forest School and Cornell University album
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1939-1989 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes photos of student activities, Cornell Dramatic Club photos (Alex Drummond
cast Ware in shows 1943-1945, campus buildings, 419 Wyckoff, Janie Caldwell, 1947
Winter ice carving contest, Cornell wrestling, 1947 graduation, Ware's mother and
father, travels and family photos, Ware plot at Dale Cementery and Effinger Mausoleum
in Thornrose Cemetery, Fiddle-On-Picton cabin in Clayton New York, Cornell Glee Club
in Beijing China.,
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Rotary and personal photo album
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1988-1993 |
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Scope and Contents
Images of Rotary events, people, trips and personal photos. Includes photos of the
Dali Lama.
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Rotary and personal photo album
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1992-1995 |
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Scope and Contents
Images of Rotary events, people, trips and personal photos. Cornell Class of 1947
reunion
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Rotary and personal photo album
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1996-1998 |
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Scope and Contents
Images of Rotary events, people, trips and personal photos.
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| Box 2 |
Photo album of Ware's home, interior and exterior, on 524 Wyckoff Road.
|
1995 | |
| Box 2 |
Rotary and personal photo album
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1998-2003 | |
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Scope and Contents
Images of Rotary events, and friends. Photo of three Cornell sports announcers, Elmer
"Flip" Phillips '32, Barlow Ware '47, and Arthur Mintz '71.Photo signed by President
George Walker Bush. Photos of Cornell Class of 1947 reunion 2002, Ware's Athletic
Hall of Fame induction.
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| Box 2 |
Alumni affairs photo album
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2003 | |
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Scope and Contents
Possibly in honor of Ware's retirement, but also includes photos from his induction
to the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame and a letter from Ned Harkness.
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| Box 2 |
Photo album
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2003-2006 | |
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Scope and Contents
Personal photos of friends and events.
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| Box 2 |
Takeuchi family visit photo album
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December 2002 | |
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Scope and Contents
Personal photos of friends and events.
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| Box 2 |
Dedication of W. Barlow Ware Bench photo album
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September 27, 2008 | |
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Scope and Contents
Dedication of stone bench outside of Teagle Hall.
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| Box 3 |
Foremost Benefactor album
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May 8, 2006 | |
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Scope and Contents
Album containing programs and photographs relating to Ware's recognition event as
a foremost benefactor of Cornell University. Includes photographs of Ware, former
Presidents Frank H. T. Rhodes and Dale Corson, Andy Noel and many other friends and
athletic and alumni affairs staff. Photos show the presentation of the Ezra Cornell
statute and Ware's inscription on the Builder's Wall. Also a number of letters with
memories and thanks to Ware. Some copies of photos from early in Ware's Cornell career
as well.
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Series III. Personal Files Including Genealogy
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Biographical information
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Undated |
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Scope and Contents
Photos, employment history, reflections on his 50th Reunion
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| Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Personal files
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1946-2003 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes letters relating to items in his home, his Rolodex cards, correspondence,
some relating to the Cornell Wrestling team, invitation letter for his induction into
the Quill and Dagger Society, photo of him as Touchdown the bear and a letter from
Herb Roth Sr. about Ware being the bear.
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| Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Barlow family genealogy
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Undated |
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Scope and Contents
Includes information and family trees on Brewster, Bradford, Laflin, Richmond and
other surnames, descendent chart of William Henry Barlow, notes compiled by Edward
Richmond Ware, History of the Episcopal Church in Sing Sing by William Henry Barlow,
info on Howard Barlow, correspondence, publications.
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| Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Ware family genealogy
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1892-1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Information and family trees related to the Ware family. Many items relating to or
from Edward Richmond Ware including baptism and birth records, military service records,
pamphlet by him on the Barlow Santorium, correspondence relating to personal possessions,
memorial program, correspondence relating to grave markers and deed for plots in the
Dale Cemetery Association, photographs of gravestones and a map of Warecrest, the
estate of E. R. Ware in Yonkers, New York, additional correspondence. Also map of
Woodlawn Cemetery, info on the Elisha Ware homestead, Edward James Ware info and cabinet
card, article on Henry Ware, information on the Great Bed of Ware in England.
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| Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Effinger and Smith family genealogy
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1985-1995 |
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Scope and Contents
Information and family trees related to the Effinger family. Includes correspondence
from and information on Robert C. Effinger and sons. Letters to his sister Katherine
and to Barlow, some not related to genealogy. Last Will and Testament of Daniel Smith
of Rockingham. The Frontiersman, the publication of the Society for Descendants of
Colonel John Smith. Information and correspondence relating to the opening of the
Woodrow Wilson Museum at his birthplace. The museum is in the Effinger family house.
Items relating to Wildegg Castle.
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| Box 4 | Folder 6 |
Wildegg Castle items
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1997 |
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Scope and Contents
Postcards, photographs, publications and correspondence relating to the castle in
Switzerland. The Effinger family owned the castle.
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| Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Katherine Taylor Effinger items
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1921-1959 |
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Scope and Contents
William Barlow Ware's wife and W. Barlow Ware Jr's mother. Includes birth and death
certificates, trust indenture. Correspondence includes letters from W. B. Ware regarding
their upcoming marriage, letters from doctors regarding Ware's arm. Letters from camp
counsellors regarding Ware's progress, several from Camp Marienfeld in New Hampshire.
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| Box 4 | Folder 8 |
Letters from W. Barlow Ware Jr. to his mother
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1934 |
| Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Letters from W. Barlow Ware Jr. to his mother
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1935 |
| Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Letters from W. Barlow Ware Jr. to his mother
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1936 |
| Box 4 | Folder 11 |
Letters from W. Barlow Ware Jr. to his mother
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1937 |
| Box 4 | Folder 12 |
Letters and writings of W. Barlow Ware Jr. as a child
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Circa 1935 |
| Box 4 | Folder 13 |
European travel diary
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1956-1957 |
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Scope and Contents
Typescript copies, 191 pages, of a travel diary to Europe, namely France and Italy,
England and Germany are also mentioned. It is unclear the connection to Ware, though
Barlow Ware is mentioned as being on the trip within, or the exact names of those
involved. A cover letter is from members of the Staley family of Wellesley Hills Massachusetts.
A J P. Humphreys is the likely author, probably James Patton Humphreys, who had a
sister named Mary Staley. The name Brud is also mentioned frequently in the diary
as is his father, Pa. Brud's brother is listed as Pat, which is probably short for
Patton. Pat's wife Jane is also mentioned, this is probably Jane Schroeder Humphreys.
Brud was a teacher at the Belmont Hill School Massachusetts. Pat taught at South Kent
School Connecticut. Both Brud and Pat studied at the Sorbonne and much of the diary
is from France. The journey begins stateside on the way to New York and a booking
on the ship Maasdam.
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| Box 4 | Folder 14 |
Ruslan Samedov correspondence
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2002 |
| Box 4 | Folder 15 |
John Hultgren correspondence
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2003 |
| Box 4 | Folder 16 |
Miscellany
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|
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Scope and Contents
Includes photographs probably of Camp Marienfeld in the 1930s. Ware with Touchdown
the bear, birthday cards and other correspondence and photographs. Also A Prayer for
Barlow Ware dated January 22, 2006.
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| Box 4 |
Ithaca Rotary Club News
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July 1990 - July 1991 | |
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Scope and Contents
Ware's personal bound copies of Rotary News, The Rotary Club of Ithaca, New York.
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| Box 6 | MU-2498 |
Cornell piggy bank
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| Box 5 | MU-2497 |
Small male ballet dancer statue
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| Box 5 |
Miscellaneous small items
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Scope and Contents
Includes Cornell seal gold cufflinks (MU-2496); various Cornell pins and fobs, many
from Ware's undergraduate days, including wrestling club, manager fob, student council,
Chi Phi (21351), Cayuga Society, Snoopy and Woodstock, Cornell bear, Boy Scouts of
America James E. West Fellowship Award.
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| Box 8 |
Fiddle-On-Picton cabin painting
|
1975 | |
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Scope and Contents
Painting by Joe Miller of Ware's cabin in Clayton New York on the St. Lawrence River.
Ware would bring various Cornell affiliated individuals for retreats here.
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| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Charcoal portrait of Barlow Ware as a child
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Scope and Contents
Signed by the artist, possibly G. J. Shepherd
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Series IV. Awards, Recognitions, Ceremonies
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| Box 4 | Folder 17 |
Awards and Recognitions
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Scope and Contents
Includes items and articles relating to Chi Phi, 1992 Tompkins County Distinguished
Citizen Award, Rotary Foundation Meritorious Service Award, Boy Scouts of America
Silver Beaver Award.
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| Box 4 | Folder 18 |
Blaschka Marine Invertebrate Collection project
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2006 |
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Scope and Contents
Binder of material discussing the restoration project and showing images of the unveiling
celebration in Corson-Mudd Hall, November 2006.
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| Box 4 | Folder 19 |
Blaschka Collections
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1993-2006 |
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Scope and Contents
Photographs, publications, clippings and other items relating to Blaschka glass collections
at Cornell and Harvard and Ware and Ware family support of the them.
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| Box 4 | Folder 20 |
Blaschka Glass Collection publications
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1940-1991 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes the book Glass Flowers in the Ware Collection by Fritz Kredel, postcards
from the Corning Museum of Glass and the Cornell collections.
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| Box 4 | Folder 21 |
Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame Induction
|
2003 |
| Box 4 | Folder 22 |
Cornell Foremost Benefactor Induction
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2005-2006 |
| Box 4 | Folder 23 |
Frank H. T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service Award Induction
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2007 |
| Box 4 | Folder 24 |
Barlow Ware Bench Celebration
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2007 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes photographs by George Gull of the bench outside Teagle Hall placed in gratitude
of Ware's love and service to Cornell.
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| Box 4 | Folder 25 |
Memorial Service
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2012 |
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Scope and Contents
Planning documents, programs, speeches, remembrances, regarding Ware's memorial service.
Also photographs from Thornrose Cemetery in Staunton Virginia showing the Effinger
/ Ware mausoleum and Ware's marker.
Video of the memorial service is available online here: A Celebration of the Life of Barlow Ware
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| Box 8 |
Oversize Cornell items
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Scope and Contents
80th birthday card signed by many people, photo of Ware on his stone bench signed
by several people, Athletic Hall of Fame certificate,
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| Mapcase Folder 1 |
70th birthday card signed by many people
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| Box 4 | Folder 26 |
Silver tray
MU-2481 |
June 15, 1974 |
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Scope and Contents
Presented to Ware by the Chi Phi Charter House Association for devotion to the Xi
chapter.
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| Box 4 |
Boy Scouts of America Silver Beaver Award
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June 18, 1980 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes plaque and medal.
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| Box 4 | Folder 27 |
Unsung Hero Award Rotary District 717 plaque
MU-2485 |
1985-1986 |
| Box 7 | MU-2499 |
Boy Scouts of America Baden-Powell Council Distinguished Citizen Award
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1992 |
| Box 7 | MU-2500 |
Horace E. Shackelton '19 Memorial Award for Track Officials
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1993 |
| Box 4 | Folder 27 |
Rotary Service Award plaque
MU-2487 |
1994 |
| Box 4 | Folder 27 |
Ithaca Sunrise Rotary Honorary Member plaque
MU-2482 |
June 29, 1994 |
| Box 4 | Folder 27 |
Distinguished Service Award Rotary Foundation plaque
MU-2483 |
1999-2000 |
| Box 4 | Folder 27 |
Lifetime Honorary District Governor Rotary International District 7170 plaque
MU-2484 |
2004 |
| Box 5 | MU-2494-2495 |
Rotary Foundation of Rotary International crystal dove paperweights
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| Box 5 | MU-2493 |
Rotary Foundation of Rotary International crystal paperweights
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| Box 4 | Folder 27 |
Guardian Angel for the Ithaca Sun Rise Rotary Club plaque
MU-2486 |
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| Box 4 | Folder 28 |
Beaver medal on ribbon
MU-2489 |
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| Box 4 | Folder 28 |
Luggage tag
MU-2490 |
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| Box 4 | Folder 28 |
Ithaca centennial medal
MU-2491 |
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| Box 4 | Folder 28 |
Athletic Hall of Fame badge
MU-2492 |
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| Box 7 | MU-2488 |
The Spirit and Voice of Cornell, granite plaque with image of Ware
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2003 |
| Box 3 | MU-4092 |
Quill and Dagger Alumni Association Clark S. Northrup 1996 Recognition Award
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1996 |
| Box 3 | MU-4091 |
Ornate brass knife letter opener
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Undated |