Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Flower-Sprecher Veterinary Library
records, 1897-2004.
Collection Number: 24-15-3366
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Flower-Sprecher Veterinary Library
records, 1897-2004.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
24-15-3366
Abstract:
Subject files, accession records, and photographs created by the Flower-Sprecher Veterinary
Library at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine.
Creator:
Cornell University. College of Veterinary Medicine. Flower-Sprecher Veterinary Library
Quanitities:
3.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
The library at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine was founded on
September 21, 1897. It was originally named after New York State governor, Roswell
P. Flower, but became the Flower-Sprecher Veterinary Library in 1992 when it was renamed
to recognize the generosity of Dr. and Mrs. Isidor I. Sprecher.
Subject files, accession records, and photographs created by the Flower-Sprecher Veterinary
Library at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine.
See also the John B. Taylor and Simon Henry Gage correspondence, #24-4-m.1021, for
more information about early funding for the library
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Flower-Sprecher Veterinary Library
Records, # 24-15-3366. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University
Library.
Names:
Cornell University. College of Veterinary Medicine. Flower-Sprecher Veterinary Library
Subjects:
Veterinary libraries.
Veterinary medicine -- Study and teaching.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Subject Files
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Founding
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1897, 1901 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Histories of the Library
|
1930-2004, n.d. |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Administration - General
|
1925, 1935 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Alpha Correspondence, B-C
|
1930-1947 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Alpha Correspondence, G-O
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1930-1947 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Alpha Correspondence, R-W
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1930-1947 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Alumni Room Project
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1940-1945 |
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Archives
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
College Archives
|
2002-2004 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
College Historian/Ann Traitor
|
1995-1996 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Organization Plans
|
1970s |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Photo Classification
|
1970s |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
College newsletters (incomplete run) and miscellany
|
1962-1981 |
| Box 3 |
Catalog Cards
|
1970s | |
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Buildings and Facilities
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
General
|
1970 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Equipment - H.J. Bool Co.
|
1924-1932 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Equipment - Library Bureau
|
1924-1938 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Pictures on Walls
|
1931, 1937, 1939 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Move to Schurman - Memoranda
|
1954-1957 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Move to Schurman - Equipment
|
1956-1957 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Move to Schurman - Space Allotment
|
1956-1957 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Move to Schurman - Moving Plans
|
1956-1957 |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Move to Schurman - Clocks, Switches, Phones, Dumbwaiter, Keys
|
1956-1957 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Move to Schurman - Revisions
|
1956-1957 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Move to Schurman - Miscellaneous
|
1954-1957 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Floor Plans and Equipment Inventories
|
1973 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Card Catalog Filing Rules
|
1960s |
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Exhibits
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| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Women of the Vet School
|
1975-1976 |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Horse Portraiture
|
1976 |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
James Law
|
1970s |
| Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Miscellaneous
|
1970s |
| Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Faculty Portraits in the Library
|
1960 |
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Faculty Publications - catalog cards
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| Box 3 |
Henry Asmus
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| Box 3 |
Earl Louis Brunett
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| Box 3 |
Samuel H. Burnett
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| Box 3 |
Pierre A. Fish
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| Box 3 |
James N. Frost
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| Box 3 |
Simon Henry Gage
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| Box 3 |
Charles Hayden
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| Box 3 |
Grant Sherman Hopkins
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| Box 3 |
James Law
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| Box 3 |
Veranus A. Moore
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Gifts
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| Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Alumni Gifts to the Library
|
1960-1970 |
| Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Gift Books
|
1929-1958 |
| Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Gift Books - James Law
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n.d. |
| Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Gift Books - Veranus Moore
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n.d. |
|
Handouts
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| Box 1 | Folder 35 |
General
|
1950-1969 |
| Box 1 | Folder 62 |
General - legal sized
|
1950-1969 |
| Box 1 | Folder 36 |
Reference Sources
|
1950-1969 |
| Box 1 | Folder 37 |
Reference
|
2002 |
| Box 1 | Folder 62 |
General - legal sized
|
1950-1969 |
| Box 1 | Folder 38 |
Library Humor
|
1960s |
| Box 1 | Folder 39 |
Newsletter
|
1974-1982 |
| Box 1 | Folder 40 |
Rare Books - List
|
2003 |
| Box 1 | Folder 41 |
Required Book Lists
|
1935-1962 |
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Serials
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| Box 1 | Folder 42 |
Lists
|
1898-1923, n.d. |
| Box 1 | Folder 43 |
Lists
|
1935, 1957, n.d. |
| Box 1 | Folder 44 |
Lists
|
1962, 1967, 1972 |
| Box 1 | Folder 45 |
Subjects to be Indexed
|
1960-1975 |
|
Staff
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| Box 1 | Folder 46 |
Burnett, Nellie
|
1945 |
| Box 1 | Folder 47 |
Heyns, Erla
|
2001 |
| Box 1 | Folder 48 |
Williams, E. Clifford
|
1961-1996 |
| Manuscript Box 41 |
Williams, E. Clifford: certificate of appreciation (oversize)
|
1946 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 49 |
Whitaker, Susanne
|
1977 |
| Box 1 | Folder 50 |
Miscellaneous
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 51 |
Miscellaneous
|
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Baker Institute
|
2004 |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 |
CVM history
|
2003 |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Don't Forget the Horse Doctor
|
2004 |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Exhibition: "In Her Footsteps: Early Women Graduates in the College of Veterinary
Medicine, 1910-1940"
|
2003 |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Vet education - NYU Endowment Fund
|
19-- |
| Box 4 | Folder 6 |
Women Veterinarians
|
2003 |
| Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Book Lists from Old Library
|
1898-1946 |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 |
Annual Reports
|
1926-1961 |
| Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Administrative Data
|
1946-1951 |
| Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Library Plans
|
1947-1953 |
| Box 4 | Folder 11 |
Roswell Pettibone Flower
|
1993-2003 |
| Box 4 | Folder 12 |
Library Society Kick-Off-Binder
|
March 9. 2001 |
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Series II. Photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 52 |
Entry in Veterinary Education Center
|
2002 |
| Box 1 | Folder 53 |
Reunion Display
|
2002 |
| Box 1 | Folder 54 |
"Photos Used in 'A Walk thru Flower Library'"
|
1970s |
| Box 1 | Folder 55 |
University Photo Publicity Shots
|
2000 |
| Box 1 | Folder 56 |
Susanne Whitaker's 25th Anniversary
|
June 2002 |
| Box 1 | Folder 57 |
Library Society
|
2001 |
| Box 1 |
Happy 100th Birthday Mrs. Sprecker - Photo Book
|
2013 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 58 |
Miscellaneous
|
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| Box 4 | Folder 13 |
Veterinary Library Photos
|
various dates |
| Box 4 | Folder 14 |
Veterinary Library Slides
|
1898-1946 |
| Box 4 | Folder 15 |
Veterinary Library Society
|
1990s |
| Box 4 | Folder 16 |
Veterinary Library Centennial-contact sheets
|
1997 |
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Series III. Accession Records, Requisitions
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| Box 1 | Folder 59 |
"Flower Fund"
|
1975-1983 |
| Box 2 |
"Bindery Record"
|
1927-1948 | |
| Box 3 |
untitled bound volume (large)
|
1897-1899 | |
| Box 3 |
untitled bound volume (large)
|
1899-1907 | |
| Box 3 |
untitled bound volume (large)
|
1907-1917 | |
| Box 3 |
untitled bound volume (large)
|
1917-1928 | |
| Box 3 |
untitled bound volume
|
1928-1931 | |
| Box 3 |
untitled bound volume
|
1931-1936 | |
| Box 3 |
untitled bound volume
|
1936-1942 | |
| Box 3 |
untitled bound volume
|
1942-1947 | |
| Box 2 |
untitled bound volume
|
1940-1946 | |
| Box 2 |
untitled bound volume
|
1947-1951 | |
| Box 2 |
untitled bound volume
|
1951-1963 | |
| Box 3 |
untitled bound volume
|
1964-1975 | |
| Box 2 |
untitled bound volume
|
1928-1950 | |
| Box 2 |
untitled bound volume
|
1950-1956 | |
| Box 2 |
untitled bound volume
|
1956-1961 | |
| Box 2 |
untitled bound volume
|
1961-1964 | |
| Box 2 |
untitled bound volume
|
1964-1967 | |
| Box 2 |
untitled bound volume
|
1967-1970 | |
| Box 2 |
untitled bound volume
|
1970-1973 | |
| Box 2 |
"State"
|
1973-1977 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 60 |
"State"
|
1977-1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 61 |
untitled loose leaf volume
|
1981-1984 |
| Box 4 | Folder 17 |
Requisitions
|
1924-1934 |
| Box 4 | Folder 18 |
Correspondence about Classifications, Requisitions
|
1929-1958 |
| Box 4 | Folder 19 |
Library Statistics
|
1932-1961 |