McCormick family papers, 1900-1941.
Collection Number: 1312
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
McCormick family papers, 1900-1941.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
1312
Abstract:
Consists mostly of graphic arts materials of Howard McCormick and correspondence of
family and friends.
Creator:
McCormick family.
Quanitities:
8.6 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Consists mostly of graphic arts materials of Howard McCormick, representing his work
as a wood engraver, cover designer, illustrator, and muralist, and includes prime
prints, tear sheets, sketches, lecture slides, linoleum blocks, glass plate negatives
of Navajo, Hopi, and Apache Indian dances, photonegatives of a trip to Mexico, a wood
engraving print of Abraham Lincoln's head, magazine articles written by McCormick,
exhibition catalogs, and similar materials. Also includes letters to Howard McCormick
from his brother Frederick, a Reuter's correspondent in the Far East, in which he
describes living conditions, customs, and superstitions among the Chinese, recounts
his experiences reporting the Russo-Japanese War, and gives his impressions of the
Russians; and business and personal correspondence from relatives and family friends.
Correspondents include Carl Akeley, Josephine Newell, and Grace McCormick Wilson.
Includes a woodblock print by Howard McCormick of Borglum's bust of Lincoln.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
McCormick family papers, #1312. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
McCormick, Howard.
McCormick, Frederick.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Akeley, Carl.
Newell, Josephine.
Wilson, Grace McCormick.
Places:
China.
Subjects:
Russians.
Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905.
Apache Indians.
Hopi Indians -- Dances.
Navajo Indians.
Graphic arts.
Indians of North America -- Pictorial works.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photonegatives.
Glass plate negatives.
Lantern slides.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence
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1900-1905 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence
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1907-1914 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence
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1929-1930 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence
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1933-1939 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence
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1940-1941 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence
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Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
McCormick Family Miscellany
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| Box 1 | Folder 8-13 |
Miscellany including tear sheets, pamphlets, certificates concerning Howard McCormick's
art work
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| Box 1 | Folder 14-20 |
Newpaper Clippings
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| Box 2 |
Gutzon Borglum's Head of Lincoln: engraving on wood block by Howard McCormick and
electrotype for magazine reproduction (see box 10)
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| Box 3 |
Photographs and Negatives: Mexico
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| Box 4 |
Lantern Slides: Old Mexico; Wood Engraving Lecture
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| Box 5 |
Lantern Slides: Wood Engraving Lecture
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| Box 6 |
Lantern Slides: Southwestern Indians - Hopi and Navajo
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| Box 7 |
Lantern Slides: Southwestern Indians
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| Box 8 |
Photographs: Southwestern Indians
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| Box 9 |
Glass Plates, Photogrpahs, Negatives: Europe (Italy and France); Gessos; Murals; Portrait
of Howard McCormick; McCormick and Friends
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| Box 10 |
Sketches, Paintings, Engravings, etc. (Lincoln paint and proof)
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| Box 11 |
Sketches, Paintings, Engravings, etc. (Lincoln paint and proof)
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| Box 12 |
Tear Sheets and Other Examples of McCormick's Work
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| Box 13 |
Linoleum Printing Blocks
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| Box 14 |
Engraving Tools and Wooden Box
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| Box 15 |
Wood Engraving Blocks
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| Box 16 |
Wood Engraving Blocks
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| Box 17 |
L'Marold Album - Engravings by McCormick
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| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Engravings, Sketches, Paintings, etc.
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| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Engravings, Sketches, Paintings, etc.
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