George Plimpton Adams, Jr. and Evelyn Howell Yonker Adams papers, 1924-1977.
Collection Number: 3942
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
George Plimpton Adams, Jr. and Evelyn Howell Yonker Adams papers, 1924-1977.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
3942
Abstract:
Includes correspondence, notebooks, diaries, and scrapbook of George Adams, and correspondence
and diaries of Evelyn Adams.
Creator:
Adams, George Plimpton, Jr., 1909-1977.
Adams, Evelyn Howell Yonker.
Quanitities:
2.7 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Includes correspondence, notebooks, diaries, and scrapbook of George Adams, and correspondence
and diaries of Evelyn Adams.
| George Adams | Box 1,3,4 |
| Evelyn Adams | Box 4 |
INFORMATION FOR USERS
George Plimpton Adams, Jr. and Evelyn Howell Yonker Adams papers, #3942. Division
of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
George Plimpton Adams, Jr. was a Professor of Economics at Cornell University.
Places:
Europe -- Description and travel.
Turkey -- Description and travel.
Subjects:
College teachers.
Form and Genre Terms:
Scrapbooks.
Diaries.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Correspondence
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George Adams
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
September, 1929
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
October-November, 1929
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
December, 1929
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
January-February, 1930
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
March-April, 1930
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
May, 1930
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
June-July, 1930
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
August-October, 1930
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
November-December, 1930
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
January-February, 1931
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
March-May, 1931
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
June-July, 1931
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
August-September, 1931
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
October-December, 1931
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
January-February, 1932
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
March-April, 1932
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
May-August, 1932
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| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
1935-1974 (includes miscellaneous papers)
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Evelyn Adams
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
1933-1934
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
1935
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
February-June, 1936
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
August-December, 1936
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
1936
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"Across Bythnia in a covered wagon", narrative with photographs. (From Marjorie McKillop?)
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| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
1937-1940
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| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
1941-1942
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| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
1943-1944
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| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
1945
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includes letter from George S. Phylactopoulos-"Phi-Phi" - about occupation in Greece,
1940-1945.
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| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
1946-1948
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| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
1949-1952
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| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
1953-1961
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Series II. Diaries
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George Adams
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Diaries
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| Box 3 |
1927-1929, 1934-1977
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| Box 4 |
1924-1927
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Loose Material from Diaries
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| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
1925
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| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
1939-1961
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| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
1964-1976
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Evelyn Adams
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| Box 4 |
1943,1944,1946-1951,1953-1958,1960-1973,1975,1977
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Loose notebook pages, South American trip
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Series III. Notebooks and Scrapbooks
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| Box 1 |
Notebook, Cambridge, 1927
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Contains anecdotes, quotations, excerpts, poetry
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| Box 1 |
Notebook, Undated
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Contains anecdotes, quotations, excerpts, poetry
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| Box 1 |
Notebook, Undated
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Notes, quotations, excerpts, primarily on economics
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| Box 5 |
Scrapbook, Undated
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Includes ship and restaurant menus
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