Guide to the Helen Vandervort Papers,
1922-1994

Collection Number: 4378

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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Description	Container
Series I. Libraries and Miscellaneous
Library Financial Records	Box 1	Folder 1
Library correspondence: Tompkins County Public Library and Finger Lakes Library System	Box 1	Folder 2
Finger Lakes Public Library System	Box 1	Folder 3
Friends of the Library	Box 1	Folder 4
Library dedication	Box 1	Folder 5
Tompkins County Public Library	Box 1	Folder 6
Cornell Library Association	Box 1	Folder 7
Library - Study Team/Reference Team	Box 1	Folder 8
Library Contracts, Agreements, Proclamations	Box 1	Folder 9
Micellaneous correspondence	Box 1	Folder 10
Personal correspondence	Box 1	Folder 11
Vandervort Christmas letters	Box 1	Folder 12
Flora Rose Fellowship	Box 1	Folder 13-15
Flora Rose Scholarship	Box 1	Folder 16-18
Flemmie Kittrell Fellowship	Box 1	Folder 19
Emily Atkers (aunt of Alfred Kahn)	Box 1	Folder 20
Agda Osborn	Box 1	Folder 21
Vertrees Ackerly (cousin active in Home Bureau)	Box 1	Folder 22-23
Connie Cook	Box 1	Folder 24
Jeanette B. McCay	Box 1	Folder 25
Meade Summers	Box 1	Folder 26-27
Nelson Rockefeller	Box 1	Folder 28
Miscellaneous local projects	Box 1	Folder 29
Route 96 controversy	Box 1	Folder 30
"Doing Woman's History" - 1986 conference on research sources at Cornell	Box 1	Folder 31
Cooperative Extension miscellany	Box 1	Folder 32
Small projects	Box 1	Folder 33
Class of 1926 miscellany	Box 1	Folder 34
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Foundation	Box 1	Folder 35
Susan B. Anthongy coin	Box 1	Folder 36
Woman's Hall of Fame director's meetings	Box 1	Folder 37-40
Woman's Hall of Fame catalogs	Box 1	Folder 41-42
Libraries - general guidelines, other local libraries	Box 2	Folder 1
Library - donations	Box 2	Folder 2
Albany fund raising	Box 2	Folder 3
Woman's Community Building	Box 2	Folder 4
New York State Department of Commerce Woman's Council	Box 2	Folder 5
United Way	Box 2	Folder 6
Hospital	Box 2	Folder 7
Cornell University Council - membership	Box 2	Folder 8
Gamma Sigma Delta	Box 2	Folder 9
Martha Van Rensselaer Hall - new wing	Box 2	Folder 10
Savage Hall - fund raising	Box 2	Folder 11
New York State Fair	Box 2	Folder 12
Syracuse Music Museum	Box 2	Folder 13
Miscellaneous lectures	Box 2	Folder 14
Retirement from New York Sate Fair	Box 2	Folder 15
Speeches	Box 2	Folder 16
Certificates	Box 2	Folder 17
Series II. Senior Citizens
Miscellany	Box 2	Folder 18
RSVP	Box 2	Folder 19
Cookbook for Two (draft)	Box 2	Folder 20
Older Persons Records	Box 2	Folder 21
Sorority	Box 2	Folder 22
Biography	Box 2	Folder 23-24
Jody Colerick	Box 2	Folder 25
Thesis: Adaptional Process in Later Life, by Elizabeth Jo Colerick	Box 2	Folder 26
Old letters, monographs, health bill	Box 2	Folder 27-29
Older Persons Record	Box 3	Folder 1-4
Senior Citizen course taught at Elmira	Box 3	Folder 5-6
Nutrition for the Elderly - Title IV	Box 3	Folder 7
Ruth Pond correspondence - Colbert, Shipherd, etc.	Box 3	Folder 8
Senior Citizens and Aging Gray Panthers	Box 3	Folder 9
Office for the Aging	Box 3	Folder 10
Lansing Housing Authorities	Box 3	Folder 11
Material on Holland	Box 3	Folder 12
Correspondence	Box 3	Folder 13
New York State Health Planning Commission	Box 3	Folder 14
Right to Die	Box 3	Folder 15-16
Protective Services for Aged	Box 3	Folder 17
Legislation	Box 3	Folder 18-19
White House Conference on Aging, 1971	Box 3	Folder 20-22
Health care	Box 3	Folder 23
Vision care	Box 3	Folder 24
Miscellany	Box 3	Folder 25-26
Senior Citizens' Council reports	Box 3	Folder 27
Senior Citizens' Council - new buildings	Box 3	Folder 28-29
Senior Citizens' Council evaluations	Box 3	Folder 30
Senior Citizens' Council Operations Manual	Box 3	Folder 31
Tompkins County Office for the Aging	Box 3	Folder 32
Housing for the elderly	Box 3	Folder 33
State Plan for the Aging	Box 3	Folder 34
New York State Office for the Aging	Box 3	Folder 35
New York State Office for the Aging - Older Americans Act Program Committee	Box 3	Folder 36
Special items - letter to Gannett re. funds to complete the payment for the Senior Citizen Center	Box 3	Folder 37
New York State Older Americans Act	Box 4	Folder 1
Tompkins County Older Americans Needs Assessment Survey	Box 4	Folder 2
Series III. Printed Material
Legislative Approaches to the Problems of the Elderly; A Handbook of Model State Statutes	Box 4
The Golden Years...A Tarnished Myth	Box 4
The Employment Problems of Older Workers	Box 4
Serve: Older Volunteers in Communtiy Service	Box 4
Report of the Advisory Committee on Service Centres for Old People - Netherlands?	Box 4
Series IV. Biographical Information
Cassette tape and Genealogy of William Bull-1984	Box 5
Resume, Photographs	Box 6	Folder 1
Achievements, 1960s-1970s	Box 6	Folder 2
High School Memorabilia	Box 6	Folder 3
Newspaper Clippings, 1920s-1970s	Box 6	Folder 4
Congratulatory letters for Helen's receiving the Women of Achievement Award, 1967	Box 6	Folder 5
Same as above, 1967	Box 6	Folder 6
Series V. Correspondence
Obituary, Clippings, Correspondence concerning Helen Vandervort's death, 1994	Box 6	Folder 7
Correspondence, clippings, photos concerning the Vandervort and Bull Families, 1950s-1980s	Box 6	Folder 8
Clippings concerning Amy Bull Crist - Helen's sister, 1989	Box 6	Folder 9
Correspondence concerning Harry Bull - Helen's uncle, 1978	Box 6	Folder 10
Condolences - death of Helen's Father, 1965	Box 6	Folder 11
Postcards to and from John and Helen Vandervort	Box 6	Folder 12
Correspondence - from Helen's family to Helen, 1923-1948	Box 6	Folder 13
Correspondence written by Helen Vandervort, 1920	Box 6	Folder 14
Correspondence written by John Vandervort	Box 6	Folder 15
Correspondence - from Helen's mother to Helen, Jan. 1924-May 1924	Box 6	Folder 16
Correspondence - from Helen's mother to Helen, June 1925, Dec. 1925	Box 6	Folder 17
Correspondence - from Helen's mother to Helen, 1926, 1943, 1960	Box 6	Folder 18
Correspondence - from Helen's father to Helen, undated	Box 6	Folder 19
Correspondence - from Helen's children, 1940s-1950s	Box 6	Folder 20
Correspondence - from various people, 1924	Box 6	Folder 21
Correspondence - from various people, 1925-1928	Box 6	Folder 22
Correspondence - from various people, undated - early	Box 6	Folder 23
Correspondence - from famous people, 1920s-1980s	Box 6	Folder 24
Correspondence, clippings, photos, concerning the Rockefellers, 1960s-1970s	Box 6	Folder 25
Correspondence - personal, 1940s-1950s	Box 6	Folder 26
Correspondence - personal, 1960s-1980s	Box 6	Folder 27
Correspondence - personal, 1960s-1980s	Box 6	Folder 28
Correspondence - personal, 1960s-1980s	Box 6	Folder 29
Correspondence - personal, 1960s-1980s	Box 6	Folder 30
Correspondence - personal, 1960s-1980s	Box 6	Folder 31
Correspondence concerning politics, 1960s-1980s	Box 6	Folder 32
Correspondence concerning Savage Hall, 1980s	Box 6	Folder 33
Correspondence with Shizuko Muto, 1980s	Box 6	Folder 34
Correspondence - concerning course at Elmira College, Antique Sale, Auction Channel 24, 1950s-1980s	Box 6	Folder 35
Correspondence - concerning students helped for Cornell Admission, 1960s-1980s	Box 6	Folder 36
Correspondence concerning job opportunities, 1920s and 1988	Box 6	Folder 37
Correspondence concerning MVR booklet by Percival, 1950s-1960s	Box 6	Folder 38
Correspondence concerning SUNY, 1960s-1980s	Box 6	Folder 39
Correspondence concerning Library Association, 1960s	Box 6	Folder 40
Correspondence with Jeanette McCay, 1980s	Box 6	Folder 41
Series VI. New York State Fair
NYS Fair material - including photos, Nelson Rockefeller letters, 1950s-1970s	Box 6	Folder 42
NYS Fair material, 1960s-1970s	Box 6	Folder 43-45
Series VII. Subject Files
Calendars, 1960s-1980s	Box 5
Alpha House - correspondence, clippings, minutes of meetings	Box 5
Campus Master Plan and Response to the SUNY Master Plan to 1980 - College of Human Ecology	Box 5	Folder 1
College Committee on Public Service and Continuing Education - suggested ways to expand continuing education in Human Ecology, 1971	Box 5	Folder 2
Guidelines for Field Experience - report, 1971	Box 5	Folder 2
Report of 1970-71 Admissions and Recruitment Activities, 1971	Box 5	Folder 2
Plan of Organization for the College of Home Economics from David Knapp, 1969	Box 5	Folder 3
Planning for the 1980s- from Jerome Zigler to Advisory Council, 1979	Box 5	Folder 3
DNS- Philosophy Statement, 1976	Box 5	Folder 3
DNS Goals and Plans - 1981-1986, 1980	Box 5	Folder 3
Extracts from Dean's Mid-Year Report to Provost W.K. Kennedy- Jerome Zigler, 1980	Box 5	Folder 4
Occupations of Human Ecology Male Alumni- 1970s	Box 5	Folder 4
Statement of College-Wide Goals and Priorities for 1980-1986- Jerome Zigler	Box 5	Folder 4
Dean's Report to the Advisory Council	Box 5	Folder 4
Human Ecology Planning Document-1980-1986	Box 5	Folder 4
Proposal for Establishing a Master of Professional Studies Program in Health Administration in Human Ecology - 1984	Box 5	Folder 4
Alpha Xi Delta	Box 7	Folder 1
American Association of University Women, 1950s-1970s	Box 7	Folder 2
American Association of University (Fellows), 1950s-1980s	Box 7	Folder 3
College of Human Ecology - correspondence, memos, 1960s-1980s	Box 7	Folder 4
College of Human Ecology - correspondence, 1950s-1980s	Box 7	Folder 5
Human Ecology Advisory Council - background material relating to the last 10 yr. period-1978-88, 1988	Box 7	Folder 6
Early history of Human Ecology - MVR, Rose, Blanding - clippings and correspondence, 1940s-1980s	Box 7	Folder 7
Advisory Council material, 1960s-1980s	Box 7	Folder 8
Alumni meeting in Rochester to raise scholarship money, 1970	Box 7	Folder 9
Human Ecology- biographical material on Helen Vandervort, 1960s-1980s	Box 7	Folder 10
letters and material concerning nutrition, 1980s	Box 7	Folder 11
William Wright correspondence - Human Ecology, 1980s	Box 7	Folder 12
Commemorations	Box 7	Folder 13
Confederation of Alumni Associations Alumni Award, 1976	Box 7	Folder 14
Cornell Class of 1926	Box 7	Folder 15
Cornell "11"	Box 7	Folder 16
Dairyman's League Publications	Box 7	Folder 17
Empire State Theater and Music Society	Box 7	Folder 18
Finger Lake Library System, 1960s-1970s`	Box 7	Folder 19
Corrine Brown Galvin	Box 7	Folder 20
Gamma Sigma Delta, 1980s	Box 7	Folder 21
Gov. Conference on Women's Work and Women's Council, 1960s-1970s	Box 7	Folder 22
Home Bureau and Cooperative Extension - correspondence, memos, 1930s-1970s	Box 7	Folder 23
Hotel School - founding of it	Box 7	Folder 24
International Fair, 1960s	Box 7	Folder 25
Ithaca Area Beautification, 1970s	Box 7	Folder 26
Ithaca City Federation of Women's Organizations and Women's Community Building, 1980s	Box 7	Folder 27
Ithaca - Northeast Senior Citizens, 1980s	Box 7	Folder 28
Ithaca Public Library, 1960s-1970s	Box 7	Folder 29
Merril-Palmer Institute	Box 7	Folder 30
Office of the Aging, 1970s-1980s	Box 7	Folder 31
Oral History Transcript - Helen Vandervort	Box 7	Folder 32
Scholarships, 1969	Box 7	Folder 33
Flemmie Kittrell Scholarship, 1970s-1980s	Box 7	Folder 34
Flora Rose Graduate Fellowship, 1960s-1970s	Box 7	Folder 35
Helen Vandervort Scholarship, 1980s	Box 7	Folder 36
Helen Vandervort Scholarship Recipients, 1980s	Box 7	Folder 37
Human Ecology Fellowship, 1960s-1980s	Box 7	Folder 38
Jean Failing Fellowship, 1970s	Box 7	Folder 39
Speeches	Box 7	Folder 40
Ithaca and NYS Senior Citizens, 1980s	Box 7	Folder 41
Women's Hall of Fame - MVR nomination, 1960s-1980s	Box 7	Folder 42
Youth, 1963	Box 7	Folder 43
Pins and Badges worn by Helen Vandervort	Box 7

Guide to the Helen Vandervort Papers, 1922-1994

Collection Number: 4378

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

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Guide to the Helen Vandervort Papers,
1922-1994

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library