Cornell University Crew records, 1871-2013
Collection Number: 40-1-924

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Cornell University Crew records, 1871-2013
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
40-1-924
Abstract:
Includes varsity and freshman crew ephemera and photographs.
Creator:
Cornell Crew (Rowing team)
Quanitities:
11.9 cubic feet.
170.6 megabytes.
11 mapcase folders.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

The Cornell Crew was also referred to as the Cornell Navy, or rowing team, but should not be called the crew team.

RELATED MATERIALS

See also Ernest William Schoder papers, #16-4-1156 for an additional film.
See also Arthur Charles Stallman papers, #2981 for a 1927 photo album featuring the crew.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Cornell University Crew records, #40-1-924. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

Scope and content

Includes varsity and freshman crew rosters; Coach Charles Courtney's diary and journals of distances rowed, weather conditions, and other information; newspaper clippings and other press; regatta programs; scrapbooks; map; correspondence with Todd Jesdale; minutes of the Sprague Boat Club; photographs, photograph albums, and glass negatives of crew events, Ithaca, New York views, and the Cayuga Lake Inlet; and a phonograph record and cassette copy concerning a 1946 regatta at Lake Washington. Material pertaining to John L. Collyer and Donald E. Maclay. Also, videocassettes and a film of the 1957 Cornell crew victory at Henley. Also, the crew logs (1937-1970) and crew files (1937-1975) of coach R. Harrison "Stork" Sanford; and slides of crews and crew activities. Also, scrapbooks (1896-1898). Also some film including footage of the 1929 Syracuse vs Cornell regatta by Allan H. Mogensen. 1957 Henley regatta materials.

Scope and content

Also, Inter College Regatta Goblet, engraved with winning crews from 1906 through 1915.
Conditions Governing Use

Due to the fragility and potential degradation of moving image and sound recordings, viewing and listening is limited to items that have been digitized. If an item is in another media format, you may request to have the item digitized for access. Information on ordering access copies may be found on the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections webpage.
Conditions Governing Use

Audio visual media that has been digitized: F-2187.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Collyer, John Lyon, 1893-
Courtney, Charles Edward, 1849-1920.
Jesdale, Todd.
Maclay, Donald E.
Sanford, R. Harrison.
Cornell University -- : Athletics.
Cornell Crew (Rowing team)
Sprague Boat Club
Henley Royal Regatta
Places:
Cayuga Lake.
Ithaca (N.Y.)
Subjects:
Rowing.
Regattas.
Form and Genre Terms:
Videotapes.
Slides (photographs).
Scrapbooks.
Photographs.
Maps.
Journals.
Negatives.
Diaries.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series I. General files
Box 1
Freshman crew candidates
Scope and Contents
Includes dates 1904-1905, 1908-1910, 1912
Box 1
Varsity crew candidates
Scope and Contents
Includes dates 1902, 1907-1909
Box 8
Correspondence, 1948-1970; Scrapbooks, 1931-1932, 1940; Courtney's log book, 1911-1920
Box 9
Coach Sanford's crew logs, 1937-1970, and files, 1937-1975
Box 11
Scrapbooks
Box 12 Folder 13
Two of Courtney's Notebooks with Information on Different Crew Members, 1906
1906
Box 12 Folder 13
Courtney's Datebook Recording Weather Conditions, 1906
1906
Box 12 Folder 13
Courtney's Datebook Recording Weather Conditions, 1911
1911
Box 12 Folder 17
Correspondence, June 1972-May 1973
1972-1973
Box 12 Folder 18
"For the Game's Sake," by Lawrence Perry, from N.Y. Evening Post, May 17, 1920
May 27, 1920
The article describes a crew race between Cornell, Princeton, and Yale on lake Carnegie.
Box 12 Folder 19
Correspondence, March 1971-May 1972
1971-1972
Box 12 Folder 20
Correspondence, January 1971-March 1972
1971-1972
Box 12 Folder 21
Correspondence, May 1967-February 1972
1967-1972
Box 12 Folder 22
Correspondence, March 1967-February 1972
1970-1972
Box 12 Folder 23
Correspondence, June 1967-August 1972
1970-1978
Box 12 Folder 24
Correspondence and Assorted Crew Photos, September-October 1947
1947
Box 12 Folder 25
Correspondence, 1874-1915
1874-1915
Box 12 Folder 26
Ithaca Journal, p. 10, concerning provenance of this collection
May 24, 1958
Box 12 Folder 27
Correspondence
1900-1958
Box 12 Folder 28
Misc.
Scope and Contents
Includes copy of the May 29, 1895 Cornell Daily Sun article about the send off the team received on its way to the Henley Regatta. Also a poem about the crew titled "Looking Backward".
Box 12 Folder 29
List of crew members
1872-1911
Scope and Contents
Includes Freshmen Crew photo in June 4, 1892 Ithaca Daily Journal
Box 15
Courtney journals
Scope and Contents
Includes dates 1894, 1903, 1905-1907, 1909, 1922-1924
Box 16 Folder 1
Charles Courtney crew assignments and records
Undated
Box 16 Folder 2
Charles Courtney crew assignments and records
1895-1900
Box 16 Folder 3
Charles Courtney crew assignments and records
1904-1907
Box 16 Folder 4
Charles Courtney crew assignments and records (contains additional journal entries)
1907
Box 16 Folder 5
Charles Courtney crew assignments and records (contains additional journal entries)
1910-1911
Box 16 Folder 6
Charles Courtney crew assignments and records
1919
Box 16 Folder 7
Charles Courtney crew assignments and records (contains additional journal entries)
1914-1920
Box 16 Folder 8
Regatta programs
1899-1902
Box 16 Folder 9
Regatta programs
1903-1908
Scope and Contents
Contains small 1903 "Positions of the crew" card
Box 16 Folder 10
Regatta programs
1911
Box 16 Folder 11
Regatta programs
1913-1916
Scope and Contents
1913 program includes ticket for the observation car on the West Shore Railroad, Poughkeepsie.
Box 16 Folder 12
Regatta programs
1924
Box 16 Folder 13
Regatta programs (with press and radio info)
1952
Box 16 Folder 14
Regatta programs
1977-1979
Box 16 Folder 15
Henley Royal Regatta programs
1957
Box 16 Folder 16
Henley Royal Regatta programs
1977
Box 16 Folder 17
Henley Royal Regatta programs
2005
Box 16 Folder 18
Poughkeepsie Regatta programs
Box 16 Folder 19
Crew celebration programs
1909-1911, 1913
Box 16 Folder 20
Class of 1898 banquet program
1898
Box 16 Folder 21
Charles Courtney's Rowing Hall of Fame card
1956
Box 16 Folder 21
Cornell Athletic Association By-laws
1899
Box 16 Folder 22
Other programs
1987, 2003-2004
Box 16 Folder 23
National Association Amateur Oarsmen official guide
1955
Box 16 Folder 24
United States Olympic Trials, Onondaga Lake, Syracuse
1956
Box 16 Folder 25
Poughkeepsie New Yorker, photocopies
1938, 1949
Box 16 Folder 26
Scrapbook of news clippings, from the Hagar family
1895-1898
Box 16 Folder 27
"The One That Counted, Heavyweight varsity wins the IRA's" (Cornell Alumni News)
1963
Box 16 Folder 28
Stork Sanford death coverage
1999-2000
Box 16 Folder 29
Windermere Cup
2005
Box 16 Folder 30
Tickets and Badges
1956, 1957
Scope and Contents
Items from 1956 Potomac regatta and 1957 Henley
Box 16 Folder 31
Packet of material collected by Stephen Rounds
2011
Box 16 Folder 32
News clippings
1913
Box 16 Folder 33
News clippings
1950's-1980's
Box 16 Folder 34
"The Last Bastion Falls," Anne Morrissy (New York Herald Tribune)
1954
Box 16 Folder 35
"Big Red Oarsmen Capture IRA Crown"
1971
Box 16 Folder 36
Articles on Cornell boathouses
1957
Box 16 Folder 37
Cornell Crew song
Undated
Scope and Contents
Includes a reproduction of an original broadside advertising the song
Box 16 Folder 38
Cornell Freshmen illustration (Harper's Weekly)
1875
Box 16 Folder 39
News clipping regarding intercollegiate regatta on Onondaga Lake
1965
Box 16 Folder 40
"Crew at Cornell"
Undated
Box 16 Folder 41
IRA National Championships
2005
Box 16 Folder 42
Rusty Callow's answer to Bruce Lee's question, "Why crew?"
Undated
Box 16 Folder 43
Misc. boatings and schedules
1976, Undated
Box 16 Folder 44
"Stroke of Genius", by Alan Maver
Undated
Scope and Contents
Galley proof for King Features depicting drawing of Stork Sanford
Box 16 Folder 45
Press release proofs
1977
Box 16 Folder 46
"Intro to sculling, rowing the REC racer," by James H. Dreher
Undated
Box 16 Folder 47
Benjamin Evans Dean varsity letter/numerals certificates
1936-1937
Box 16 Folder 48
"Help The Cornell Navy!...Beecher's Lecture" broadside
Undated
Box 16 Folder 49
Miscellaneous items
Undated
Box 16 Folder 50
Miscellaneous legal size items
1950s
Scope and Contents
Includes a news letter from Bob Kane about the dedication of the boathouse May 31, 1957 and other crew happenings. Itinerary and program for the 1954 Eastern Sprint Regatta
Box 17
Courtney's personal expense book
1907
Box 17
Training table expense book
1916
Box 17
Minutes, The Sprague Boat Club of Cornell University, 1 vol.
1874-1901
Box 17
The Cornell Navy, published vol.
1871-1905
Box 18
Coach's Creed
Box 18
The Howard M. Smith Cup, background info
2002
Box 18
The Raritan Cup, background info
1994
Box 18 Folder 1
IRA victory certificates for Robert J. Gabler, Jeffrey B. Granger, and Eric W. Sargent
June 7, 1981
Box 18 Folder 2
Plans for Women's Boathouse
February 12, 1979
Box 18 Folder 3
Cornell Alumni News articles on John Collyer
1941, 1952
Box 18 Folder 4
Articles: Cornell victory in Henley Royal Regatta (1957) and IRA championships on Onondaga Lake (1977)
1957, 1977
Box 18 Folder 5
Harper's Weekly photo collage of Cornell Crew at Henley Regatta and Harvard-Yale-Cornell boat race at Poughkeepsie
1897, Undated
Box 18 Folder 5
Copies of images from The Daily Graphic
July 1875
Box 18 Folder 6
Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame posters for Charles E. Courtney, William Seymour Newman, Randolph W. Weed, R. Harrison "Stork" Sanford, and George F. Ford
Box 22 Folder 1
Collegiate Crew Board Game (with game cards and pieces)
1974
Box 22 Folder 6
Scrapbook (contains only news clippings)
1895
Box 23 Folder 11
Henley Royal Regatta entrance list broadside
1895
Box 27
Newspaper clippings
1955-1956, 1958-1960
Box 27
Magazine articles about the crew
1955-1957
Scope and Contents
Includes Sports Illustrated, Time, Life, Presbyterian Life, Rowing, others
Box 28
Newspaper clippings
1957
Scope and Contents
Includes Henley coverage
Manuscript Box 2 Folder 40-1-230m
Henley material
1892-1895, 1973
Scope and Contents
Three photographs of the Cornell Crew at Henley, and six clippings relating to Cornell Crew. Includes a clipping from The Sunday Times (London), July 1, 1973, regarding the Henley Royal Regatta.
Manuscript Box 36 Folder 40-1-231m
Harper's Weekly
1875
Scope and Contents
July 24, and 31 1875 issues. Coverage of the Saratoga regatta
Mapcase Folder 6
"Cornell Sweeps College Regatta", New York Times, photocopy
June 22, 1958
Mapcase Folder 6
4 Course maps: Ohio River IRA Course (April 1950); the Third Mile, West Shore Course (April 26, 1951); West Shore Course (April 28, 1947); 1 5/16 Mile Course (May 31, 1946)
1940's-1950's
Mapcase Folder 6
Photocopy of poster of R. Harrison Sanford with signatures
May 26, 1970
Scope and Contents
Given to Sanford at the Cornell Club of New York dinner in his honor
Mapcase Folder 6
"How 'Old Man of Rowing' Won His First Race," New York Herald
April 19, 1914
Scope and Contents
Newspaper article about Courtney
Mapcase Folder 7
New York Tribune
May 25, 1913
Mapcase Folder 7
New York Times
July 4, 1915
Mapcase Folder 7
"The Intercollegiate Regatta, Saratoga Lake", Harper's Weekly
July 19, 1876
Mapcase Folder 7
"The College Athlete in Doors", Harper's Weekly
March 26, 1892
Box 34
Photostat copies of newspapers, including the Daily Graphic and Harper's Weekly,
1875-1915
Clippings and programs
Box 37
Programs and schedules
Scope and Contents
Includes a copy of the Spring Day program "Mr. E. Nuff", circa 1916-1919.
Series II. Audio and visual material
Box 7
Audio cassette of a 1946 disc recording
Video 46 V-46
Video cassette of 1957 crew victory at Henley
Video 301 V-301
Video cassette of 1957 crew victory at Henley
F 368 F-368
Cornell vs Syracuse Regatta film
May 25, 1929
Digital
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
Processing Information
The beginning of the digitized version is cut off, but retained on the original film.
F 1731 F-1731
The Cornell Crew
1957
Scope and Contents
No titles, but may be similar to F-1732
F 1732 F-1732
The Cornell Crew 1957
1957
Scope and Contents
Has titles, but may be similar to F-1731
Film cabinet
Additional Films (various dates)
Scope and Contents
Collyer Boathouse, regattas, etc..
Box 32 F-2294
Washington
1926
16 mm film
Box 32 F-2292
Henley trip
1963
16 mm film
Box 32 F-2293
Ratzeburg EARC sprints
1963-05-18
16 mm film
Box 33 F-2304
Sprints Regatta Potomac River
1956-05-19
Box 31 F-2233
University of Washington, Long Beach California winning crew
1933
16 mm film
Box 32 F-2274
Heavyweight
1948
8 mm film
Box 32 F-2295
Harvard Penn Cornell
1952
Scope and Contents
Outer case reads "1962", reel reads "1952"
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2175
Varsity
1961-04-14
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2176
Varsity
1961-04-15
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2178
Port-side varsity and JV
1962-04
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2177
Freshman
1962-06-11
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2179
JV Syracuse IRA
1963
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2180
Varsity Syracuse IRA
1963
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2234
Untitled
1963
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2167
Fall
1963-1964
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2181
Fall
1963-1964
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2183
Untitled
1964
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2182
Frosh
1964-04-11
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2174
Freshman heavyweight
1964-06-06
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2170
JV and varsity
1964-06-08
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2184
Heavyweight Freshman: Tanks moving water
1965-02-13
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2185
Freshman dead water
1965-02-19
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2186
Tanks, moving water
1965-02-27
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2187
Freshman heavyweight
1965-04-28
Digital
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
Digital
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2188
All varsity men
1965-10-19
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2190
Fall
1965
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2189
Fall
1965-1966
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2191
Varsity Penn
1966
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2192
Freshman MIT and Columbia
1966
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2193
JV MIT and Columbia
1966
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2163
Varsity MIT, Columbia
1966
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2164
Crew Frosh, Penn
1966
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2169
Penn.
1966
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2166
Princeton varsity
1966
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2173
JV Penn
1966
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2235
Carnegie Cup
1966
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2168
Frosh tanks
1966-02-19
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2194
Heavyweight freshman
1966-04-13
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2198
Freshman
1966-03-04
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2208
Untitled
1966-05-07
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2195
Freshman
1966-05-17
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2196
Freshman Syracuse IRA
1966-06-17
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2197
Varsity at Syracuse
1966-06-17
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2162
Syracuse IRA, JV, Frosh 24
1966-06-17
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2201
Untitled
1967
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2202
Untitled
1967
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2203
HVWT
1967
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2204
FRLTWT
1967
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2205
Varsity Princeton
1967
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2206
Brown
1967
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2207
Untitled
1967
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2161
Varsity Crew heavyweight
1967
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2199
Heavy Frosh
1967-03-04
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2238
Untitled
1967-05
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2200
Frosh
1967-05-18
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2236
Untitled
1967-07
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2237
Untitled
1967-07
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2165
Frosh and JV, Penn
1968
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2172
Crew
1968
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2225
Untitled
1968
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2232
Untitled
1968
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2239
Sanford
1968
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2241
Third varsity and varsity
1968
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2242
Boston ASA 206
1968-07
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2229
HVWT
1968-07
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2230
Untitled
1968-07
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2240
Freshman in the tanks
1968-10
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2243
Untitled
1968-10
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2210
Untitled
1969
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2211
Frosh
1969
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2212
Untitled
1969
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2213
LTWT
1969
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2214
Frosh versus Dartmouth
1969
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2209
Frosh
1969-04-02
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2244
HVWT
1969-06-05
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2245
Untitled
1969-07
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2246
Untitled
1969-08
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2247
Frosh in tanks
1969-11-25
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2226
Untitled
1969-11
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2248
Untitled
1969-11
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2249
Untitled
1969-11
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2215
Untitled
1969-11-02-1970
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2216
Syracuse
1969-1970
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2250
Penn race
1970-04-11
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2251
Freshman heavyweight
1970
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2217
Untitled
1970
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2218
Varsity
1969-1970
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2260
Untitled
1970
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2219
Penn race
1970-04-11
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2256
Frosh HVWT
1970
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2220
Untitled
1971-07-21
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2221
Untitled
1971
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2222
Untitled
1971
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2223
Syracuse
1971-10-17
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2224
Nationals
1971
16 mm film
Box 29 F-2171
Practice with Syracuse
1972-04-14
16 mm film
Box 33 F-2298
Fall to IRA
1976-1977
8 mm film
Box 33 F-2299
1977-1978 Season
1977-1978
Scope and Contents
Freshman Fall Regatta 1977, Coast Guard Races 1978, Christening of Shells, Princeton Races, EARC, Madiera Cup, IRA
8 mm film
Box 33 F-2300
Henley and Lucerne
1977
8 mm film
Box 32 F-2276
Ellen 5th Womens Regatta, Lake Waramaug
1979
8 mm film
Box 30 F-2227
100' plus x
Undated
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2228
Untitled
Undated
16 mm film
Box 30 F-2231
Untitled
Undated
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2252
Harvard
Undated
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2253
Untitled
Undated
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2254
Untitled
Undated
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2255
Untitled
Undated
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2257
Untitled
Undated
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2258
Untitled
Undated
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2259
Untitled
Undated
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2261
Untitled
Undated
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2262
Varsity IRA Champions, training for Henley
Undated
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2263
Untitled
Undated
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2264
Untitled
Undated
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2265
EARC Sprints and Washington DC
Undated
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2266
Untitled
Undated
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2267
Untitled
Undated
16 mm film
Box 31 F-2268
Untitled
Undated
16 mm film
Box 32 F-2269
Untitled
Undated
16 mm film
Box 32 F-2270
Untitled
Undated
16 mm film
Box 32 F-2271
Untitled
Undated
8 mm film
Box 32 F-2272
Some Onondaga
Undated
8 mm film
Box 32 F-2273
IRA JV ZNA
Undated
8 mm film
Box 32 F-2275
IRA Onandaga
Undated
8 mm film
Box 32 F-2277
Untitled
Undated
8 mm film
Box 32 F-2278
Cornell Yale close finish
1957
8 mm film
Box 32 F-2279
Untitled
Undated
8 mm film
Box 32 F-2280
Untitled
Undated
8 mm film
Box 32 F-2281
IRA FR SBRA
Undated
8 mm film
Box 32 F-2282
Johnson-Hough, Harvard-Penn, Ron and Ann's wedding
1968
8 mm film
Box 32 F-2283
Harvard HV
1974
8 mm film
Box 32 F-2284
JV Varsity Florida
1968
8 mm film
Box 32 F-2285
Mandie's diploma, Johnson-Hough
Undated
8 mm film
Box 32 F-2286
Florida
1968
8 mm film
Box 32 F-2287
Princeton, EARC, Seward PRR
1957-05-18
8 mm film
Box 32 F-2288
Untitled
Undated
16 mm film
Box 32 F-2289
Varsity
1957
16 mm film
Box 32 F-2290
Test Roll II
Undated
16 mm film
Box 32 F-2291
Untitled
Undated
16 mm film
Box 33 F-2296
Victory at Henley
Undated
16 mm film
Box 33 F-2297
Memories of Cornell Crew
Undated
16 mm film
Box 33 F-2301
Untitled
Undated
1/2" film
Box 33 F-2302
Larkin breathing, balance, stretching
Undated
1/2" film
Box 33 F-2303
Untitled
Undated
1/2" film
Box 33 V-11001
Films of the Cornell Crew
Undated
VHS
Series III. Photographs
Box 2
Black and white prints plus a few negatives, most with identification by Courtney; Courtney home and other Union Springs, N.Y. locations, views of Ithaca from 218 Eddy Street and from Cayuga Inlet, pictures of crews, mostly taken at Ithaca, Poughkeepsie, and Henley
Box 3
Black and white prints plus a few negatives, most with identification by Courtney; Courtney home and other Union Springs, N.Y. locations, views of Ithaca from 218 Eddy Street and from Cayuga Inlet, pictures of crews, mostly taken at Ithaca, Poughkeepsie, and Henley
Box 4
Black and white prints plus a few negatives, most with identification by Courtney; Courtney home and other Union Springs, N.Y. locations, views of Ithaca from 218 Eddy Street and from Cayuga Inlet, pictures of crews, mostly taken at Ithaca, Poughkeepsie, and Henley
Box 5
3 1/4" x 4" black and white slides in wood boxes
Box 6
3 1/4" x 4" black and white slides in wood boxes
Box 7
Photograph album
1890
Box 10
Slides
Box 12 Folder 1
Photo of 1873 Crew
1873
Box 12 Folder 2
Photo of Crew Varsity, 1876
1876
Box 12 Folder 3
Photos of Courtney and Crew at Poughkeepsie, 1896
1896
Box 12 Folder 4
Photos of Freshman and Varsity Crew, 1897
1897
Box 12 Folder 5
Group Photo of Varsity Crew, 1897
1897
Box 12 Folder 6
Varsity Crew Photos on Cayuga Lake, 1899-1900
1899-1900
Box 12 Folder 7
Group Photo of Varsity Crew, 1902
1902
Box 12 Folder 8
Varsity Crew Photos from 1903 and 1911
1903, 1911
Box 12 Folder 9
Photo of Varsity Crew 1905 and Photo of Snow in Poughkeepsie
1905
Box 12 Folder 10
Photos of Varsity Crew 1909 and 1911
1909, 1911
Box 12 Folder 11
Photo of Freshman Crew 1911 and Photo of Poughkeepsie
1911
Box 12 Folder 12
Photo of Courtney with Crew Candidates
Box 12 Folder 14
Photo of Varsity Crew, 1897
1897
Box 12 Folder 15
Photo of Crew, 1930
1930
Box 12 Folder 16
Photo Negatives Displaying Sailing Boats
Box 13 Folder 1
Article Excerpt with Freshman and Varsity Crew Photos, 1875
1875
Box 13 Folder 2
Photo of Crew Practice, 1892
1892
Box 13 Folder 3
Photo of Varsity Crew Practicing at Poughkeepsie, 1897
1897
Box 13 Folder 4
Photo of Crew Practice, 1903
1903
Box 13 Folder 5
Photo of Varsity Crew, 1905
1905
Box 13 Folder 6
Photo of Freshman Crew at Poughkeepsie, June 1907
June 1907
Box 13 Folder 7
Photo of Varsity Crew at Poughkeepsie, June 1907
June 1907
Box 13 Folder 8
Photo of Crew, 1910-1911
1910-1911
Box 13 Folder 9
Undated Crew Photo
Box 13 Folder 10
Undated Photos Displaying Several Crew Boats on a Lake
Box 13 Folder 11
Original Paper Overlays and Mounting for Crew Photos
Box 13 Folder 12
Original Paper Overlay and Mounting for Crew Photo
Box 13 Folder 13
Photo of Crew Boat Beside Cayuga Breakwater Lighthouse
Box 13 Folder 14
Photo of the Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge with Several Boats Beneath
Box 13 Folder 15
Photo of Crew, 1891
1891
Box 13 Folder 16
Photo of Crew Boats in Poughkeepsie, July 1915
July 1915
Box 13 Folder 17
Varsity crew (2 copies)
1937
Box 13 Folder 18
W.S. [Bill] Newman portrait
1900's
Box 13 Folder 19
Enlarged portrait of William H. Forbes
1900's
Box 13 Folder 20
Portrait of Albert W. Smith
Undated
Box 14 Folder 1
Photo of Freshman Crew 1899, Winners at Poughkeepsie, N.Y. on June 241 1896 Over Harvard, Pennsylvania, and Columbia
1896, 1899
Box 14 Folder 2
Photo of Edwin Regur Sweetland, Varsity Crew, Presented by the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, 1899
1899
Box 14 Folder 3
Photo of Robert L. Shape, '95 Freshman Crew, Presented by the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Box 14 Folder 4
Photograph of Henry E. Vanderhoef, Captain of Varsity 1901
Box 14 Folder 5
1981 IRA champions poster
1981
Box 14 Folder 6
1982 IRA champions poster
1982
Box 14 Folder 7
1913-14 Varsity Eight photo
1913-1914
Box 14 Folder 8
1901 Varsity group photo
1901
Box 14 Folder 9
1902 Varsity group photo
1902
Box 14 Folder 10
Photo collage with signatures and messages
1970's
Box 18 Folder 7
Team Photos 1939
1939
Scope and Contents
Includes Freshman and Varsity crew
Box 18 Folder 8
Team Photos 1940's
1940's
Scope and Contents
Includes Lightweight, Varsity and Eastern Sprint Champions
Box 18 Folder 9
Team Photos 1950's
1952-1959
Scope and Contents
Includes Henley Royal Regatta, Harvard record, Junior Varsity, Lightweight, Varsity and IRA Champions
Box 18 Folder 10
Team Photos 1960's
1960-1968
Scope and Contents
Includes Lightweight Varsity, Lightweight, Tri-champions Eastern Sprint Regatta and Heavyweight
Box 18 Folder 11
Team Photos 1970's
1970's
Scope and Contents
Includes Lightweight, Varsity and IRA Champions
Box 18 Folder 12
Team Photos 1980's
1981-1989
Scope and Contents
Includes Freshman A and B teams, Lightweight, Heavyweight, Varsity, Men's 4 boat, and Sprints
Box 18
Cabinet cards of Crew team, including Charles Courtney
1890
Box 18 Folder 13
Florida winter training, group photos
1997-2001
Box 19
1955 Intercollegiate Rowing Association Champions Lake Onondaga Syracuse
1955
Box 19
Cornell Ltw. Crew defeats Nottingham and Union Rowing Club
July 1, 1967
Box 19
Head of the Charles, Molesey Boat Club Championship Fours – signed by Ron Arlas, Rick Spiewak and Dick Kruger
1993
Box 19
1990 Women's Novice Crew
1990
Box 19
Doris Robison dedicates the Robison Shell House for Cornell Women
September 1979
Box 19
Coach Pete White instructs novices in basics of rowing stroke
Undated
Box 19
Christening of the Second Shell in the Cornell Women's Fleet
May 1977
Box 19
National Collegiate Champions, Lake Wingra Madison, Wisconsin
June 4, 1989
Box 19
Christening the Walter W. Schlaepfer
April 27, 1963
Box 19
Eastern Sprints
1992-1995, 1998
Box 19
Freshmen 8
2013
Box 19
2006 Cornell Lwt., Junior Varsity, Eastern Sprints Champions
2006
Box 19
2006 Cornell Lwt., Varsity, Eastern Sprints Champions/Lwt. Varsity IRA Champions/Henley Royal Regatta Temple Cup Finalists
2006
Box 19
2007 Cornell Lwt., Varsity, Silver Medalists Eastern Sprints Regatta/ Varsity IRA Champions/Henley Royal Regatta Temple Cup Runner Up
2007
Box 19
2008 Cornell Lwt., Varsity, Eastern Sprints Champions/IRA National Lwt. Champions/Henley Royal Regatta Semi Finalists
2008
Box 20 Folder 1
Cornell Crew Banquet
1974
Box 20 Folder 2
Lightweight Individual Portraits
1977
Box 20 Folder 3
Princeton vs. Cornell
April 1988
Box 20 Folder 4
Men's Crew
1988
Box 20 Folder 5
John P. Creel Jr.
August 1994
Box 20 Folder 6
Women's Crew
1997-1998
Box 20 Folder 7
Women's Crew
1998
Box 20 Folder 8
Intercollegiate Rowing Association (includes negatives)
1998
Box 20 Folder 9
Cornell Reunion Weekend
June 1998
Box 20 Folder 10
Head of Ohio
1999
Box 20 Folder 11
Cornell vs. Michigan and Syracuse, Goes Trophy
1999
Box 20 Folder 12
Spectators in front of the Boathouse
1999
Box 20 Folder 13
Class of '49 Reunion
1999
Box 20 Folder 14
Lightweight Crew
1999-2000
Box 20 Folder 15
IRA Pair Champions
2000
Box 20 Folder 16
Lightweight Crew
2000
Box 20 Folder 17
Women at Head of the Charles
2000
Box 20 Folder 18
Women's Crew at Rochester Stonehurst
2000
Box 20 Folder 19
Women at Head of the Fish
2000
Box 20 Folder 20
Schwartz Cup
2000
Box 20 Folder 21
Lightweight Freshmen
2000-2001
Box 20 Folder 22
Christening of "Hummingbird" Women's 8+
April 2001
Box 20 Folder 23
Women's Novice 2nd Boat
April 14, 2001
Box 20 Folder 24
Women's Novice 2nd Boat
April 22, 2001
Box 20 Folder 25
Women's Varsity Training
2001
Box 20 Folder 26
Novice Women
2001
Box 20 Folder 27
Women's Crew vs. Virginia
2001
Box 20 Folder 28
Women's Crew vs. Princeton
2001
Box 20 Folder 29
Goes Trophy
2001
Box 20 Folder 30
Princeton Chase
2001
Box 20 Folder 31
Head of the Charles
2001
Box 20 Folder 32
Women Winter Training
2001
Box 20 Folder 33
Spring Crew Newsletter Photos (includes note)
2001-2002
Box 20 Folder 34
Men and Women's Sprints (includes negatives)
2002
Box 20 Folder 35
Men's Crew Fall (includes note)
2002
Box 20 Folder 36
Rowing Newsletter Photos
2002
Box 20 Folder 37
Women's Crew
June 2003
Box 20 Folder 38
Cornell Crew on Lake
2003
Box 20 Folder 39
Windermere Classic Redwood Shores
April 2004
Box 20 Folder 40
IRA Master Win
June 4, 2004
Box 20 Folder 41
Lightweight Varsity Crew
2004
Box 20 Folder 42
Lightweight Crew
2004
Box 20 Folder 43
Heavyweight Crew
2005
Box 20 Folder 44
Cornell Crew with Goes Trophy
May 2009
Box 20 Folder 45
Women's Crew at Princeton
Undated
Box 20 Folder 46
Women's Crew inside Boathouse
Undated
Box 20 Folder 47
Lightweight Crew at Henley
Undated
Box 20 Folder 48
Ice breaking (includes note)
Undated
Box 20 Folder 49
Lightweight Crew Individual Portraits
1985
Box 20 Folder 50
"Charles P.E. von Wrangell '48" Boat Christening
1998
Box 20 Folder 51
Michigan vs. Cornell Heavyweight
March 27, 1999
Box 20 Folder 52
Michigan vs. Cornell Heavyweight & George Washington / Georgetown vs. Women
March 27, 1999
Box 20 Folder 53
Cornell Crew on Lake
April 1999
Box 20 Folder 54
Cornell Crew on Lake
1999
Box 20 Folder 55
Rutgers race and Goes Cup (includes note)
1999
Box 20 Folder 56
Cornell Crew
2000
Box 20 Folder 57
Women's Sprints Lake Wakamag
2000
Box 20 Folder 58
Michigan vs. Cornell Heavyweight
2000
Box 20 Folder 59
Men and Women's Crew at Rochester
2001
Box 20 Folder 60
Schwartz Cup (includes negatives)
2003
Box 20 Folder 61
Cornell Crew on Lake (includes note)
2003
Box 20 Folder 62
Various Crew
2003
Box 20 Folder 63
Christening the "Violet Y. '41" shell (includes note)
June 2004
Box 20 Folder 64
Rick Dyer, Mike McGuirk, and John Nunn at FISA World Masters Regatta (includes note)
September 3-5, 2004
Box 20 Folder 65
Heavyweights
2004
Box 20 Folder 66
Opening Day in Seattle
May 2005
Box 20 Folder 67
Lightweight Crew in Louisiana
2005
Box 20 Folder 68
Men's Sprints vs. Yale and Princeton, Lightweight rowers at Princeton Chase
2005, 2001
Box 20 Folder 69
Cornell Heavyweight wins Eastern Sprints (includes note)
1960
Box 20 Folder 70
Cornell Chronicle
May 1975
Box 20 Folder 71
Heavyweight Crew
1981
Box 20 Folder 72
Cornell Crew
1989
Box 20 Folder 73
Lightweight Crew (includes note)
2001
Box 20 Folder 74
Lightweight Freshmen
2001-2002
Box 20 Folder 75
Varsity Crew rowing north on Six Mile Creek
1898
Box 20 Folder 76
Final in Girls Interclass Race
1921
Box 20 Folder 77
Contact Sheets and Negatives of Head of the Charles Crews, IRA Crews, EARC, and Alumni Crews
1977-1978
Box 20 Folder 78
Cornell Women's Crew
1977-1978
Box 20 Folder 79
Lightweight Crew with Coach Todd Kennett '90
May 1998
Box 20 Folder 80
Lightweight Varsity and Second Varsity Crew
2006
Box 20 Folder 81
Lightweight Varsity
2008
Box 20 Folder 82
Men's and Women's team photos
Undated
Box 20 Folder 83
Miscellaneous Crew
Undated
Box 21 Folder 1
Individual portraits
1880's-1890's
Box 21 Folder 2
Individual portraits
1880's-1890's
Box 21 Folder 3
Individual portraits
1888-1889
Box 21 Folder 4
Individual portraits
1888-1889
Box 21 Folder 5
Individual portraits
1890
Box 21 Folder 6
Individual portraits
1892
Box 21 Folder 7
Individual portraits
1897
Box 21 Folder 8
1967 reunion
1967
Box 21 Folder 9
IRA Alumni dinner
2000
Box 21 Folder 10
The Cornell Launch at Poughkeepsie, John Hoyle and John L. Collyer on board
Undated
Box 21 Folder 11
Ken Charhut
Undated
Box 21 Folder 12
Unknown men's team reunion (includes note)
Undated
Box 21 Folder 13
On the Harlem River at New York
1800's
Box 21 Folder 14
Mary M. Crawford (Mrs. Edward Schuster) rowing in a single shell
June 1905
Box 21 Folder 15
Group photos and races
1915
Box 21 Folder 16
1997 Reunion
1997
Box 21 Folder 17
1997 Reunion and "VonHemert '83" christening
1997
Box 21 Folder 18
Crew banquet
April 17, 1999
Box 21 Folder 19
1999 Reunion
June 1999
Box 21 Folder 20
1999 Reunion and "59' Freshmen" shell dedication
June 1999
Box 21 Folder 21
"Red Storm Rising" shell dedication
June 1999
Box 21 Folder 22
Women's Crew with trophy
1999
Box 21 Folder 22
Women's Sprints
1999
Box 21 Folder 23
Teagle Hall tank building work
1999
Box 21 Folder 23
Receiving trophy at Head of the Fish
1999
Box 21 Folder 24
Men's Crew in Portland
November 4, 2000
Box 21 Folder 25
Summer scenes
2000
Box 21 Folder 26
Lindseth boat photos
2001
Box 21 Folder 27
2001-2002 Cornell Crew (1 of 4)
2001-2002
Box 21 Folder 28
2001-2002 Cornell Crew (2 of 4)
2001-2002
Box 21 Folder 29
2001-2002 Cornell Crew (3 of 4)
2001-2002
Box 21 Folder 30
2001-2002 Cornell Crew (4 of 4)
2001-2002
Box 21 Folder 31
Spring break
2003
Box 21 Folder 32
Schwartz cup
1999
Box 21 Folder 33
Schwartz cup
2002-2004
Box 21 Folder 34
Men's Crew vs. Princeton
Undated
Box 21 Folder 35
Men's Crew vs. Dartmouth vs. Harvard vs. Yale
Undated
Box 21 Folder 36
Men's Crew in the lock
Undated
Box 21 Folder 37
Individual portraits
1900's
Box 21 Folder 38
1903 (?) Crew
1903
Box 21 Folder 39
2nd Freshmen Crew
1917
Box 21 Folder 39
Lightweight Varsity Crew
1920
Box 21 Folder 40
Letter with response regarding summer rowing program for young people (includes photos)
1973
Box 21 Folder 41
Men's Crew old fashioned parody photo
1976
Box 21 Folder 42
1982 season review with photos
1982
Box 21 Folder 43
1989 Women's National Champions
1989
Box 21 Folder 43
1991 World Championships Silver Medalists - Women's Four
1991
Box 21 Folder 44
Lightweight Crew
1991
Box 21 Folder 45
Varsity and Freshmen lightweight
1992-1993
Box 21 Folder 46
Virginia MacDonald Lindseth and John W. MacDonald boats
2001
Box 21 Folder 47
Launch being launched; Loading boats and laundry out to dry; Christening of "Big Red" launch
Undated
Box 21 Folder 48
Unknown Crew in black-face
Undated
Box 21 Folder 49
Men's Crew vs. Yale
Undated
Box 21 Folder 50
Mens Crew running with oars
Undated
Box 21 Folder 51
Henley Royal Regatta
Undated
Box 21 Folder 52
Class of 1938 reunion
Undated
Box 21 Folder 53
Georges Cointe
Box 21 Folder 54
John Hoyle
Box 21 Folder 55
Todd Jesdale
Box 21 Folder 56
Tony Johnson
Box 21 Folder 57
David Kusick
Box 21 Folder 58
Findley Meislahn
Box 21 Folder 59
Douglas Neil
Box 21 Folder 60
John N. Ostrom
Box 21 Folder 61
Daniel Roock
Box 21 Folder 62
Harrison "Stork" Sanford
Scope and Contents
Includes Hall of Fame banquet photo
Box 21 Folder 63
Negatives of Cornell's first crew in Intercollegiate competition
1873
Box 21 Folder 64
Negatives of Henley Royal Regatta with letter from Glyn Locke to Head Coach Fin Meislahn
1970's
Box 21 Folder 65
Negatives of Men's Crew
1970's
Box 21 Folder 66
Negatives of Henley Royal Regatta and contact sheets
1976
Box 21 Folder 67
Slides of Cornell Crew on lake with Findley Meislahn
1976-1977
Box 21 Folder 68
Lightweight Varsity Crew
1984
Box 21 Folder 69
Negatives of Head of the Fish, total point trophy
1999
Box 21 Folder 70
Negatives of individual portraits
Undated
Box 21 Folder 71
Negatives, miscellaneous crew
Undated
Box 21 Folder 72
Unknown negative of person in a single shell
1900's
Box 22 Folder 2
Charles E. Courtney's house
Undated
Box 22 Folder 3
Charles E. Courtney
Box 22 Folder 4
Men's Crew
May 3, 1924
Box 22 Folder 5
Certificate of thanks to the Pennsylvania Boat Club regarding hospitality during Child's Cup contest
July 9, 1887
Box 23 Folder 1
Varsity Crew
1875
Box 23 Folder 2
"The Henley Crew"
1895
Box 23 Folder 3
Men's Crew
1900's
Box 23 Folder 4
Men's Four
1900, 1903
Box 23 Folder 5
Varsity Crew
1911
Box 23 Folder 6
U.S. Olympic rowing trials
July 5, 1952
Box 23 Folder 6
Defeating Yale in final for Grand Challenge Cup, Henley Royal Regatta
Undated
Box 23 Folder 7
Findley Meislahn with unidentified group
Undated
Box 23 Folder 8
Dedication of "E.F. Rosey Bower", with Stork Sanford
Undated
Box 23 Folder 9
Undated Women's Crew
Undated
Box 23 Folder 10
Undated Men's Crew
Undated
Box 24 Folder 1
Men's Crew
1900's
Box 24 Folder 2
Varsity Crew
1897-1898
Box 24 Folder 3
Varsity Crew
1902, 1906
Box 24 Folder 4
Varsity Crew
1921
Box 24 Folder 5
Albert R. Coffin photo
Undated
Box 24 Folder 6
Group photos
1900's
Box 24 Folder 7
Cornell Women's first crew - Sage College Crew/Sage Boating Club
1897
Box 25
Scrapbook (contains photos)
1937-1940
Box 25
Scrapbook (contains photos)
1945-1946
Box 26
Scrapbook (contains photos)
1947-1948
Scope and Contents
Found loose within scrapbook: misc. newspapers, 2 pages from a different scrapbook, 1948 U.S. Olympic Team Trials program, 1947 and 1948 Poughkeepsie Regatta programs
ZD-39
Cornell Crew photos
1999-2000
ZD-40
Photos HW, LW, WM
2001-2002
Mapcase Folder 1
Photo collage of races - contains both men and women
1991-1999
Mapcase Folder 2
Photo collage of races - contains just men
1992-1994
Mapcase Folder 3
Photo collage of races - contains just men
1995-1999
Mapcase Folder 4
Photo collage of races - contains just women
1970's, 1992-1997
Mapcase Folder 5
Varsity Crew
1917
Mapcase Folder 5
Cornell Crew Club, yearbook photo (parody)
1949
Mapcase Folder 5
Collyer boathouse
Undated
Mapcase Folder 5
Eastern Sprints Gold Medalists, 2nd Varsity Eight
2005
Mapcase Folder 7
Cornell Lightweight Crew
1985
Mapcase Folder 7
Freshmen Crew
1899
Mapcase Folder 7
Cornerstone ceremony, class of 1917 reunion
June 8, 1957
Mapcase Folder 8
Class of 1894 group photograph
1891
Box 33
Untitled
Undated
Slides.
Box 35
Crew team photographs, with Pauline Cointe
1958-1961
Series IV. Objects and Memorabilia
Box 17 MU-1687
Freshman fall regatta plaque
1980
Box 17 MU-1688
Windermere Cup plaque
1991
Box 17 MU-1689
Windermere Cup plaque, opening day
1993
Box 17 MU-1690
Troy memorial trophy case plaque, gift of John L. Collyer
Undated
MU 1708 MU-1708
Inter College Regatta Goblet, engraved with winning crews from 1906 through 1915
1906-1915
Mapcase Folder 10 MU-3019
Intercollegiate Rowing Association banner
1906
Mapcase Folder 9 MU-3015
Intercollegiate Rowing Association banner
1910
Mapcase Folder 11 MU-3016
Intercollegiate Rowing Association banner
1911
Mapcase Folder 11 MU-3017
Intercollegiate Rowing Association banner
1912
Mapcase Folder 9 MU-3018
Intercollegiate Rowing Association banner
1915
Mapcase Folder 10
Oared Shell Sharpless Cup, Cup and People's Regatta, Philadelphia
1889
Box 36 MU-4009 to MU-4014
Six "Trophy Shirts" from defeated teams
1936
Scope and Contents
T-shirts and tank tops from teams that Cornell defeated: Harvard, Yale, Syracuse, and Princeton. Formerly owned by William Van Arsdale, class of 1936.