Cornell Womens Club of Batavia records, 1934-2008.
Collection Number: 41-6-3435

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Cornell Womens Club of Batavia records, 1934-2008.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
41-6-3435
Abstract:
Victorian bird cage and copies of letters and clippings about it.
Creator:
Cornell Women\'s Club of Batavia
Quanitities:
1.9 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

In 1975, the club acquired a Victorian birdcage said to have been owned by Liberty Hyde Bailey. Over the years, the club annually auctioned off the cage; the winner enjoyed it for a year and then put it up for rebid. Proceeds went to the club's scholarship fund. Eventually the cage was given to Gertrude ("Red") H. Smith (Cornell Class of 1947), whose mother Mary Wright Harvey founded the club in 1934 and was its first president.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cite As:

Cornell Women's Club of Batavia records, #41-6-3435. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Scope and content

Includes meeting minutes; newspaper clippings; correspondence; photographs of the Orleans County group dinners, 1987-1988; and a banner.
Scope and content

Also, a Victorian bird cage and copies of letters and clippings about it.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954.
Smith, Gertrude Harvey.
Wright, Mary R.
Harvey, Mary Wright.
Cornell University -- : Alumni and alumnae.
Cornell University -- : Societies, etc.
Subjects:
Women -- New York (State) -- Societies and clubs.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 2 Folder 1
Guest Register for 40, 60, 65th Anniversaries
Box 2 Folder 2
Treasurer's Book
 1934-1959
Box 2 Folder 3
Notebook
 1934-1964
Box 2 Folder 4
Notebook
 1965-1976
Box 2 Folder 5
Notebook
 1975-1976
Box 2 Folder 6
Notebook
 1976-1977
Box 2 Folder 7
Notebook
 1977-1978
Box 2 Folder 8
Notebook
 1978-1979
Box 2 Folder 9
Notebook
 1979-1980
Box 2 Folder 10
Notebook
 1980-1985
Box 2 Folder 11
Notebook
 1985-1994
Box 2 Folder 12
Notebook
 1994-1995
Box 2 Folder 13
Notebook
 1995-1997
Box 2 Folder 14
Notebook
 1997-1999
Box 2 Folder 15
Notebook
 1999-2000
Box 2 Folder 16
Notebook
 2000-2002
Box 2 Folder 17
Notebook
 2002-2004
Box 2 Folder 18
Notebook
 2004-2007
Box 2 Folder 19
Notebook
 2007-2008
Box 3
Banner