Bunnell family papers, 1887-1937.
Collection Number: 3875
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Bunnell family papers, 1887-1937.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
3875
Abstract:
Contains letters from Catharine Sterling Bunnell to her parents describing her activities
as an archeology student and her travels in Europe, the Middle East, and elsewhere.
Also contains papers of her mother, Katherine S. Day, and sketches by Bella (Dollabella)
Day.
Creator:
Bunnell family.
Quanitities:
.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Letters, 1930-1937, from Catharine Sterling Bunnell to her parents describe her studies,
work, and social activities as an archeology graduate student at the University of
Michigan and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens; her travels in Egypt,
Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Austria, Germany, and Canada; studies
and social activities at secretarial school in Berkeley, California; and travel to
Hawaii and Alaska. There is also a long letter and a typescript paper describing conditions
in Egypt. Miss Bunnell's correspondence includes references to her future husband,
A. Henry Detweiler, Professor of Architecture at Cornell University, whom she met
in Athens. Papers of her mother, Katherine S. Day, include a travel diary and photograph
album of a trip to Europe, 1900, and a diary kept during a world's fair, ca. 1903.
There are also pencil sketches by Bella (Dollabella) Day, ca. 1887, and a sketchbook.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Bunnell Family Papers, #3875. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Bunnell, Katherine S. Day.
Day, Dollabella.
Detweiler, A. Henry (Albert Henry), 1906-1970.
Detweiler, Catharine Bunnell.
University of Michigan -- : Students.
American School of Classical Studies at Athens -- : Students.
Places:
Turkey -- Description and travel.
Syria -- Description and travel.
Romania -- Description and travel.
Palestine -- Description and travel.
Hungary -- Description and travel.
Hawaii -- Description and travel.
Germany -- Description and travel.
Egypt -- Description and travel.
Canada -- Description and travel.
Austria -- Description and travel.
Alaska -- Description and travel.
Subjects:
Archeologists.
Form and Genre Terms:
Sketchbooks.
Sketches.
Photographs.
Diaries.
CONTAINER LIST
|
Container
|
Description
|
Date
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | June - September 1931 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | October 1931 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | November - December 1931 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | January - March 1932 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | April - November 1932 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1933 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | January - March 1934 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | April - June 1934 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | July - September 1934 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | October - December 1934 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | January - March 1935 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | April - July 1935 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | August - December 1935 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
About Egypt (to Mrs. Snyder)
|
April 1936 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | 1936 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | 1937 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Modern Egypt,
|
n.d. |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Sketches
|
1887 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Sketch book
|
1887 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Katherine S. Day Diary
|
1900 |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Katherine S. Day Diary
|
1903 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Photograph album
|
1900 |