Severinghaus family papers, 1922-1994
Collection Number: 4240

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Severinghaus family papers, 1922-1994
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4240
Abstract:
Subject files, correspondence, photographs, movie films, audiotapes, ephemera, and other material pertaining to the personal life and professional career of Leslie Severinghaus and his family (particularly his wife Emmavail Luce Severinghaus). Chief topics include the Peking Union Medical College, travel and work in China, education, the Haverford School in Pennsylvania, and Wellesley College.
Creator:
Severinghaus family.
Quanitities:
33 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Leslie Richard Severinghaus was born in 1899, the son of Charles E. and Anna Edward Severinghaus. After graduating from Cornell University in 1921, he taught English at the Peking Union Medical College in Peking, China and later served as head of the English Department and Headmaster of the Haverford School. He was a member of the Cornell University Board of Trustees. While in Peking, Leslie Severinghaus met and married Emmavail Luce who had returned to China after her 1922 graduation from Wellesley College to serve as a foreign secretary in the YWCA.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Subject files, correspondence, photographs, movie films, audiotapes, ephemera, and other material pertaining to the personal life and professional career of Leslie Severinghaus and his family (particularly his wife Emmavail Luce Severinghaus). Chief topics include the Peking Union Medical College, travel and work in China, education, the Haverford School in Pennsylvania, and Wellesley College.
Additional material includes letters written from China, 1922-1927; photographs and photograph albums; other files; 1980 compilation of TIME magazine articles on the Philippines, 1970-1980; typescript report "Common Sense and the Constitution,"1982, on separation of church and state; reprint about college admissions policies, 1963; article on the Peking Union Medical College, 1982; and "Changing Times and Cornell's Presidency," a report to the Board of Trustees, 1961. Also, photographs taken at Cornell University, 1986; videotape made for the celebration of the donation of the Leslie R. Severinghaus Reading Room; and items from the dedication of the Reading Room, 1992. Also, program for memorial service, and hymns. Also, nine framed items, including posters, watercolor portrait of Severinghaus, prints, and sketches and a scrapbook concerning the Severinghaus Reading Room in Kroch Library.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Severinghaus Family Papers, #4240. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Conditions Governing Use

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SUBJECTS

Names:
Severinghaus, Leslie R.
Severinghaus, Emmavail Luce.
Severinghaus, Sheldon R.
Zhongguo xie he yi ke da xue
Cornell University. Board of Trustees
Haverford School (1916- )
Wellesley College
Places:
Philippines -- Politics and government.
China -- Description and travel.
Subjects:
Universities and colleges -- Admission.
Church and state -- United States.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series I. Personal
Scope and Contents
Includes original and transcribed correspondence to and from Leslie Severinghaus and his extended family; original and transcribed journals and diaries of Leslie Severinghaus and the Luce and Severinghaus families' memoirs of Charles E. Severinghaus and Leslie and Emmavail Severinghaus; and the daily planners of Leslie Severinghaus. Family correspondence includes Leslie's extensive collection of correspondence to and from father Charles E. Severinghaus, brother Aura E. Severinghaus, and son Sheldon Root Severinghaus. Additional personal includes Luce and Severinghaus family genealogies, and address book, memorial service material, and books.
Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 1
H. W. Luce Papers, 1924
Box 1 Folder 1
Yenching Files, 1929-41
Box 1 Folder 2
Elizabeth Root and Henry Winters Luce: Congratulatory Correspondence upon Engagement, 1896 (copied/transcribed in 'Discovery')
Box 1 Folder 3
Elizabeth Root Luce, 1940-48
Box 1 Folder 4
Helen Van Voast - Elizabeth Root Luce Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 5
Correspondence re: H. W. Luce illness, memorial
Box 1 Folder 6
Elizabeth Luce Correspondence re. Religion
Box 1 Folder 7
Henry and Elizabeth Luce Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 8
Miscellaneous Correspondence (fragments/no dates)
Box 1 Folder 9
Early Miscellaneous
Box 1 Folder 10
Severinghaus Correspondence (family)
Box 1 Folder 11
Mrs. Richard Lawrence (letters, postcards, photos)
Box 1 Folder 12-13
Children's Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 14
Children's Artwork
Box 1 Folder 15
Letters from Sheldon, undergraduate student at Cornell, 1959-?
Box 1 Folder 16
Correspondence: Sheldon in Pakistan
Box 1 Folder 17-19
Leslie Severinghaus Letters to Sheldon, 1964-69
Box 1 Folder 20
Additional Emmavail Severinghaus Correspondence, 1920's-?
Box 1 Folder 21
Announcements
Box 1 Folder 22
Charles E. Severinghaus, 1890's
Box 1 Folder 23
To Charles E. Severinghaus, 1940-50
Box 1 Folder 24
Correspondence: J. G. Schaal and Charles E. Severinghaus, 1940-45
Box 1 Folder 25
Charles E. Severinghaus Correspondence, 1944
Box 1 Folder 26-28
Correspondence concerning Charles E. Severinghaus, 1939-63
Box 1 Folder 29
Charles E. Severinghaus Correspondence, 1945-48
Box 1 Folder 30
Cornell Undergraduate Correspondence (including papers), 1918-22
Box 1 Folder 31
Leslie Severinghaus Correspondence, 1920
Box 1 Folder 32
Leslie Severinghaus Correspondence, 1922
Box 1 Folder 33
Peking and PUMC - Leslie Severinghaus Correspondence, 1922-27
Box 29 Folder 5
PUMC - Correspondence (Leslie Severinghaus)
Box 1 Folder 34
Leslie Severinghaus Correspondence, 1923
Box 1 Folder 35
Leslie Severinghaus Correspondence - Jan.-May, 1923
Box 1 Folder 36
Correspondence - June-Dec., 1923
Box 1 Folder 37
Correspondence, 1924
Box 1 Folder 38-40
Correspondence, 1925
Box 1 Folder 41
Correspondence, 1926
Box 1 Folder 42
Correspondence, 1926-27
Box 2 Folder 1-2
Correspondence, 1927
Box 2 Folder 3
Letters/daily logs of Emmavail Severinghaus and Leslie Severinghaus regarding return to United States, 1927
Box 2 Folder 4
Correspondence, 1928
Box 2 Folder 5
Correspondence, 1929
Box 2 Folder 6
Correspondence, 1933
Box 2 Folder 7
Alcohol, 1933
Box 2 Folder 8
Correspondence, 1934
Box 2 Folder 9
Correspondence, 1935
Box 2 Folder 10
Correspondence, 1936
Box 2 Folder 11
Correspondence, 1937
Box 2 Folder 12
Correspondence, 1938
Box 2 Folder 13
Correspondence, 1939
Box 2 Folder 14
Correspondence, Political, re. China/Japan, 1939
Box 2 Folder 15
Correspondence, 1940
Box 2 Folder 16
Peter Martin Lampel, 1939-64
Box 2 Folder 17
Correspondence, 1941
Box 2 Folder 18
Correspondence (political, trade with China) with support material, 1941-54
Box 2 Folder 19
Correspondence, 1942
Box 2 Folder 20
Correspondence, 1945
Box 2 Folder 21
Correspondence, 1946
Box 2 Folder 22
Correspondence, 1947
Box 2 Folder 23
Correspondence, 1948
Box 2 Folder 24
Correspondence re: Catholicism and Secularism, 1948, 1960
Box 2 Folder 25
Correspondence, 1950
Box 2 Folder 26
Correspondence, 1951
Box 2 Folder 27
Correspondence, 1952
Box 2 Folder 28
Correspondence, 1953
Box 2 Folder 29
Correspondence, 1954
Box 2 Folder 30
Correspondence, 1955
Box 2 Folder 31
Correspondence, 1956
Box 2 Folder 32
Correspondence, 1957
Box 2 Folder 33
Correspondence, 1958
Box 2 Folder 34
Correspondence, 1959
Box 2 Folder 35
Correspondence, 1960-63
Box 2 Folder 36
Correspondence, 1961
Box 2 Folder 37
Europe Trip, 1961
Box 2 Folder 38
ACAC Journal Article: "A Philosophy for College Admissions," 1963-64
Box 2 Folder 39
Correspondence, 1964
Box 2 Folder 40
Correspondence, 1965
Box 2 Folder 41
Leslie Severinghaus to Emmavail Severinghaus (Taiwan trip) 1966
Box 2 Folder 42
Leslie Severinghaus to Emmavail Severinghaus, Oct. 12-Dec. 1, 1966
Box 2 Folder 43
Leslie Severinghaus to Emmavail Severinghaus - Coconut Grove/Taiwan, 1966
Box 2 Folder 44
Emmavail Severinghaus to RLS (Taiwan trip) 1966
Box 2 Folder 45
Correspondence, 1966-67
Box 2 Folder 46
Correspondence, 1968
Box 2 Folder 47
Correspondence, 1969
Box 2 Folder 48
Henry R. Luce Biography, 1969-72
Box 2 Folder 49
Correspondence, 1970
Box 2 Folder 50
Correspondence with Tan Lu-Sheng, 1970-80
Box 2 Folder 51
Correspondence, 1971
Box 2 Folder 52
Correspondence, 1972
Box 2 Folder 53
Correspondence, 1973
Box 2 Folder 54
Leslie Severinghaus - Theodore Wilder Correspondence (Ornithology), 1973-89
Box 2 Folder 55
Correspondence, 1974
Box 2 Folder 56
Correspondence, 1975
Box 2 Folder 57
Correspondence, 1976
Box 2 Folder 58
Correspondence, 1977
Box 2 Folder 59
Correspondence, 1978
Box 2 Folder 60
Correspondence, 1979
Box 2 Folder 61
Dingle Family Correspondence, 1970's
Box 2 Folder 62
Correspondence - fragments, 1970's
Box 2 Folder 63
Correspondence, 1980
Box 2 Folder 64
Correspondence, 1981
Box 2 Folder 65
Correspondence, 1982
Box 2 Folder 66
Correspondence, 1983
Box 2 Folder 67
Correspondence, 1984
Box 3 Folder 1
Correspondence, 1984
Box 3 Folder 2-3
Christmas Correspondence; Emmavail Severinghaus condolences, 1985
Box 3 Folder 4
Condolences - Emmavail's death, 1985
Box 3 Folder 5-6
Correspondence, 1985
Box 3 Folder 7
Correspondence, 1986
Box 3 Folder 8
Leslie Severinghaus visit to Franklin Ave. Methodist Episcopal Church (father was pastor), 1987
Box 3 Folder 9
Correspondence, 1987
Box 3 Folder 10
Correspondence, 1988
Box 3 Folder 11
Palmetto Presbyterian Church Correspondence, 1988-90
Box 3 Folder 12
Correspondence, 1989
Box 3 Folder 13
Undated Correspondence, 1980's
Box 3 Folder 14
Correspondence, 1990
Box 3 Folder 15
Correspondence, 1991
Box 3 Folder 16
Correspondence, 1992
Box 3 Folder 17
Correspondence, 1993
Box 3 Folder 18
Correspondence, 1994
Box 3 Folder 19
Correspondence - undated/fragments, 1990's
Box 3 Folder 20
Correspondence with Lala Iverson - includes Iverson's manuscript: "Sermon on the Mount," 1989-90
Box 3 Folder 21
Correspondence to Grandchildren
Box 3 Folder 22
Correspondence from folder titled "Religion," 1986-93
Box 3 Folder 23
Christmas Newsletters
Box 4 Folder 1-2
Correspondence - Retirement, 1965
Box 4 Folder 3
Correspondence with J. George Black, 1944-58
Box 4 Folder 4
Correspondence - Dr. E. M. Wilson, 1939-65
Box 4 Folder 5
Leslie Severinghaus-Lala Iverson Correspondence, 1993-94
Box 4 Folder 6
Correspondence, 1964-90
Box 4 Folder 7
Correspondence - Overseas Students, 1961-65
Box 4 Folder 8
Congratulatory Correspondence - Headmastership, 1942
Box 4 Folder 9
Van Pelt Correspondence, 1941-62
Box 4 Folder 10
Correspondence - G. Dickson Garner, 1943-64
Box 4 Folder 11
Correspondence - Europe Trip, 1963
Family Correspondence
Box 5 Folder 1
Walter L. Severinghaus Correspondence
1927
Box 5 Folder 2
Correspondence to Walter L. Severinghaus
1940-62
Box 5 Folder 3
Walter L. Severinghaus Correspondence
1926-73
Box 5 Folder 4
Severinghaus Correspondence
Box 5 Folder 5-6
Early Correspondence: Aura, Esther and Leslie Severinghaus to home (originals with transcriptions)
Box 5 Folder 7
Aura E. Severinghaus - assorted correspondence
Box 5 Folder 8
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence
1912-14
Box 5 Folder 9
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence
1914-16
Box 5 Folder 10
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence
1913-17
Box 5 Folder 11
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence
1939-40
Box 5 Folder 12
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence
1940
Box 5 Folder 13
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence
1939-40
Box 5 Folder 14
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence
1940
Box 5 Folder 15
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence (not family)
1912
Box 5 Folder 16
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence (not family)
1914
Box 5 Folder 17
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence (not family)
1915-17
Box 5 Folder 18
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence (not family)
1918
Box 5 Folder 19
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence (not family)
1919-20
Box 5 Folder 20
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence (not family) April 1-Aug. 20, undated
1920
Box 5 Folder 21
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence
Box 5 Folder 22
Aura E. Severinghaus and Sally Severinghaus Correspondence
Box 5 Folder 23
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence
1918-25
Box 5 Folder 24
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence
1923-37
Box 5 Folder 25
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence
1925
Box 5 Folder 26
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence
1926
Box 5 Folder 27
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence
1939
Box 5 Folder 28
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence
1940
Box 5 Folder 29
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence
1941-76
Box 5 Folder 30
Charles E. Severinghaus to Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence
1941-48
Box 5 Folder 31
Charles E. Severinghaus to AEA Correspondence
1945
Box 5 Folder 32
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence to home
Box 5 Folder 33
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence
1925-50
Box 5 Folder 34
Family Letters to Aura E. Severinghaus
1918
Box 5 Folder 35
Aura E. Severinghaus Correspondence to Home
1917-19
Box 5 Folder 36-37
Aura E. Severinghaus - Family Correspondence
Box 5 Folder 38
Aura E. Severinghaus - Personal, Financial (Peking)
Box 5 Folder 39
Aura E. Severinghaus - Sarah M. Nay wedding certificate, photos, bride's book
1923
Box 5 Folder 40
Aura E. Severinghaus Last Will and Testament
1974
Box 6 Folder 1
Henry R. Luce - Early Correspondence (transcribed), p. 21-120
Box 6 Folder 2
Henry R. Luce - Early Correspondence (transcribed), p. 123-159
Box 6 Folder 3
Henry R. Luce - Early Correspondence (transcribed), p. 260-409
Box 6 Folder 4
Henry R. Luce - Early Correspondence (transcribed), p. 410-521, Index
Box 6 Folder 5
Luce Correspondence (transcribed)
1903-1922
Box 6 Folder 6-8
Luce Family Correspondence (transcribed)
Box 6 Folder 9
Esther Louise Severinghaus Correspondence (transcribed)
Box 6 Folder 10
Charles E. Severinghaus to Leslie Severinghaus Correspondence (transcribed)
1940-46
Box 6 Folder 11
Severinghaus Family Correspondence (photocopies and transcriptions)
1930's-40's
Box 6 Folder 12
Assorted Family Correspondence - Luce/Severinghaus (photocopied/transcribed)
Box 6 Folder 13
"Chits" between Leslie Severinghaus and Emmavail in courting (transcribed)
Box 6 Folder 14-15
Leslie Severinghaus Correspondence, Vols. I and II (transcribed)
1922-27
Box 6 Folder 16
Leslie Severinghaus - "The China Letters" (bound/transcribed)
1922-27
Box 6 Folder 17
Leslie Severinghaus Correspondence to Sheldon Severinghaus (transcribed)
1964-65
Box 6 Folder 18
Emmavail Severinghaus Correspondence regarding the birth of Sheldon Severinghaus and the move to Buck Lane, Haverford
1940
Journal/diaries/memoirs/planners
Box 7 Folder 1
Grace Colby Severinghaus - Christmas letter collection
1932-88
Box 7 Folder 2
Charles Edwin Elmer Severinghaus Autobiography
1865-1941
Box 7 Folder 3
History of the Severinghaus Family by Charles Severinghaus
1991
Box 7 Folder 4
Esther Severinghaus funeral service
Box 7 Folder 5
Leslie Severinghaus photographic scrapbook, family history
1956
Box 7 Folder 6
H. W. Luce notebook?
Box 7 Folder 7
Emmavail Luce - Wellesley
1918-22
Box 7 Folder 8
"Astronomye" English Lit. 8B - Emmavail
1920
Box 7 Folder 9
English 308B - "A Comparison" (Emmavail)
1922
Box 7 Folder 10
English Lit. 308B - "Opinions Concerning Women" (Emmavail)
1922
Box 7 Folder 11
English Lit. 308 - Browning (Emmavail)
Box 7 Folder 12
Emmavail Luce - Wellesley, History 3F paper
1922
Box 7 Folder 13
English Lit. - "Stevenson's Spirit of Adventure" (Emmavail)
Box 7 Folder 14
St. Agnes - English Lit. 308 (Emmavail)
Box 7 Folder 15
English Lit. 308 (Emmavail)
Box 7 Folder 16
Diaries of Emmavail Luce - transcribed
1913
Box 7 Folder 17
Emmavail Luce Diary (transcribed)
1917-19
Box 7 Folder 18
"Forward: two more diaries of Emmavail Luce" - Wellesley
1919-22
Box 7 Folder 19
Emmavail Severinghaus - Travel Journals, V. I and II
1922, 1954
Box 7 Folder 20
Emmavail Luce Diaries (transcribed)
1920, 1921
Box 7 Folder 21
Emmavail Luce journal entries - "The Trip to England"
1921
Box 7 Folder 22
Emmavail Luce - Memoirs - passage to Peking from U.S.
192
Box 7 Folder 23
Emmavail letters home to friends; diaries
1922-27
Box 7 Folder 24
"Popular Education in Tsinanfu" (Emmavail)
1923
Box 7 Folder 25
YWCA Wellesley in China (Emmavail)
1923-24
Box 7 Folder 26
Emmavail
Box 7 Folder 27
Leslie Severinghaus - Autobiographical Sequence
1899-1923
Box 7 Folder 28
"An Autobiographical Sequence" Vol. II
1982
Box 7 Folder 29
Honorary Degrees - Dickinson, Trinity, Pennsylvania, Temple
Box 7 Folder 30
Testimonial Dinner (transcribed)
1978
Box 7 Folder 31
Testimonial to Leslie Severinghaus, Cornell University Trustees - remarks by Leslie Severinghaus
Box 7 Folder 32
Aura E. Severinghaus - Memorial Service
Box 7 Folder 33
College Expenses
Box 7 Folder 34
Cornell University Undergraduate - Accounts, Grades, etc.
1918-22
Box 7 Folder 35
Cornell University papers on Wordsworth
1921
Box 7 Folder 36
M.A. Thesis - Columbia
Box 7 Folder 37
Poetry, Prose
1920's
Box 7 Folder 38
Leslie Severinghaus Collection of Prose
1925-27
Box 7 Folder 39
Leslie Severinghaus Poetry, Prose
1930's
Box 7 Folder 40
The Rise and Demise of an Aspiring Poet
1989
Box 7 Folder 41
`"More Written Material from the China Period"
1922-27
Box 7 Folder 42
Leslie Severinghaus - Peking Journal Transcription
1923-27
Box 7 Folder 43
Leslie Severinghaus - Handbook/Planner - PUMC
1927
Box 7 Folder 44
Fragment - Leslie Severinghaus - Peking Memoirs, p. 331-414
Box 7 Folder 45
Leslie Severinghaus Peking Memoirs
Box 7 Folder 46
Leslie Severinghaus Peking Recollections
Box 7 Folder 47
Leslie Severinghaus account of trip to Wheeling, West Virginia with Sheldon and Aura
1941
Box 7 Folder 48
Bear Trapping and Gaspé Trip
1958
Box 7 Folder 49
Newfoundland Diary
1959
Box 7 Folder 50
Leslie Severinghaus - Journal Entry, March 19-28
1965
Box 7 Folder 51
Journal Entries - Feb. 28-June 15
1970
Box 7 Folder 52
Leslie Severinghaus - Reminisce
1994
Box 7 Folder 53
Travel Diary - Tokyo
Box 7 Folder 54
Wheeling High School - Reunions
Box 7 Folder 55
Leslie Severinghaus-Emmavail Severinghaus Childhood Storybook List
Box 7 Folder 56
List of books in Luce-Severinghaus collection
Box 7 Folder 57
"Parallel Narration of Luce Family and Severinghaus Family
Box 7 Folder 58
Leslie Severinghaus-Emmavail Severinghaus Wedding Anecdote
Box 7 Folder 59
Memoirs fragment, Peking Period p. 223-307
Box 7 Folder 60
Untitled Memoirs fragments, Peking
Box 7 Folder 61
Family and Visitors log
1978
Box 7 Folder 62
Thanksgiving scrapbook (photocopy) 65 year celebration
19987
Box 7 Folder 63
Introduction to Discovery (original)
Box 7 Folder 64
Scrapbook pages (photocopy)
1920's
Box 7 Folder 65
Memoir fragments
Box 7 Folder 66
Journal fragments
Box 8 Folder 1
Christmas tree ornament: Republican Presidential Task Force
1985
Box 8 Folder 2
Terre Haute High School commencement
1884
Box 8 Folder 3
"The Daily Altar," inscribed "To Willard with love from John Dec. 25, '09"
1907
Box 8 Folder 4
Esther Severinghaus five year record book
1918
Box 8 Folder 5
Address book with jottings and verses - ? Severinghaus
Box 8 Folder 6
Photos of Emmavail Severinghaus art work
1910-13
Box 8 Folder 7
The Visitor; or Calls of Usefulness inscribed A. E. Nay
1855
Box 8 Folder 8
Leslie Severinghaus - monthly expense books
1927
Box 8 Folder 9
Sara M. Nay and Aura E. Severinghaus Passports
1922-23
Box 8 Folder 10
Autograph album of Bena W. Schneider, Boonville, Ind.
Box 8 Folder 11
Dancing invitation
Box 8 Folder 12
J. F. Severinghaus clippings notebook
Box 8 Folder 13
brochure: "Evening Pastimes"
1897
Box 8 Folder 14
Ida Mock's (?) Autograph album
1883
Box 8 Folder 15
"The Student's Composition Book"
Box 8 Folder 16
Leslie Severinghaus automobile expense/travel log
1960?
Box 9 Folder 1
Very early Root Family documents (with photographs)
Box 9 Folder 2
Leslie Severinghaus diary (original)
1923
Box 9 Folder 3
Journal of family occurrences (from correspondence)
1930's, -40's
Box 9 Folder 4
"Reminiscences of Isabel Ingram Mayer based on her diary kept 1922-24, Peking, China"
Box 9 Folder 5
"Tea for Two: The Anatomy of an American Friendship"
1922
Box 9 Folder 6
Aura E. Severinghaus - assorted correspondence (oversize folder, see Aura E. Severinghaus, assorted correspondence, letter sized for more)
Box 9 Folder 7
Elizabeth Root Luce -- notes/writing
Box 9 Folder 8
Christmas greetings address list
Box 9 Folder 9
Christmas newsletters
1967-76
Box 10 Folder 1
Scrapbook - newspaper clippings, mostly German
Box 10 Folder 2
Das Sonntagsbuch (German songbook)
1914
Box 10 Folder 3
Travel journal - Holy Land?
Box 10 Folder 4
Prayer scrapbook
Box 10 Folder 5
Comparative Statistical Record of Charges for Michigan District, Central German Conference (Methodist Episcopal Church)
1917-26
Box 10 Folder 6
Charles E. Severinghaus Diary
1942
Box 10 Folder 7
Charles E. Severinghaus Terre Haute school book - essays
Box 10 Folder 8
Gospel Hymns No. 5 (Charles E. Severinghaus)
1897
Box 10 Folder 9
Charles E. Severinghaus Diary
1941
Box 10 Folder 10
Charles E. Severinghaus Diary
1945
Box 10 Folder 11
Charles E. Severinghaus expense journal
19113?
Box 10 Folder 12-31
Charles E. Severinghaus - Small notebooks, diaries, bank books
Box 10 Folder 32
Charles E. Severinghaus - "The Pastor's Vade Mecum"
1916
Box 10 Folder 33
Charles E. Severinghaus - "Daily Suggester"
1942
Box 10 Folder 34
Charles E. Severinghaus - sermons, stories, other writings
Box 11 Folder 1-4
Charles E. Severinghaus - mss. of life history
1945
Box 11 Folder 5
Charles E. Severinghaus - "Talks given - Talks not accepted"; PTA meeting address
1953-54, 1948
Box 11 Folder 6
Charles E. Severinghaus - notes on sermons?
Box 11 Folder 7
Charles E. Severinghaus - insurance for Leslie and Aura
Box 11 Folder 8
Charles E. Severinghaus - Ohio minister's license
1909
Box 11 Folder 9
Charles E. Severinghaus - Terre Haute High School graduation program
1884
Box 12 Folder 1
Leslie Severinghaus's introduction to "Discovery "
Box 12 Folder 2
"A Brief autobiography by Charles Edwin Elmer Severinghaus - 1865-1962"
Box 12 Folder 3
Volume I: Discovery - "Family Affair" . . . 1896-1907
Box 12 Folder 4
Volume II: Discovery - "Family Affair . . . March 1907-March 1913
Box 12 Folder 5
Volume III: Discovery - "Family Affair" . . . March 1913-August 1915
Box 12 Folder 6
Volume III: Discovery - "Family Affair" - items inserted into Leslie Severinghaus annotated copy
Box 12 Folder 7-17
Volumes IV-XIII: Discovery - "Family Affair" - 1915-1925
Box 12 Folder 18
Discovery addendum
Box 12 Folder 19
1897-1904: Tengchow-Weihsien Move - - - Yale in Hunan
Box 12 Folder 20
Discovery - A Family Story: four Diaries by Emmavail Luce, 1916-1919
Box 12 Folder 21
Severinghaus trip to China
1983
Box 12 Folder 22
Elisabeth Luce Moore - A Spoken History
1989
Box 12 Folder 23
"Going Home" - The Record of a Journey - 1927 - journal logs and correspondence
1983
Box 13
Leslie Severinghaus (?) Diaries
1965, 1969, 1990-93
Box 14
Leslie Severinghaus (?) Diaries
1971-72, 1977-78, 1982, 1989
Box 15
Leslie Severinghaus (?) Diaries
1971-80
Additional Personal
Box 57 Folder 1
Address book
Box 57 Folder 2
Severinghaus genealogy
Box 57 Folder 3
Luce genealogy
Box 57 Folder 4
Address by Clare Booth Luce before the Annapolis Naval Academy: "History and the Nature of Man"
Box 57 Folder 5
Philippines: A Background
1970-80
Box 57 Folder 6
Severinghaus Reading Room Dedication and Manuscripts and University Archives exhibit material
1990, 1992
Box 57 Folder 7
Leslie Severinghaus Memorial Service
1994
Box 57 Folder 8
Memorial, dedications, obituaries - Severinghaus and Luce
1984, 1985, 1987
Box 57 Folder 9
Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary Layman's Award and newspaper clippings
1955
Box 57 Folder 10
"The Lady in the Painting" - Chinese Reading Booklet for corresponding instructional audio tapes
Box 58 Folder 1
Paintings of Wu Ch'ang Shou and Ch'i Pai Shih
Box 59 Folder 2
An Illustrated Life of Confucius
Box 59 Folder 1
sheet music - composed by L. K. Severinghaus
Box 59 Folder 2
sheet music - composed by Lois S. Perkins
1940
Box 59 Folder 3
"The Daisy Chain - Twelve Songs of Childhood"
1900
Box 59 Folder 4
Holiday magazine - p. 89 photograph of Haverford School class of 1970
1964
Box 59 Folder 5
"Moon Cakes and Maple Sugar" by Marnie Copland
1980
Box 59 Folder 6
Chinese Wit Wisdom and Written Characters by Rose Quong
1944
Box 59 Folder 7
The Use of Material from China's spiritual Inheritance in the Christian Education of Chinese Youth
1932
Box 59 Folder 8
China Scenes
1980
Series II. China
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, student work, teaching material, student directories, publications, and reference and support material related to Leslie Severinghaus's employment as an English professor at the Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) as well as his later association with the institution; material pertaining to Leslie Severinghaus's association with the American Commemorative Bureau; and material relating to Leslie Severinghaus's involvement in the American Oral English project (SLUR) under the auspices of the ABMAC at the National Defense Medical Center in Taipei.
Peking Union Medical College (PUMC)
Box 16 Folder 1
Shanghai American School - Correspondence (Yenching faculty)
Box 16 Folder 2-3
PUMC - directory correspondence
Box 16 Folder 4-6
PUMC - Directories and directory information
Box 16 Folder 7
Check-list, names/addresses
Box 16 Folder 8
The English Novel - 18th and 19th Century given to II year Medical Class - I and II trimesters - PUMC
1925-26
Box 16 Folder 9-10
PUMC - Student Work - Papers
1926-27
Box 16 Folder 11
PUMC - Student Work
1922-27
Box 16 Folder 12
PUMC - Student Work: "The Third Trimester"
1926-27
Box 16 Folder 13
PUMC - Student Work - compositions submitted for "The Third Trimester"
Box 16 Folder 14
PUMC - Student Work
Box 16 Folder 15
PUMC - pamphlets, announcements, brochures
Box 16 Folder 16
PUMC - Aura Severinghaus account with Asia Banking Corporation - statements
1920-23
Box 16 Folder 17
PUMC Dedication Book
1921
Box 16 Folder 18
PUMC - assorted material
Box 16 Folder 19
"China Mementoes"
Box 16 Folder 20
PUMC - additional material
American Bureau of Medical Aid for China (ABMAC)
Box 17 Folder 1-2
American Bureau for Medical Aid to China, Inc. (ABMAC)
Box 17 Folder 3-6
ABMAC and related
American Oral English Program (SLUR)
Box 18 Folder 1
American Oral English - project proposal
Box 18 Folder 2
SLUR - Franklin & Marshall Language Project
Box 18 Folder 3
American Oral English Programs - reports, other material
Box 18 Folder 4
SLUR Correspondence
Box 18 Folder 5
Program Feedback
Box 18 Folder 6
"SLUR - Level One"
Box 18 Folder 7
SLUR - Exercises
Box 18 Folder 8
American Oral English
Series III. Schools
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, publications, and other material related to Leslie Severinghaus's employment as English teacher and headmaster at The Haverford School, as well as material from continued association with that institution; correspondence, records, and other material related to Leslie Severinghaus's service as a consultant and interim headmaster at The Palmer School' correspondence, records, publications, travel ephemera, and photographic material from the Severinghaus; service to the Green Mountains International Work and Language Camp at Goddard College ('The Experiment'); and correspondence, records and other material related to The Headmaster's Association, The Country Day School Headmaster's Association, and the Arden House Colloquium.
Haverford School
Box 19 Folder 1-2
Personal Correspondence
1965-68
Box 19 Folder 3
Correspondence
Box 19 Folder 4-5
Publications/Pamphlets/Newsletters
Box 19 Folder 6
Haverford School Quarterly
Box 19 Folder 7
Henry Luce Foundation Library
Box 19 Folder 8
Haverford School
Box 19 Folder 9
Photograph
Box 19 Folder 10
"Form Standing" charts
1939-62
Box 19 Folder 11
II - VI Form - photographs
Box 19 Folder 12
Haverford School - 36-year survey chart
Box 19 Folder 13
Haverford School
Box 19 Folder 14
Parents' Nights
Box 19 Folder 15-16
Talks, illustrated talks, commencement speeches, etc.
1942-47
Box 19 Folder 17
Haverford School - "Religion in Human Experience"
Box 19 Folder 18
Leslie Severinghaus's re-evaluation of religion class at Haverford
1981
Box 19 Folder 19
"Senioritis" booklet - order form and cover
Box 19 Folder 20-24
Haverford School miscellaneous
Box 29 Folder 1
Leslie Severinghaus - "A Pictorial Outline of a Year at Haverford 1945-46"
1945-46
Box 29 Folder 2
Haverford
Palmer
Box 20 Folder 1-8
Palmer School
"Experiment": Green Mountains International Work and Language Camp at Goddard College
Box 21 Folder 1-4
Correspondence
Box 21 Folder 5-7
Travel records/arrangements
Box 21 Folder 8
Travel journal
Box 21 Folder 9
Green Mountain International Work and Language Camp Correspondence (5)
1939-40
Box 21 Folder 10
Green Mountain International Work and Language Camp Correspondence
1939-41
Box 21 Folder 11
Green Mountain International Work and Language Camp at Plainfield, Vermont
1939
Box 21 Folder 12
"Experiment" International Living
1938-48
Box 21 Folder 13
"Experiment"
1937
Box 21 Folder 14
"Experiment" - Scandinavia
1938
Box 21 Folder 15-16
"Experiment" literature
Box 21 Folder 17
Emmavail Severinghaus - introduction to "Experiment"
Box 21 Folder 18
"An Experiment in International Living" - damaged manuscript
Headmasters' Associations
Box 22 Folder 1
Headmaster's report to Board of Directors
1963
Box 22 Folder 2
Headmaster's Association
Box 22 Folder 3
Country Day School - Headmaster's Association Directory
1985
Box 22 Folder 4
Middle States Association - Commission on Secondary Schools
1961-62
Box 22 Folder 5-7
Country Day School Headmasters' Association
Box 22 Folder 8
Arden House Colloquium Leslie Severinghaus was chair)
1958
Series IV. Cornell
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, reports, and publications related to Severinghaus' alumni activities at Cornell University, including trustee papers, presidential searches, admissions policies, student uprisings, the East Asia Program, the Laboratory for Ornithology, gifts to the university, reunions, and the 1984 Adult University Cruise aboard the 'Sea Cloud'.
Box 23 Folder 1
Cornell University - Correspondence
Box 23 Folder 2
Cornell University - Gift Correspondence
1986
Box 23 Folder 3
"Interesting documents" from work with Cornell University
Box 23 Folder 4
Cornell University miscellany
Box 23 Folder 5
Trustee
1969
Box 23 Folder 6
Trustee papers
1989
Box 23 Folder 7
Trustee papers
1993
Box 23 Folder 8
Trusteeship Correspondence
Box 23 Folder 9-10
Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology
Box 23 Folder 11
Cornell University Presidential Councilor
Box 23 Folder 12
Student Uprisings/Protests
Box 23 Folder 13
Presidential Searches, etc.
Box 23 Folder 14
"A Philosophy for College Admissions" (1) - letters, reprints, etc. - written first for Cornell, modified and published in the ACAC Journal
1963
Box 23 Folder 15
Leslie Severinghaus speaking tour
1977
Box 23 Folder 16
East Asia Program
1992
Box 23 Folder 17
East Asia Program related material
Box 23 Folder 18
Material/correspondence for Cornell Alumni News article
1984
Box 23 Folder 19
Reunion '21
1991
Box 23 Folder 20
Cornell - Adult University - cruise aboard "Sea Cloud"
1984
Box 23 Folder 21
Guest book of Cornell Club of Miami
1978
Box 23 Folder 22
An Oral History Interview with Deane W. Malott
1991
Box 23 Folder 23
Cornell University related publications
Box 23 Folder 24
"Million Dollar Class Award"
1991
Box 23 Folder 24
Cornell Fund Reunion Campaign award
1991
Box 23 Folder 25
Recording: James Perkins' Inauguration Address
1963
Box 23 Folder 26
Songs of Cornell
Series V. Travel
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence, journal entries, and ephemera related to the travels of Leslie Severinghaus, Emmavail Severinghaus, and Sheldon Root Severinghaus. Material is chronologically ordered, beginning with Emmavail Luce's 1921 journey to England.
Box 30 Folder 1
Emmavail - England
1921
Box 30 Folder 2
Emmavail Severinghaus and RLS - return trip from China
1927
Box 30 Folder 3-4
Emmavail Severinghaus and Leslie Severinghaus - "Around the World"
1932
Box 30 Folder 5
Taiwan
1953
Box 30 Folder 6
World Trip with Garside
1953
Box 30 Folder 7
Emmavail Severinghaus and M. T. Moore - Trip Around the World
1954
Box 30 Folder 8
Journals: Florida trips
1955, -58-64
Box 30 Folder 8
Journals: New Orleans and Texas trip
1963
Box 30 Folder 9
Emmavail Severinghaus and Leslie Severinghaus journal - trip to California
1957
Box 30 Folder 10
ERS and Leslie Severinghaus - trip to U.S. Rockies by Jeep
1960
Box 30 Folder 11
Asia
1965
Box 30 Folder 12-14
Leslie Severinghaus Taiwan trip
1966
Box 30 Folder 15
Africa
1968
Box 30 Folder 16
Asia
1968
Box 30 Folder 17
Galapagos Islands
1969
Box 30 Folder 18
Florida trip
1969
Box 30 Folder 19
India
1969
Box 30 Folder 20
Seychelles Islands
1970
Box 30 Folder 21
Africa
1971
Box 30 Folder 22
Taiwan
1973
Box 30 Folder 23
Hong Kong and around Taiwan
1973
Box 30 Folder 24
New Zealand, Australia, Bali, Taiwan
1974
Box 30 Folder 25
Africa
1975
Box 30 Folder 26
Everglades National Park
1978
Box 30 Folder 27
"Beth" to "Tex" Correspondence - China
1980
Box 30 Folder 28
Leslie Severinghaus to Taiwan
1981
Box 30 Folder 29
Far East
1982
Box 30 Folder 30
Far East - Maps, pamphlets, etc.
1982
Box 30 Folder 31
China
1983
Box 30 Folder 32
China - Maps, pamphlets, etc.
1983
Box 31 Folder 1
English Readers, miscellany
Box 31 Folder 2
Travel
Box 32 Folder 9
Guidebook to Angkor with notes
Box 32 Folder 10
Maps, brochures, guide books
Box 32 Folder 11
Guide books
Box 33 Folder 1
China trip memoria
Box 33 Folder 2
Far East with Boles
1985
Box 33 Folder 3
Cornell Glee Club - Asia tour
1988
Box 33 Folder 4
China
1989
Box 33 Folder 5
Retirement travel log
1965-75
Box 33 Folder 6
Fragments
Box 33 Folder 7
Travel ephemera (postcards/snapshots)
Series VI. Subject Files
Scope and Contents
A. Religion, State, Schools: Contains correspondence, manuscripts, and support material related to the publication of Leslie Severinghaus' book, Religions and History, and his efforts to introduce the instruction of world religions to private schools.
B. Wellesley: Contains correspondence, publications, speech outlines, year books, a scrap book, and ephemera pertaining to Emmavail Severinghaus' student and alumni involvement with Wellesley College.
C. Speeches/addresses: Consists of speech outlines and compositions, as well as transcribed speeches given by Leslie Severinghaus to various organizations and institutions. Also contains a chronological collection of reactions to the speeches in the form of correspondence.
D. Financial: Contains material related to trusts, donations, and personal finances.
E. Directorships: Contains material related to various institutions and organizations of which LEslie Severinghaus was a director.
F. Audubon: Contains material pertaining to Severinghaus' involvement with the Tropical Audubon Society.
G. Newspaper Clippings: Contains unsorted newspaper and periodical clippings collected by Leslie Severinghaus, as well as a collection of clippings pertaining to China.
H. Hartford Outline: An unknown outline, possibly a manuscript, about missions in China. Labeled 'Hartford Outline'.
Religion, State, Schools
Box 24 Folder 1
"Religion in Human Experience"
Box 24 Folder 2
Religions and History - support material
Box 24 Folder 3
Religions and History - correspondence
Box 24 Folder 4
Religions and History - Personal response correspondence/promotion
Box 24 Folder 5
Religions and History - world religion map
Box 24 Folder 6-8
Religions and History - support material
Box 24 Folder 9
Charles E. Severinghaus - "The Celebration of the Quadri-Centennial of Luther and the Reformation"
Box 24 Folder 10
Religions and History - draft copy
Box 24 Folder 11
Religions and History - related correspondence, Robert J. Dilzer, Jr.
1989
Box 24 Folder 12-13
Religions and History - Gift Book Responses from Independent Schools
Box 24 Folder 14
Religions and History - book
Box 24 Folder 15
Leslie Severinghaus Education Proposal
1966
Box 24 Folder 16
Common Sense and the Constitution
1982
Box 28 Folder 8
Collected publications, periodicals, pamphlets, booklets
Wellesley (Emmavail)
Box 26
Emmavail (?) Wellesley scrapbook
Box 24 Folder 29-30
Wellesley College (Correspondence)
Box 24 Folder 31-32
Wellesley College (Publications)
Box 24 Folder 33
Emmavail Severinghaus - Wellesley reunion sash and pin
Box 24 Folder 34
Wellesley "Legenda"
1920
Box 24 Folder 35
Wellesley "Legenda"
1921
Speeches/addresses
Box 24 Folder 17
Leslie Severinghaus - speeches/addresses
Box 24 Folder 18
Leslie Severinghaus - transcribed speeches/addresses
Box 24 Folder 19
Remarks on Speeches
1952-54
Box 24 Folder 20
Remarks on Speeches
1954-55
Box 24 Folder 21
Remarks on Speeches
1955-56
Box 24 Folder 22
Remarks on Speeches
1957-58
Box 24 Folder 23
Remarks on Speeches
1958-59
Box 24 Folder 24
Remarks on Speeches
1959-60
Box 24 Folder 25
Remarks on Speeches
1960-61
Box 24 Folder 26
Remarks on Speeches
1961-62
Box 24 Folder 27
Remarks on Speeches
1962-63
Box 24 Folder 28
Remarks on Speeches
1963-64
Box 27
3x5 speech notecards
Financial
Box 24 Folder 36
Financial - move from Haverford to Coconut Grove
Box 24 Folder 37
Financial - photographic inventory
Box 24 Folder 38
Financial - property tax
Box 24 Folder 39
Financial - Merrill Lynch Basic Value Fund, Inc.
Box 24 Folder 40
Financial - Volusia County Bonds
Box 24 Folder 41
Financial - Putnam Tax Exempt Income
Box 24 Folder 42
Financial - Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner and Smith Inc.
Box 24 Folder 43
Financial - Time Inc.
Box 29 Folder 4
Personal Financial - original copies of H. R. Luce Trust Funds
Directorships
Box 25 Folder 1
East Ridge Retirement Village, Inc.
Box 25 Folder 2
Eckerd College (chairman, Board of Visitors)
1969-74
Box 25 Folder 3
The Dexter School
Box 25 Folder 4
Leslie Severinghaus - Vanguard School
Audubon
Box 29 Folder 3
Tropical Audubon Society
Newspaper Clippings
Box 28 Folder 9-10
Clippings
Box 28 Folder 11
Asia newspaper clippings
Box 28 Folder 12-13
Newspaper clippings
Hartford Outline
Box 28 Folder 1-7
"Hartford Outline" I - VII
Series VII. Visual Material and Ephemera
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs of early and late Severinghaus and Luce families, travel, and The Experiment in International Living; 35mm slides of retirement travels; glass lantern slides and glass negatives taken by Charles E. Severinghaus of extended family, and many taken by Leslie at Cornell University and in Peking, China; 35 mm negatives of Severinghaus family life, annotated photograph albums of various subjects, including PUMC construction, the Luce family in Peking, travel, and commemorative and family events. Commemoration ephemera consists of plaques, medals, posters, paintings, drawings, degrees, and oversized photographs.
Photograph Albums
Box 34 Folder 1
Photograph album - trip to Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc.
1973
Box 34 Folder 2
Photograph album - trip to Puerto Rico, Portugal, etc.
1971
Box 35
Photograph album - Luce Family
1906-?
Box 36
Photograph album - Aura E. Severinghaus visit to the Valley of the Lost Tribe and famous Trappist Monastery in North China
1923
Box 37 Folder 1
Photograph album - Yenching University
Box 37 Folder 2
Photograph album - Emmavail?
Box 38 Folder 1
Photograph album - China ...1922 and China...1983
1983
Box 38 Folder 2
Photograph album - Japan, Ithaca, etc.
1985
Box 38 Folder 3
Photograph album - collected by Leslie Severinghaus
1972
Box 38 Folder 4
Loose items from back of album
Box 39 Folder 1
Photograph album - Christmas - China trip with Cornell University Glee Club
1988-89
Box 39 Folder 2
Photograph album - Aura E. Severinghaus and Sara Nay wedding
Box 39 Folder 3-6
Photograph album - Vol. I-IV - Luce/Severinghaus Story
Box 39 Folder 7
Photograph album - India
Box 39 Folder 8
"Vail"
Box 39 Folder 9
Photograph album - early family; Leslie Severinghaus at Cornell University
Box 39 Folder 10-11
Photograph albums - China
Box 39 Folder 12
Photograph album - early Leslie Severinghaus and Emmavail Severinghaus
Box 39 Folder 13
Photograph album - observance of Leslie Severinghaus' 90th birthday
1989
Box 39 Folder 14
Photograph album - miscellany
Box 39 Folder 15
Photograph album - Vol. I
Photographs
Box 32 Folder 1
Photos
Box 32 Folder 2
Photos at Angkor
Box 32 Folder 3
Siam - numbered postcards (photos) annotated
Box 32 Folder 4
Angkor - numbered post cards (annotated)
Box 32 Folder 5-6
Bangkok - annotated post cards
Box 32 Folder 7-8
Bangkok - annotated photos
Box 49
Photographs
Box 50 Folder 1
Photographic - photographs, annotated post cards, negatives
Box 50 Folder 2
Photographs
Box 50 Folder 3
Photographic (negatives)
Box 50 Folder 4-5
Photo scrapbook
Box 50 Folder 6
Green Mountain International Work and Language Camp - photographs
Box 51
Photographs
Slides
Box 40
35mm slides
Box 41
35mm slides
Box 42
35mm slides
Box 43
35mm slides
Box 44
35mm slides
Box 45
35mm slides
Box 53
Glass slides
Box 54
Glass slides
Box 55
Glass slides
Box 56
Glass slides
Box 66 Folder 1
Europe LRS, ELS and Sheldon part 1
1956
Slides.
Box 66 Folder 2
Europe LRS, ELS and Sheldon part 2
1956
Slides.
Box 66 Folder 2
Western trip LRS, ELS part 1
1957
Slides.
Box 66 Folder 3
Western trip LRS, ELS part 2
1957
Slides.
Box 66 Folder 4
Western trip LRS, ELS part 3
1957
Slides.
Box 66 Folder 4
Bear trapping
1958
Slides.
Box 66 Folder 4
Newfoundland
1959
Slides.
Box 66 Folder 4
Western camp trip part 1
1960
Slides.
Box 66 Folder 5
Western camp trip part 2 Sheldeon and Dad
Slides.
Box 66 Folder 5
Europe part 1
Slides.
Box 66 Folder 6
Europe part 2
1961
Slides.
Box 66 Folder 6
Europe A reel 1, France, Spain, Gibraltar, Switzerland, London
1963
Slides.
Box 66 Folder 6
Europe A reel 2
1963
Slides.
Box 66 Folder 6
Europe A reel 3
1963
Slides.
Box 66 Folder 6
Europe B reel 3 part 1
1963
Slides.
Box 67 Folder 1
Europe B reel 3 part 2 Spain and Portugal
1963
Slides.
Box 67 Folder 1
Europe B reel 4
1963
Slides.
Box 67 Folder 1
Europe B reel 5 (missing)
1963
Slides.
Box 67 Folder 1
Asia trip reel 1
1965
Slides.
Box 67 Folder 2
Asia trip reel 2
1965
Slides.
Box 67 Folder 2
Asia trip reel 3
1965
Slides.
Box 67 Folder 2
Galapagos and Ecuador reel 1
1969
Slides.
Box 67 Folder 3
Galapagos reel 2
1969
Slides.
Box 67 Folder 3
Galapagos reel 3
1969
Slides.
Box 67 Folder 3
Galapagos reel 3.5
1969
Slides.
Box 67 Folder 4
Galapagos reel 4
1969
Slides.
Box 67 Folder 4
Seychelles
1970
Slides.
Box 67 Folder 4
Seychelles islands part 1
1970-10-26-1970-11-12
Slides.
Box 67 Folder 5
Seychelles islands part 2
1970-10-26-1970-11-12
Slides.
Box 67 Folder 6
Seychelles islands part 3
1970-10-26-1970-11-12
Slides.
Box 67 Folder 6
This is Taiwan collection part 1
1958-1964
Slides.
Box 68 Folder 1
This is Taiwan collection part 2
1958-1964
Slides.
Box 68 Folder 1
Portugal, Spain and Barcelona collection
1963
Slides.
Box 68 Folder 1
Europe
1970
Slides.
Box 68 Folder 2
Africa with Walter and Helen reel 1
1971
Slides.
Box 68 Folder 2
Africa reel 2
1971
Slides.
Box 68 Folder 2
Record sheet
Undated
Slides.
Box 68 Folder 3
Parent's Asia trip return
Undated
Slides.
Box 68 Folder 3
LRS Galapagos
1969
Slides.
Box 68 Folder 3
Africa collection by Lester Hunter
Undated
Slides.
Box 68 Folder 3
LRS Asia
1983
Slides.
Box 68 Folder 3
Unmarked LRS Asia reel part 1
1980
Slides.
Box 68 Folder 4
Unmarked LRS Asia reel part 2
1981
Slides.
Box 68 Folder 4
Unknown slides
1983-1984
Slides.
Box 68 Folder 4
Assorted French slides
Undated
Slides.
Box 68 Folder 4
Assorted marked
1965-1969
Slides.
Box 68 Folder 4
Uganda, Rhodesia, Umtata
1968
Slides.
Box 68 Folder 5
Galapagos and Panama Canal
1969
Slides.
Box 68 Folder 5
Eastern Asia collection
1965
Slides.
Box 71 Folder 1
Florida Audubon, Senior picnic, Sheldon and friends
1953-03-1954
Stereo slides
Box 71 Folder 2
Sheldon and friends, Florida, camp, Philadelphia zoo
1953-1955
Stereo slides
Negatives
Box 46
35mm film negatives
Box 47
35mm film negatives
Box 48
35mm film negatives
Box 52
Negatives
Ephemera
Box 62
Ephemera
Mapcase Folder ? (unprocessed)
Ephemera
Box 65 MU-1216
Glass bird statuette
Undated
Series VIII. Audio and Audiovisual Materials
Scope and Contents
Contains cassette and 8mm and 16mm reel audio/video takes of lectures, family events, bird calls, SLUR material, and Chinese language instruction and travel. Also two videocassettes.
Reel-to-reel tapes
Box 61
Reel-to-reel tapes
Box 69 TR-17109
LRS and Allison Schumann piano concerto
1955-03-20
Cassette tapes
Box 61
Cassette tapes, including "Les' Tapes of Henry"
Video cassettes
Video 59 V59
Leslie Severinghaus video
Video 60 V60
Tape of dinner held in honor of Leslie Severinghaus
Box 69 V-10653
China tape 1
1989
Box 69 V-10654
China tape 2
1989
Box 69 V-10655
China tape 3
1989
Box 69 V-10656
China tape 4
1989
Box 69 V-10657
China tape 5
1989
Box 69 V-10658
China tape 6
1989
Box 69 V-10659
China
1989
Box 69 V-10660
Where Confucius meets the New Wave
Undated
Box 69 V-10661
Creative spirits
Undated
Scope and Contents
From Ou Cheng-Wei
Box 69 V-10662
To free an eagle
Undated
Box 69 V-10663
LRS Asian reading room Glee Club
1990-05-25
Scope and Contents
Alain Seznec, Frank Rhodes, Hank Luce
Box 69 V-10664
Beta part 1
Undated
Box 69 V-10665
Beta part 2
Undated
Box 69 V-10666
Beta part 3
Undated
Box 70 V-10667
Geographical fugue, Cornell glee club, Concert tour in Asia
1989
Box 70 V-10668
Geographical fugue, Cornell glee club, Concert tour in Asia
1989
Box 70 V-10669
Geographical fugue, Cornell glee club, Concert tour in Asia
1989
Box 70 V-10670
Leslie Severinghaus
Undated
Film
Box 60
Movies
Box 60 F-2827
China - 1932 Japan
1932
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.
Box 61
Movies
Box 61 F-2892
England - LRS - Henry III - Grandmother Luce
1932
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.
Box 69 F-2072
Africa reel 1
1968-01-22-1968-03-16
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2073
Africa reel 2
1968-01-22-1968-03-16
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2074
Africa reel 3
1968-01-22-1968-03-16
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2075
Africa reel 4
1968-01-22-1968-03-16
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2076
Africa reel 5
1968-01-22-1968-03-16
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2077
Discards Africa reel 1
1968-01-22-1968-03-16
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2078
Discards Africa reel 2
1968-01-22-1968-03-16
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2079
Galapagos reel 1
1969-05
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2080
Galapagos reel 2
1969-05
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2081
Galapagos reel 3
1969-05
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2082
Discards Galapagos reel 1
1969-05
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2083
Discards Galapagos reel 2
1969-05
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2084
India reel 1
1969
Scope and Contents
LRS meets Sheldon and Lucia in New Delhi on their return from Taiwan; meetings of IUCN; France
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2085
India reel 2
1969
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2086
Xmas
1969-1970
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2087
Family continuation
1970-1971
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2088
Africa reel 1
1971
Scope and Contents
LRS, ELS, Walter, Helen
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2089
Africa reel 2
1971
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2090
Africa reel 3
1971
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2091
Africa reel 4
1971
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2092
Africa reel 5
1971
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2093
Africa reel 6
1971
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2094
Africa reel 7
1971
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2095
Sheldon and Lucia's wedding reel 1
1968-07-20-1968-08
Scope and Contents
Luces and Perkinses - Japan, Taiwan
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2096
Sheldon and Lucia's wedding reel 2
1968-07-20-1968-08
Scope and Contents
Luces and Perkinses - Japan, Taiwan
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2097
Untitled reel
Undated
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2098
Untitled reel
Undated
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2099
Untitled reel
Undated
8mm film (super 8)
Box 69 F-2100
Untitled reel
Undated
8mm film (super 8)
Box 70 F-2101
Newfoundland and Nova Scotia
1959
16mm film
Box 70 F-2102
Europe
1961
16mm film
Box 70 F-2103
Florida, Cypress garden
1953
16mm film
Box 70 F-2104
Tinicum to Florida
1956
16mm film
Box 70 F-2105
Europe
1963
16mm film
Box 70 F-2106
Western trip
1957
16mm film
Box 70 F-2107
Florida, Matlavage, Elms, Thorington
1952
16mm film
Box 70 F-2108
Europe
1956
16mm film
Box 70 F-2109
Small bits for distribution
Summer 1957
Scope and Contents
Enclosed list of small bits of miscellaneous film
16mm film
Box 70 F-2110
Bird footage
1962
16mm film
Box 71 F-2111
Texas reel 1
1958
16mm film
Box 71 F-2112
Texas reel 2
1958
16mm film
Box 71 F-2113
Western trip
1960
16mm film
Box 71 F-2114
Children
1934
16mm film