Contents

• DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
• BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
• COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
• SERIES LIST
• INFORMATION FOR USERS
• SUBJECTS
• CONTAINER LIST

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John Burchard papers, 1927-1999.
Collection Number: 6793

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

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INFORMATION FOR USERS

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CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
		Series I. Associates related to Deep Springs and Telluride Association
Box 1	Folder 1	Beaumont, John	1993 - 1994
		Scope and Contents Correspondence
Box 1	Folder 2	Conable, Barber	1990
		Scope and Contents "Banker to the World" from Cornell Alumni News, July 1990
Box 1	Folder 3	Cronk, Ed and Dorothy
		Scope and Contents Deep Springs brochure
Box 3	Folder 2	deBeers, Jack	1967 - 1988
		Scope and Contents Quebec Terrace correspondence, some legal-size
Box 1	Folder 4	For DeBeers	1980 - 1990
		Scope and Contents Correspondence, Quebec Terrance papers, Cornell campus photographs
Box 1	Folder 5	Dodge, Norton	1995
		Scope and Contents Newsclippings
Box 1	Folder 7	Grant, Lindsay	1993
		Scope and Contents Newsclippings
Box 1	Folder 8	Laylin, John	1979
		Scope and Contents Newsclippings
Box 3	Folder 3	Olin, Jim - Congressman	1985 - 1989
		Scope and Contents Correspondence, some legal-size
Box 3	Folder 4	Roberts, Dick, Helen and Roger	1982 - 1995
		Scope and Contents Correspondence, some legal-size
Box 1	Folder 9	Sabine, George	1983 - 1988
		Scope and Contents Correspondence
Box 1	Folder 10	Sheridan, Bob and Marite	1983 - 1995
		Scope and Contents Correspondence
		Series II. Correspondence and records
Box 1	Folder 6	Fairchild, Tom	1927 - 1962
		Scope and Contents Correspondence
Box 1	Folder 11	Alumni of Deep Springs and Telluride Association (ADSTA)	1974 - 1979
		Scope and Contents Correspondence, fund drives, financial statements, reunion information
Box 1	Folder 12	Alumni of Deep Springs and Telluride Association (ADSTA)	1980 - 1996
		Scope and Contents Correspondence, fund drives, reunion information, oral history project report
Box 1	Folder 13	Cornell	1994 - 1995
		Scope and Contents Newsletter, reunion
Box 1	Folder 14	Deep Springs	1947 - 1956
		Scope and Contents Correspondence, two photographs,reports, typed copy of L.L. Nunn's "The Purpose"
Box 1	Folder 15	Deep Springs	1975 - 1979
		Scope and Contents Correspondence, reports, fund drives, survey, "Giving to Deep Springs College"
Box 1	Folder 16	Deep Springs	1983 - 1988
		Scope and Contents Correspondence,three photographs of John Burchard from 1920s included in 1988 letter from John E. Beaumont , donation reports, fund raising committee manual
Box 1	Folder 17	Deep Springs	1990 - 1993
		Scope and Contents Correspondence, reports, literary publication The Bonepile Volume 1, 1993, fund raising, donation reports, blank survey
Box 1	Folder 18	Deep Springs	1994 - 1995
		Scope and Contents Correspondence, reports, fund raising, alumni questionnaire, 3 pre-1945 photos including Jack Burchard, coeducation, page proof "The cattle ranch that doubles as a school for doers"Smithsonian Magazine April, 1995, "Capitol Letters","Common Cause Magazine May/June 1994 featuring Barber Conable
Box 1	Folder 19	Deep springs	1996 - 1997
		Scope and Contents Correspondence, newspaper clippings, literary publication The Bonepile Volume Two: A Matchless Book, 1997, brochures, Campaign for Deep Springs newsletter, personal correspondence from Ruth Burchard to Deep Springs College notifying college of John Burchard's death
Box 3	Folder 5	Deep Springs newspaper clippings	1972 - 1986
		Scope and Contents Some legal-size
Box 1	Folder 20	Deep Springs and Telluride Association	1928 - 1936
		Scope and Contents Correspondence, financial statements, pamphlet "The Debt-Deflation Theory of the Great Depressions" reprinted fromEconometricaVolume 1, Number 4, October 1933, "Experimental Data and Its Use. Making Observations", "Nine elementary rules of documentation", "Instructions for Students entering Deep Springs"
Box 1	Folder 21	Deep Springs and Telluride Association	1937 - 1940
		Scope and Contents Correspondence, reports, financial statements
Box 1	Folder 22	Deep Springs and Telluride Association	1941 - 1957
		Scope and Contents Correspondence, fund raising, minutes, blank application forms, minutes, investment plan, constitution and bylaws of Telluride Association, finance committee, Telluride Association Alumni constitution, The George Fisher Baker non-resident lectureship in chemistry at Cornell University:"Atomic Structure of Minerals" by W.L. Bragg, Cornell University 1937
Box 1	Folder 23	Deep Springs and Telluride Association	1974 - 1978
		Scope and Contents Correspondence, reports, fund raising, alumni events, coeducation, scholarships
Box 1	Folder 24	Deep Springs and Telluride Association	1978 - 1989
		Scope and Contents Correspondence, Telluride House renovations brochure, fund raising, reunion events, newspaper clippings, reports, "Motivation: key to educational Problems" by Robert B. Aird reprinted from Phi Delta Kappan, September 1981, holiday photocard
Box 1	Folder 25	Deep Springs and Telluride Association	1990 - 1997
		Scope and Contents Correspondence, fund raising, alumni events, survey
Box 3	Folder 6	Deep Springs and Telluride Association	1930 - 1952
		Scope and Contents Correspondence, application process, some legal-size
Box 1	Folder 26	Telluride Association custodian correspondence	1938 - 1947
		Scope and Contents Correspondence, minutes, investments, insurance, reports
Box 1	Folder 27	Telluride Association custodian correspondence	1947 - 1954
		Scope and Contents Correspondence, minutes, investments, finances, reports, Telluride Power Company
Box 1	Folder 28	Telluride Association financial advisory committee	1951 - 1953
		Scope and Contents Correspondence, convention resolutions 1951
Box 1	Folder 29	Deep Springs pamphlets	1993 - 1994
Box 1	Folder 30	Deep Springs and Telluride Association pamphlets	1926 - 1947
Box 1	Folder 31	Telluride Association and Cornell Pamphlets	1930 - 1982
Box 1	Folder 32	Orville Sweeting manuscript - Chapter 1 , Early Mining Ventures	n.d.
		Scope and Contents Includes list of chapter headings
Box 1	Folder 33	Orville Sweeting manuscript - Chapter 2, L.L. Nunn's Investigation of Alternating Current Electricity	n.d.
Box 1	Folder 34	Orville Sweeting manuscript - Chapter 3, The Ames Power Plant, Built and Operated Successfully	n.d.
Box 1	Folder 35	Orville Sweeting manuscript - Chapter 4, Founding of the Telluride Power Company in Colorado	n.d.
Box 1	Folder 36	Orville Sweeting manuscript - Chapter 5 - Extension of Telluride Power into Utah	n.d.
Box 1	Folder 37	Orville Sweeting manuscript - Chapter 6, Nunn's Role in the Development of Niagara Falls Power	n.d.
Box 1	Folder 38	Orville Sweeting manuscript - Chapter 7, L.L. Nunn as Educator	n.d.
Box 1	Folder 39	Orville Sweeting manuscript - Chapter 8, Can Business and Education Mix?	n.d.
Box 1	Folder 40	Orville Sweeting manuscript - Chapter 9, The Telluride Educational Work is Perpetuated	n.d.
Box 1	Folder 41	Orville Sweeting manuscript - Chapter 10, The Founding of Deep Springs	n.d.
Box 4	Folder 1	Deep Springs and Telluride Association Correspondence, Applicants	1928 - 1980
		Restricted
		Series III. Published newsletters and reports
Box 2	Folder 1	Deep Springs Alumni Newsletter	1992 - 1998
Box 2	Folder 2	Deep Springs alumni study - "Among the Few"	1980
Box 2	Folder 3	Deep Springs College Annual Report	1991 - 1995
Box 2	Folder 4	Master Plan Deep Springs College	n.d.
		Scope and Contents Architectural planning
Box 2	Folder 5	Deep Springs College Newsletter	1971 - 1993
Box 2	Folder 6	Peace Action of the National Council for the Prevention of War newsletter	1935 - 1940
Box 2	Folder 7	Telluride Newsletter	1929
Box 2	Folder 8	Telluride Newsletter	1930 - 1946
Box 2	Folder 9	Telluride Newsletter	1947 - 1953
Box 2	Folder 10	Telluride Newsletter	1954 - 1968
Box 2	Folder 11	Telluride Newsletter	1969 - 1976
Box 2	Folder 12	Telluride Newsletter	1977 - 1987
Box 2	Folder 13	Telluride Newsletter	1987 - 1999
Box 2	Folder 14	Telluride Association convention minutes	1927 - 1936
Box 2	Folder 15	Telluride Association convention minutes	1943 - 1946
Box 2	Folder 16	Telluride Association convention minutes	1947 - 1950
Box 2	Folder 17	Telluride Association convention minutes	1938 - 1942
Box 2	Folder 18	Telluride Association convention minutes	1951 - 1956
Box 2	Folder 19	Telluride Association convention minutes	1958 - 1967
Box 2	Folder 20	Telluride Association Pre-Convention Report of the Treasurer	1990
Box 2	Folder 21	Telluride Association Directory of Associates	1955 - 1985
Box 2	Folder 22	Telluride Association Directory of Associates	1973 - 1997
Box 2	Folder 23	Inventory of Orville Sweeting's material in Cornell archives	1980
		Scope and Contents Includes 1980 correspondence with Beatirice McLeod
Box 3	Folder 1	Photographs	1930s
		Scope and Contents Telluride Association members (1935), undated Telluride Association members with separate list of names, Telluride Association members outside of CBTA