Archival reproductions
I wonder if I may have copies of the contents of :
box 10 folder 14
box 10 folder 16
relating to general macdonald from the rare& manuscript collection. Thank you.
Thank you for your reproduction inquiry. I have forwarded your email to our Reproductions Unit, who will be in contact with you within [...]
Can you help me find copies of 19th century labor speeches and periodicals?
I am looking for periodicals or speeches from 1820-1840 that would be what a working man would have read. Also Tristam Burges writings in the same years, and the speeches of William Heighton. I am interested in the race relationship of free blacks and white workers during those years. I was told that Catherwood library [...]
1911 glider meet?
Q: I am currently interested in newspaper and/or magazine articles on a Harvard Aeronautical Society glider meet, at Atlantic, in May 3-6, 1911. It is a little difficult for me to get to Boston, as I live in LA.
I would like to know:
1. Are there any articles available?
2. How can I get assistance in [...]
Information about rare book Itinerarium Novi Testamenti?
I am currently doing research on Brown’s Abstract of the Bible which is a four part book. One of the books you have in your holdings is Itinerarium Novi Testamenti. I was wondering if it would be possible to get any and all information that you have on this book, including what the title page [...]
How can I find the hourly wage of a Teamster in 1963?
I am a reference librarian for the Virginia Beach Public Library in Virginia Beach, Virginia. I am trying to help a patron locate the hourly wage of a member of the Teamsters in 1963. I have checked with the Walter Reuther Library, Bureau of Labor Statistics, George Washington University, and the Historical Statistics of the [...]
Liberty Hyde Bailey papers?
I’m seeking any connections (meetings, influences) between Liberty Hyde Bailey and Colonel Francis W. Parker. Thank you for your help.
Evidence of these connections may be a part of the correspondence files maintained in our Cornell manuscripts collections at Kroch Library here on the Ithaca campus.
The related Catalog record for this collection of Liberty Hyde [...]
Are rare papers available online?
The papers of Paul Davidoff (there’s some number on your website to describe them — 4200). Have any of them been posted on the internet? If they are not, how accessible are they?
Hello,
In some cases rare papers and manuscripts in our archives are available full text online:
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/collections/digitalcollections.html
However, this is not the case with The Paul [...]
Can you help me find the transcript of the trial of Dietrich Flade?
I’m writing a short piece on Dietrich Flade for the website www.executedtoday.com (his execution date is coming up in a couple days) and was wondering if I could get a couple things from you:
- A .pdf or photographic plate image (not for distribution) of the original trial transcript.
- A photograph of the document itself for [...]
Does Cornell subscribe to Archive Grid?
Hello -
I am finding (via an internet search) historical documents that I need via something called ‘archive grid’. I can’t view the documents because I don’t have a subscription. I have looked for this under Cornell’s databases but don’t see ‘archive grid’. Do you know anything about this database?
http://archivegrid.org/web/jsp/s.jsp?q=”isles+of+shoals”
Thanks.
Hello,
We do have a subscription to ArchiveGrid [...]
Question about preserving and appraising books
Hi, I have a book, and I hope that this is the right library to email my question to. The book that I have is called, ‘ILGWU NEWS-HISTORY 1900-1950.’ It is a large book and in fairly good condition. I just got this book and was wondering how I should care for it. I have [...]
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