Full version of preview from Google Books?
From a researcher not affiliated with Cornell:
Q: I am trying to obtain a copy of the paper “An Inclining Experiment” by Harold F. Norton. It was published in the Sibley Journal of Engineering in February 1908 (starting on page 159). The copyright for this volume has expired and there is a full version available on google books. Unfortunately [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Does the Cornell University Library have the full run of the Sears catalog?
I understand we have a full run of Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalogs – I am looking for a specific one: the 1921 catalog entitled ‘Lawn and Cemetery Steel Picket and Wire Fabric Fencing’ (or something of that sort). Can you confirm that Cornell has this catalog and if so, where it is currently available?
Cornell [...]
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 [...]
How can I get a photo of John Windmuller, who was a professor at ILR?
Could you please let me know if you have a photo of John Windmuller, who was a professor at ILR?
The Kheel Center, in Catherwood Library, has ten 35mm contact prints of John Windmuller and one approx. 7×10″ enlargement, all probably from the early 70s, by Cornell University Office of Public Information [...]
How can I find biographical information for George Pendray?
Question :
Looking for biography information for George Edward Pendray. He coined the phrase ‘time capsule.’ President of the American Rocket Society, American Interplantary Society, and a
New York publicist. Need references (i.e. webpage, book & page no. ).
The George Edward Pendray papers are housed in the Library at Princeton University. [...]