History @ CUL

Pinckney papers online

The newest additions to the Rotunda collection of The American Founding Era are The papers of Eliza Lucas Pinckney and Harriott Pinckney Horry. Here is a summary from the catalog record: The papers of Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722-1793) and her daughter Harriott Pinckney Horry (1748-1830) document the lives of two observant and articulate founding-era women […]

New Request System in RMC

Margaret Nichols from the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections (RMC) sends word of an important change in procedures: A few minutes past 8:00 am on Thursday, January 10, the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections inaugurated a new online registration and request system. The new system will allow patrons to do most of the […]

2012 Additions to Rare and Manuscript Collections

The following announcement from Katherine Reagan, the Ernest L. Stern Curator of Rare Books & Manuscripts in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections (RMC) is sure to be of interest to many Cornell historians: The end of the year frequently brings many gifts from our generous alumni, donors, and friends.  2012 was no exception – […]

Civil Rights Interviews

The Department of Special Collections and University Archives at Vanderbilt University has recently created a fascinating digital archive of primary sources compiled by Robert Penn Warren for his book “Who Speaks for the Negro?”  In 1965, Warren traveled the country speaking to many civil rights leaders.  The recorded interviews, transcripts, and associated correspondence and other […]

New Microfilm Collections at CRL

The Cornell University Library (CUL) is a member of the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) in Chicago. CRL owns approximately five million publications, archives, and collections that supplement Cornell’s humanities, science, and social science holdings. CUL users can borrow material for an unlimited period, making CRL’s collection in effect an extension of CUL’s own holdings. CRL […]