Cornell University. Library. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections

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Scope and content

Abstract

Photographs, clippings, brochures, correspondence and other materials relating to Cornell University buildings.

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Correspondence, photographs, clippings, and biographical data concerning Cornell faculty and some staff.

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Division exhibit items, records, and related material.

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Records, files, and miscellany relating to the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.

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Early accessions files, with some accompanying single item or very small collections.

Scope and content

Office files of Katherine Reagan, the Ernest L. Stern Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.

Scope and content Collection consists of maps, graphics (such as posters, caricatures, etc.), and books and pamphlets containing maps, that are intended primarily to influence the opinion of the viewer--to send a message--rather than to communicate geographic information. The collection reflects a variety of persuasive tools: allegorical, satirical and pictorial mapping; selective inclusion or exclusion; unusual projections, graphics and text; and intentional deception. Maps in the collection address a wide...