Adna Ferrin Weber Papers,1884-1966.

Collection Number: 2872

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Adna Ferrin Weber papers, 1884-1966.
Collection Number:
2872
Creator:
Weber, Adna Ferrin,
Quantity:
2.2 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Photographs, manuscripts, printed materials, scrapbooks, research materials, and correspondence.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Collection includes photographs; notebooks; professional and popular writings, 1899-1913; correspondence, notes, references, and reviews concerning Weber's GROWTH OF CITIES; student exams, notebooks, papers, and treatises from Cornell University; and miscellaneous items relating to Cornell, including one handwritten letter from President Jacob Gould Schurman.
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor.
Adna Weber graduated from Cornell University in 1894, and was instrumental in the development of urban studies in the United States. He helped found and was secretary of the American Association of Labor Legislation.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Collection includes photographs; notebooks; professional and popular writings, 1899-1913; correspondence, notes, references, and reviews concerning Weber's GROWTH OF CITIES; student exams, notebooks, papers, and treatises from Cornell University; and miscellaneous items relating to Cornell, including one handwritten letter from President Jacob Gould Schurman.
Also, family letters, letters published in the Cattaraugus Republican, journal, and other documents relating to his study in Germany. Two small albums, one with cyanotype photos of Cornell and the other of trips, to Niagara Falls and to Florida.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Weber, Adna Ferrin, 1870-1968.
Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942.
Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942
Weber, Adna Ferrin, 1870-1968.
Cornell University
Cornell University

Subjects:
City planning.
Cities and towns -- Study and teaching.
Education -- Germany.
Universities and colleges -- Germany.
College teachers.
Cities and towns -- Study and teaching
City planning
College teachers
Education
Manners and customs
Travel
Universities and colleges

Places:
Germany -- Description and travel.
Germany -- Social life and customs.
Niagara Falls (N.Y.)
Germany
New York (State) -- Niagara Falls

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Cyanotypes.
Scrapbooks.
Pictorial works


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Adna Ferrin Weber Papers, #2872. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

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