Summary Information

Title: Gilmore D. Clarke papers,
Creator: Gilmore D., Clarke 1892-
Inclusive dates: 1927-1982,
Bulk dates: 1937-1974 (bulk)
4 cubic ft.
Photographs, correspondence, clippings
Abstract::

Collection consists primarily of correspondence documenting Clarke's unsuccessful campaign to prevent the demolition of Cornell University's Boardman Hall and its replacement by Olin Library. Also included are addresses, published Christmas sonnets by Clarke, 1968-1980, 1982, clippings, articles, letters to the editor (Ithaca Journal and the New York Times), photographs, campus maps, and photocopies of letters, including two from Harry S. Truman concerning Clarke's opinion on remodelling part of the White House (1947). Represented in the collection are Bernhard Louis Clynes, John Lyon Collyer, George Bain Cummings, Edmund Ezra Day, Arthur Hobson Dean, C.W. DeKiewiet, Douglass Boardman Lee, Thomas W. Mackesey, Deane W. Malott, Floyd Roy Newman, Jerome O'Connor, Nathaniel Alexander Owings, Gustav Jaeger Requardt, and Allen Hosie Treman.

Call number: 15-1-808
Language: Collection material in English
Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library