Cornelius Vanderbilt Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS.0472

Bound Scrapbook with embossed “Herbarium” on front cover. Contains various newspaper clippings discussing Cornelius Vanderbilt. Pages have handwritten notes on the back with titles and dates of clippings, and some notes. Many articles note Vanderbilt’s many steamships.

Digital Record

Identifier: spc-mss0472-i0003

Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Cornelius Vanderbilt Collection / Bound Scrapbook with embossed "Herbarium" on front cover. Contains various newspaper clippings discussing Cornelius Vanderbilt. Pages have handwritten notes on the back with titles and dates of clippings, and some notes. Many articles note Vanderbilt’s many steamships, 1852 - 1858

Committee meeting announcement page titled, "At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company. Held at New York March 3rd 1877." States that the committee appointed to draft resolutions relating to the death of Cornelius Vanderbilt. Record signed by Edward L. Sanford, Secretary

Digital Record

Identifier: spc-mss0472-i0005

Dates: 1877

Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Cornelius Vanderbilt Collection / Committee meeting announcement page titled, "At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company. Held at New York March 3rd 1877." States that the committee appointed to draft resolutions relating to the death of Cornelius Vanderbilt. Record signed by Edward L. Sanford, Secretary, 1877

Photocopy of Land Deed

Digital Record

Identifier: spc-mss0472-i0010

Dates: original from May 5, 1784

Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Cornelius Vanderbilt Collection / Photocopy of Land Deed, original from May 5, 1784

Scrapbook with detailed contents page. Contains various newspaper clippings, many of which relate to the founding of Vanderbilt University. Commencement programs, and lithographs of the university. Additionally, there are original photos pasted throughout the book, and notes that include commentary and stories. Some items/notes from Mrs. Vanderbilt.

Digital Record

Identifier: spc-mss0472-i0006

Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Cornelius Vanderbilt Collection / Scrapbook with detailed contents page. Contains various newspaper clippings, many of which relate to the founding of Vanderbilt University. Commencement programs, and lithographs of the university. Additionally, there are original photos pasted throughout the book, and notes that include commentary and stories. Some items/notes from Mrs. Vanderbilt., 1875 - 1880

Scrapbook with detailed index. Contents include clippings on Vanderbilt’s health and death, memorial sermons; Church of the Strangers (Presbyterian church purchase by C. Vanderbilt in NY); Clippings and notes related to Vanderbilt University. Letters and notes included throughout.

Digital Record

Identifier: spc-mss0472-i0008

Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Cornelius Vanderbilt Collection / Scrapbook with detailed index. Contents include clippings on Vanderbilt’s health and death, memorial sermons; Church of the Strangers (Presbyterian church purchase by C. Vanderbilt in NY); Clippings and notes related to Vanderbilt University. Letters and notes included throughout., 1876 - 1877

Scrapbook with various newspaper clippings. Articles on C. Vanderbilt’s marriage to Miss Frank A. Crawford (daughter of Robert L. Crawford, Esq.) of Mobile, AL.; the will upon his death being contested, and later sustained; programs from Vanderbilt University’s Dedication, and other articles on the school and methodist church.

Digital Record

Identifier: spc-mss0472-i0009

Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Cornelius Vanderbilt Collection / Scrapbook with various newspaper clippings. Articles on C. Vanderbilt’s marriage to Miss Frank A. Crawford (daughter of Robert L. Crawford, Esq.) of Mobile, AL.; the will upon his death being contested, and later sustained; programs from Vanderbilt University’s Dedication, and other articles on the school and methodist church., 1877 - 1882

Scrapbook with various newspaper clippings on Vanderbilt’s steam ships and other happenings. Some notes included.

Digital Record

Identifier: spc-mss0472-i0004

Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Cornelius Vanderbilt Collection / Scrapbook with various newspaper clippings on Vanderbilt’s steam ships and other happenings. Some notes included., 1853 - 1855

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