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Chicago World's Fair Ticket
Otto Cornell
Daily Admission Pass for Otto Cornell to the World's Columbian Exposition, or Chicago World's Fair, held in 1893 in Chicago, Illinois. A circular photograph of a young man in a hat and tie is pasted on the backside of the ticket.
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Ted Ross Airplane Photo
Ted Ross
Photo of a downed airplane with the caption “The machine Ted Ross fell in”.
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Cairo Street Picture
Otterbein University
A sepia photograph of Otterbein students at Cairo Street in the Midway Plaisance at the 1893 World's Columbian Exhibition, or Chicago World's Fair. The architectural details in the background of the photo, like the striped arches mimicking the use of alternating light and dark stone, evoke elements of Islamic architecture.
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Double-Sided Notecard
Otterbein University
One double-sided notecard with handwriting about the diary entries
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Lucinda and Alice Cornell Recipes
Lucinda Cornell and Alice Cornell
A page of recipes including Lucinda’s silver cake (1863) and Blanche’s brown bread (1899).
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Next of Kin Notice
John B. Cornell
Copies of a next of kin notice to Charles M. Rogers, stating the he must notify the children of John B. Cornell of his recent death.
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Lucinda Insurance Documents
Lucinda Cornell
Bills and mail addressed to Lucinda and Geneva Cornell, particularly from the Ohio Farmers’ Insurance Company
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Freemason Book
Otterbein University
A freemason text of their constitutions, from New York, 1801. Years were written according to AL. (Anno Lucis, Year of Light). AL is AD + 4000, so 1801 AD is 4801 AL.
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McConnell Newspaper Article
Mary McConnell
A newspaper article titled “City drenched in “dry history” by Mary McConnell.
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Cornell Diary Transcription
Merriss Cornell
A diary transcription from 1860, including one sheet of music
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Civil War Certificate
John Cornell
John Cornell’s certificate of military service, (volunteer National Guard 133rd regiment of Ohio, company C, Signed by secretary of war Edwin Stanton, and President Abraham Lincoln
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Good as Gold: A New Collection of Sunday School Songs
Rev. Robert Lowry and W. Howard Doane
This book, Good as Gold: A New Collection of Sunday School Songs as published by Biglow & Main, contains approximately 250 hymns and gospel songs in English, most with music. Handwritten notation in pencil on the front endpapers provides information about the book's previous ownership, stating "Sherman L. Budd's Book."
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Health's French-English Dictionary
Jean Louis de Lolme, Henry Bridgeman, and Robert Wallace
The handwritten pencil notations on the front endpapers reveals that Heath's French-English Dictionary was owned by "Miss Geneva Cornell, March 1, 1892" and "Honore Cornell, Otterbein College, Freshman year 1894, Sophomore year 1895." It is likely that the family passed it around to use for college classes.
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Granite Monument Receipt, February 8, 1889
Lucinda Cornell
Receipt from Charles Wege about a $160 granite monument. The back reads "Granet[sic] monument 1889 -cemetary[sic] Lucinda L. Cornell"
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Receipt for Monument for Lucinda L. Cornell, September 26, 1888
Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell
Printed bill for a monument made by Charles Wege for Lucinda L. Cornell.
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Pension Deposit Certificate
U.S. Pension Agency and Lucinda L. Cornell
This paper certifies that in "Columbus, O., [on] 3/23/1888, Lucinda B. Cornell has deposited her Pension Certificate No. 241.553 in this office." -- G.H. Bargar, U.S. Pension Agent.
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Obituary for Mrs. Minerva Straight née Haymaker
Minerva Straight
A cutting of a newspaper obituary for Minerva Straight née Haymaker (b. 1830), wife to George R. Straight, who died at the age of 58 of a "sickness proved to be typhoid malarial fever" on August 14, 1888.
