Archival Finds
The PHI’s “Archival Finds” project aims to connect students with archival research in the Cornell University Library’s Rare and Distinctive Collections.
December 6, 2021
Olivia VF Chaudhury, Class of 2022, MA Historic Preservation Planning These three cards (click to zoom in), used to advertise gender affirming services, were displayed in...
December 1, 2021
Alexander Myers, Class of 2023, Philosophy and Psychology In 1990, James Dale, a lifelong Boy Scout and dedicated humanitarian, was fired from his position as an Assistant...
December 1, 2021
Daniela Wise-Rojas, Class of 2025, Government Pictured in the gallery below (click to zoom in) is a written record of graffiti on Cornell's campus from April 1990 and 1991 Both...
November 30, 2021
Sahana Shridhar, Class of 2022, Industrial and Labor Relations The following images are two technicolor negatives The negatives depict a nude woman against a white backdrop,...
November 30, 2021
Claudia León, Class of 2023, American Studies & Latino Studies/History In 1987, the New York State Health Department released these posters as part of a larger campaign...
November 29, 2021
Jeff Iovannone, Master's Student in Historic Preservation Planning This loose black and white snapshot photograph, taken circa 1950s, depicts trans masculine jazz musician...
November 21, 2021
Ally Knapp, Class of 2024, College of Arts and Sciences Cartoonist Joel Beck’s Lenny of Laredo (1965) was a counterculture comic that he created while visiting UC Berkeley...
November 14, 2021
Ally Knapp, Class of 2024, Arts and Sciences Pictured is the New York hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa, Cheryl James (Salt), Sandra Denton (Pepa), and DJ Spinderella, posing...
November 14, 2021
David Marantes, Class of 2022, Government and History The Green Duck Company was established in 1906 by George G Greenburg and Henry J Duckgeischel The two were coworkers at...
