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Charles N. Cobb Papers
An inventory of his papers at the Syracuse University Archives
Finding aid created by: Hadiya Lee
Date: 2024
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Finding aid created by: Hadiya Lee
Date: 2024
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Summary |
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| Creator: | Cobb, Charles N. |
| Title: | Charles N. Cobb Papers |
| Dates: | 1874-1880 |
| Size: | 4.5 linear feet |
| Abstract: | Materials related to Charles Cobb's time as an undergraduate at Syracuse University |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Research Center Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 |
Charles Newell Cobb (1855-1939) graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1877 and a Master of Arts in 1880. He was an active member of the Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity. In 1875 he was elected one of the first four members of the "University nine," the first baseball team to represent Syracuse University.
After graduation, Cobb went to Europe and was commissioned as a war correspondent for five Central New York newspapers covering the Russo-Turkish war. After the war ended, he returned to the United States and in 1893 became supervisor of science instruction in the New York State Department of Education, a position he retained until his retirement in 1927.
The Charles N. Cobb Papers date from 1874 to 1880 and consist of two scrapbooks detailing his time as a Syracuse University student, his diplomas, and a notebook containing his class notes on Ancient, Medieval, and Modern European History. One of the diplomas is decorated with pink and blue ribbons, documenting Syracuse University’s official colors at that time. The scrapbooks contain clippings from The Syracuse Journal and the Syracuse Daily Courier, envelopes and invitations, programs, activity tickets, and materials related to Phi Beta Kappa.
Access Restrictions:
Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
In addition to this collection the Archives holds a correspondence file related to Cobb in both the George Fisk Comfort Family Collection and the Chancellor James Roscoe Day Papers. The Syracuse University Archives also has a clipping file on Charles N. Cobb.
Names
Cobb, Charles N.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Syracuse University -- Alumni and alumnae.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.
Subjects
Greek letter societies.
Student activities.
Higher education.
Types of Material
Diplomas.
Notebooks.
Scrapbooks.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Charles N. Cobb Papers
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
The Archives has no documentation about the acquisition of the Charles N. Cobb Papers.
Processing Information
Materials were placed in acid-free folders and an acid-free box.
Materials are arranged alphabetically.
Papers
| Papers | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Class notebook 1874-1875 | ||||||||||
| MC 0-4 | Diplomas 1877-1880 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Scrapbooks 1874-1877 (2 volumes) | ||||||||||