Oscar and Ruth Hunt Van Valkenburgh Papers
An inventory of their papers at the Syracuse University Archives
Finding aid created by: Erin Lee
Date: 2011
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Finding aid created by: Erin Lee
Date: 2011
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| Creator: | Van Valkenburgh, Ruth Hunt |
| Title: | Oscar and Ruth Hunt Van Valkenburgh Papers |
| Dates: | 1887-1966 |
| Size: | 1 box (1 linear foot) |
| Abstract: | The Oscar and Ruth Hunt Van Valkenburgh Papers document the personal life of the couple and include photographs, dance cards, printed materials, and other items from their time at Syracuse University. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Research Center Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 |
Originally from Binghamton, New York, Ruth Louise Hunt Van Valkenburgh attended Syracuse University from 1912 to 1916 and graduated with a bachelor of science in Fine Arts belles lettres. She was a member of the Mu Phi Epsilon sorority and served as president of the SU Alumni Club.
Born in Truxton, New York, Oscar L. Van Valkenburgh studied science at Syracuse University between 1907 and 1911. He was chief chemist at Crucible Steel Co. of America for 45 years and retired in 1956.
Ruth and Oscar Van Valkenburgh lived in DeWitt, New York, from 1937 until his death in 1981. Ruth Van Valkenburgh died in 1991.
The Van Valkenburgh Papers include dance cards, photographs, financial documents, printed material, and various Syracuse University-related materials. Making up a good portion of the collection are the dance cards, spanning from 1908 to 1917, from the Syracuse University Senior Balls and other University-related dances, fraternity and sorority dances, and those of non-University organizations, such as the Nurses' Home of the Syracuse Homeopathic Hospital. The photographs, portraits and postcards feature Syracuse University and images of individuals. Included in the Syracuse University photographs are those of campus including the Archbold Stadium grandstand, students in front of Sims Hall, the University crew and basketball teams, and Oscar Van Valkenburgh in his room while at SU. University publications, memorabilia, financial documents, clubs and societies' documents, including sororities and fraternities, are also all included in the collection.
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 University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries and all relevant rights holders
before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this
collection.
The University Archives holds additional dance cards in the Syracuse University Memorabilia Collection.
Names
Van Valkenburgh family.
Van Valkenburgh, Oscar L.
Van Valkenburgh, Ruth Hunt.
Syracuse University -- Students.
Syracuse University.
Subjects
Greek Letter societies -- United States.
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History.
Higher education.
Types of Material
Correspondence.
Dance cards.
Photographs.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Oscar and Ruth Hunt Van Valkenburgh Papers,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Ruth Hunt Van Valkenburgh donated the papers to the Syracuse University Archives in February 1989. In the early 1990s, Nora McCabe '92 donated the chemistry notebooks.
Processing Information
The materials in this collection have been placed in acid-free folders. The dance cards have been placed in archival plastic bags, and some photographs have been placed in mylar sleeves. Certificates and photographs have been removed from frames.
Subject Files
Dance Cards
Books
| Subject Files | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Clubs and Societies 1906-1917 - Including the Alethean Society of Syracuse High School | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Financial Documents 1887-1921 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Miscellaneous 1887-1917 - Menu card, song lyrics, usher ticket, class song score and other printed material | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Photographs Undated - Including photographs of Ruth Hunt and Stewart Newing | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Portraits 1901-1919 - Including portraits of Ruth Hunt, Edith Scott, Oscar Van Valkenburgh and Margaret Van Valkenburgh | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Postcards Undated | ||||||||||
| Syracuse University | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Alumni Association Certificates 1961, 1966 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Chemistry notebook and loose notes belonging to Oscar L. Van Valkenburgh 1911 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Chemistry notebooks and loose notes belonging to Oscar L. Van Valkenburgh 1903-1915 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Clubs and Societies 1904-1922 - Including the Athletic Association, Orange Debating, Women's Glee Club, Chemical Club and Commons Club | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Commencement 1906-1921 | ||||||||||
| MC 0-4 | Diploma- Ruth Hunt- Bachelor of Letters June 14, 1916 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Documents 1903-1916 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Fraternities and Sororities 1906-1919 - Including certificates of initiation, music and dance programs, invitations | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Memorabilia 1911, Undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Miscellaneous Undated - University stationery and Syracuse Evening song | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Newspapers 1902-1918 - Including clippings concerning students and student activities and Daily Orange excerpts | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Photographs, Portraits, Postcards 1903-1929 - Including images of Sims Hall, Slocum Hall, Archbold Stadium, Crouse College, Steele Hall, Tolley Building, Bowne Hall, and the crew team | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Publications 1902-1921 - Including student handbooks | ||||||||||
| Dance Cards | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Alethean Society December 1911-February 1914, Undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Assorted March 1908-September1912 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Assorted February 1913-April 1917, Undated | ||||||||||
| Syracuse University | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Assorted 1913 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Greek - Assorted November 1910-October 1914, Undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Greek - Mu Phi Epsilon 1912-1915, Undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Senior Ball February 1911-January 1915 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Sims Hall January 1909-December 1916 | ||||||||||
| Books | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Gardiner, Samuel R. (1902). A student’s history of England: from the earliest times to the death of Queen Victoria, vol.II A.D. 1509-1689, New York, Longmans, Green, and Co. | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Holleman, A.F. (1907). A text-book of inorganic chemistry. New York, John Wiley &Sons. | ||||||||||