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Need a present for the Cornellian on your list? Here are titles on University history, traditions, songs, famous alums\u2014even recipes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Beth Saulnier<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor’s note: Most of these books are available through the Cornell Store<\/a>, as well as from other online outlets.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A History of Cornell<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Originally published in 1962, this official history<\/a> was written by Morris Bishop 1913, PhD 1926, a professor of Romance literature and the University historian. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It traces Cornell from its founding through its first 75 years of existence\u2014detailing the unlikely partnership between Ezra Cornell and A.D. White; the assembly of the early faculty and the construction of buildings; the toll of World War I; and much more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also highlights a host of notable characters, from naturalist and lecturer Louis Agassiz Fuertes 1897 to notorious student prankster Hugh Troy 1926\u2014and even beloved campus dog Napoleon, a familiar passenger on Ithaca streetcars.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cornell: A History, 1940\u20132015<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Government professor Isaac Kramnick<\/a> (who has since passed away) teamed up with fellow famed faculty member Glenn Altschuler, PhD \u201976, for this quasi-sequel to Bishop\u2019s oeuvre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It traces the University\u2019s evolution from the post-World War II era to the then-present day (2015, Cornell\u2019s sesquicentennial year). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book<\/a> chronicles not only the University\u2019s continued growth but the impact on the institution of the Cold War, the civil rights and women\u2019s rights movements, the war in Vietnam, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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As the authors write in their preface: \u201cThe history of Cornell since World War II, we believe, is in large part a set of variations on the narrative of \u2018freedom,\u2019 the removal of restriction and regulation, and its partner, \u2018responsibility,\u2019 the obligation to others and to one\u2019s self to do what is right and useful, with a principled commitment to the Cornell community\u2014and to the world outside the Eddy Street gate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Songs of Cornell<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Various incarnations of the Cornell songbook have been compiled and sold over the decades, offering lyrics and sheet music to familiar Big Red tunes such as the \u201cAlma Mater,\u201d \u201cGive My Regards to Davy,\u201d \u201cFight for Cornell,\u201d and the \u201cEvening Song.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest version<\/a>, bearing a carnelian red cover with gold embossing, is available from the Glee Club. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s even a 15-song companion CD<\/a>, released in 2005, recorded under the aegis of legendary director Thomas Sokol.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Touchdown<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve ever snapped a selfie with the bear cub statue near Schoellkopf, you\u2019re aware that the Big Red\u2019s original ursine mascot didn\u2019t involve a costume\u2014or even a human. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this paperback<\/a> subtitled The Story of the Cornell Bear<\/em>, John Foote \u201974 unspools the tale of the quartet of cubs\u2014Touchdowns I through IV\u2014who served as the football team\u2019s mascot in various seasons from 1915 through the 1930s, and their many antics (like climbing the goalposts at halftime). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 100-page volume also revisits the early 20th-century heyday of Big Red football\u2014when it was not only an athletic powerhouse but a center of student social life.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Cornell \u201969<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This examination<\/a> of one of the seminal events in University history\u2014the armed occupation of Willard Straight Hall by Black students on parents\u2019 weekend in spring 1969\u2014was penned by Donald Downs \u201971.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Downs was an undergrad when the takeover unfolded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But his book, published by Cornell University Press, also takes a broader view; subtitled Liberalism and the Crisis of the American University<\/em>, it contemplates issues beyond the Hill.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCornell \u201969<\/em> is an electrifying account of that weekend which probes the origins of the drama and describes how it was played out not only at Cornell but on campuses across the nation during the heyday of American liberalism,\u201d says the publisher\u2014adding that Downs relates how Cornell \u201cbecame the battleground for the clashing forces of racial justice, intellectual freedom, and the rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Forever Faithful<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This 280-page coffee table book<\/a> from 2017 is subtitled Celebrating the Greatest Moments of Cornell Hockey<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It does just that, focusing on 24 memorable games that the men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams have played, from the opening of Lynah Rink in 1957 to the book\u2019s publication six decades later.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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It includes an early history of playing on Beebe Lake; coverage of traditions and rivalries; and reminiscences of games by players and coaches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written by Jim Roberts \u201971\u2014former editor-publisher of Cornell Alumni Magazine<\/em> and a longtime hockey fan\u2014with veteran Lynah announcer Arthur Mintz \u201971, it boasts a foreword by legendary Big Red and NHL goalie Ken Dryden \u201969.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Postwar Cornell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This volume<\/a> by Brad Edmondson \u201981\u2014drawn in large part from oral histories gathered for the 65th Reunion of the Class of 1950\u2014recalls the Hill in the years following World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subtitled How the Greatest Generation Transformed a University, 1944\u20131952<\/em>, it showcases the perspectives of more than 100 alumni and friends, through their photos, letters, diary entries, and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMuch would change in student life at the University in the immediate postwar years, and the catalyst was in large part the G.I. invasion,\u201d Professor Kramnick writes in the foreword.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis would coincide with a profound transformation of the very soul of the place, as Presidents Day and Malott changed Cornell from a collegiate \u2018halls of ivy\u2019 training ground for educated gentlemen and ladies, schooled in \u2018gracious living,\u2019 to a world class \u2018research university\u2019 driven by Big Science.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Big Red Recipes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The campus group then called Cornell Students for Hunger Relief compiled this 2013 recipe collection<\/a>, whose sales benefit efforts to combat food insecurity in Tompkins County. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It comprises more than 100 dishes from faculty and staff in 40 departments across campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They include such comestibles as cabbage crunch salad (by then-CALS dean Kathryn Boor \u201980) and spiced French toast (by Barbara Knuth, then dean of the Graduate School), as well as apple puff pancakes, jalape\u00f1o cheese cornbread, ginger-glazed mahi mahi, spicy basil chicken, chocolate cake, and much more. <\/p>\n<\/div>

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More than 30 recipes are vegetarian, and there are numerous options for other special diets such as vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cornell: Tradition, Inspiration and Vision<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Striking, digitally enhanced photographs of East Hill as seen throughout the seasons fill this coffee table book<\/a> from 2013. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also features \u201creflections and observations\u201d by then-President David Skorton and President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A successor to the volume Images of Cornell<\/em>, it was created in partnership with the Cornell Store and offers views of Sage Chapel, the Slope, McGraw Tower, the Johnson Museum, the A.D. White Reading Room, the gorges, Schoellkopf Field, and much more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The 100 Most Notable Cornellians<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Altschuler and Kramnick joined forces with American studies colleague R. Laurence Moore to compile this 2003 coffee table book<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It profiles 100 undergraduate alumni who were among the most accomplished people in their respective fields and eras. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The diverse list ranges from Barbara McClintock 1923, PhD 1927 (science Nobelist), and Frank Gannett 1898 (newspaper mogul) to Joyce Bauer Brothers \u201947 (psychologist and TV personality), Janet Reno \u201960 (U.S. attorney general), and Christopher Reeve \u201974 (movie star). <\/p>\n<\/div>

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Among the few notables still living today are Peter Yarrow \u201959 (folk musician) and Sanford Weill \u201955 (financier and University benefactor).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cornell: Glorious to View<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The University\u2019s history is explored in words and pictures in this hardcover volume<\/a> by Carol Kammen, a longtime local historian and retired University lecturer. It features documents and images from Cornell\u2019s Rare and Manuscript Collections, as well as a foreword by eminent historian and professor Walter LaFeber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCornell began as a university in a country of colleges,\u201d Kammen writes in the first chapter, going on to observe that \u201cCornell was at the beginning complex, diverse, and somewhat contrary\u2014words that still fit the institution we know today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Published in 2003\u2014as Cornell had just entered a new century\u2014it contemplates the institution\u2019s 19th-century roots in the Land Grant Act and Ezra\u2019s determination to use his fortune to benefit society, and ponders such 20th-century issues as racial tensions and the end of in loco parentis<\/em> rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cayuga\u2019s Daughters<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This round-up<\/a> of \u201c100 notable women of Cornell\u201d was penned by Michael Turback \u201966. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its single-page profiles cover a number of bold-face names, such as Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg \u201954; former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, MRP \u201997; actor Jane Lynch, MFA \u201984; photographer Margaret Bourke-White 1927; news anchor Kate Snow \u201991; bestselling novelist Lauren Weisberger \u201999; and retired New York Times<\/em> health columnist Jane Brody \u201962. There are also women whose monikers grace East Hill buildings, including Olive Tjaden 1925 and Martha Van Rensselaer 1909\u2014plus a host of others whose bios many readers will be encountering for the first time.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Cornell \u201977<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the eyes (and ears) of many fans, the Grateful Dead concert<\/a> in Barton Hall on May 8, 1977 was the band\u2019s finest of all time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this book<\/a>, published by Cornell University Press to coincide with the show\u2019s 40th anniversary, a veteran music critic takes a deep dive into the concert\u2014considered significant enough that the Library of Congress added it to the National Recording Registry\u2014and why it represented the pinnacle of the band\u2019s sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou will hear from Deadheads who went to the show. You will hear from non-Deadhead Cornell graduates who were responsible for putting on the show in the first place,” the author notes in the prologue.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

“You will hear from record executives, academics, scholars, Dead family members, tapers, traders, and trolls. You will hear from those who still live the Grateful Dead every day. You will hear from those who would rather keep their Grateful Dead passions private for reasons both personal and professional.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Part & Apart<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Another book by Kammen<\/a> examines the early history of Black students at the institution that Ezra had founded to be\u2014unlike so many of its peers\u2014open to people of all races and religions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking a biographical approach, it explores the lives and experiences of numerous students via their diaries, yearbook entries, and other primary sources, as well as official correspondence and news coverage of the era.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Subtitled The Black Experience at Cornell, 1865\u20131945<\/em>, it ponders how African American students navigated campus life in the University\u2019s early decades; their relationships with each other and their white peers; the obstacles they faced and how they overcame them; how they maintained their own identity within an overwhelmingly white community; and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First-Person Cornell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Also by Kammen, this volume<\/a> published by the University Library views the evolving Big Red undergraduate experience over 140 years through students\u2019 diaries, letters, memorabilia, emails, and blogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It features a foreword by an eminent Cornellian: President Emeritus Hunter Rawlings III.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe book\u2019s entries are drawn primarily from documents in the library\u2019s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections that were collected by archivists or donated by students and their families,\u201d the Cornell Chronicle<\/em> noted upon its publication in 2006.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn Kammen\u2019s hands they entertain, cause us to ponder, and transport us through time to experience student life in a particular period. Perspectives may change, but students\u2019 interest in writing about their classes, professors, friends, and Ithaca\u2019s weather remain a constant over the generations. First-Person Cornell<\/em> provides a journey that rekindles the reader\u2019s own reflections.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beyond Borders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This look at the University’s many international programs and involvements over the decades was spearheaded by Royal Colle, PhD \u201967, professor emeritus of communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its other three editors are Heike Michelsen, former director of programming at Cornell’s Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies; the University’s archivist emerita, Elaine Deutsch Engst, MA \u201972; and the instructor of a popular course on Big Red history, Corey Ryan Earle \u201907.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The volume<\/a>\u00a0comprises 58 short chapters devoted to aspects of Cornell\u2019s global dimensions\u2014penned by a total of more than four dozen authors, many of them faculty and staff who played direct roles in those endeavors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cornell 101<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Billed as \u201cthe required primer for every future Cornellian age 1 to freshman,\u201d this board book<\/a> for infants and toddlers features sturdy kid-resistant pages, simple text, and many images celebrating the University and its campus and traditions\u2014from the Chimes and Dragon Day to the Ezra statue and beyond. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As one five-star review on Amazon puts it: \u201cA nice idea for a shower or new baby gift for a fellow alumnus, and a great way to start brainwashing your own child from the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Top: Illustration by Caitlin Cook \/ Cornell University.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published November 28, 2023; updated December 3, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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