Willard Fiske
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Daniel Willard Fiske was an American librarian and scholar, born on November 11, 1831, at Ellisburg, New York. He was awarded American Library Association Honorary Membership in 1895.
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Fiske playing chess, c. 1900
Dedication plaque on Uris Library referencing Henry W. Sage's gift in lieu of Jennie McGraw's estate bequest ("whose purpose to found a great library for Cornell University has been defeated") after the resolution of the Great Will Case
The history of Cornell University begins when its two founders, Andrew Dickson White of Syracuse and Ezra Cornell of Ithaca, met in the New York State Senate in January 1864. Together, they establishe
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…Their marriage was short, and by September 1881 she had died from tuberculosis. Controversy over her will's bequest to Cornell left Fiske involved in the Great Will Case. Following its resolution in May 1890, he spent much of his remaining years in Italy, and collected manuscripts. His interests included chess; he helped…
Ezra Cornell, namesake of Cornell University.
Andrew Dickson White in 1885.
1865 Senate bill to establish Cornell University.
The Cornell faculty in 1882.