Guide to the Maribelle Cormack Papers, 1920-1972
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Ave
Providence, RI, 02908
Tel: 401-456-8380
email:digitalcommons@ric.edu
Published in 2019
Collection Overview
| Title: | Maribelle Cormack Papers |
| Date range: | 1920-1972 |
| Creator: | Cormack, Maribelle (1902-1984) |
| Extent: | 33 linear feet |
| Abstract: | Maribelle Cormack (1902-1984) was the published author of at least 20 books, director of the Roger Williams Museum of Natural History (1947-1972), and a lifelong educator. Her writing, fiction and non-fiction, reflects her interest in various subjects including astronomy, anthropology, history, and genealogy. Collection materials include manuscripts, correspondence, research materials, lectures, slides, photographs, and the writings of her father, Adam Cormack. |
| Language of materials: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections, James P. Adams Library |
| Collection number: | MSS.10 |
Scope & content
This collections contains typed and handwritten manuscripts, travel journals, a log book, correspondence, printed photographs, 35 mm slides, a slide projector, lantern slides, scrapbooks, academic regalia, oversize charts and posters.Arrangement
This collection is organized into 5 series:
- Personal Information and Papers
- Genealogy
- Writings
- Writings of Adam Cormack
- Scrapbooks, Artifacts and Slides
Biographical/Historical Note
Maribelle Cormack (1902-1984) was born in Buffalo, New York. She studied at Cornell University. In 1926 she moved to Providence to become the Assistant to the Director of Roger Williams Museum of Natural History. In 1947 Cormack became Director of the museum, a position which she held until her retirement in 1972. Cormack received an honorary doctoral degree from Rhode Island College in 1966. She wrote extensively and published more than 20 books in her lifetime.Access & Use
| Access to the collection: | The collection is open for research by appointment. |
| Use of the materials: | Researchers are advised to contact Rhode Island College Special Collections for questions regarding permissions to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise publish material from this collection. Although Rhode Island College has physical ownership of the collection, it does not necessarily hold literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them. |
| Preferred citation: | Maribelle Cormack Papers, MSS.10, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College |
| Contact information: | Special Collections, James P. Adams Library Rhode Island College 600 Mount Pleasant Ave Providence, RI, 02908 Tel: 401-456-8380 email:digitalcommons@ric.edu |
Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION | |
| Acquisition: | This collection was acquired by Rhode Island College Special Collections between 1981 and 1983 as a gift from Maribelle Cormack's brother, Bruce L. Cormack. |
| ABOUT THE FINDING AID | |
| Author: | Finding aid prepared by Finding aid prepared by Sally M. Wilson, Assistant Librarian in Special Collections. |
| Encoding: | This finding aid was encoded by Molly Bruce Patterson and Andrew Davis, 2019 |
| Descriptive rules: | Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
Additional Information
| Related material: | Several of Cormack's published works are also held by Special Collections and cataloged in the Adams Library Catalog.University of Oregon Libraries Special Collections & University Archives also hold a collection of Maribelle Cormack Papers. See their finding aid here: http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv47893 |
Inventory
Series 1. Personal Information and Papers
| Container | Description | Date |
| Box 1A | Personal information, vita, biography, bibliography of publications, college papers, materials found in her books, English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 1A, Folder 1 | Vita, biographical information English |
| Box 1A, Folder 2 | Biography English |
1902-1984 |
| Box 1A, Folder 3 | Bibliography of Writings English |
| Box 1A, Folder 4 | Photographs English |
| Box 1A, Folder 5 | Retirement English |
1972 |
| Box 1A, Folder 6 | Job Search English |
1972 |
| Box 1A, Folder 7 | Speaking engagements English |
| Box 1A, Folder 8 | College papers - English 36, June 8, 1923 English Cormack, Maribelle |
June 8, 1923 |
| Box 1A, Folder 9 | College Papers - "Await the issue" and others, 1925? English Cormack, Maribelle |
1925 |
| Box 1A, Folder 10 | Materials found in Cormack's books English |
| Box 1B | Bibles English |
| Box 2 | Address books, etc. English |
| Box 2, Folder 1 | Materials for scrapbooks English |
| Box 2, Folder 2 | Address books, etc. English |
| Box 2, Folder 3 | Assorted materials - programs, letters, etc. 1960s, 1970s English |
1960s, 1970s |
| Box 2, Folder 4 | Business and Professional Women's Club, Central Congregational Church English |
1970-1971 |
| Box 2, Folder 5 | Cornell, Class of 1923 - Alumni Materials English |
| Box 3 | Correspondence with publishers and agents English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 3, Folder 1 | Correspondence with Helen Hoke and Franklin Watts English Cormack, Maribelle Hoke, Helen Watts, Franklin |
1961 |
| Box 3, Folder 2 | Correspondence with publishers and Helen Hoke, Crown Publishers, Inc re: The Star Crossed Woman English Cormack, Maribelle Hoke, Helen |
1962-1963 |
| Box 3, Folder 3 | Correspondence with Franklin Watts English Cormack, Maribelle Watts, Franklin |
1962-1966 |
| Box 3, Folder 4 | Correspondence with Helen Hoke and Franklin Watts English Cormack, Maribelle Hoke, Helen Watts, Franklin |
1968-1969 |
| Box 3, Folder 5 | Correspondence with Helen Hoke Watts and Franklin Watts English Cormack, Maribelle Hoke, Helen Watts, Franklin |
1972 |
| Box 3, Folder 6 | Correspondence with Helen Hoke Watts and Franklin Watts English Cormack, Maribelle Hoke, Helen Watts, Franklin |
1973 |
| Box 3, Folder 7 | Correspondence with Helen Hoke Watts and Franklin Watts English Cormack, Maribelle Hoke, Helen Watts, Franklin |
1974 |
| Box 3, Folder 8 | Correspondence with Helen Hoke Watts and Franklin Watts English Cormack, Maribelle Hoke, Helen Watts, Franklin |
1975 |
| Box 3, Folder 9 | Correspondence with Exposition Press English Cormack, Maribelle Exposition Press |
1976 |
| Box 3, Folder 10 | Correspondence with Helen Hoke Watts re: The Path of the Seas English Cormack, Maribelle Hoke, Helen |
1979 |
| Box 3, Folder 11 | Correspondence with Margo Quinto English Cormack, Maribelle Quinto, Margo |
1979 |
| Box 4 | Correspondence: round robin travel letters English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 4, Folder 1 | Round robin letters on travel, Honolulu trip Hawaii English Travel Cormack, Maribelle |
June 26-29; n.d. |
| Box 4, Folder 2 | Round Robin travel letters: West Coast, Lake Louise, Chicago, St. Paul, visit Cormack Family, p.3, California… home via Grand Canyon English Travel Cormack, Maribelle |
September 1942 |
| Box 4, Folder 3 | Round Robin travel letters: Washington, DC Washington, DC English Travel Cormack, Maribelle |
1960 |
| Box 4, Folder 4 | Round Robin travel letters: World Trip English Travel Cormack, Maribelle |
1961-1962 |
| Box 4, Folder 5 | World trip letters to Roger Williams Park Museum Staff English Travel Cormack, Maribelle Roger Williams Park Museum Staff |
1961-1962 |
| Box 4, Folder 6 | Travel letters from Hong Kong Hong Kong English Travel Cormack, Maribelle |
1962 |
| Box 4, Folder 7 | Travel letters, Portugal Portugal English Travel Cormack, Maribelle |
1964 |
| Box 4, Folder 8 | Travel letters, Eday Eday English Travel Cormack, Maribelle |
September 2-26 1969 |
| Box 4, Folder 9 | Travel letters, Greenland, Iceland, Orkney, etc. English Travel Cormack, Maribelle |
1971 |
| Box 5 | Book contracts: Cormack Collection, University of Oregon at Eugene English |
| Box 5, Folder 1 | Note listing books with Appleton Century |
| Box 5, Folder 2 | Book contracts with Appleton Century (list books) |
| Box 5, Folder 3 | Book contracts with Appleton Century (list) |
| Box 5, Folder 4 | Book contracts with American Book Company |
| Box 5, Folder 5 | Book contracts with F. W. Watts |
| Box 5, Folder 6 | Royalty agreements with Alexander + Bytoultzki (contains other contracts) |
| Box 5, Folder 7 | University of Oregon - Cormack Collection |
| Box 6 | Teaching Materials, Park Museum English |
| Box 6, Folder 1 | Lesson plans - 1st set English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 6, Folder 2 | Lesson plans - 2nd set English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 6, Folder 3 | Egypt class Park Museum English Cormack, Maribelle |
October 1962 |
| Box 6, Folder 4 | Teaching materials - constellation charts |
| Box 6, Folder 5 | Teaching materials - time zones map |
| Box 6, Folder 6 | Teaching materials - operation review- Naval Science 302 |
| Box 6, Folder 7 | Teaching materials - Lesson plan for Navigation |
| Box 6, Folder 8 | Roger Williams Park Museum - Special Meeting of the Board of Friends |
July 16, 1970 |
| Box 7 | Planetarium English |
| Box 7, Folder 1 | The Planetarium: How it started |
1952-1953 |
| Box 7, Folder 2 | Lecture - Astrology |
| Box 7, Folder 3 | Slide-list for History of Astronomy |
| Box 7, Folder 4 | Lecture: Autumn Equinox |
| Box 7, Folder 5 | Lecture: Big moments in science |
| Box 7, Folder 6 | Lecture: The Calendar (with bits from book + notes) |
| Box 7, Folder 7 | Lecture: The decree of Canopus |
| Box 7, Folder 8 | Lecture: Earth to Venus in 109 days |
| Box 7, Folder 9 | Lecture: Galaxy lecture |
| Box 7, Folder 10 | Lecture: Listening to the stars |
| Box 7, Folder 11 | Lecture: Man names sun, moon and stars |
| Box 7, Folder 12 | Lecture: Marco Polo |
| Box 7, Folder 13 | Lecture: Planets, Comets and Asteroids |
| Box 7, Folder 14 | Spring Lecture: Spring comes to R. I. |
| Box 7, Folder 15 | Lecture: Star show for April |
| Box 7, Folder 16 | Lecture: Stars that led Columbus westward |
| Box 7, Folder 17 | Lecture: Stonehenge |
| Box 7, Folder 18 | Lecture: Trip to the Moon |
| Box 7, Folder 19 | Lecture: UFO's |
| Box 7, Folder 20 | Lecture: Universe |
| Box 7, Folder 21 | Lecture: Universe |
| Box 7, Folder 22 | Lecture: Voyage to the Planets |
| Box 7, Folder 23 | Lecture: Weather show |
| Box 7, Folder 24 | Lecture: Who were the sky people |
| Box 7, Folder 25 | Clippings: Easter slide Lore |
| Box 7, Folder 26 | Clippings: Ideas for future lectures |
| Box 7, Folder 27 | Clippings: Measuring things |
| Box 7, Folder 28 | Clippings: Punching through to Heaven |
| Box 7, Folder 29 | Clippings: idea for planetarium lecture on Bird navigation |
| Box 7, Folder 30 | Clippings: Science lecture material on Adventure of the mind |
| Box 7, Folder 31 | Clippings: A star of wonder |
| Box 7, Folder 32 | Clippings: Tides |
| Box 7, Folder 33 | Catalog for Planetarium |
| Box 7, Folder 34 | "Park Planetarium to open after extensive renovation," newspaper clipping |
September 1986 |
| Box 7, Folder 35 | The Place of Astronomy in the Ancient world - meeting of the Royal Society |
December 7-8, 1972 |
| Box 8 | Travel notebooks, 1924-25; Log of the Defiance English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 8 | Log book of the good ship Defiance of Pawtuxet Cove, R. I., a cabin motor boat of 28 1/2 foot overall, owned by Edwin Holloway and Maribelle Cormack 1 book Contents Note: Three ring bound, type and hand written, collaged materials, and. Miscellaneous loose items (correspondence, photograph, clippings). Dimensions: 7 1/2" x 10" x 1 1/2" English Cormack, Maribelle Holloway, Edwin |
1933-1936 |
| Box 8 | Travel notebook "My Trip Abroad" 1 book Contents Note: Handwritten travel notebook, folded map (looses). Dimensions: 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" 1" English |
1924-1925 |
| Box 8 | Travel notebook II 1 book Contents Note: Handwritten travel notebook. Dimensions: 5 3/4" x 3 3/4" x 1/2" English, German |
May 1925 |
| Box 8 | Travel notebook III 1 book Contents Note: Handwritten travel notebook. Dimensions: 5 3/4" x 3 3/4" x 1/2" English |
June-August 1925 |
Series 2. Genealogy
| Container | Description | Date |
| Box 9 | Genealogy English |
| Box 9, Folder 1 | Genealogy - Resources - 1976 English |
1976 |
| Box 9, Folder 2 | Genealogical research, general English |
1975-1977 |
| Box 9, Folder 3 | Genealogy - church at Shenango, PA and letters on Strabone church English |
1975-1976 |
| Box 9, Folder 4 | Cormack family, date scale average English |
| Box 9, Folder 5 | Cormack genealogy - "Tidbits", 2v. English |
1969 |
| Box 9, Folder 6 | Cormack family - World War II letters of Bruce Cormack and Frederic Eunson Cormack English Cormack, Bruce Cormack, Frederic Eunson |
1942, 1945 |
| Box 9, Folder 7 | Craven family - Craven-court records from Ruth Bard English |
circa 1975 |
| Box 9, Folder 8 | Marshal family English |
| Box 9, Folder 9 | Marshal family - Penden history English |
| Box 9, Folder 10 | Thompson family English |
| Box 9, Folder 11 | Books for reference and notes taken in Doristown and Taylor, N. C. Wade/Ward, Penden, Hoake English |
| Box 9, Folder 12 | Wade/Ward family - notes and charts from Josephine B. Brown English |
1958 |
| Box 9, Folder 13 | Wade/Ward family and Hamilton English |
| Box 9, Folder 14 | Misc. Wade/Ward English |
1946, 1958 |
| Box 9, Folder 15 | Wade/Ward correspondence with Dorothy Mathews MacNair English MacNair, Dorothy Mathews |
| Box 9, Folder 16 | Wade/Ward "a new start" English |
August 27, 1975 |
| Box 10 | Genealogy - Cormacks of Eday English |
| Box 11 | Genealogy - Orkney data English |
| Box 11, Folder 1 | Orkney Data: The Orcadian Newspaper, August 29, 1968 |
August 29, 1968 |
| Box 11, Folder 2 | "Clan Clarion" with Aunt Bella's Journal |
| Box 11, Folder 3 | Kirkwall's new library |
| Box 11, Folder 4 | Original birth, death and marriage records from Eday |
| Box 11, Folder 5 | New data on Wreck of the Harmony |
| Box 11, Folder 6 | Letters English |
1969 |
| Box 11, Folder 7 | Letters English |
1970 |
| Box 11, Folder 8 | Letters English |
undated |
| Box 11, Folder 9 | Letters English |
1971 |
Series 3. Writings
| Container | Description | Date |
| Box 12 | Early writings English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 12, Folder 1 | nonfiction materials: St. Columba, cow and calf story/ on copying books Accession Number: MacVicar, Angus English |
| Box 12, Folder 2 | "The changling child" poem Accession Number: Cormack, Maribelle English |
| Box 12, Folder 3 | "The Little Red School House" poem Accession Number: Cormack, Maribelle English |
| Box 12, Folder 4 | "Nutty poems"; also Holly Cormack: My grandmother's place and "Vilma's cookies" English Cormack, Maribelle Cormack, Holly |
| Box 12, Folder 5 | "To and English Sea Gull" poem English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 12, Folder 6 | Poems for a book: "The Slender Sky" English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 12, Folder 7 | Short Story: "Birds at the Window" (draft) English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 12, Folder 8 | "Short Story: "Birds at the Window" - 2 copies, final draft English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 12, Folder 9 | Short Stories "Far Winds of Chance" Tale 6 missing (fragment) English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 12, Folder 10 | notes for a short story "The legend of Mrs. Ross" by W. Max Reid English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 12, Folder 11 | Short Stories: "Nantucket Barn" English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 12, Folder 12 | Short Stories: "Nona O'Norquay" English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 12, Folder 13 | Chapter XIV, Rout of Moy English Cormack, Maribelle |
Feb 16, 1746 |
| Box 12, Folder 14 | Short Stories: "Victoria dies (and other tales)" English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 12, Folder 15 | Short Story: The Living Dead (c. 1955) called "Mystic Story" on envelope English Cormack, Maribelle |
1955 |
| Box 12, Folder 16 | "Moonlight on the Nile" in envelope with "The Living Dead," "Pass post to oblivion" English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 12, Folder 17 | Dust jacket note for "The Lady was a Skipper" English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 13 | The Star Crossed Woman, 1961-1962; writing (Freighter South), 1947 and 1961-62 English Cormack, Maribelle |
1947; 1961-1962 |
| Box 13, Folder 1 | "The Star Crossed Woman" - research into Captain N. W. Soule English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 13, Folder 2 | Clipper and Freighter South, includes correspondence with Lee Wyndham and Helen Hoke English Cormack, Maribelle Wyndham, Lee Hoke, Helen |
1961 |
| Box 13, Folder 3 | Freighter South notes to Helen Watts English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 13, Folder 4 | Clipper, Freighter South "valuable notes on south seas" English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 13, Folder 5 | Freighter South "notes psychology of events" (maintain order of notes at all costs) English |
| Box 13, Folder 6 | Freighter South Chapter 1 "A false start, never got anywhere" English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 13, Folder 7 | Freighter South - copy 1 English Cormack, Maribelle |
1947 |
| Box 13, Folder 8 | Freighter South "Ghost Ship of Pat McGarry" English Cormack, Maribelle |
1961 |
| Box 13, Folder 9 | Freighter South Chapter I p. 1-11 English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 13, Folder 10 | Freighter South Chapter II + III p. 12-47 English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 13, Folder 11 | Freighter South Chapter IV p. 50-58 + unpaged English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 13, Folder 12 | Freighter South Chapter V p. 69-79 English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 13, Folder 13 | Freighter South Chapter VI "The Sailing" p. 80-97 English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 13, Folder 14 | Freighter South Chapter VIX "First days at Sea" English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 13, Folder 15 | Freighter South Chapter I with notes to Helen Hoke English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Boz 14 | Hawk & Curlew, 1965-66 English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 15 | Portuguese research trip, 1964 English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 16 | Research: Portuguese on Cape Cod English Cormack, Maribelle |
1964-1967 |
| Box 16, Folder 1 | Portuguese in North America - Story ideas |
| Box 16, Folder 2 | Portuguese in North America - exploration of North America and Cortereal Coat of Arms |
| Box 16, Folder 3 | Book references |
| Box 16, Folder 4 | Historical data |
| Box 16, Folder 5 | Answers to questions, correspondence with Dr. daSilva, Ed Stackpole |
| Box 16, Folder 6 | Portuguese language |
| Box 16, Folder 7 | Old chapters |
| Box 16, Folder 8 | Fort Ninigret |
| Box 16, Folder 9 | Maps and folders of Provincetown |
| Box 16, Folder 10 | "Valuable letters re-book" |
1964 |
| Box 16, Folder 11 | "Valuable letters 2" |
1965 |
| Box 16, Folder 12 | "Fellowship-huh!" |
1964-1965 |
| Box 16, Folder 13 | Top of the Cape/ or Portuguese Cape Coders - notes on early Portuguese explorers in North America |
| Box 16, Folder 14 | "Portuguese on Cape Cod" - notes English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 16, Folder 15 | "Portuguese on Cape Cod" early chapters English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 16, Folder 16 | "Portuguese on Cape Cod" Latter mss. with corrections English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 16, Folder 17 | "Portuguese on Cape Cod" Correspondence |
1966-1967 |
| Box 17 | Research: Eday, Hudsons Bay, Norse Earles, Orkney Islands, Prince Henry, Spanish Armada English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 17, Folder 1 | Eday, Book I - Parish records and interviews |
| Box 17, Folder 2 | Eday, Book II - Records |
| Box 17, Folder 3 | Eday - notes |
| Box 17, Folder 4 | Eday - Notes on old Orkney lore |
| Box 17, Folder 5 | Eday - subjects to cover |
| Box 17, Folder 6 | Hudson's bay - includes Orkney Island material, letters from E. Marwick |
1974 |
| Box 17, Folder 7 | Norse Earles - Newfoundland (for trip), correspondence and flyers |
1969 |
| Box 17, Folder 8 | Norse Earle data only |
| Box 17, Folder 9 | Norse Earles - "Old house data from my old files" Nova Scotia |
1974 |
| Box 17, Folder 10 | Norse Earles - Orkney Librarian and Edinburgh librarian coresp. |
1965-1971 |
| Box 17, Folder 11 | Norse Earles - Viking antiquities (Vineland map) |
1965 |
| Box 17, Folder 12 | Norse Earles "Early Scandinavian Settlement" |
circa 1975 |
| Box 17, Folder 13 | Orkney Islands - notes and correspondence, Earnest Mawcik's letters "some pure gold" English Marwick, Earnest |
1968-1975 |
| Box 17, Folder 14 | Orkney Islands - notes and correspondence William Tomison English Tomison, William |
| Box 17, Folder 15 | Orkney Islands - Excavators at Akara Brae |
1972-1973 |
| Box 17, Folder 16 | Prince Henry - notes and Norse research |
| Box 17, Folder 17 | Prince Henry - 2nd, last edition |
| Box 17, Folder 18 | Prince Henry - Footnote to the Prince Henry story |
| Box 17, Folder 19 | Research - Spanish Armada "old + new" |
| Box 17, Folder 20 | Spanish Armada - "original chapter" |
| Box 18 | Ahk-en-aten:I mss. and notes, 1973 English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 18, Folder 1 | Akh-en-aton - Original mss. English Cormack, Maribelle |
1968 |
| Box 18, Folder 2 | Akh-en-aton - original mss. F. Watts correspondence English Cormack, Maribelle Watts, Franklin |
1968 |
| Box 18, Folder 3 | Akh-en-aton - notes |
| Box 18, Folder 4 | Akh-en-aton - Final notes for last edition |
1968 |
| Box 18, Folder 5 | Akh-en-aton - Copy 1 |
1968 |
| Box 18, Folder 6 | Akh-en-aton - Redford copy |
1973 |
| Box 18, Folder 7 | Akh-en-aton and the One God |
1973 |
| Box 18, Folder 8 | Akh-en-aton and the One God |
1973 |
| Box 19 | Ahk-en-aten: mss. And correspondence, 1979 revision; attempt to sell mss. English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 19, Folder 1 | Pharaoh Ahk-en-aten: a Mystery of the New Kingdom, Egypt |
1973 |
| Box 19, Folder 2 | Ahk-en-aten "notes on trials to sell" |
1973 |
| Box 19, Folder 3 | Ahk-en-aten copy 3, correspondence |
1973 |
| Box 19, Folder 4 | Ahk-en-aten - discards, work chapters |
| Box 19, Folder 5 | Ahk-en-aten - correspondence Refusal from Doubleday |
1977 |
| Box 19, Folder 6 | Ahk-en-aten copy 2 |
1979 |
| Box 19, Folder 7 | Ahk-en-aten copy 3 |
1979 |
| Box 19, Folder 8 | Ahk-en-aten correspondence with Scott Meredith Literary Agency |
1979 |
| Box 20 | Tales of Orkney & Eday: early notes and drafts English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 20, Folder 1 | Tales of Orkney and Eday - early notes, Pictish and Gaelic English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 20, Folder 2 | Tales of Orkney and Eday - early notes - Wainwright, Northern Isles English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 20, Folder 3 | Tales of Orkney and Eday - The Flatyjarbola (Island Source) and correspondence English Cormack, Maribelle |
1969-1974 |
| Box 20, Folder 4 | Tales of Orkney and Eday Notes and 1969 letter from Ernest Marwick English Cormack, Maribelle Marwick, Ernest |
1969 |
| Box 20, Folder 5 | Tales of Orkney and Eday - notes and letters from R. G. Burgarl English Cormack, Maribelle Burgarl, R. G. |
| Box 20, Folder 6 | Tales of Orkney and Eday - notes on New Zealand English Cormack, Maribelle |
1975 |
| Box 20, Folder 7 | Tales of Orkney and Eday - Old indexes and forwards English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 20, Folder 8 | Tales of Orkney and Eday - Quayfaulds - "Ages at various dates" [of characters] English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 20, Folder 9 | Tales of Orkney and Eday - Correspondence with Phyllis Goodell and others, Helen Hoke Watts, etc. English Cormack, Maribelle Goodell, Phyllis |
1974-1975 |
| Box 20, Folder 10 | Tales of Orkney and Eday - Refusals |
1975-1977 |
| Box 20, Folder 11 | Tales of Orkney and Eday - Correspondence with Scott Meredith Literary agency and others |
1977-1979 |
| Box 20, Folder 12 | Tales of Orkney and Eday - early drafts, "Eday- our island" English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 20, Folder 13 | Tales of Orkney and Eday - chapter 2, Adam's childhood English Cormack, Maribelle |
1872-1878 |
| Box 20, Folder 14 | Tales of Orkney and Eday - Old chapters "sale 'til all done" English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 20, Folder 15 | Tales of Orkney and Eday - Rejects and false starts English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 21 | Tales of Orkney & Eday: drafts, 1975 English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 21, Folder 1 | Tales of Orkney - first copy and notes English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 21, Folder 2 | Tales of Orkney - the Toronto Cormacks and notes English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 21, Folder 3 | Tales of Orkney - complete 1st Copy p. 0-72 English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 21, Folder 4 | Tales of Orkney - complete 1st Copy p. 73-149 English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 21, Folder 5 | Tales of Orkney - complete 1st Copy p. 150-208 English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 22 | Tales of Orkney & Eday: one entire copy English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 22, Folder 1 | Tales of Orkney, my father's island, copy 1 English Cormack, Maribelle |
1975 |
| Box 22, Folder 22 | Tales of Orkney, original mss. C. 2 English Cormack, Maribelle |
1975 |
| Box 22, Folder 3 | Tales of Orkney, copy II, mss. (see note on tale 6) English Cormack, Maribelle |
1975 |
| Box 22, Folder 4 | Tales of Orkney, copy III, mss. Incomplete English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 22, Folder 5 | Tales of Orkney 1 entire copy - Introduction papers English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 22, Folder 6 | Tales of Orkney - Tale One English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 22, Folder 7 | Tales of Orkney - Tale Two English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 22, Folder 8 | Tales of Orkney - Tale Three English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 22, Folder 9 | Tales of Orkney - Tale Four English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 22, Folder 10 | Tales of Orkney - Tale Five - Flotsam and Jetsam English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 22, Folder 11 | Tales of Orkney - Tale Six - The Winds of Chance English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 22, Folder 12 | Tales of Orkney - Tale Seven - Bird at the Window English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 22, Folder 13 | Tales of Orkney - Tale Eight - Interlude English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 22, Folder 14 | Tales of Orkney - Tale Nine - The Sheriff's Court in Edinburgh English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 22, Folder 15 | Tales of Orkney - Tale Ten - Aftermath English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 22, Folder 16 | Tales of Orkney - Tale Eleven - Heaven's Gate English Cormack, Maribelle |
| Box 22, Folder 17 | Tales of Orkney - Prince Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, 1379-1404 English Cormack, Maribelle |
Series 4. Writings of Adam Cormack
| Container | Description | Date |
| Box 23 | Adam Cormack's writing English Cormack, Adam |
| Box 23, Folder 1 | Poems and other writings English Cormack, Adam |
| Box 23, Folder 2 | "Bits of Verse" English Cormack, Adam |
| Box 23, Folder 3 | Blood brothers: the romance of David and Jonathan - Act I English Cormack, Adam |
| Box 23, Folder 4 | Blood brothers: the romance of David and Jonathan - Act II English Cormack, Adam |
| Box 23, Folder 5 | Blood brothers: the romance of David and Jonathan - Act III English Cormack, Adam |
| Box 23, Folder 6 | Blood brothers: the romance of David and Jonathan - Act IV English Cormack, Adam |
| Box 23, Folder 7 | Blood brothers: the romance of David and Jonathan - Act V English Cormack, Adam |
| Box 23, Folder 8 | AHC's clippings and poems English Cormack, Adam |
| Box 23, Folder 9 | "The Derelict" English Cormack, Adam |
| Box 23, Folder 10 | "I love you, daddy" English Cormack, Adam |
| Box 23, Folder 11 | "Mighty Buffalo" (song) English Cormack, Adam |
| Box 23, Folder 12 | "Moonlight on the Nile" (short story) English Cormack, Adam |
| Box 23, Folder 13 | "My sailor lad---" (poem) English Cormack, Adam |
| Box 23, Folder 14 | AHC "The New Year" (poem) English Cormack, Adam |
| Box 23, Folder 15 | A. H. Cormack's Orkney Book (parts) + poems and Biblical Plays English Cormack, Adam |
| Box 23, Folder 16 | Cormack's "Bits and Pieces" - chapters from Orkney Book English Cormack, Adam |
| Box 23, Folder 17 | Cromack's "Orkney Book" loose pages English Cormack, Adam |
| Box 23, Folder 18 | Grandma's Calendar English Cormack, Adam |
| Box 23, Folder 19 | A Patriarch's reverie English Cormack, Adam |
| Box 23, Folder 20 | "A Toast to Uncle Sam" (Nov. 30, 1926) and poem to Buffalo English Cormack, Adam |
1926 |
| Box 23, Folder 21 | Unpublished "Song of Burns" English Cormack, Adam |
| Box 23, Folder 22 | An unusual opportunity for Buffalo realtors, architects, and builders English Cormack, Adam |
| Box 23, Folder 23 | What of Utilities English Cormack, Adam |
Series 5. Scrapbooks, Artifacts, and Slides
Box 23, Folder 25
| Container | Description | Date |
| Box 24 | Scrapbook: Cornell years, 1919-1923; postals of Europe trip, 1924-25 English |
| Box 25 | Scrapbook: The Providence Years; illustrations from Land for My Sons English |
| Box 26 | Scrapbook: Allegheny State Park, 1924, and Buffalo Museum, 1924-25, loose pages [May have moved to map case 1, drawer 1] English Allegheny State Park Buffalo Museum |
| Box 27 | Eclipse expedition to Brazil, April-June, 1947; Miscellaneous personal scrapbook, 1940's-1950's, Honorary Doctorate, Rhode Island College, 11 June 1966; Photographs: Personal, 1923-68; Photographs: Friends of Maribelle Cormack English Astronomy |
| Box 28A | Pamphlets English |
| Box 28B | Pamphlets: Travel English |
| Box 29 | Cap and Gown for Honorary Doctorate, Rhode Island College, 11 June 1966 English |
| Box 30-33 | Slides: Family Reunion, British Columbia, 1968; Slides: Caves,, Spain and France; Slides: Norway, Denmark, Paris; Slides: World Trip; Slides: Pacific Trip, 1953-57; Slides: Winchester to Edinburgh; Slides: Greenland; Slides: Iceland, Arctic Circle; Slides: Eday and Orkney; Slides: Portuguese trip; Slides: Bermuda English |
| Map Case 1, Drawer 4 | Oversize Items: star charts, posters, "Die Kaiserstadt am Donaustrand in Wort und Farbe," misc. |