Manuscripts

MSS 6
Cosgrove, Raymond Delmar, 1910-1983

Papers of Raymond Delmar Cosgrove, 1926-1931

Gallaudet University Archives.

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Gallaudet University Archives
Call No.: MSS 6
Creator: Raymond Cosgrove
Title: Papers of Raymond Cosgrove, 1926-1931
Quantity: 1.5 Linear Feet (3 document boxes)
Abstract: Raymond Cosgrove was a 1931 graduate of Gallaudet College and the collection is primarily about student life at Gallaudet during the late 1920s.
Note: This document last updated 2005 November 30.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information:

Processed by: Carielyn Kelly. 1984 August 23.
Processing Note:
Conditions on Use and Access: This collection is open to the public with no restrictions. Photocopies may be made for scholarly research.

Related Material in the Archives:

None

Biographical Sketch

In 1910, Raymond Delmar Cosgrove was born in California. In 1928, he entered Gallaudet College and graduated in 1931. He was immediately employed as a printer in Manassas, Virginia. He moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1936 and continued as a newspaper printer. In 1945, he started work in a commercial print shop in San Diego, California. On April 8, 1983, he died in San Diego, CA from heart failure.

Scope and Content

Cosgrove’s collection consists of approximately 2,500 pages and falls into the years, 1928-1931.

The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, the majority being letters from his then fiancée Mary I. Ross (class of 1931). Other correspondence include letters from family, classmates, and people related to the college. Included in this collection are correspondence from Florence Schornstein, Velma Brassell, Mrs. Cosgrove, Dr. E.J. Davis, Virginia Faris, and Dorothy C. Grow.

The final series of this collection consists of college notebooks, class essays, exams, and personal effects such as pens, keys, a family bible, and a belt buckle.

Through reading the correspondence in this collection, one can get a clear idea and feel for what student life was like at Gallaudet College during the late twenties. Social, residential, as well as academic responsibilities and activities are described throughout the correspondence.

Series Descriptions and Folder Lists

The Raymond Cosgrove collection consists of, and is divided into three series.

Series I:

Container 1- Correspondence, College Days—1928-1931

Series II:

Container 2- Correspondence from Mary Ross—circa 1928-1930

Series III:

Container 3- College notebooks and personal belongings—circa 1928-1930

Box	Folder	Title of Folder	Date
1	1	Correspondence, from Mary I. Ross	July 1928
1	2	Correspondence, from Mary I. Ross	August 1928
1	3	Correspondence, from Mary I. Ross	June 1929
1	4	Correspondence, from Mary I. Ross	July 1929
1	5	Correspondence, from Mary I. Ross	June 1930
1	6	Correspondence, from Mary I. Ross	July 1930
1	7	Correspondence, from Mary I. Ross	August 1930
1	8	Correspondence, from Mary I. Ross	1931
1	9	Correspondence, from Florence Schornstein	1928-1931
1	10	Correspondence, from L.G. Balfour Co.	1930
1	11	Correspondence, from Velma Brassell	n.d.
1	12	Correspondence, from Mrs. Cosgrove	1928
1	13	Correspondence, from Dr. E.J. Davis	1926
1	14	Correspondence, from Virginia Faris Registrar - Gallaudet College	1928
1	15	Correspondence, from Dorothy C. Grow	n.d.
2	1	Correspondence, from Mary Ross	circa 1928
2	2	Correspondence, from Mary Ross	circa 1928
2	3	Correspondence, from Mary Ross	circa 1928
2	4	Correspondence, from Mary Ross	circa 1928
2	5	Correspondence, from Mary Ross	circa 1928-1930
2	6	Correspondence, from Mary Ross	circa 1928-1930
2	7	Correspondence, from Mary Ross	circa 1928-1930
2	8	Correspondence, from Mary Ross	circa 1928-1930
2	9	Correspondence, from Mary Ross	circa 1928-1930
3	1	Maps	n.d.
3	2	Notebooks, Typing, and Economics	n.d.
3	3	Notebooks, Composition	n.d.
3	4	Bible and Postcard Souvenir Folder	n.d.
3	5	Class Essays, Exams etc.	1929
3	6	Misc.: pens, key, belt buckle etc.	n.d.