Nicolas H. Noyes.

Nicholas H. Noyes, the son of Frederick W. Noyes (Class of 1876), entered Cornell in the fall of 1902. While an undergraduate in the College of Arts and Sciences he was a member of the Freshman Baseball Team, the business manager of the Cornell Daily Sun, and a member of Psi Upsilon, Sphinx Head, the Glee Club, and other societies. After his graduation in 1906, he began a distinguished career in business and civic affairs, as a member of the Business Advisory Council of the U.S. Department of Commerce, a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and a director of Eli Lilly and Company. He was also an exceptionally loyal alumnus, serving on Cornell’s Board of Trustees and contributing his skills and devotion to countless fundraising drives and committee activities.

The Nicholas H. Noyes Collection of Historical Americana contains spectacular treasures, including three very important Lincoln documents—a unique copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Bancroft Copy of the Gettysburg Address, and a signed manuscript copy of the Thirteenth Amendment —that have provided generations of students and scholars with a memorable and tangible introduction to the ideals of American democracy. Also featured in the Noyes collection are a complete set of autograph letters and documents signed by the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, and letters by George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.