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Includes photographs of plant pathology classmates, professors, Andrew Dickson White, Mycology class (1929-1930), a 1934 commencement program and a Gamma Alpha invitation.

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Field data on virus diseases of potatoes, potato pest control, and the development of scab- and virus-resistant varieties of potatoes; also, a few letters, photographs, and word and number puzzles.

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Correspondence relating to the collection, classification, and study of plant specimens; recommendations for graduate students; notes on the development of botanical investigation at Cornell; and diary of a trip to Europe. Material relating to Atkinson's work at the University of North Carolina and the Agricultural Experiment Station in Auburn, Alabama.

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Correspondence and notes relating to the collection, identification, and nomenclature of plant specimens and the preparation of articles for the International Botanical Congress and the Mycological Society of America. Also, "Lectures on Mycology: Basidiomycetes" for Plant Pathology 221 and 222, revised 1941. Also, "An historical sketch of the early days of botany at Cornell," by H. M. Fitzpatrick, 1926 (photocopy).

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Correspondence, notes, bulletins, photographs, articles, and speeches relating primarily to the study of plant diseases and the operation of the Department of Plant Pathology at Cornell; also materials relating to the Atkinson mushroom studies, the War Emergency Board, the Bailey Hortorium, the University of Puerto Rico, Bermudan agriculture, and the Apios rubber project.

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Collection contains field experiment data, research notes related to various plants including apple blight, as well as pesticide research.

Scope and content Consists of papers concerning Barrus's involvement in plant pathology research and extension work, including press releases, notes, field notes, lecture and seminar notes, reports, correspondence, recommendations, drafts and reprints, research materials, and correspondence with county agents. Also, personal notebooks which detail travel expenses, have garden records, expenses of home ownership and potato spraying records; material concerning Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia and...

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Files with biographical information; information about Green Cure; some correspondence with former graduate students; reprints of articles, including a biography of Cynthia Westcott; letters, clippings, and medal from Warsaw Agricultural University; and letters, programs, and clippings for the Washington High School award.