Abstract Correspondence, reports, and other materials relating to the administration of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, and its departments, units, and enterprises. Papers consist chiefly of correspondence and working papers between the dean and directors and department heads, and pertain to the routine administration and bureaucratic operation of the College; other topics include the Agricultural Experiment Station, relations with the Federal and New York State...

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Two letters from Albert R. Mann to Ruth M. Irish, July 31, 1944 and August 30, 1944, with enclosure of 4 pp. minutes of the August 14, 1944 Conference. Agenda for the Conference.

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A series of reports on the statutory colleges of Cornell University, completed for the New York State Department of Education in 1928.

Scope and content Reports and manuscript statements on the current state of the Library and proposed improvements, dating from 1905, 1929, and 1934, together with a few accompanying letters. Includes a "Report of the Committee to Administer the Library to the Department of Buildings and Grounds on changes and new construction," written by Charles H. Hull, 1929; an unsigned typewritten reaction by Hull to G.W. Harris's printed leaflet "Some points to be noted," 1905 (with a pencilled note by Hull reading,...

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Correspondence mainly between John R. Boardman and Professor A. R. Mann concerning a “School of Rural Leadership” in the College of Agriculture at Cornell, but also includes correspondence of Professor George N. Lauman, Fred M. Hill, and Dean Liberty Hyde Bailey. Letters include information about equipment, courses, finances, and staff.