Stephen J. Roberts papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 24-2-2903

Scope and content

Files include personal information, with correspondence with colleagues and columns authored by his sister, Betsy; polo files, with correspondence and clippings; materials relating to the publication of Veterinary Obstetrics and Genital Diseases; files relating to his career at Cornell; files relating to his veterinary career; materials relating to political opinions; photographs; and materials relating to the Cornell Veterinary Faculty Society.

Scope and content

Five scrapbooks of clippings, photographs, programs, and other items relating to the history of Cornell polo, compiled by "Doc" Roberts. Also a typescript history, "College Polo," by Dennis J. Amato.

Dates

1919-1991.

Creator

Roberts, Stephen J. (Person)
Roberts, Stephen J. (Title of work: Veterinary obstetrics and genital diseases..) (Person)
Amato, Dennis J. (Person)
Roberts, Betsy. (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Stephen J. "Doc" Roberts played on the Cornell polo team during his student years. After graduating from the College of Veterinary Medicine in 1938, he taught at the University of Kansas, and then returned to Cornell in 1942. He became a full professor in 1946, and was chairman of the Department of Large Animal Medicine, Obstetrics and Surgery, and coach of the Cornell polo team until his retirement in 1972.