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Helen I. Breed papers

 Collection
Identifier: 21-18-3415

Scope and content

Student papers and research materials for her doctoral dissertation: A comparative study of the lateral-line system on the head of North American Cyprinidae, 1953; student paper on Anna Botsford Comstock, 1952; research notes, including Lake George research files; photographs and slides relating to her research on the Cyprinidae (carps and minnows) family and the genus Hybopsis (chubs); laboratory slides; specimen ledger; bibliography cards; materials on the Rensselaer County Environmental Council; and papers and posters from the 1992 United Nations "Earth Summit" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Also, correspondence files from 1954 through 1969/70, including consistent correspondence with Edward Raney; about 3 years of correspondence on her Earth Summit activity; and 2001 Woman of Distinction poster for Dr. Breed.

Dates

  • 1947-1992.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Helen Josephine Illick received her bachelor's (1947) and master's (1949) degrees from Syracuse University. She received a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1953, and served as a research associate in the Department of Natural Resources with Edward Raney.

Extent

6 cubic feet. (6 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Includes student papers and research materials for Hellen I. Breed's doctoral dissertation.

Related Materials

See also the Scenic Hudson collections at Marist, https://archives.marist.edu for material relating to Ethel Burns Breed, one of Scenic Hudson’s founding members.

Physical Description

Student papers and research materials .

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Katherine A. Talcott
Date completed:
April 2005
EAD encoding:
Katherine A. Talcott, April 2005
Date modified:
Jude Corina, July 2017
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Katherine A. Talcott
Date
April 2005
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
ENG

Revision Statements

  • 12/07/2018: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
  • 2007-05-29: converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)