Archives at Cornell

Galloway-Schurman papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 21-2-52

Scope and content

Letters, telegrams, and newspaper clippings concerning Galloway's recruitment and service as Director and then Dean of the New York State College of Agriculture. Topics include the College's budget, cases of individual students requiring special consideration, relations with New York State, extension work, and the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva.

Dates

1914-1917.

Creator

no primary creator (Person)
Galloway, B. T. (Person)
Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942. (Person)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

Beverly T. Galloway was an Assistant Secretary of the federal Department of Agriculture (USDA) when he was successfully recruited to become the Director of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University. After two years at Cornell, he resigned for health reasons in 1916 and returned to the USDA. Jacob Gould Schurman was the President of Cornell from 1892-1920.