Albert Hazen Wright pamphlets
Scope and content
Pamphlets by Wright on herpetological terminology and on New York State history, including two pamphlets coauthored by him and Anna Allen Wright. Several of the pamphlets are from the series Pre-Cornell and Early Cornell, which in turn was part of the series Studies in History. Includes issues 5-8, 15-21, 23-30, 32, and 35. Also, Christmas newsletters by Anna Allen Wright in the form of manuscript essays on Ezra Cornell (1962), and "Cornell Firsts in Academic Achievements" (1958). Studies in History titles include: Numbers 5-8 - The Sullivan Expedition of 1779, I. Preliminary Correspondence and Raids, II. Indian Participants, Broadhead's Expedition, Battle of Chemung, III. Battle of Newtown, Genesse - Return, IV. Conclusion - Bibliography. Number 15 - Pre-Cornell and Early Cornell I, Agassiz and Cornell. Number 16 - Pre-Cornell and Early Cornell II, Letters to C. F. Hartt, First Professor of Geology at Cornell, A Cross-Section of the Agassiz Period. Number 17 - Pre-Cornell and Early Cornell III, Cornell's Colors, Carnelian and White. Number 18 - Pre-Cornell and Early Cornell IV, Biology at Cornell University, 1868-1928. Number 19 - Pre-Cornell and Early Cornell V, Natural History Society of Cornell University 1869-1899. Number 20 - Pre-Cornell and Early Cornell VI, Cornell's Three Precursors: II. New York State Agricultural College. Number 21 - Pre-Cornell and Early Cornell VII, Cornell's Three Precursors: III. New York People's College. Number 23 - Pre-Cornell and Early Cornell VIII, Cornell's Three Precursors: I. New York Central College. Number 24 - Pre-Cornell and Early Cornell IX, The Background of Andrew D. White, First President of Cornell University, His Ancestry. Number 25 - New York Historical Source Studies II, Simeon DeWitt and Military Tract Township Names. Number 26 - Pre-Cornell and Early Cornell XI, Gamma Alpha Graduate Scientific Fraternity, Its Beginning. Number 27 - Pre-Cornell and Early Cornell X, The Background of Ezra Cornell, The Founder of Cornell University, His Ancestry. Number 28 - Pre-Cornell and Early Cornell, David Star Jordan '72 and Some Cornell College Mates. Number 29 - Pre-Cornell, John Henry Comstock, Contemporary Comment. Number 30 - Pre-Cornell and Early Cornell, David Fletcher Hoy. Number 32 - Pre-Cornell and Early Cornell XV, The Biological Societ of Cornell (1901-1912). Number 35 - Pre-Cornell and Early Cornell, The Research Club of Cornell University (1919-1965).
Andrew Dickson White essays include: "Andrew Dickson White," 1957; Andrew Dickson White Family: Wives of the First Eight Generations," (1959) and "Reminiscences of Andrew Dickson White (1960).
Dates
- 1943-1962.
Creator
- Wright, Albert Hazen, 1879-1970 (Collector, Person)
- Wright, Albert Hazen, 1879-1970. (Title of work: Sullivan expedition of 1779..) (Person)
- Wright, Albert Hazen, 1879-1970. (Title of work: Agassiz and Cornell..) (Person)
- Wright, Albert Hazen, 1879-1970. (Title of work: Letters to C.F. Hartt, first professor of geology at Cornell..) (Person)
- Wright, Albert Hazen, 1879-1970. (Title of work: Cornell's colors, carnelian and white..) (Person)
- Wright, Albert Hazen, 1879-1970. (Number of part/section of a work: 2. New York State Agricultural College.. Title of work: Cornell's three precursors..) (Person)
- Wright, Albert Hazen, 1879-1970. (Title of work: Pre-Cornell and early Cornell..) (Person)
- Wright, Albert Hazen, 1879-1970. (Title of work: Herpetological terminology..) (Person)
- Wright, Anna Allen, 1882-1964. (Person)
Language of Material
In English.
Biographical / Historical
Zoologist, Professor of biology, Cornell University. Wright was also keenly interested in New York State history and genealogy and published on those subjects as well.
Extent
.2 cubic feet. (.2 cubic feet.)
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Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
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