New York State College of Agriculture miscellany
Scope and content
Printed forms, press releases, surveys, and other items, including a map of the pear orchard at Cornell University, a note from Liberty Hyde Bailey concerning a planned Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, a recommendation form for a "special student" in the New York State College of Agriculture, an application form for the Farmers' Reading Course beginning in the fall of 1899, a program for the dedication of the "Biological and Dairy Building" at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (September 21, 1898), an application for those requesting that a School of Horticulture be held in their community, press releases publicizing College of Agriculture programs of nature study to be held in public schools and University Extension work in agriculture, two surveys concerning orchards, and a survey on climate and plant cultivation.
Also, clippings about the history of the college.
Dates
- circa 1896-1905.
Creator
- New York State College of Agriculture (Organization)
- Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954 (Person)
Language of Material
In English.
Extent
11 items. (11 items.)
- Agricultural extension work -- New York (State)
- Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. (Title of work: Cyclopedia of American horticulture..)
- Botany -- New York (State)
- Horticulture -- New York (State)
- New York State Agricultural Experiment Station
- New York State College of Agriculture (Title of work: Cornell reading-course for farmers..)
- Orchards -- New York (State)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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