John I. Shafer Jr. papers
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Content Description
The John I. Shafer Jr. papers include correspondence, and lab notebooks relating to the work of John I. Shafer. Also several drafts and reprints of publications. Materials relate to corn, arginine desimidase in chlorella, and other plant genetics and botany related topics. Reprints include publications by Barbara McClintock and Marcus Rhoades.
Dates
- 1949 - 1994
Creator
- Shafer, John Irwin, Jr. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
John I. Shafer Jr. received a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College in 1933 and a PhD in Botany from Cornell University in 1936. He researched corn genetics and botany and chestnut blight at various institutions including Cornell University, the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station and the Unites States Plant, Soil and Nutrition Laboratory.
Extent
1 cubic feet.
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The John I. Shafer Jr. papers include correspondence, drafts and reprints of publications and lab notebooks relating to the work of John I. Shafer relating to corn, arginine desimidase in chlorella, and other plant genetics and botany related topics.
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- Completed
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Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
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