Correspondence relating to the collection, classification, and study of plant specimens; recommendations for graduate students; notes on the development of botanical investigation at Cornell; and diary of a trip to Europe. Material relating to Atkinson's work at the University of North Carolina and the Agricultural Experiment Station in Auburn, Alabama.

Correspondence, extensive grape breeding notes and notebooks, drawings of grape plants, drawings and sketches for wine labels for the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva Cellars. Includes rootstock and grape information from the U.S., Georgia (in the former U.S.S.R.), France, and Germany. Information about his Hammondsport vineyard.

Correspondence and notes relating to the collection, identification, and nomenclature of plant specimens and the preparation of articles for the International Botanical Congress and the Mycological Society of America. Also, "Lectures on Mycology: Basidiomycetes" for Plant Pathology 221 and 222, revised 1941. Also, "An historical sketch of the early days of botany at Cornell," by H. M. Fitzpatrick, 1926 (photocopy).

Collection contains botanical and entomological illustrations and studies, class assignments and notes, and other bulletins, conference materials, and publications related to entomology, pest control, zoology, botany, and land management. Also, folders of herbarium specimens with notes about harvesting dates and locations.

Files relating to her research, writing, teaching, and other professional activities.