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Botany

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Adelaide Taber Young papers

 Collection
Identifier: 37-5-820
Abstract

Papers of Adelaide Taber Young include letters written to her mother during her studies at Cornell, largely concerning student life, sorority affairs, and social activities; student notebooks; scrapbooks of photographs, programs, clippings, and other memorabilia from Cornell and Elmira College, including items concerning her sister, Sara Louise (Elmira Class of 1904).

Dates: 1887-1911.

Andre Jagendorf papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 21-52-4263
Scope and content

Biographical material, photographs, newspapers clippings, and certificates relating to his career in plant biology at Cornell and bound copies of his publications (1951-1990).



Dates: 1948-2017

Anna Eliza Jenkins papers

 Collection
Identifier: 37-5-928
Abstract

Anna Eliza Jenkins was an American Mycologist who specialized in phytopathology. The Anna Eliza Jenkins papers (1908-1962) contain class materials, botanical drawings, Jenkin's 1912 thesis, correspondence, reunion materials, certificates and awards, society materials, and photographs.

Dates: 1908 - 1962

Central New York Farmer's Club records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064916475]
Identifier: 1734
Scope and content

Articles of association; minutes, report, and notes kept by H. N. Tyler; draft of a history written by Tyler; scrapbooks pertaining to club activities, 1894-1902; loose clippings; drafts of papers on forests, agriculture, and botanical subjects; programs and bulletins; and a farm account book kept by Edward Weeks of Albion, Orange County, New York.

Dates: 1870-1915.

Charles Hanford Kendall course notes

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065184966]
Identifier: 37-5-2115
Scope and content

Six course notebooks of Charles H. Kendall for seven courses: Shades, Shadows, and Perspective; Metallurgy; Pen Topography; Economic Geology; General Geology; Chemistry; and Botany.

Dates: 1891-1893.

Cynthia Westcott papers

 Collection
Identifier: 4095
Abstract Business correspondence with publishing companies, with periodicals and newspapers relating to books and articles written by Westcott, and with nurseries about test roses and other plants; general correspondence; some family correspondence; research notes for books and articles; papers related to the American Rose Foundation and Society; manuscripts of talks given to Garden Clubs of America and other organizations; correspondence with and about the author of SILENT SPRING, Rachel Carson;...
Dates: 1922-1983.

E. Eugene Barker papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-5-156
Abstract

E. Eugene Barker was an Assistant Professor of Plant Breeding at Cornell University. This collection contains notes, sketches, lab reports, as well as miscellaneous photographs, clippings, and letters.

Dates: 1907-1918, 1953-1958.

Edward Lewis Sturtevant papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 22-1-658
Scope and content

Manuscripts of his works on cultivated and edible plants and undated notes on plants and plant science compiled during his term as first director of the Station at Geneva (1880-87).

Dates: n.d.

Fred Carlton Stewart papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 21-17-543
Scope and content Includes many letters to Stewart from prominent mycologists and plant pathologists of the day. The remaining correspondence is largely from Stewart to F. A. Sirrine, and deals with plant diseases and experiments then underway. Also, a set of Stewart's publications for the Experiment Station Bulletin and other journals. Correspondents include George F. Atkinson, Charles D. Baker, P. T. Barnes, S. A. Beach, Charles J. Brown, C. P. Close, J. L. Colvin, William L. Deming, J. B. Ellis, G. L....
Dates: 1896-1911.

Frederick C. Steward papers

 Collection
Identifier: 53-2-1592
Abstract

Papers of Frederick Campion Steward, a botanist and plant physiologist who held teaching and research positions at the University of Leeds, the University of Rochester, the University of California at Berkeley, and Cornell University, where he was instrumental in the development of the Biological Sciences Division of the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Dates: 1921-1973.