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Botany

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

George Good papers

 Collection
Identifier: 21-25-3493
Abstract

Includes correspondence, course material, publications and minutes of meetings of the New York State Nurserymen's Association (1928-1969) and the New York State Arborists Association (1965-1969)..

Dates: 1928-1998.

Gertrude Elizabeth Douglas papers

 Collection — Manuscript box 72 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924070744093]
Identifier: 6924m
Scope and content

Excerpts from letters from the Georgian Mushroom Expedition, 1918; typescript letter to President A.R. Brubacher from Hawaii, 1933; "A Botantical Career Can Be Fun," n.d.; letters and holiday cards to Anna E. Jenkins, 1962-1966; and CV.

Dates: 1918 -1965

Harlan Parker Banks papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924079183426]
Identifier: 21-17-2211
Scope and content Papers of Harlan P. Banks consist of biographical material and correspondence relating to appointments and honors; material relating to the International Congress of Plant Sciences and the Cornell Summer Institute of Botany; material written or compiled by Banks on the history of the Botany Department and professors including Albert LeRoy Andrews, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Daniel Grover Clark, Robert T. Clausen, Arthur Johnson Eames, Lowell Fitz Randolph, Lewis Knudson, Walter C. Muenscher, Loren...
Dates: 1916-1982.

Harold E. Moore Jr. papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 34-1-3097
Scope and content

Correspondence, slides, and publications concerning Harold E. Moore's career and his research on tropical plants and the classification of palms.

Dates: 1948-1980.

Henry Guerlac papers

 Collection
Identifier: 14-17-2354
Abstract

Includes papers pertaining to Guerlac's research and teaching career.

Dates: 1922-1981.

Karl McKay Wiegand papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 21-17-1233
Scope and content

Includes botany department correspondence and memoranda, ca.1921-1941; list of species in Cayuga marshes, August 4, 1893; two slides of a botanical expedition, 1924; photographs of former members of the Cornell University Botany (now Plant Biology) Department faculty; and other papers of Karl McKay Wiegand, 1906-1932.

Dates: 1893-1941.

Lester Sharp lantern slide collection

 Collection
Identifier: 6690
Abstract

Black and white glass lantern slides of portaits of various botanists from the 1500s-1900s, used by Professor Sharp in his lectures.

Dates: [19--]

Lowell Fitz Randolph papers

 Collection
Identifier: 21-17-1876
Abstract

Manuscripts, correspondence, reports, publications, notes, and other papers concerning corn and iris breeding.

Dates: 1955-1979.

Mary Hitchcock Wilde papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3989
Abstract

Letters, photographs and photograph albums, writings and genealogical material of Hitchcock-Wilde and related families including Fairbrothers, Frost, Mann, Marvin, Raymond, Reynolds, Stenson, and Waddy.

Dates: 1801-1984.

Mitchell and Barnes families papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3785
Abstract

Papers consist primarily of correspondence, land and other legal documents, daybooks, photographs, and clippings. Early documents largely concern the transfer and use of land in central and eastern New York.

Dates: 1791-1999.