Agricultural colleges -- New York (State)
Subject
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Abijah Beckwith papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064918901]
Identifier: 2513
Scope and content
A combined notebook and scrapbook, kept by Beckwith for his grandson and namesake, contains his handwritten histories of himself and his forefathers, including his account of soldiering at Sackett's Harbor in the War of 1812; political opinions, including a long essay entitled "Our Nation, Slavery: Its Worst Evil," describing slavery in the United States, the public attitude towards the Fugitive Slave Law, and national excitement over the Compromises of 1820 and 1850 and documenting...
Dates:
1847-1977.
Clippings on a college of agriculture in New York State
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065173043]
Identifier: 21-2-155
Scope and content
Newspaper clippings and magazine articles on the need for a college of agriculture in New York State, and on the founding of the New York State College of Agriculture, including statements made about it by Liberty Hyde Bailey. Some of the clippings are contained in a scrapbook. Newspapers and periodicals represented include the Ithaca daily journal, American agriculturist, Cornell alumni news, and Cornell daily sun.
Dates:
1902-1905.
New York State College of Agriculture winter short course scrapbooks
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070775832]
Identifier: 21-34-4029
Scope and content
Three scrapbooks containing articles, memos, correspondence, posters, and photographs documenting the winter short courses.
Dates:
1927-1932.