Abstract

Departmental files include correspondence with officials at the N.Y.S. College of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Agriculture

Content Description

Collection contains correspondence, course material (courses 401, 402, 653), lectures and talks, and material on consulting work in Chile, Finland, Indonesia and Ghana.

Abstract

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.

Scope and content

Correspondence and research materials pertaining to grapes. Correspondents include H. P. Olmo, Richard Wellington, and A. B. Stout. Also copies of some published items and project records of Pearson.

Content Description

Collection contains photographs, course notes, and correspondence of Henry Munger.

Scope and content

Plant breeding records and notebooks primarily on Ricinus and the castor plant.

Scope and content Papers include a range of horticulture experiments, Geneva Experiment Station research, clippings, and information. Items from subject and clipping files about vegetables and fruits, plant breeding, vegetable judging score sheets and grading information. A 1955 logbook with grape growth information from Madison Vineyards NY. Several glass slide photographs of family photos and of grape seedlings. Correspondence with Philip Wagner regarding French hybrid grapes. Also photos of some plants in...

Scope and content

Unpublished biographical article on Cornell geneticist R. A. Emerson, originally presented orally to a meeting of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences in 1969: "Rollins Adams Emerson (1873-1947), Horticulturist, Pioneer Plant Geneticist, Administrator, Inspiring Student Advisor."

Scope and content

Research material, correspondence, publications, and grant files.