Thompson, Homer C., 1885-1976, October 9, 1963
Scope and Contents
Occupation: Horticulture professorInterviewer: ColmanDescription: Education at Ohio State University; work in farm management and horticulture, USDA, especially field investigations in rice, peanuts, sweet potatoes, celery; development of Dept. of Vegetable Crops at Cornell, 1918-1951; impressions of B. T. Galloway, T. L. Lyon, E. O. Fippin, R. A. Emerson, W. A. Chandler, George F. Warren, George Works, Paul Kruse, E. L. Worthen, C. E Ladd, others; establishment of Long Island Vegetable Research Farm; relationships between research and extension work in vegetable crops, particularly coordination with other departments at Ithaca and Geneva; reflections concerning outstanding vegetable growers in New York State; administration of Dept. of Vegetable Crops at Cornell; experiences as head, Bureau of Plant Industry, International Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Costa Rica.
Dates
- October 9, 1963
Creator
- From the Collection: Cornell University. Program in Oral History (Organization)
- From the Collection: Bailey, Ethel Zoe. (Person)
- From the Collection: Barrett, William, 1888-1978. (Person)
- From the Collection: Bender, Ray, 1905-1975. (Person)
- From the Collection: Beneway, Frank W., 1884-1994. (Person)
- From the Collection: Benjamin, Earl Whitney, 1889-1972. (Person)
- From the Collection: Bradfield, Richard, 1896-1981. (Person)
- From the Collection: Bradley, J. Chester (James Chester), 1884-1975. (Person)
- From the Collection: Bull, Bartow B., 1874-1965. (Person)
- From the Collection: Carey, Daniel, 1897-1976. (Person)
- From the Collection: Cowles, Harold., 1896-1987. (Person)
- From the Collection: Creal, Harold L. (Person)
- From the Collection: Eames, Arthur J., 1881-1969. (Person)
- From the Collection: Fogg, Verne A., 1897-1987. (Person)
- From the Collection: Foster, Edward Shields, 1901-1973. (Person)
- From the Collection: Genung, Albert Benjamin, 1890-1963. (Person)
- From the Collection: Green, Donald, 1903-1989. (Person)
- From the Collection: Hart, Van Breed, 1894-1976. (Person)
- From the Collection: Hawley, Warren Waldo, Jr., 1891-1982. (Person)
- From the Collection: Herrick, Glenn W. (Glenn Washington), 1870-1965. (Person)
- From the Collection: Huttar, John C., 1902-1988. (Person)
- From the Collection: Jennings, Burton Aaron, 1895-1964. (Person)
- From the Collection: King, Asa Carlton, 1877-1967. (Person)
- From the Collection: Gibson, Anson Wright, 1892-1977. (Person)
- From the Collection: Knapp, Halsey, 1888-1976. (Person)
- From the Collection: LaMont, Thomas E., 1906-1970. (Person)
- From the Collection: Maynard, L. A. (Leonard Amby), 1887-1972. (Person)
- From the Collection: McConnell, James, 1891-1974. (Person)
- From the Collection: Gervan, R. Bruce, 1907-1993. (Person)
- From the Collection: Milliman, Thomas E. (Person)
- From the Collection: Monroe, Benton Sullivan, 1873-1968. (Person)
- From the Collection: Munger, Harlan B., 1888-1969. (Person)
- From the Collection: Myers, William Irving, 1891-1976. (Person)
- From the Collection: Norton, Horace A., 1883-1971. (Person)
- From the Collection: Palmer, E. Laurence (Ephraim Laurence), 1888-1970. (Person)
- From the Collection: Riley, Howard W., 1879-1971. (Person)
- From the Collection: Rodenhurst, Seymour K., 1893-1973. (Person)
- From the Collection: Shapley, S. Reuben, 1906-1997. (Person)
- From the Collection: Simons, L. R. (Person)
- From the Collection: Slack, Clarence M., 1894-1976. (Person)
- From the Collection: Smith, Paul, 1889- (Person)
- From the Collection: Stempfle, William Secord, 1895-1982. (Person)
- From the Collection: Stiles, Jared W., 1907-1974. (Person)
- From the Collection: Tailby, George W., 1882-1965. (Person)
- From the Collection: Taylor, Clayton Charles, Jr., 1898-1979. (Person)
- From the Collection: Thomson, Edward Herrmann, 1887-1967. (Person)
- From the Collection: Thompson, Homer C., 1885-1976. (Person)
- From the Collection: Underwood, E. Victor, 1889-1974. (Person)
- From the Collection: Wadsworth, Reverdy J., 1914-1970. (Person)
- From the Collection: Wadsworth, William P., 1906-1982. (Person)
- From the Collection: Wakely, Philip C., 1902-1983. (Person)
- From the Collection: Waldorf, William E., 1916-2000. (Person)
- From the Collection: Warren, Carl. (Person)
- From the Collection: Worthen, Edmund L., 1882-1965. (Person)
- From the Collection: Chandler, William Henry, 1878-1970. (Person)
- From the Collection: Levine, Jonathan. (Interviewer, Person)
- From the Collection: Windahl, Ethan. (Interviewer, Person)
- From the Collection: Dixon, Elizabeth I. (Interviewer, Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
60 volumes. (60 volumes.)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
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