Subseries I. Publications

Bristow Adams was either founder editor or faculty advisor for most of these publication. In college he was co-founder and editor of the "Pathfinder" in 1892; editor-in-chief of the "Stanford Sequoia"; associate editor of the daily newspaper; and founder and editor of the Stanford humor magazine, "The Chaparral." From 1902-4 he edited "Forestry and Irrigation," forerunner of "American Forests," and was co-founder and managing editor of a weekly news review, "Washington Life" from 1903-5. "Washington Life" was later renamed the "American Spectator," and Adams remained editor until 1906. Bristow did illustrations for "Country Life in America;." "Everybody's," "World's Work," "Overland," and "Pacific Monthly." He gained experience in forestry as an assistant in charge of technical and literary revision of publications of the U.S. Forest Service. In 1921 he wrote "An Agricultural Almanac," Farmer's bulletin 1202 for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.

At Cornell Bristow directed and edited the Cornell Agricultural Extension Publications. He was also a member of the board of directors of "The Cornell Daily Sun," unofficial advisor to "The Cornell Countryman," and faculty advisor to "The Delicate Brown" and "The Cornell Widow." He also founded, in 1952, "The Cornell Plantations," and remained its editor until his death in 1956.