COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Letterpress books, 1876-1901; incoming letters, 1881-1903; student papers; and notes on experiments. The correspondence is concerned mostly with establishment of experiment stations in the United States, with chemical analyses carried out, with other professional and administrative duties, and with family affairs. Correspondents include American Copyright League, American Chemical Society, American Society for the Extension of University Teaching, Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Maine State College, New York Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor, New York Tribune, New York University, Pennsylvania State College, Rose Polytechnic Institute, Simpson College, U.S. Geological Survey, University of Virginia, Yale University, members of Congress, scientific and other periodicals, laboratories, and buinesses. Also, journal of a trip to Europe in 1869, speeches, articles, and pamphlets.
Dates
- 1869-[ca.1914]
Creator
- Atwater, Wilbur Olin, 1844-1907. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Wilbur O. Atwater (1844-1907) was an agricultural chemist who was director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 1875-1877, 1888-1902, and of the Office of Experiment Stations, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1888-1891. He taught chemistry at Wesleyan University from 1873 until his death in 1907.
Extent
.7 cubic feet. (.7 cubic feet.)
39 microfilm reels. (39 microfilm reels.)
Abstract
Includes letterpress books, 1876-1901; incoming letters, 1881-1903; student papers; and notes on experiments. The correspondence is concerned mostly with establishment of experiment stations in the U.S., with chemical analyses carried out, with other professional and administrative duties, and with family affairs. Also, a journal of a trip to Europe in 1869, speeches, articles, and pamphlets.
Physical Description
Letterpress books, correspondence, notes, journals, articles, and pamphlets.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- N. Dean
- Date completed:
- October 1964
- EAD encoding:
- Martin Heggestad, June 2003
- Agricultural experiment stations.
- Agriculture -- Connecticut.
- American Chemical Society
- American Copyright League
- American Society for the Extension of University Teaching
- Chemistry.
- Chemists.
- Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
- Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
- Letterpress copybooks.
- Maine State College
- New York Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor
- New York University
- New York tribune.
- Pennsylvania State College
- Rose Polytechnic Institute
- Simpson College
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by N. Dean
- Date
- June 2003
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu