Albert L. Andrews correspondence

Collection — Box: 10

Identifier: 3849

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence reflecting Andrews' expertise in the field of bryology includes inquiries from hobbyists and scholars for determinations (identifications) of mosses and liverworts; requests by scientific journals for publishable papers and critical analyses of published articles (including The Bryologist, for which Andrews served as Associate Editor from 1938-1949, and the Revue Bryologique edited by Pierre Allorge); questions from botanical agencies and societies, government departments, and major academic institutions around the world. Correspondents include Lewis E. Anderson, John Hendley Barnhart, Hugo L. Blomquist, N.L. Britton, Stewart H. Burnham, Henry S. Conard, Howard A. Crum, W.G. Farlow, A.J. Grout, Leopold Loeske, William R. Maxon, C.L. Porter, Geneva Sayre (President of the American Bryological Society), William Campbell Steere, William Randolph Taylor, Roland Thaxter, C. Warnsdorf, Winona Welch, and numerous others.

Dates

1899-1964.

Creator

Andrews, Albert Le Roy, 1878-1964. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Albert Leroy Andrews was a Professor of Germanic Philology at Cornell University, an amateur bryologist, and Honorary Curator of the Wiegand Herbarium.

1899 Attended Williams College, BA
1899-1901 Taught Preparatory School in Vermont
1901-1902 Assistant Principal of a Prep. School in Mt. Pleasant, PA
1902 Awarded MA by Williams College, for work done in absentia
1902-1903 MA from Harvard Graduate College
1903-1904 Instructor of German at University of West Virginia
1904-1905 Instructor of German at Dartmouth College
1905-1908 Studied abroad at Universities in Berlin, Kiel, Copenhagen, and Christiania (Oslo), and received Ph.D. from University of Kiel in 1908
1908 Teaching fellow at Cornell
1909 Instuctor in German and Scandinavian languages at Cornell
1918 Assistant Professor of German (some references say 1919)
1924-1928 Chairman of German Department
1931 Professor of Germanic Philology
1946 Retired with the title of Professor of Germanic Philology Emeritus
1953 Named Honorary Curator of the Bryological Collections of the Wiegand Herbarium of Cornell University

CHRONOLOGY

1899
: Attended Williams College, BA
1899-1901
: Taught Preparatory School in Vermont
1901-1902
: Assistant Principal of a Prep. School in Mt. Pleasant, PA
1902
: Awarded MA by Williams College, for work done in absentia
1902-1903
: MA from Harvard Graduate College
1903-1904
: Instructor of German at University of West Virginia
1904-1905
: Instructor of German at Dartmouth College
1905-1908
: Studied abroad at Universities in Berlin, Kiel, Copenhagen, and Christiania (Oslo), and received Ph.D. from University of Kiel in 1908
1908
: Teaching fellow at Cornell
1909
: Instuctor in German and Scandinavian languages at Cornell
1918
: Assistant Professor of German (some references say 1919)
1924-1928
: Chairman of German Department
1931
: Professor of Germanic Philology
1946
: Retired with the title of Professor of Germanic Philology Emeritus
1953
: Named Honorary Curator of the Bryological Collections of the Wiegand Herbarium of Cornell University

Extent

2.6 cubic feet. (2.6 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Correspondence reflecting Andrews' expertise in the field of bryology includes inquiries from hobbyists and scholars for determinations of mosses and liverworts; requests by scientific journals for papers and critical analyses of published articles; questions from botanical agencies and societies, government departments, and major academic institutions around the world.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Correspondence on Bryology

This correspondence concerns Andrews' avocation as a bryologist and consists primarily of inquires from hobbyists and scholars for determinations (identifications) of mosses and liveworts; requests by scientific journals for publishable papers and critical analyses of published articles (including such journals as The Bryologist, which Andrews served as Associate Editor for the years 1938-1949, and the Revue Bryologique edited by Pierre Allorge); questions from those in charge of botanical agencies and societies, government departments, and major institutes around the world due to Andews' expertise in the field of bryology; includes several photographs of Andrews (as indicated in index)

Material is arranged first alphabetically by correspondent and then chronologically with that order. Also included (Box 8, folder 49) is an alphabetical listing of correspondence concerning notes and questions to Andrews about the determination of bryological specimens (photocopied from original slip lists) Boxes 1-8

Series II. Family Correspondence

The correspondence (1905-1907), primarily from Andrews' sister Mabel and his mother Abbie L. Andrews concerns personal and family questions, including the sale of the family home and farm in Williamstown, Massachusettes and his father's tragic suicide in 1905, Mabel's marriage to Rev. Francais Treadway Clayton in Nov. 1906, and on letter dated Sept. 2, 1907, which mentions a sermon made by Booker T. Washington in the Congregational Church.

There are also twenty-two letters to Andrews from his sons, Harold, Frank, and Ralph, daughter Helga, and daughters-in-law Ellen and Hetty from 1948-1961 about family concerns, including the death of Andrews' wife, Olga, on Apr. 17, 1960. Material is arranged chronologically. Box 9

Physical Description

Correspondence, photographs.

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:: G. Solomon
Date completed:: January 1981
EAD encoding:: Ann Hubert, June 2004

CORRESPONDENTS

Correspondents of Andrews include those in charge of botanical agencies and societies, government departments and major institutes around the world. These include:

Ammons, Nelle: Professor at University of West Virginia
Anderson, Lewis E.: An important bryologist from Duke University
Astorino, Oswaldo: Botanist, from Brazil
Bailey, L.H.: First Director at Cornell
Baldwin, M.M.: With the American Red Cross
Barnhart, John Hendley: N.Y. Botanical Garden Biographer
Benedict, Ralph C.: Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Blomquist, Hugo L.: Professor at Duke University
Bomhard, Mirian L.: U.S. Department of Agriculture - Forest Service
Bray, William L.: State College of Forestry at Syracuse
Brinkman, A.H.: A student of bryology from Canada
Britton, Elizabeth G. and N.L.: First Director of N.Y. Botanical Gardens, and his wife (Elizabeth)
Burnham, Stewart H.: N.Y. State Education Department in the Science Division, also at Cornell for 20 years, 1923-1943
Burrell, W.H.: The University, Leeds
Collins, J. Franklin: Professor from Brown University
Conard, Henry S.: Professor at Grinnell College, Iowa and an important bryologist
Crum, Howard A.: Professor at University of Michigan, and an important bryologist
Dalby, D.H.: British Museum of National History, Department of Botany
Durand, Elias J.: Professor at University of Missouri
Evans, Alexander W.: Osborn Botanical Lab, Yale University
Farlow, W.G.: Harvard, Herbarium and Laboratories of Cryptogamic Botany
Fearnsides, Marguerite: Botany School of Cambridge, England
Fernald, M.L.: Gray Herbarium, Harvard - the Director
Ferris, Roxanna S.: Stanford University Herbarium
Frye, Theodore C.: Professor of the University of Washington at Seattle
Fulford, Margaret: Proessor at the University of Cincinnati
Grout, A.J.: Like Andrews, Grout was not a full-time bryologist, but was well known and respected for his knowledge in the field
Hagerup, O.: Botanisk Museum, Denmark
Harkness, Hilda: Department of Mines, National Museum of Canada
Hattori, Sinske: Hattori Botanical Lab - Japan
Hermann, Fred J.: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Hilferty, Frank J.: Student from Harvard
Holzinger, John M.: Winona, Minnesota State Normal School
Hyland, Fay: Professor at University of Maine at Orono
Lantham, Roy: Amateur naturalist from Long Island
Lawton, Elva: Professor at Hunter College, N.Y. and University of Washington at Seattle
Loeske, Leopold: Important European bryologist
Long, Bayard: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Maguire, Bassett: Utah State Agriculture College
Maxon, William R.: Director of Smithsonian Institution, United States Museum
Millspaugh, C.F.: Field Museum of National History in Chicago
Moldenke, Harold N.: Curator of N.Y. Botanical Garden
Moore, H. Emery, Jr.: Professor at Cornell
Morton, C.V.: Curator of the Division of Cryptogams at Smithsonian Institute
Munz, P.A.: Pomona College, Professor of Botany
Nicholas, George E.: Scheffield Scientific School of Yale University
Patterson, Paul M.: Hollins College at Virgina, Professor
Porsild, A.E.: Botanist, National Herbarium of Canada
Porter C.L.: The University of Wyoming, Department of Botany, Sullivant Moss Society - publishers of The Bryologist
Robinson, B.L.: Early director of Gray Herbarium, Harvard
Rogers, Donald P.: N.Y. Botanical Garden
Rollins, Reed C.: Director Gray Herbarium, Harvard
Rogerson, Clark T.: N.Y. Botanical Garden, Bronx - Curator of The Cryptogamic Herbarium
Rousseau, Jacques: Director of Montreal Botanical Garden
Sargent, C.S.: Director of Arnold Arboretum, Harvard
Sayre, Geneva: The American Bryological Society, President
Schumacher, Alb.: German Botanist
Schuster, Rudolf M.: Professor at Duke University
Seaver, Fred J.: Head Curator of N.Y. Botanical Garden
Sharp, Aaron Jack: Professor of Botany, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Skutch, Alexander F.: Ornithologist from Costa Rica
Small, John K.: Curator N.Y. Botanical Garden, Bronx
Smith, Stanley Jay: The University of the State of N.Y. Senior Curator of Botany at Albany
Steere, William Campbell: Director of N.Y. Botanical Garden, President of the Garden and Dean of Amherst College
Stormer, Per: Botanical Museum, Norway
Taylor, Wm. Randolph: University of Pennsylvania and an importany bryologist
Thaxtor, Roland: Important bryologist from Harvard
Warnsdorf, C.: Bryologist from Denmark
Weber, William A.: Curator of the Herbarium at Bolder, University of Colorado
Welch, Winona H.: Depauw University of Greencastle, India
Wiegand, K.M.: Head of Department of Botany at Cornell
Winne, William T.: Professor of Biology, a Cornell graduate and amateur bryologist