Agricultural Experiment Station oral histories
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Tapes and transcripts of oral history interviews by Gould P. Colman with Paul J. Chapman, Arthur C. Dahlberg, Robert E. Doran, Arthur J. Heinicke, George J. Hucker, James D. Luckett, Carl S. Pederson, Charles B. Sayre, Jessie E. Sperry, Donald K. Tressler, and Richard Wellington.
These interviews cover the research, administration, and public service contributions of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. Scientists, administrators, support staff, and other Geneva residents were interviewed. Topics include: relationships of Geneva faculty and staff with their Ithaca campus counterparts, including coordination of research and administration on the 2 campuses, and with New York State farmers and agricultural organizations, especially the food processing industry; relationships of Geneva station with other American agricultural experiment stations; and research by Geneva scientists in entomology (including the use of pesticides and biological control), vegetable crops, viticulture, pomology, bacteriology, food science, and dairy science (including the transfer to dairy research to the Ithaca campus).
Also, development of Geneva physical facilities, especially after WWII and during the 1960's; Geneva publications; administration of substations in the Hudson Valley and Fredonia; procurement of funds; hiring and promotion of staff and administrators; conducting seed investigations in coordination with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets; influence of personality on Cornell's agricultural research and teaching; assessment of Cornell administrators; participation by Geneva staff in community activities. Personal histories are also included.
Dates
- 1962-1965.
Creator
- New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (Organization)
- Chapman, Paul J. (Person)
- Dahlberg, Arthur Chester. (Person)
- Doran, Robert E. (Person)
- Heinicke, Arthur J. (Person)
- Hucker, George J. (Person)
- Luckett, James D. (Person)
- Pederson, Charles S. (Person)
- Sayre, Charles Bovett. (Person)
- Sperry, Jessie E. (Person)
- Tressler, Donald Kiteley. (Person)
- Wellington, R. (Richard) (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Restrictions on Use:
Transcripts require permission from heirs, legal representatives, or assigns to reproduce.
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY
The New York State Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva, New York is a unit of the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University,Ithaca, New York.
Extent
10 items. (10 items.)
Abstract
Tapes and transcripts of oral history interviews by Gould P. Colman with Paul J. Chapman, Arthur C. Dahlberg, Robert E. Doran, Arthur J. Heinicke, George J. Hucker, James D. Luckett, Carl S. Pederson, Charles B. Sayre, Jessie E. Sperry, Donald K. Tressler, and Richard Wellington.
Physical Description
Audio tapes and transcripts of interviews.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- Elaine Engst
- Date completed:
- March 2016
- EAD encoding:
- Marcie Farwell, March 2016
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, March 2016
NOTES
Some of the 1962-1965 tapes have been erased; only 5 minute excerpts remain.
Also forms part of the Eastern Wine and Grape Archive. (EWGA)
- Adams, Morton, 1910-
- Agricultural Research Planning and Coordination
- Agricultural administration.
- Agricultural chemicals -- Environmental aspects.
- Agricultural chemicals -- Law and legislation.
- Agricultural experiment stations.
- Agricultural pests.
- Agriculture -- Research.
- Agriculture publishing.
- Anderson, Rudolph John, 1879-
- Associated Food Processors
- Babcock, H. E. (Howard Edward), 1889-1950.
- Barton, Donald W., 1921-
- Becker, Robert F.
- Birdseye, Clarence.
- Brady, Nyle C.
- Breed, Robert S. (Robert Stanley), 1877-1956.
- Call, David L.
- Carey, Hugh L.
- Chandler, William Henry, 1878-
- Chapman, P. J. (Paul Jones), 1900-
- Clark, Benjamin E., 1914-1983.
- Community and college -- New York (State) -- Geneva.
- Connaway, John W.
- Cook, Constance E.
- Cornell University. Cooperative Extension
- Cornell University. Office of Vice President for Land Grant Affairs
- Crosby, Cyrus R., 1879-1937.
- DDT (Insecticide)
- Dahlberg, Arthur, 1896-1964.
- Dairying -- Research.
- Dalrymple, Daniel M.
- Daniel, Derrill McCollough, 1905-
- Davis, Alexander C.
- Downing, Donald L.
- Dyson, John.
- Eckles, Clarence Henry, 1875-
- Einset, John, 1915-
- Einset, John.
- Farm research.
- Food -- Bacteriology.
- Food industry and trade -- New York (State)
- Food, Frozen.
- Frank, Konstantin, 1899-1985.
- Frommer, Charles.
- Fruit-culture -- New York (State)
- Geneva (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
- Gilmer, Robert M.
- Glass, Edward H.
- Greig, Robert G., 1913-
- Hall, Frank Henry, 1866-1929.
- Hamilton, James M.
- Hand, David B.
- Hedrick, U. P.
- Heinicke, Arthur J., 1892-1971.
- Hofer, Alvin W.
- Holland, Robert F.
- Hucker, George J., 1893-1988.
- Hunter, James E.
- Hurd, Thomas Norman, 1910.
- Interdisciplinary approach in education.
- Jordan, Whitman Howard, 1851-
- Kender, Walter J.
- Kennedy, Wilbert Keith, 1919-
- King, Joseph P.
- Krauss, Roscoe E.
- Lehman, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963.
- Luckett, James D., 1891-1968.
- Mann, Albert Russell, 1880-1947.
- Massey, Louis Melville, 1889-1969.
- McEwen, Freeman Lester, 1926-
- McNew, George.
- Morrison, F. B. (Frank Barron), 1887-1958
- New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania Agricultural Research Coordination
- New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation
- New York (State). Pesticide Control Board
- New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. Department of Buildings and Properties
- New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. Department of Entomology
- New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. Department of Food Science and Technology
- New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. Department of Plant Pathology
- New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. Department of Pomology and Viticulture
- New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. Department of Publications
- New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. Department of Seed and Vegetable Sciences
- New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. Hudson Valley Laboratory (Highland, N.Y.)
- New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. Vineyard Laboratory (Fredonia, N.Y.)
- New York State Canners and Freezers Association
- New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences -- : Administration.
- New York State Fruit Testing Cooperative Association
- Oral histories.
- Palm, Charles Edmund, 1911-1996.
- Parrot, Percival John, 1874-1953.
- Pederson, Carl S., 1897-1987.
- Pesticides -- Environmental aspects.
- Pests -- Biological control.
- Plant-breeding -- New York (State)
- Porter, Gilbert.
- Robinson, Willard.
- Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979.
- Sayre, Charles Bovett, 189l.-
- Sherman, William.
- Smith, George A.
- State University of New York
- Stewart, Fred Carlton, 1868-1940.
- Taylor, Walter S.
- Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred, 1872-
- Tressler, Donald Kiteley, 1894-1981.
- Tukey, H. B.
- Tyler, Winfield.
- University of Missouri
- Van Slyke, Lucius Lincoln, 1859-
- VanDemark, Noland L.
- Vegetables -- New York (State)
- Viticulture.
- Vittum, Morrill T.
- Voluntarism.
- Wellington, Richard, 1884-1975.
- Western New York Apple Growers Association
- Western New York Cherry Growers Association
- Whitten, John C., 1866-
- Wickham, Don J., 1903-
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- March 2016
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
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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