Daniel E. Salmon papers

Collection — manuscript box: 13 - folder 1

Identifier: 6585

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Two scrapbooks on the Nebraska Hog Cholera controversy of the late 19th century, and an unpublished manuscript on susceptibility and immunity.

The scrapbooks were compiled by Salmon from 1886-1893, and document the commentary and criticism relating to the Hog Cholera epidemic in Nebraska. Many of the articles and editorials were written by Dr. Frank S. Billings and are highly critical of the response of the Bureau of Animal Industry, as well as Salmon's leadership.

The manuscript is 268 pages long and in Spanish. It was probably sent to Dr. Simon Henry Gage for editing some time during Salmon's time in Uruguay.

Also, an article on Salmon from a Hungarian veterinary magazine.

Dates

1886-2008.

Creator

Salmon, D. E. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

CHRONOLOGY

July 23, 1850
: Born in Mount Olive, New Jersey
1868
: Entered Cornell University
1872
: Received bachelor's degree in veterinary science
1872
: Married Mary Thompson Corning
1876
: Earned first D.V.M. degree in the United States
1884
: Named first chief of the Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Animal Industry
1892
: Founded National Veterinary College in Washington, D.C.
1902
: Mary Thompson Corning, first wife, died
1904
: Married Agnes Christina Dewhurst
1905
: Left Bureau of Animal Industry following meat packing controversy roused by Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
1906
: Moved to Uruguay to found a veterinary college in Montevideo
1913
: Returned to the United States, managed a hog cholera serum company in Butte, Montana
August 30, 1914
: Died in Butte, Montana

Extent

.6 cubic feet. (.6 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Two scrapbooks on the Nebraska Hog Cholera controversy of the late 19th century, and an unpublished manuscript on susceptibility and immunity.

PROVENANCE

The scrapbooks were originally cataloged in the Flower Veterinary Library. The manuscript was found in the papers of Dr. Grant Sherman Hopkins after his death in 1952, then kept by Dean William Hagan. The manuscript was removed from the Hagan papers in 2004.

Available Copies:

The scrapbooks are available on microfilm from the Library Annex, Film # N6131

Physical Description

Scrapbooks, manuscript.

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:: Laura Finkel
Date completed:: July 2004
EAD encoding:: Laura Finkel, 2004
Date modified:: RMC Staff, June 2018