COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Includes biographical information on Morrison; reports, news clippings, correspondence, and notebooks on trips to Germany, the Philippines, Argentina, Venezuela, Spain, and India; class records, final exams, and other records of an Animal Husbandry course; speeches and articles by Morrison; notes on and various editions of FEEDS AND FEEDING; articles, bulletins, and journals; pamphlets; photographs; passports; commencement programs; and correspondence, including letters to or from William Arnon Henry, Lida M. Henry, C. R. Van Hise, Charles S. Knight, E. S. Savage, A. E. Vinson, J. S. Popov, F. W. Christensen, Elsie Morrison, M. D. Lack, E. F. Ladd, Gustave Bohstedt, J. M. Fargo, A. E. Wise, and F. B. Wise.
Dates
- 1900-1962.
Creator
- Morrison, F. B. (Frank Barron), 1887-1958. (Person)
- Morrison, F. B. (Frank Barron), 1887-1958. (Title of work: Feeds and feeding..) (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Professor of animal husbandry and animal nutrition.
Frank B. Morrison was born in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin on May 17, 1887. He was Director of the Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station and the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York in 1927, and in 1928 he became Professor of Animal Husbandry and Animal Nutrition at the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University. He also chaired the Department of Animal Husbandry from 1928-1945. He wrote FEEDS AND FEEDING and numerous articles in his field and endowed a fellowship at Cornell for graduate students in the field of livestock feeding. He retired from Cornell in 1955 and died on April 7, 1958.
Extent
2.6 cubic feet. (2.6 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Papers of Frank B. Morrison, who was Director of the Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station and the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York in 1927, and in 1928 became Professor of Animal Husbandry and Animal Nutrition at the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University.
Physical Description
Reports, news clippings, correspondence, notebooks, articles, bulletins, journals, pamphlets, photographs, passports, and commencement programs.
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
- EAD encoding:
- Martin Heggestad, June 2004
- Animal culture.
- Animal nutrition.
- Bohstedt, Gustave.
- Christiansen, F. W.
- College teachers -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
- Fargo, J. M.
- Feeds.
- Henry, Lida M.
- Henry, W. A. (William Arnon), 1850-1932.
- Knight, Charles S.
- Lack, M. D.
- Ladd, E. F.
- Morrison, Elsie.
- New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences -- : Faculty.
- Photographs.
- Popov, J. S.
- Savage, E. S. (Elmer Seth), 1884-1943.
- Van Hise, Charles Richard, 1857-1918.
- Vinson, A. E.
- Wise, A. E.
- Wise, F. B.
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- June 2004
- 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