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F. B. Morrison papers

 Collection
Identifier: 21-14-1014

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

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
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

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)