Frederick C. Steward papers

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Identifier: 53-2-1592

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Collection includes papers documenting Steward's research work at the University of Rochester and its funding through industry and foundations; course lists and other material relating to botany and plant physiology; student and staff files; reprints and research reports; correspondence; papers concerning invitational lectures, Steward's activities involving the development of the Biological Division at Cornell University, and his interest in creating controlled environments for plant cultivation and experimentation at Cornell; Corson Committee materials; records pertaining to the National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health; and other papers of Frederick Campion Steward, including audiotape interviews. Includes transcript of an oral memoir (1985) made at the request of Abraham D. Krikorian.

Dates

1921-1973.

Creator

Steward, F. C. (Frederick Campion), 1904- (Person)
Krikorian, Abraham D. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Frederick Campion Steward, a botanist and plant physiologist, was an assistant lecturer at the University of Leeds; did research at the University of Rochester; was a Rockefeller Fellow at the University of California at Berkeley and Cornell University; and later, as a professor at Cornell, was instrumental in the development of the Biological Sciences Division of the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. He would later become a Scholar-in-Residence at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Extent

11.1 cubic feet. (11.1 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Papers of Frederick Campion Steward, a botanist and plant physiologist who held teaching and research positions at the University of Leeds, the University of Rochester, the University of California at Berkeley, and Cornell University, where he was instrumental in the development of the Biological Sciences Division of the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Physical Description

Correspondence, course materials, student and staff files, reprints and research reports, a transcript of an oral memoir, audiotape interviews, and other materials.

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:: J. Parker
Date completed:: December 1998
EAD encoding:: Martin Heggestad, April 2003