George F. Atkinson papers

Collection — manuscript box: 51 - folder 1

Identifier: 21-29-103

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence relating to the collection, classification, and study of plant specimens; recommendations for graduate students; notes on the development of botanical investigation at Cornell; and diary of a trip to Europe. Also, a bound volume of reprints, notes, and correspondence relating to Atkinson's work between 1886 and 1890 at the University of North Carolina and the Agricultural Experiment Station in Auburn, Alabama. Includes correspondence with Margaret Clay Ferguson (BS '99, Ph.D. '01). Also, platinum print photograph of students and faculty, inscribed to "Prof. George F. Atkinson with best regards of the Hindu students, Cornell University, 24 June 1907."

Index of correspondence available in accession folder.

Dates

1880-1918.

Creator

Atkinson, George Francis, 1854-1918. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Botanist; Professor, Cornell University.

Extent

6.5 cubic feet.

1 mapcase folders.

Additional Description

Abstract

Correspondence relating to the collection, classification, and study of plant specimens; recommendations for graduate students; notes on the development of botanical investigation at Cornell; and diary of a trip to Europe. Material relating to Atkinson's work at the University of North Carolina and the Agricultural Experiment Station in Auburn, Alabama.

Physical Description

Correspondence, diary, bound volume, and photograph.

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:: M. Warren, N.Dean
Date completed:: June 1989
EAD encoding:: Martin Heggestad, February 2004
Date modified:: Marcie Farwell, May 2016