Department of Soil, Crops, and Atmospheric Science records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 21-13-2078

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Records include a manuscript concerning the history of agronomy at Cornell University; eleven photograph albums pertaining to soils and crops, taken by Cornell professors E. O. Fippin, E. L. Worthen, Ernest VanAlstine, and others; correspondence and design material for Caldwell and Leland field houses, and Bradfield and Emerson Halls. Also, black and white photographs of department activities, 1950s and 1960s, and portraits of the faculty, 1920-1950. Also, photographic slides and photoprints and negatives (c.1905-1980), especially by Reeshon Feuer and Harry Kerr, of agronomic projects and tests; and Herbert B. Hartwig instructional materials for elementary agronomy.

Also, photographs, many well annotated, of 1930s and 1940s farm structures and equipment, soil conservation; framed print that served as a departmental registry of marriages; photograph of Chinese trainees; slides, and other papers and records.

Dates

1900-1996.

Creator

New York State College of Agriculture and Life Science (Date of meeting or treaty signing: Department of Soil, Crops, and Atmospheric Science..) (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

3.8 cubic feet. (3.8 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Records include a manuscript concerning the history of agronomy at Cornell University.

Physical Description

Correspondence, Photographs, Research 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:: RMC Staff
Date completed:: August 2009
EAD encoding:: RMC Staff, August 2009
Date modified:: Marcie Farwell, July 2018