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Department of Floriculture records

 Collection
Identifier: 21-25-137

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, 1907-1914, of the Dept. of Rural Art, largely that of E. Gorton Davis; correspondence, 1915-1917, of the Dept. of Landscape Art; also correspondence relating to extension, the development and growth of plants, landscaping and city planning, departmental budgets, allotments, and University regulations; departmental photographs and photographs of orchid studies; correspondence of E.A. White (personal and orchid studies); personal and lecture materials of L.H. MacDaniels; and departmental files, mostly relating to pomology. Correspondents include Bristow Adams, L.H. Bailey, Cornelius Betten, G.E. Burnap, E.O. Fippen, Bryant Fleming, Beverley Galloway, Carl Ladd, J. Horace McFarland, James E. Rice, Paul Stark, W.A. Stocking, A.D. Taylor, Helen Van Keulen, Martha Van Rensselaer, Booker T. Washington, and H.H. Whetzel.

Dates

  • 1905-1940.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

10 cubic feet. (10 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Correspondence, 1907-1914, of the Dept. of Rural Art, largely that of E. Gorton Davis; correspondence, 1915-1917, of the Dept. of Landscape Art; also correspondence relating to extension, the development and growth of plants, landscaping and city planning, departmental budgets, allotments, and University regulations; departmental photographs and photographs of orchid studies; correspondence of E.A. White (personal and orchid studies); personal and lecture materials of L.H. MacDaniels; and departmental files, mostly relating to pomology.

Physical Description

Correspondence, financial records, photographs, course materials, departmental files, and other papers.

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:
C. Rote, N. Dean
Date completed:
January 1975
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, May 2003
Date modified:
RMC Staff, December 2014
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by C. Rote, N. Dean
Date
May 2003
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)