Cornell University Press and Comstock Publishing Company records
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, and illustrative material pertaining to books published by the Cornell University Press and the Comstock Publishing Company; correspondence pertaining to a merger of the Nature Study Review and Nature Magazine; and correspondence pertaining to John W. ("Uncle John") Spencer's stories and letters for children on nature study and rural life; correspondents include Anna Botsford Comstock, Mary Eleanor Davis, Paul S. Galtsoff, Albert H. Hartzell, Frank E. Lutz, James G. Needham, Arthur Newton Pack, Cuthbert W. Pound, Percival S. Ridsdale, John W. Spencer, and Paul S. Welch.
Dates
- [ca. 1880-1935]
Creator
- Cornell University Press (Organization)
- Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
12 cubic feet. (12 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, and illustrative material pertaining to books published by the Cornell University Press and the Comstock Publishing Company; correspondence pertaining to a merger of the Nature Study Review and Nature Magazine; and correspondence pertaining to John W. ("Uncle John") Spencer's stories and letters for children on nature study and rural life; correspondents include Anna Botsford Comstock, Mary Eleanor Davis, Paul S. Galtsoff, Albert H. Hartzell, Frank E. Lutz, James G. Needham, Arthur Newton Pack, Cuthbert W. Pound, Percival S. Ridsdale, John W. Spencer, and Paul S. Welch.
Physical Description
Correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, and illustrative material.
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, October 2002
- Date modified:
- Kristen Reichenbach, April 2018
- Children -- Books and reading.
- Comstock Publishing Company
- Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930.
- Country life.
- Davis, Mary Eleanor, 1910-1968.
- Galtsoff, Paul S. (Paul Simon), 1887-1979.
- Hartzell, Albert H.
- Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943.
- Natural history -- Study and teaching.
- Natural history literature.
- Nature magazine.
- Nature stories.
- Nature study review.
- Needham, James G. (James George), 1868-1957.
- Pack, Arthur Newton, 1893-1975.
- Pound, Cuthbert W. (Cuthbert Winfred), 1864-1935.
- Publishers and publishing -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
- Ridsdale, Percival Sheldon.
- Spencer, John W.
- University presses -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
- Welch, Paul Smith, 1882-
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- October 2002
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu