Earl S. Markham papers

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Identifier: 37-5-3359

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Photographs and ephemera relating to Earl Markham's education at the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine as well as his service in the United States Army Veterinary Corps during World War I.

Dates

1908 - 1938
Majority of material found within 1912 - 1919

Creator

Markham, Earl S. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Earl Markahm was Born on February 20, 1887, in Constableville, New York. He attended the Utica School of Commerce in Utica from 1907-1908, then went on to the New York State Veterinary College at Cornell University, where he received his DVM in 1912. His brother, Miles Markham, was also a graduate of the college, DVM 1918.

From 1917-1919 he served in the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps at the Remount Service in Kansas City, Missouri, and at Remount Depot #333, Camp Joseph E. Johnston, in Jacksonville, Florida.

Extent

.6 cubic feet. (.6 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

PROVENANCE

Given by Sandra Markham in December 2003.

SEPARATED MATERIAL

Earl Markham's World War I uniform was removed from this collection and given to the Cornell Costume Collection.

Physical Description

photographs, notebooks, texts.

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:: Laura Finkel
Date completed:: July 2004
EAD encoding:: Laura Finkel, 2004