COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Thirty-eight letters (1937) from Rankin mainly to her mother concerning social life, household management, and travels to India where her husband, Everett H. Rankin (Cornell University Class of 1912), was a Standard Oil representative; a notebook of information she collected on Indian trees (1938); and her diary (1939-1943). Also, her unfinished biography of Liberty Hyde Bailey (319 page typescript) and a letter (1952) from Romeyn Berry, who comments on the completed portion, which deals with Bailey's life up until the time he came to Cornell.
Dates
- 1937-1952.
Creator
- Rankin, Louise, 1897-1951. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
.4 cubic feet. (.4 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Thirty-eight letters from Rankin mainly to her mother concerning social life, household management, and travels to India where her husband, Everett H. Rankin, was a Standard Oil representative; a notebook of information she collected on Indian trees; and her diary. Also, her unfinished biography of Liberty Hyde Bailey and a letter from Romeyn Berry.
Physical Description
Correspondence, a notebook, a diary, and a manuscript.
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- February 2004
- 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
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