Box 2

Scope and Contents

Thirty-eight letters (Jan. 8-Dec. 27, 1937, 65 pcs.) from Louise Rankin written during her stay in India with her husband Everett Horace Rankin (Cornell '12), a Standard Oil representative. Almost entirely to her mother, the letters concern her social life, her difficulties in managing the household and servants, and her travels in India. See accession folder for a detailed description of letters.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: 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...

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: 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...