George F. Warren papers, 1892-1938.
Collection Number: 21-10-77
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
George F. Warren papers, 1892-1938.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
21-10-77
Abstract:
Materials pertaining to Warren's work in agricultural economics, both as a professor
at Cornell and as a public policy advisor.
Creator:
Warren, George F. (George Frederick), 1874-1938.
Gerlach, Ruth W.
Quanitities:
18.5 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Professor of agricultural economics and farm management at Cornell University.
Papers of George F. Warren include correspondence, theses, and articles by Warren
and others; and maps, surveys, census materials, lecture notes, speeches, reports,
pamphlets, clippings, photographs, and other materials pertaining to Warren's work
in agricultural economics, both as a professor at Cornell and as a public policy advisor.
Specific topics include agriculture lectures at Cornell, the United States economy
and agricultural policies, Warren's activities as economic advisor to Franklin D.
Roosevelt during his presidency, the gold standard for U.S. currency, the War Food
Administration (1917-1919), New York State Food Supply Commission (dealing primarily
with milk supply), Warren's trips to Europe in 1924 for the Tariff Commission, the
International Conferences on Agricultural Economics (1929, 1933, 1936), the Committee
for the Nation to Rebuild Prices and Purchasing Power (1933-1935), the New York State
Planning Board (1934-1935), and related subjects. Also, a series of "diaries" compiled
by Warren to document his activities, which include correspondence, memos, reports,
drafts, photographs, printed material, and notes; a bound volume of correspondence
(1928-1939) regarding "Interrelationships of Supply and Price," a bulletin written
by Warren and Frank A. Pearson; and a volume of "Speeches on Prices." Original manuscript
for Prices by Warren and Frank Pearson (3 vols.). And 20 household accounts (1906-1931). Annotated
nineteenth edition of Elements of Agriculture with edits for the subsequent edition.
Also, original personal letters written to George Warren, with a volume of typed
transcripts by Ruth Warren Gerlach: "Letters from Home Written to George Frederick
Warren (1874-1938) from 1892 to 1911"; and family photographs. Correspondence with
Irving Fisher and James Harvey Rogers. Chapters from a book on Harley and Verda Warren,
George Warren's nephew.
Jean Warren oral history, #47-2-O.H.70
INFORMATION FOR USERS
George F. Warren papers, #21-10-77. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Fisher, Irving, 1867-1947.
Pearson, Frank A. (Frank Ashmore), 1887-
Rogers, James Harvey, 1886-1939.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
United States. Committee for the Nation to Rebuild Prices and Purchasing Power
United States. War Food Administration
New York State Planning Board
New York State Food Supply Commission
International Conference on Agricultural Economics (Date of meeting or treaty signing:
(1929).)
International Conference on Agricultural Economics (Date of meeting or treaty signing:
(1933).)
International Conference on Agricultural Economics (Date of meeting or treaty signing:
(1936).)
Places:
United States -- Economic policy.
Subjects:
Agricultural economists.
Agriculture -- Accounting.
Milk supply -- New York (State)
Gold standard.
Economic policy.
Agriculture -- Economic aspects.
Form and Genre Terms:
Account books.
Surveys.
Photographs.
Notebooks.
Maps.
Diaries.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | 1900-1911 | ||
Box 2 |
Correspondence
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1900-1911 | |
Box 3 | 1912-1916 | ||
Box 4 |
War Food Administration
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1917 | |
Box 5 |
War Food Administration (no. 2)
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1917 | |
Box 6 |
War Food Administration (no. 3)
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1917 | |
Box 7 |
War Food Administration (no. 4)
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1917 | |
Box 8 |
War Food Administration (no. 5)
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1917 | |
Box 9 | 1920-1921 | ||
Box 10 | 1922-1924 | ||
Box 11 |
Denmark
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1924 | |
Box 12 | 1925-1927 | ||
Box 13 | 1928-1930 | ||
Box 14 | 1931-1933 | ||
Box 15 | 1933 | ||
Box 16 | 1934 | ||
Box 17 |
New York State Planning Board
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1934-1935 | |
Box 18 |
New York State Planning Board (no. 2)
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1934-1935 | |
Box 19 | 1935-1936 | ||
Box 20 |
1937-1938 and updated; 1909-1930 census material
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1937-1938, 1909-1930 | |
Box 21 |
Pamphlets and published material
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Box 22 |
Contents not described
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Box 23 |
Contents not described
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Box 24 |
Photographs
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Box 25 | Folder 1 |
Account book
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1892-1897 |
Box 25 | Folder 2 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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1897-1900 |
Box 25 | Folder 3 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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1901 |
Box 25 | Folder 4 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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1902 |
Box 25 | Folder 5 |
Agriculture lectures Cornell University
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1902-1903 |
Box 25 | Folder 6 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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1903-1904 |
Box 25 | Folder 7 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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1905 |
Box 25 | Folder 8 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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1906 |
Box 25 | Folder 9 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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1907, 1911 |
Box 25 | Folder 10 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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1913 |
Box 25 | Folder 11 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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1914 |
Box 25 | Folder 12 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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1915 |
Box 25 | Folder 13 |
Pamphlets, maps, guides
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1915 |
Box 25 | Folder 14 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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1916 |
Box 25 | Folder 15 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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1916 |
Box 25 | Folder 16 |
Chapters on oats, barley, rye, and flax
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1916 |
Box 25 | Folder 17 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1917-July 1917 |
Box 25 | Folder 18 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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August 1917-December 1917 |
Box 25 | Folder 19 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1918-February 1918 |
Box 25 | Folder 20 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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March 1918-April 1918 |
Box 25 | Folder 21 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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May 1918-September 1918 |
Box 25 | Folder 22 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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October 1918-December 1918 |
Box 25 | Folder 23 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1919-April 1919 |
Box 25 | Folder 24 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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May 1919-September 1919 |
Box 25 | Folder 25 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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November 1919-December 1919 |
Box 25 | Folder 26 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1920-March 1920 |
Box 25 | Folder 27 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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April 1920-May 1920 |
Box 25 | Folder 28 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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June 1920-August 1920 |
Box 25 | Folder 29 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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September 1920-December 1920 |
Box 26 | Folder 1 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1921-March 1921 |
Box 26 | Folder 2 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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April 1921-May 1921 |
Box 26 | Folder 3 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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June 1921-July 1921 |
Box 26 | Folder 4 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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July 1921-August 1921 |
Box 26 | Folder 5 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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September 1921-October 1921 |
Box 26 | Folder 6 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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September 1921-December 1921 |
Box 26 | Folder 7 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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November 1921-December 1921 |
Box 26 | Folder 8 |
Dr. Warren in Europe
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September 1921-February 1922 |
Box 26 | Folder 9 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1922-February 1922 |
Box 26 | Folder 10 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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February 1922 |
Box 26 | Folder 11 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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March 1922-October 1922 |
Box 26 | Folder 12 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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April 1922-July 1922 |
Box 26 | Folder 13 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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November 1922-December 1922 |
Box 26 | Folder 14 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1923-February 1923 |
Box 26 | Folder 15 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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March 1923-April 1923 |
Box 26 | Folder 16 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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May 1923-July 1923 |
Box 26 | Folder 17 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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August 1923-September 1923 |
Box 26 | Folder 18 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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October 1923-December 1923 |
Box 26 | Folder 19 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1924-May 1924 |
Box 26 | Folder 20 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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June 1924-October 1924 |
Box 26 | Folder 21 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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November 1924-December 1924 |
Box 26 | Folder 22 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1925 |
Box 26 | Folder 23 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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February 1925-April 1925 |
Box 26 | Folder 24 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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May 1925-July 1925 |
Box 26 | Folder 25 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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August 1925-October 1925 |
Box 26 | Folder 26 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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November 1925-December 1925 |
Box 26 | Folder 27 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1926-February 1926 |
Box 26 | Folder 28 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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March 1926-September 1926 |
Box 26 | Folder 29 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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October 1926-December 1926 |
Box 26 | Folder 30 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1927-February 1927 |
Box 26 | Folder 31 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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March 1927-August 1927 |
Box 26 | Folder 32 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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September 1927-December 1927 |
Box 27 | Folder 1 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1928 |
Box 27 | Folder 2 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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February 1928-April 1928 |
Box 27 | Folder 3 |
Statement by Lloyd S. Tenny to Senate
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April 26, 1928 |
Box 27 | Folder 4 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1928-June 1928 |
Box 27 | Folder 5-11 |
German Conferences
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May 1928-October 1928 |
Box 27 | Folder 12-13 |
German Conferences
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June 1928-August 1928 |
Box 27 | Folder 14 |
German Conferences
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June 1928-September 1928 |
Box 27 | Folder 15 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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July 1928-August 1928 |
Box 27 | Folder 16 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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July 1928-September 1928 |
Box 27 | Folder 17 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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October 1928-December 1928 |
Box 27 | Folder 18 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1929-February 1929 |
Box 27 | Folder 19 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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March 1929-May 1929 |
Box 27 | Folder 20 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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June 1929-July 1929 |
Box 27 | Folder 21 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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August 1929-October 1929 |
Box 27 | Folder 22 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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November 1929-December 1929 |
Box 27 | Folder 23-24 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1930 |
Box 27 | Folder 25 |
"Diaries" and miscellany (Farmer's Week)
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February 1930 |
Box 27 | Folder 26 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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February 17, 1930-March 1930 |
Box 27 | Folder 27 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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May 1930-August 1930 |
Box 27 | Folder 28 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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September 1930-August 1930 |
Box 27 | Folder 29 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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November 1930-December 1930 |
Box 27 | Folder 30 |
"Economic Outlook for Agriculture in the U.S."
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December 10, 1930 |
Box 27 | Folder 31 |
"Economic Outlook for Agriculture in the U.S."
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December 10, 1930 |
Box 27 | Folder 32 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1931-March 1931 |
Box 27 | Folder 33 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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April 1931-June 1931 |
Box 27 | Folder 34 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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July 1931-October 1931 |
Box 28 | Folder 1 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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November 1931-December 1931 |
Box 28 | Folder 2-4 |
Public Problems of Agriculture, Term II lectures and assignments
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1931-1932 |
Box 28 | Folder 5 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1932 |
Box 28 | Folder 6 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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February 1932 |
Box 28 | Folder 7 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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March 1932 |
Box 28 | Folder 8 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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April 1932-May 1932 |
Box 28 | Folder 9 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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June 1932 |
Box 28 | Folder 10 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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July 1932 |
Box 28 | Folder 11 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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August 1932 |
Box 28 | Folder 12 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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September 1932 |
Box 28 | Folder 13 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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October 1932-November 1932 |
Box 28 | Folder 14 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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December 1932 |
Box 28 | Folder 15 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1933 |
Box 28 | Folder 16 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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February 1933-March 1, 1933 |
Box 28 | Folder 17 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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March 27, 1933 |
Box 28 | Folder 18 |
The New York Times
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March 12, 1933 |
Box 28 | Folder 19 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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April 1-10, 1933 |
Box 28 | Folder 20 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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April 11-29, 1933 |
Box 28 | Folder 21 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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May 1933-June 1933 |
Box 28 | Folder 22 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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July 1933-August 1933 |
Box 28 | Folder 23 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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September 1933 |
Box 28 | Folder 24-26 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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October 1933 |
Box 28 | Folder 27 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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November 1933 |
Box 28 | Folder 28 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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December 1933 |
Box 28 | Folder 29 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1934 |
Box 28 | Folder 30 |
Hearings: Gold Reserve Act of 1934
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January 19-23, 1934 |
Box 29 | Folder 1 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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February 1934 |
Box 29 | Folder 2 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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March 1934 |
Box 29 | Folder 3 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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April 1934 |
Box 29 | Folder 4 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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May 1934 |
Box 29 | Folder 5 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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June 1934-July 1934 |
Box 29 | Folder 6 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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August 1934 |
Box 29 | Folder 7 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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September 1934 |
Box 29 | Folder 8 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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September 1934-October 1934 |
Box 29 | Folder 9 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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November 1934 |
Box 29 | Folder 10 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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December 1934 |
Box 29 | Folder 11 |
Notes on "Continent"
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1934 |
Box 29 | Folder 12 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1935 |
Box 29 | Folder 13 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1935-February 1935 |
Box 29 | Folder 14 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1935-1935 |
Box 29 | Folder 15 |
U.S. Senate hearings
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January 1935-February 1935 |
Box 29 | Folder 16 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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March 1935 |
Box 29 | Folder 17 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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March 1935-June 1935 |
Box 29 | Folder 18 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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July 1935-August 1935 |
Box 29 | Folder 19 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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October 1935 |
Box 29 | Folder 20 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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November 1935-December 1935 |
Box 29 | Folder 21 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1936-February 1936 |
Box 29 | Folder 22 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1936-February 1936 |
Box 29 | Folder 23 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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March 1936-June 1936 |
Box 29 | Folder 24 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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July 1936-September 1936 |
Box 29 | Folder 25 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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October 1936-December 1936 |
Box 29 | Folder 26 |
Land classification maps
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1936 |
Box 29 | Folder 27 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1937-April 1937 |
Box 29 | Folder 28 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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May 1937-June 1937 |
Box 29 | Folder 29 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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July 1937-December 1937 |
Box 29 | Folder 30 |
"Diaries" and miscellany
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January 1, 1937-June 31, 1937 |
Box 29 | Folder 31 |
"Agricultural Survey of Caledonia, Avon, York, Geneseo, Lima, Livingston County, New
York"
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n.d. |
Box 29 | Folder 32 |
"Geographical, Economic, and Social Condition of Agriculture in the U.S."
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n.d. |
Box 29 | Folder 33 |
Papers by Warren
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n.d. |
Box 29 | Folder 34 |
Papers by Warren and others
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n.d. |
Box 29 | Folder 35 |
Miscellaneous
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n.d. |
Box 29 | Folder 36 |
Photographs
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1920, n.d. |
Box 29 | Folder 37 |
Photographs
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n.d. |
Box 30 |
Bound volume of correspondence concerning "Interelationships of Supply and Price,"
a bulletin written by Warren and Frank A. Pearson
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1928-1932 | |
Box 31 | Folder 1 |
Minden, Nebraska newspapers
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1902-1903 |
Box 31 | Folder 2 |
Printed materials on Ithaca's Alken Farm
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1919 |
Box 31 |
The Price-Campbell Cotton Picker Corporation in Dallas, Texas
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1911 | |
Box 31 |
A Blueprint Map of the Taft Ranch (Corpus Christie Bay)
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1912 | |
Box 31 |
"Elements of Agriculture", by George Warren
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1921 | |
Scope and Contents
Annotated throughout by Warren and with some original photos used for illustrations.
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Box 31 |
George and Mary Warren account book of personal expenditures
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1917 | |
Box 32 |
"Speeches on Prices," 1 bd. vol.
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Box 33 |
The Mechanical Analysis of Soils, C.U. Bachelor of Sciences thesis
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1903 | |
Box 33 |
A Soil Survey of the Cornell University Farms, C.U. Master of Science thesis
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1904 | |
Box 33 |
Annotated copy of Farm Management by GFW, New York: The MacMillan Company
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1913 | |
Box 33 | Folder 1 |
History of Warren home land
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Box 33 | Folder 2 |
Development of farm business charts
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1926-1972 |
Box 34 |
1 Volume of miscellaneous speeches on economic conditions,
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February 1932-December 1937 | |
Box 34 |
1 Volume of miscellaneous speeches agriculture in New York State,
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December 1923-October 1936 | |
Box 34 |
1 Volume of miscellaneous speeches on the currency question,
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May 1932-February 1936 | |
Box 34 |
Prices of Farm Products in New York,
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1923 | |
Scope and Contents
Original typewritten manuscript of N.Y. Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 416
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Box 34 |
Prices
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1932 | |
Scope and Contents
Original typewritten manuscript by G. F. Warren and F. A. Pearson. In 3 volumes
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Box 35 |
Journal of Warren's farm operation giving pay for family labor, inventories of fall
plowing, etc., 1 bound vol.
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1916-1920 | |
Box 36 |
Account Books, 15 bound and 16 unbound volumes for Warren's household and farm operation
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1906-1929 | |
Box 37 |
Journals, 4 large bound vols. of Warren's household and farm
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1901-1934 | |
Box 38 |
Bound volume Letters from Home. Includes letters written to George Frederick Warren from 1892 to 1911 compiled by
Ruth Warren Gerlach, May 2003.
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Box 39 |
Personal correspondence
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1892-1901 | |
Box 40 |
Personal correspondence
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1901-1906 | |
Box 41 |
Personal correspondence
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1906-1911 | |
Reel 1 |
Correspondence between Warren and James Harvey Rogers (Yale economist) and Irving
Fisher
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1874-1938 | |
Reel 2 |
Warren diary and correspondence
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Box 42 |
Publications by Warren
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1906-1937 | |
Box 42 |
Chapters from a book by Larry Olson on Harley and Verda Warren
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2002 | |
Mapcase Folder 1 |
Group panorama photograph of a conference
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1936 | |
Box 43 |
Telegrams and letters of condolence sent to the family of George F. Warren at the
time of his death
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1938 | |
Box 44 |
Diaries and notebooks
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1886-1928 | |
Box 45 |
Notebook and scrapbook from time at Nebraska
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1898-1904 | |
Box 45 |
Cornell scrapbooks
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1903-1908 | |
Scope and Contents
Contains programs for the agricultural banquets, the Cosmopolitan Club, commencement,
the Lyceum Theatre, Senior Week, Class Day, and clippings.
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Box 45 |
Letter to George Warren from his mother
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1909-07-18 |