Guide to the George F. Atkinson Papers,
1880-1918

Collection Number: 21-29-103

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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:
M. Warren, N.Dean
Date completed:
June 1989
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, February 2004

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
George F. Atkinson papers, 1880-1918.
Collection Number:
21-29-103
Creator:
George Francis Atkinson, 1854-1918.
Quantity:
6 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, diary, bound volume, and photograph.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence relating to the collection, classification, and study of plant specimens; recommendations for graduate students; notes on the development of botanical investigation at Cornell; and diary of a trip to Europe. Also, a bound volume of material relating to Atkinson's work between 1886 and 1890 at the University of North Carolina and the Agricultural Experiment Station in Auburn, Alabama. Also, platinum print photograph of students and faculty.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Botanist; Professor, Cornell University.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence relating to the collection, classification, and study of plant specimens; recommendations for graduate students; notes on the development of botanical investigation at Cornell; and diary of a trip to Europe. Also, a bound volume of reprints, notes, and correspondence relating to Atkinson's work between 1886 and 1890 at the University of North Carolina and the Agricultural Experiment Station in Auburn, Alabama. Includes correspondence with Margaret Clay Ferguson (BS '99, Ph.D. '01). Also, platinum print photograph of students and faculty, inscribed to "Prof. George F. Atkinson with best regards of the Hindu students, Cornell University, 24 June 1907."
Index of correspondence available in accession folder.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Atkinson, George Francis, 1854-1918.
Ferguson, Margaret Clay.
Cornell University--Students.
New York State College of Agriculture. Dept. of Plant Pathology.
University of North Carolina.

Subjects:
Botany--Classification.
Botany--Research.
Plants--Collection and preservation.
Plants--Identification.
Botanists.

Places:
Europe--Description and travel.

Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
George F. Atkinson papers, #21-29-103. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Correspondence
1880-1898
Box 1
1899-1901
Box 2
Jan. 1902-Apr. 1903
Box 3
May 1903-July 1904
Box 4
Aug. 1904-Dec. 1905
Box 5
Jan. 1906-Jan. 1907
Box 6
Feb. 1907-June 1908
Box 7
July 1908-Aug. 1909
Box 8
Sept. 1909-Sept. 1910
Box 9
Oct. 1910-Oct. 1911
Box 10
Nov. 1911-Dec. 1912
Box 11
Jan. 1913-Dec. 1913
Box 12
Jan. 1914-Mar. 1915
Box 13
Apr. 1915-Dec. 1916
Box 14
Jan. 1917-Dec. 1918
Box 15
Undated and printed material
 Box 16
"Zoological publications," 1886-1890 , bound volume of reprints, notes, and correspondence
Box 17