DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Dept. of Plant Breeding records, 1906-1970.
Collection Number:
21-28-889
Creator:
Cornell University.Dept. of Plant Breeding.
Quantity:
58.7 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, reports, data, glass negatives, and other papers.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Departmental files include correspondence with officials at the N.Y.S. College of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Agriculture,
agronomists at universities and experiment stations, county agents, farmers, seed growers, and others concerning departmental
administration, plant breeding work done by
farmers in cooperation with the department, seed certification and exhibit, extension work, advice to growers, and other
matters concerning seed research and testing; reports and data relating to department and other research; and correspondence
and reports concerning agricultural assistance work undertaken by the department in the
Philippines and consideration of similar work in Thailand and Taiwan.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Departmental files include correspondence with officials at the N.Y.S. College of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Agriculture,
agronomists at universities and experiment stations, county agents, farmers, seed growers, and others concerning departmental
administration, plant breeding
work done by farmers in cooperation with the department, seed certification and exhibit, extension work, advice to growers,
and other matters concerning seed research and testing; reports and data relating to department and other research; and correspondence
and reports concerning agricultural assistance work undertaken by the department
in the Philippines and consideration of similar work in Thailand and Taiwan. Included is the incoming and outgoing correspondence
of Liberty Hyde Bailey, Frank P. Bussell, Rollins A. Emerson, Carl E. Ladd, Robert D. Lewis, Harry H. Love, Albert R. Mann,
Clyde H. Myers, William I. Myers, and Roy G. Wiggans.
Also, glass negatives,
1906-ca. 1930, of timothy, corn, and potato field plots. Includes papers of Sanford S. Atwood.
SUBJECTS
Names:
Cornell University.
Atwood, Sanford S.
Bailey, L. H.(Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954.
Bussell, Frank P.
Emerson, Rollins A.
Ladd, Carl E., 1888-1943.
Lewis, Robert D.
Love, Harry H.(Harry Houser), 1880-1966.
Mann, Albert Russell, 1880-1947.
Murphy, Royse P.(Royse Peak), 1914-
Myers, Clyde H.
Myers, William Irving, 1891-1976.
Wiggans, Roy G.
Cornell University.
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
United States.Dept. of Agriculture.
Subjects:
Plant-breeding.
Seeds--Certification.
Agricultural extension work.
Agriculture--Philippines.
Places:
Philippines.
Thailand.
Taiwan.
Form and Genre Terms:
Negatives.
Photographs.
RELATED MATERIALS
Includes collections #21/28/888, #21/28/1191, #21/28/358, and #21/28/289.
Includes collections #21/28/888, #21/28/1191, #21/28/358, and #21/28/289.