Guide to the Dept. Of Plant Breeding Records,
1906-1970

Collection Number: 21-28-889

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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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.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Dept. of Plant Breeding records, #21-28-889. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

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.

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