Guide to the Ralph Wright Curtis papers,
[ca.1872-1967]

Collection Number: 21-25-1406

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
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Compiled by:

Katherine A. Talcott

Date completed:

August 2005

EAD encoding:

Katherine A. Talcott, 2005

© 2005 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Ralph Wright Curtis papers, [ca.1872-1967]

Collection Number:

21-25-1406

Creator:

Ralph Wright Curtis, 1878-1968.

Quantity:

3.5 cubic feet

Forms of Material:

Correspondence, articles, genealogical material, photographs, slides, maps, plaque, medal, news clippings, notebooks, books, and periodicals.

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

Includes correspondence; articles; genealogical material; photographs; slides; postcards; Christmas cards; letters from students and friends on his retirement from Cornell; material on the funeral of Harriet Curtis; plaque from the Garden Club of Ithaca; medal from the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State; articles on Cornell; maps and informational publications regarding New York State parks; news clippings and other printed matter; notebooks; and periodicals related to horticulture and gardens.

Language:

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Ralph W. Curtis was a Professor of Ornamental Horticulture at Cornell University.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

SUBJECTS

Names:

Curtis, Ralph W., (Ralph Wright), 1878-1968.

Curtis, Harriet.

Titles:

Cornell plantations.

Chicago (Ill.)--Parks.

Form and Genre Terms:

Slides (photographs).

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Ralph Wright Curtis papers, #21-25-1406. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Genealogical, Biographical & Personal Material
Boxes: 1

Series II. Correspondence
Boxes: 1 & 4

Series III. Cornell University
Boxes: 2

Series IV. Community & Professional Activity
Boxes: 1

Series V. Photographs
Boxes: 3 & 5

Series VI. Miscellany
Boxes: 1, 2, & 3

CONTAINER LIST

Date	Description	Container
	Series I. Genealogical, Biographical & Personal Material

1962	Chronicles of the O.F. Curtis Family	Box 1	Folder 1
1943	Otis Freeman Curtis: His Story and Ours	Box 1	Folder 2
1962, n.d.	Curtis and Olds Family Genealogy	Box 1	Folder 3
June 1963	Curtis, Olds, and Cheney Round Robin	Box 1	Folder 4
1963	Family of Baldwin & Diantha Olds by C. Burnell Olds	Box 1	Folder 5
1963	LOVE: The Issue by Charles Burnell Olds	Box 1	Folder 6
	Genealogical and Biographical Notices of the Descendants of Sir John Wright of Essex, Eng. In England and America by Curtis Wright	Box 1	Folder 7
1936	re: Rev. Charles B. Curtis	Box 1	Folder 8
1951	re: Harriet Peasley Curtis' Death	Box 1	Folder 9
1903-1920	Charles B. & Harriet Curtis' Certificates as Members of the Industrial Missionary Association of Alabama	Box 1	Folder 10
	Ralph W. Curtis: Personal and Biographical	Box 1	Folder 11
	[Ralph W. Curtis]: Notebooks	Box 1	Folder 12
	[Ralph W. Curtis]: Notebooks	Box 1	Folder 13
June 20, 1945	Ralph W. Curtis: Retirement	Box 1	Folder 14
April 1958	Ralph W. Curtis: Achievements Made Since Retirement	Box 1	Folder 15
1848	[Curtis Family Member]: Journal	Box 1	Folder 16
	Series II. Correspondence

n.d.	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 17
August 18, 1907-1943	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 18
1944-October 1945	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 19
November 1945-December 1945	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 20
1946	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 21
1947-1948	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 22
1949-1954	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 23
1956-1962	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 24
1952, 1953, & 1958	Correspondence re: Aphids on Viburnum Opulus	Box 1	Folder 25
1903-1904, 1916	Correspondence: Arnold Arboretum	Box 1	Folder 26
1945-1946	Correspondence: Edith Beasley	Box 1	Folder 27
1946 & 1959	Correspondence: Grace Blanche	Box 1	Folder 28
1945, 1954, & 1965	Correspondence: Herbert M. Blanche	Box 1	Folder 29
March 7, 1935	Correspondence: C.D. Bostwick re: H.B. MacNamee	Box 1	Folder 30
1938	Correspondence: Donald J. Bushey	Box 1	Folder 31
1947	Correspondence: Jack Caddick	Box 1	Folder 32
1951	Correspondence: Margaret Clausen re: Harriet Curtis' Death & Funeral	Box 1	Folder 33
1945-1952	Correspondence: Margaret Clausen	Box 1	Folder 34
1964	Correspondence: Cornell Alumni News	Box 1	Folder 35
1907 & 1941	Correspondence: Charles B. Curtis	Box 1	Folder 36
1946-1947	Correspondence: [Harriett] Curtis	Box 1	Folder 37
April 10, 1935-February 24, 1961	Correspondence: Ralph W. Curtis - Curtis Budget Letter	Box 1	Folder 38
1964	Correspondence re: Flouridation	Box 1	Folder 39
1961	Correspondence re: Ginko Biloba	Box 1	Folder 40
1946-1947	Correspondence: Bernard Harkness	Box 1	Folder 41
1938-1945	Correspondence re: Herbarium - Florida Trip	Box 1	Folder 42
1948 & n.d.	Correspondence: Hick's Family	Box 1	Folder 43
1956	Correspondence: Ralph S. Jackson re: Perm-a-nest	Box 1	Folder 44
1948	Correspondence: Frederick Jeffers	Box 1	Folder 45
1916	Correspondence: Letchworth Park Forest & Arboretum	Box 1	Folder 46
1944	Correspondence: Vaughan MacCaughey	Box 1	Folder 47
1907, 1922, 1927 & 1929	Correspondence: Albert Russell Mann	Box 1	Folder 48
1932	Correspondence: Arthur L. Munson	Box 1	Folder 49
1963	Correspondence: Burnell Olds	Box 1	Folder 50
1954	Correspondence: Dr. A.M.S. Pridham re: Community Planting in Ithaca	Box 1	Folder 51
1945-1948	Correspondence: Robert Reich	Box 1	Folder 52
1945 & 1958	Correspondence: Eloise [Sisson]	Box 1	Folder 53
1951	Correspondence: William A. Strong	Box 1	Folder 54
1945 & n.d.	Correspondence: Jack [Taylor]	Box 1	Folder 55
1953-1954	Correspondence: Rebecca [Thatcher]	Box 1	Folder 56
1926 & n.d.	Correspondence: Robert H. Treman	Box 1	Folder 57
1927-1928	Correspondence: Paul Yashin	Box 1	Folder 58
	Correspondence: Scrapbook of Letters re: Ralph W. Curtis' Retirement	Box 4
	Correspondence: Scrapbooks of Letters re: Ralph W. Curtis' Retirement	Box 4
	Series III. Cornell University

	re: Agriculture Products and Recommendations	Box 2	Folder 1
	Alpha Zeta	Box 2	Folder 2
	Addresses for the Bailey Hortorium	Box 2	Folder 3
June 13, 1959	Association of Class Secretaries: Meeting	Box 2	Folder 4
May 25, 1945	Campus Tree Committee	Box 2	Folder 5
	Class of 1901	Box 2	Folder 6
September 1961	Department of Agricultural Engineering: Telephone Directory	Box 2	Folder 7
January 7, 1958	Department of Entomology: Dust, Spray and Gas Masks	Box 2	Folder 8
1917-1918	Landscape Art: Planting List	Box 2	Folder 9
	Cornell Arboretum	Box 2	Folder 10
	Cornell Arboretum: Correspondence & Reports	Box 2	Folder 11
	Cornell Arboretum: Letters of Support	Box 2	Folder 12
	Cornell Fund	Box 2	Folder 13
	Cornell Plantations	Box 2	Folder 14
	Cornell Shrub Garden - Caldwell Hall	Box 2	Folder 15
	Gamma Alpha	Box 2	Folder 16
	Laboratory of Ornithology	Box 2	Folder 17
	Pi Alpha Xi	Box 2	Folder 18
March 10, 1914	Topiary Club Talk	Box 2	Folder 19
	University Faculty: Correspondence, Meeting Minutes & Committees	Box 2	Folder 20
	Paul Yashin	Box 2	Folder 21
	Floriculture & Ornamental Horticulture Program & Class Material
November 1929-December 1935	Department of Floriculture & Ornamental Horticulture: Course Material	Box 2	Folder 22
February 1936-September 1937	Department of Floriculture & Ornamental Horticulture: Course Material	Box 2	Folder 23
February 1938-October 1940	Department of Floriculture & Ornamental Horticulture: Course Material	Box 2	Folder 24
January-February 1941	Department of Floriculture & Ornamental Horticulture: Course Material	Box 2	Folder 25
March 1941-December 1942	Department of Floriculture & Ornamental Horticulture: Course Material	Box 2	Folder 26
January 1943-May 1947	Department of Floriculture & Ornamental Horticulture: Course Material	Box 2	Folder 27
n.d.	Department of Floriculture & Ornamental Horticulture: Course Material	Box 2	Folder 28
	Key to Woody Ornamentals with Notes on Landscape Values and Cultural Requirments I.	Box 2	Folder 29
	Key to Woody Ornamentals with Notes on Landscape Values and Cultural Requirments II.	Box 2	Folder 30
July 1, 1948	Notes on Woody Plant Materials for Landscape Planting, by R.W. Curtis & J.F. Cornman	Box 2	Folder 31
n.d.	Notes on Woody Plant Materials for Landscape Planting, by Ralph W. Curtis, John F. Cornman & Robert G. Mower	Box 2	Folder 32
May 1932-January 1948	Course Material & Papers: Drafts	Box 2	Folder 33
1950-1959	Course Material & Papers: Drafts	Box 2	Folder 34
n.d.	Course Material & Papers: Drafts	Box 2	Folder 35
1931	Visit to Rochester Parks - Lilacs	Box 2	Folder 36
	Laboratory and Field Work in Nature Study: Course Purpose and Description	Box 2	Folder 37
	Publications
1964-1965	The Baileyman	Box 2	Folder 38
	re: Liberty Hyde Bailey	Box 2	Folder 39
	Agriculture Experiment Station Bulletins	Box 2	Folder 40
1964-1965	The Cornell Countryman	Box 2	Folder 41
	New York State College of Agriculture Cornell Extension Bulletin	Box 2	Folder 42
	Extension Service News by the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University	Box 2	Folder 43
June 1956 & April 1959	Current Episodes by the New York State Extension Service	Box 2	Folder 44
1954-1955	Foto Facts	Box 2	Folder 45
	Newsclippings re: Cornell University	Box 2	Folder 46
	Cornell Recommendations for Commercial Floriculture Crops	Box 2	Folder 47
	1957 Recommendations for Trees, Shrubs, and Turf & Revised 1962 edition	Box 2	Folder 48
	Miscellaneous Publications	Box 2	Folder 49
	Miscellaneous Publications re: Agriculture	Box 2	Folder 50
	College of Agriculture: A University Education in Agricultural Science	Box 2	Folder 51
	Series IV. Community & Professional Activity

October-November 1953	American Horticultural Council: Citation of Merit	Box 1	Folder 59
1943, 1945-1946, & n.d.	Arnold Arboretum	Box 1	Folder 60
1917, 1955, & n.d.	Massachusettes Horticultural Society	Box 1	Folder 61
January 4, 1954	New York State Flower Grower's, Inc.: Report on Soils Laboratory, Cornell University	Box 1	Folder 62
1945-1952	First Congregational Church, Ithaca, N.Y.	Box 1	Folder 63
March 1954	Garden Club of Ithaca: Clippings re: Wall Plaque	Box 1	Folder 64
1961-1962	Pleasant Grove Cemetary Association, Inc.	Box 1	Folder 65
	Union Free School District, Cayuga Heights, Ithaca, N.Y.	Box 1	Folder 66
	Ithaca Journal
March 1953	Forsythia Drive: Letter to the Editor	Box 1	Folder 67
April-September 1953	Ithaca Trees and Shrubs Series: Drafts	Box 1	Folder 68
September-October 1953 & n.d.	Ithaca Trees and Shrubs Series: Drafts	Box 1	Folder 69
n.d.	Ithaca Trees and Shrubs Series: Drafts	Box 1	Folder 70
n.d.	Ithaca Trees and Shrubs Series: Drafts	Box 1	Folder 71
November 1953	Ithaca Trees and Shrubs Series: Correspondence & Documents	Box 1	Folder 72
	Series V. Photographs, Negatives & Slides
	Miscellaneous Olds, Curtis, and Cheney Family Photographs	Box 3 & 5
	Miscellaneous Cornell University: Faculty, Students, & Campus	Box 3 & 5
	Miscellaneous Floriculture & Horticulture	Box 3 & 5
	Series VI. Miscellany
	Horticulture Information
	Miscellaneous Plant Information	Box 1	Folder 73
	Diseases & Pests	Box 1	Folder 74
	Dutch Elm Disease	Box 1	Folder 75
	Hardiness Zones of the United States and Canada by Donald Wyman	Box 1	Folder 76
	Reference List of Perennials	Box 1	Folder 77
	Turfgrass	Box 1	Folder 78
	Weeds	Box 1	Folder 79
	Publications re: Horticulture and Gardens
July 1931	American Association of Nurserymen: Report of the Committee on Botanical Gardens and Arboretums	Box 2	Folder 52
August & December 1958	Co-Op Bulletin Ithaca, N.Y.	Box 2	Folder 53
October 1955	Farm Research	Box 2	Folder 54
	Journal of the New England Botanical Club re: Rhodora	Box 2	Folder 55
	Miscellaneous Agriculture & Horticulture Publications	Box 2	Folder 56
	New York State Flower Grower's Incorporated Bulletin	Box 2	Folder 57
	New York State Nurserymen's Association: New York Nursery Notes	Box 2	Folder 58
	New York State Turf Association Bulletin	Box 2	Folder 59
	Ornamentals Newsletter	Box 2	Folder 60
	Shade Tree Digest	Box 2	Folder 61
	The Garden vol. II.	Box 4
	The Garden vol. III.	Box 4
1888	Garden and Forest vol. I.	Box 4
1889	Garden and Forest vol. II.	Box 4
	Other Publications
1960	Dodge News Magazine	Box 2	Folder 62
1908	Grace Before Meals, by William L. Curtis	Box 2	Folder 63
	re: New York State Parks	Box 2	Folder 64
1908	Verses, by Minnie Curtis Waite	Box 2	Folder 65
	Miscellaneous Newsclippings & Advertisements	Box 2	Folder 66
	Miscellaneous Publications	Box 2	Folder 67
	Other Miscellany
	Miscellaneous	Box 1	Folder 80
	Miscellaneous Notes	Box 1	Folder 81
	Miscellaneous Financial Records	Box 1	Folder 82
	Miscellaneous Papers & Reports	Box 1	Folder 83
1954	Plaque from the Garden Club of Ithaca	Box 3
	Medal from the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State	Box 3

Guide to the Ralph Wright Curtis papers, [ca.1872-1967]

Collection Number: 21-25-1406

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

© 2005 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Guide to the Ralph Wright Curtis papers,
[ca.1872-1967]

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library