Contents

• DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
• BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
• COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
• SERIES LIST
• INFORMATION FOR USERS
• SUBJECTS
• CONTAINER LIST

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Ralph Wright Curtis papers, [ca.1872-1967].
Collection Number: 21-25-1406

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

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INFORMATION FOR USERS

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CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
		Series I. Genealogical, Biographical & Personal Material
		Ralph Wright Curtis papers,	1872-1967
Box 1	Folder 1	Chronicles of the O.F. Curtis Family	1962
Box 1	Folder 2	Otis Freeman Curtis: His Story and Ours	1943
Box 1	Folder 3	Curtis and Olds Family Genealogy	1962, n.d.
Box 1	Folder 4	Curtis, Olds, and Cheney Round Robin	June 1963
Box 1	Folder 5	Family of Baldwin & Diantha Olds by C. Burnell Olds	1963
Box 1	Folder 6	LOVE: The Issue by Charles Burnell Olds	1963
Box 1	Folder 7	Genealogical and Biographical Notices of the Descendants of Sir John Wright of Essex, Eng. In England and America by Curtis Wright
Box 1	Folder 8	re: Rev. Charles B. Curtis	1936
Box 1	Folder 9	re: Harriet Peasley Curtis' Death	1951
Box 1	Folder 10	Charles B. & Harriet Curtis' Certificates as Members of the Industrial Missionary Association of Alabama	1903-1920
Box 1	Folder 11	Ralph W. Curtis: Personal and Biographical
Box 1	Folder 12	[Ralph W. Curtis]: Notebooks
Box 1	Folder 13	[Ralph W. Curtis]: Notebooks
Box 1	Folder 14	Ralph W. Curtis: Retirement	June 20, 1945
Box 1	Folder 15	Ralph W. Curtis: Achievements Made Since Retirement	April 1958
Box 1	Folder 16	[Curtis Family Member]: Journal	1848
		Series II. Correspondence
		Ralph Wright Curtis papers,	1872-1967
Box 1	Folder 17	Correspondence	n.d.
Box 1	Folder 18	Correspondence	August 18, 1907-1943
Box 1	Folder 19	Correspondence	1944-October 1945
Box 1	Folder 20	Correspondence	November 1945-December 1945
Box 1	Folder 21	Correspondence	1946
Box 1	Folder 22	Correspondence	1947-1948
Box 1	Folder 23	Correspondence	1949-1954
Box 1	Folder 24	Correspondence	1956-1962
Box 1	Folder 25	Correspondence re: Aphids on Viburnum Opulus	1952, 1953, &amp, 1958
Box 1	Folder 26	Correspondence: Arnold Arboretum	1903-1904, 1916
Box 1	Folder 27	Correspondence: Edith Beasley	1945-1946
Box 1	Folder 28	Correspondence: Grace Blanche	1946 &amp, 1959
Box 1	Folder 29	Correspondence: Herbert M. Blanche	1945, 1954, &amp, 1965
Box 1	Folder 30	Correspondence: C.D. Bostwick re: H.B. MacNamee	March 7, 1935
Box 1	Folder 31	Correspondence: Donald J. Bushey	1938
Box 1	Folder 32	Correspondence: Jack Caddick	1947
Box 1	Folder 33	Correspondence: Margaret Clausen re: Harriet Curtis' Death & Funeral	1951
Box 1	Folder 34	Correspondence: Margaret Clausen	1945-1952
Box 1	Folder 35	Correspondence: Cornell Alumni News	1964
Box 1	Folder 36	Correspondence: Charles B. Curtis	1907 &amp, 1941
Box 1	Folder 37	Correspondence: [Harriett] Curtis	1946-1947
Box 1	Folder 38	Correspondence: Ralph W. Curtis - Curtis Budget Letter	April 10, 1935-February 24, 1961
Box 1	Folder 39	Correspondence re: Flouridation	1964
Box 1	Folder 40	Correspondence re: Ginko Biloba	1961
Box 1	Folder 41	Correspondence: Bernard Harkness	1946-1947
Box 1	Folder 42	Correspondence re: Herbarium - Florida Trip	1938-1945
Box 1	Folder 43	Correspondence: Hick's Family	1948 &amp, n.d.
Box 1	Folder 44	Correspondence: Ralph S. Jackson re: Perm-a-nest	1956
Box 1	Folder 45	Correspondence: Frederick Jeffers	1948
Box 1	Folder 46	Correspondence: Letchworth Park Forest & Arboretum	1916
Box 1	Folder 47	Correspondence: Vaughan MacCaughey	1944
Box 1	Folder 48	Correspondence: Albert Russell Mann	1907, 1922, 1927 &amp, 1929
Box 1	Folder 49	Correspondence: Arthur L. Munson	1932
Box 1	Folder 50	Correspondence: Burnell Olds	1963
Box 1	Folder 51	Correspondence: Dr. A.M.S. Pridham re: Community Planting in Ithaca	1954
Box 1	Folder 52	Correspondence: Robert Reich	1945-1948
Box 1	Folder 53	Correspondence: Eloise [Sisson]	1945 &amp, 1958
Box 1	Folder 54	Correspondence: William A. Strong	1951
Box 1	Folder 55	Correspondence: Jack [Taylor]	1945 &amp, n.d.
Box 1	Folder 56	Correspondence: Rebecca [Thatcher]	1953-1954
Box 1	Folder 57	Correspondence: Robert H. Treman	1926 &amp, n.d.
Box 1	Folder 58	Correspondence: Paul Yashin	1927-1928
Box 4		Correspondence: Scrapbook of Letters re: Ralph W. Curtis' Retirement
Box 4		Correspondence: Scrapbooks of Letters re: Ralph W. Curtis' Retirement
		Series III. Cornell University
		Ralph Wright Curtis papers,	1872-1967
Box 2	Folder 1	re: Agriculture Products and Recommendations
Box 2	Folder 2	Alpha Zeta
Box 2	Folder 3	Addresses for the Bailey Hortorium
Box 2	Folder 4	Association of Class Secretaries: Meeting	June 13, 1959
Box 2	Folder 5	Campus Tree Committee	May 25, 1945
Box 2	Folder 6	Class of 1901
Box 2	Folder 7	Department of Agricultural Engineering: Telephone Directory	September 1961
Box 2	Folder 8	Department of Entomology: Dust, Spray and Gas Masks	January 7, 1958
Box 2	Folder 9	Landscape Art: Planting List	1917-1918
Box 2	Folder 10	Cornell Arboretum
Box 2	Folder 11	Cornell Arboretum: Correspondence & Reports
Box 2	Folder 12	Cornell Arboretum: Letters of Support
Box 2	Folder 13	Cornell Fund
Box 2	Folder 14	Cornell Plantations
Box 2	Folder 15	Cornell Shrub Garden - Caldwell Hall
Box 2	Folder 16	Gamma Alpha
Box 2	Folder 17	Laboratory of Ornithology
Box 2	Folder 18	Pi Alpha Xi
Box 2	Folder 19	Topiary Club Talk	March 10, 1914
Box 2	Folder 20	University Faculty: Correspondence, Meeting Minutes & Committees
Box 2	Folder 21	Paul Yashin
		Floriculture & Ornamental Horticulture Program & Class Material
Box 2	Folder 22	Department of Floriculture & Ornamental Horticulture: Course Material	November 1929-December 1935
Box 2	Folder 23	Department of Floriculture & Ornamental Horticulture: Course Material	February 1936-September 1937
Box 2	Folder 24	Department of Floriculture & Ornamental Horticulture: Course Material	February 1938-October 1940
Box 2	Folder 25	Department of Floriculture & Ornamental Horticulture: Course Material	January-February 1941
Box 2	Folder 26	Department of Floriculture & Ornamental Horticulture: Course Material	March 1941-December 1942
Box 2	Folder 27	Department of Floriculture & Ornamental Horticulture: Course Material	January 1943-May 1947
Box 2	Folder 28	Department of Floriculture & Ornamental Horticulture: Course Material	n.d.
Box 2	Folder 29	Key to Woody Ornamentals with Notes on Landscape Values and Cultural Requirments I.
Box 2	Folder 30	Key to Woody Ornamentals with Notes on Landscape Values and Cultural Requirments II.
Box 2	Folder 31	Notes on Woody Plant Materials for Landscape Planting, by R.W. Curtis & J.F. Cornman	July 1, 1948
Box 2	Folder 32	Notes on Woody Plant Materials for Landscape Planting, by Ralph W. Curtis, John F. Cornman & Robert G. Mower	n.d.
Box 2	Folder 33	Course Material & Papers: Drafts	May 1932-January 1948
Box 2	Folder 34	Course Material & Papers: Drafts	1950-1959
Box 2	Folder 35	Course Material & Papers: Drafts	n.d.
Box 2	Folder 36	Visit to Rochester Parks - Lilacs	1931
Box 2	Folder 37	Laboratory and Field Work in Nature Study: Course Purpose and Description
		Publications
Box 2	Folder 38	The Baileyman	1964-1965
Box 2	Folder 39	re: Liberty Hyde Bailey
Box 2	Folder 40	Agriculture Experiment Station Bulletins
Box 2	Folder 41	The Cornell Countryman	1964-1965
Box 2	Folder 42	New York State College of Agriculture Cornell Extension Bulletin
Box 2	Folder 43	Extension Service News by the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University
Box 2	Folder 44	Current Episodes by the New York State Extension Service	June 1956 &amp, April 1959
Box 2	Folder 45	Foto Facts	1954-1955
Box 2	Folder 46	Newsclippings re: Cornell University
Box 2	Folder 47	Cornell Recommendations for Commercial Floriculture Crops
Box 2	Folder 48	1957 Recommendations for Trees, Shrubs, and Turf & Revised 1962 edition
Box 2	Folder 49	Miscellaneous Publications
Box 2	Folder 50	Miscellaneous Publications re: Agriculture
Box 2	Folder 51	College of Agriculture: A University Education in Agricultural Science
		Series IV. Community & Professional Activity
		Ralph Wright Curtis papers,	1872-1967
Box 1	Folder 59	American Horticultural Council: Citation of Merit	October-November 1953
Box 1	Folder 60	Arnold Arboretum	1943, 1945-1946, &amp, n.d.
Box 1	Folder 61	Massachusettes Horticultural Society	1917, 1955, &amp, n.d.
Box 1	Folder 62	New York State Flower Grower's, Inc.: Report on Soils Laboratory, Cornell University	January 4, 1954
Box 1	Folder 63	First Congregational Church, Ithaca, N.Y.	1945-1952
Box 1	Folder 64	Garden Club of Ithaca: Clippings re: Wall Plaque	March 1954
Box 1	Folder 65	Pleasant Grove Cemetary Association, Inc.	1961-1962
Box 1	Folder 66	Union Free School District, Cayuga Heights, Ithaca, N.Y.
		Ithaca Journal
Box 1	Folder 67	Forsythia Drive: Letter to the Editor	March 1953
Box 1	Folder 68	Ithaca Trees and Shrubs Series: Drafts	April-September 1953
Box 1	Folder 69	Ithaca Trees and Shrubs Series: Drafts	September-October 1953 &amp, n.d.
Box 1	Folder 70	Ithaca Trees and Shrubs Series: Drafts	n.d.
Box 1	Folder 71	Ithaca Trees and Shrubs Series: Drafts	n.d.
Box 1	Folder 72	Ithaca Trees and Shrubs Series: Correspondence & Documents	November 1953
		Series V. Photographs, Negatives & Slides
Box 3		Miscellaneous Olds, Curtis, and Cheney Family Photographs
Box 5		Miscellaneous Olds, Curtis, and Cheney Family Photographs
Box 3		Miscellaneous Cornell University: Faculty, Students, & Campus
Box 5		Miscellaneous Cornell University: Faculty, Students, & Campus
Box 3		Miscellaneous Floriculture & Horticulture
Box 5		Miscellaneous Floriculture & Horticulture
Box 3		Photograph of Allie Pettigrew Curtis	1898
		Series VI. Miscellany
		Horticulture Information
Box 1	Folder 73	Miscellaneous Plant Information
Box 1	Folder 74	Diseases & Pests
Box 1	Folder 75	Dutch Elm Disease
Box 1	Folder 76	Hardiness Zones of the United States and Canada by Donald Wyman
Box 1	Folder 77	Reference List of Perennials
Box 1	Folder 78	Turfgrass
Box 1	Folder 79	Weeds
		Publications re: Horticulture and Gardens
Box 2	Folder 52	American Association of Nurserymen: Report of the Committee on Botanical Gardens and Arboretums	July 1931
Box 2	Folder 53	Co-Op Bulletin Ithaca, N.Y.	August &amp, December 1958
Box 2	Folder 54	Farm Research	October 1955
Box 2	Folder 55	Journal of the New England Botanical Club re: Rhodora
Box 2	Folder 56	Miscellaneous Agriculture & Horticulture Publications
Box 2	Folder 57	New York State Flower Grower's Incorporated Bulletin
Box 2	Folder 58	New York State Nurserymen's Association: New York Nursery Notes
Box 2	Folder 59	New York State Turf Association Bulletin
Box 2	Folder 60	Ornamentals Newsletter
Box 2	Folder 61	Shade Tree Digest
Box 4		The Garden vol. II.
Box 4		The Garden vol. III.
Box 4		Garden and Forest vol. I.	1888
Box 4		Garden and Forest vol. II.	1889
		Other Publications
Box 2	Folder 62	Dodge News Magazine	1960
Box 2	Folder 63	Grace Before Meals, by William L. Curtis	1908
Box 2	Folder 64	re: New York State Parks
Box 2	Folder 65	Verses, by Minnie Curtis Waite	1908
Box 2	Folder 66	Miscellaneous Newsclippings & Advertisements
Box 2	Folder 67	Miscellaneous Publications
		Other Miscellany
Box 1	Folder 80	Miscellaneous
Box 1	Folder 81	Miscellaneous Notes
Box 1	Folder 82	Miscellaneous Financial Records
Box 1	Folder 83	Miscellaneous Papers & Reports
Box 3		Plaque from the Garden Club of Ithaca	1954
Box 3		Medal from the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State