Guide to the Dept. Of Soil, Crops, And Atmospheric Science Records,
1900-1980.

Collection Number: 21-13-2078

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:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
August 2009
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff, August 2009

© 2009 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Dept. of Soil, Crops, and Atmospheric Science records, 1900-1980.
Collection Number:
21-13-2078
Creator:
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Science.
Quantity:
10.6 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, Photographs, Research Materials
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Records include a manuscript concerning the history of agronomy at Cornell University.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Records include a manuscript concerning the history of agronomy at Cornell University; eleven photograph albums pertaining to soils and crops, taken by Cornell professors E. O. Fippin, E. L. Worthen, Ernest VanAlstine, and others; correspondence and design material for Caldwell and Leland field houses, and Bradfield and Emerson Halls. Also, black and white photographs of department activities, 1950s and 1960s, and portraits of the faculty, 1920-1950. Also, photographic slides and photoprints and negatives (c.1905-1980), especially by Reeshon Feuer and Harry Kerr, of agronomic projects and tests; and Herbert B. Hartwig instructional materials for elementary agronomy.
Also, photographs, many well annotated, of 1930s and 1940s farm structures and equipment, soil conservation; framed print that served as a departmental registry of marriages; photograph of Chinese trainees; slides, and other papers and records.
SUBJECTS

Names:
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Science.
Feuer, Reeshon.
Fippin, E. O.
Hartwig, Herbert B.
Kerr, Harry.
VanAlstine, Ernest.
Worthen, E. L.
Cornell University--Buildings.
New York State College of Agriculture--Buildings.
New York State College of Agriculture.Dept. of Agronomy--History.
New York State College of Agriculture.Dept. of Agronomy--Description--Views.

Subjects:
Agriculture--Study and teaching.
Crops and soils.
Soil management.
Agronomy.

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Dept. of Soil, Crops, and Atmospheric Science records, #21-13-2078. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Early 1900s
Scrapbooks of Farm Landscape - old photos and descriptions
 Box 3
Early 1900s
Scrapbooks of Farm Landscape - old photos and descriptions
 Box 4
1930s-1960s
Various photos from the 1940s-1960s and Scrapbook, album #10 – created by Ernest VanAlstine, 1937. Includes photos of special interest: County Agent Groups; Virgil Experimental Station; pastures, oxen, tractors and tillage; Michigan trip; Caldwell Field experiments; corn; weeds; soybeans; silage; equipment; reforestation; soil conservation; C.R. Harrington; forage crops; Leo Hayes Scrapbook, album #11 – created by E.L. Worthen, 1936-1940. Includes photos of special interest: Virgil Experimental Field; Caldwell Field Plots; pastures; meeting of American Society of Agronomy; Alfred Forest erosion experiment; Kenwood Sheep Farm.
Box 5
1928-1960s
Photos of Dept, faculty (including Hartwig) and a copy of “Agronomy at Cornell 1868-1980” by Marlin Cline, 1982.
Box 6
1957-1969; 1951?; 1942-1952; 1957-1959
Annual Reports; Green Acres Program; Cornell Feed Service Letter; Cooperative Grange League Federation Exchange, Inc.; Agronomy Dept. – Cooperative Extension.
Box 7
1940s
Reeshon Feuer Photo File
 Box 8-10
1930s-1940s
Photo of Chinese Agricultural Trainees at Cornell (1945-1946); slides of fields and pastures; glass negative of Prof. J.K. Wilson; photos of Professors Norah Johnston Wallace, MacDonald and Boutflour and various experiment stations.
Box 15
1930s-1940s
Various negatives, including Boyce Farm Pond, Weir Shelter, Arnot Station and pastures.
Box 16
Early 1900s
Agronomy Dept – old photos, glass prints, and slides.
Box 17-18
1950s
Alphabetical photo file – Harry Kerr – State Committee
Box 19-21
Early 1900s
Agronomy Extension Dept. photos and negatives
 Box 22-24, 2
Various Dates
Slides, 1963 Sugar Beet Feasibility Study, Publications by H. B. Hartwig and Hartwig course material.
Box 1
1903
"An Historical Outline of Soil Investigations in New York State" by John W. Gilmore
 Box 25
1938
"History of Development of Extension Work in Agronomy" by J.H. Barron
 Box 25
1938
Cornell Campus Elms Project - Progress Report
 Box 25
1934-1939
Brief historical summary of Agronomy extension work in New York State
 Box 25
1939
Winter Short Course Development at Cornell by C.A.Taylor
 Box 25
1995
"A Water Quality Curriculum for the Northeast Region - Using Distance Learning Methods" - Final Report
 Box 25
1995
"Continuing Education on Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Through Regional Networks" - Final Report
 Box 25
1995
Videoconference "Targeting and Prioritizing Quality Problems for Nonpoint Source Pollution Control"
 Box 25
1996
"A Water Quality Curriculum Using Distance Learning Methods - Year 2 - Final Report
 Box 25
June 1996
Videoconference "Watershed '96 On the Air"
 Box 25