Guide to the David Bates Papers,
1953-2002.

Collection Number: 34-1-2495

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
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Cornell University
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Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
June 2012
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff, June 2012
Date modified:
RMC Staff, June 2012

© 2012 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
David Bates papers, 1953-2002.
Collection Number:
34-1-2495
Creator:
Bates
Quantity:
6 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, printed material, publications
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes correspondence and reports about the hortorium and material on Conservation Farming in the Tropical Uplands (CFTU); Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD); the Organization for Tropical Studies and the Society for Economic Botany.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Bates is Professor Emeritus, Plant Biology (Bailey Hortorium) and former Director of the L. H. Bailey Hortorium at Cornell University.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes correspondence and reports about the hortorium and material on Conservation Farming in the Tropical Uplands (CFTU); Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD); the Organization for Tropical Studies and the Society for Economic Botany.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Bates, David M.
Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954.
Conservation Farming in the Tropical Uplands.
Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture, and Development
Cornell University -- Faculty.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
Organization for Tropical Studies.
Society for Economic Botany (U.S.)

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
David Bates papers, #34-1-2495. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1967-1986
Correspondence-A-H
 Box 1
1967-1986
Correspondence-H-Z
 Box 2
1969-2001
Correspondence arranged by year and by subject
 Box 3
1963-1991
Subject files
 Box 4
1953-1980
Manual and Cyclopedia of Horticulture and Hortus III
 Box 5
1990s
Conservation Farming in the Tropical Uplands (CFTU) and Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD)
Box 5
1987-2002
Conservation Farming in the Tropical Uplands CFTU; Organization for Tropical Studies; Society for Economic Botany
Box 6