Guide to the Helen I. Breed papers,
1947-1992.

Collection Number: 21-18-3415

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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Compiled by:
Katherine A. Talcott
Date completed:
April 2005
EAD encoding:
Katherine A. Talcott, April 2005

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


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Helen I. Breed papers, 1947-1992.
Collection Number:
21-18-3415
Creator:
Helen Illick Breed, 1925-2001.
Quantity:
6 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Student papers and research materials .
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes student papers and research materials for Hellen I . Breeds doctoral dissertation.
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Helen Josephine Illick received her bachelor's (1947) and master's (1949) degrees from Syracuse University. She received a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1953, and served as a research associate in the Department of Natural Resources with Edward Raney.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Student papers and research materials for her doctoral dissertation: A comparative study of the lateral-line system on the head of North American Cyprinidae, 1953; research notes, including Lake George research files; photographs and slides relating to her research on Cyprinidae (carps and minnows) family and the genus Hybopsis (chubs); laboratory slides; specimen ledger; bibliography cards; materials on the Rensselaer County Environmental Council; and materials on the 1992 United Nations "Earth Summit" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Breed, Helen Illick, 1925-2001.
Raney, Edward C., (Edward Cowden), 1909-
New York State College of Agriculture. Department of Natural Resources.
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, (1992 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Subjects:
Ichthyology.
Cyprinidae.
Hybopsis.
Ichthyologists.
Women scientists--United States.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Helen I. Breed papers, #21-18-3415. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
June 1949
Master of Zoology Thesis-Syracuse University
Box 1 Folder 1
Paper- Factors Influencing Lapillary Permeability
Box 1 Folder 2
Paper- Generalized Description of Cephalic Lateral-Line Canals of the Cyprinidae
Box 1 Folder 3
Ceph. Lat. Line Canals of Cyprinidae - Notes, Outlines, Drafts, Glass Plates
Box 1 Folder 4
Ceph. Lat. Line Canals of Cyprinidae - Figures, Plates
Box 1 Folder 5
1954
Ceph. Lat. Line Canals of Cyprinidae - Notes by Edward C. Raney, Cornell University
Box 1 Folder 6
Ceph. Lat. Line Canals of Cyprinidae -Draft
Box 1 Folder 7
Sept. 1953
Doctoral Thesis (Draft) - Cornell University - Comp of Lat. Line of Cyprinidae
Box 1 Folder 8
1948-1949
Graduate Work - Water Metabolism in Mice - Lab Notes
Box 1 Folder 9
Use of Tape Recording in Conservation Education - Correspondenc, Pamphlets, Clippings, and Meeting Notes
Box 1 Folder 10
Bound AA's in Muscles of Fishes
Box 1 Folder 11-12
Reprints - X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Hard Tissues of Verts.
Box 1 Folder 13
May 5, 1964
Bound AA's in Muscles of Fishes - Complete Copy - Notes by E.C. Raney
Box 1 Folder 14
Bound AA's in Muscles of Fishes -Chromatography Manuscript Draft 4
Box 1 Folder 15
Bound AA's in Muscles of Fishes - Discussion - Copy 4 and carbon copy
Box 1 Folder 16
Chromatographic and Lab Data Sheets - Norwegian Fishes
Box 1 Folder 17
1959-1960
Annual Report European Research
Box 1 Folder 18
Chromatography Reprints
Box 1 Folder 19
Chromatography Laboratory Equipment
Box 1 Folder 20
Ceph. Lat. Line Canals - Rough Drafts and Original of Paper
Box 1 Folder 21
Notropis baileyi, N. chrosomus, N. lutipinnis (lat. line) - Reprints and Original
Box 1 Folder 22
Bound AA's Manuscripts
Box 1 Folder 23
Copies of X-Ray Diffraction Proposal and Preparation of Tissues
Box 1 Folder 24
Research Grant Requests
Box 1 Folder 25
Hard Tissue Research
Box 1 Folder 26
Chromatography Lab Data
Box 1 Folder 27
Archival Copy - Cyprinidae (I-V) - Ceph. Lat. Line Diagrams - Natural Res., Cornell
Box 1 Folder 28-32
Research Materials
Box 1 Folder 33
Hybopsis Manuscript
Box 2 Folder 1
Hybopsis Pictures
Box 2 Folder 2-4
Hybopsis Slides
Box 2 Folder 5-6
1959-1960
Notebook 1
Box 2 Folder 7-9
Notebook 2
Box 2 Folder 10-12
Notebook 3
Box 2 Folder 13-14
1959
Notebook 4
Box 2 Folder 15
Lake George
Box 2 Folder 16
Lake George - NYS Conservation Dept.
Box 2 Folder 17
1968
Lake George - Research Proposal
Box 2 Folder 18
1969
Lake George - Proposal - Physics Dept. RPI
Box 2 Folder 19
Lake George - Research Proposal - Drafts and Carbons
Box 2 Folder 20
Lake George - Study
Box 2 Folder 21
Lake George - Reprints
Box 2 Folder 22-23
Rensselaer County Environmental Managment Council
Box 3 Folder 1-3
Exxon Environmental Publications
Box 3 Folder 4
Aug.-Sept. 1974
Science
Box 3 Folder 5
Lab Manual for Mammalian Physiology
Box 3 Folder 6
Articles - Women in Science
Box 3 Folder 7
Newsletters and Reports
Box 3 Folder 8
1971, 1973
Appointment to RCEMC
Box 3 Folder 9
Environmental Council - Dr. Helen I. Breed
Box 3 Folder 10
Environmental Reports
Box 3 Folder 11
1992
Fisheries Newsletters
Box 3 Folder 12
Traveling Expense Vouchers
Box 3 Folder 13
June 25, 1993
Speech - Tamarac High School Graduation
Box 3 Folder 14
Newspaper Clippings
Box 3 Folder 15
Correspondence - Obstruction of Indian Creek Rd.
Box 3 Folder 16
International Council on Metals and the Environment
Box 3 Folder 17
UN - High-Level Advisory Board on Sustainable Development
Box 3 Folder 18
The '92 Global Forum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Box 3 Folder 19
UNCED Preparatory Committee (Prep Com IV)
Box 3 Folder 20
Critiques - Prep Com IV Documents bases on Women's Action Agenda 21
Box 3 Folder 21
Press Releases - Rio and Environmental
Box 3 Folder 22
United Nations Press Releases
Box 3 Folder 23
February 5, 1999
Ad Hoc Discussion Group - BCERF
Box 3 Folder 24
UNCED - Agenda 21
Box 3 Folder 25
February 24, 2000
Carnegie Council Environmental Seminar
Box 3 Folder 26
April 2, 1999
Council on Foreign Relations - Global Warming
Box 3 Folder 27
Bella Abzug Memorial Service
Box 3 Folder 28
WEDO and WIPAC
Box 3 Folder 29
World Women's Congress for a Healthy Planet - Action 21
Box 3 Folder 30
Correspondence - Bella Abzug - WEDO, WIPAC
Box 3 Folder 31
Alicia Barcena - Earth Council
Box 3 Folder 32
March 1992
Woman's Caucus
Box 3 Folder 33
Environment
Box 3 Folder 34
Nicholas Robinson
Box 3 Folder 35
Chief Bisi Ogunleye - Africa - Local Initiative: Key to Women's Voice in Global Decision Making
Box 3 Folder 36
International Organizations - Earth Council, Center for Common Future, etc.
Box 3 Folder 37
October 17-21, 1992
A World Congress for Education and Communication on Environment and Development - Toronto, Canada
Box 3 Folder 38
Eastman Kodak Chemical Co. "Responsible Care" Member
Box 3 Folder 39
United Earth and Earth Prize Awards
Box 3 Folder 40
Dunlap, Riley E. "American Environmentalism"
Box 3 Folder 41
Gallop - "The Health of the Planet Survey"
Box 3 Folder 42
May 1993
From Rio to the Capitols - State Strategies for Sustainable Development
Box 3 Folder 43
Professional Reports A-C
Box 3 Folder 44
Professional Reports D-E
Box 3 Folder 45
Professional Reports G-H
Box 3 Folder 46
Professional Reports L-M
Box 3 Folder 47
Professional Reports N-P
Box 3 Folder 48
Professional Reports R-S
Box 3 Folder 49
Professional Reports T-U
Box 3 Folder 50
Professional Reports W
Box 3 Folder 51
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Box 4 Folder 1
Steroids from the Adrenal Cortex
Box 4 Folder 2
Laboratory Examination - Muscles
Box 4 Folder 3
Hour Examination - Skeleton and Muscle
Box 4 Folder 4
Hour Examination - Nervous System
Box 4 Folder 5
Hour Examination - Circulation
Box 4 Folder 6
Respiration Exam
Box 4 Folder 7
Outhine - Previous Course at RS
Box 4 Folder 8
Physiology 202 - Final Exam
Box 4 Folder 9
Physiology 106A - Final Exam
Box 4 Folder 10
Outline of Lectures and Laboratories for Anatomy and Physiology
Box 4 Folder 11
Lecture Notes - Human Physiology 136
Box 4 Folder 12
Vertebrate Paleontology
Box 4 Folder 13
Ichthyology Lectures
Box 4 Folder 14
Nature Writings
Box 4 Folder 15
Endocrinology - Final Exam
Box 4 Folder 16
Physiology 105A - Final Exam
Box 4 Folder 17
Lecture Notes - Physiology, 105B
Box 4 Folder 18
Physiology 105 - Exam
Box 4 Folder 19
State University Teachers' College
Box 4 Folder 20
Examinations - Physiology 105 - Vassar
Box 4 Folder 21
Examinations - Physiology 91 and 136
Box 4 Folder 22
Tissues
Box 4 Folder 23
Junior College of Russell Sage College
Box 4 Folder 24
Physiology 105A - Tentative Outline for 1954-1955
Box 4 Folder 25
Introduction for the Student
Box 4 Folder 26
Lab Outlines - 1st Semester - Biology 105B
Box 4 Folder 27
Physiology 91- Laboratory Experiments
Box 4 Folder 28
Biology - Laboratory Outlines
Box 4 Folder 29
Zoology I - Outline
Box 4 Folder 30
Russell Sage Quill
Box 4 Folder 31
Botany - Lab Outline
Box 4 Folder 32
Geology - Textbook
Box 4 Folder 33
Conservation - Classroom Material
Box 4 Folder 34
1948-1949
Histology and Cytolgoy - Lecture Notes
Box 4 Folder 35
1950
Entomology - Lecture Notes
Box 4 Folder 36
Vertebrate Anatomy - Lab Guide and Exam Booklet
Box 4 Folder 37
Geology - Lecture Outline
Box 4 Folder 38
Mammology - Lecture Notes
Box 4 Folder 39
Ornithology - Lecture Notes
Box 4 Folder 40
Economic Zoology
Box 4 Folder 41
1950
Botany - Lecture Notes and Lab Outlines
Box 4 Folder 42
General Education - National Science - Class Materials
Box 4 Folder 43
1951
General Science - Lecture Notes
Box 4 Folder 44
Entomology
Box 4 Folder 45
Bibliography Cards I
Box 4 Folder 46
Bibliography Cards II
Box 4 Folder 47
Bibliography Cards III
Box 4 Folder 48
Bibliography Cards IV
Box 4 Folder 49
3 Metal Boxes of Bibliography Cards
Box 5
5 Wooden Boxes Fixed Microscope Slides - Histology
Box 5
Red Wooden Box Fixed Microscope Slides - Various
Box 5
3 Metal Boxes Transparency Slides
Box 5
Record of Specimens used in Chromatography Studies of Fishes
Box 5
1993
NYS program, Rio, etc.
Box 6 Folder 1
1992
Letters of recommendation and invitation
Box 6 Folder 2
1993
Governor Mario Cuomo
Box 6 Folder 3
1993
Dr. Martin Smith - NiMo [Niagara-Mohawk] Environmental Affairs
Box 6 Folder 4
1992-1993
Correspondence - Joseph Martens, Deputy Secretary to the Governor
Box 6 Folder 5
1992-1993
Correspondence - Langdon Marsh, Executive Deputy Commissioner N.Y.S. Environmental Conservation
Box 6 Folder 6
1992
Correspondence - Maurice Hinchey
Box 6 Folder 7
1992
N.Y.S. Environmental Summit, Rye, N.Y., 12/2-12/4/1992
Box 6 Folder 8
1991-1992
Rio/etc.
Box 6 Folder 9
1991-1992
Notes
Box 6 Folder 10
1998
Correspondence - Henry Eltinge Breed III [son]
Box 6 Folder 11
1992
WEDO [Women's Environment and Development Organization] Comments
Box 6 Folder 12
1990
Economic Impact
Box 6 Folder 13
1978
Rensselaer Health Department
Box 6 Folder 14
1978
Resources study
Box 6 Folder 15
1975-1978
RPI [Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute] publications
Box 6 Folder 16
1975
Environmental Conservation Commission
Box 6 Folder 17
1972-1975
Environmental publications
Box 6 Folder 18
1972-1973
Publications
Box 6 Folder 19
1971
Biological Congress News
Box 6 Folder 20
1969
Correspondence
Box 6 Folder 21
1968
Correspondence
Box 6 Folder 22
1968
Allumni newsletter
Box 6 Folder 23
1959-1960
Publications
Box 6 Folder 24
1966-1967
Scientific Collecting
Box 6 Folder 25
1966
Summer 1966 Appointment: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Box 6 Folder 26
1966
Business correspondence
Box 6 Folder 27
1965
Correspondence
Box 6 Folder 28
1964
Letter of Appointment R.P.I.
Box 6 Folder 29
1964
Correspondence
Box 6 Folder 30
1963
Correspondence
Box 6 Folder 31
1962
Correspondence
Box 6 Folder 32
1961
Correspondence
Box 6 Folder 33
1960
Correspondence
Box 6 Folder 34
1959
Correspondence
Box 6 Folder 35
1958
Correspondence
Box 6 Folder 36
1958
AIBS [American Institute of Biological Sciences] Bulletin
Box 6 Folder 37
1957
Correspondence
Box 6 Folder 38
1957
N.S.F.
Box 6 Folder 39
1956, 1969
Publications
Box 6 Folder 40
1956
Correspondence
Box 6 Folder 41
1955
Correspondence
Box 6 Folder 42
1954
Correspondence
Box 6 Folder 43
1946-1957
Position offers and letters of acceptance for teaching or research
Box 6 Folder 44
1946-1953
Graduate School
Box 6 Folder 45
1952-1956
Vita and Personal Credentials
Box 6 Folder 46
1950
Biology, General Science, Hygiene Class: Quizzes and Exams
Box 6 Folder 47
1946
The Log
Box 6 Folder 48
2005
Correspondence
Box 6 Folder 49
1946
Manual for an Introduction to Geology, by Robert O. Bloomer
Box 6 Folder 50
Additional material
Box 7
Oversized material
Mapcase L3