Guide to the Robert M. Pool Papers,
1963-1999.

Collection Number: 22-1-3725

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:
October 2009
EAD encoding:
James Zhang, October 26, 2009

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Robert M. Pool papers, 1963-1999.
Collection Number:
22-1-3725
Creator:
Robert M., Pool 1940-2009.
Quantity:
4.4 cubic feet.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, Movie Film, Photographs, Reports, Research Materials
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
The collection includes correspondence, subject files, class materials, papers, reports, studies, slides, film, and photocopies of a Geological Survey Map of Seneca Lake (legal-size folder in Box 4)
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of viticulture. Prof. Pool received his Ph.D from Cornell in 1974 and joined the faculty as an assistant professor of viticulture and named professor in 1988. He was a member of the American Society of Viticulture and Enology, the International Society for Horticultural Sciences, and the American Society for Horticultural Sciences. He formed, and for 10 years, chaired the Grape Commodity Advisory Committee to the National Plant Germplasm Committee. He opened his own vineyard and winery, Billsboro, in Geneva, NY, which featured several varietals, including Pinot noir made from a clonal selection based on his own research. His primary research interests included: mechanization of pruning, crop level as it affects grapes and wine quality, sustainable viticulture, vineyard floor management and weed control, the effects of cultural practices and rootstocks on cold hardiness, interaction of disease (fungal, bacterial and viral), and wine productivity.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The collection includes correspondence, subject files, class materials, papers, reports, studies, slides, film, and photocopies of a Geological Survey Map of Seneca Lake (legal-size folder in Box 4)
SUBJECTS

Names:
Pool, Robert M.,1940-2009.
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY

Subjects:
National Plant Germplasm Committee.
Grape Commodity Advisory Committee.
American Society of Viticulture and Enology.
International Society for Horticultural Sciences.
American Society for Horticultural Society.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Robert M. Pool papers, #22-1-3725. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
NOTES

Forms part of the Eastern Wine and Grape Archive.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Slides, Film
 Box 1
Slides
 Box 2 - 3
1963 - 1984
Correspondence
 Box 4
1978 - 1995
Subject Files
 Box 4
1978 - 1995
Subject Files
 Box 5
Class Material
 Box 5
Papers, Reports, Studies
 Box 5