Guide to the CALS Freehand Drawing Collection,
1915-2003.

Collection Number: 21-25-3736

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
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rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
July 2009
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff, July 2009
Date modified:
RMC Staff, January 2011

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
CALS freehand drawing collection, 1915-2003.
Collection Number:
21-25-3736
Creator:
Dept. of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture 1908-
Quantity:
1.7 cubic feet.
Forms of Material:
Manuscripts
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
This collection features art projects and assignments created in the studio and left behind by students.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Liberty Hyde Bailey established the Department of Drawing in 1908 with William. C. Baker as its first professor. In 1917 the department was dissolved and its work divided between Landscape Art and Rural Engineering. In 1922 Landscape Art became part of the new Department of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

This collection features art projects and assignments created in the studio and left behind by students. Mann Library acquired these artworks when Prof. Jack Lambert informed the library the studio was closing due to the renovation of the Mann Library building. Included in the collection are proofs and scratchboards done by former instructors Elizabeth Burckmyer and Ann Elliot. Prof. Burckmyer illustrated “The Makers of Honey,” written by Mary Geisler Phillips, and Ann Elliot designed brochures for various academic departments at Cornell. The collection also contains a portrait of Professor Baker.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Bailey, Liberty Hyde.
Baker, William C.
Burckmyer, Elizabeth.
Elliot, Ann.
Lambert, R. L.,(Jack), Jr.
Dept. of Drawing.
Dept. of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture.
Dept. of Landscape Art and Landscape Design.
Dept. of Rural Art.

Subjects:
Scientific illustration.
Freehand drawing.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
CALS freehand drawing collection, #21-25-3736. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Proofs for "The Makers of Honey" written by Mary Gesiler Phillips; Illustrator-Elizabeth Burckmyer
 Box 1
Scratch boards and original drawings
 Box 1 and 3
Brochures designed by Ann Elliot, who taught at Cornell
 Box 1
ca. 1928
Portrait of William C. Baker-first professor
 Box 2
1915-2003
Student Works by: Jack Lampert (scientific illustrator), Elizabeth Burckmyer (Director of Freehand Drawing), Ann Elliot, William Baker, and students in the Dept. of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture; Landscape Art; Rural Art and Dept. of Drawing
Box 3-4