Fred Lucius Kilborne papers, 1884-1936.
Collection Number: 1806
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Fred Lucius Kilborne papers, 1884-1936.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
1806
Abstract:
Correspondence, reports, photocopies of photographs, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous
printed material relating to various aspects of veterinary medicine.
Creator:
Kilborne, F. L. (Fred Lucius), 1858-1936.
Quanitities:
.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Veterinarian. Fred Lucius Kilborne graduated from Cornell with a degree in Agriculture
in 1881 and in Veterinary medicine in 1884. He directed the Veterinary Experiment
Station in Washington D.C. for nine years before returning to Kelloggsville, N.Y.
Correspondence, reports, photocopies of photographs, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous
printed material relating to various aspects of veterinary medicine. Includes letters
from the editors of the Rural New Yorker concerning specific subject matter and rate
of compensation for articles on veterinary medicine; letters commenting favorably
on Charles Kendall Adams and Robert Henry Thurston; letters describing living conditions
and economic opportunities in El Paso, Texas; papers relating to Kilborne's work testing
cattle for the New York State Board of Health Tuberculosis Committee and an account
of Kilborne's study of Texas cattle fever, 1933-36.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Fred Lucius Kilborne. Papers, #1806. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
Adams, Charles Kendall, 1835-1902.
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903.
Places:
El Paso (Tex.) -- Description.
Subjects:
Veterinary medicine -- Texas.
Veterinary medicine -- New York (State)
Tuberculosis in cattle.
Parasitology.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Scope and Contents
All the material in the collection may not be covered by this guide.
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Series I. Correspondence
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| Box 1 |
Cooper Curtice to Kilborne
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1884-02-04 | |
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Scope and Contents
Letter from Cooper Curtice, Washington, D.C., to Kilborne concerning his work on the
U.S. Geological Survey and requesting information on the career plans of a mutual
acquaintance.
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| Box 1 |
Henry E. Alvord to Kilborne
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1885-01-03-1885-05-21 | |
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Scope and Contents
Letters to Kilborne from Henry E. Alvord, manager of the experiment department of
the Houghton Farm, Mountainville, New York, asking him to come for a job interview,
January 3, 1885, and expressing regret that budgetary difficulties will not allow
the Farms to offer Kilborne the position, May 21, 1885.
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| Box 1 |
Theobald Smith to Kilborne
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1885-09-07 | |
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Scope and Contents
Letter to Kilborne from Theobald Smith, Washington, D.C.,, asking him if he would
be able to accept a position with the Department of Agriculture on short notice, July
9, 1885.
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| Box 1 |
S. H. Peabody to Kilborne
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1885-07-18 | |
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Scope and Contents
Letters from S. H. Peabody, regent of the Illinois Industrial University, concerning
job interview.
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| Box 1 |
James Law to Kilborne
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1885-10-24-1885-11-09 | |
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Scope and Contents
Letters from James Law commenting on Kilborne's good prospects and mentioning that
the Cornell University Executive Committee is opposed to plans for a Veterinary College,
October 24, 1885; routine note, November 9, 1885
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| Box 1 |
Burt Green Wilder to Kilborne
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1884-08-23-1885-11-10 | |
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Scope and Contents
Letter from Burt Green Wilder concerning the progress of Kilborne's experiments, August
23, 1884; note concerning some missing laboratory specimens, November 10, 1885.
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| Box 1 |
Fay M. Fitts to Kilborne
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1886-02-19 | |
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Scope and Contents
Letter from Fay M. Fitts giving favorable comment on President Charles Kendall Adams
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| Box 1 |
Editors to Kilborne
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1884-07-09-1886-11-06 | |
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Scope and Contents
A series of letters from various editors of The Rural New Yorker concerning specific
subject matter and rate of compensation for articles on veterinary medicine.
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| Box 1 |
Marcia Spurr to Kilborne
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1886-07-12-1886-08-20 | |
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Scope and Contents
Letters from Marcia Spurr (Cornell, '84) inquiring about the possibility of working
with Theobald Smith, giving her views on teaching, and discussing her plans.
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| Box 1 |
Simon Henry Gage to Kilborne
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1886-03-13-1887-01-07 | |
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Scope and Contents
Letters to Kilborne from Simon Henry Gage, concerning histology courses and experiments
and containing favorable comments on Charles Kendall Adams and R. H. Thurston, March
13, 1886; the sale of Kilborne's house in Ithaca, May 11, 1886; quality and types
of camera, microscopes, and other equipment January 7, 1887
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| Box 1 |
Livestock Owners
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1886-1887 | |
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Scope and Contents
Letters from livestock owners asking for advice on the treatment of sick animals,
some from areas in the West which were without veterinary service.
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| Box 1 |
Ernest Russell to Kilborne
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1886-1887 | |
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Scope and Contents
Letters from a friend, Ernest Russell, commenting on living conditions and economic
opportunities in El Paso, Texas.
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| Box 1 |
Washington Humane Society to Kilborne
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1887-05-04-1887-05-13 | |
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Scope and Contents
Notice of Kilborne's election as veterinary surgeon of the Washington Humane Society,
May 4, 1887, and an inquiry from its corresponding secretary as to whether the check-rein
was injurious to horses, May 13, 1887
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I.a. Personal and family Correspondence
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| Box 1 |
F. O. Donohue to Kilborne
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1895-11-05-1899-08-18 | |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence with F. O. Donohue, Chairman of the Tuberculosis Committee, reports,
expense accounts, and related papers concerning Kilborne's work inspecting herds of
cattle for tuberculosis.
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Kilborne to H. Preston Hoskins
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1933-12-04 | |
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Scope and Contents
Carbon copy of letter to Dr. H. Preston Hoskins, Secretary of the American Veterinary
Medical Association, Chicago, December 4, 1933, from Kilborne, thanking the organization
for the medal it had voted him; he also gives some account of how he came to conduct
his experiments on Texas cattle fever and assigns much credit to the Cornell faculty
for the training they gave in veterinary medicine.
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| Box 1 |
Hubert Schmidt
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1936-02-11-1936-03-03 | |
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Scope and Contents
Letters to Kilborne from Hubert Schmidt of the Texas A. & M. Experiment Station, concerning
an exhibit to be prepared on the Texas fever tick for the Texas Centennial Celebration,
Feb. 11, 24, 1936, pencil copy of Kilborne's first reply, Feb. 17, 1936, and carbon
copy of his second, March 3, 1936; in the second reply, Kilborne outlines how he went
about testing the tick theory.
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| Box 1 |
Ernest Chapman to Kilborne
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date unknown | |
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Scope and Contents
Letter from Ernest Chapman, Groton to Kilborne, August 7, no year.
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Series II. Non-manuscript material - Periodicals
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| Box 1 |
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, LXXXIII N.S.
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1933-10 | |
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Scope and Contents
Article on Presentation of Medals to Kilborne and Curtice. Vol. 36, no. 4 (p. 554)
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Veterinary Lederle Bulletin
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1933-09 | |
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Scope and Contents
Vol. II, No. 5: Contains biographical sketch of Dr. Cooper Curtice.
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Veterinary Lederle Bulletin
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1933-11 | |
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Scope and Contents
Vol. II, No. 6: Contains photograph of Kilborne and news note concerning the medal
awarded him.
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Series III. Miscellaneous Items
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Photographs:
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date unknown | |
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F.L. Kilborne, undated, (after 1889), taken in Washington, D.C. Group picture of
15 men, including Kilborne - undated and unidentified, Washington, D.C. (negative
and positive copies in mapcase)
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Medal
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1933 | |
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Scope and Contents
Inscribed: "Awarded to Dr. Fred L. Kilborne for Distinguished Service in Veterinary
Medicine - A.V.M.A. - Chicago, Ill.
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Badge
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1891-09-15-1891-09-16 | |
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Scope and Contents
"Reception Committee - United States Veterinary Medical Association - Washington,
D.C.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Animal Industry. Bulletin No. 1
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1893 | |
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Scope and Contents
Investigations into the Nature, Causation, and Prevention of Texas or Southern Cattle
Fever, Made Under the Direction of Dr. D.E. Salmon, Chief of the Bureau of Animal
Industry, by Theobald Smith and F. L. Kilborne
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III.a. Clippings
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Hoard's Dairyman
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1896-01-24 | |
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Scope and Contents
Speech given by Dr. C.D. Smead, Logan, N.Y. before the N.Y. State Dairyman's Association,
Syracuse. Reprinted In Hoard's Dairyman. (Plays down bovine tuberculosis scare in
New York State). 2 pcs.
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Malone Palladium
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1895-1896 | |
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Scope and Contents
Clipping concerning Dr. Kilborne's inspection of herds for tuberculosis and public
reaction in the Malone area; includes copy of the Smead speech and Kilborne's reply.
8 pcs.
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Theobald Smith Obituary
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1934-12-1935-01 | |
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Scope and Contents
Clipping concerning death of Theobald Smith 3 pcs.
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"Fifty Years Ago"
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date unknown | |
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Clipping mentions Kilborne's registration at Cayuga Co. clerk's office as a veterinary
surgeon.
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| Box 1 |
Farm Implement News
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1956-01-10 | |
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Scope and Contents
Goodyear advt. re: Kilborne's farm machinery business at Moravia, N.Y. 2 pcs.
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American Hygienic Company handbills
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date unknown | |
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Scope and Contents
Directions for using Tuberculin…for the diagnosis of tuberculosis: directions for
using Mallein….for the diagnosis of Glanders. 2 pcs.
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Series IV. Microfilm
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Scope and Contents
2 reels microfilm made at Photo Services: 1 neg., 1 pos. March 4, 1966
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Correspondence
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1884-02-04-1936-03-03 | |
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Bovine Tuberculosis Reports
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1895-12-18-1896-01-11 | |
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Bovine Tuberculosis Test Dada
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1895-1899 | |
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Biographical sketches and other printed material
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date unknown | |
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Newspaper Clippings
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date unknown | |
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Scope and Contents
Bovine Tuberculosis; Death of Theobald Smith
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