Guide to the Eugene Sonnenberg Boerner Papers,
1894-1968.

Collection Number: 2639

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:
May 5, 1970
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff, November 2008

© 2008 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Eugene Sonnenberg Boerner papers, 1894-1968.
Collection Number:
2639
Creator:
Eugene Sonnenberg, Boerner 1893-1966.
Quantity:
35 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, Legal Documents, Memorabilia, Publications.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Personal and family papers include legal documents; diaries; letters from friends and relatives; memorabilia and papers relating to his student days at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Illinois.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Eugene Sonnenberg Boerner was a rose hybridist, horticulturist, and director of research for the Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, New York.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Personal and family papers include legal documents; diaries; letters from friends and relatives; memorabilia and papers relating to his student days at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Illinois; financial and other records concerning his model farm "Gene's Landing," on Seneca Lake in New York. Professional papers include foreign and domestic correspondence on rose growing and judging; flower photographs; notes and patent books that describe and picture numerous rose varieties and perennials he developed; domestic and foreign parentage seedling books and hybridizing records; and many lectures, articles, photographs, and notes concerning floriculture and his work for Jackson & Perkins Company.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Boerner, Eugene Sonnenberg,1893-1966.
Jackson & Perkins Company.

Subjects:
Floriculture.
Horticulture.
Roses--Hybridization.
Horticulturists.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Eugene Sonnenberg Boerner papers, #2639. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

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