Cynthia Westcott papers, 1922-1983.
Collection Number: 4095
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Cynthia Westcott papers, 1922-1983.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4095
Abstract:
Business correspondence with publishing companies, with periodicals and newspapers
relating to books and articles written by Westcott, and with nurseries about test
roses and other plants; general correspondence; some family correspondence; research
notes for books and articles; papers related to the American Rose Foundation and Society;
manuscripts of talks given to Garden Clubs of America and other organizations; correspondence
with and about the author of SILENT SPRING, Rachel Carson; line drawings used as book
illustrations; scrapbooks of newsclippings and articles; photographs; Rose Day guest
lists; and appointment books.
Creator:
Westcott, Cynthia, 1898-1983 (Affiliation: (Cornell University Ph.D. 1932)..)
Quanitities:
4.9 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Cynthia Westcott received her Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Cornell University in
1932. She lectured for the Garden Clubs of America and other organizations, and she
wrote books and newspaper columns, including the 1937 book THE PLANT DOCTOR; THE GARDENERS
BUG BOOK; AND PLANT DISEASE HANDBOOK.
Business correspondence with publishing companies, with periodicals and newspapers
relating to books and articles written by Westcott, and with nurseries about test
roses and other plants; general correspondence; some family correspondence; research
notes for books and articles; papers related to the American Rose Foundation and Society;
manuscripts of talks given to Garden Clubs of America and other organizations; correspondence
with and about the author of SILENT SPRING, Rachel Carson; line drawings used as book
illustrations; scrapbooks of newsclippings and articles; photographs; Rose Day guest
lists; and appointment books.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cynthia Westcott papers, #4095. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964. (Title of work: Silent spring..)
Garden Clubs of America
American Rose Foundation
Subjects:
Botanists.
Plants.
Gardening.
Plant diseases.
Botany.
Form and Genre Terms:
Scrapbooks.
Photographs.
Drawings.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Papers
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Cynthia Westcott Christmas Letters
|
1945-1973 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
C.W. Personal (miscellaneous)
|
1945-1974 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
C.W. Term Paper
|
1922 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Westcott Family Correspondence
|
1951-1978 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
General Correspondence
|
1933 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
General Correspondence
|
1946, 1949 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
General Correspondence
|
1950 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
General Correspondence
|
1951-1952 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
General Correspondence
|
1953-1956 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
General Correspondence
|
1957-1959 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
General Correspondence
|
1960-1969 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
General Correspondence
|
1970-1976 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
General Correspondence
|
1977-1979 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
General Correspondence
|
1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
General Correspondence
|
1981-1983 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Undated General Correspondence
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Tributes to C.W.
|
1975 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Miscellaneous Papers
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Alampi, Phil and Ruth W. Correspondence
|
1953-1964 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Jenkins, Anna E. Correspondence
|
1957-1959 |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Johnson, Eileen and Ena Lewcock Correspondence
|
1934-1956 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Rogick, Mary Dora Correspondence
|
1957-1961 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Van Slogteren, D.H.M. Correspondence
|
1946-1958 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Viehmeyer, Glenn Correspondence
|
1959 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Whetzel, Herbert H. Correspondence
|
1929-1942 |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Azaleas
|
1940-1950 |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Azaleas
|
1944-1962 |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Azaleas
|
1944-1966 |
| Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Camellias
|
1945-1957 |
| Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Roses
|
1928-1931 |
| Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Roses
|
1943-1968 |
| Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Rose Day
|
1955 |
| Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Rose Research
|
1957-1967 |
| Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Rose Mildew
|
1960-1962 |
| Box 1 | Folder 35 |
Roses
|
1962-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 36 |
Roses: USDA Fragrance and Breeding
|
1962-1970 |
| Box 1 | Folder 37 |
Armstrong Nurseries
|
1947-1959 |
| Box 1 | Folder 38 |
Armstrong Nurseries
|
1960-1977 |
| Box 1 | Folder 39 |
Conrad-Pyle Company
|
1957-1964 |
| Box 1 | Folder 40 |
Jackson and Perkins Company
|
1955-1959 |
| Box 1 | Folder 41 |
Jackson and Perkins Compan
|
1960-1976 |
| Box 1 | Folder 42 |
Other Nurseries
|
1956-1977 |
| Box 1 | Folder 43 |
The American Home
|
1950-1956 |
| Box 1 | Folder 44 |
Flower and Garden
|
1958-1964 |
| Box 1 | Folder 45 |
Flower Grower
|
191950, 1960, 1961 |
| Box 1 | Folder 46 |
New York Times Correspondence
|
1956-1976 |
| Box 1 | Folder 47 |
New York Times Articles
|
1957-1964 |
| Box 1 | Folder 48 |
New York Times Articles
|
1965-1976 |
| Box 1 | Folder 49 |
"OPEN" (Ornamental Plants Entomologists Newsletter)
|
1978-1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 50 |
Articles and Talks
|
1955-1970 |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
|
1950-1979 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Montclair Garden Center
|
1952-1963 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Springdale Garden Club
|
1964-1978 |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Garden Clubs Talks and Miscellaneous
|
1951-1967 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Biological Control
|
1952-1960 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Biological Control
|
1959-1960, n.d. |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Pests, Pesticides, Biological Control
|
1961-1973 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Pesticides, Silent Spring
|
1963 |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Pesticides
|
1959-1963 |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Equipment Companies
|
1933-1958 |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Geigy Agricultural Chemicals
|
1959 |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Plant Disease, Pesticides
|
1958-1983 |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Plant Disease, Pesticides
|
1959-1982 |
| Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Entymology Research
|
1961-1972 |
| Box 2 | Folder 15 |
All-American Rose Selections, Inc.
|
1959-1978 |
| Box 2 | Folder 16 |
American Rose Foundation Research Projects
|
1960-1970 |
| Box 2 | Folder 17 |
ARF Research
|
1961-1972 |
| Box 2 | Folder 18 |
ARF Research Committee Reports
|
1954-1967 |
| Box 2 | Folder 19 |
ARF Research
|
1952-1977 |
| Box 2 | Folder 20 |
ARF Research
|
1958-1966 |
| Box 2 | Folder 21 |
American Rose Society
|
1960-1965 |
| Box 2 | Folder 22 |
ARS
|
1967-1975 |
| Box 2 | Folder 23 |
ARF
|
1967-1980 |
| Box 2 | Folder 24 |
ARF Research, Minnesota
|
1968-1975 |
| Box 2 | Folder 25 |
ARF
|
1970 |
| Box 2 | Folder 26 |
ARF Research Reports
|
1970-1971 |
| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
ARF - Wills, Dr. Gamble, etc.
|
1977 |
| Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Bug Book Letters
|
1946-1947 |
| Box 2 | Folder 29 |
Bool Letters
|
1950-1958 |
| Box 2 | Folder 30 |
Rose Book Letters
|
1951-1952 |
| Box 2 | Folder 31 |
Bug Book Research
|
1954-1955 |
| Box 2 | Folder 32 |
Bug Book Names
|
1954-1964 |
| Box 2 | Folder 33 |
Massachusettes Experiment Station, re: book
|
1957-1961 |
| Box 2 | Folder 34 |
Are You the Garden's Worst Pest?
|
1961 |
| Box 2 | Folder 35 |
Bug Book
|
1967-1968 |
| Box 2 | Folder 36 |
Bug Book
|
1971-1972 |
| Box 2 | Folder 37 |
Doubleday and Company, Inc.
|
1954-1955 |
| Box 2 | Folder 38 |
Doubleday and Company, Inc.
|
1955-1956 |
| Box 2 | Folder 39 |
Doubleday and Company, Inc.
|
1956 |
| Box 2 | Folder 40 |
Doubleday and Company, Inc.
|
1958-1961 |
| Box 2 | Folder 41 |
Doubleday and Company, Inc.
|
1958-1961 |
| Box 2 | Folder 42 |
Doubleday and Company, Inc.
|
1961-1962 |
| Box 2 | Folder 43 |
Doubleday and Company, Inc.
|
1963-1964 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Doubleday and Company, Inc.
|
1964-1965 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Doubleday and Company, Inc.
|
1969-1973 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Doubleday and Company, Inc.
|
1971-1980 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Grolier, Inc.
|
1959-1963 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Grolier, Inc.
|
1978 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
J.B. Lippincott Company
|
1941-1949 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
J.B. Lippincott Company
|
1950 |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
J.B. Lippincott Company
|
1951-1961 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
G.P. Putnam's Sons
|
1961-1962 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Frederick A. Stokes Company
|
1936-1940 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 |
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
|
1940-1948 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 |
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
|
1949 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
|
1950 |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
|
1951 |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 |
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
|
1952 |
| Box 3 | Folder 16 |
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
|
1953 |
| Box 3 | Folder 17 |
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
|
1954 |
| Box 3 | Folder 18 |
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
|
1955 |
| Box 3 | Folder 19 |
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
|
1956 |
| Box 3 | Folder 20 |
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
|
1957 |
| Box 3 | Folder 21 |
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
|
1958 |
| Box 3 | Folder 22 |
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
|
1959 |
| Box 3 | Folder 23 |
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
|
1960-1961 |
| Box 3 | Folder 24 |
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
|
1963-1965 |
| Box 3 | Folder 25 |
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
|
1964-1965 |
| Box 3 | Folder 26 |
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
|
1965-1971 |
| Box 3 | Folder 27 |
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
|
1971-1980 |
| Box 3 | Folder 28 |
Book Royalties
|
1962-1966 |
| Box 3 | Folder 29 |
Book Illustrations (line drawings)
|
1953, 1957 |
| Box 3 | Folder 30 |
Book Illustrations (line drawings)
|
n.d. |
| Box 3 | Folder 31 |
Book Illustrations (line drawings)
|
n.d. |
| Box 3 | Folder 32 |
Book Illustrations (line drawings)
|
1964 |
| Box 3 | Folder 33 |
Scrapbooks: Westcott Columns and Articles
|
1937, 1938 |
| Box 3 | Folder 34 |
Scrapbooks: Westcott Columns and Articles
|
1937, 1938 |
| Box 4 |
Illustrations
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| Box 5 |
Photographs
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| Box 6 |
Diaries; Rose Day Guest Lists (1950, 1953, 1958); Notes on Rose Gardens and Tests; scrapbooks (mostly clippings); News Clippings
|
1934-1959 | |