RMA00257.xml Guide to the Cornell University Press and Comstock Publishing Company records, [ca. 1880-1935] Cornell University Press and Comstock Publishing Company records, [ca. 1880-1935] Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library October 2002

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Finding aid encoded by Martin Heggestad October 2002 2007-05-29 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 Guide to the Cornell University Press and Comstock Publishing Company Records,[ca. 1880-1935] Collection Number: 35-6-257 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library 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 Martin Heggestad, October 2002 Kristen Reichenbach, April 2018 © 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY Cornell University Press and Comstock Publishing Company records, [ca. 1880-1935] 35-6-257 Cornell University Press. 9.5 cubic ft. Correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, and illustrative material. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, and illustrative material pertaining to books published by the Cornell University Press and the Comstock Publishing Company; correspondence pertaining to a merger of the Nature Study Review and Nature Magazine; and correspondence pertaining to John W. ("Uncle John") Spencer's stories and letters for children on nature study and rural life; correspondents include Anna Botsford Comstock, Mary Eleanor Davis, Paul S. Galtsoff, Albert H. Hartzell, Frank E. Lutz, James G. Needham, Arthur Newton Pack, Cuthbert W. Pound, Percival S. Ridsdale, John W. Spencer, and Paul S. Welch. Collection material in English COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, and illustrative material pertaining to books published by the Cornell University Press and the Comstock Publishing Company; correspondence pertaining to a merger of the Nature Study Review and Nature Magazine; and correspondence pertaining to John W. ("Uncle John") Spencer's stories and letters for children on nature study and rural life; correspondents include Anna Botsford Comstock, Mary Eleanor Davis, Paul S. Galtsoff, Albert H. Hartzell, Frank E. Lutz, James G. Needham, Arthur Newton Pack, Cuthbert W. Pound, Percival S. Ridsdale, John W. Spencer, and Paul S. Welch.

 SUBJECTS Names: Cornell University Press. Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. Davis, Mary Eleanor, 1910-1968. Galtsoff, Paul Simon, 1887- Hartzell, Albert H. Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943. Needham, James G. (James George), 1868-1956. Pack, Arthur Newton, 1893- Pound, Cuthbert Winfred, 1864-1935. Ridsdale, Percival Sheldon. Spencer, John W. Welch, Paul Smith, 1882- Comstock Publishing Company. Titles: Nature study review. Nature magazine. Subjects: University presses--New York (State)--Ithaca. Publishers and publishing--New York (State)--Ithaca. Natural history--Study and teaching. Natural history literature. Nature stories. Country life. Children--Books and reading. INFORMATION FOR USERS Cite As:

Cornell University Press and Comstock Publishing Company records, #35-6-257. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

 CONTAINER LIST 1 1 Compendium correspondence 1 2 Compendium abstracts 1 3 Compendium page proofs 1 4 Compendium odds and ends 1 5 Compendium galley proofs 1 6 Illustrations 1 7 List of addresses on 3x5 cards 2 1 Comstock photos, 1932-1933 (S-T) 2 2 Original proof of Fig. 31 of Culture Methods 2 3 Proofs of "Wings of Insects" 2 4 Proofs, pictures, etc. of Hahn, Applied Biochemistry 3 1 Letter concerning "Organized Play" 3 2 Acknowledgments to Comstock's Introduction to Entomology ( Dec. 10, 1924 ) [Transferred to Boxes 10-12] 3 3 Picture proofs for Sweetman: Biological Control of Insects 3 4 Carbon copy of An Introduction to Entomology, Part I 3 5 Copy of An Introduction to Entomology, Ch. 1 3 6 Table of contents for An Introduction to Entomology 3 7 Ch. 4, An Introduction to Entomology 3 8 Table of figures, An Introduction to Entomology 3 9 Illustrations for An Introduction to Entomology 3 10 "Wings of Spidoptera" 3 11 "Wing of Diptera) 3 12 Box of negatives on glass from the McMillan Co. to Prof. Comstock 3 13 "Duplicate prints" negatives on glass 3 14 Personal negatives of photographs, on glass 3 15 Engraved steel plate--flower 3 16 "Wings of Lepidoptera" 3 17 Reprint from Fortune--The Univ. of Chicago, Hutchinson's "new look" 3 18 Clippings from a publisher's journal 3 19 2013-11-23 History of Sage House in Ithaca Journal 4 Miscellaneous illustrations 5 1 Practical Course in Touch Typing 5 2 Illustrations (for An Introduction to Entomology?) 5 3 First copy, An Introduction to Entomology 5 4 Proofs of figures, An Introduction to Entomology 5 5 Illustrations (for An Introduction to Entomology) 5 6 Resolutions of the faculty of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell upon the retirement of Anna Comstock 5 7 "The Wings," first draft for An Introduction to Entomology 5 8 Copy, An Introduction to Entomology, ch. 3 5 9 Legends for figures, An Introduction to Entomology 5 10 Illustrations (for An Introduction to Entomology) 5 11 Original drawings for figures, An Introduction to Entomology, Pt. II 5 12 Duplicate prints, spiders 5 13 An Introduction to Entomology, draft, ch. 4 5 14 Original drawings for the illustrations, An Introduction to Entomology, Pt. I 5 15 List of legends (for An Introduction to Entomology?) 5 16 First copy, An Introduction to Entomology, ch. 2 5 17 Illustrations (for An Introduction to Entomology?) 5 18 Lore of an Adirondack County by E. F. Cutting, galley proofs 6 1 Proof of Islandica, Vol. 26 6 2 The Canadian Entomologist, Vol. 57, 1925 6 3 Cut of T. O. Howard 6 4 Proof of figures for Cortner: Selected Topics in Colloidal Chemistry 6 5 Revision of Handbook 6 6 Manuscript of The Spider Book 6 7 Biological Control of Insects, proof 6 8 Proof, H. J. Davenport: Economics of Alfred Marshall 6 9 Hahn: Applied Radiochemistry, proof 6 10 "Poor Collin's Proof, Ainsworth" 7 1-15 Pauling's manuscript: "Nature of the Chemical Bond" 7 SR-31428-31433 1942 American Bird Songs

Six 30cm 78 rpm discs.

 Kellogg, P.P. Allen, A.A. 8 An Introduction to Entomology, Pt. II, first copy 9 Proofs of Engravings for "Daniel's Book" 10-12 Three 4" boxes of letters, one dated, two undated: Comstock correspondence concerning "Nature" magazine; "Uncle John" letters; Jack and Jill stories for publication in monthly Grange Review 13-21 Wooden cases of slides