George F. Atkinson papers, 1880-1918.
Collection Number: 21-29-103
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
George F. Atkinson papers, 1880-1918.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
21-29-103
Abstract:
Correspondence relating to the collection, classification, and study of plant specimens;
recommendations for graduate students; notes on the development of botanical investigation
at Cornell; and diary of a trip to Europe. Material relating to Atkinson's work at
the University of North Carolina and the Agricultural Experiment Station in Auburn,
Alabama.
Creator:
Atkinson, George Francis, 1854-1918.
Quanitities:
6.5 cubic feet.
1 mapcase folders.
Language:
Collection material in English
Botanist; Professor, Cornell University.
Correspondence relating to the collection, classification, and study of plant specimens;
recommendations for graduate students; notes on the development of botanical investigation
at Cornell; and diary of a trip to Europe. Also, a bound volume of reprints, notes,
and correspondence relating to Atkinson's work between 1886 and 1890 at the University
of North Carolina and the Agricultural Experiment Station in Auburn, Alabama. Includes
correspondence with Margaret Clay Ferguson (BS '99, Ph.D. '01). Also, platinum print
photograph of students and faculty, inscribed to "Prof. George F. Atkinson with best
regards of the Hindu students, Cornell University, 24 June 1907."
Index of correspondence available in accession folder.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
George F. Atkinson papers, #21-29-103. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
Ferguson, Margaret Clay.
New York State College of Agriculture. Department of Plant Pathology
University of North Carolina
Places:
Europe -- Description and travel.
Subjects:
Botanists.
Plants -- Identification.
Plants -- Collection and preservation.
Botany -- Research.
Botany -- Classification.
Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Correspondence
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| Box 1 | 1880-1898 | ||
| Box 2 | 1899-1901 | ||
| Box 3 | Jan. 1902-Apr. 1903 | ||
| Box 4 | May 1903-July 1904 | ||
| Box 5 | Aug. 1904-Dec. 1905 | ||
| Box 6 | Jan. 1906-Jan. 1907 | ||
| Box 7 | Feb. 1907-June 1908 | ||
| Box 8 | July 1908-Aug. 1909 | ||
| Box 9 | Sept. 1909-Sept. 1910 | ||
| Box 10 | Oct. 1910-Oct. 1911 | ||
| Box 11 | Nov. 1911-Dec. 1912 | ||
| Box 12 | Jan. 1913-Dec. 1913 | ||
| Box 13 | Jan. 1914-Mar. 1915 | ||
| Box 14 | Apr. 1915-Dec. 1916 | ||
| Box 15 | Jan. 1917-Dec. 1918 | ||
| Box 16 |
Undated and printed material
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| Box 17 |
"Zoological publications," 1886-1890 , bound volume of reprints, notes, and correspondence
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1886-1890 | |