Department of Floriculture records, 1905-1940.
Collection Number: 21-25-137

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Department of Floriculture records, 1905-1940.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
21-25-137
Abstract:
Correspondence, 1907-1914, of the Dept. of Rural Art, largely that of E. Gorton Davis; correspondence, 1915-1917, of the Dept. of Landscape Art; also correspondence relating to extension, the development and growth of plants, landscaping and city planning, departmental budgets, allotments, and University regulations; departmental photographs and photographs of orchid studies; correspondence of E.A. White (personal and orchid studies); personal and lecture materials of L.H. MacDaniels; and departmental files, mostly relating to pomology.
Creator:
New York State College of Agriculture. Department of Floriculture
Quanitities:
10 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, 1907-1914, of the Dept. of Rural Art, largely that of E. Gorton Davis; correspondence, 1915-1917, of the Dept. of Landscape Art; also correspondence relating to extension, the development and growth of plants, landscaping and city planning, departmental budgets, allotments, and University regulations; departmental photographs and photographs of orchid studies; correspondence of E.A. White (personal and orchid studies); personal and lecture materials of L.H. MacDaniels; and departmental files, mostly relating to pomology. Correspondents include Bristow Adams, L.H. Bailey, Cornelius Betten, G.E. Burnap, E.O. Fippen, Bryant Fleming, Beverley Galloway, Carl Ladd, J. Horace McFarland, James E. Rice, Paul Stark, W.A. Stocking, A.D. Taylor, Helen Van Keulen, Martha Van Rensselaer, Booker T. Washington, and H.H. Whetzel.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Department of Floriculture records, #21-25-137. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Adams, Bristow, 1875-1957.
Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954.
Betten, Cornelius.
Burnap, G. E.
Davis, E. Gorton.
Fippin, Elmer O. (Elmer Otterbein), 1879-1949.
Fleming, Bryant, 1877-1946.
Galloway, Beverley.
Ladd, Carl E., 1888-1943.
MacDaniels, L. H. (Laurence Howland), 1888-1986.
McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace), 1859-1948.
Rice, James E.
Stocking, William Alonzo, 1872-1926.
Taylor, Albert Davis, 1883-
Van Keulen, Helen.
Van Rensselaer, Martha, 1864-1932.
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915.
Whetzel, Herbert Hice, 1877-1944.
White, E. A.
New York State College of Agriculture. Department of Landscape Art
New York State College of Agriculture. Department of Rural Art
Subjects:
Pomology.
Fruit-culture -- Research.
Orchids.
City planning -- Study and teaching.
Landscape architecture -- Study and teaching.
Floriculture.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1
Department of Rural Art, correspondence
1907-1910
Box 2
Department of Rural Art, correspondence
1912-1913
Box 3
Department of Rural Art, correspondence
1912-1913
Box 4
Department of Rural Art, correspondence, A-K
1914
Box 5
Department of Rural Art, correspondence, L-Z and miscellaneous Departments
1914
Box 6
Department of Landscape Art
1915
Box 7
Department of Landscape Art, misc.
1915
Box 8
Department of Landscape Art, misc.
1916
Box 9
Department of Landscape Art, misc.
1916
Box 10
Department of Landscape Art, misc.
1917
Box 11
Department of Landscape Art, misc.
1917
Box 12
Department of Landscape Art, Extension
1914-1915
Box 13
Department of Landscape Art, Extension
1916-1917
Box 14
Department of Landscape Art, students
1914-1917
Box 15
L.H. MacDaniels personal and lecture
1916-1917
Scope and Contents
One folder personal material, several folders mimeographed lectures and lab notes for Botany and Plant Physiology courses, grading system, exams, botanical data
Box 16
Photographs: orchid studies (E.A. White); misc. Departmental
Box 17
E.A. White files, orchid studies and personal
1932-1942
Box 18
L.H. MacDaniels files
1918-1926
Box 19
L.H. MacDaniels files
1926-1929?
Box 20
L.H. MacDaniels files
1929-1939
Box 21
L.H. MacDaniels files
Box 22
L.H. MacDaniels files
1939-1940