New York State College of Agriculture Department of Botany records, [ca. 1882-1963]
Collection Number: 21-17-2491

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
New York State College of Agriculture Department of Botany records, [ca. 1882-1963]
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
21-17-2491
Abstract:
Photographs, prints, and lantern slides; memorabilia about Botany Department field trips and social activities, and department minutes.
Creator:
New York State College of Agriculture. Department of Botany
Quanitities:
2 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Memorabilia, prints, scrapbooks, photographs and lantern slides of field trips, and meeting minutes related to the Department of Botany.
Photographs, including some of Barbara McClintock and Karl Wiegand; scrapbooks belonging to Professors Muenscher and Knudson; and diaries belonging to Professor Walter Muenscher.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

New York State College of Agriculture Department of Botany records, #21-17-2491. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
McClintock, Barbara, 1902-1992.
Muenscher, Walter Conrad Leopold, 1891-1963.
Knudson, Lewis, 1884-1958.
Wiegand, Karl M. (Karl McKay), 1873-1942.
Cornell University -- : Faculty
Subjects:
Botany -- Study and teaching.
Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
Scrapbooks.
Lantern slides.
Photographs.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Department of Botany
Box 1 Folder 1
Picnic Lists
1898-1920
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed attendance sheets for local field trips
Box 1 Folder 2
Programs, Articles, and Cards
1904-1976
Scope and Contents
Includes "History of Botany at Cornell(1868-1931): 25 Year Mark of Department" Also includes "Dichotomous Key to member of the Department of Botany," for others like this see volume 4
Box 1 Folder 3
Copies of Historic Plant Catalogs
Scope and Contents
Copies of plant catalogs from 1822 and 1831
Box 1 Volume 1
Plant Physiology Seminar Sign-in Book
1951-1957
Box 1 Volume 2
Botany Department Minute Book
1952-1961
Scope and Contents
Also includes correspondence and articles
Box 1 Volume 3
Department of Botany Memorial Volume I
1907-1918
Scope and Contents
Humorous scrapbook - includes poems, stories, sketches, photographs, collages, and clippings from newspapers and magazines
Box 1 Volume 4
Department of Botany Memorial Volume II
1922-1936
Scope and Contents
Humorous scrapbook - includes poems, stories, plays, puzzles, and clippings from newspapers and magazines
Box 2 Volume 1
Professor Lewis Knudson
1952
Scope and Contents
Photo album and scrapbook containing letters and photos of the current lives of Prof. Knudson's former students
Box 1 Folder 20
Botany and Plant Biology centennial materials
2013
Photographs
Box 1 Folder 4
Matted Photographs
1900
Box 1 Folder 5
Field Trips I: Candid people
1900-1940s
Box 1 Folder 6
Field Trips II: Candid People and Landscapes
1900-1940s
Scope and Contents
Includes a few color images, negatives, dated photos, and photos with lists of names of persons.
Box 1 Folder 7
"Early Days of Botany," candid people, classroom, and Cornell Campus photos
1900-1940s
Scope and Contents
Includes prints and negatives
Box 1 Folder 8
Group Portraits: Cornell Faculty, Cytology, Ecology, and Officers of the Congress
1910-1926
Scope and Contents
Oversize
Box 1 Folder 9
K.M. Wiegand
1917-1936
Scope and Contents
Matted and loose photographs of field trips. Individuals in the photographs are named.
Box 1 Folder 10
Students and Staff
1922-1971
Scope and Contents
Portraits and candid photos with individual's names written on the opposite side. Dated and undated
Box 1 Folder 11
Botany Department Portraits
1935
Scope and Contents
Bound scrapbook
Box 1 Folder 12
Department of Botany Group Portraits
1938-1956
Box 1 Folder 13
Staff and Classrooms
Scope and Contents
Prints and negatives
Box 1 Folder 19
Professor Arthur Eames on his 80th Birthday
1961
Box 1
Roll of 35mm negatives for Botany Department Portraits
1935
Scope and Contents
See folder 15 for prints
Box 2
Glass Plate Lantern Slides and Negatives
Box 2 Folder 1
Plate Glass Lantern Slides
1882-1929
Scope and Contents
3x4" plate glass sides of students, professors, seasonal field trips, classrooms, and the Cornell University campus
Box 2 Folder 2
Plate Glass Lantern Slides
1929-1941
Scope and Contents
3x4" plate glass sides of students, professors, seasonal field trips, classrooms, and the Cornell University campus
Box 2 Folder 3
Plate Glass Lantern Slides and Negatives
Scope and Contents
3x4" plate glass sides of Tahiti and Fiji trip.
Glass plate negatives(c.1885-1920):
Negative Box 1 - classrooms, staff and the Cornell University campus.
Negative Box 2 - Seasonal Field trips
Some of the prints are among the photographs in Box 1 and in collection #14-29-2026
Box 2 Folder 4
Plate Glass Negatives
1929-1941
Scope and Contents
4x5" plate glass negatives of trees
Professor Walter C. Muenscher
Box 1 Folder 14
Loose Photo album
1918-1925
Scope and Contents
Includes many portraits of the members of the Department of Botany during field trips.
Box 1 Folder 15
Department of Botany - Dr. Walter C. Muenscher
1935-1941
Scope and Contents
Humorous puzzles and plays
Box 1 Folder 16
Correspondence and Memos
1954-1963
Box 1 Folder 17
Plaque Dedication
1957-1958
Box 1 Folder 18
Death Notices and Obituary
1963
Box 1 Volume 5
Record
1910-1920
Scope and Contents
Diary that includes hand written notes, news clippings and other paper ephemera
Box 1 Volume 6
Record
1921-1922
Scope and Contents
Diary that includes hand written notes, news clippings and other paper ephemera