Louise Spieker Rankin papers, 1937-1952.
Collection Number: 1438
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Louise Spieker Rankin papers, 1937-1952.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
1438
Abstract:
Thirty-eight letters from Rankin mainly to her mother concerning social life, household
management, and travels to India where her husband, Everett H. Rankin, was a Standard
Oil representative; a notebook of information she collected on Indian trees; and her
diary. Also, her unfinished biography of Liberty Hyde Bailey and a letter from Romeyn
Berry.
Creator:
Rankin, Louise, 1897-1951.
Quanitities:
.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Thirty-eight letters (1937) from Rankin mainly to her mother concerning social life,
household management, and travels to India where her husband, Everett H. Rankin (Cornell
University Class of 1912), was a Standard Oil representative; a notebook of information
she collected on Indian trees (1938); and her diary (1939-1943). Also, her unfinished
biography of Liberty Hyde Bailey (319 page typescript) and a letter (1952) from Romeyn
Berry, who comments on the completed portion, which deals with Bailey's life up until
the time he came to Cornell.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Louise Spieker Rankin papers, #1438. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
Rankin, Everett H.
Berry, Romeyn, 1881-1957.
Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954.
Places:
India -- Description and travel.
Subjects:
Women -- Diaries.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 |
Typescript copy of Louise Spieker Rankin's biography of Liberty Hyde Bailey.
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| Box 2 |
Correspondence ( 1937 )
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1937 | |
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Scope and Contents
Thirty-eight letters (Jan. 8-Dec. 27, 1937, 65 pcs.) from Louise Rankin written during
her stay in India with her husband Everett Horace Rankin (Cornell '12), a Standard
Oil representative. Almost entirely to her mother, the letters concern her social
life, her difficulties in managing the household and servants, and her travels in
India. See accession folder for a detailed description of letters.
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| Box 2 |
Mrs. Rankin's diary
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1939-1943 | |
| Box 2 |
One volume containing information on Indian trees collected by Mrs. Rankin
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1938 | |