Guide to the Cynthia Westcott Papers,
1922-1983

Collection Number: 4095

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
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Compiled by:
M. Warren
Date completed:
Dec. 1983
EAD encoding:
Ann Hubert, Sept. 2002

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Cynthia Westcott papers, 1922-1983.
Collection Number:
4095
Creator:
Cynthia, Westcott 1898-1983
Quantity:
4.9 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, periodicals, newspapers, notes, manuscripts, line drawings, scrapbooks, photographs, and appointment books.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Business correspondence with publishing companies, with periodicals and newspapers relating to books and articles written by Westcott, and with nurseries about test roses and other plants; general correspondence; some family correspondence; research notes for books and articles; papers related to the American Rose Foundation and Society; manuscripts of talks given to Garden Clubs of America and other organizations; correspondence with and about the author of SILENT SPRING, Rachel Carson; line drawings used as book illustrations; scrapbooks of newsclippings and articles; photographs; Rose Day guest lists; and appointment books.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Cynthia Westcott received her Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Cornell University in 1932. She lectured for the Garden Clubs of America and other organizations, and she wrote books and newspaper columns, including the 1937 book THE PLANT DOCTOR; THE GARDENERS BUG BOOK; AND PLANT DISEASE HANDBOOK.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Business correspondence with publishing companies, with periodicals and newspapers relating to books and articles written by Westcott, and with nurseries about test roses and other plants; general correspondence; some family correspondence; research notes for books and articles; papers related to the American Rose Foundation and Society; manuscripts of talks given to Garden Clubs of America and other organizations; correspondence with and about the author of SILENT SPRING, Rachel Carson; line drawings used as book illustrations; scrapbooks of newsclippings and articles; photographs; Rose Day guest lists; and appointment books.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Westcott, Cynthia,1898-1983
Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964.
American Rose Foundation.
Garden Clubs of America.

Subjects:
Botany.
Plant diseases.
Gardening.
Plants.
Botanists.
Authors.

Form and Genre Terms:
Drawings.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Cynthia Westcott papers, #4095. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Papers
1945-1973
Cynthia Westcott Christmas Letters
 Box 1 Folder 1
1945-1974
C.W. Personal (miscellaneous)
 Box 1 Folder 2
1922
C.W. Term Paper
 Box 1 Folder 3
1951-1978
Westcott Family Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 4
1933
General Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 5
1946, 1949
General Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 6
1950
General Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 7
1951-1952
General Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 8
1953-1956
General Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 9
1957-1959
General Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 10
1960-1969
General Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 11
1970-1976
General Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 12
1977-1979
General Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 13
1980
General Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 14
1981-1983
General Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 15
Undated General Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 16
1975
Tributes to C.W.
 Box 1 Folder 17
Miscellaneous Papers
 Box 1 Folder 18
1953-1964
Alampi, Phil and Ruth W. Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 19
1957-1959
Jenkins, Anna E. Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 20
1934-1956
Johnson, Eileen and Ena Lewcock Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 21
1957-1961
Rogick, Mary Dora Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 22
1946-1958
Van Slogteren, D.H.M. Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 23
1959
Viehmeyer, Glenn Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 24
1929-1942
Whetzel, Herbert H. Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 25
1940-1950
Azaleas
 Box 1 Folder 26
1944-1962
Azaleas
 Box 1 Folder 27
1944-1966
Azaleas
 Box 1 Folder 28
1945-1957
Camellias
 Box 1 Folder 29
1928-1931
Roses
 Box 1 Folder 30
1943-1968
Roses
 Box 1 Folder 31
1955
Rose Day
 Box 1 Folder 32
1957-1967
Rose Research
 Box 1 Folder 33
1960-1962
Rose Mildew
 Box 1 Folder 34
1962-1980
Roses
 Box 1 Folder 35
1962-1970
Roses: USDA Fragrance and Breeding
 Box 1 Folder 36
1947-1959
Armstrong Nurseries
 Box 1 Folder 37
1960-1977
Armstrong Nurseries
 Box 1 Folder 38
1957-1964
Conrad-Pyle Company
 Box 1 Folder 39
1955-1959
Jackson and Perkins Company
 Box 1 Folder 40
1960-1976
Jackson and Perkins Compan
 Box 1 Folder 41
1956-1977
Other Nurseries
 Box 1 Folder 42
1950-1956
The American Home
Box 1 Folder 43
1958-1964
Flower and Garden
Box 1 Folder 44
191950, 1960, 1961
Flower Grower
Box 1 Folder 45
1956-1976
New York Times Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 46
1957-1964
New York Times Articles
Box 1 Folder 47
1965-1976
New York Times Articles
Box 1 Folder 48
1978-1981
"OPEN" (Ornamental Plants Entomologists Newsletter)
 Box 1 Folder 49
1955-1970
Articles and Talks
 Box 1 Folder 50
1950-1979
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
 Box 2 Folder 1
1952-1963
Montclair Garden Center
 Box 2 Folder 2
1964-1978
Springdale Garden Club
 Box 2 Folder 3
1951-1967
Garden Clubs Talks and Miscellaneous
 Box 2 Folder 4
1952-1960
Biological Control
 Box 2 Folder 5
1959-1960, n.d.
Biological Control
 Box 2 Folder 6
1961-1973
Pests, Pesticides, Biological Control
 Box 2 Folder 7
1963
Pesticides, Silent Spring
Box 2 Folder 8
1959-1963
Pesticides
 Box 2 Folder 9
1933-1958
Equipment Companies
 Box 2 Folder 10
1959
Geigy Agricultural Chemicals
 Box 2 Folder 11
1958-1983
Plant Disease, Pesticides
 Box 2 Folder 12
1959-1982
Plant Disease, Pesticides
 Box 2 Folder 13
1961-1972
Entymology Research
 Box 2 Folder 14
1959-1978
All-American Rose Selections, Inc.
 Box 2 Folder 15
c. 1960-1970
American Rose Foundation Research Projects
 Box 2 Folder 16
1961-1972
ARF Research
 Box 2 Folder 17
1954-1967
ARF Research Committee Reports
 Box 2 Folder 18
1952-1977
ARF Research
 Box 2 Folder 19
1958-1966
ARF Research
 Box 2 Folder 20
1960-1965
American Rose Society
 Box 2 Folder 21
1967-1975
ARS
 Box 2 Folder 22
1967-1980
ARF
 Box 2 Folder 23
1968-1975
ARF Research, Minnesota
 Box 2 Folder 24
1970
ARF
 Box 2 Folder 25
1970-1971
ARF Research Reports
 Box 2 Folder 26
1977
ARF - Wills, Dr. Gamble, etc.
 Box 2 Folder 27
1946-1947
Bug Book Letters
 Box 2 Folder 28
1950-1958
Bool Letters
 Box 2 Folder 29
1951-1952
Rose Book Letters
 Box 2 Folder 30
1954-1955
Bug Book Research
 Box 2 Folder 31
1954-1964
Bug Book Names
 Box 2 Folder 32
1957-1961
Massachusettes Experiment Station, re: book
 Box 2 Folder 33
1961
Are You the Garden's Worst Pest?
Box 2 Folder 34
1967-1968
Bug Book
 Box 2 Folder 35
1971-1972
Bug Book
 Box 2 Folder 36
1954-1955
Doubleday and Company, Inc.
 Box 2 Folder 37
1955-1956
Doubleday and Company, Inc.
 Box 2 Folder 38
1956
Doubleday and Company, Inc.
 Box 2 Folder 39
1958-1961
Doubleday and Company, Inc.
 Box 2 Folder 40
1958-1961
Doubleday and Company, Inc.
 Box 2 Folder 41
1961-1962
Doubleday and Company, Inc.
 Box 2 Folder 42
1963-1964
Doubleday and Company, Inc.
 Box 2 Folder 43
1964-1965
Doubleday and Company, Inc.
 Box 3 Folder 1
1969-1973
Doubleday and Company, Inc.
 Box 3 Folder 2
1971-1980
Doubleday and Company, Inc.
 Box 3 Folder 3
1959-1963
Grolier, Inc.
 Box 3 Folder 4
1978
Grolier, Inc.
 Box 3 Folder 5
1941-1949
J.B. Lippincott Company
 Box 3 Folder 6
1950
J.B. Lippincott Company
 Box 3 Folder 7
1951-1961
J.B. Lippincott Company
 Box 3 Folder 8
1961-1962
G.P. Putnam's Sons
 Box 3 Folder 9
1936-1940
Frederick A. Stokes Company
 Box 3 Folder 10
1940-1948
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
 Box 3 Folder 11
1949
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
 Box 3 Folder 12
1950
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
 Box 3 Folder 13
1951
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
 Box 3 Folder 14
1952
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
 Box 3 Folder 15
1953
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
 Box 3 Folder 16
1954
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
 Box 3 Folder 17
1955
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
 Box 3 Folder 18
1956
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
 Box 3 Folder 19
1957
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
 Box 3 Folder 20
1958
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
 Box 3 Folder 21
1959
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
 Box 3 Folder 22
1960-1961
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
 Box 3 Folder 23
1963-1965
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
 Box 3 Folder 24
1964-1965
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
 Box 3 Folder 25
1965-1971
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
 Box 3 Folder 26
1971-1980
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
 Box 3 Folder 27
1962-1966
Book Royalties
 Box 3 Folder 28
1953, 1957
Book Illustrations (line drawings)
 Box 3 Folder 29
n.d.
Book Illustrations (line drawings)
 Box 3 Folder 30
n.d.
Book Illustrations (line drawings)
 Box 3 Folder 31
1964
Book Illustrations (line drawings)
 Box 3 Folder 32
1937, 1938
Scrapbooks: Westcott Columns and Articles
 Box 3 Folder 33
1937, 1938
Scrapbooks: Westcott Columns and Articles
 Box 3 Folder 34
Illustrations
 Box 4
Photographs
 Box 5
1934-1959
Diaries; Rose Day Guest Lists (1950, 1953, 1958); Notes on Rose Gardens and Tests; scrapbooks (mostly clippings); News Clippings
 Box 6