George and Katy Abraham Papers, 1915-2005.
Collection Number: 6777

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
George and Katy Abraham Papers, 1915-2005.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
6777
Abstract:
Papers of George and Katy Abraham including notes, correspondence showing life in the military in Africa during World War II.
Creator:
Abraham, George, 1915-
Abraham, Katy.
Quanitities:
14.8 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

George "Doc" Abraham (Cornell Class of 1939) and Katherine "Katy" Mehlenbacher Abraham (Cornell Class of 1943) married on July 4, 1942, just before Doc shipped out with Task Force 5889, one of the U.S. Army's first integrated units, to safeguard Liberia's rubber plantations during World War II. Doc's parents were Lebanese immigrants. Katy dropped out of Cornell to work as a munitions inspector. She finished her degree after raising their two children, Leanna and Darryl, and actually graduated from Cornell in 1969. Katy and Doc operated a commercial greenhouse and florist shop, offered landscape architectural services, published nine books on gardening, and worked to extend the reach of their "Green Thumb" garden column. Doc also wrote "The belles of Shangri-La: and other stories of sex, snakes, and survival from World War II," published in 2000. Doc died on January 27, 2005 and Katy on May 25, 2005.

Scope and content

Papers documenting the lives of Doc and Katy Abraham, including Doc's military service in Africa during World War II and their joint horticultural careers. Files include correspondence, clippings, research notes, and drafts of both their gardening articles and books and the book based on Doc's experiences in Africa, "Belles of Shangri-La."

Scope and content

African World War II documentation also includes spent shells and dog tags, and, most significant, Doc's photographs recording images from West and North Africa (Ghana, then known as the Gold Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, and Egypt, Eritrea, and Ethiopia) and U.S. involvement there during World War II. Subjects of the photographs include Africans at work, in daily life, and in rituals and dancing; the practice of cliterodectomy; medical conditions and treatments including malaria, elephantiasis, filariasis, steatopygia, leprosy, and snakebite; animals including chimpanzees, baboons, monkeys, giraffes, dogs, cattle, donkeys, snakes, vultures; landmarks; soldiers in the integrated units; military training, equipment, and repair; and prostitute camps for U.S. soldiers. The descriptions of the photographs were largely supplied by Doc. Also included are books relating to the war, tribal markings, airlines, Liberia, tribes, tribal medicine, geography, photography, and Africa as well as unidentified films about Africa and films labeled Africa 1943-1944, Accra, and Red Sea.

Scope and content

Their horticultural work and garden advice that appeared in newspapers, radio, and television under the title "The Green Thumb" from 1960-1999 are documented by correspondence from 1979 to the 1980's, clippings and drafts, teaching materials, thank you letters, awards, agreements and contracts, subject files, radio program scripts, and book reviews. The collection also contains a small amount of personal material, such as a file of their obituaries and memorials and a scrapbook containing Doc's Cornell diploma and clippings regarding Leanna's marriage.
Conditions Governing Use

Due to the fragility and potential degradation of moving image and sound recordings, viewing and listening is limited to items that have been digitized. If an item is in another media format, you may request to have the item digitized for access. Information on ordering access copies may be found on the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections webpage. Audio visual material that has been digitized: F-2867-2887

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

George and Katy Abraham Papers, #6777. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Box 3 contains within it Boxes 4, 6, and 7.

SUBJECTS

Names:
United States. Army -- : African American troops -- : History -- : 20th century.
Places:
Nigeria -- Pictorial works.
Liberia -- Pictorial works.
Ghana -- Pictorial works.
Ethiopia -- Pictorial works.
Eritrea -- Pictorial works.
Egypt -- Pictorial works.
Liberia -- History -- 20th century.
Africa -- History -- 20th century.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans.
Lebanese Americans.
Gardening.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Africa.
Medicine -- Africa.
Form and Genre Terms:
Radio scripts.
Photographs.
Home movies.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series I. Africa
Correspondence, Clippings and Memorabilia
Box 1 Folder 1
Letters from Doc to Katy, 1942-1943
Box 1 Folder 2
Letters from Doc to Katy, 1944
Box 1 Folder 3
Letters from Doc to Katy, 1945
Box 1 Folder 4
Poem in shape of Africa
Box 1 Folder 5
Yank Magazine article, 1944
Box 1 Folder 6
Military attempt at integration
Box 1 Folder 7
Letter to Doc about writing book about fighting malaria
Box 1 Folder 8
Misc. World War II articles
Box 1 Folder 9
Treatise on jungle combat and article on North Africa army prison
Box 1 Folder 10
Misc. clippings sent to Katy by Doc, 1942-1945
Box 1 Folder 11
Spent shells and dog tags sent to Doc by VFW, 2005
Box 1 Folder 12
Army publications to which Doc contributed (sent to Katy)
Belles of Shangri-La files
Box 1 Folder 13-14
"Belles of Shangri-La" manuscript
Box 1 Folder 15-18
Original notes (detailed) for "Belles of Shangri-La"
Box 1 Folder 19
Correspondence and articles regarding History Channel show, Sex in World War II, 2002
Box 1 Folder 20
First drafts of stories for "Belles of Shangri-La"
Box 1 Folder 21
Research and notes for "Belles of Shangri-La"
Box 1 Folder 22
"Belles of Shangri-La" manuscript with editing notes
Box 1 Folder 23
Original captions for photos in "Belles of Shangri-La"
Box 1 Folder 24
"World War II: The War in Africa" by Doc Abraham, 1941
Box 1 Folder 25-26
"Belles of Shangri-La" manuscripts
Box 1 Folder 27
Copies of photos with captions for "Belles of Shangri-La"
Box 1 Folder 28
"Belles of Shangri-La" manuscript with Katy's notes
Box 1 Folder 29
Newspaper articles regarding the publication of "Belles of Shangri-La"
Photographs
Box 1 Folder 30
George "Doc" Abraham
Box 1 Folder 31
Four soldiers (Doc second from left)
Box 1 Folder 32
Doc and chimpanzee (Billy O)
Box 1 Folder 33
Baboon, chimp fighting with dog
Box 1 Folder 34
Billy O with pipe, vultures with dog
Box 1 Folder 35
Billy O chimpanzee Christmas card
Box 1 Folder 36
Chimpanzee (small)
Box 1 Folder 37
Africans pouring fuel, chimp Billy O
Box 1 Folder 38
Chimp Billy O with basketball, building with guard
Box 1 Folder 39
Men using mill, Billy O, sphinx, old pyramid, street merchant
Box 1 Folder 40
Black maned baboon
Box 1 Folder 41
Chimp on jeep, military airplane loading, outside theater
Box 1 Folder 42-43
Chimp Billy O with pipe
Box 1 Folder 44
Doc with chimp
Box 1 Folder 45
Chimp Billy O with basketball
Box 1 Folder 46
Chimp Billy O
Box 1 Folder 47
Chimp Billy O with pipe
Box 1 Folder 48
Chimp Billy O
Box 1 Folder 49
Billy O with Pepsodent tooth powder
Box 1 Folder 50
Billy O, man with enlarged scrotum
Box 1 Folder 51
Chimpanzee on military jeep
Box 1 Folder 52
American cuts chimpanzee's hair
Box 1 Folder 53
Street scene with army tank, transports, car, buggies
Box 1 Folder 54
City scene, horse cabby; Kay M. Wiest drawing, "Snafu Dock"
Box 1 Folder 55
City street scene
Box 1 Folder 56
American woman artist, various city scenes
Box 1 Folder 57
Kano market scene
Box 1 Folder 58
Native quarry work
Box 1 Folder 59
Two men with welcome to India sign
Box 1 Folder 60
River scene, boats in dry dock
Box 1 Folder 61
Street scene, sphinx with pyramids
Box 1 Folder 62
Barrels
Box 1 Folder 63
Native group scenes, over view of town
Box 1 Folder 64
Men with guns, street scene, river and shoreline with boats
Box 1 Folder 65
Catholic cathedral, US airplane, street scene, beach scene
Box 1 Folder 66
Two Algerian men
1945
Box 1 Folder 67
Boat in water, Freetown, Sierra Leone
Box 1 Folder 68
Marching band, river scene, Gold Coast palm trees and boat
Box 1 Folder 69
Road scene, mud building
Box 1 Folder 70
Eritrean man and boy
Box 1 Folder 71
Central Africa, begging boys
Box 1 Folder 72
Native chief
Box 1 Folder 73
Mule and native - North African desert
Box 1 Folder 74
British soldiers group funeral, two African women
Box 1 Folder 75
Battlefield landscape
Box 1 Folder 76
Massawa seaport
Box 1 Folder 77
Seaside city street scene
Box 1 Folder 78
Boat dock, American Soldier, Indian female soldier
Box 1 Folder 79
Landscape with buildings, 45 miles east of Casablanca
Box 1 Folder 80
Nigerian hunter
Box 1 Folder 81
Unidentified street scene
Box 1 Folder 82
Clay effigy of Sir Afori Atta
Box 1 Folder 83
Governor's palace, East Africa
Box 1 Folder 84
Governor's palace gardens, East Africa
Box 1 Folder 85
Four women with children, native boat on river
Box 1 Folder 86
Native village street scene, North Africa
Box 1 Folder 87
Native village scene
Box 1 Folder 88
Edge of city scene with horse and wagon
Box 1 Folder 89
Native group scene, building courtyard scene
Box 1 Folder 90
Two young native girls
Box 1 Folder 91
Africans excavating
Box 1 Folder 92
Native woman nursing child
Box 1 Folder 93
Young native woman
Box 1 Folder 94
Idlewylde camp, mosque
Box 1 Folder 95
Portraits of native men, large tortoises with Capt. Chambers
Box 1 Folder 96
City outskirts
Box 1 Folder 97
Native men with machetes and knives
Box 1 Folder 98
Native family, Woven Wall, North Africa
Box 1 Folder 99
City street scene, North Africa
Box 1 Folder 100
Street scene, mud buildings
Box 1 Folder 101
Building in North African city
Box 1 Folder 102
Americans and Africans with Buick
Box 1 Folder 103
Young native woman posing
Box 1 Folder 104
President Roosevelt and Liberian President Barclay eating meal with others, music classroom, building
Box 1 Folder 105
Soldier with native children
Box 1 Folder 106
Boat with Africans, execution, cremation, mosque, camel
Box 1 Folder 107
Street scene with mosque
Box 1 Folder 108
Boy playing musical instrument on boat "Sudan"
Box 2 Folder 1
Egyptian statue, navy barber
Box 2 Folder 2
Duck and Guinea hunt in Maidirgini
Box 2 Folder 3
Child
Box 2 Folder 4
Native women, Gold Coast
Box 2 Folder 5
Akyea Mensah,
1944
Box 2 Folder 6
Soldier with machine gun, two African men
Box 2 Folder 7
Cape Palmas, Liberia
Box 2 Folder 8
Three snails, short hand, Malaria control, rock formation, street scene
Box 2 Folder 9
Transport convoy, Mosque, Parker House Roll
Box 2 Folder 10
Christianburg Castle, beach photo, Gold Coast
Box 2 Folder 11
Italian-built highway, Massawa to Asmara
Box 2 Folder 12
Nile River scene, Egypt
Box 2 Folder 13
Arab in Casablanca
Box 2 Folder 14
American teaching arms to Liberians
Box 2 Folder 15
Group of native women, pyramids
Box 2 Folder 16
Native women, sphinx, paradise, two men
Box 2 Folder 17
Plane on fire, landing strip, native scenes
Box 2 Folder 18
Landscape scenes, misc.
Box 2 Folder 19
North African city street scene
Box 2 Folder 20
City skyline, Africa
Box 2 Folder 21
Two postcards, boats on beach, native women
Box 2 Folder 22
Soldier on bike, soldier on board, boarding ship, deity sculpture, native woman
Box 2 Folder 23
Military transport, men bowling, Christian church, street scene
Box 2 Folder 24
G.I. show, painted 'Belles' women
Box 2 Folder 25
G.I. show, British entrance
Box 2 Folder 26
G.I. show, city scenes, cobra charmer, women in front of health center sign
Box 2 Folder 27
Large bonfire, strange native woman, deity sculpture
Box 2 Folder 28
Three misc. photos, horse taxi, soldier bath, tree-lined street
Box 2 Folder 29
Desert landscapes
Box 2 Folder 30
Soldiers at attention, two landscapes, soldiers boarding plane
Box 2 Folder 31
Soldier skinning cow, outpost buildings
Box 2 Folder 32
Native street scene, marker, US winter family photos
Box 2 Folder 33
US family scenes, photos (non-African)
Box 2 Folder 34
Native village, huts, US family photos
Box 2 Folder 35
Native boys with bowls, beggars, Central Africa
Box 2 Folder 36
Ant hill, 15 feet high, Liberia
Box 2 Folder 37
Two men on street, North Africa
Box 2 Folder 38
goat postcard, river aerial photo, Barber giving chimp haircut, early pyramids, painted native women
Box 2 Folder 39
Men hoisting sail on boat, African marching band, beach with boats, soldiers on horses, ox powering pump
Box 2 Folder 40
Goats drinking water, old buildings, group of native women with one man, execution photo, pyramid, health center
Box 2 Folder 41
Native woman posing, bonfire, road-bridge, pyramid
Box 2 Folder 42
Ditch digging
Box 2 Folder 43
Mosque, North Africa
Box 2 Folder 44
Church
Box 2 Folder 45
Military training, tent, town street scene
Box 2 Folder 46
Moslem feast celebration
Box 2 Folder 47
Ceylon (?) street scene
Box 2 Folder 48
Native boats in port, Accra Harbor, Gold Coast, BWA
Box 2 Folder 49
Two children in front of small sphinx, military dental treatment
Box 2 Folder 50
Sphinx
Box 2 Folder 51
Integrated officers training school, Monrovia, Liberia
Box 2 Folder 52
Black and white American military training instructors, Monrovia, Liberia
Box 2 Folder 53
Black and white workers, propellors
Box 2 Folder 54
Three painted boys (snake society), Asmara images
Box 2 Folder 55
President Roosevelt with President Barclay in jeep
Box 2 Folder 56
Roosevelt with Barclay at a meal
Box 2 Folder 57
Roosevelt with Barclay at a meal, landscape photos, North Africa
Box 2 Folder 58
Roosevelt with Harry Hopkins at a meal
Box 2 Folder 59
Roosevelt inspecting troops, city street scene
Box 2 Folder 60
Firestone plantation village
Box 2 Folder 61
Firestone plantation golf course
Box 2 Folder 62
Firestone plantation village, rail car filling place
Box 2 Folder 63
Firestone native village scene, young woman with child
Box 2 Folder 64
Native huts, Firestone plantation
Box 2 Folder 65
Firestone rubber factory, Liberia
Box 2 Folder 66
Firestone rubber plantation
Box 2 Folder 67
Two musicians, Firestone rubber tree, street scenes
Box 2 Folder 68
Mountain road scenes
Box 2 Folder 69
Gold Coast palm trees and boat
Box 2 Folder 70
River scene
Box 2 Folder 71
Mountain scene
Box 2 Folder 72
Bull, cattle grazing, city street scene, three landscape photos, woman with child
Box 2 Folder 73
Mountain and beach scenes, aerial photo
Box 2 Folder 74
Coptic monastery, Nefasit, Eritrea
Box 2 Folder 75
Nile River, aerial photo
Box 2 Folder 76
Malaria warning poster
Box 2 Folder 77
Chiggers on native toes
Box 2 Folder 78
US doctor taking blood sample from native woman
Box 2 Folder 79
Army doctors treating native girl with malaria
Box 2 Folder 80
Vaginal "social" diseases
Box 2 Folder 81
Vultures and dog, ship repair in Massawa
Box 2 Folder 82
Native women anatomy
Box 2 Folder 83
Native woman with skin disorder, four various medical treatments
Box 2 Folder 84
Sgt. with two monkeys, painted native woman, boy with bulging cheek, army boat in river, mosque
Box 2 Folder 85
Elephantiasis of the scrotum
Box 2 Folder 86
Native woman with filariasis of the breast
Box 2 Folder 87
Enlarged scrotum warning, Coptic church, Asmara scenes
Box 2 Folder 88
Removed enlarged scrotum from surgery, three chimpanzee postcards made in St. Louis
Box 2 Folder 89
Removing scrotum from native with elephantiasis
Box 2 Folder 90
Native woman with filariasis of the breast
Box 2 Folder 91
Billy O chimp with pipe, scrotum removal operation
Box 2 Folder 92
Native with filariasis of the scrotum
Box 2 Folder 93
Enlarged scrotum, filariasis of breast
Box 2 Folder 94
Removed scrotum, 52 lbs.
Box 2 Folder 95
US patrol squad; Africans with facial disfigurements; Young Mohammedan man, Central Africa; flag raising ceremony
Box 2 Folder 96
US doctors treating native girl with malaria
Box 2 Folder 97
Medical operation, mosque, firetruck, crane
Box 2 Folder 98
Enlarged scrotum, filariasis
Box 2 Folder 99
Americans removing enlarged scrotum
Box 2 Folder 100
Scuttled Axis ship, malaria warning, enlarged scrotum
Box 2 Folder 101
Leper, chief
Box 2 Folder 102
Woman leper
Box 2 Folder 103
Woman dying of leprosy
Box 2 Folder 104
Native leper colony
Box 2 Folder 105
Four native anatomy photos
Box 2 Folder 106
African bushmen
Box 2 Folder 107
Woman with steatopygia
Box 2 Folder 108
Steatopygia, pygmies
Box 2 Folder 109
Three women with fat disorder
Box 2 Folder 110
Wall built of cans, North Africa, execution photo
Box 2 Folder 111
Quonset style buildings, North Africa
Box 2 Folder 112
Storage tanks for oil or water
Box 2 Folder 113
US Army Air Forces four-engine plane
Box 2 Folder 114
Accra harbor, Gold Coast
Box 2 Folder 115
Mosque
Box 2 Folder 116
Cape Palmas, Liberia
Box 2 Folder 117
Young Mohammedan man, Central Africa
Box 2 Folder 118
Landscape scene, 'This is Africa'
Box 2 Folder 119
Two men with welcome to India sign
Box 2 Folder 120
Unknown seaport scene
Box 2 Folder 121
Ox-driven irrigation postcard
Box 2 Folder 122
Soldier grave
Box 2 Folder 123
Ethiopian spinning cotton by hand
Box 2 Folder 124
Africans walking on road, photographs of Africans in groups
Box 2 Folder 125
Christianburg Castle, Accra (cannons)
Box 2 Folder 126
Gold Coast palm trees and boat
Box 2 Folder 127
Cable car, Nefasit
Box 2 Folder 128
Accra market scene
Box 2 Folder 129
Captured Italian cable car system, Massawa
Box 2 Folder 130
Loading military plane
Box 2 Folder 131
Native dignitary, celebration
Box 2 Folder 132
Instruction, PT boat, building entrance
Box 2 Folder 133
Sphinx, two painted women, Billy O chimp
Box 2 Folder 134
Casablanca raid article
Box 2 Folder 135
US transport ship, fortress building
Box 2 Folder 136
British building, patient taken from plane, native boats, group of Africans
Box 2 Folder 137
Arab with camel, Parker House Roll
Box 2 Folder 138
Asmara mosque
Box 2 Folder 139
Train/locomotive, Eritrea to Massawa
Box 2 Folder 140
Large tree
Box 2 Folder 141
Eritrea orange grove
Box 2 Folder 142
Eritrean boys
Box 2 Folder 143
Railway/viaduct, Asmara to Massawa
Box 2 Folder 144
Christianburg Castle, Gold Coast
Box 2 Folder 145
"Atumpom" painting by Sam Smith
Box 2 Folder 146
Kabba village drawing
Box 2 Folder 147
Railway, mountains, Eritrea
Box 2 Folder 148
Maiduguriblues poster, horizontal statue behind two men riding camels, street scene
Box 2 Folder 149
Egyptian shirt salesman
Box 2 Folder 150
Boat, ocean scene, 'Mountains in Eritrea'
Box 2 Folder 151
Khartoum warehouse with guard
Box 2 Folder 152
Painted native woman dancing
Box 2 Folder 153
Native prostitutes, venereal disease camp
Box 2 Folder 154
Native woman dancing inside Shangri-La compound
Box 2 Folder 155
Gambling, painted African women
Box 2 Folder 156
President Roosevelt reviews troops in North Africa
Box 2 Folder 157
President Roosevelt and President Barclay shaking hands
Box 2 Folder 158
Airplane refueling, four women with children
Box 2 Folder 159
Airplane propeller work
Box 2 Folder 160
Snake society Africans
Box 2 Folder 161
US Soldiers collecting rubber sap, Firestone Plantation
Box 2 Folder 162
Military airport(?), market scene, Doc and Billy O
Box 2 Folder 163
Painted native women
Box 2 Folder 164
Native women in uniforms, riverport, pile of fruit
Box 2 Folder 165
GIs playing poker, mountain road scenes
Box 2 Folder 166
Amphibious plane named 'Billy O'
Box 2 Folder 167
Loading packages into airplane
Box 2 Folder 168
Beach scene with surfboard
Box 2 Folder 169
Americans capture eagle
Box 2 Folder 170
Barracks, Parker House Roll
Box 2 Folder 171
Soldier posing with grenade
Box 2 Folder 172
Gutting a bull
Box 2 Folder 173
Africans unloading poles, repair of ship, naval base, Massawa
Box 2 Folder 174
Belles camp, landscapes, Parker House Roll
Box 2 Folder 175
Military ships sleeping quarters, old mosque
Box 2 Folder 176
Preparing bush cow for meat, Liberia
Box 2 Folder 177
Actor with piano player, farming scenes, mosque, dining room
Box 2 Folder 178
Twin engine military plane, execution photo, large building
Box 2 Folder 179
American teaching native, bayonet practice
Box 2 Folder 180
Military setup, enlarged scrotum, rubber tree drawing
Box 2 Folder 181
Two soldiers with native in canoe
Box 2 Folder 182
Red Cross truck with workers
Box 2 Folder 183
Camp at sundown, Liberia
Box 2 Folder 184
Military meal with priest
Box 2 Folder 185
Mess hall, mountain scene
Box 2 Folder 186
Africans gambling on US airfield
Box 2 Folder 187-188
US Army baseball game
Box 2 Folder 189
British military burial, landscape, dignitaries, native blacksmith
Box 2 Folder 190
Military life, misc.
Box 2 Folder 191
US Task Force Building, street scene, US classroom, landscape, mosque
Box 2 Folder 192
Soldiers dressed as women, two men with welcome to India sign, groups of Africans
Box 2 Folder 193
Enlisted man's club, Kay M. Wiest
Box 2 Folder 194
Shipside drill, street scene
Box 2 Folder 195
Airplane repair (note names on side of plane)
Box 2 Folder 196
US Army Air Corps, Maiduguri, Nigeria
Box 2 Folder 197
Military flag raising
Box 2 Folder 198
Full company (Task Force 5889), moving patient from plane, WACS, native boys, mud building
Box 2 Folder 199
Military flag raising
Box 2 Folder 200
Sgt. Huffstatler at German consulate, West Africa
Box 2 Folder 201
Three children, road map - Liberia
Box 2 Folder 202
Black US soldiers getting off boat, monkey, landscape, snake society
Box 2 Folder 203
Black and white band members, African yearbook cover
Box 2 Folder 204
US Mail Call, shower note to Katy
Box 2 Folder 205
Soldiers playing baseball, native woman with child
Box 2 Folder 206
Black and white military baseball game, chimp, native boats, building
Box 2 Folder 207
US Military funeral, chimp circus St. Louis postcard, native women
Box 2 Folder 208
Military services map, Liberia to Asmara route
Box 2 Folder 209
Machine gunner, landscape scenes, street scene
Box 2 Folder 210
Outdoor woodshop
Box 2 Folder 211
Camp with wire fence, print of drawing by Kay Wiest
Box 2 Folder 212
Doc A.,Doc A and friend, misc.
Box 2 Folder 213
Black American troops on boat
Box 2 Folder 214
Chimp drinking from cup, camel's head, African military band
Box 2 Folder 215
Black US troops arriving on boat, Army baseball game
Box 2 Folder 216
"First American Negro Soldier" to set foot in Liberia
Box 2 Folder 217
Chow line, soldiers, native war exercise
Box 2 Folder 218
Black soldiers disembarking, Atumpom drawing, dignitaries, boat scene
Box 2 Folder 219
Plane landing, painted native women dancing
Box 2 Folder 220
African albino woman
Box 2 Folder 221
War progeny, children, integration
Box 2 Folder 222
Home of 300 Africans (Shangri-La camp)
Box 2 Folder 223
Pyramid, native women dancing
Box 2 Folder 224
Painted native women dancing
Box 2 Folder 225
Native girls dancing, "Paradise Girls"
Box 2 Folder 226
Dejected young woman
Box 2 Folder 227
Painted native women
Box 2 Folder 228
Native women dancers
Box 2 Folder 229
Painted native women dancing
Box 2 Folder 230
Painted native women
Box 2 Folder 231
Painted native women, "Army-hired prostitutes"
Box 2 Folder 232
Snake bitten man
Box 2 Folder 233
Medical corps, snake catching unit
Box 2 Folder 234
Snake catching unit official photograph
Box 2 Folder 235
Street snake charmer with two cobras
Box 2 Folder 236
Black mamba
Box 2 Folder 237
Python, India
Box 2 Folder 238
Snakes
Box 2 Folder 239
Man with snake, Billy O, native woman, two men
Box 2 Folder 240
Snake and snake-bitten finger
Box 2 Folder 241
Python in India
Box 2 Folder 242
Indian snake man
Box 2 Folder 243
Medical snake catching man with two snakes
Box 2 Folder 244
Native 'military police' drilling
Box 2 Folder 245
Native MP training
Box 2 Folder 246
Black Platoon marching
Box 2 Folder 247
Mortar training of Africans
Box 3 Folder 1
Cargo ships, scuttled axis ship, landscape, medicine man
Box 3 Folder 2
Native band, native blacksmiths
Box 3 Folder 3
Message drum
Box 3 Folder 4
Country Devil dance/play
Box 3 Folder 5
Street scene, talking drum
Box 3 Folder 6
Native men with guns, Atta's funeral ceremony
Box 3 Folder 7
Africans celebrating death of Sir Atta
Box 3 Folder 8
King Atta memorial scene
Box 3 Folder 9
Native chief/king memorial statue
Box 3 Folder 10
Five young boys with drums, US Amphibious plane
Box 3 Folder 11
Native woman scarred facial markings
Box 3 Folder 12
Native man dancing, ceremonial witch doctor
Box 3 Folder 13
Men making knives
Box 3 Folder 14
Painted women dancing, quarry work, women with baskets on head
Box 3 Folder 15
Nigerian merchant
Box 3 Folder 16
Sailboat, Africans, Farmington River, Liberia
Box 3 Folder 17
Native blacksmith
Box 3 Folder 18
Attendant purifies air for native country devil
Box 3 Folder 19
Woman making country soap
Box 3 Folder 20
Death celebration, Akyea Mensah
Box 3 Folder 21
Eritrean laundry
Box 3 Folder 22
Africans gambling
Box 3 Folder 23
Market scene, Accra
Box 3 Folder 24
Costumed country devil
Box 3 Folder 25
Native executioners
Box 3 Folder 26
Country devil in haystack
Box 3 Folder 27
Native country devil with boy
Box 3 Folder 28
Native Merry Christmas
Box 3 Folder 29
Talking drums honoring dead Chief Atta
Box 3 Folder 30
Central African merchant with bowls
Box 3 Folder 31
Dance of the Virgins
Box 3 Folder 32
Three native women making foo-foo
Box 3 Folder 33
Country devil dance
Box 3 Folder 34
African witch doctor
Box 3 Folder 35
Native scene, three women and two children; game; building; sphinx
Box 3 Folder 36
Building, military flag raising, African women, native boys
Box 3 Folder 37
Native men and boys, mountain scene
Box 3 Folder 38
Native group, man with camel, cable car, passenger train car
Box 3 Folder 39
Typical scenes from Central Africa
Box 3 Folder 40
Africans cleaning, North African desert
Box 3 Folder 41
African women, one with knife
Box 3 Folder 42
Young native girl
Box 3 Folder 43
Maiduguri, Nigerian village
Box 3 Folder 44
Women with babies, Mosque
Box 3 Folder 45
Native group scenes, street with buildings
Box 3 Folder 46
Building construction
Box 3 Folder 47
Liberian woman with child
Box 3 Folder 48
Central African beggars
Box 3 Folder 49
Americanized native woman, two street scenes, soldiers on horses
Box 3 Folder 50
Two Africans fishing with baskets
Box 3 Folder 51
Native washing clothes, "Blue Monday"
Box 3 Folder 52
Young native girl, cargo ship
Box 3 Folder 53
Native Africans
Box 3 Folder 54
Dance of the Virgins
Box 3 Folder 55
Native women
Box 3 Folder 56
Talking Charlie and his wife - one of them
Box 3 Folder 57
Bassa (native) bush girls
Box 3 Folder 58
Native bush women - Bassa tribe, Liberia
Box 3 Folder 59
Four women nursing babies, Gold Coast
Box 3 Folder 60
Two native women bathing
Box 3 Folder 61
Africans fueling, scuttled Axis ship
Box 3 Folder 62
Man and boy pouring into large can, Banda Abissina, birds
Box 3 Folder 63
Africans, West Africa
Box 3 Folder 64
Africans, Central Africa
Box 3 Folder 65
Native woman with bra
Box 3 Folder 66
Seven men with machetes (ceremonial)
Box 3 Folder 67
Nigerian native girl - scarred face
Box 3 Folder 68
Native woman with child
Box 3 Folder 69
Young native woman
Box 3 Folder 70
Old native woman, heavily wrinkled
Box 3 Folder 71
Woman pounding food, river and street scenes
Box 3 Folder 72
Grain market, Asmara, Eritrea
Box 3 Folder 73
Native woman with child, painted face and scars
Box 3 Folder 74
Native girl
Box 3 Folder 75
Native woman carrying firewood, Eritrea
Box 3 Folder 76
Native persons, trolley on bridge, native bull session, Asmara
Box 3 Folder 77
Native scenes, pots
Box 3 Folder 78
Horseman with cattle, painted native woman
Box 3 Folder 79
Native sailing on river
Box 3 Folder 80
Africans walking on road, bridge/wall scene
Box 3 Folder 81
Young native girl
Box 3 Folder 82
US man with young native woman
Box 3 Folder 83
Native man in straw hat
Box 3 Folder 84
African drummer, native group scene
Box 3 Folder 85
Large native group, giraffes
Box 3 Folder 86
Native group scene, Kay M. Wiest drawing of snafu dock
Box 3 Folder 87
Pulling in fishnet, Gold Coast
Box 3 Folder 88
Native girl with compact
Box 3 Folder 89
Plowing a field, Eritrea
Box 3 Folder 90
Native, Central Africa
Box 3 Folder 91
Africans with machetes and rifles
Box 3 Folder 92
Boat building, coils of rope; native girl with skin disorder/scars
Box 3 Folder 93
Street produce scene, two native women
Box 3 Folder 94
Three native women with painted faces and dresses
Box 3 Folder 95
Africans building a hut
Box 3 Folder 96
Monkey bridge river scene, Liberia
Box 3 Folder 97
Native village scene
Box 3 Folder 98
Native mourners of Sir Afori Atta
Box 3 Folder 99
Native women doing laundry, Shangri-La camp
Box 3 Folder 100
Africans drumming
Box 3 Folder 101
Native woman sifting/winnowing rice
Box 3 Folder 102
Celebrating the African way
Box 3 Folder 103
Native women weaving crab net
Box 3 Folder 104
Native woman with child and fish traps
Box 3 Folder 105
Native man with scarred face, Italian officer memorial
Box 3 Folder 106
Preliminary stages of clitoris operation (ceremonial)
Box 3 Folder 107
Native girls before devil bush cutting operation
Box 3 Folder 108
Sex organ cutting ceremony, native masks
Box 3 Folder 109
Bassa tribe girl prepared for puberty rites
Box 3 Folder 110
Vaginal operation, before and after
Box 3 Folder 111
Bush girl after cliterodectomy
Box 3 Folder 112
Preparing girls for clitoris operation
Box 3 Folder 113
Detailed photos of cliterodectomy
Box 3 Folder 114
Three young acrobats from snake society
Box 3 Folder 115
Snake society acrobatics
Box 3 Folder 116
Snake society tumblers
Box 3 Folder 117
Snake society, freighter ship, landscape, dog urinating on Nazi helmet
Box 3 Folder 118
Snake society, scuttled Axis ship
Box 3 Folder 119
Two young boys, snake society
Box 3 Folder 120
Snake society acrobatics
Box 3 Folder 121
Snake society, acrobatics with knives, snakes
Box 3 Folder 122
Snake society acrobatics
Box 3 Folder 123
Woman with tribal marking, snake society
Box 3 Folder 124
Native men and boys, snake society
Box 3 Folder 125
Snake society men, two native women dancing
Photo Negatives
Box 3 Folder 126
Negatives of photos, mostly Africa: chicken on roller skates, Billy O with pipe, Christmas card photo, family photos, miscellaneous flora, fauna and landscapes
Box 34 Folder 1
African medical
Box 34 Folder 2
African medical, elephantiasis
Box 34 Folder 3
African bush men
Box 34 Folder 4
South African snake corps
Box 34 Folder 5
Indian snake charmers
Box 34 Folder 6-7
Snakes
Box 34 Folder 7-9
Chimps, monkeys
Box 34 Folder 10
George Abraham family
Box 34 Folder 11
Loose negatives, Africa
Box 34 Folder 12
African drums
Box 34 Folder 13
Loose negatives, Africa
Box 34 Folder 14
Female Africans, Liberia
Box 34 Folder 15
Basket weavers, Kano, Nigeria
Box 34 Folder 16
Ebony effigy of Sir Afori Atta, funeral feast
Box 34 Folder 17
Christianburg castle, Accra, Gold Coast
Box 34 Folder 18
Scenery shots
Box 34 Folder 19
Sweater girls, Liberia
Box 34 Folder 20
Native shipscraper
Box 34 Folder 21
Native worker, Firestone plantation, Liberia
Box 34 Folder 22
African tumblers, Liberia
Box 34 Folder 23
President Tubman parading
Box 34 Folder 24
Gin mills in Africa
Box 34 Folder 25
Dawn in Africa
Box 34 Folder 26
Africans celebrating feast, Maiduguri, Central Africa
Box 34 Folder 27-30
Loose negatives, Africa
Box 34 Folder 31
Cape Palmas, Liberia
Box 34 Folder 32
Minaret in India
Box 34 Folder 33
Loose negatives, Egypt
Box 34 Folder 34
Arabs in Sahara, near Egypt/Ethiopia border
Box 34 Folder 35
Main street, Asmara, Eritrea
Box 34 Folder 36
African family
Box 34 Folder 37
Native woman on Gold Coast
Box 34 Folder 38
Liberian Policemen, Monrovia
Box 34 Folder 39
Diamond mines, Accra
Box 34 Folder 40
Coptic church, built for Moslems by Italians, Asmara
Box 34 Folder 41
Native woman pounding fu-fu, Liberia
Box 34 Folder 42
Monrovia dock scene
Box 34 Folder 43
Native workers, Liberia
Box 34 Folder 44
Aerial view of Ivory Coast
Box 34 Folder 45-46
Loose negatives, Africa
Box 34 Folder 47
Native kids, Central Africa
Box 34 Folder 48-49
Loose negatives, Africa
Box 34 Folder 50
Fauna, Firestone
Box 34 Folder 51
Loose negatives, Africa
Box 34 Folder 52
Fauna
Box 34 Folder 53-54
Loose negatives, Africa
Box 34 Folder 55
Native on bicycle
Box 34 Folder 56
Africans dressed in American clothes
Box 34 Folder 57
Shirt salesman
Box 34 Folder 58
Two village/town scenes
Box 34 Folder 59
Three North African soldiers
Box 34 Folder 60
Africans pulling in nets
Box 34 Folder 61-74
Misc. military
Box 34 Folder 75
Personal army shots
Box 34 Folder 76
Plane and plane crash
Box 34 Folder 77
American soldiers in Liberia
Box 34 Folder 78
Doctor checking child's spleen
Box 34 Folder 79
Boxer (military)
Box 34 Folder 80
US bomber
Box 34 Folder 81
Native council with military person
Box 34 Folder 82
Military bomber (no photo)
Box 34 Folder 83
Soldier and native with machete on termite mound
Box 34 Folder 84
Various scenes with soldiers
Box 34 Folder 85
Family (not war related)
Box 34 Folder 86
Troop ship in Atlantic
Box 34 Folder 87
Trees and jungle
Box 34 Folder 88
Termite hill, 15'
Box 34 Folder 89
Bare breasted Doc with camera
Box 34 Folder 90
NYC scenes
Box 34 Folder 91
Beach, boat scene
Box 34 Folder 92
City street scene
Box 34 Folder 93
Three snails
Box 34 Folder 94
Historic building
Box 34 Folder 95
Arabic hotel
Box 34 Folder 96
Arabs with donkeys, street scene
Box 34 Folder 97
Man with little girl on cobblestone street
Box 34 Folder 98
Soldiers mail call
Box 34 Folder 99
Soldier on bicycle with chimp (possibly Doc)
Box 34 Folder 100
Two soldiers boxing
Box 34 Folder 101
US bomber
Box 34 Folder 102
Misc.
Box 34 Folder 115
negatives (4 rolls) of photos, mostly Africa
Books
Box 5 Folder 1
'Campaigns of the Conquest of Italian East Africa,' 1942
Box 5 Folder 2
'Tribal Markings and Marks of Adornment of the Africans of the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast Colony,' by Capt. C.H. Armitage, 1924
Box 5 Folder 3
'Airway to India,' 1945
Box 5 Folder 4
'History of Liberia,' by Abayomi Karnga, 1926
Box 5 Folder 5
'Tribes of the Ashanti Hinterland,' Vol. I, by Capt. R.S. Rattray, 1932
Box 5 Folder 6
'Native African Medicine,' by George Way Harley, M.D., 1941
Box 5 Folder 7
'An Elementary Geography of the Gold Coast,' by D.T. Adams, 1941
Box 5 Folder 8
'How to Make Good Pictures,' Eastman Kodak Company, 1943
Box 5 Folder 9
'Introducing Africa,' by Carveth Wells, 1944
Box 5 Folder 10
'Lighting Up Liberia,' by Arthur I. Hayman and Harold Preece, 1943
Box 5 Folder 11
'The Belles of Shangri-La,' by George 'Doc' Abraham, 2000
Box 5 Folder 12
'Introducing West Africa,' British booklet, no date
Box 5 Folder 13
'Hunger Fighters,' by Paul de Kruf, 1942
Box 5 Folder 14
'What to do Aboard a Transport,' by a Group of Scientists, 1943
Box 5 Folder 15
'Psychology for the Fighting Man,' 1943
Box 5 Folder 16
'Guerilla Warfare,' by 'Yank' Levy, 1942
Box 5 Folder 17
'36th Field Artillery,' Fort Bragg, 1941
'Sex in World War II,' video of History Channel program, 2002 V-1450
Films
Box 3 Folder 127
Large Film Reel, Africa
Box 23 F-2867
Africa
1943
Digital
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Box 23 F-2868
untitled
1943
Digital
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Digital
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Box 23 F-2869
Africa
1943
Digital
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Digital
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Box 23 F-2870
Africa 1943/44
1943
Digital
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Digital
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Box 23 F-2871
Accra, Africa
1943
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Digital
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Box 23 F-2872
Africa
1943
Digital
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Digital
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Box 23 F-2873
Africa 1944
1943
Digital
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Digital
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Box 23 F-2874
Africa 1943-1944
1943
Digital
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Digital
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Box 23 F-2875
Accra, Africa
1943
Digital
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Digital
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Box 23 F-2876
Africa 1943/1944
1943
Digital
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Digital
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Box 23 F-2877
Red Sea, Eritrea
1943
Digital
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Digital
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Box 23 F-2878
untitled
1943
Digital
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Digital
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Box 23 F-2879
Africa
1943
Digital
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Digital
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Box 23 F-2880
Liberia
1943
Digital
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Digital
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Box 23 F-2881
untitled
1943
Digital
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Digital
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Box 23 F-2882
untitled
1943
Digital
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Digital
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Box 23 F-2883
untitled
1943
Digital
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Digital
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Box 23 F-2884
Gold Coast
1943
Digital
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Digital
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Box 23 F-2885
untitled
1943
Digital
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Digital
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Box 23 F-2886
untitled
1943
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Digital
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Box 23 F-2887
Green Houre kids
1943
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Box 34 Folder 114
Small Film Reel, Africa (unidentified)
Box 36 Folder 1-2
Film Reels, Africa (unidentified)
Box 36 Folder 3-5
Film Reels, Africa 1943-44
Box 36 Folder 6-7
Film Reels, Africa 1944
Box 36 Folder 8-9
Film Reels, Accra (Ghana)
Box 36 Folder 10
Film Reel, Red Sea (Eritrea)
Box 37 Folder 1-9
Film Reels, Africa (unidentified)
CDs
Box 3 CD-335
Abraham Cornell African Archive introduction
Digital
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Box 3
Abraham Cornell African Archive CD-336
DVD's
Box 3 DVD-211
George 'Doc' Abraham WWII Africa Archives
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Series II. Gardening
Clippings, correspondence, photos and slides, Green Thumb articles, and personal files
Box 8 Folder 1
Clippings and photocopies of articles about Doc and Katy
Box 8 Folder 2
Awards given to Doc and Katy
Box 8 Folder 3
General articles, 1960-1969
Box 8 Folder 4
General Articles, 1970-1979
Box 8 Folder 5
General Articles, 1980-1989
Box 8 Folder 6
General Articles, 1990-1999
Box 8 Folder 7-9
Clippings and photocopies of newspaper articles
Box 8 Folder 10-16
Christian Science Monitor columns
Box 8 Folder 17-19
Misc. News clippings and Correspondence
Box 8 Folder 20
Misc. News clippings
Box 8 Folder 21
Clippings and Correspondence Regarding the cancellation of the Green Thumb radio show, 1979
Box 8 Folder 22
Press clippings and Correspondence, 1979
Box 8 Folder 23
News clippings and Correspondence, 1980's
Box 8 Folder 24-25
Misc. News clippings and Correspondence
Box 8 Folder 26
Correspondence with J. Robert Nuss, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences
Box 9 Folder 1
Misc. News clippings and Correspondence, dust jackets for Green Thumb book
Box 9 Folder 2
Teaching materials, Community College of the Finger Lakes
Box 9 Folder 3-6
Country Woman Magazine, articles and correspondence
Box 9 Folder 7-8
Country Woman Magazine, misc.
Box 9 Folder 9
Nursery Retailer, Q&A
Box 9 Folder 10
Articles from the Tribune-Democrat, Rochester, NY, 1987
Box 9 Folder 11
Chestnut Tree article by Doc, Tribune-Democrat, Rochester, NY
Box 9 Folder 12
"Ground cover beets weeds" by Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 13
"How to grow the world's largest pumpkin and squash" by Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 14
"Gardening is the biggest hobby" article
Box 9 Folder 15
Green Thumb quiz for kids
Box 9 Folder 16
Green Thumb question of the week - geese
Box 9 Folder 17
"Easter lilies trumpet the season" by Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 18
"How to identify garlic" by Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 19
"Gardening for fragrance" by Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 20
"Gardens and your septic system" by Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 21
Questions and answers about wood chips
Box 9 Folder 22
Weather and the garden, by Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 23
"Take care to water new trees" by Doc Abraham, 1995
Box 9 Folder 24
"Wildflowers for landscape use" by Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 25
"Walnut trees zap others" by Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 26
"Walnut toxicity" by Doc and Katy, 1977
Box 9 Folder 27
"Tropical hibiscus" by Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 28
"How to control fruit pests in the home orchard" by Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 29
"Homemade sprays to fight insects and disease" by Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 30
"How to cope with tree damage" by Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 31
"Treated wood harmful" by Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 32
"Toxic mulch" by Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 33
"Storing tomatoes" by Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 34
"Rooting hardwood cuttings" by Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 35
"How to get rid of fleas, ants, mice...etc." by Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 36
"New Years Resolutions, 1987"
Box 9 Folder 37
"How to reflower the florist chrysanthemum" by Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 38
"Tips on making a raised bed" by Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 39
"Your kitchen is a garden center" by Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 40
Articles by Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 41
Misc. clippings by and about Doc and Katy, 1961-2001
Box 9 Folder 42
"Green Thumb" articles
Box 9 Folder 43
Various issues of the "Naples Record" 1996-2005 with articles about Doc and Katy
Box 9 Folder 44
"Thank you" notes from Naples Central School, 1995-1997
Box 9 Folder 45
Garden Writers Assoc. of America award, 1999
Box 9 Folder 46
Various "how to" articles by Doc and Katy, 2000-2005
Box 9 Folder 47
Agreements and contracts for "Belles of Shangri-La" from Vantage Press
Box 9 Folder 48
Correspondence with Vantage Press regarding "The Belles of Shangri-La"
Box 9 Folder 49
Articles about Africa by George Abraham for the "Cornell Countryman," 1943
Box 9 Folder 50
Incomplete manuscript of "The Belles of Shangri-La"
Box 9 Folder 51
Misc. garden advice articles by Doc and Katy, 2003
Box 9 Folder 52
The Green Thumb Question Box
Box 9 Folder 53
Cornell Univ. publications about Doc and Katy, Outstanding Alumni award, 1988
Box 9 Folder 54
Correspondence with Cornell Agriculture, Plantations, and Ornithology, 1971-2000
Box 9 Folder 55
Cornell Plantations and Ornithology publications
Box 9 Folder 56
Correspondence with Cornell president Frank Rhodes, 1988 regarding environment curriculum
Box 9 Folder 57
Photograph, Cornell 45th year reunion
Box 9 Folder 58
Hobby Greenhouse Association correspondence and articles, 1978-2001
Box 9 Folder 59
Correspondence with Margaret Herbst Public Relations, 1977-78
Box 9 Folder 60
Misc. articles and correspondence, 1970's
Box 12 Folder 15
Society of American Florists
Box 12 Folder 16
Green Thumb praise
Box 12 Folder 17
Green Thumb column promotion
Box 12 Folder 18
Geneseo curriculum
Box 12 Folder 19
Doc and Katy nature trail dedication
Box 12 Folder 20
All American Nurserymen
Box 12 Folder 21
Radio show scripts, late 90's-2002
Box 12 Folder 22-26
Doc and Katy radio show transcripts
Box 13 Folder 1
Funny stories
Box 13 Folder 2
General articles by Doc and Katy
Box 13 Folder 3
WHAM, Doc and Katy radio show scripts, 1990-2002
Box 13 Folder 4
General letters
Box 13 Folder 5
Lonsberry-Doc articles
Box 13 Folder 6
Modern Maturity
Box 13 Folder 7
Literacy volunteers
Box 13 Folder 8
Obituaries and memorials
Box 13 Folder 9
Poems
Box 13 Folder 10
Prentice Hall correspondence
Box 13 Folder 11
Rotary volunteer projects
Box 13 Folder 12
Rodale Press correspondence
Box 13 Folder 13
Teaching children gardening
Box 13 Folder 14-15
Misc. correspondence to Doc and Katy
Box 13 Folder 16
Misc. letters
Box 13 Folder 17
Article query, correspondence
Box 13 Folder 18
Thank you letters
Box 13 Folder 19
"Why the Green Thumb clicked" by Doc
Box 13 Folder 20-21
Misc. manuscripts for Green Thumb column
Box 13 Folder 22-25
Manuscripts of various Green Thumb question box columns
Box 13 Folder 26
Manuscripts, 1994-98
Box 14 Folder 1-3
Garden Myths debunked
Box 14 Folder 4
Manuscript to Luke Miller at Better Homes and Gardens
Box 14 Folder 5
Unpublished manuscript on gardening for Family Fun Magazine
Box 14 Folder 6-7
Unpublished manuscript, "Kitchen is your garden center"
Box 14 Folder 8
Misc. letters
Box 14 Folder 9
Retirees gardening
Box 14 Folder 10
Handwritten manuscript by Doc
Box 14 Folder 11-12
House plants
Box 14 Folder 13
Prentice Hall correspondence
Box 14 Folder 14
Correspondence with various publishers, 1990's
Box 14 Folder 15
"Green Thumb Tips for your Golden Years" manuscript
Box 14 Folder 16-20
Misc. Green Thumb columns, 1970-2004
Box 15 Folder 1
"Houseplants" book cancellation letter from Macmillan Publishing
Box 15 Folder 2
Book reviews and misc. clippings
Box 15 Folder 3
Book reviews
Box 15 Folder 4
Old Farmer's Almanac correspondence and submissions, 2001
Box 15 Folder 5-6
"Indoor Houseplants" manuscript, 2001
Box 15 Folder 7
Elder workshops
Box 15 Folder 8
Green Thumb tips for your golden years
Box 15 Folder 9
Myths and Facts by Doc and Katy
Box 15 Folder 10-11
Green Thumb Radio show bulletins
Box 15 Folder 12
Manuscript of non-fiction stories by Doc in Africa, sent to NY Times 194-
Box 15 Folder 13-14
Original manuscript for Green Thumb Garden Handbook, 1961
Box 15 Folder 15
Blank Green Thumb stationery
Box 15 Folder 16
Misc. 2x2 slides
Box 15 Folder 17-22
Misc. photos
Box 15 Folder 23
Photo album
Box 15 Folder 24-25
Misc. news clippings and correspondence
Box 16 Folder 1
Book reviews
Box 16 Folder 2-4
Green Thumb Columns
Box 16 Folder 5
Articles about the Abrahams and their collection
Box 16 Folder 6
"Primers for gardening pleasure" by Doc and Katy, 1990
Box 17 Folder 1
"Organic Gardening Under Glass" by Doc and Katy Abraham (uncorrected proof)
Box 17 Folder 2
"Organic Gardening and Farming" magazine, September 1974 (Doc and Katy on cover)
Box 17 Folder 3-5
"The Green Thumb Garden Handbook" by George Abraham (Annotated)
Box 17 Folder 6
"The Belles of Shangri-La" by George Abraham
Box 17 Folder 7
"Houseplant: How to Keep them Alive and Well"
Box 17 Folder 8-9
"How to Build and Use Greenhouses"
Box 17 Folder 10
"Green Thumb Activities for Classroom Gardeners" by Doc and Katy
Box 17 Folder 11
"A Bathtub Built for Two" by Doc and Katy
Box 17 Folder 12
"The Green Thumb Book of Vegetable Gardening" by George Abraham
Box 17 Folder 13-14
"The Green Thumb Book of Fruit and Vegetable Gardening" by George Abraham, 1970 (Annotated)
Box 17 Folder 15
"The Green Thumb Book of Indoor Gardening" by George Abraham, 1967
Box 17 Folder 16
"The Green Thumb Garden Handbook" by George Abraham, 1961 (Annotated)
Box 18 Folder 1-3
Scrapbooks of Newspaper Clippings (Columns by Doc and related articles)
Green Thumb subject files, alphabetical
Box 10 Folder 1
Aloe
Box 10 Folder 2
Alternatives to hazardous household products
Box 10 Folder 3
Animal control
Box 10 Folder 4
Ants
Box 10 Folder 5
Apples
Box 10 Folder 6
Artichokes
Box 10 Folder 7
ASTA Garden Writers
Box 10 Folder 8
Beans
Box 10 Folder 9
Bedding plants
Box 10 Folder 10
Beets
Box 10 Folder 11
Beneficials
Box 10 Folder 12
Bible plants
Box 10 Folder 13
Biblical herbs
Box 10 Folder 14
Biological control
Box 10 Folder 15
Bird control
Box 10 Folder 16
Birds
Box 10 Folder 17
Black Leaf 40
Box 10 Folder 18-19
Bonsai
Box 10 Folder 20
Bromeliads
Box 10 Folder 21
Bugs
Box 10 Folder 22
Bulbs
Box 10 Folder 23
Butterfly gardening
Box 10 Folder 24
Cabbage
Box 10 Folder 25
Canning and freezing
Box 10 Folder 26
Carrots
Box 10 Folder 27
Cluster flies
Box 10 Folder 28
Community College of the Finger Lakes
Box 10 Folder 29
Cherries
Box 10 Folder 30
Chestnuts
Box 10 Folder 31
Chile Peppers
Box 10 Folder 32
Christmas trees
Box 10 Folder 33
Coal gardens
Box 10 Folder 34
Companion planting
Box 10 Folder 35
Compost tea
Box 10 Folder 36
Consumer research
Box 10 Folder 37
Corn
Box 10 Folder 38
Countryside books
Box 10 Folder 39
Crab apple trees
Box 10 Folder 40
Cucumbers
Box 10 Folder 41
Cut flower care
Box 10 Folder 42
Dandelions
Box 10 Folder 43
Deer repellents
Box 10 Folder 44
Dormant sprays
Box 10 Folder 45
Dried arrangements
Box 10 Folder 46
Dynamic Years Magazine
Box 10 Folder 47
Eden Ranch
Box 10 Folder 48
Edible Flowers
Box 10 Folder 49
Editor and Publisher
Box 10 Folder 50
Evergreens
Box 10 Folder 51
Flower Arranging
Box 10 Folder 52
Firewood
Box 10 Folder 53
Flowers in hospital
Box 10 Folder 54
Frogs
Box 10 Folder 55
Garlic
Box 10 Folder 56
Gardening factoids
Box 10 Folder 57
Grasses (ornamental)
Box 10 Folder 58
Hollies
Box 10 Folder 59
Horseradish
Box 10 Folder 60
Hydroponic gardening
Box 10 Folder 61
Language of flowers
Box 10 Folder 62
Latin book
Box 10 Folder 63
Latin plant names
Box 10 Folder 64
Lettuce
Box 10 Folder 65
Lights for plants
Box 10 Folder 66
Luffa guords
Box 11 Folder 1
Medicinal plants
Box 11 Folder 2
Melons
Box 11 Folder 3
Men's gardening association
Box 11 Folder 4
Microwaved dried flowers
Box 11 Folder 5
Moles
Box 11 Folder 6
Mother Earth News
Box 11 Folder 7
Mulch
Box 11 Folder 8
National Garden Bureau
Box 11 Folder 9
Nectarines
Box 11 Folder 10
Northeast Testers, Organic Gardening
Box 11 Folder 11
Nursery Business
Box 11 Folder 12-13
Nuts
Box 11 Folder 14
Olives
Box 11 Folder 15
Onions
Box 11 Folder 16
Organic Gardening
Box 11 Folder 17
Parsley
Box 11 Folder 18
Peas
Box 11 Folder 19
Pears
Box 11 Folder 20
Peppers
Box 11 Folder 21
Perovskia
Box 11 Folder 22
Perennial Gardens
Box 11 Folder 23
Perennials
Box 11 Folder 24
Plants Alive
Box 11 Folder 25
Plants Responses to Stimuli
Box 11 Folder 26
Plastic bag re-use in gardens
Box 11 Folder 27
Plums
Box 11 Folder 28
Poisonous plants
Box 11 Folder 29
Pollution effects
Box 11 Folder 30
Pomander balls
Box 11 Folder 31
Pools and pumps
Box 11 Folder 32
Potatoes
Box 11 Folder 33
Pruning fruit trees
Box 11 Folder 34
Pumpkins
Box 11 Folder 35
Quill and Trowel, 1995
Box 11 Folder 36
Quince
Box 11 Folder 37
Rhubarb
Box 11 Folder 38
Roses
Box 11 Folder 39
Shrubs
Box 11 Folder 40
Snails
Box 11 Folder 41
Soil Sterilization
Box 11 Folder 42
Sprayers
Box 11 Folder 43
Sprouts
Box 11 Folder 44
Squash
Box 11 Folder 45
Strawberries
Box 11 Folder 46
Storage and drying
Box 11 Folder 47
Sunflowers
Box 11 Folder 48
Systemic pesticides
Box 12 Folder 1-2
Tomatoes
Box 12 Folder 3
Toxic mulch
Box 12 Folder 4
Under glass
Box 12 Folder 5
Vegetables
Box 12 Folder 6
Venus fly traps
Box 12 Folder 7
Vines
Box 12 Folder 8
Water
Box 12 Folder 9
Water witching
Box 12 Folder 10
Watering and irrigation
Box 12 Folder 11
Weed killers and chemical sprays
Box 12 Folder 12
Wild rice
Box 12 Folder 13
WOKR-TV
Box 12 Folder 14
WOKR-TV Segment topics
Personal, Green Thumb, and gardening videotapes
Box 20
Best Friends: Doc & Katy Abraham : V-888
Box 20
Robbi Hawkin: V-889
Box 20
At Home Magazine, 3/28/93: V-890
Box 20
At Home Magazine, 7/04/93: V-891
Box 20
Iris farm perennials, 1979: V-892
Box 20
Green Thumb: Bob Mann's garden: V-893
Box 20
Christmas Decorations with Ron Guidone: V-894
Box 20
Glen Iris, Bob Mann, robins 5/4/96: V-895
Box 20
Doc & Katey Abraham: 1st grades, 4/12/96: V-896
Box 19
Barbara Lyons Plant Gift Ideas Good: V-897
Box 19
Green Thumb - Home of Chuck Hallack: V-898
Box 19
Green Thumb - Blueberries: V-899
Box 19
Green Thumb - Pruning: V-900
Box 19
Green Thumb - Protect Trees and Nuts: V-901
Box 19
Green Thumb - Cumming's Nature Center: V-902
Box 19
NCS Elementary School: V-903
Box 19
A.M.R. Fridays - Doc and Katy: V-904
Box 19
Green Thumb - Iris and Poison Ivy Watering Plants: V-905
Box 19
Green Thumb - Fall Bouquet: V-906
Box 19
Green Thumb - Blue Birds: V-907
Box 19
Green Thumb - Sam Loyawcano: V-908
Box 19
Green Thumb: V-909
Box 19
Green Thumb - Mushrooms: V-910
Box 19
Green Thumb - Mulches: V-911
Green Thumb and gardening CDs
Box 20
WHAM - Doc & Katy, 1/28/05: CD-330
Box 20
Selections of images from Doc Abraham 2: CD-331
Box 20
Doc & Katy's book about funny incidents: CD-332
Box 20
The Green Thumb program: CD-333
Box 20
Selections of images from Doc Abraham 1: CD-334
Green Thumb and gardening DVDs
Box 20
A Tribute to Doc & Katy: DVD-210
Audio tapes
Box 20
Harold Dubois, 80090: tr8174
Box 20
The Green Thumb, Sat., June 30th: tr8175
Box 20
C. Brink tape, WHAM, 1955-56: tr8176
Box 20
The Green Thumb, 10/4/75 : tr8177
Box 20
The Green Thumb, Christmas Day, Saturday 12/15: tr8178
Box 20
The Green Thumb (Sunday), 6-23-79: tr8179
Box 20
The Green Thumb (Saturday) 6/16/79: tr8180
Box 20
Green Thumb, 7/7/79 : tr8181
Box 20
The Green Thumb (Sunday), 6/9/79: tr8182
Box 20
Doc & Katy at Naples Rotary: tr8239a
Negatives: non-African
Box 34 Folder 103-113
George Junior Republic
Oversize and miscellaneous personal materials
Box 21
Sheet music: "K-K-K-Katy"
Box 21
American Iris Society certificate of entry in the Iris Register of "Doc and Katy" iris
Box 21
Ticket for "eye openers": Spring Gardening by Doc and Katy Abraham at McCurdy's Midtown
Box 21
Invitation to "Victory on the Verandah," Ontario County Historical Society, Canandaigua, NY
Box 21
Photograph of a steeple
Box 21
Aerial photograph of a nursery with greenhouses
Box 21
Math Matters: p. 29
Box 21
Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Service from Willard Psychiatric Center Volunteer Program, Office of Mental Health
Box 21
Meet the OG Organic Gardening) Regional Testers
Box 21
Editor & Publisher sheet, 1978 recognizing 30 years of garden writing in the Green Thumb
Box 21
Green Thumb column, and award notice for Men's Garden Club of America
Box 21
Katherine Mehlenbacher Abraham diploma from Cornell University, 1969
Box 21
American Horticultural Society citation of George and Katy Abraham
Box 21
Award of Merit to George & Katy Abraham by the Garden Writers Association of America: 1988 Quill & Trowel Communication Award
Box 21
Certificate of Recognition of Katherine Abraham by Seven Lakes Girl Scout Council, Inc.; Phelps, NY; 1996
Box 21
George Abraham certificate of election to Pi Alpha Xi in recognition of scholarship and achievement in Floriculture, 1938
Box 21
envelope of personal cards, miscellany
Box 21
Doc and Katy Day at the Naples Elementary School
Box 21
A Bathtub Built for Two (2 copies)
Box 22
Clippings and reprints
Box 22
Belles of Shangri-La poster
Box 22
50th anniversary card
Box 22
Thank you booklets from school children
Box 22
The Belles of Shangri-La (2 copies)