Mason B. Thomas papers, 1887-1926.
Collection Number: 37-5-62
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Mason B. Thomas papers, 1887-1926.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
37-5-62
Abstract:
Correspondence compiled by Herbert H. Whetzel, Head of the Department of Agricultural
Botany at Cornell University, in preparation for biography of Mason Blanchard Thomas
following his death.
Creator:
Whetzel, Herbert Hice, 1877-1944
Quanitities:
.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Correspondence compiled by Herbert H. Whetzel, Head of the Department of Agricultural
Botany at Cornell University, in preparation for biography of Mason Blanchard Thomas
following his death. Mason B. Thomas was the Dean of Wabash College and a professor
of Botany. Includes correspondence relating to personal recollections of Thomas from
former colleagues and students including, John H. Comstock, George Conable, Simon
Henry Gage, L.R. Hesler, Richard Holman, Will F. Lewis and a letter from his widow
Annie D. Thomas. Also included are handwritten manuscripts and transcripts of papers,
lectures and speeches given by Mason B. Thomas; "The Collodion Method in Botany" presented
at the American Society of Microscopists 13th Annual Meeting, 1890; "Diseases of Plants"
(lecture); 8 papers relating to forestry; "How Plants Grow"; and "The Nature of Parasitic
Fungi and their influence on their Host." Also included are clippings, photographs,
and other miscellany.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Mason B. Thomas Papers, #37-5-62. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931.
Gage, Simon Henry, 1851-1944.
New York State College of Agriculture. Dept. of Plant Pathology
Subjects:
Plant pathologists.
Plant diseases -- Research.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence
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1887-1926 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Herbert Hice Whetzel notes and manuscripts for biography of Mason B. Thomas
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Agassiz, Professor Louis - manuscript
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Arbor Day paper
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
The Collodion Method in Botany
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Scope and Contents
Paper given at the 13th annual meeting of American Society of Microscopists.
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Diseases of Plants - lecture
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Forest Physiography
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1909-1910 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Forestry - manuscript
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Forestry paper - Harwood Lumbermans Association
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Forestry in Indiana
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Forestry paper at Institute
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Forestry Teachers Institute
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Forest maps - Indiana
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1890-1900 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
How Plants Grow - lecture
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Kent banquet - speech
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Kent, Ohio - lecture
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Lumber Dealers Association (Indiana Forestry Association)
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| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
The Nature of Parasitic Fungi and their Influence on their Host - Urbana paper
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| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Pasteur, Louis - paper
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| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Newspaper clippings
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| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Miscellany
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| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Photographs
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