Luther Burbank Papers 1830-1989 (bulk 1880-1926)

London, Charmian (Clara Charmian Kittredge), 1871-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cn789s (person)

Charmian Kittredge was born in Southern California and educated at home, developing excellent secretarial skills. A free spirit and devoted traveller, she married Jack London in 1905. The two shared an adventurous life of travel until London's death in 1916. Charmian wrote fiction, travel books, and biography, including the two-volume Book of Jack London. She was an intriguing personality in her own light, and a devoted promoter of Jack London's works. From the description of Charmia...

Burbank family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hb88kw (family)

Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w619409s (corporateBody)

Panama-Pacific Exposition held in San Francisco, Cal. in 1915, where Illinois had a visitors' building. From the description of Register of visitors, Feb. 1915-Dec. 1915. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49393876 History of the Panama Pacific International Exposition San Francisco hosted the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915. Officials from the Exposition printed postcards for the ...

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 : Seattle, Wash.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6553fff (corporateBody)

Register sign-in for visitors to the Alaska Building at the AYP Exposition, University of Washington, Seattle, summer 1909. From the description of Visitors' register, Alaska Building, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909 Jun-Nov. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 50018045 Anna Earnest appears to have been an employee at Ezra Meeker's Pioneer Exhibit during the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909. Meeker, who was then active in promoting ...

Muir, John, 1838-1914

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rp41bz (person)

John Muir (born April 21, 1838, Dunbar, Scotland – died December 24, 1914, Los Angeles, California), Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which h...

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tz45h7 (person)

Woodrow Wilson (b. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, December 28, 1856, Staunton, Virginia-d.February 3, 1924, Washington, D.C.), was the twenty-eight President of the United States, 1913-1921; Governor of New Jersey, 1911-1913; and president of Princeton University, 1902-1910. Biographical Note 1856, Dec. 28 Born, Staunton, Va. 1870 ...

Husbands, José D.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w97zhz (person)

Lemmon, J. G. (John Gill), 1832-1908

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6447cgx (person)

John Gill Lemmon, a California botanist. A native of Lima, Michigan, Lemmon enlisted as prrivate of Co. 2 of the 4th Regiment of Michigan Cavalry on Aug. 9, 1862. With his regiment, he left for Kentucky and Tennesssee. He spent the year 1863 and the winter of 1864 a military hospital at Nashville, detailed as a nurse. In March 1864, Lemmon rejoined his regiment, in time for Sherman's Atlanta Campaign. In August 1864, he was taken prisoner and sent to Andersonville; he was released in 1865. After...

Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x0696w (person)

Joaquin Miller, born Cincinnatus Heine Miller and known as the "poet of the Sierras," was a Calif. poet and playwright. Beginning in 1886, he built and lived in a home on his estate, "The Hights"[sic], in the hills above Oakland. From the description of Joaquin Miller letter : Dimond, Calif., to Mr. Stone: ALS 1905 May 11. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122558852 Born Cincinnatus Heine (or Hiner) Miller on September 8, 1837, near Liberty, Indiana. In 18...

Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman), 1867-1937

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6959xd9 (person)

American zoologist; officer in relief organizations in Europe during World War I. From the description of Vernon Lyman Kellogg papers, 1914-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868923 Charlotte Hoffman Kellogg was born in 1874 at Grand Island, Nebraska, and was educated at the University of California, earning a Ph.B. in 1900. She taught English at Miss Head's School in Berkeley, California from 1903 until 1907. During World War I, she participated in civilia...

Burbank , Luther, 1849-1926

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qw49h8 (person)

Botanist, horticulturist, and naturalist. From the description of Luther Burbank papers, 1830-1989 (bulk 1880-1926). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981669 Luther Burbank began his work in horticulture in his birthplace, Lancaster, Massachusetts, where he raised seeds and vegetables for market. He moved to Santa Rosa, California in 1875 in order to pursue his work in a warmer climate. Burbank became world famous for his timesaving methods of plant breeding and grafting, esp...

Waugh, F. A. (Frank Albert), 1869-1943

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69c9ktm (person)

Professor of landscape architecture emeritus; of Amherst, Mass. From the description of Pioneering in Kansas [microform] : Albert Freeman Waugh and his neighbors on the Kansas prairies in the 70's and 80's / by Frank A. Waugh, [ca. 1940-1943]. [ca. 1940-1943] (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 60127403 ...

Burpee, W. Atlee (Washington Atlee), 1858-1915

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rf8hr7 (person)

Woodward, Robert Simpson, 1849-1924

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gb24x4 (person)

Fairchild, David, 1869-1954

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p278q3 (person)

American botanist and plant explorer, 1869-1954. From the description of Notes on a sea grape leaf [realia]. 1946. (Morton Arboretum). WorldCat record id: 57592946 Author; b. David Grandison Fairchild. From the description of Papers, [1942]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70951226 David Grandison Fairchild was an American botanist. He was born in Michigan in 1869. For most of his career he worked in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, managing the Depart...

Morrow, William W., 1843-1929

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rr2g17 (person)

William W. Morrow was a congressmen in the House of Representatives. From the description of William W. Morrow letters : Washington, D.C., to J.J. Hassell, San Francisoc, Calif. : TLS, 1886-1887. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 62858476 ...

Vachell, F. Harvey

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66x1zv5 (person)

Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61n81kr (person)

Liberty Hyde Bailey was instrumental in separating Horticulture from Botany and establishing it as a distinct scientific pursuit. Born on a farm in Michigan in 1858, Liberty Hyde Bailey graduated from the Michigan Agricultural College with a degree in botany. After working with the renowned botanist Asa Gray at Harvard, he returned to Michigan to teach horticulture and landscape gardening. In 1888, he came to Cornell to build a new curriculum in practical and experimental horticulture. In 1904, ...

Van Deman, Henry Elias, 1845-1915

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rz21h6 (person)

Schull, George H.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vx356s (person)

London, Charmian

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60h5n16 (person)

Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James), 1848-1923

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s185pc (person)

Professor of Agriculture, University of California, Berkeley. From the description of Edward J. Wickson papers, 1868-1923. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122333381 Born on August 3, 1848 in Rochester, New York, Edward James Wikson devoted much of his life to agricultural research. In 1872, he graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. Wickson was elected secretary of the New York Dairymen's Association in 1871. He organized ...

Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qf8qw6 (person)

Educator, author, and naturalist. From the description of Papers of David Starr Jordan, 1861-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068098 Zoologist David Starr Jordan was elected president of Indiana University in 1885. He left IU in 1891 to become Stanford University's first president. Jordan died in 1931. From the description of David Starr Jordan papers, 1874-1929, bulk 1895-1929. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 61225195 American ichthyolog...

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 1850-1919

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ng4xnr (person)

American journalist and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Home" [Johnstown Center, Wisconsin], to "Dear Hattie", 1872? Mar. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270587512 From the description of Papers of Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 1884-1919. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31083828 Popular poet and Theosophist. Wilcox was born in Wisconsin and began writing poetry at an early age. Among her best-known works are "Poems of passion," "Poem...

Samu, Spiegel

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j41fs7 (person)

Burbank family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xx6krp (family)

Vries, Hugo ˜deœ 1848-1935

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xs5w51 (person)

Hugo de Vries was a Dutch botanist and geneticist. From the description of [Letters] 1912 [to] Dear Sir / Hugo de Vries. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 501844328 Hugo de Vries (1848-1935) was a Dutch geneticist and botanist. He is known for developing the theory of mutation. De Vries is also credited as independently rediscovering Gregor Mendel's laws of heredity. He published his findings in "Intracellular Pangenesis," "The Mutation Theory," and "Plant Breeding." ...

Kinsey, Alfred C. (Alfred Charles), 1894-1956

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wh2sgm (person)

George Washington Corner worked as an anatomist, endocrinologist, and medical historian. From the guide to the George Washington Corner papers, 1889-1981, 1903-1982, (American Philosophical Society) Alfred C. Kinsey, most famous for his work on human sexual behavior, was a world authority on gallflies, also known as Cynipidae or gall wasps. Kinsey began his entomological studies in 1917, eventually traveling to 54 locations in 36 states, and accumula...

Keller, Helen, 1880-1968

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sc4vq1 (person)

Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968) devoted her life to bettering the education and treatment of the blind, the deaf, and the nonverbal, and was a pioneer in educating the public in the prevention of blindness in newborns. Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on June 27, 1880. When Helen Keller was 19 months old she became ill with Scarlet Fever, which resulted in her becoming blind and deaf. In her autobiography The Story of My Life, a book she first wrote in 1903 at the age of 23, she desc...

Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66z0150 (person)

Thomas Alva Edison (born February 11, 1847, Milan, Ohio – died October 18, 1931, West Orange, New Jersey), American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and early versions of the electric light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrial...

Bean, Burt C. (Burt Clifford), 1874-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zg9f1k (person)

London, Jack, 1876-1916

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rf5vjj (person)

Jack London was born in San Francisco January 12, 1876. He led an adventurous life, only beginning his career as an author in the 1890s. He wrote short stories, serials, essays, articles, verse and novels. He died November 22, 1916 in Sonoma County, CA. From the description of Jack London papers, 1897-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122387554 American novelist and short story writer. From the description of Chronometer method [navigational documents] [1907?]...

Firestone, Harvey Samuel, 1868-1938

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63203n6 (person)

Ford, Henry, 1863-1947

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xk8d59 (person)

Industrialist and philanthropist Henry Ford, born July 30, 1863, grew up on a farm in what is now Dearborn, Michigan. Mechanically inclined from an early age, he worked in Detroit machine shops as a young man and became an engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company in 1891. Henry and Clara Jane Bryant, married in 1888, had one child, Edsel, born in 1893. In that same year, Henry tested his first internal combustion engine, and by 1896 completed his first car, the Quadricycle. Ford partnered in ...