Grace Fordyce Fox papers, 1914-1931.

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Grace Fordyce Fox papers, 1914-1931.

Letters from Anna Comstock to Grace Fordyce Fox; letters from James Needham to the Foxes; letter from Gertrude Marx; and letter from Minnie Whetzel describing the funeral of John Henry Comstock; photographs of the Comstocks; and miscellaneous publications by and about the Comstocks.

.3 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6816463

Cornell University Library

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Fox, Daniel Scott.

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Whetzel, Minnie.

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Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930

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John Henry Comstock was a professor of entomology at Cornell University. Anna Botsford Comstock was a professor of nature studies and a wood engraver specializing in scientific illustration. From the description of John Henry and Anna Botsford Comstock papers, 1833-1955, 1874-1931 (bulk). (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64074999 ...

Needham, James G. (James George), 1868-1957

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James G. Needham was born on March 16, 1868 in Virginia, Illinois. He studied with John Henry Comstock at Cornell University, 1896-1898. From 1898-1907 he taught biology at Lake Forest University and then returned to Cornell as assistant professor of limnology. In 1914 when Professor Comstock retired, Needham succeeded him as head of the Department of Entomology at Cornell, a position he held until his retirement in 1935. He published numerous scientific articles, educational papers, and textboo...

Fox, Grace Fordyce.

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Grace Fordyce grew up in Southern California and received a teaching degree from Throop Polytechnic Institute in Pasadena, California before coming to Cornell in 1912. She received a B.S. in Home Economics in 1915. While at Cornell, Grace boarded with John Henry and Anna Botsford Comstock. In 1915, she married Daniel Scott Fox, who had graduated from Cornell in 1913 and served as an instructor from 1913-1916. He received a Ph.D. from Cornell in 1919. The family moved to Montana and then to State...

Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931

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