CALS freehand drawing collection, 1915-2003.

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CALS freehand drawing collection, 1915-2003.

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This collection features art projects and assignments created in the studio and left behind by students. Mann Library acquired these artworks when Prof. Jack Lambert informed the library the studio was closing due to the renovation of the Mann Library building. Included in the collection are proofs and scratchboards done by former instructors Elizabeth Burckmyer and Ann Elliot. Prof. Burckmyer illustrated "The Makers of Honey," written by Mary Geisler Phillips, and Ann Elliot designed brochures for various academic departments at Cornell. The collection also contains a portrait of Professor Baker.

1.7 cubic feet.

Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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New York State College of Agriculture. Dept. of Landscape Art and Rural Design.

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New York State College of Agriculture. Dept. of Drawing.

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

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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, ...

Lambert, R. L. Jr.

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Elliot, Ann.

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New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Dept. of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture.

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Liberty Hyde Bailey established the Department of Drawing in 1908 with William C. Baker as its first professor. In 1917 the department was dissolved and its work divided between Landscape Art and Rural Engineering. In 1922 Landscape Art became part of the new Department of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture. From the description of CALS freehand drawing collection, 1915-2003. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 437195391 ...

Burckmyer, Elizabeth.

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Baker, William C.

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