Cornell University Press and Comstock Publishing Company records, [ca. 1880-1935].

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Cornell University Press and Comstock Publishing Company records, [ca. 1880-1935].

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Correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, and illustrative material pertaining to books published by the Cornell University Press and the Comstock Publishing Company; correspondence pertaining to a merger of the NATURE STUDY REVIEW and NATURE MAGAZINE; and correspondence pertaining to John W. ("Uncle John") Spencer's stories and letters for children on nature study and rural life; also, glass slides and copper printing plates; correspondents include Anna Botsford Comstock, Mary Eleanor Davis, Paul S. Galtsoff, Albert H. Hartzell, Frank E. Lutz, James G. Needham, Arthur Newton Pack, Cuthbert W. Pound, Percival S. Ridsdale, John W. Spencer, and Paul S. Welch. Includes envelope of Zoo Animal Outlines by Louis Agassiz Fuertes.

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Pack, Arthur Newton, 1893-1975

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Davis, Mary Eleanor, 1910-1968.

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Cornell University M.S. 1938. From the description of Mary Eleanor Davis student notebooks, [ca.1935]-1947. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64073220 ...

Hartzell, Albert H.

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Cornell University Press.

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Welch, Paul S. (Paul Smith), 1882-1959

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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 ...

Galtsoff, Paul S. (Paul Simon), 1887-

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Paul Simon Galtsoff (1887-1978), naturalist and aquatic biologist. From the description of Galtsoff, Paul S. (Paul Simon), 1887-1978 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10601263 Biography For a complete biography of Paul Galtsoff, one of shellfisheries pioneering biologists please follow the link below. National Shellfisheries Association; Pioneering Shelfish Biologists Series, Paul...

Spencer, John W.

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Deputy Chief of Extension Work, Cornell University. From the description of John W. Spencer Nature Study papers, 1897-1900. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64652526 ...

Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927

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Artist, naturalist. From the description of Louis Agassiz Fuertes exhibit items, 1982-1983. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 74897982 From the description of Louis Agassiz Fuertes pencil drawing, [ca.1900]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 77010685 Louis Agassiz Fuertes was an ornithologist and a painter of birds. He was a resident lecturer at Cornell University for several years. From the description of Louis Agassiz Fu...

Pound, Cuthbert W. (Cuthbert Winfred), 1864-1935

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Ridsdale, Percival Sheldon.

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Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943

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Frank E. Lutz, a biologist and entomologist, was associate curator of the Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, 1917-1921, and chairman of Insects and Spiders, Dept. of Entomology, 1921-1943. For his postgraduate work, Lutz concentrated in the new field of biometry, the combination of biology and mathematics, studying species of Gryllus (crickets) and Drosophila (fruit-flies), and developing a life-long interest in experimental biology. After...

Comstock Publishing Company.

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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...