Willis Grant Johnson papers, 1901-1904.

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Willis Grant Johnson papers, 1901-1904.

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Correspondence, printed matter, and photographs concerning efforts to obtain funds from the state legislature for the construction of agricultural college buildings at Cornell University. Most of the correspondence is that of Willis Grant Johnson.; it indicates Johnson's part in obtaining funding. The principal correspondents are Liberty Hyde Bailey, John Craig, George Malby, Isaac Phillips Roberts, Jacob Gould Schurman, John Spencer, Edwin Stewart, John Lemuel Stone, Henry Hiram Wing, and Daniel Parrish Witter.

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Johnson, Willis Grant, 1866-1908.

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Editor of the AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. From the description of Willis Grant Johnson papers, 1901-1904. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63934582 Willis Grant Johnson was editor of the American Agriculturist . From the guide to the Willis Grant Johnson papers, 1901-1904., (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library) ...

Witter, Daniel Parrish.

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Wing, H.H. (Henry Hiram).

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H.H. Wing was a Professor of Animal Husbandry at Cornell University. From the description of H. H. Wing letters, [1928?]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64071742 ...

Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942

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Jacob Gould Schurman was born May 22, 1854 on Prince Edward Island. He was Professor of Philosophy at Acadia College and Dalhousie College; Cornell University's Sage Professor of Philosophy, 1886-92, and President, 1892-1920; President of the first U.S. Philippine Commission, 1899; U.S. Minister to Greece and Montenegro during the Balkan Wars; and was a diplomat involved with foreign policy making in China, the Far East, and Germany. From the description of Jacob Gould Schurman paper...

Craig, John, 1864-1912

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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 ...

Roberts, Isaac Phillips, 1833-1928

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Stone, John L. (John Lemuel), 1852-1933

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Lemuel Stone was a member of the Hugh Stone family as found in a volume published by Rev. Richard C. Stone of Missouri, "Genealogy of the Stone Family Originating in Rhode Island," Knowles, Anthony and Company of Providence, RI: 1866. Lemuel (1781-1873) was born in R.I. to James Stone and Rebecca Sheldon. He married Anna Colvin first, and late in life, Sally Mills. It is not known when he moved to Abington PA, but it was c1803, and he came with three brothers and two sisters. Their father follow...

Stewart, Edwin Crowell,

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New York State College of Agriculture.

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The first Farmers' Week at the New York State College of Agriculture was held in 1908. Originally held in the month of February, the program included lectures, demonstrations, competitions and contests, roundtable discussions, conferences, laboratory practice courses, entertainments, and conventions. With the creation of the New York State College of Home Economics, a Home Maker's Conference was added in 1926, and in 1928, the event was retitled Farm and Home Week. The event was part of the exte...

Malby, George.

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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, ...