Department of Floriculture records, 1905-1940.

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Department of Floriculture records, 1905-1940.

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Correspondence, 1907-1914, of the Dept. of Rural Art, largely that of E. Gorton Davis; correspondence, 1915-1917, of the Dept. of Landscape Art; also correspondence relating to extension, the development and growth of plants, landscaping and city planning, departmental budgets, allotments, and University regulations; departmental photographs and photographs of orchid studies; correspondence of E.A. White (personal and orchid studies); personal and lecture materials of L.H. MacDaniels; and departmental files, mostly relating to pomology. Correspondents include Bristow Adams, L.H. Bailey, Cornelius Betten, G.E. Burnap, E.O. Fippen, Bryant Fleming, Beverley Galloway, Carl Ladd, J. Horace McFarland, James E. Rice, Paul Stark, W.A. Stocking, A.D. Taylor, Helen Van Keulen, Martha Van Rensselaer, Booker T. Washington, and H.H. Whetzel.

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Whetzel, Herbert Hice, 1877-1944

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Plant pathologist; Professor of Plant Pathology, Cornell University. From the description of Herbert H. Whetzel papers, 1902-1944. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64075296 ...

MacDaniels, L. H. (Laurence Howland), 1888-1986

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Professor of floriculture and ornamental horticulture, Cornell University. Laurence Howland MacDaniels received a B.A. from Oberlin College in 1912, where he was a member of the championship football team. He received a Ph.D. from Cornell in 1917, serving as an instructor in botany from 1914 to 1917. From 1917 and 1919 he worked as a member of the Botanical Raw Products Committee of the National Research Council and for the Bureau of Aircraft Production. In 1919 and 1920...

Ladd, Carl E. 1888-1943.

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Dean, New York State College of Agriculture, 1932-1943. From the description of Carl E. Ladd papers, 1932-1943. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 165394366 Carl Ladd received a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1915; was Director of the New York State School at Delhi, specializing in agricultural education; Extension Professor at Cornell, 1920-24; Director of Extension, 1924-32; and was Dean of the New York State College of Agriculture, New York State College ...

New York State College of Agriculture. Dept. of Rural Art.

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Van Rensselaer, Martha, 1864-1932

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Betten, Cornelius

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Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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Booker T. Washington was an African American educator and public figure. Born a slave on a small farm in Hale's Ford, Virginia, he worked his way through the Hampton Institute and became an instructor there. He was the first principal of the Tuskegee Institute, and under his management it became a successful center for practical education. A forceful and charismatic personality, he became a national figure through his books and lectures. Although his conservative views concerned many critics, he...

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, ...

Fippin, E. O.

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Burnap, G. E.

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Davis, E. Gorton.

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E. Gorton Davis was born on May 7, 1880 and received a B.A. from Dennison University in 1905. He came to Cornell in 1911 as Assistant Professor of Rural Art; in 1912, he became Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, and from 1916 until his death in 1930, served as Professor of Landscape Architecture. From the description of Historical notes on the parks and gardens of Hampton Court, 1914. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 68890694 ...

Adams, Bristow, 1875-1957

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Journalist, artist, and forester. Bristow Adams worked for the United States Forest Service from 1906-1915, when he became publication editor for the New York State College of Agriculture. He established courses in journalism at Cornell and served as faculty advisor for track, athletics, and several student publications. Elmer E. Farmer Creighton was Adams' brother-in-law. From the description of Bristow Adams papers, 1853-1970, 1862-1957 (bulk). (Cornell Uni...

New York State College of Agriculture. Dept. of Landscape Art.

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Fleming, Bryant, 1877-1946.

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Landscape architect. Bryant Fleming received a B.S. from Cornell University in 1901. He formed Townsend & Fleming in Buffalo, New York (1905), and dissolved the partnership in 1915 when he established an independent practice in Wyoming, New York. He moved his office to Ithaca in 1927, where he continued his practice until retirement in the late 1930s. Fleming taught as a visiting professor at Cornell, and helped develope the Department of Landscape Architecture. He w...

Rice, James E. (James Edward), 1865-1953

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Professor of poultry husbandry, Cornell University. From the description of James E. Rice papers, 1888-1918. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63534966 ...

Van Keulen, Helen.

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

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White, E.A.

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Taylor, Albert D. (Albert Davis), 1883-1951

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Landscape architect in Cleveland, Ohio; faculty member at the University of Michigan. From the description of Albert Davis Taylor papers, 1918-1942. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 80406368 Horticulturist. Taylor died in 1951. From the description of Street trees: their care and preservation, 1908. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63935176 ...

McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace), 1859-1948

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Galloway, Beverley.

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Stocking, William Alonzo, 1872-1926.

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William A. Stocking graduated from Cornell University in 1898, and became a professor of agriculture at Cornell. From the description of William A. Stocking certificates, 1914-1924. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63934950 ...