New York State Agricultural Experiment Station records, 1859-2008.

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New York State Agricultural Experiment Station records, 1859-2008.

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Minutes of meetings of the Board of Control and Reports of the Director which include fiscal reports and some operating reports after 1892; extensive correspondence files; sketches, photographs and other biographical materials concerning staff members; and scrapbooks of clippings relating to the experiment station, milk production and testing, and agricultural problems in New York State. Also, additional clippings; lithographed certificates from the Universal Exposition of 1900 and the United States Exposition of 1904; drawings of the Director's residence; and memorabilia from the centennial celebration of the station, 1981-1982. The records throw considerable light on the beginnings of the Experiment Station, the setting up of its Board of Control, the interest in its activities by individual and organized farmers, the discussions over conflicting operating and experimental plans, the adoption of general policies, and the aims of various directors. Much of the collection is from the directorship of Whitman H. Jordan, 1896-1921. Two kits for the counting of bacteria in milk, and the first watchman's clock used at Geneva. Also, records for the years 1859-1957; and an award to the Station for exhibits at the Pan American Exhibition, 1895-1920. Includes record books and correspondence concerning various orchards, annual reports (1885-1944) and progress reports. Folder containing photographs used in experiment station bulletins in 1915, including photographs of Native American women taken by Jessie Tarbox Beals, regarded as the first woman press photographer. Also one videocassette: New York State Agricultural Experiment Station: Governor George Pataki's visit September 4, 1997 and one videotape: "Career Development Orientation Seminar." Phonograph record from Shell Chemical Corporation with talks about pest control by Dr. F. L. Gambrell, Dr. E. H. Glass, Dr. F. L. McEwen, and Dr. P. R. Sferra from the Experiment Station's Dept. of Entomology.

2 videocassettes.

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Beals, Jessie Tarbox, 1870-1942

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Jessie Tarbox Beals (December 23, 1870 – May 30, 1942) was an American photographer, the first published female photojournalist in the United States and the first female night photographer. She is best known for her freelance news photographs, particularly of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, and portraits of places such as Bohemian Greenwich Village. Her trademarks were her self-described "ability to hustle" and her tenacity in overcoming gender barriers in her profession. Beals was bor...

New York State Agricultural Experiment Station

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Glass, Edward H. (Edward Hadley), 1917-

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Professor of Entomology at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva (1948-1982) and head of the department from 1969-1982. From the description of Edward Glass papers, 1940-1999. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64055842 ...

Jordan, Whitman H. (Whitman Howard), 1851-1931

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Director, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva, 1896-1921. From the description of W. H. Jordan papers, 1918. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64744772 ...

Sferra, P. R.

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McEwen, F. L. 1926-

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Gambrell, Foster L.

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Shell chemical corporation

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