Virginia deMorat Smith Scheetz papers, 1941-1968, 1947-1968 (bulk).

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Virginia deMorat Smith Scheetz papers, 1941-1968, 1947-1968 (bulk).

Includes notes from classes in ornithology, floriculture, and conservation; Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology newsletter, printed and promotional material, newspaper clippings, photographs, two tapes of bird calls by Myles North, and correspondence, minutes, and balanca sheets of the Advisory Council; notes and correspondence regarding Scheetz' speeches; correspondence, minutes, newsletter, and yearbook of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; material on the Garden Club of America and the Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania; and other correspondence, printed material, and miscellaneous papers of Virginia Scheetz.

3.2 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7909682

Cornell University Library

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North, Myles E. W.

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Allen, Elsa Guerdrum, 1888-1969.

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Cornell University. Laboratory of Ornithology.

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Allen, Arthur A. (Arthur Augustus), 1885-1964

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Ornithologist. Arthur Augustus Allen graduated from Cornell University in 1907, received an M.A. in 1908, and a Ph.D. in 1911. He served as professor of ornithology at Cornell University from 1916 until his appointment as professor emeritus in 1953. In 1919, he taught the first wildlife conservation course in the United States. Allen wrote for magazines and journals, and authored several books, including THE BOOK OF BIRD LIFE, 1930; AMERICAN BIRD BIOGRAPHIES, 1934; ORNIT...

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

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Garden Club of America

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Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania

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Scheetz, Virginia deMorat Smith.

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Amateur ornithologist, horticulturist. Virginia Scheetz was the wife of Cornell University Trustee Francis Harley Scheetz. She took ornithology courses from Arthur A. Allen and Elsa G. Allen in the summers of 1947, 1948, 1950, and 1952, and later spoke on ornithology at schools, garden clubs, and church groups. Her other interests included horticulture and floriculture. From the description of Virginia deMorat Smith Scheetz papers, 1941-1968, 1947-1968 (bulk)...