http://hdl.handle.net/1813/14144 2013-06-01T09:49:41Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/29080 Title: The Cornell-Nanking Story Authors: Love, Harry Houser; Reisner, John Henry Abstract: The Cornell-Nanking Story describes Cornell’s first technical cooperation program of international outreach–the pioneering effort whose legacy continues robustly today. This report, first released in 1963 by Royse P. Murphy, describes the very successful project in crop improvement that had been led by Harry Houser Love and John Henry Reisner in the 1920s. The present-day Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics of the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is one of the premier departments of Cornell University and continues this pioneering spirit as a lead participant in the New Life Sciences effort by Cornell University. The Cooperative Crop Improvement Program between Cornell University, through the Department of Plant Breeding of the New York State College of Agriculture, and the University of Nanking, through its College of Agriculture and Forestry – with financial support from the International Education Board – had its origin in a letter to Professor H. H. Love at Cornell from Dean John H. Reisner in Nanking under the date of February 4, 1924. The purpose of the program was two-fold, to organize and conduct a comprehensive crop improvement program, involving the principal food crops of the famine areas of central and northern China, (cotton was included later) and of equal importance, to train men in the principles, methods, application and organization of crop improvement. Dr. T. H. Shen characterized the outcomes: “The most significant results of the Nanking-Cornell-International Education Board Program for Crop Improvement in China were: (1) training a group of Chinese plant breeders for carrying on a national program of crop improvement; (2) developing better varieties of wheat, barley, rice, kaoliang, millet and soybeans showing increased yields from 10 to 20 percent more than the native varieties; (3) stimulating the Chinese government to establish the National Agricultural Research Bureau of the Ministry of Industry in 1931 which made great improvements in agricultural production in China up to 1949 through scientific research and agricultural extension services. Dr. H. H. Love, of Cornell, served as Advisor to the Bureau in 1931-1934.” 2012-06-15T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/28593 Title: A Conversation with Richard P. Korf Authors: Korf, Richard P.; Zaitlin, Milton (Interviewer) Abstract: Richard Korf, long-time member of the Plant Pathology Faculty in the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, in an interview by Prof. Milton Zaitlin on February 17, 2012 described his department’s early history and the early days of the evolution of mycology and plant pathology – as well as how his interest in the subject was stimulated in 1942 by his encounter with a few great teachers. He discusses the leaders of his field during its formative years. His own productive career included producing a scholarly journal, MYCOTAXON, and even in retirement still serves an editor. Among the innovations Korf instituted were the use of camera-ready submission to speed publication and a unique non-blind refereeing system. This interview is an elaboration of an article about the history of mycology that he published in 1991. His lifelong interest in the theater and acting led to his serving as Chair of the Theatre Arts Department at Cornell at one point. To accommodate various downloading speeds, three alternative QuickTime (H.264) files (AppleTV, iPod, iPhone and computer with a QuickTime Player) are provided. Running time is 35 minutes. Description: Videographer & Producer: J. Robert Cooke 2012-02-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/23087 Title: Evolution of Plant Breeding at Cornell University Authors: Murphy, Royse P.; Kass, Lee B. Abstract: Drs. Royse P. Murphy and Lee B. Kass prepared this 179-page account of the history of Plant Breeding—among the most distinguished academic departments at Cornell—on the occasion of its centennial. In addition to a wealth of historical data for the department and for the university and an equally impressive collection of photographs with identifications and the six living department chairs characterize the milestones that occurred during their terms of departmental leadership. This department in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is admired for its collegial and productive environment. Two of its graduates have been honored as Nobel laureates, notwithstanding that the work in this field is not normally considered for that honor. Find here a record of immense productivity in its teaching, research and outreach activities and its impact upon the university, the state, the nation and the countries of the world. 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/14401 Title: Uris Library: The Secular Cathedral of Cornell Authors: Stukus, Matthew Harrison Abstract: History of the building and current student use of Uris Library, Cornell University. 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/13772 Title: Simulation and model verification of agricultural tractor overturns Authors: Davis, Denny C. 1973-08-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/10733 Title: Education & Agriculture: A History of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University Authors: Colman, Gould P. Abstract: The College of Agriculture at Cornell University reveals through this history its contributions of nearly a century of continuous service. 1963-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/9465 Title: Perceptions of the College of Agriculture at Cornell University: An Interview of W. Donald Cooke Authors: Colman, Gould Abstract: As a contribution to an oral history of the College of Agriculture at Cornell University, W. Donald Cooke, a prominent university administrator at Cornell, was interviewed by the University Archivist, Gould Colman on January 5, 1984. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/7834 Title: Riley-Robb Hall at Cornell University: Celebrating It's Opening Authors: Cooke, J. Robert; Furry, Ronald B. Abstract: In the fall of 1953, 46 years after the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering at Cornell was founded (in 1907) as Division of Rural Engineering and Architecture, ground was broken for what would become its own home, Riley-Robb Hall, named after its founding fathers, Howard W. Riley and Byron B. Robb. The building was dedicated on October 6, 1954, and in 1956 the Agricultural Engineering Department, as it was then named, occupied its new 2 1/4 acre facility for teaching, research and extension. By Fall Semester 1957, 38 professorial and non-professorial staff, 6 graduate students and 12 office professionals were on the roster, as shown in the new directory of September 25, 1957 in the Appendix. Pictures of many of these individuals can be seen in the photographs included in this album. The appendix contains a listing of this 1957 directory. 2007-06-28T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/7829 Title: In Their Own Voices: A Conversation with Howard W. Riley: Early Agricultural Engineering at Cornell University Authors: Colman, Gould Abstract: In August of 1963, Dr. Gould Colman, University Archivist Emeritus, interviewed Professor Howard W. Riley, who was the head of the Department of Agricultural Engineering from 1907-1945. In these interviews, Professor Riley candidly records his accomplishments and mistakes, describes his limited access to educational resources that now seem primitive, and repeats his commitment to the overriding goal of teaching and research in the College at the time, and helping New York's rural people improve life's quality in farm and home life. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/7721 Title: The School of Chemical Engineering at Cornell : a history of the first fifty years Authors: Smith, Julian Cleveland Abstract: This is a history of the School of Chemical Engineering at Cornell University, from the time of the School's founding and establishment as part of the College of Engineering in 1937-38 to the present, fifty years later. Description: Cornell Engineering Histories Volume 1 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z