8/12/21 Guide to the Maxwell J. Dorsey Papers Maxwell J. Dorsey Papers

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Guide to the Maxwell J. Dorsey Papers 1890/1966 University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection Maxwell J. Dorsey Papers 1890-1966 8/12/21 Dorsey, Maxwell J., 1880-1966 2.00 English University of Illinois Archives
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Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Genre/Form of Material: Papers Topical Term: Archery Cornell University Dial Club Faculty Papers Horticulture Michigan State University Osage Orange Pomology School Records
Administrative Information Accruals:

9/1963; 11/3/1966; 1/12/1967; 4/18/1967; 4/3/1973

Arrangement of Materials:

By type of material and chronologically thereunder

Scope and Contents

Papers of Maxwell J. Dorsey (1880-1966), professor of pomology (1926-1948), including school copybooks, maps, report card, graduation program and address (1890-1897); Michigan State debate records (1905) and Cornell doctoral thesis in pollenization (1913); reprints of articles on pomology, horticulture and the hardiness of fruit trees (51 items, 1912-1941); correspondence and business records of the American Garden Foundation (1945-1951), National Fruit Foundation (1945-1951) and National Garden Institute (1945-1949); correspondence concerning Horticulture headship (1940-41); Dial Club history (1940), correspondence (1930), programs (1929-1966) and citations (1940, 1955); correspondence, technical data on density and distribution, photographs (negatives, slides and drawings), publications and bibliography relating to Osage Orange studies; and catalogs, publications, news clippings, announcements and statistics relating to archery.