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Alfred C. Burrill papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1657

Scope and Contents

The Alfred C. Burrill Papers consist of letters, photographs, postcards, and clippings, which document Alfred C. Burrill's summer of 1903, when he was a student at Yale's summer school of forestry in Pennsylvania. Burrill's work on a study of poplar trees, which was conducted in Maine later that summer, is also described in these papers. The papers also include a few student essays from 1900. The papers were purchased from David McCord's Trolley Stop in 1988.

The materials in these papers were originally mounted in a scrapbook, which has now been disbound. Previously concealed documents on the backs of photographs and postcards add depth to the information conveyed in Burrill's long, detailed letters home. It is obvious from the table of contents pages that Burrill had originally included additional letters in this scrapbook which described his student life at Harvard University during the spring of 1903. These letters were apparently removed by the dealer before the scrapbook was sold to Yale.

Dates

  • 1900-1903

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from David McCord's Trolley Stop, 1988.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1657

Overview

The papers consist of letters, photographs, postcards, and clippings, which document Alfred C. Burrill's summer of 1903, when he was a student at Yale's summer school of forestry in Pennsylvania. Burrill's work on a study of poplar trees, which was conducted in Maine later in that summer, is also described in these papers, as are a few student essays from 1900.
Title
Guide to the Alfred C. Burrill Papers
Status
Under Revision
Author
compiled by Diane E. Kaplan
Date
May 1994
Description rules
Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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