Bristow Adams papers | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Abstract:Consists primarily of papers of Bristow Adams (1875-1957), journalist, professor, forester, and illustrator. Correspondence, published and unpublished articles, press releases, illustrations, newspapers, pamphlets, clippings, posters, and periodicals document his journalistic career beginning with his early work on The Pathfinder (1894-1895), a current affairs weekly published in Washington, D.C., of which he was a co-founder and associate editor, and including editorial responsibilities on Stanford University student publications, The Daily Palo Alto , The Stanford Sequoia , and a college humor magazine, The Stanford Chapparal , of which he was a founder; work on Washington, D.C. journals, Washington Life , American Spectator , and Forestry and Irrigation ; his work as publications program director for the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University (1914-1945); and his editorship of Cornell Plantations (1944-1957). Also documenting his student years are sketches of fur seals and other drawings done in the Pribilof Islands while he was an artist for the Bering Sea Fur Seal Commission (1897); lecture notes, essays, and college memorabilia; and many letters to his mother, Ada G. Harrison Adams. Numerous photographs document his work for the United States Forest Service (1906-1914)