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Fred L. Kilborne Papers (1884-1936)

Letters, nots, and other papers including:

Letter from Cooper Curtice, Iiashington, D.C., February 4, 1884, to Kilborne con­cerning his work on the U.S. Geological Survey and requesting information on the career plans of a mutual acquaitance.

Letters to Kilborne fran Henry E • .Alvord, manager of the experiment department of the Houghton Farm, Mountainville, New York, asking him to cane for a job inter­view, January 3, 1885, and expressing regret that budgetary difficulties will not allow the Farms to off er Kilborne the position, May 21, 1885.

Letter to Kilborne from .Theobald Smith, Washington, n.c., asking him if he would be able to accept a position with the Department of Agriculture on short notice, July 9, . 1885.

LetteIS from s. H. Peabody, regent of the Illinois Industrial University, concerning job interview, July 18, 25, 1885.

Letter from James Law conunenting on Kilborne 1s good prospects and mentioning that the Cornell University .Executive Committee is opposed to pl.ans for a Veterinary College, October 24, 1885; routine note, November 9, 1885.

Letter from Burt Green Wilder concerning the progress of Kilborne 1s experiments, August 23, 1884; note concerning some missing laboratory specimens, November 10, 1885.

Letter fran Fay M. ·Fitts giving favorable conunent on President Charles Kendall .Adams, February 19, 1886.

A series of letters from various editors of The Rural New Yorker concerning specific subject matter and rate of compensation for articles on veterinary medicine, July 9, 1884-November 6, 1886.

Letters from Marcia Spurr (Cornell, 184) inquiring about the possibility of working with Theobald 3nith, giving her views on teaching, and discussing her plans, July 12, 26, August 20, 1886.

Letters to Kilborne from Simon Henry Gage, concerning histology courses and experiments and containing favorable canunents on Charles Kendall Adams and R. H. 'Ihurston, 11arch 13, 1886; the sale of Kilborne 1s house in Ithaca, May 11, 1886; quality and types of camera, microscopes, and other equipnent, January 7, 1887.

Letters frCHT1 livestock owners asking for advice on the treatment of sick animals, 1886-1887, sane from areas in the 1-/est which were without veterinary service.

Letters from a friend, Ernest Russell, commenting on living conditions and economic opportunities in El Paso, Texas, 1886-1887.

Notice of Kilborne 1s election as veterinary surgeon of the Washington Humane Society, May 4, 1887, and an inquiry from its corresponding secretary as to whether the check­rein was injurious to horses, :Hay 13, 1887.

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Scattered personal and family correspondence, 1880•s.

Correspondence with F. O. Donohue, Chai:rman of the Tuberculosis Committee, reports, expense accounts, and related papers concerning Kilborne 1s work inspecting herds of cattle for tuberculosis, November 5, 1895-August 18, 1899.

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Carbon copy of letter to Dr. H. Preston Hoskins, Secretary of the .American Veterinary Medical Association, Chicago, December 4, 1933, from Kilborne, thank­ing the organization for the medal it had voted him; he also gives sone account of how he came to conduct his experiments on Texas cattle fever and assigns much credit to the Cornell faculty for the training they gave in veterinary medicine.

Letters to Kilborne from Hubert Schmidt of the Texas A. & 11. Experiment Station, concerning an exhibit to be prepared on the Texas fever tick for the Texas Cen­tennial Celebration, February 11, 24, 1936; pencil copy of Kilborne •s first reply, February 17, 1936, and carbon copy of his second, ¥,.arch J, 1936; in the second reply, Kilborne outlines how he went about testing the tick theory.

For non-manuscript materials, see page 3.

Card entries :

Kilborne (Fred) Papers (1884-1936) Adams, Charles Kendall Curtice, Cooper Gage, Simon Henry Law, James Peabody, Selim Hobart (1829-1903) Russell, Ernest Schmidt, Hubert Smith, Theobald Spurr, Marcia (Cornell, 1884) Wilder, Burt Green American Veterinary Medical Association Houghton Farms (Mountainville, New York) Rural~ Yorker, The Syracuse F..i.gh School

Key card entry:

Papers of Dr. Kilborne (Cornell, '81) of Moravia, New York, consisting of letters from other Cornell veterinary students, from professors with whom Kilborne studied, from other colleagues, from farmers seeking medical advice; a series of letters with related reports and accounts pertaining to his work testing cattle for tuberculosis; scattered fa..TJlily, personal, and professional correspondence; and a series of letters, written by Kilborne shortly before his death, which give, an accout of his study of Texas cattle fever; non-manuscript materials include U.S.D.A., A.V.M.A. and other veterinary publi­

New York State Board of Health (Tuberculosis Committee) cations; photostatic reproductions of photograph of Kilborne and one of a group including Kilborne; Washington Humane Society

Texas (El Paso) Veterinary medicine Veterinary medicine Veterinary rredicine Veterinary medicine

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(bovine diseases) (equine diseases) (hog cholera) (Texas fever)

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.American Hygienic Co .. printed directions for use of tuberculin and mallein; badge for meet­ing of U .s. V .H .. A. ( 1891) ; the gold medal awarded Kilborne by the A. V .M.A. (19JJ); clip­pings concerning the public reaction to testir cows for tuberculosis; the de&th of Theobald &'11ith, and a Goodyear advertisement regarding the farm machinery business Kilborne estab ... lished in Horavia after his retirement. One box.

Donated by Fred w. Kilborne, R. D. 3, Moravia, New York September 1957

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Periodicals : 3 items

Book:

Journal of the .American Veterinary Medical Association, LXXXIII. N.S. Vol. 36, No. 4, October, 1933. Proceedings Number. Article on Presentation of Medals to Kilborne and Curtice, p. 554. Veterinary I..ederle Bulletin

Volume II, Number 5, September-October, 1933. Contains biographical sketch of Dr. Cooper Curtice •

Volume II, Number 6, November-D3cember, 1933. Contains photograph of Kilborne and news note concerning the medal awarded him.

U.S. Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Animal Industry. Bulletin No. 1. Investigations into the Nature, Causation. and Prevention of Texas or Southern Cattle Fever. }lade Under the Direction of Dr, D. E. Salmon, Chief of the Bureau of .Animal IndustrY, by Theobald Smith and F. L. Kilborne. (Washington: GPO, 1893).

Photographs: F. L. Kilborne, undated~ [after 1889], taken in liashington, D.C. Group picture of 15 men, including Kilborne., undated and unidentified,

Washington, D .. C.. fl.ui -r'. o, '~ ' /> . , ~ -.-- ~~,.(.. (:~(v(J ' ni a..r vtAAh ])- 4-

Medal inscribed: 11 Awarded to Dr. Fred L. Kilborne for Distinguished Service in Veterinary Medicine - A.V.N.A. - Chicago, Ill .. - 1933 .. 11

Badge: "Reception Committee - United States Veterinary Medical Association - Wash­ington, D .. C. Sept. 15 & 16, 1891. 11

Clippings:

Speech given by Dli'. C. D. Smead, Logan, N.Y. before the N.Y. State Dairyman•s Association, Syracuse. Reprinted in Hoard's Dairyman, January 24, 1896. 2 pcs. (Plays down bovine tuberculosis scare in New York State).

Clippings from the Malone [N.Y.] Palladium, 1895-1896, concerning Dr. Kil­borne 1s inspection of herds for tuberculosis and public reaction in the Malone area; includes copy of the Smead speech and Kilborne 1 s reply. 8 pcs.

Clippings concerning death of Theobald Smith, D3c. 19.34, Jan. 1935. .3 pcs.

A "Fifty Years Ago" clipping; mentions Kilborne •s registration at Cayuga Co. clerk's office as a veterinary surgeon. Year not given.

Goodyear advt. ~ Kilborne 1s farm machinery business at Moravia, N.Y. Fran Farm Implement News, JanUo.ry 10, 1956. 2 pcs.

American Hygienic Campany handbills: Directions for using Tuberculin. • .for the diagnosis of tuberculosis; directions for using }1allein ••• for the diagnosis of Glande,rs.. ~ pcs. , 1 ; iJ i

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Fred Lucius Kilborne, 1857-1936. Papers, 1884-1936.

Guide to microfilm.

1. Correspondence, February 4, 1884-March 3, 1936.

2. Bovine Tuberculosis Reports, December 18, 1895-January 11, 1896.

3. Bovine Tuberculosis Test Data, 1895-1899.

4. Biographical Sketches and other Printed Material.

5. Newspaper Clippings E.:=_

Bovine Tuberculosis Death of Theobald Smith

2 reels microfilm made at Photo Services: 1 neg., 1 pos. March 4, 1966.