Professor Raymond R. Birch, DVM '12 working in the serum laboratory at the Veterinary Experiment Station. From the turn of the century, the College was a national leader in research to fight outbreaks of hog cholera, swine plague, anthrax, brucellosis, foot-and-mouth disease, tuberculosis, mastitis, and other infectious diseases., 1921, Box: 45, Folder: 46. Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine subject files and photographs, 24-4-3385. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. https://archives.library.cornell.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/264330 Accessed April 18, 2026.