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William Dorland Brown collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 41-5-3345

Scope and content

The collection includes a partial autobiography, a completed autobiography, a photograph of the Cornell 2-year class of 1909, and a wooden plaque with the Cornell University emblem on it.

Dates

1909-1979.

Creator

Brown, William Dorland, 1887- (Person)

Biographical / Historical

William Dorland Brown was born on a farm in Otsego County, N.Y. in 1887. He attended a two year course in the College of Agriculture, specializing in dairying, animal husbandry and farm mechanics, graduating in 1909. After college he worked in cattle breeding and became associated with the Otsego County Farm Bureau. He worked for the Holstein Association until his retirement in 1958.