Charles Bessey, Letters, 1891

KANSAS STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

COUNCIL GEO. T. FAIRCHILD, A. M. Chairman, President of the College. EXPERIMENT STATION. [.] [.] FAILYES, M.Sc Professor of Chemistry E. A. POPENOE, A. M. Professor of [ ] and Entomology W. A. KELLERMAN, Ph. D. Professor of Botany. C. C. GEORGESON, M.Sc Professor of Agriculture []. []. MAYO, D. V. [ ] M. Sc. [ ] in Physiology and Veterinary Science

[ ] [ ] GRAHAM B. Sc., Secretary

ASSISTANTS J. T. WILLARD, M. Sc., Chemistry. S. C. MASON B. Sc., Horticulture, Foreman of Gardens. F. A. MARLATT, B. Sc. Entomology W. T. SWINGLE B. Sc. Botany H. M. COTTRELL, M. S. Agriculture WM. SHELTON Foreman of the Farm.

MANHATTAN, KAN., Aug 3 1891 Dr. C. E. Bessey Dear Sir: I thank you very much for your very kind letter, as well as previous expressions approving my work. While not officially connected with the Ohio Exp. Station I expect occasionally to lend a helping hand, which may [ ] a work abandonment of the line of work Mr. Swingle & I have been doing. Again thanking you sincerely I remain Very Respectfully W. A. Kellerman

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21 North St Salem Mass July 4th 91 Dear Dr. Bessey: I presume you think I ought to have written you before at length but I have been [ ] situated that a long letter was impossible. Our trip was all safely accomplished and we arrived here all right. From Buffalo to Binghamton we had for company Prof. [ ] & family of [ ]. We enjoyed them very much. We stayed a little over a week at Binghamton, then to Amherst where we stayed 2 days & then here. Humphrey is working at a monograph - [ ] [ ] phological & systematic - of Saprolegniaceae. So far I have seen no scientific people here. All the Boston people are away. [ ] & Sedgwick are in Europe & the others are [ ]