Finding Anna: The Archival Treasure Hunt into the Life of Anna Botsford Comstock

Finding Anna: The Archival Treasure Hunt into the Life of Anna Botsford Comstock

Thursday, August 15 at 6PM

Anna Botsford Comstock was a pioneer in the Nature Study Movement of the early twentieth century and notable pillar in the Cornell University community.  She encouraged children to take ownership and responsibility for not only their immediate bit of nature within their own circumference, but to realize that they were also part of the larger ebb and flow of the natural world. Karen Penders St. Clair, Ph.D. spent five years researching the archival papers of Comstock, including the original manuscript to Comstocks of Cornell (1953), for her dissertation. St. Clair will present a discussion of her archival findings about Comstock and reintroduce to us this notable Ithacan.

As editor, Dr. St. Clair’s book, The Comstocks of Cornell: The Definitive Biography, is set for release April 2020.