Bristow Adams

Bristow Adams

Bristow Adams (born November 11, 1875 in Washington, D.C. – 1957) was an American journalist, professor, forester, and illustrator. He taught at Cornell University from 1914 to 1945. Adams also founded the Stanford Chaparral, the oldest humor magazine in the westFact|date=February 2007, in 1899.

External links

* [http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM03205.html Guide to the Bristow Adams Papers] at Cornell University Library
* [http://chappie.stanford.edu Stanford Chaparral Website]

Adams created at least two scarce large photolithographed rowing posters between 1900 and 1910, one representing Harvard and one Cornell, both copyrighted by The Potomac Press, Washington D.C. and printed by Andrew B. Graham of Washington.


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