Phillips Beekeeping Collection

An endowment named in honor of apiculturist and Cornell professor Dr. Everett Franklin Phillips (1878-1951) supports the world's largest and most valuable collection of books and manuscripts on bees and beekeeping. The Phillips Beekeeping Collection endowment, established in the mid-1920s, is Mann Library's oldest endowment, originally funded by New York State beekeepers and royalties received from the Dyce Honey Patent.

Materials from Special Collections may be used from 8:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Requests should be made at the Circulation desk.Policies for viewing special collections materials are listed here.