Rice Poultry Collection

The Rice Poultry Collection, named after Cornell professor James E. Rice, America's first professor of poultry husbandry, is a major repository of information on poultry science. Over 800 pre-1900 volumes, the earliest works in the poultry collection, are housed in Special Collections.

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.