J. Melbourne Shortliffe papers, A1040
Dates
- Creation: 1917-1956
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical note
James Melbourne Shortliffe was born in Nova Scota in 1879. He studied at Acadia University in Nova Scotia, then at Yale. Prior to coming to Colgate in 1921, he was an instructor then assistant professor at Dartmouth College and Harvard University. He taught at Colgate for 26 years and became head of the Economics Department before retiring in 1947. He died in Hamilton on December 13, 1954.
"J.M Shortliffe Town Supervisor Dies at Home," The Mid-York Weekly, November 6, 1931, A1040, J. Melbourne Shortliffe papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Colgate University Libraries.
Extent
0.3 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Guide to the J. Melbourne Shortliffe papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lora J. Davis, Lisa King, and Allyson Smally
- Date
- July 27, 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Colgate University Libraries Repository
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