{"id":3469,"date":"2014-06-28T20:00:07","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T03:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/?p=3469"},"modified":"2022-02-18T19:26:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T19:26:17","slug":"cornelius-mueller-to-vestal-1930s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/2014\/06\/cornelius-mueller-to-vestal-1930s\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornelius Mueller to Vestal, 1930s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It seems that the financial situation in Texas is worse than elsewhere. The president of the University was informed that he might consider himself lucky if he were able to open the University\u2019s doors next year. Of course, that means that we can expect about a 40% cut in appropriations\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"441\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history-preprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2015\/06\/mueller1975.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait image of Cornelius Mueller in the field with a fully brimmed hat.\" class=\"wp-image-3470 img-fluid\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2015\/06\/mueller1975.jpg 441w, https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2015\/06\/mueller1975-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2015\/06\/mueller1975-300x478.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><figcaption>Cornelius \u201cNeil\u201d Mueller, 1909-1997<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Letters from Cornelius H. Mueller to A. G. Vestal describe financial hardships at the University of Texas, Austin, during the Depression, a collecting trip to Mexico, and Mueller\u2019s wish to take a PhD under Vestal\u2019s direction in Illinois. Mueller inquires about employment in Illinois for himself and his wife Katherine. After the war Cornelius joined the faculty at UC-Santa Barbara and Katherine became director of the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. (A. G. Vestal papers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From the ESA Archives:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Mueller-Vestal-1930s.pdf\">Mueller to Vestal, 1930s<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/Awards\/bulletin\/eminent1975.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Cornelius Mueller, Eminent Ecologist 1975<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See other <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/archives\/highlights-from-esa-archives\/\">highlights from the ESA Archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that the financial situation in Texas is worse than elsewhere. The president of the University was informed that he might consider himself lucky if he were able to open the University\u2019s doors next year. Of course, that means that we can expect about a 40% cut in appropriations\u2026 Letters from Cornelius H. Mueller to A. G. 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