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Blanchard, Frank Nelson, 1888-1937. Cobb-Blanchard family papers, 1908-1957.

Title: Cobb-Blanchard family papers, 1908-1957.

Papers of the related Cobb and Blanchard families. The bulk of the collection consists of the reminiscences of Alice Vara (Proctor) Cobb, mostly in typescript, entitled "As I Remember It." Included are descriptions of her childhood in 19th-century Spencer, Mass.; her education and work on the family farm; her memories of the outbreak of the Civil War and the assassination of President Lincoln; her early interest in botany; her marriage to Nathan Augustus Cobb in 1881; and other subjects. The collection also contains a printed biographical sketch of botanist and nematologist Nathan A. Cobb by his daughter Frieda Cobb Blanchard; biographical information about herpetologist Frank Nelson Blanchard and an excerpt from his diary describing the 12 Apr. 1908 fire in Chelsea, Mass.; and five postcards of Chelsea after the fire. Most of the papers are photocopies.

ArchivalResource: 1 narrow box.

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Blanchard family. Blanchard family visual materials.

Title: Blanchard family visual materials. ca. 1860s-1950s.

Nathan A. Cobb's visual materials include family and friends as well as scientific apparati, plants, nematodes, and landscapes he encountered while working for the New South Wales Department of Agriculture, the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, and the United States Department of Agriculture. Drawings and sketches of plants and nematodes (some created by Alice V. Cobb) are also included. Frank N. Blanchard's visual materials (created with Frieda Cobb Blanchard) represent friends and family research at the University of Michigan Biological Station (and elsewhere), and various species of snakes and salamandra among others in photographs and drawings. The Grace Blanchard Iverson papers incldue additional materials.

ArchivalResource: 5.5. linear feet and 1,400 glass negatives in 10 boxes.

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Blanchard Family Papers, ca. 1835- ca. 2000

Title: Blanchard Family Papers ca. 1835- ca. 2000

The Blanchard family papers document the lives and careers of several members of the Blanchard, Cobb, and Proctor families from the mid-nineteenth century through the late twentieth century. Includes visual materials, publications, personal writings, and extensive correspondence files.

ArchivalResource: 49.5 linear feet (in 50 boxes) and 1,400 glass photographic plates (in 10 boxes)

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Blanchard, Frank Nelson, 1888-1937. [Collected reprints]

Title: [Collected reprints] [1919-1942]

ArchivalResource: 2 v. illus. 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63349743 View

William B. Provine collection of evolutionary biology reprints, 20th century.

Title: William B. Provine collection of evolutionary biology reprints, 20th century.

Journal reprints on evolutionary biology.

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William B. Provine collection of evolutionary biology reprints, 20th century.

Title: William B. Provine collection of evolutionary biology reprints, 20th century.

Journal reprints on evolutionary biology.

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Alexander G. Ruthven Papers, 1901-1961, 1906-1951

Title: Alexander G. Ruthven Papers 1901-1961 1906-1951

Zoologist, college professor, president of University of Michigan, 1929-1951. Professional files relating to his career with the University Museum and as a professor of zoology, and presidential files containing correspondence, reports, speeches, and other University materials, including budget and legislative files, material relating to changes in University administration, his relationship with faculty, students and alumni, and photographs.

ArchivalResource: 65 linear ft. and 1 oversize folder

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-86550?rgn=main;view=text View