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H. S. (Herbert Spencer) Jennings papers, ca. 1893-1947, Circa 1893-1947

Title: H. S. (Herbert Spencer) Jennings papers, ca. 1893-1947 Circa 1893-1947

This is a diverse collection, including correspondence, drafts of letters, notes and notebooks (on biometric methods; tables and formulae; science, nature and method; coefficient and correlation; vitalism; Japanese language); commonplace book (1924); autobiography; and over one hundred folders of unpublished writings. The correspondence and other material covers a variety of topics, including biology, eugenics, evolution and natural selection, human heredity, paramecia, protozoa genetics, U.S. immigration policy. There is much on the Seventh International Congress of Zoology (1907); letters to his father and wives, and from students and colleagues on his seventy-fifth birthday, 1943 (1 v.); diplomas and certificates of membership; and photographs.

ArchivalResource: 14.5 Linear feet; Ca. 7000 items

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Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891. Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1880-1906.

Title: Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1880-1906.

Comprises 3 letters from Joseph Leidy to H. C. Lea, one dated 1880 and two dated 1887; there are also two letters from Joseph Leidy (1866-1932) to Lea dated 1906, in reference to the late Joseph Leidy.

ArchivalResource: 5 items (6 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63556199 View

Henry B. Ward Papers, 1859-1942

Title: Henry B. Ward Papers 1859-1942

One of the founding figures of American parasitology, Henry Baldwin Ward was a professor of zoology at the Universities of Nebraska (1893-1909) and Illinois (1909-1933). The first American to offer a laboratory course in parasitology and the first to offer graduate instruction in the field, Ward's research interests touched on the medical aspects of parasitology, fish parasitology and ichthyology, fresh water biology, and ecology. The Ward Papers include just under 2 linear feet of professional correspondence dating primarily between the period of Ward's graduate education in Germany in the late 1880s until the time of his retirement in 1933, dealing primarily with parasitological and ichthyological research, the exchange of specimens and publications, and the . Some files include retained copies of letters written by Ward to accompany the letters received. Journal of Parasitology

ArchivalResource: 1.75 Linear feet

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Leidy, Joseph, 1866-1932. Correspondence with Edgar Fahs Smith, 1912.

Title: Correspondence with Edgar Fahs Smith, 1912.

ArchivalResource: 6 items (6 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63554831 View

Ward, Henry Baldwin, 1865-1945. Papers, 1888-1942 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1888-1942 (bulk).

This collection consists primarily of Henry B. Ward's professional correspondence. Ward corresponded with colleagues all over the world, exchanging publications, biological samples, and scientific inquiries. Subjects include biology, invertabrate research, parasitology, and zoology.

ArchivalResource: ca. 1250 (1.75 linear ft.). items

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