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Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944. Cold Spring Harbor Papers, ca. 1903-1940.

Title: Cold Spring Harbor Papers, ca. 1903-1940.

There are two series within these papers, the first being Davenport's communications with the Carnegie administrators. There are also accounts, reports, etc. concerning financial matters, publications, salaries, and included is interesting material relative to the early history of Cold Spring Harbor labs (there is similar material in Davenport's own papers, B\D27). There is voluminous correspondence with the Carnegie presidents, Robert Woodward and John Merriam. Series 2 is larger and contains records relative to the numerous professional assistants who worked under Davenport, both permanent and part-time. The folders contain letters, reports, expenditures/budgets, research plans, bibliographies, etc. Included in this series are records of the separate labs, the Station for Experimental Evolution and the Eugenics Record Office. There is also significant material on the Bermuda Biological Station. Additionally, this series contains material relating to the various professional organizations to which Davenport belonged, such as the American Eugenics Society, Eugenics Research Association, Nassau County Association, and the National Committee for Mental Hygiene.

ArchivalResource: ca. 20,000 items (20 linear ft.).

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Ernst Mayr papers, 1946, 1974-1979, Bulk, 1974-1979, 1946-1979

Title: Ernst Mayr papers, 1946, 1974-1979 Bulk, 1974-1979 1946-1979

This collection includes documents (correspondence, drafts of talks, personal data sheets) relating to the Conference on Evolutionary Synthesis, which met in Boston in May and October 1974, and was sponsored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. There is background material on the organization of the conference, as well as correspondence, especially with William B. Provine, on the editing and publication of the proceedings (Mayr and Provine, eds., "The Evolutionary Synthesis..." 1980).

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet, Ca. 700 items

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