Plough Anthropology and Evolution Course Materials 1939-1958

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Plough Anthropology and Evolution Course Materials 1939-1958

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The papers consist of lab exercises, lecture topics, outlines, lecture notes, examinations, and correspondence relating to Anthropology and Evolution courses taught at Amherst by Professor Harold H. Plough. Anthropology materials cover a number of courses from the period of 1939 to 1958. Evolution materials cover the course Evolution of the Earth and Man from 1947 to 1957.

3 archives boxes; (1.5 linear ft.)

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Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

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Plough, Harold H.

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Harold H. Plough (AC 1913) Harold Henry Plough was born on April 5, 1892 in New York City. He attended Amherst College, graduating in 1913, and went on to study at Columbia, receiving his MA in 1915, and his PhD in 1917. After serving as a fellow at Columbia for a year, Plough returned to Amherst where he joined the biology department, and continued to serve as a professor at Amherst until his retirement in 1959. Plough led a distinguished career as a genetic...