Harris Hawthorne Wilder Papers 1868-1975 1882-1928

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Harris Hawthorne Wilder Papers 1868-1975 1882-1928

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Research scientist, writer, and founder of the Zoology Department at Smith College. The Wilder papers reflect a single, overarching theme: Wilder is a man of science. Though both personal and professional papers are included in this collection, very few documents fall outside of this portrait. Materials include biographical material, photographs, writings, memorabilia, scrapbooks, research materials, slides, and diaries. Also included are an autobiography of his youth and correspondence, including 22 items from mentor and Amherst College professor John Tyler.

54 boxes plus oversized material; (21 linear ft.)

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Wilder, Harris Hawthorne, 1864-1928

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Wilder was born in Bangor, Maine on April 7, 1864 to Solon Wilder and Sarah Watkins Smith. He grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Amherst College in 1886. Wilder then taught biology for three years before going to Freiburg University for the Ph. D. (1891). He came to Smith College in 1892. He founded the Zoology Department at Smith in 1893, did research and published widely. He married a Smith student, Inez Whipple in 1906, who also taught zoology at Smith until her death on April 29, 19...