Arthur Sperry Pearse papers, 1904-1960

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Arthur Sperry Pearse papers, 1904-1960

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Arthur Sperry Pearse was Professor of Zoology at Duke University from 1927 until his retirement in 1948. Pearse played a pivotal role in the establishment of the Marine Biology Laboratory in Beaufort, North Carolina, and served as the lab's first director from 1938 until 1945. Collection contains correspondence, course material, manuscripts, research and lab notes, field notebooks, graduate student material, and photographs including glass-plate lantern slides. Prominent subjects throughout the collection include the establishment of and research projects at the Marine Biology Laboratory, the promotion of forestry as a scientific discipline at Duke, Pearse's role as editor of and his eclectic research interests including marine biology and ecology, parasitology and parasitic diseases, microbiology and biological adaptation, and forestry. Ecological Monographs,

13.5 Linear Feet; Approx 12,000 Items

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University Archives, Duke University.

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Pearse, A.S. (Arthur Sperry), 1877-1956

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Arthur Sperry Pearse was Professor of Zoology at Duke University from 1927 until his retirement in 1948. Pearse played a pivotal role in the establishment of the Marine Biology Laboratory in Beaufort, North Carolina, and served as the lab's first director from 1938 until 1945. From the description of Arthur Sperry Pearse papers, 1904-1960. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 426482731 Arthur Sperry Pearse was born 15 March 1877, on the Pawnee Indian R...