Museum of Zoology (University of Michigan) records 1876-1999 1910-1955, 1975-1999

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Museum of Zoology (University of Michigan) records 1876-1999 1910-1955, 1975-1999

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A research and teaching museum at the University of Michigan, one of four units of the University Museum. Records include museum directors' topical files and correspondence; minutes, reports, and correspondence of museum committees; photographs; and various publications, largely about the museum. Subjects concern the collections, expeditions, and other activities of the museum, especially during the administrations of directors Joseph B. Steere, Alexander Ruthven, Frederick Gaige, James S. Rogers, and Theodore Hubbell.

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Gaige, Frederick M.

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Hubbell, Theodore, 1897-1989.

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Theodore Huntington Hubbell was professor of entomology at the University of Michigan from 1946 to 1968 and director of its Museum of Zoology from 1956 until his retirement in 1968. Even after his ostensible retirement, Hubbell came to the museum daily and served as "everybody's mentor" until his death in 1989. Hubbell's professional reputation rested on his enduring interest in and extensive writings on Orthoptera, and his local reputation rested on the organizational skills he dem...

Ruthven, Alexander Grant, 1882-1971

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President of University of Michigan, 1929-1951. From the description of Alexander Grant Ruthven papers, 1901-1961. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423262 Epithet: President University of Michigan Ann Arbor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001240.0x00010a Alexander G. Ruthven was born April 1, 1882 in Hull, Iowa. He received his BS degree in 1903 from Morningside ...

Steere, Joseph Beal, 1842-1940

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Naturalist, professor of zoology and paleontology at the University of Michigan. From the description of Steere, Joseph B. papers, 1861-1941. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419621 From the description of Joseph B. Steere papers, 1861-1941. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 83428555 Joseph Beal Steere (1842-1940) was born in Rollin, Michigan. He studied and worked in the fields of zoology and paleontology, and was a professor at the Unive...

Rogers, J. Speed (James Speed), 1892-1955

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University of Michigan. Museum of Zoology.

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Established as an independent unit in 1913, the origins of the Museum of Zoology date to 1837 when a natural history collection was authorized. During a trip around the world in the 1870s, Joseph Beal Steere amassed a large collection of zoological specimens. Zoology moved into the University Museum's building in 1928. From the description of Museum of Zoology (University of Michigan) records, 1876-1999 (bulk 1910-1955 and 1975-1989) (University of Michigan)....