Jane M. Oppenheimer Papers 1936-1962

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Jane M. Oppenheimer Papers 1936-1962

The embryologist and historian of science Jane M. Oppenheimer was a graduate and long term member of the faculty at Bryn Mawr College. Her research centered on the early development of the killifish and on the history of embryology. The Oppenheimer Papers are a small collection consisting of Oppenheimer's correspondence with a small number of colleagues regarding her publications in the history of science and medicine and various other topics. With one exception, all letters in the collection are addressed to Oppenheimer. Fundulus heteroclitus

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