Raymond Pearl Papers Circa 1895-1940

ArchivalResource

Raymond Pearl Papers Circa 1895-1940

Raymond Pearl spent the majority of his academic career (1918-1940) at Johns Hopkins University, where he was Professor of Biometry and Vital Statistics and Director of the Institute of Biological Research. Founder of the and he made significant contributions in the areas of biology, genetics, eugenics, and statistics. The Pearl Papers includes correspondence as well as notebooks, scrapbooks, diplomas, photographs, and 33 volumes of diaries. There is significant correspondence with his wife, Maud (ca. 500 letters), and mother, Ida May (ca. 300 letters), particularly for the years 1895-1934. Of special note is Pearl's correspondence with his friend, colleague, and fellow Baltimoreian, H. L. Mencken (ca. 500 letters). The collection contains important information on the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, The Baltimore , the Birth Control Federation of America, Dartmouth College, the International Institute of Statistics, Johns Hopkins University, and the National Academy of Sciences. Quarterly Review of Biology Human Biology, Sun

19.25 Linear feet

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6631748

Related Entities

There are 54 Entities related to this resource.

Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66b7wgt (person)

Margaret Louise Higgins was born in Corning, New York, on September 15, 1879, the sixth of eleven children and the third of four daughters born to Anne Purcell Higgins and Michael Hennessey Higgins, a stone mason. Her two elder sisters worked to supplement the family income, and financed her education at Claverack College, a private coeducational preparatory school in the Catskills. After leaving Claverack, Higgins took a job teaching first grade to immigrant children, but decided after a short ...

Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66f6jc0 (person)

Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956), was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Mencken, known as the "Sage of Baltimore", is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Mencken worked as a reporter and drama critic for the Baltimore Morning Herald from 1899 to 1906. From 190...

Gini, Corrado, 1884-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61674dw (person)

Harrison, Ross G. (Ross Granville), 1870-1959

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rr217j (person)

Ross Granville Harrison was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on January 13, 1870. He graduated from Johns Hopkins (A.B., 1889; Ph.D., 1894) and the University of Bonn (M.D., 1899). He taught at Johns Hopkins (1896-1907) and at Yale University (1907-1959). Harrison conducted extensive scientific research in embryonic development and related fields, and produced several publications. At Yale, Harrison's administrative responsibilities included service as director of the Osborn Zoological Laborator...

Jones, Bassett, 1877-1960

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w661125g (person)

Rufus M. Jones was born in Quary, Iowa in December 4, 1877. He came to Montana from Des Moines, Iowa in 1913 with his wife Mabel M. Jones who he married April 4, 1906. In the 1920 census, Jones is listed as a farmer in Rosebud County near Sumatra, Montana (School District 31) and his wife is listed as a teacher. They had two children, Doris R. Jones and Wendell L. Jones. Rufus Jones served with the armed forces in the Philippines during the Spanish American War. They moved to moved to Missoula, ...

Thomas, Charles W., 1926-1990

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w097bp (person)

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69d0r9w (corporateBody)

The National Academy of Sciences, founded in Washington, D. C., in 1863, grew out of a desire for a body of scientists to give advice on scientific matters to the federal government. Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian, was a force behind its creation. From the description of National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1887 Records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78403445 ...

Pearl, Ruth DeWitt

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c37k56 (person)

Van Rensselaer, Alexander

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vn72d0 (person)

Bliss, Leon D.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68x61mc (person)

Parcek, Bertha A.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s30pt1 (person)

Greenwood, Major, 1880-....

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ms3w6x (person)

Epithet: Medical Officer, Ministry of Health British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000982.0x000269 ...

Archbold, Helen

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60t2cr8 (person)

Bird, J. Malcolm (James Malcolm), 1886-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kp8rx7 (person)

Research officer of American Society for Psychical Research. From the description of Papers, 1925-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155510291 ...

The Quarterly Review of Biology.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rd075x (corporateBody)

Walcott, Frederic Collin, 1869-1949

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6639rkv (person)

Frederic C. Walcott: investment banker and manufacturer, 1907-1915; officer and director of various corporations until 1922; engaged in Polish and Belgian relief work, 1915-1917; U.S. Food Administration worker, 1917-1919; member of Connecticut State Senate, 1925, 1927; active on state commissions, 1923-1928; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1929-1935; welfare commissioner of Connecticut, 1935-1939; trustee of numerous colleges and institutions. From the description of Frederic Collin ...

Bell, James F.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66r4kcr (person)

Beckwith, Cora J.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tg2mgk (person)

Mallet, Bernard, Sir

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c94znz (person)

Campbell, James A., 1917-1983

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6959jpb (person)

Halsbed, W. T.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zm84k1 (person)

Jennings, H. S. (Herbert Spencer), 1868-1947

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z89mbm (person)

Herbert Spencer Jennings was a naturalist and geneticist. He taught botany and zoology at various universities in the United States and abroad. He specialized in research on the physiology of micro-organisms, animal behavior, and genetics. From the description of Diaries, 1903-1942. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122440035 From the description of Papers, ca. 1893-1947. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122689452 ...

Birth Control Federation of America

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6478657 (corporateBody)

Yule, G. Udny (George Udny), 1871-1951

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kp84fh (person)

George Udny Yule, (C.B.E., 1918; F.R.S., 1921; M.A., University Lecturer and Reader in Statistics, Cambridge, 1912-1931; Fellow of St. John's College, Assistant Professor Applied Mathematics, 1897-1899; City and Guilds of London Institute, 1899-1912; Newmarch Lecturer in Statistics, University College of London, 1902-1909, Fellow in 1926; President, Honorary Vice President, Royal Statistical Society of London; Fellow and sometime member FRAI. From the description of Papers, 1899-1949...

Yule, H. R.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dw46vq (person)

Baltimore Sun

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62h0r32 (corporateBody)

Wilson, Edwin Bidwell, 1879-1964

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65t3n13 (person)

Deceased 1964. From the description of Oral history interview with Edwin Bidwell Wilson, 1963, June. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81360299 Physicist (mathematical physics and aeronautics). On faculty at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1907-1917, department chair, 1917-1922; professor of vital statistics, School of Public Health, Harvard University, 1922-1945, and professor emeritus from 1945; president of Social Science Research Council, 1929-1931. From ...

Embree, Edwin R. (Edwin Rogers), 1883-1950

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k938z6 (person)

Foundation executive and author. From the description of Edwin R. Embree collection, [undated]. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70971646 Edwin Embree was secretary (1917-1924), director of the Division of Stusies (1924-1927), and vice-president (1927) of The Rockefeller Foundation, president of the Rosenwald Fund (1927-1948), and president of the Liberian Foundation. From the description of Papers, 1925-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122628995 ...

Russell, E. S. (Edward Stuart), 1887-1954

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66h4kxh (person)

Willcox, Walter Francis, 1861-1964

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wq04hh (person)

Statistician and professor of economics. From the description of Walter Francis Willcox papers, 1851-1965 (bulk 1886-1940). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 708649617 Professor of economics and statistics at Cornell University. From the description of Walter Francis Willcox papers, 1886-1960. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63534630 From the guide to the Walter Francis Willcox papers, 1886-1960., (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collectio...

Morgan, Thomas Hunt, 1866-1945

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vh5q27 (person)

Thomas Hunt Morgan was a geneticist and embryologist. He was Professor of Experimental Biology at Columbia University (1904-1928) and Professor of Zoology at California Institute of Technology (1928-1945). From the description of Papers, ca. 1919-1947. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 86165435 Thomas Hunt Morgan received his Ph. D. from the Johns Hopkins University in 1890 where he studied morphology with W.K. Brooks, and physiology ...

Benson and Miller

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xb50b1 (person)

East, Edward M. (Edward Murray), 1879-1938

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61j9d75 (person)

Epithet: plant geneticist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000752.0x00034e Epithet: American biologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00000c Oliver Edwin Baker (1883-1949) was an agricultural geographer and population expert and an analyst for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He was an authority on agr...

Pearl, Ida May McDuffee

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w616745r (person)

Sweeney, James Shirley, 1896- .

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bv7k7c (person)

Yerkes, Robert Mearns, 1876-1956

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60g3hx3 (person)

Robert Mearns Yerkes was an animal psychologist; he became a member of the American Philosophical Society, 1936. From the guide to the Testament: the scientific way, n.d., n.d., (American Philosophical Society) George Washington Corner worked as an anatomist, endocrinologist, and medical historian. From the guide to the George Washington Corner papers, 1889-1981, 1903-1982, (American Philosophical Society) Psychologist. From the description o...

Inglis, William

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zh6j2g (person)

Epithet: JP, of Dunfermline British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x0002ee Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x0002ed ...

Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jb6wh0 (person)

Vilhjalmur Stefansson was born on November 3, 1879 in Arnes, Manitoba, Canada. He attended the University of North Dakota from 1897-1902. He was voted the best orator in 1900, and also worked for the school newspaper. In 1930 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, only the third such degree awarded. He then transferred to the University of Iowa and graduated in 1903 with a degree from the School of Liberal Arts. He next enrolled at Harvard, graduating with a Master of Arts degree in 1...

Wheeler, William Morton, 1865-1937

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zc84g8 (person)

Wheeler (Clark Univ., Ph. D., 1892) taught entomology at Harvard and was Dean of the Bussey Institution. From the description of Papers of William Morton Wheeler, 1884-1980 (inclusive) 1884-1937 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972925 ...

Dartmouth College

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60p4nm5 (corporateBody)

The celebration of the 150th anniversary of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Dartmouth College Case was held on April 9, 1969, in the Court of Claims, Washington, D.C.; the celebration also commemorated the career of Daniel Webster, the advocate who defended the case before the Supreme Court. During the ceremony Justice Earl Warren, Senator Thomas J. MacIntyre, and Dartmouth College President John Sloan Dickey spoke before an audience of legislators, jurists, historians, and alumni....

Bernard, Léon, b. 1877.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vd7206 (person)

Pearl, Raymond, 1879-1940

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cf9rvf (person)

Professor of biology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. From the description of Correspondence to Morley Roberts, 1934. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 645650881 Raymond Pearl was a biologist and statistician. He spent most of his academic career (1918-1940) at the Johns Hopkins University, where he was Professor of Biometry and Vital Statistics and Director of the Institute of Biological Research. He was founder of...

Kaempffert, Waldemar, 1877-1956

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g744fk (person)

Waldemar Kaempffert was editor of Popular Science Monthly. From the description of Letters to J. B. Lippincott Company and Horace Howard Furness, Jr., 1916-1917. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155884714 ...

Harris, F. K.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hv5bvb (person)

Pearl, Maud Mary DeWitt

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tg2jrb (person)

Cox, Eugene A.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hg0hvq (person)

Berkson, Joseph

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69888fj (person)

International Statistical Institute.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rf9pd6 (corporateBody)

Ritter, William Emerson, 1856-1944

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qz29cd (person)

Professor of Zoology, University of California, Berkeley; member of the Harriman Alaska Expedition; director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at La Jolla. From the description of William E. Ritter papers, 1879-1944. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122403282 American zoologist; founder and first director of the Marine Biological Association of San Diego which became the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD. From the descrip...

Unidentified

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6012q2h (person)

Fisher, Arne

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64b32vp (person)

American association of physical anthropologists

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61k36n4 (corporateBody)

Porter, George P.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tg2jbz (person)

Pearson, Karl, 1857-1936

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69s1t36 (person)