Papers, 1919-1966.

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Papers, 1919-1966.

This collection includes much on professional organizations (eg. Genetics Society of America, American Society of Naturalists). There is a lengthy series of lectures given by Demerec, over 60 lab notebooks, certificates and diplomas.

ca. 10,000 items (18 linear ft.)

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Bridges, Calvin B. (Calvin Blackman), 1889-1938

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American geneticist Calvin Blackman Bridges, 1889–1938, collaborated with T. H. Morgan, A. H. Sturtevant, and H. J. Muller, the group that developed many of the concepts of modern genetics through their study of the fruit fly, Drosophila. He continued with the Morgan group as a research associate of the Carnegie Institution in Washington from 1919. His contributions to modern genetics include the proof of the chromosome theory of heredity, formulation of the theory of ge...

Ephrussi, Boris, 1901-1979

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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Press

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Genetics society of America

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The Genetics Society of America was established in 1931 out of the combination of the Joint Genetics Section of the American Society of Zoologists and the Botanical Society of America, with the aim of facilitating communication among scientists with an interest in research and education in genetics and cognate fields. Periodically, the Society has taken an active stance on issues of public policy relating to genetics, most notably in the debate over the putatively heritable correlat...

Sonneborn, T. M. (Tracy Morton), 1905-1981

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Early geneticist whose early work with paramecium was critical to the discovery of genetic recombination. Sonneborn taught and conducted most of his important work at Indiana University, 1939-1981. In 1959 the National Academy of Science presented the Kimber Award for Genetics to Sonneborn. From the description of Sonneborn laboratory abstracts and papers, ca. 1931-1979. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 62198002 From the description of Sonneborn reprint collection, ...

American society of naturalists

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Demerec, M. (Milislav), 1895-1966

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Milislav Demerec, who immigrated from Yugoslavia in 1919, worked as a geneticist at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York from 1923-1960. His major work was in maize genetics, on Drosophila virilis, and radiation and chemical mutagens. From the description of Papers, 1919-1966. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122464703 Papers of James V. Neel, pioneering human population geneticist and professor in the Department of Human Ge...

Castle, William E. (William Ernest), 1867-1962

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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) William Ernest Castle was a zoologist and geneticist. He received his PhD from Harvard (1895) and taught there until 1936. He continued research in the genetics of coat colors in horses at the University of California at Berkeley until 1961. From the description of Pa...

Haldane, J.B.S. (John Burdon Sanderson), 1892-1964

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Muller, H. J. (Hermann Joseph), 1890-1967

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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) H.J. Muller established the field of production of genetic mutations through x-ray irradiation. He received the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology in 1946. From the description of [Collected reprints of H.J. Muller] 1916-1968. (Houston Academy of Medicine, Texas M...

Moe, Henry Allen, 1894-1975

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Rufus Ivory Cole served as the the director and physician-in-charge (1909-1937) of the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, the first hospital in the United States devoted primarily to the investigation of disease. Cole's medical research centered on problems relating to immunity to diseases of the respiratory system, particularly pneumonia From the guide to the Rufus Ivory Cole papers, ca. 1900-1966, 1900-1966, (American Philosophical Society) George ...

Hollaender, Alexander, 1898-1986

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Hollaender (1898-1986). Biologist (biophysics, radiation biology, and chemical matagenesis) and Director of the Division of Biology at the Atomic Energy Commission's Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 1946 to 1966. From the description of Addition to papers, 1935-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86123380 Alexander Hollaender is a geneticist who served as director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 1946 to 1966. From the description of Papers, 1950-1970...

Dobzhansky, Theodosius, 1900-1975

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Geneticist. From the description of Reminiscences of Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309737375 Theodosius Dobzhansky was a geneticist and a principal spokesman for Neo-Darwinism. He wrote "Genetics and the Origin of Species" (1937) and is considered one of the most influential biologists of our time. From the description of Papers, ca. 1917-1975. (American Philosophical So...

Emerson, R. A. (Rollins Adams), 1873-1947

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Professor of plant breeding, New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Cornell University Class of 1899. From the description of R. A. Emerson papers, 1907-1925. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64073480 ...

Metz, Charles William, 1889-1975

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Blakeslee, Albert Francis, 1874-1954

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Albert Francis Blakeslee was a geneticist and botanist and was director of Smith College Genetics Experiment Station (1943-1954). From the description of Papers, 1904-1954. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 154298036 American botanist educated at Wesleyan (A.B. 1896) and Harvard University (Ph.D. 1900). Instructor in Botany at Harvard 1906-1907; Professor of Botany at Connecticut Agricultural College, 1907-1914, Professor of Botany and Genetics, 1...

Timoféeff-Ressovsky, N. W.

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Bronk, Detlev W. (Detlev Wulf), 1897-1975

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Scientist and educator, Detlev W. Bronk was born in New York City in 1897. He received the B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1920, the M.S. in physics in 1922, and the Ph.D. in physics and physiology, both from the University of Michigan. From 1928 to 1929, as a Fellow of the National Research Council, he conducted studies with English scientists E.D. Adrian and A. V. Hill on the mode of discharge of impulses by motor nerve cells and shed light on many problems of sensory physiology a...

Babcock, E. B. (Ernest Brown), 1877-1954

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Professor and chairman of Division of Genetics, University of California, Berkeley, 1907-1947. From the description of Ernest Brown Babcock papers, 1909-1958. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122593278 ...

Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944

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Charles B. Davenport was a biologist and director of the Department of Genetics at the Carnegie Institution of Washington (1904-1934). From the description of Papers, 1874-1944. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122488735 Charles B. Davenport's influence and efforts at Cold Spring Harbor, New York, began in 1898 when he became the director of the summer school of the Biological Laboratory, a position he held until 1923. The lab was administered by...

Caspari, Ernst W.

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Ernst Wolfgang Caspari was a geneticist and was an assistant professor in Zoology at the University of Göttingen (1933-1935), emigrated to the United States in 1938 and held posts as a professor of biology, until 1975, at Lafayette College, University of Rochester, and Wesleyan University. From the description of Papers, 1932-1980. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122380096 As a doctoral student and assistant professor at the Univer...

Urey, Harold Clayton, 1893-

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Died in 1981. From the description of Oral history interview with Harold Clayton Urey, 1964 March 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84584513 Epithet: US chemist, Nobel laureate British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0000b4 Mildred Cohn was a biochemist and biophysicist. She received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1938 and was a research associate in biochemistry at several univers...

Goldschmidt, Richard, 1878-1958

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Professor of Zoology, University of California, Berkeley. From the description of Richard Benedict Goldschmidt papers, bulk 1900-1956. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 82679468 Biography Richard B. Goldschmidt was born on April 12, 1878 in Frankfurt am Main. He studied in Heidelberg and Munich, 1896-1902, under Otto Bütschli and Richard Hertwig, receiving his PhD in 1902 from Heidelberg. From 1903...

Bateson, Beatrice

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Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974

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Physicist. Major affiliations include: Princeton University, 1930-1937; Westinghouse Co., Pittsburgh, PA, 1937-1945; National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC, 1945-1951; Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1956-1963; and Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, Boulder, CO from 1963. From the description of Public relations file on Condon, mostly pertaining to the attack on his loyalty by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1948-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record i...