Papers, [ca. 1920]-1974.

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Papers, [ca. 1920]-1974.

This collection includes correspondence, reports, notebooks, lectures, photographs, etc. It is a rich collection, documenting the development of American genetics as well as Dunn's varied interests. There is significant material relating to American-Soviet Union contacts, particularly in the files on the American-Soviet Friendship Council and the American-Soviet Science Society. There is much, as well, on the impact of the Lysenko controversy in the United States. Dunn's interests in European scientists can also be seen in the sizable amount of material on the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German Scholars. Material relating to the Kilgore and Magnusson bills for the support of science (predecessors of the National Science Foundation) are in the collection.

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

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Gumbel, Emil Julius, 1891-

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Landsteiner, Karl, 1868-1943

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Bjerknes, Kristine Bonnevie, 1901- .

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Ephrussi, Boris, 1901-1979

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Geyer-Duszynska, Irene, 1924- .

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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...

Cohn, Alfred E. (Alfred Einstein), 1879-1957

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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) Alfred ...

Iltis, Hugo, 1925- .

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Carrel, Alexis, 1873-1944

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Caspari, Ernst W.

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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...

Wilson, Edwin Bidwell, 1879-1964

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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 ...

National Research Council. Committee on Experimental Animals and Plants.

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Lewontin, Richard C., 1929-

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David, Paul R. (Paul Rembert), 1907-1984

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Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German Scholars

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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...

Ivanyi, Pavol, 1930-....

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

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Jollas, Victor.

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Demerec, M. (Milislav), 1895-1966

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American-Soviet Science Society.

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Dunn, L. C. (Leslie Clarence), 1893-1974

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Geneticist. From the description of Reminiscences of Leslie Clarence Dunn : oral history, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309732431 Leslie C. Dunn was a geneticist. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1920]-1974. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523491 Papers of James V. Neel, pioneering human population geneticist and professor in the Department of Human Genetics, Uni...

Morgan, Thomas Hunt, 1866-1945

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Dahlberg, Gunnar, 1893-1956

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American-Soviet Friendship Council.

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Mohr, Tove.

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Fisher, Ronald Aylmer, Sir, 1890-1962

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Epithet: Arthur Balfour Professor of Generaletics University of Cambridge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000296.0x000190 ...

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

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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 ...

Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975

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English biologist. From the description of Typed letter signed : London, to Mr. Heineman, 1928 Feb. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269555836 British biologist, philosopher, and popularizer of science; b. Julian Sorell Huxley. From the description of Papers, 1899-1980. (Rice University). WorldCat record id: 86118827 From the description of Julian Sorell Huxley papers, 1899-1980. (Rice University). WorldCat record id: 28418189 Jul...