Papers, 1921-1993.

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Papers, 1921-1993.

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Series I. (3.75 linear ft.) contains letters, carbons, telegrams, and postcards generated during Carson's career. Correspondents include professional colleagues, students, and politicians, including: Francisca Carolina doVal, Douglas J. Futuyma, Luther Val Giddings, Judson Linsley Gressitt, William Battles Heed, Cecil Heftel, Raymond B. Manning, Ernst Mayr, Evitar Nevo, Toyohi Okada, Sarah Bedichek, Jeffrey R. Powell, William B. Provine, Harrison Dailey Stalker, Wilson Stuart Stone, Alan Robert Templeton, Marvin Wasserman, Marshall R. Wheeler, M.J.D. White, P.W. Whiting, and Jong Sik Yoon. Series II (1 linear ft.) contains symposia programs, including Carson's notes on lectures given by participants; clippings; biographical materials; reviews of grants, project proposals, and manuscripts; technical reports; and administrative materials relating to professional organizations or university committees with which he participated. Series III (2.75 linear ft.) contains notes, outlines, and drafts of reviews, articles, and a book written by Carson. Topics of works include his scientific research, effects of radiation fall-out on humans, race and human heredity, the teaching of evolution versus creationism, and the modern synthesis of evolution. Series IV (1 linear ft.) contains notes, articles, and lectures written by Carson's students and colleagues. The author best represented is Alan R. Templeton. Series V (3.5 linear ft.) contains field notes and experiemental data, particularly concerning Carson's work with Drosophila mercatorum. Series VI (2.5 linear ft.) contains lectures that Carson gave for courses at Washington University and the University of Hawaii. Series VII (.5 linear ft.) contains prints, slides, and negatives primarily related to Carson's research.

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Giddings, Luther Val

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Whiting, P. W. (Phineas Wescott), 1887-

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Stalker, Harrison Dailey, 1915-

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Powell, Jeffrey R.

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Dobzhansky, Theodosius Gringorievich, 1900-1975.

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Manning, Raymond B. (Raymond Brendan), 1934-2000

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Carson, Hampton L. (Hampton Lawrence), 1914-

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Hampton Lawrence Carson is a population geneticist best known for his research with the cytogenetics and evolution of drosophila. From this research he derived his concepts of speciation, particularly founder effects. He served on the faculty of Washington University from 1943 until 1970, when he was appointed genetics professor at the University of Hawaii. From the description of Papers, 1921-1993. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523790 ...

Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005

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Correspondence to Lewis and Sophia Mumford from Ernst Mayr and his wife, Gretel Mayr. From the description of Letters, 1965-1979 : to Lewis and Sophia Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155872482 Ernst Mayr is a zoologist. From the description of Papers, 1946, 1974-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173465832 From the guide to the Ernst Mayr papers, 1946, 1974-1979, Bulk, 1974-1979, 1946-1979, (American Philosophical Soc...

Wasserman, Marvin, 1929-

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Nevo, Evitar.

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Okada, Toyohi.

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Heftel, Cecil, 1925-

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Stone, Wilson Stuart, 1907-1968

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Yoon, Jong Sik.

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Futuyma, Douglas J., 1942-....

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Pipkin, Sarah Bedichek, 1913-

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Wheeler, Marshall R.

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Heed, William Battles.

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Provine, William B.

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Reprints collected by William B. Provine, Andrew H. and James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University. From the description of William B. Provine collection of evolutionary biology reprints, 19th and 20th century. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 659307652 ...

DoVal, Francisca Carolina.

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Templeton, Alan Robert.

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White, M. J. D., 1943-

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