Papers, 1936-1961.

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Papers, 1936-1961.

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The main portion of this collection (1950s-1960s) contains correspondence, notes, and some photographs relating to horse genetics. The primary correspondence is with W. Ralph Singleton, who was the director of the Blandy Experimental Farm in Boyce, Virginia. There is correspondence with other organizations as well, such as the Welsh Pony Society of America. Individual correspondents include Donald C. Bell, P. W. Gregory, Miguel Odriozola, and Dewey G. Steele (Ms. Coll. #14). There is also a small collection of twenty letters to Leslie C. Dunn, concerning genetics and other scientific topics, with several of an autobiographical character (B\C269).

ca. 800 items.

American Philosophical Society Library

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American Philosophical Society Library

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Blandy Experimental Farm (Boyce, Va.).

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Bell, Donald C.

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Steele, Dewey George, 1898- .

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Odriozola, Miguel

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Welsh Pony Society of America.

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Singleton, W. Ralph (Willard Ralph), 1900-

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Miller Professor of Biology at the University of Virginia. From the description of Oral history interview of W. Ralph Singleton by Charles E. Moran [manuscript], April 22, 1976. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920577 ...

Gregory, Paul Wallace, 1898- .

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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...