Thomas Eisner papers, 1952-2011.

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Thomas Eisner papers, 1952-2011.

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Vita, profiles, and other biographical materials; photographs alone and with others; reprints of writings, 1952-2008; writings, published and unpublished, on environmental issues including Lignum Vitae Key, Big Thicket National Park, the Congressional Fellow Program, the Endangered Species Act, and chemical prospecting, as well as world population, nuclear weapons/disarmament, and human rights. Bound volume of reprints on ultraviolet absorbtion, reflection and viewing and bound volume of reprints on the bombardier beetle. Also, typescript diary entries from 1987. Movie films on the African bomardier beetles, the Ozaenine and Metrius bombardier beetles, and others; and DVDs of lectures and programs including "The Natural World: Beetlemania," 1996, "Nature of Things/Bug Man of Ithaca," 1980, Discovery Channel interview, "Garden of Eden," 1986, "Nature Watch," "Secret Weapons," 1983, Seven Wonders of the World," 1997, "Talking Books, February 6, 2004, CBS Radio One - For Love of Insects," 2004, "ABS MTG. 1990 Eisner & Meinwald, Binghamton, NY," 1990, "Remarks for the Grand Prix de la Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie," 2006, and "Thomas Eisner - Jerrold Meinwald, 1990 Tyler Prize Awards Banquet," 1990. Also slides of bombadier beetles and slides of UV images of butterflies and flowers. Medals(12 items) received by Eisner, including the National Medal of Science and a photograph of Eisner receiving the medal from President Bill Clinton. Memoir of Tom Eisner by Maria Lobell, read at his memorial service.

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Thomas Eisner is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Chemical Ecology at Cornell University. He is a world authority on animal behavior, ecology, and evolution, and is co-founder of chemical ecology, the discipline dealing with the chemical interactions of organisms. A field biologist with working experience on four continents, he is an active conservationist. He has served on the Board of Directors of the National Audubon Society, the Scientific Council of The Nature Conservancy, and is curre...