Edwin Carleton MacDowell papers, 1945-1950.

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Edwin Carleton MacDowell papers, 1945-1950.

Consists mainly of notes for and drafts of MacDowell's biographical essay on Charles B. Davenport, who was director of the Biological Laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, from 1898-1923, and director and founder of the Department of Experimental Evolution, Carnegie Institution of Washington, at Cold Spring Harbor from 1904-1930. Also includes biographical information on Davenport's father, Amzi Benedict Davenport; letters to MacDowell in reaction to his essay on Charles B. Davenport; photographs of Davenport, L.C. Dunn, Berwind P. Kaufmann, and others; and newspaper clippings about Selig Hecht and Berwind P. Kaufmann.

.8 cubic ft. (ca. 50 items).

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Cornell University Library

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Davenport, A. B. (Amzi Benedict), 1817-

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Hecht, Selig

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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...

Kaufmann, B. P. (Berwind Peterson), 1897-1975

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Berwind Peterson Kaufmann was a biologist. From the description of Papers, 1962-1967. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 154298051 From the guide to the B. P. (Berwind Peterson) Kaufmann papers, 1962-1967, 1962-1967, (American Philosophical Society) ...

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...

MacDowell, E. Carleton (Edwin Carleton), 1887-1973

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Zoologist and relief worker. From the description of Papers, 1917-1927. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 27312730 American geneticist. From the description of Edwin Carleton MacDowell papers, 1945-1950. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936376 ...

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Press

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Carnegie Institution of Washington. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

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