Wilder gorilla miscellany, 1897-1976.

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Wilder gorilla miscellany, 1897-1976.

Includes letter from Robert Yerkes to Lauriston Sharp, December 18, 1942, with data sheet concerning the gorilla and his brain; typescript copy of an excerpt from the ITHACA JOURNAL, May 21, 1897, regarding the acquisition of the gorilla by Cornell University; two photographs of gorilla; and an article, "The Ape in Stateroom 10" from NATURAL HISTORY, 1976, by John Whittaker and Kenneth A. R. Kennedy, concerning Burt Green Wilder's interest in gorilla neurological anatomy.

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Cornell University Library

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Yerkes, Robert Mearns, 1876-1956

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Robert Mearns Yerkes was an animal psychologist; he became a member of the American Philosophical Society, 1936. From the guide to the Testament: the scientific way, n.d., n.d., (American Philosophical Society) 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) Psychologist. From the description o...

Sharp, Lauriston

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Anthropologist and Goldwin Smith Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies, emeritus, Cornell University. Lauriston Sharp received a B.A. in 1929 at the University of Wisconsin. He studied in Vienna and at Harvard University, where he received his master's degree in 1932 and his doctorate in 1937. His early field training in anthropology was in the American Southwest and Plains areas and in the Berber regions of eastern Algeria. He began his specialization in the cultu...

Kennedy, Kenneth A.R.

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Manuscript is a full record of paleoanthropological research conducted at the prehistoric burial site of R37 at Harappa village in Pakistan. It includes contributions by Dr. Kennedy and by Dr. R. John Lukacs of the University of Oregon, Dr. Nancy C. Lovell of the University of Alberta, and Dr. Brian Hemphill of the University of California at Bakersfield. The research was carried out in 1987-1988 under the supervision of the late Dr. George Dales of the University of California at Berkeley. The ...

Whittaker, John

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Cornell University. Dept. of Anthropology.

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Wilder, Burt G. (Burt Green), 1841-1925

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Epithet: Professor of Physiology, Cornell University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000212.0x00008a Lecturer on physiology at University of Michigan and professor at Cornell University. From the description of Burt Green Wilder papers, 1876-1881. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 82799847 From the description of Burt Green Wilder papers, 1876-1881. (University of Michigan). Wor...