Papers of William Morton Wheeler, 1884-1980 (inclusive) 1884-1937 (bulk).

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Papers of William Morton Wheeler, 1884-1980 (inclusive) 1884-1937 (bulk).

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Includes correspondence, student and research notes, manuscripts (for published and unpublished work), illustrations for publications, travel and zoological field-work diaries and notebooks, teaching and public lecture notes and related material, photographs of Wheeler and others, financial and estate papers, biographical information and other papers. The bulk of the material is general correspondence relating to a range of professional concerns, including discussions and identification of insect specimens; publications; activities in regard to various scientific societies; teaching and other academic concerns, including Harvard's Bussey Institution where Wheeler was dean. Student notes relate to Wheeler's studies in Europe in the early 1890s, while research materials, including notes, diaries, and correspondence, relate to zoological work in Texas, Central America, Australia, and elsewhere. The various manuscripts include Wheeler's Demons in the Dust (published 1930). Teaching materials relate to Wheeler's career at the University of Chicago, University of Texas, and Harvard University; the latter includes papers for his teaching in entomology, and in animal behavior (Sociology 16 course). Also contained in the collection are papers of Wheeler's wife, Dora Emerson Wheeler, including work with the Republican Party in Massachusetts, Reid Hall, Inc. (American University Women's Paris Centre), and Emerson family business concerns. Also included are diaries, apparently of Wheeler's daughter, Adaline Wheeler, for travels in Europe, especially a 1931 England tour organized by the Cambridge School of Domestic Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Related publications and reference material available in the repository. For information on component parts of collection, see Harvard Archives LOCATION below.

25.9 cubic feet of mss. in 77 containers.

Harvard University Archives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8182010

Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Cambridge School

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Wheeler, William Morton, 1865-1937

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Wheeler (Clark Univ., Ph. D., 1892) taught entomology at Harvard and was Dean of the Bussey Institution. From the description of Papers of William Morton Wheeler, 1884-1980 (inclusive) 1884-1937 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972925 ...

Bussey Institution

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Bussey Institution was established by Harvard in 1869 as a school of agriculture and horticulture on land donated by Benjamin Bussey. Institute building and greenhouses were designed by Peabody & Stearns; construction began in 1871. Abolished as a school in 1931, Bussey became a center for research in genetics. After the land of the Institution was turned over to the Commonwealth of Mass., the Bussey Professorship of Biology was established. From the description of Drawings, 1925...

Wheeler, Dora Emerson.

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