Papers of Alfred Clarence Redfield, ca.1910-1973 (inclusive)

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Papers of Alfred Clarence Redfield, ca.1910-1973 (inclusive)

Contains correspondence, reports and other papers related to Redfield's career as professor of physiology at Harvard and various other professional activities. Topics include discussion of his research and that of his colleagues in the biological and medical sciences, evaluation of manuscripts for publication, requests for reprints and letters of recommendation for students and former students. Also contains materials on curriculum and tutorials and the work of the Biological Laboratories at Harvard. Related publications and reference material available in repository. For information on component parts of collection, see Harvard Archives LOCATION below.

3.4 cubic feet in 12 containers of mss.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8185987

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...

Harvard University. Biological Laboratories.

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Redfield, Alfred C. (Alfred Clarence), 1890-1983

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Alfred C. Redfield taught physiology at the Harvard Medical School as an instructor from 1917-1919 and as assistant professor from 1921-1930. In 1931 he was appointed professor of physiology and he began teaching in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Redfield was director of the Biological Laboratories at Harvard from 1934-1935. He served as Chairman of the Division of Biology from 1934-1938. He was associate director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution from 1942-1956 and was known for hi...