Gordon Alexander Collection, 1916-1970.

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Gordon Alexander Collection, 1916-1970.

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Professor Alexander headed the Department of Biology at the University of Colorado and was the Curator of Birds at the University of Colorado Museum. His collection contains manuscripts and published works on biology and zoology; an extensive lantern slide file he created while at the University of Chulalongkorn, Bangkok, Thailand, of Thailand and Cambodia; lantern slides of Colorado and Southwest United States and others concerning high altitude research on animal distribution. Personal items and newspapers conclude the collection.

10 linear ft. (13 boxes & oversize)

University of Colorado, Boulder

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SNAC Resource ID: 8192522

University of Colorado, Boulder

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University of Colorado Libraries. Archives Dept.

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University of Colorado Chorus

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Fred Hellems, who compiled the two-page list of admission and graduation requirements of U.S. universities, was a Canadian who came to the University of Colorado as a Latin professor in 1898. He served as Dean of Arts and Sciences from 1899 until his death in 1929, and also was acting President in 1927-1928. [Source: A Guide to Manuscript Collections, Western Historical Collections, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2nd ed., c1982, p. 43.]. From the description of Records and correspo...

Alexander, Gordon, 1901-....

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Gordon Alexander was born August 18, 1901, in Rock Hill, Missouri. He served for 35 years on the faculty of the University of Colorado until his retirement in July, 1966. From 1939 to 1958, he was head of the Biology Department. Dr. Alexander received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton University during 1924-26. He began as an instructor of biology at CU in 1931. His research dealt primarily with the study of animal distribution in relation to altitude and the ecology of high altitudes on...