Mack, Pamela E.
The Early Years of the Cold Spring Harbor Station for Experimental Evolution

1979
(44p., 0.1 linear feet)

B M19

© American Philosophical Society
105 South Fifth Street * Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386

American Philosophical Society

105 South Fifth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386
Table of contents Abstract
Pamela Mack received her doctorate in the History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania in 1983. She is currently a member of the Department of History at Clemson University.

Mack's essay, "The Early Years of the Cold Spring Harbor Station for Experimental Evolution," was written for a class taught by Daniel Kevles in 1979. In it, she charts the origins and first decade of the Station for Experimental Evolution (1904 to 1914) and its transformation under the leadership of Charles B. Davenport into an institution devoted to the study of eugenics.
Background note
Pamela Mack received her doctorate in the History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania in 1983. She is currently a member of the Department of History at Clemson University.


Scope and content
Pamela Mack's essay, "The Early Years of the Cold Spring Harbor Station for Experimental Evolution," was written for a class taught by Daniel Kevles in 1979. In it, she charts the origins and first decade of the Station for Experimental Evolution (1904 to 1914) and its transformation under the leadership of Charles B. Davenport into an institution devoted to the study of eugenics.

Administrative information
Restrictions
None.

Provenance
Gift of the author, 1979.

Preferred citation
Cite as: Pamela E. Mack, "The Early Years of the Cold Spring Harbor Station for Experimental Evolution," American Philosophical Society.

Processing information
Recatalogued by rsc, 2003.

Additional information
Related material
The essay is based in large part on the Charles B. Davenport Papers.

Added entries
Subjects
  • Cold Spring Harbor Station for Experimental Evolution
  • Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944
  • Eugenics
  • Evolution (Biology)
  • Genetics
  • Contributors
  • Mack, Pamela E.
  • Contact information
    American Philosophical Society
    105 South Fifth Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386

    [http://www.amphilsoc.org/]

    ©2003