| 1 | Creator: | Tukey, John Wilder, 1915- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John W. Tukey Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1937-2000 | | | | Abstract: | One of the most influential statisticians of the twentieth century, John Wilder Tukey (1915-2000) played a key role in both the development and study of statistics. Upon receiving his Ph.D. in mathematics in 1939 from Brown University, he joined the faculty at Princeton; in 1945, he also began work at Bell Laboratories. Equally committed to both Princeton and Bell Labs, Tukey chose to work concurrently at both institutions. He was also a consultant for many companies, such as Merck and Company, Xerox Corporation, and the Educational Testing Service, and was a frequent advisor to the government for such programs as the US Census. From 1960 to 1980 he led the statistical component of NBC’s election night projections. Among other projects Tukey analyzed Alfred Kinsey's research and examined data on ozone depletion. Tukey made many important contributions to the field of statistics, such as work in time series analysis, exploratory data analysis, and multiple comparisons. Through his work, Tukey developed statistical applications including the Box-and-Whisker Plot, the Stem-and-Leaf Diagram, Cooley-Tukey Fast Fourier Transforms, Tukey’s Paired Comparisons and citation and permutated indices. Tukey's influence extends beyond statistics to everyday language: he was the first to use the word "software" in print and coined words such as "bit" and "linear programming." A prolific writer, John W. Tukey penned more than 500 technical papers and reports and published, among numerous other works. His collected papers amount to eight volumes of work.
The Tukey Papers provides a comprehensive perspective into Tukey’s professional activities from his days as a graduate student until his death in 2002. Among the material is his correspondence and his published and unpublished works. There is abundant material from Tukey’s long careers at Bell Laboratories and Princeton University, including extensive lecture notes and syllabi. Also included are copious materials relating to his professional activities with such agencies as the National Research Council, the Army Records Office, Xerox PARC, Merck and Company, the President’s Science Advisory Committee, and the National Academy of Sciences. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.117 | | | | Extent: | 169.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Abelson, Robert P. | Academy of Sciences of the USSR | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | American Association for the Advancement of Science | American Association of Scientific Workers | American Chemical Society | American College Testing Program | American Institute of Chemical Engineers | American Institute of Physics | American Mathematical Society | American Medical Association | American Petroleum Institute | American Philosophical Society | American Psychological Association | American Society for Information Science | American Society for Quality Control | American Statistical Association | American Telephone and Telegraph Company | Anderson, Edgar, 1897- | Archibald, Raymond Clare, 1875-1957 | Basford, Kaye E., 1952- | Batson, Herbert Clifford | Beale, E. M. L. (Evelyn Martin Landsdowne) | Beaton, Albert E. | Bechhofer, Robert E. (Robert Eric), 1919- | Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. | Bell, Whitfield J. (Whitfield Jenks) | Belsley, David A. | Beniger, James R. (James Ralph), 1946- | Bennett, Carl A. (Carl Allen), 1921- | Blackman, R. B. (Ralph Beebe), 1904- | Bliss, Chester Ittner, 1899- | Bloomfield, Peter, 1946- | Boas, Ralph Philip | Bode, Hendrik W. (Hendrik Wade), 1905- | Bolt, Bruce A., 1930- | Bowker, Albert Hosmer, 1919- | Braun, Henry I., 1949- | Brown University | California Institute of Technology | Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford, Calif.) | Chlorofluoromethanes-Environmental concerns | Cochran, William G., (William Gemmell), 1909-1980 | Cressie, Noel A. C. | Deming, W. Edwards (William Edwards), 1900- | Dempster, Arthur Pentland, 1929- | Disarmament. | Dixon, Wilfrid Joseph, 1915- | Dodge, Harold French, 1893- | Educational Testing Service | Fisher, Ronald Aylmer, Sir, 1890-1962 | Fisher, Ronald Aylmer, Sir, 1890-1962 | Flood, Merrill Meeks, 1908- | Fourier transformations | Gnanadesikan, Ramanathan, 1932- | Halocarbons | Hamming, R. W. (Richard Wesley), 1915- | History of computing | Hoaglin, David C. (David Caster), 1944- | Kinsey, Alfred C. (Alfred Charles), 1894-1956 | Kruskal, William, 1919-2005 | Logarithms | Massachusettes Institute of Technology | Mathematics - Tables | Meyerhoff, Howard A., (Howard Augustus), 1899- | Mike, Valerie, 1934- | Moe, Henry Allen, 1894-1975 | Moments method (Statistics) | Mosteller, Frederick, 1916- | Mosteller, Frederick, 1916-2006 | National Academy of Sciences. (U.S.) | National Assessment of Educational Progess (Project) | National Research Council (U.S.) | National Science Foundation, U.S. | Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 | Nuclear Weapons - Testing | Parzen, Emanuel, 1929- | Pearson, E. S., (Egon Sharpe), 1895-1980 | Press, Harry | Princeton University | Princeton University. | Rao, C. Radhakrishna (Calyampudi Radhakrishna), 1920- | Rousseeuw, Peter J. | Scheffé, Henry, 1907- | Security clearances - United States | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | Statistics--Study and teaching | Suppes, Patrick, 1922- | Time-series analysis | Tukey, John Wilder, 1915- | Tukey, Paul | U.S. Census Bureau | United States. Army Research Office | Velleman, Paul F.,1949- | Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008 | Wilks, S. S. (Samuel Stanley), 1906-1964 | Wilks, S. S., (Samuel Stanley), 1906-1964 | Xerox Corporation | Xerox Corporation. Palo Alto Research Center | |
| 2 | Creator: | Anderson, Thomas Foxen, 1911-1991 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Thomas Foxen Anderson Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1928-1989 | | | | Abstract: | Thomas F. Anderson (1911-1991) was a biophysicist and electron microscopist whose research included Raman spectroscopy; the physiology of yeast; the biological effects of radiation; the biological applications of electron microscopy; and the genetics of bacteria, bacterial viruses, and bacteriophage. He was a Professor of Biophysics at the University of Pennsylvania and a Senior Member of the Institute for Cancer Research in Fox Chase. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.75 | | | | Extent: | 43.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Association for the Advancement of Science | American Philosophical Society | Anderson, Andy, b. 1927 | Anderson, Thomas Foxen, 1911-1991 | Bacterial genetics | Bacterial genetics. | Bacteriophage and viral genetics | Bacteriophages | Bibliographical matters -- Schultz, Jack | Biochemistry and organic chemistry | Biographical and personal data -- Schultz, Jack | Biophysical Society | Biophysics | California Institute of Technology | Cancer, chemotherapy | Caspari, Ernst Wilhelm | Chance, Britton | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Columbia University | Committee activities | Conferences and symposia | Congratulations, greetings, thanks -- Delbruck, Max. 60th birthday | Congratulations, greetings, thanks -- Horwitz Prize | Congratulations, greetings, thanks -- Pauling, Linus. 75th birthday | Crick, Francis, 1916-2004 | Crow, James F. | Cytogenetics | Demerec, M., (Milislav), 1895-1966 | Drosophila genetics | Electron Microscope Society of America. | Electron microscopy | Fellowships, assistantships | Fellowships, assistantships -- Guggenheim | Genetics | Genetics Society of America | Gibbons, Ian R. (Ian Read), b. 1931 | Glass plate negatives | Hall, Cecil Edwin, b. 1912 | Hayes, William | Heidelberger, Michael | Hershey, A. D., (Alfred Day), 1908- | History of biology, especially genetics | Honors -- Horwitz Prize | Honors -- National Medal of Science | Human genetics | Institute for Medical Research | International Committee on Nomenclature of Viruses | International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics | Invitations | Israel, Vance | Jacob, François, 1920- | Kellenberger, Eduard | Kozinski, Andrzej W. | Laboratory notes | Laboratory techniques, equipment | Latarjet, Raymond, 1911- | Lederberg, Joshua | Luria, Salvador Edward | Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole | Metz, Charles W. | Mintz, Beatrice | Mirsky, Alfred Ezra | Molecular genetics | Monod, Jacques, 1910-1976 | Morgan, Thomas Hunt | Mudd, Stuart, 1893- | National Academy of Sciences | National Cancer Institute (U.S.) | National Institutes of Health (U.S.) | National Research Council (U.S.) | National Science Foundation, U.S. | Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994 | Philadelphia Electron Microscope Society | Photonegatives | Photoprints | Poetry and literature | Population genetics | Preservation of historical materials | Protozoan genetics | Publication | Publication -- Genetics | RCA Laboratories | Radiation genetics | Radiation--Physiological effect | Raman spectroscopy | Recommendations | Referee's report | Requests for aid in finding positions | Richards, A. Glenn, Jr. | Schultz, Jack | Schultz, Jack,1904-1971. | Slides. | Smadel, Joseph E. (Joseph Edwin), 1907-1963 | Sonneborn, T.M., (Tracy Morton), 1905-1981 | Sonneborn, Tracy M. | Stanley, Wendell M., (Wendell Meredith), 1904- | Statistics, biostatistics, biometrics | Stereographs | Teaching | The Institute for Cancer Research | Travel -- Invitations, arrangements | U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. | United States. Office of Naval Research. | United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development | University of Pennsylvania. | Unpublished manuscripts, notes, etc. | Viral genetics | Walker, Donald H., Jr. | Wollman, Elie | Wulff, Peter | Wyckoff, Ralph W. G. (Ralph Walter Graystone), 1897- | Yost, Don M., b. 1893 | Zinder, Norton D. | |
| 3 | Creator: | Wright, Sewall, 1889-1988 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sewall Wright Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1885-1988 | | | | Abstract: | Sewall Wright ranks among the most influential figures in the field of population genetics during the 20th century, and made important contributions to biostatistics, biometrics, and evolutionary theory. These papers contain much of Wright's professional correspondence, scattered research notes, and drafts of a small number of papers. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.60 | | | | Extent: | 17.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Association for the Advancement of Science | American Institute of Biological Sciences | American Museum of Natural History | American Philosophical Society | Avery, Oswald Theodore | Babcock, Ernest Brown | Bacterial genetics | Bacteriophage and viral genetics | Beadle, George Wells | Behavioral genetics, IQ | Berry, L. Joe | Bibliographical matters | Biochemistry and organic chemistry | Biographical and personal data | Biographical and personal data -- Castle, William Ernest | Biographical and personal data -- Muller, Hermann Joseph | Biographical and personal data -- Obituary | Biographical and personal data -- Wright, Sewall | Blakeslee, Albert Francis | Bush, Vannevar | Business | California Institute of Technology -- Thomas Hunt Morgan memorial | Cancer, chemotherapy | Carnegie Institution of Washington | Caspari, Ernst Wilhelm | Castle, William Ernest | Cattell, James McKeen | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Cole, Leon Jacob | Columbia University | Committee activities | Conferences and symposia | Conferences and symposia -- American Society of Zoologists | Conferences and symposia -- Darwin Centennial | Conferences and symposia -- Mendel Centennial | Congratulations, greetings, thanks | Congratulations, greetings, thanks -- 50-year membership | Congratulations, greetings, thanks -- Leon J. Cole Professor of Genetics | Congratulations, greetings, thanks -- Muller, Hermann Joseph. 70th birthday | Congratulations, greetings, thanks -- National Academy of Sciences | Congratulations, greetings, thanks -- Presidential medal | Congratulations, greetings, thanks -- Royal Society (Great Britain) | Crow, James F. | Cytogenetics | Davenport, Charles Benedict | Demerec, Milislav | Displaced German scholars | Dobzhansky, Theodosius | Dronamraju, Krishna R. | Drosophila genetics | Dunn, Leslie Clarence | East, Edward Murray | Editorial matters | Educational matters | Embryology, developmental genetics | Emerson, Rollins Adams | Epling, Carl | Eugenics Record Office | Evolution | Evolution (Biology) | Evolution -- Race | Fellowships, assistantships | Fisher, Ronald Aylmer | Genetic algebras | Genetics | Genetics -- Animals | Genetics -- Birds | Genetics -- Cattle | Genetics -- Genetic drift | Genetics -- Guinea pigs | Genetics -- Mammals | Genetics -- Neurospora | Genetics -- Nomenclature | Genetics -- Snails | Genetics -- Wasps | Genetics Society of America | Genetics Society of America -- Golden Jubilee | Genetics of plants | Gillespie, John H. | Glass, Bentley | Goldschmidt, Richard Benedict | Gordon, Robert Dean | Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson | Harvard University | History of biology, especially genetics | Honors | Honors -- Kimber Award | Honors -- Royal Society (Great Britain) | House Un-American Activities Committee | House, Verl L. | Human genetics | Human genetics -- Race | Iltis, Hugo | International Congress of Genetics | International Congress of Genetics -- Seventh Congress | International Congress of Genetics -- Sixth Congress | International Congress of Zoology | Invitations | Jennings, Herbert Spencer | Kaufmann, Berwind Peterson | Keeler, Clyde A. | Laboratory techniques, equipment | Lectures, public speaking | Lectures, public speaking -- University of California, Berkeley | Levit, Solomon G. | Lewontin, Richard Charles | Little, Clarence Cook | Luria, Salvador Edward | Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole | Medical research | Mendel, Gregor | Mohr, Otto Louis | Molecular genetics | Morgenstern, Oskar | Mouse genetics | Muller, Hermann Joseph | National Academy of Sciences | National Academy of Sciences -- Committee activities | National Academy of Sciences. (U.S.) | National Research Council | National Research Council (U.S.) | National Research Council -- Committee activities | National Science Foundation | Navashin, Sergei Gavrilovich | Neel, James V. | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Osborn, Frederick Henry | Paleontology | Pearl, Raymond | Physiology | Political issues -- Hitler manifesto | Population genetics | Preservation of historical materials | Protozoan genetics | Provine, William | Publication | Publication -- American Naturalist | Publication -- Genetics | Publication -- Journal of Heredity | Publication -- Nature | Publication -- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Publication -- Science | Publication -- Society for the Study of Evolution | Rabbit genetics | Radiation genetics | Rat genetics | Recommendations | Reed, Sheldon Clark | Referee's report | Requests for aid in finding positions | Requests for reprints | Research support | Reviews | Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory | Russian politics and science | Scientific organizations, meetings, programs | Scientific organizations, meetings, programs -- American Society of Zoologists | Serebrovsky, Alexander Sergeevich | Sheppard, Philip M. | Society for the Study of Evolution | Sociology | Sokoloff, Alexander | Solicitations for support or contribution | Sonneborn, Tracy M. | Stadler, Lewis John | Stalker, Harrison Dailey | Statistics, biostatistics, biometrics | Stern, Curt | Stern, Kurt | Sturtevant, Alfred Henry | Teaching | Tower, William L. | Travel -- Brazil | Travel -- Great Britain | Travel -- Invitations, arrangements | Travel -- Norway | University of Chicago | University of Chicago. | Unpublished manuscripts, notes, etc. | Unpublished manuscripts, notes, etc. -- Research data | Vavilov, Nikolai Ivanovich | Wallace, Bruce | Watson, James D. | Whiting, Phineas W. | Wilson, Edwin Bidwell | Woodson, Robert E. | World War II -- England | World War II -- Impact on science | World War II -- Norway | Wright, Sewall, 1889-1988 | Zoology | |
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