| 1 | Creator: | Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Ernst Mayr papers, 1946, 1974-1979
| | | | Dates: | Bulk, 1974-1979 | | | | Abstract: | This collection includes documents (correspondence, drafts of talks, personal data sheets) relating to the Conference on Evolutionary Synthesis, which met in Boston in May and October 1974, and was sponsored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. There is background material on the organization of the conference, as well as correspondence, especially with William B. Provine, on the editing and publication of the proceedings (Mayr and Provine, eds., "The Evolutionary Synthesis..." 1980). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M451 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Academy of Arts and Sciences. | American Association for the Advancement of Science | Bateson, William N. | Biographical and personal data | Boesiger, Ernest | Cleland, Ralph E., (Ralph Erskine), 1892-1971 | Colbert, Edwin A. | Columbia University -- Oral History Project | Conferences and symposia | Conferences and symposia -- History of Evolutionary Synthesis | Cytogenetics | Darlington, C. D., (Cyril Dean), 1903-1981 | Darwin, Charles | Dobzhansky, Theodosius | Dobzhansky, Theodosius Grigorievich, 1900-1975 | Drafts (preliminary versions). | Drosophila genetics | Dubinin, Nikolai Petrovich | Dunn, Leslie Clarence | Evolution | Evolution -- Germany | Evolution -- History -- 20th century. | Evolution. | Ford, E. B. (Edmund Briscoe), 1901- | Genetics | Genetics of plants | Genetics. | Goldschmidt, Richard Benedict | History of biology, especially genetics | Huxley, Julian | Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975 | Kaiser-Wilhelm Institutes | Lerner, I. Michael(Isadore Michael),1910- | Lerner, Isadore Michael | Lewontin, Richard Charles, 1929- | Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 | Metz, Charles William, 1889-1975 | Morgan, Thomas Hunt | Muller, H. J., (Hermann Joseph), 1890-1967 | Muller, Hermann Joseph | Paleontology. | Patterson, Bryan | Population genetics | Provine, William B. | Provine, William B. | Publication | Rensch, Bernhard, 1900- | Russian politics and science | Science -- Societies, etc. | Science publishing. | Simpson, George Gaylord | Sinnott, Edmund W. (Edmund Ware), 1888-1958 | Society for the Study of Evolution. | Statistics, biostatistics, biometrics | Stebbins, G. Ledyard | Stebbins, G. Ledyard, (George Ledyard), 1906-2000 | Stern, Curt | Sturtevant, Alfred Henry | Timofeev-Resovskiĭ, N. V., (Nikolaĭ Vladimirovich), 1900-1981 | Travel -- Arctic Ocean | Unpublished manuscripts, notes, etc. | Weinstien, Alexander, 1891-1947 | |
| 2 | Creator: | Blakeslee, Albert Francis,1874-1954. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Albert Francis Blakeslee papers, 1904-1954
| | | | Dates: | 1904-1954 | | | | Abstract: | Mostly concerned with Blakeslee's studies on beans, blood groups, colchicine, Datura, embryo cultures, and horticulture. Many letters relate to the support and direction of the Smith College Genetics Experiment Station, which he headed. Other letters are about the Carnegie Institution of Washington, "Biological Abstracts," American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Philosophical Society, Institut de France, University of Connecticut. Also contains travel letters from Germany and miscellaneous lectures. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B585 | | | | Extent: | 12.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Association for the Advancement of Science | American Association for the Advancement of Science. | American Philosophical Society. | Amherst College | Beans - Research | Belling, John | Bibliographical matters | Biochemistry and organic chemistry | Biographical and personal data | Biographical and personal data -- Vries, Hugo de | Biographical and personal matters | Blakeslee, Albert Francis,1874-1954. | Blood groups. | Botany and plant genetics | Brooklyn Botanical Garden | Buchholz, J. T., (John Theodore), 1888-1951 | Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974 | Business -- Meetings | Business -- Minutes | Carnegie Institution of Washington | Carnegie Institution of Washington -- Reports | Carnegie Institution of Washington. | Cleland, Ralph E., (Ralph Erskine), 1892-1971 | Colchicine - Research | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Committee activities | Conferences and symposia | Congratulations, greetings, thanks -- Thaxter, Roland. 70th birthday | Connecticut Argicultural College | Cytogenetics | Datura. | Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944 | Davis, Bradley M., (Bradley Moore), b. 1871 | Displaced German scholars | Drosophila genetics | Editorial matters | Editorial matters -- Genetics | Educational matters | Embryology, developmental genetics | Embryology. | Eugenics | Evolution | Fellowships, assistantships | Flynn, John E., (John Edward), 1897-1965 | Geneticists -- United States. | Genetics | Genetics -- Research. | Genetics of plants | Genetics of plants -- Agglutinin from beans | Genetics of plants -- Colchicine | Genetics of plants -- Datura | Genetics of plants -- Mucor | Genetics of plants -- Sex in fungi | Germany -- Description and travel. | Goucher College | Graduate study | Harvard University | Honors | Horticulture. | Human genetics | Human genetics -- Odor | Human genetics -- Taste | Human genetics -- Twins | Hyde, James Hazen, 1876-1959 | Immunogenetics | Institut de France. | International Botanical Congresses | International Congress of Genetics -- Sixth Congress | Laboratory techniques, equipment | Lectures, public speaking | Lectures. | Molecular genetics | Mount Holyoke College | National Research Foundation | National Science Foundation | Political issues | Political issues -- Germany | Publication | Publication -- Biological Abstracts | Radiation genetics | Recommendations | Research support | Robbins, William Jacob, 1890-1978 | Russian politics and science -- Vavilov, Nikolai Ivanovich | Scientific organizations, meetings, programs | Shull, George Harrison, 1874-1954 | Sinnott, Edmund W. (Edmund Ware), 1888-1958 | Smith College | Smith College. Genetics Experiment Station. | Teaching | Teaching -- Harvard University | Teaching -- University of Halle--Blakeslee, Albert Francis | Thaxter, Roland | Travel -- Invitations, arrangements | Travel -- South America | University of Connecticut. | University of Maine | University of Massachusetts | Unpublished manuscripts, notes, etc. | Unpublished manuscripts, notes, etc. -- Abstracts | Unpublished manuscripts, notes, etc. -- Research | Waksman, Selman A., (Selman Abraham), 1888-1973 | Wellesley College | Wilson, Edwin Bidwell, 1879-1964 | World War I -- Impact on science | World War II -- Impact on science | Zea (maize) genetics | |
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