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Lester R. Aronson collection on the Kammerer/Noble midwife toad scandal
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A76
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 9 folders of material (photocopies, clippings and reprints of articles; handwritten and typewritten letters and notes; and photographs) collected by Aronson in preparing his 1975 review of Arthur Koestler's 1971 book, The case of the midwife toad, about a 1926 scientific dispute between G.K. Noble and Paul Kammerer. The collection includes the typescript of Aronson's article, The case of The case of the midwife toad, which appeared in Behavior genetics vol. 5, no....
Dates:
1903-1990 (bulk 1923-1975); Majority of material found within 1923 - 1975
Department of Animal Behavior correspondence, 1939-1980
Collection
Identifier: DR 063
Scope and content
Box 1: Beach and Aronson Correspondence; Box 2: Professional Correspondence; Box 3: Miscellaneous Inquiries.
Dates:
1939 - 1980
Department of Animal Behavior photographic slide collection, circa 1960s-1970s.
Collection
Identifier: PSC 671
Abstract
Field photographs from the AMNH Department of Animal Behavior. Mostly of fish and marine life with slides of graphs and charts.
Dates:
circa 1960s-1970s
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- Names: Aronson, Lester R. (Lester Ralph), 1911-1996 X
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- Department Records 2
- Alytes obstetricans 1
- Ciona intestinalis. 1
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- Fraud in science. 1
- Inheritance of acquired characters. 1
- Manuscript Collection 1
- Marine invertebrates 1
- Museum techniques -- Periodicals 1
- Museums -- Administration -- Periodicals 1
- Natural history museums -- Periodicals 1
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- Department of Animal Behavior 2
- American Museum of Natural History 1
- Bateson, William, 1861-1926 1
- Beach, Frank A. (Frank Ambrose), 1911-1988 1
- Colbert, Edwin H. (Edwin Harris), 1905-2001 1
- Kammerer, Paul, 1880-1926 1
- Koestler, Arthur, 1905-1983 1
- Noble, G. Kingsley (Gladwyn Kingsley), 1894-1940 1
- Norton, Ruth 1
- Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 1
- Przibram, Hans, 1874-1944 1
- Reekie, Gordon 1
- Saunders, John R. (John Richard) 1
- Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 1
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American Museum of Natural History
Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library
200 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024-5192