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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
Central Asiatic Expeditions records
Collection
Identifier: Mss .C446
Scope and Contents
This collection is a record of the Museum’s explorations undertaken during the 1920s in the Gobi Desert under the leadership of Roy Chapman Andrews. A list of the men who participated in the CAE can be culled from the expeditions’ letterheads used by museum personnel in New York. All but three of the men cited on these letterheads are represented here. Those not found are Mont Reid, a physician, James Wang, an interpreter and G. Horwath of motor transport. The variety of other correspondents...
Dates:
1916-1940; Majority of material found within 1921-1933
William King Gregory papers, 1889-1948 (bulk 1906-1948)
Collection
Identifier: Mss .G7441
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of administrative, scientific, academic and personal papers, and correspondence. Papers include Gregory's general correspondence with universities, colleges and scientists about his research topics and publications; correspondence with museums about purchasing replicas of fossils; and with students seeking employement. Other papers include lecture notes prepared for zoology classes emphasizing evolution, 1925-1926 and 1939; and manuscripts and notes for his...
Dates:
1889-1948; Majority of material found within 1906-1948
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- Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 3
- Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 3
- American Museum of Natural History 2
- Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978 2
- Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 2
- Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 2
- Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 2
- Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 2
- Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 2
- Shackelford, James B. 2
- Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 2
- Adamson, Hans Christian 1
- Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 1
- Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe), 1878-1966 1
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- American Museum of Natural History. Trustees 1
- Aronson, Lester R. (Lester Ralph), 1911-1996 1
- Australian Expedition (1st : 1921-1922) 1
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- Beebe, William, 1877-1962 1
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- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 1
- Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897-1983 1
- Brown, Barnum 1
- Burden East Indian Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1926) 1
- Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930) 1
- Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 1
- Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 1
- Cook, Harold J. (Harold James), 1887-1962 1
- Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 1
- Department of Ichthyology 1
- Dodge Brothers 1
- Forrestal, James, 1892-1949 1
- Frick, Childs, 1883-1965 1
- Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970 1
- Hellman, Milo, 1872-1947 1
- Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953 1
- Kammerer, Paul, 1880-1926 1
- Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 1
- Koestler, Arthur, 1905-1983 1
- Lerner, Michael, 1890-1978 1
- Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943 1
- Mook, Charles Craig, 1887-1966 1
- Morden, William J. (William James), 1886-1958 1
- Morris, Frederick K. (Frederick Kuhne), 1886 1
- Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 1
- Nelson, N. C. (Nels Christian), 1875-1964 1
- Olsen, George, d. 1939 1
- Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 1
- Perkins, Maxwell E. (Maxwell Evarts), 1884-1947 1
- Pond, Alonzo William, 1894-1986 1
- Pope, Clifford H. (Clifford Hillhouse), 1899-1974 1
- Przibram, Hans, 1874-1944 1
- Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 1
- Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943 1
- Rutland (Vermont) Women’s and Men’s Clubs 1
- Schwarz, Herbert Ferlando, 1883-1960 1
- Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 1
- Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 1
- Tolstoy, Ilia A., 1903-1970 1
- Whitney, C. V. (Cornelius Vanderbilt), 1899-1992 1
- Williston, Samuel Wendell, 1851-1918 1
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