Davenport, W. E. (William Edwards)
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Charles B. Davenport Collection
Collection
Identifier: CBD
Abstract
The Charles B. Davenport Collection contains the papers of Davenport and those of his wife Gertrude Crotty Davenport. It consists of family, institutional, and scientific photographs, biographical material, memorabilia, correspondence, photocopies of his articles, and supporting material. It is divided into four record groups: Record Group I: Photographs; Record Group II: Biographical Material; Record Group III: Memorabilia; and Record Group IV: Supporting Material.
Dates:
1809 - 2005
Found in:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives
Jane Davenport Harris de Tomasi Collection
Collection
Identifier: JDH
Scope and Contents
Jane Davenport Harris de Tomasi (1897-1984) collected papers of her father Charles B. Davenport (1866-1944) and those of her first husband, Reginald Harris (1898-1937). She was a professional artist who signed her works “Jane Davenport”. She was an employee of the Biological Laboratory and the Station for Experimental Evolution, predecessors of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. In her work she appears to have functioned as an administrative assistant, social director, and aide. Charles B....
Dates:
1895 - 1988
Found in:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives
Davenport, William E. (Uncle), 1914
File — Box 5, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Jane Davenport Harris de Tomasi (1897-1984) collected papers of her father Charles B. Davenport (1866-1944) and those of her first husband, Reginald Harris (1898-1937). She was a professional artist who signed her works “Jane Davenport”. She was an employee of the Biological Laboratory and the Station for Experimental Evolution, predecessors of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. In her work she appears to have functioned as an administrative assistant, social director, and aide. Charles B....
Dates:
1914
W. E. Davenport: The Battle of Brooklyn and Other Verses (Pamphlet, 2 Editions) and Inventory of his Library, ca. 1936
File — Box 5: Series CBD/2, Folder: 14
Identifier: CBD/2/1
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The Charles B. Davenport Collection is particulary rich in photographs, both family and scientific. Davenport began visiting the Cold Spring Harbor area in the 1890s, and its environs are the background of many of the photographs. There are nine photographs of Alexander Agassiz's Newport, Rhode Island laboratory, six of which are dated 1893 and three of which are undated, but which are likely of the same date. Of particular note in the collection are cabinet photographs, mostly of...
Dates:
ca. 1936
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- Autograph albums 1
- Brooklyn (N.Y.) 1
- Cabinet photographs 1
- Checks (bank checks) 1
- Clippings (information artifacts) 1
- Cold Spring Harbor (N.Y.) 1
- Correspondence 1
- Crotty family 1
- Davenport family 1
- Drawings 1
- Exhibition catalogs 1
- Harris family 1
- Journals (accounts) 1
- Laboratory Notes 1
- Lectures and lecturing 1
- Letter books 1
- Manuscripts 1
- Memorandums 1
- Photographs 1
- Sculpture (Art) 1
- indentures 1 + ∧ less
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