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Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944

 Person

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

ABD Correspondence to Charles B. Davenport, 1882 - 1894

 File — Box 5: Series CBD/2, Folder: 8
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: 1882 - 1894
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives / Charles B. Davenport Collection / Series II: Biographic Material / Sub-Series I: Davenport Family Papers

Amos G. Avery Photographic Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AGA
Abstract

Selection of photographs in the possession of Amos G. Avery taken between the years of 1926-42. The majority of the photographs were taken in the 1930’s. This collection includes 129 unsorted photographs, approximately 75 negatives, and 3 scrapbooks.

Dates: 1926-1942
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives

Alan W. Bernheimer Sr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AWB
Abstract

The Dr. Alan Bernheimer Sr. Collection contains reports, topographical maps, announcements, surveys, and publications relevant to the development and natural history of the town of Cold Spring Harbor, New York, including materials regarding Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum. The Collection also contains reprints, printed materials, and correspondence.

Dates: 1897 - 1996
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives

The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences–Biological Laboratory Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BIAS
Abstract The collection represents material generated, accumulated, and maintained by the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (BIAS) Biological Laboratory founded in 1890 for training high school and college teachers in marine biology in Cold Spring Harbor, New York. The BIAS Biological Laboratory Collection ends in 1924 when the Biological Lab and its functions were transferred to the Long Island Biological Association. The collection is divided into four series: BIAS Trustees, Bio Lab Trustees,...
Dates: 1890 - 1941
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives

Clarence G. Campbell Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CGC
Abstract

The Clarence G. Campbell Collection documents the career of Clarence G. Campbell, noted eugenicist and first president of the Eugenics Research Association. The collection consists of typescripts or reprints of articles, news clippings, ephemera, and letters.

Dates: 1923 - 1939
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives

Carnegie Institution of Washington at Cold Spring Harbor Administrative Records

 Collection
Identifier: CIWA
Abstract This collection contains the administrative records of the directors of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Station for Experimental Evolution (1904-1921) and its successor, the Department of Genetics (1921-1962), and its final institution, The Genetics Research Unit (1962-1974), which was opened in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, in 1904. These records document the history of a 20th scientific research center and the development of a modern organizational structure through...
Dates: 1898 - 1977
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives

Charles B. Davenport Reprints, no. 1-32 (Photocopies), 1890 - 1903

 File — Box 15: Series CBD/2
Identifier: CBD/2/2/1
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: 1890 - 1903
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives / Charles B. Davenport Collection / Series II: Biographic Material / Sub-Series II: Personal Papers

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

Davenport, Charles B. (Father), 1913 - 1941

 File — Box 5, Folder: 2
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: 1913 - 1941
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives / Jane Davenport Harris de Tomasi Collection / Series II: Correspondence / Subseries 2: Alphabetical

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