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Merriam, John C. (John Campbell), 1869-1945

 Person

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

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

Retirement Dinner for John Campbell Merriam of the Carnegie Institution, 1938

 File — Box 6: Series CBD/2, Folder: 14
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: 1938

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Collection 3
Archival Object 1
 
Subject
Clippings (information artifacts) 3
Cold Spring Harbor (N.Y.) 3
Correspondence 3
Memorandums 3
Pamphlets 2