Summary
Overview
Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952.
Edwin Grant Conklin Papers
85 linear feet, 22 archival boxes, 18 cartons of slides, 56 record center cartons, 2 oversize flat boxes, 1 oversize folder
This collection is stored at Firestone Library and ReCAP.
This collection is stored partially onsite (boxes 1-24) at Firestone Library and partially offsite (cartons 1-28, 36-62; slide cartons 1-18) at the ReCAP facility.
Requests will be delivered to Manuscripts Division, RBSC Reading Room
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Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
One Washington Road
Princeton, New Jersey 08544 USA
Abstract
An ardent evolutionist, Edwin Grant Conklin specialized in embryology and cytology and was Chairman of the biology department at Princeton from 1908-1933. His collection consists of personal and professional correspondence, documents, manuscripts and notes of articles, lectures, and speeches, many of which reflect his life-long interest in three organisms, crepidula, cynthia (styla), and amphioxus, as well as Darwinism, and heredity and environment.
Description
Description
The collection consists of works, correspondence, documents, and other material of Conklin. Included are manuscripts and notes of articles, lectures, and speeches, many of which reflect his life-long interest in three organisms, crepidula, cynthia (styla), and amphioxus, as well as Darwinism, and heredity and environment; correspondence regarding scientific, academic, and personal matters; material relating to professional (Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research) and academic (Phi Beta Kappa and The American Scholar, and various groups at the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton) interests; and papers regarding organizations in which Conklin was involved, such as the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, the American Association of University Professors, the American Philosophical Society, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the Carnegie Institution, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Research Council, and the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology. The collection also contains many slides used by Conklin to illustrate his lectures.
Collection Creator
Biography
American biologist and educator, Edwin Grant Conklin specialized in embryology and cytology and was an ardent evolutionist. He was one of the leading proponents of the importance of cytoplasmic localization and segregation during development. Chairman of the biology department at Princeton (1908-1933), he published the widely-read Heredity and Environment in the Development of Men (1915).
Collection History
Acquisition
Gift of Isabel Conklin. Additions transferred from the Princeton University archives.
Custodial History
The collection was formed as a result of a departmental practice of combining into one collection manuscript material of various accessions relating to a particular author.
Access and Use
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research use.
Access Restrictions
Please consult with Rare Books and Special Collections about having the portion of the collection at ReCAP recalled to Firestone Library for your use. This process normally requires 48-72 hours notice.
Use Restrictions
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Associate University Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
Preferred Citation
Edwin Grant Conklin Papers; 1897-1952, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
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