Consists of Edward G. Conklin records and correspondence.
The order of the materials at the time of transfer has been maintained.
A--General, undated
Appointments, undated
Apgar, F.R., undated
B--General, undated
Bausch and Lomb, undated
Berger Mfg. Co., undated
Best, John H., undated
Budget, undated
C--General, undated
Cary, L.R., undated
Dolbey, E.P., undated
E--General, undated
F--General, undated
Faculty Rules, undated
Fellowships, 1921-1922
Fine, H.B., undated
G--General, undated
Graduate School, undated
H--General, undated
J--General, undated
L--General, undated
Leitz, Ernst, undated
Library, undated
Magie, W.F., undated
McClure, C.F.W., undated
McMillan, E.A., undated
Men Wanted, undated
N--General, undated
O--General, undated
P--General, undated
Positions, undated
Positions 1928, undated
S--General, undated
Schedules, undated
Seminar, undated
Social Hygiene, undated
Students, undated
Swingle, W.W., undated
T--General, undated
Technicians, undated
U-V--General, undated
Vivisection, undated
Vouchers, undated
W--General, undated
West, Andrew F., undated
West, Andrew F., undated
West, Andrew F., undated
West, Andrew R., undated
Woodard, T.M., undated
Yale, undated
Zeiss, Carl, undated
Miscellany, undated
Consists of Elmer Butler files.
The order of the materials at the time of transfer has been maintained.
Graduate Work, 1940-1941
Finances, 1940-1941
Finances, 1941-1942
Graduate Work, 1941-1942
Graduate Work, 1942-1943
Finances, 1942-1943
Graduate Work, 1943-1944
Finances, 1943-1945
Graduate Work, 1944-1945
Finances, 1945-1946
Graduate Work, 1945-1947
Finances, 1946-1947
Graduate Work, 1947-1948
Dean Godolphin, 1947
Finances, 1947-1948
A. Leitch, 1940-1948
Report of the Department of Biology for the President's Report, prepared by E.G. Conklin, 1932-1933
1938, 1938
1939, 1939
1940, 1940
1940-1941, 1940-1941
1941-1942, 1941-1942
1942-1943, 1942-1943
1943-1944, 1943-1944
1944-1945, 1944-1945
1945-1946, 1945-1946
1946-1947, 1946-1947
1947-1948, 1947-1948
Department, 1967-1969
Department, 1959-1965
Priorities, etc, 1943
Dean Root, 1941-1946
Dean Brown, 1946-1950
Dean Taylor, 1945-1948
Mr. Brakeley, 1942-1951
Finances, 1933-1934
Graduate Work, 1933-1935
Finances, 1934-1935
Finances, 1935-1936
Graduate Work, 1935-1936
Graduate Work, 1936-1937
Finances, 1936-1937
Graduate Work, 1937-1938
Finances, 1937-1938
Graduate Work, 1937-1938
Finances, 1938-1939
Graduate Work, 1939-1940
Finances, 1939-1940
New Men for Staff, 1937
Dawson Resignation, 1945
Patent Policy, 1938
New Botanist, 1942-1943
Television Program, 1954
General Biology, 1965
Harrop, Obituary, 1945
MacClintock, Paul, 1970
Department, 1966-1967
Includes faculty research reports from 1970/71 to 1980/81 and a notebook of abstracts for grants, 1969-1972.
The order of the materials at the time of transfer has been maintained.
Undergradate and graduate student grade cards with information about Biology Deparment and other science coursework.
The order of the materials at the time of transfer has been maintained.
Photographs are primarily of faculty Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, as well as some photographs of graduate students, field trips, research interests and subjects (plants, animals, microorganisms), diagrams and the occasional campus building. Many seem to have been used for the purposes of printing newsletters and brochures, and are marked up and/or duplicated for such use. The box contains a mix of older material (photographs of faculty of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries) and somewhat more recent material dating from the 1960s to the 1990s, with the bulk probably originating in the 1980s-1990s. The box also contains two small cases of metal instruments, one labeled as being John Bonner's.
Photographs arrived without a coherent order, mixed in a box. Many had been stored in interoffice folders, and those were replaced with folders during processing.
- Scope and Contents
The collection primarily consists of the records of the Department of Biology assembled during the tenures of Department Chairmen Edwin G. Conklin and Elmer Butler. Included are correspondence, general subject files, and records pertaining to grants, research endowments, publications, and administrative matters such as budgets and staffing. Also includes sponsored research reports and student grade cards. A group of photographs was added to the collection in 2021.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Princeton University. Dept. of Biology.
The study of biology began at the College of New Jersey with the appointment in 1830 of botanist John Torrey into a part-time faculty position; it expanded with the formation of the School of Science in the 1870s; and was established as a department in 1904. Four years after the department was formed under the leadership of President Woodrow Wilson and William Berryman Scott, Blair Professor of Geology, Edwin Grant Conklin was appointed as the first full-time chair of the department. With the completion of Guyot Hall in 1910, the Department of Biology was given an official home, which it soon outgrew after a period of rapid growth. In 1960 the Moffett Laboratory was added to the building, and a biology library was formed soon after. Over the years the course of study offered by the Department of Biology has changed frequently to reflect advances in the field and the particular strengths of faculty, and in 1990 the Department was divided into the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and the Department of Molecular Biology.
- Processing Information
There is no processing information for this collection prior to 2021. Series 5, Photographs, was added in 2021 by Phoebe Nobles. Series 6, Molecular Biology Department Records, was added in 2022 by Phoebe Nobles.
- Conditions Governing Access
Records are closed for 30 years from the date of their creation. Materials older than 30 years that do not pertain to student academic performance, trustee issues, or faculty personnel matters are open.
Series 4 Grade Cards, are restricted for 75 years from the date of their creation. Series 5, Photographs, are open for research.
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- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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- Credit this material:
Department of Biology Records; Princeton University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/r494vk17f
- Location:
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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibrarySeeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- This is stored in multiple locations.
- Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-17
- : Box 18
- Subject Terms:
- Biology -- Research -- New Jersey -- Princeton.
Biology -- Research grants.
Biology -- Study and teaching (Graduate) -- New Jersey -- Princeton.
Biology -- Study and teaching -- New Jersey -- Princeton.
Research grants -- New Jersey -- Princeton.
Scientific research -- Endowments.
Universities and colleges -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- Departments. - Names:
- Princeton University. Dept. of Biology
Princeton University. Dept. of Biology Faculty.
Princeton University. Dept. of Biology.
Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952