COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Collection consists mainly of research notes, including notes for Provine's books on American geneticist Sewall Wright and on population genetics, and plans for further publications. Also, a diary that Provine kept for a few months in 1963; letters to him from friends and colleagues, including Carl Sagan, Bert Theunissen, and John C. Sanford; an essay by philosopher of science Alex[ander] Rosenberg, "Evolution, Drift and Subjective Probability," with marginal notes and comments by Provine; and notes by evolutionary biologist A.J. Cain, including two drafts of a book review. Also included are ephemera: a program of the lectures to be given to the Biological Society of Cornell University, 1904-1905; a pamphlet issued by the publisher Heritage Club, advertising its edition of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle; and two anti-evolution pamphlets.
Dates
- 1963-2008.
Creator
- Provine, William B. (Person)
- Theunissen, Bert, 1955- (Person)
- Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996. (Person)
- Sanford, John C. (Person)
- Cain, Arthur J. (Arthur James) (Person)
- Rosenberg, Alexander, 1946- (Person)
- Hunter, A., active 1914-1915. (Person)
- Givens, M. H. (Person)
- Simpson, Sutherland, 1863-1926. (Person)
- Kingsbury, B. F. (Benjamin Freeman), 1872-1946. (Person)
- Blaisdell, Muriel L. (Muriel Louise.) (Title of work: Darwinism and its data..) (Person)
- Dubinin, Nikolaĭ Petrovich, 1907-1998. (Title of work: Experimental investigation of the integration of hereditary systems in the processes of evolution of populations..) (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
William B. Provine is an emeritus professor of the history of biology in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University. He holds a B.S. in mathematics and an M.A. and Ph.D. in the history of science from the University of Chicago. He has published extensively on topics in the history of genetics and evolutionary biology, and has received numerous awards for his research.
Extent
1.5 cubic feet. (1.5 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Collection consists mainly of research notes, including notes for Provine's books on American geneticist Sewall Wright and on population genetics, and plans for further publications. Also, a diary that Provine kept for a few months in 1963; letters to him from friends and colleagues, including Carl Sagan, Bert Theunissen, and John C. Sanford; an essay by philosopher of science Alex[ander] Rosenberg, "Evolution, Drift and Subjective Probability," with marginal notes and comments by Provine; and notes by evolutionary biologist A.J. Cain, including two drafts of a book review. Also included are ephemera: a program of the lectures to be given to the Biological Society of Cornell University, 1904-1905; a pamphlet issued by the publisher Heritage Club, advertising its edition of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle; and two anti-evolution pamphlets.
Physical Description
Bound manuscripts, letters, loose manuscripts, ephemera.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- EAD encoding:
- Margaret Nichols, July 2013
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, July 2013
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- July 2013
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu