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Kingsbury, B. F. (Benjamin Freeman), 1872-1946.

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Benjamin F. Kingsbury papers

 Collection
Identifier: 14-26-1632
Abstract

Correspondence, reprints of Kingsbury's articles. Also course outlines, lecture notes and several notebooks belonging to Professor Howard Adelmann; and a photograph of Kingsbury and others at Woods Hole, 1897.

Dates: 1914-1941.

Cornell University, the Medical Library, 1898-1921 & the Van Cleef Memorial Library, 1921-1939 : with reports by the Librarian and other documents

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064941754]
Identifier: 13-7-1177
Scope and content

Brief typewritten history of the Medical Library and the Van Cleef Memorial Library, followed by reports, correspondence, and also minutes of the Van Cleef Library Committee. Correspondents include University President Livingston Farrand, University Librarian Willard Austen, B.F. Kingsbury, Simon Henry Gage, and others.

Dates: 1921-1939.

William B. Provine papers

 Collection
Identifier: 14-17-4330
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;...
Dates: 1963-2008.

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Education -- China -- Shanghai. 1
Embryology -- Study and teaching. 1
Evolution (Biology) 1
Histology -- Study and teaching. 1
Library administration -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1