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Mathematics of bacterial populations : summary of the studies of the class in Bacteriology 212

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 21-15-1012

Scope and content

1 volume of a compilation of mimeographed typewritten summaries of the students' papers, preceded by a typewritten letter by Otto Rahn, presenting the volume to Professor J.G. Needham for his department (Entomology).

Dates

1935 spring term.

Creator

no primary creator (Person)
Rahn, Otto, 1881-1957. (Person)
Needham, James G. (James George), 1868-1957. (Person)
New York State College of Agriculture (Organization)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

In the 1930s, Bacteriology 212 (Bacteriological Literature) was a course taught by Professor Otto Rahn in the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University. In the spring of 1935, the students in the class became so interested in the study of the rise and fall of bacterial populations that they mimeographed a summary of each student's paper and compiled the summaries into a looseleaf volume.