Edwin Grant Conklin papers, 1885-1939

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Summary

Creator:
Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952
Abstract:
Edwin Grant Conklin was a biologist and an educator. Collection contains chiefly family and professional correspondence. Includes letters addressed to Conklin; to his wife, Belle Adkinson Conklin, and to other family members. The majority of letters are written by Conklin and his wife, parents, and children. Conklin's correspondence with wife Belle pertains largely to their dating courtship. There are lettters from other relatives, friends, academic and scientific colleagues, Freedmen, educators, and Methodist clergymen.
Extent:
6 Linear Feet
1675 Items
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
RL.00253

Background

Scope and content:

Chiefly family and professional correspondence. Includes letters addressed to Conklin; to his wife, Belle Adkinson Conklin, and to other family members. The majority of letters are written by Conklin and his wife, parents, and children. Conklin's correspondence with wife Belle pertains largely to their dating courtship. There are lettters from other relatives, friends, academic and scientific colleagues, Freedmen, educators, and Methodist clergymen.

Biographical / historical:
Chronology List
Date Event
1863, Nov. 24
Born, Waldo, Ohio
1885
Ohio Wesleyan University, B.A.
1886
Ohio Wesleyan University, B.S.
1886-1888
Professor, Rust University (Holly Springs, Mich.)
1889
Ohio Wesleyan University, M.A.
1889-1891
Johns Hopkins University, Asst. in the biology laboratory
1890
Johns Hopkins University, Appointed biology fellow
1891
Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D.
1891-1894
Ohio Wesleyan, Chair of Biology
1892
Woods Holl, Member of the corps of instructors in charge of the Marine biological laboratory
1894-1896
Northwestern University, Chair of Zoology
1896
University of Pennsylvania, Chair of Comparative Embryology
1908-1933
Princeton University, Chair of Biology

Edwin Grant Conklin held office of President in the following service organizations: American Philosophical Society (1942-1945, 1948-1952), American Society of Zoologists (1899), American Society of Naturalists (1912), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1936). Conklin was awarded the John J. Carty gold medal (1942-1943), and appointed American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow (1914).

Acquisition information:
The Edwin Grant Conklin Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 1992.
Processing information:

Processed by Rubenstein Library Staff, 1994

Encoded by Meghan Lyon, July 2010

Accessions described in this finding aid: 1992-0112

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Subjects:
Freedmen -- African Americans
Methodists -- United States
Courtship -- Love-letters
Biologists -- Zoologists
Education
Names:
Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952
Conklin, Belle Adkinson
Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952

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