Correspondence, 1921-1960

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1.5 boxes
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Correspondence primarily reflects his role as editor of Ecological Monographs, and relates to drafts for publication, recommended revisions, and dates for future publication. Other prominent topics include Pearse's involvement with professional organizations, including the Ecology Society of America and Society of American Zoologists; various symposiums and conferences, publications, and research; and the founding and early operations of the Duke Marine Biology Laboratory at Beaufort, North Carolina.

Correspondence also reflects Pearse's professional activities outside of the academy: working for the Office of the Quartermaster General interviewing soldiers recently returned from tropical environments in New Guinea, India, Burma, and the Caribbean; promoting the physical rehabilitation of the sciences in Europe in the wake of the Second World War through the American Association for the Advancement of Science; and acting as special investigator for the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, the International Health Board, and the Carnegie Institute.

In 1938-1939, there is a series of correspondence between Pearse and Duke University President William Preston Few concerning conditions within and lack of support for the Department of Zoology and Pearse's consequent resignation as departmental chair. Series is arranged chronologically.

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