SECTION I: CORRESPONDENCE
Additional Note
American Philosophical Society 1935
Re: appointment to nominating committee, reply on back [1 item]
Beadle, George W. 1935-1937
Sponsoring letter from THM for Rockefeller Fellowship; also acceptance of appointment at Caltech [4 items]
See also: Minnesota, University of
Bonner, James 1934-1935
His stay in Holland; one-year position offered by THM for physiological work [5 items]
B misc.
Baker, W. L. 1934
Re: her son Leon's death; he is the man who saved THM's life after an auto accident [1 item]
Banta, A. M. 1935 (with honors)
Bartsch, Paul (Smithsonian Institution) 1935 [1 item]
Bateson, W. 1924-1925
Congratulatory note to THM upon receiving the Darwin Medal; discussing the pending purchase of Darwin's house [2 items]
Belling, John L. 1932 (to L. Morgan) [1 item]
Blakeslee, A. F. 1935 [3 items]
Borsook, Henry 1933 [1 item]
re: Gaddern, Matthews and Brown
Campbell, W. W.
See: National Academy of Sciences
Carnegie Institution 1920-1935 (includes Merriam, Woodward, Wirtz, Gilbert)
Re: research grants, budget proposal, salaries, estimates [55 items]
Carnegie Institution, Drosophila exhibit 1934-1935
Columbia University (President Butler) 1927
THM's resignation from Columbia to accept the organization of the Department of Biology at Caltech [3 items]
Columbia University Press (Proffitt, Rostand) 1934
Re: publication and French translation of Embryology and Genetics [7 items]
Conklin, Edwin G. 1904-1946
Re: THM's marriage plans, birth of his son in 1906; Conklin to L. Morgan expression of sympathy and his recollections of THM [23 items]
C misc.
Cleveland, L. R.(Harvard Medical School) 1934 [1 item]
Crane, M. B. 1934 [1 item]
Darwin Medal of the Royal Society (W. B. Hardy) 1924-1925
Announcement of the award; also letter of gratitude from A. Shipley of Christ's College Marine Biology Lab for £100 THM turned over to them [4 items]
Darwin Memorial (W. B. Hardy, A. Flexner) 1925-1928
Re: purchase of Down (Darwin's house) and turning it into a historical monument; also THM to H. Osborn of American Museum of Natural History to raise funds for the Darwin Memorial [7 items]
DeVries, Hugo 1918
[This photocopied letter and accompanying documents were added to the collection in 1987.]
D misc.
Dahlgren, K. V. C. (Uppsala University) 1934 [1 item]
Fleming, Arthur H. 1927-1928
Re: THM's coming to Caltech and building of Kerckhoff, equipment and plans [39 items]
Flexner, Abraham 1943
Re: Dr. Gilman and his influence on THM and Johns Hopkins University [4 items]
F misc.
Fischer, W. K. (Hopkins Marine Station) 1934 [1 item]
Fowler, H. G. 1935 [1 item, reply on back]
Gager, C. Stuart 1935
Re: G. H. Shull and publication of Genetics magazine [5 items]
Goodrich, H. B. (Wesleyan University) 1935
Re: spending his sabbatical at Caltech [2 items]
G misc.
Germantown Trust Co. 1934
See: Section II, Financial matters
Granick, Sam (Michigan University) 1935 [2 items]
Gustafson, F. G. (Michigan University) 1935 [2 items]
Hale, George Ellery 1927-1928
Re: Rockefeller grant to establish Biology Division at Caltech with THM as head; building of Kerckhoff, salaries, etc. [52 items]
H misc.
Hardy, W. B. 1924-1925
See: Darwin Medal
Harrison, Ross G. (Yale University) 1934 [2 items]
Haselden, Reginald B. (Huntington Library) 1935 [2 items]
Hoagland, Hudson (Clark University) 1934 [2 items]
Holmgren, Gustav (Karolinska Inst.) 1934
See: Section II, Nobel Prize
Hopkins County Assessor 1929
See: Section II, Financial matters
Huettner, A. F. (New York University) 1934 [3 items]
Hugentobler, Louise 1935
THM's secretary at Columbia, her death and settling of her estate [5 items]
Hurst, C. C. 1925 [1 item]
J misc.
Jaffe, Bernard (from THM) 1934 [2 items]
Re: biography to be published in Outposts of Science
Jones, D. F. (Genetics magazine) 1934-1935 [7 items]
Re: Bridges' manuscript of salivary chromosome and Painter's letter of outburst regarding editorial practices
Knoefl, D. K. (Vanderbilt University) 1935
Re: his coming to Caltech, correspondence with Hal Davis of Harvard Medical School regarding Knoefl's abilities [4 items]
K misc.
Kernof [sp?], J. 1937
L misc.
Lambert, W. V. (Iowa State College) 1935
Invitation to THM to lecture [1 item]
Lawton, G. L. (Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology) 1934 re: publication of article by THM [2 items]
Li, J. C. (Yenching University) 1934-1935
Re: Li's visit to Caltech, fellowship from the China Foundation [3 items]
Liljestrand, C. 1934
See: Section II, Nobel Prize
Luck, J. M. (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1935, invitation to address the meeting of the Pacific Division [1 item, reply on back]
Millikan, Robert A. 1927-1930
Invitation to come to Caltech, salary, capital to start Biology library; letter to Max Mason asking the General Education Board to raise $4 million [14 items]
Minnesota, University of (Dean Johnston) 1934
Re: the abilities of Beadle and Rhoades [3 items]
M misc.
Mason, Max 1930
See: Millikan and Rockefeller files
Merriam, J. C. 1927
See: Carnegie Institution
Myers, Earl (Scripps Institute) 1935 [1 item]
National Academy of Sciences (W. W. Campbell, president) 1934-1935
Declining to become chairman to Committee of Nominations; nominations of new members [8 items]
National Research Council 1935 [1 item]
Nobel Nominating Committee 1934-1935
Nobel Prize
See: Section II
Noyes, Arthur A. 1927-1928
Re: THM's coming to Caltech, car for Morgan, etc. [17 items]
N misc.
Nachtsheim, H. 1935 [1 item, reply on Back] re: translation of Scientific Basis of Evolution
Norton, W. W.
See: Nachtsheim, H
Osborn, H. F. 1928
See: Darwin Medal
O misc.
Osterhout, W. J. 1934 (Rockefeller Foundation) [2 items]
Pincus, G. (Harvard University) 1934 [4 items]
P misc.
Peter, A. M. (Kentucky Academy of Science) 1934 [2 items]
Proffitt, Charles G.
See: Columbia University Press
Protti, G. (International Society of Radiobiology, Venice) [7 items] re: formation of national groups and sections of radiobiology
Recommendation letters, misc.
Rhodes Scholarship Trust (Frank Aydelotte) 1934
G. Eastman visiting professorship at Oxford for THM, 1935-1936 [9 items]
Rockefeller Foundation (Max Mason, Warren Weaver) 1933-1936
Re: funds for development of Division of Biology at Caltech [54 items]
Rowan, William (University of Alberta) 1934-1935
Re: the homing instinct of pigeons and his visit to Caltech [9 items]
Royal Society Publications (A. V. Hill) 1935
Re: papers by Borsook and Keighley [1 item]
R misc.
Rasmussen, J. (Mendelska Sallskapet) 1934
Invitation to lecture at the Mendelian Society of Lund [1 item]
Redfield, Alfred C. (editor of
Biological Bulletin) 1935 re: publication of some papers of THM [2 items]
(See also: Thimann, Kenneth)
Robinson, Victor (Encyclopedia sexualis) 1934
Re: article on Mendelism and genetics [5 items]
Rostand, J.
See: Columbia University Press
Roth, H. D. de
Re: Morgan's visit to Stockholm [1 item]
S misc.
Shipley, A. S.
See: Darwin Medal
Skinker, C. F.
See: American Philosophical Society
Strong, Leonell 1934-1935
Re: job possibilities [4 items]
Summer, F. B. 1935 [2 items]
T misc.
Taliaferro, W. H. (University of Chicago) 1935
Re: Dr. Lillie's portrait [2 items]
Tan, C. C. 1934 re: Rockefeller Fellowship
Thimann, Kenneth (Caltech) 1935
Invitation to lecture at Harvard from A. C. Redfield [1 item]
V misc.
Van Harreveld, A. 1934
Van Overbeek, J. 1934
Vaughan, T. Wayland 1935
Vavilov, N. 1935
Went, F. A. F. C. and F. W. 1931-1934
Wiersma, C. A. G. 1934
W misc.
Wodsedalek, J. E. 1935
Wilson, E. B. 1927
Yale University Press 1928
Agreement for the publication of The Theory of the Gene [1 item]
SECTION II: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL
Articles
Biographical notes and material
Family correspondence and miscellaneous
Financial matters 1928-1934
Honors, misc.
Nobel Prize 1933-1934
Obituary notice, French Academy of Science 1946
Photographs
Reviews of books and articles by THM
Talks and speeches 1886-1938
SECTION III: MATERIAL RELATED TO CALTECH
General material
Auditor's report on Caltech 1934
Executive Council meetings 1928-1935
Division of Biology
Kerckhoff Biology Laboratory, building of (Mayers, Murray, Philip, Architects), sketches and correspondence 1927
Proposed budgets, expenses, balance sheets 1930-1935
Correspondence, memos re: salaries, travel expenses, appointments, positions (E. C. Barrett) 1933-1943
Equipment, furnishings 1934-1935
Project reports 1934-1935
Research proposals ca 1930s
Expense Day Book 1932-1935
Biology I laboratory texts. n.d.
SECTION IV: RESEARCH AND LECTURE MATERIAL
Notebooks 1886-1941
Chemistry lab manual, Johns Hopkins 1886
Notebook 1920
"Heat on Spermatozoa," Woods Hole, 1925
"References, Chromosomes, Inheritance acquired characters, Darwinism, Genetics" 1925
Drosophila experiments and drawings by Miss Wallace 1925
Mariposa Lilies 1928-1929
Drosophila 1929
Drosophila under different conditions 1930, 1932, 1934
"Flies in CO 2," 1933, and misc.
Lecture notes
Experimental Zoology 1913-1914; printed "Critique of The Theory of Evolution" 1916
Experimental Zoology 1916-1917, 1918
Experimental Embryology 1920-1921; 1921 class list
Tropism 1922
Genetics and misc. 1922-1928
Genetics 1923, 1924, 1926
Instincts 1925
Experimental Embryology 1927, with notes in another hand, possibly one of THM's daughters; offprint from Science by Frank Lillie, 1927
Notes on Drosophila mutant 1930-1934
Lecture notes and notes on C. Darwin, n.d.
Miscellaneous
Commentaries on papers by Conklin, by THM's students Plunkett, Linton, Schultz 1924
Photocopies of lecture and lab notes 1916-1926 [8 folders]
Photocopies of Morgan manuscripts from the E. G. Conklin papers, Princeton University Library; photocopies of Morgan papers from the American Philosophical Society Library
Experimental data and manuscripts on Ciona, Styela, Chaetoperus, Cuningia and Drosophila 1930-1945 [4 boxes]