Finding Aid for the Bennet Mills Allen Papers, 1924-1972 LSC.1432
Finding aid prepared by Caroline Cubé, 2003.
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Title: Bennet Mills Allen papers
Creator:
Allen, Bennet Mills
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1432
Physical Description:
2 oversize_boxes
2 oversize boxes
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear Feet
(3 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1924-1972
Abstract: Bennet Mills Allen (1887-1963) was a professor of zoology at the University of Kansas (1913) and the Southern Branch of the
University of California (1922). The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, and photos related to
Allen's career as a researcher and professor of Zoology, and a manuscript titled,
The Bennet family.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
994621753606533
Allen was born in Green Castle, Indiana, July 4, 1887; attended De Paul University, and received his PhD from the University
of Chicago (1903); he taught Anatomy and Zoology at the University of Wisconsin; became professor of zoology at the University
of Kansas, 1913; joined the Southern Branch of the University of California, 1922, and became a professor, and eventually
the first chairman, in the department of Zoology; he was part of a small group initiating research on the emerging field of
neuroendocrinology; as professor emeritus he pursued research in the UCLA Atomic Energy Project and in 1957, his eightieth
birthday, he was awarded an honorary LLD by UCLA; died in 1963 in Los Angeles.
Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, and photos related to Allen's career as a researcher and professor
of Zoology. Also includes a bound volume of articles written by Allen and a manuscript titled,
The Bennet family.
The memoirs of Bennet Mills Allen [oral history transcript] / Bennet Mills Allen, interviewee.
UCLA Oral History Department interview, 1962. Available Library Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
Description derived from in-house card file.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Zoologists -- United States -- Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Zoology--Faculty -- Archives
Allen, Bennet Mills, 1877-1963--Archives