| Title: |
Reminiscences of Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A161
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Childhood and education in Russia; early interest in genetics; experiences during revolutionary and post revolutionary years; training in genetics in Russia; Rockefeller fellowship to work in United States, 1928; California Institute of Technology, 1930-1940; professor of zoology, Columbia University, 1940. Detailed descriptions of work with T.H. Morgan, A.H. Sturtevant, and C.B. Bridges. Problems of artificial selection; racism; Zoology Department, Columbia University, 1940-1962; research in California, Mexico, Brazil; Latin American scientists; travels to New Guinea, Australia, Egypt, India, Indonesia. Impressions of noted scientists.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 637 leaves, Tape: 1 reel
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1975. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part II, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1962 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Dobzhansky, Theodosius Grigorievich, 1900-1975
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1900
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| Speaker occupation: |
Geneticist
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| Age at speaking: |
62
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| Document date: |
1962
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| Interviewer: |
Land, Barbara
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| Organizations discussed: |
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; Columbia University, New York, NY
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; California; New York; New York, NY; North America; Pasadena, CA; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Asia; California; California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; Columbia University, New York, NY; Genetics; New York; New York, NY; North America; Pasadena, CA; Soviet Union--History; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; United States; Zoologists; Zoology
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Breeding; Dobzhansky, Theodosius Grigorievich, 1900-1975; Geneticists
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0019479-14922
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