Finding Aid for Charles Zeleny Papers, 1890-1939, 1944 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Charles Zeleny Papers, 1890-1939, 1944

ID: 15/24/22

Primary Creator: Zeleny, Charles (1878-1939)

Extent: 9.3 cubic feet

Arrangement: by type of material and chronologically thereunder

Subjects: American Society of Zoologists, Columbia University, Course Notes, Drosophila, Embryology, Eugenics, Faculty Papers, Fish, Genetics, Genetics Society of America, Graduate Study, Illinois Academy of Sciences, Indiana University, Naples, Italy Zoological Station, Regeneration, University of Chicago, University of Minnesota, Vivarium, Wood's Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, Zoology, Zoology Department

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Papers of Charles Zeleny (1878-1939), professor of zoology (1909-39), including correspondence, research and lecture notes, lectures and related material concerning zoological research and teaching, the University of Minnesota (1896-1909), graduate work at Chicago, Naples and Columbia (1901-04), field and laboratory work at Indiana (1904-09), academic appointments and departmental affairs, publications, family and financial affairs (correspondence with brothers Anthony, John, Frank and Joseph, 1897-1909), lecture notes (1903-04), lectures (1905-08), course materials (1905-37) and administrative, scientific and general correspondence (1890-1939). Of particular significance is Prof. Zeleny's correspondence with brother John, a physicist, on university affairs and research, with Charles B. Davenport, Carl H. Eigenman, Frank E. Lutz, Thomas H. Morgan, Alfred H. Sturtevant and Edmund B. Wilson concerning research in regeneration, experimental embryology and heredity and with Henry B. Ward on departmental affairs. The papers include a six-page 1944 biographical sketch by Mrs. Zeleny and reprint copies of 54 articles relating to regeneration and embryology.

American Society of Zoologists
Columbia University
Course Notes
Drosophila
Embryology
Eugenics
Faculty Papers
Fish
Genetics
Genetics Society of America
Graduate Study
Illinois Academy of Sciences
Indiana University
Naples, Italy Zoological Station
Regeneration
University of Chicago
University of Minnesota
Vivarium
Wood's Hole Marine Biological Laboratory
Zoology
Zoology Department

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 10/28/1964; 4/22/1969

Other Note: 15 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1524022.pdf

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