Evolution
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Albert M. Reese (1872-1965) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1852
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of A.M. Reese, former professor of Zoology at West Virginia University dealing with venom of snakes, lethal doses, and some antidotes. Most of the letters regard the swallowing of young snakes by their mother for protection. Other subjects include an experiment with rats and traps and unusual animal foods of man. There is also a reprint of "Habits of the Menopoma."Correspondents include: Col. M. L. Crimmins, Richard W. Westwood, R. K. Stewart-Hay, Clarence H....
Dates:
1907-1954
International Association for Identification Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3518
Overview
Records of the International Association for Identification (IAI), an organization founded in 1915 to further the goals of professionals in the field of forensic identification. Includes newsletters, membership information, letters, reports, clippings, reprints, pamphlets, journals, books, foreign language material, technical reference material, conference and seminar records, and audio-visual material. Also includes items from the library of fingerprint pioneer Henry Faulds which were...
Dates:
1842-2007, 2012; Majority of material found within 1910-1959
Robert C. Spangler (1892-1974) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2346
Overview
Correspondence, research notes, photographs, and other papers of a former Professor of Biology at West Virginia University (1914-1955). Includes some materials relating to Spangler's theory of sex determination and his famous debate in 1922 with William Jennings Bryan regarding the theory of evolution. Bryan had offered a $100.00 prize to any professor who could reconcile evolution with the Bible and Spangler took up the challenge.
Dates:
1912-1964