Thomas Hunt Morgan Symposium Collection, 1966
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Thomas Hunt Morgan Symposium Collection, 1966
- Creator
- Thomas H. Morgan Symposium, University of Kentucky
- Extent
- 2.5 cu. ft. (5 Boxes): 34 Items
- Subjects
- Morgan, Thomas Hunt, 1866-1945
- Hunt-Morgan Family
- Embryology--History
- Genetics--History
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Morgan's early career was spent in natural history. He got his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins. In 1891, Morgan began teaching at Bryn Mawr, where he met Jacques Loeb, and stayed until 1904. From morphology, his research interests shifted to experimental embryology (1891-94). Morgan became a devotee of Entwicklungsmechanik, or developmental mechanics. After 1900 he was also critical of Mendelism and the chromosomal theory of heredity. In about 1908, Morgan began working with Drosophila. It was probably Frank Lutz, a geneticist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Station for Experimental Evolution at Cold Spring Harbor, who introduced Morgan to the fruitfly Drosophila. He began using what was still basically a wild-type fly in experimental evolutionary studies. Morgan selected for specific phenotypic mutants in an effort to determine their selective value. The goal was to determine how heredity influenced evolution. In 1915, Morgan, Bridges, and Sturtevant published The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity, a defining tome that established Drosophila as a key model system in genetics and set the standard for Mendelian gene mapping efforts. In 1928, Morgan moved his group to Caltech, where they remained until Morgan's death. Morgan won the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
- Scope and Content
- The collection is comprised of thirty four 1/4" reel to reel audio tapes. They concern the life and works of Thomas Hunt Morgan. The tapes were recorded at the Genesis Convention on September 19, 1966.
Contents of the Collection
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 1 (P.T.: 31 min)17-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 2 (P.T.: 32 min)17-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 3 (P.T.: 33 min)17-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 4 (P.T.: 32 min)17-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 5 (P.T.: 34 min)17-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 6 (P.T.: 35 min)17-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 7 (P.T.: 24 min)17-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 8 (P.T.: 33 min)17-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 9 (P.T.: 31 min)17-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 10 (P.T.: 23 min)17-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 11 (P.T.: 31 min)18-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 12 (P.T.: 31 min)18-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 13 (P.T.: 7 min)18-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 14 (P.T.: 31 min)18-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 15 (P.T.: 30 min)18-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 16 (P.T.: 31 min)18-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 17 (P.T.: 18 min)18-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 18 (P.T.: 31 min)18-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 19 (P.T.: 32 min)18-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 20 (P.T.: 48 min)18-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 21 (P.T.: 31 min)18-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 22 (P.T.: 25 min)18-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 23 (P.T.: 9 Min) The peaker said the mic was out and so his talk was not recorded after 9 minutes.19-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 24 (P.T.: 32 min)19-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 25 (P.T.: 32 min)19-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 26 (P.T.: 32 min)19-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 27 (P.T.: 32 min)19-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 28 (P.T.: 30 min)19-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 28 (P.T.: 32 min)19-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 28 (P.T.: 32 min)19-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 28 (P.T.: 32 min)19-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 28 (P.T.: 36 min)19-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 28 (P.T.: 7 min)19-Sep-66
Genesis Convention. Explores the life work of Thomas Hunt Morgan. Part 28 (P.T.: 29 min)19-Sep-66
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