Harold H. Plough (AC 1913) Anthropology and Evolution Course Materials
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of lab exercises, lecture topics, outlines, lecture notes, examinations, and correspondence relating to Anthropology and Evolution courses taught at Amherst by Professor Harold H. Plough. Anthropology materials cover a number of courses from the period of 1939 to 1958. Evolution materials cover the course Evolution of the Earth and Man from 1947 to 1957.
Dates
- 1939-1958
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
There is no restriction on access to the Anthropology and Evolution Department Records for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.
Conditions Governing Use
Requests for permission to publish material from the Papers should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Biographical / Historical
Harold H. Plough (AC 1913)
Harold Henry Plough was born on April 5, 1892 in New York City. He attended Amherst College, graduating in 1913, and went on to study at Columbia, receiving his MA in 1915, and his PhD in 1917. After serving as a fellow at Columbia for a year, Plough returned to Amherst where he joined the biology department, and continued to serve as a professor at Amherst until his retirement in 1959.
Plough led a distinguished career as a geneticist, publishing over 30 papers on technical subjects in biology over his lifetime. He spent many summers teaching and doing research at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., where he discovered four new species of Ascidians, a specialized phylum of marine chordates. Plough also specialized in radiation-induced mutations, and acted as consultant to the Atomic Energy Commission in the early 1950s. Plough served in the US Army Sanitary Corps in both world wars as a bacteriologist.
Extent
1.5 Linear feet (3 archives boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The papers consist of lab exercises, lecture topics, outlines, lecture notes, examinations, and correspondence relating to Anthropology and Evolution courses taught at Amherst by Professor Harold H. Plough. Anthropology materials cover a number of courses from the period of 1939 to 1958. Evolution materials cover the course Evolution of the Earth and Man from 1947 to 1957.
Arrangement
This collection is organized into two series:
- Series 1: Anthropology Notes
- Series 2: Evolution Notes
Processing Information
- Finding Aid:
- Carol Trabulsi, Senior Archives Associate
Doris Chacon, Student Assistant - Revised:
- Spring 2002
- By:
- Sarah Sorscher 2005, Student Assistant
- Edited by:
- Peter A. Nelson, Assistant Archivist
- Amherst College -- Curricula Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Anthropology Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Evolution -- Study and teaching Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Examinations Subject Source: Library Of Congress Genre/Form Terms
- Lecture notes Subject Source: Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Plough, Harold Henry, 1892- (AC 1913)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Carol Trabulsi
- Date
- 2002
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Repository Details
Part of the Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Repository
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Robert Frost Library
61 Quadrangle Drive
Amherst MA 01002-5000
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