Inventory of the Bert Cunningham Papers, 1927-1943

Abstract

Bert Cunningham was a professor of Biology and Zoology at Trinity College and Duke University from 1916-1943.

His collection includes the manuscript and illustrations for his book Introduction to Biology for the College Students, as well as professional correspondence.

Descriptive Summary

Repository: University Archives, Duke University
Creator: Cunningham, Bert, 1883-1943.
Title: Bert Cunningham Papers, 1927-1943
Language of Material: English
Extent: 2.2 Linear Feet, 250 Items
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Collection contains correspondence relating to the Duke Department of Zoology, the N.C. Academy of Science, and the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Also includes a final revised typescript copy of Cunningham's Introduction to Biology for the College Students as well as correspondence relating to the possible publication of this book.

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Access Restrictions

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Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Contents of the Collection

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3 Boxes

Publishers' Correspondence, 1927-1941

Box 1

Publishers' Correspondence, 1927-1941

Box 1

Publishers' Correspondence, 1927-1941

Box 1

Publishers' Correspondence, 1927-1941

Box 1

Research Notes, undated

Box 1

Miscellaneous Professional Correspondence, Duke Memos, 1929-1935

Box 1

1943 Cunningham Memorial

Box 1

Research Notes, undated

Box 1

Biology and Zoology Program Information, 1932-1934

Box 1

Animal Diagrams

Box 2

Animal and Fish Internal Diagrams

Box 2

Introduction to Biology for College Students Manuscript and Illustrations

Box 2

Introduction to Biology for College Students, Diagrams:

Animal Diagrams

Ovsz. Box 3

Plant Diagrams

Ovsz. Box 3

Amoeba and Cell Diagrams

Ovsz. Box 3

Snail Diagrams

Ovsz. Box 3

Maps

Ovsz. Box 3

Prints of People

Ovsz. Box 3

Historical Note

Cunningham was born in McLean County, Illinois in 1883. He received his B.S. and M.S. from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1908 and 1909, respectively, his A.M. from Trinity College in 1916 and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1920. At Trinity College, he served as president of the Faculty Club and chairman of the schedule committee of the university. In 1911, he first came to Durham to chair the High School Science Department. He joined the Trinity College faculty as instructor of Biology in 1916, specializing in endocrinology, histology and heredity. His Axial Bifurcation in Serpents: An Historical Survey of Serpent Monsters Having Part of the Axial was published in 1937 by Duke University Press. Cunningham died in 1943, before his book Introduction to Biology for the College Students could be published.

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Photograph Collection, 1861-2006. (University Archives, Duke University.)