Finding Aid for the Arnold Hicks Sparrow Collection, 1945-1976
MS-0982 University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, August 13, 2007.
Summary Information
Arnold Hicks Sparrow Collection
Date/Date Range : 1945-1976
35.0 linear feet
Abstract: This collection houses 117 research data books supplemented with correspondence files, scientific reprints, laboratory notes, and an extensive group of well executed glossy print photographs documenting Arnold Hicks Sparrow's work in radiation botany.
MS-0982
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
This collection was donated to the library by Mrs. Rhoda Cornish Sparrow and her sons.
Collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
[Identification of Item], Arnold Hicks Sparrow Collection, MS-0982. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of twenty-three boxes divided into five series:
- Series I: Experimental Notes
- Series II: Sparrow Reprints and Symposium Notes
- Series III: Project Folders
- Series IV: Muller, Quaster, East, Sax Reprints
- Series V: Extra Experimental Data
Biography / History
Arnold Hicks Sparrow was born in Saskatoon, Alberta, Canada on October 2, 1914. He undertook his initial studies in biology at the University of Saskatchewan and completed his Ph.D in Cytology in Genetics at McGill University in 1941. After graduation, he worked at Harvard University as a research fellow and instructor. In 1947, Sparrow became a U.S. citizen and moved to Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, where he became senior cytologist and where he remained for the rest of his career. Sparrow's research interests included radiobiology, structure and evolution of chromosomes, radiation cytology and genetics, factors determining specific radiosensitivity, effects of ionizing radiation on plants, space biology, and environmental mutagens. These interests led to his founding the journal Radiation Botany in 1961. Sparrow died on June 25, 1976 at his home in Bellport, Long Island, New York.
Sparrow was married to Rhoda Cornish, and the couple had four sons.
Collection Scope and Content Note
This collection houses 117 research data books supplemented with correspondence files, scientific reprints, laboratory notes, and an extensive group of well executed glossy print photographs documenting Arnold Hicks Sparrow's work in radiation botany.
Subject Terms
- Sparrow, Arnold Hicks, 1914-1976.
- Radiobiology.
- Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Contents List
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Series I: Experimental Notes, 1949-1969
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| Box
1
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Folder
1
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Prob. 73 (Bulbs), 1961
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| Box
1
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Folder
2
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Prob. 73 (Score Sheets), circa 1960
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| Box
1
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Folder
3
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Prob. 73, 1957-1959
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| Box
1
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Folder
4
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Prob. 73, 1950-1953
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| Box
1
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Folder
5
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Prob. 73, 1954-1956
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| Box
1
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Folder
6
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Prob. 73, 1960-1961
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| Box
1
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Folder
7
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Prob. 73, 1962-1968
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| Box
2
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Folder
1
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Trillium Cell Division Inhibition
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| Box
2
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Folder
2
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Trillium Assignments, 1950-1952
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| Box
2
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Folder
3
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Trillium Assignments, 1952-1954
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| Box
2
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Folder
4
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Trillium Assignments, 1954-1957
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| Box
2
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Folder
5
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Trillium Assignments, 1960-1961
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| Box
2
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Folder
6
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Trillium Culture Media Recipes, 1954-1955
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| Box
2
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Folder
7
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T. grandiflorum B (Trillium)
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| Box
2
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Folder
8
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Trillium H3 Thymide, 1959
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| Box
3
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Folder
1
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Trillium sub-chroinared, 1954-1955
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| Box
3
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Folder
2
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Trillium X and N Radiation Results score sheets, 1952-1953
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| Box
3
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Folder
3
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Trillium Cultivation and propagation, 1950-1951
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| Box
3
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Folder
4
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Trillium Pre-BLN
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| Box
3
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Folder
5
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Trillium Sub-chroinated, 1956-1957
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| Box
4
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Folder
1
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Trillium sub-chromatid, 1958
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| Box
4
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Folder
2
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Trillium sub-chromated, 1956
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| Box
4
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Folder
3
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(Trillium) Controls comparison 1) another 4 buds 2) stages
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| Box
4
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Folder
4
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(Trillium) F chromosome plants scoring and notes
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| Box
4
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Folder
5
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73L (Prob.) Lilium Long florum sensitivity
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| Box
4
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Folder
6
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Trillium Beta Data -- Trad x-ray data
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| Box
4
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Folder
7
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Trillium scorings, 1952-1953
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| Box
5
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Folder
1
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Gamma Field, 1949
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| Box
5
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Folder
2
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Gamma Field, 1949-1950
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| Box
5
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Folder
3
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Gamma Field, 1950
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| Box
5
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Folder
4
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Gamma Field, 1951
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| Box
5
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Folder
5
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Gamma Field, 1952
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| Box
6
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Folder
1
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Gamma Field, 1952
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| Box
6
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Folder
2
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Gamma Field, 1953
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| Box
6
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Folder
3
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Gamma Field, 1954
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| Box
7
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Folder
1
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Gamma Field, 1955
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| Box
7
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Folder
2
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Gamma Field, 1956
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| Box
7
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Folder
3
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Gamma Field, 1957
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| Box
7
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Folder
4
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Gamma Field, 1958
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| Box
7
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Folder
5
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Gamma Field, 1959
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| Box
8
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Folder
1
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Gamma Field, 1960
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| Box
8
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Folder
2
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Gamma Field, 1961-1964
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| Box
8
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Folder
3
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Gamma Field, 1965-1969
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| Box
8
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Folder
4
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Gamma Field, 1953
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| Box
8
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Folder
5
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Chronic Gamma Master List-- Miscellaneous
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| Box
9
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Folder
1
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Chrysanthemum (spp) photo Gamma Field, 1954
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| Box
9
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Folder
2
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X and Gamma Field Expts. Photos, 1951
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| Box
9
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Folder
3
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Luzula Gamma Field Photos (1953) and Notes (1951), 1951-1953
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| Box
9
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Folder
4
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Turner photos (Flowers induced by chronic gamma radiation)
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| Box
9
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Folder
5
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Miscellaneous Photos (including notes on Prob. 7. 2, 7. 4, 4. 2), 1949-1951
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| Box
9
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Folder
6
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Nicotiana Photos, 1954
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| Box
10
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Folder
1
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Proj. 47 Acute X-irradiations, 1953
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| Box
10
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Folder
2
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Proj. 47 Acute Irradiation, 1953-1955
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| Box
10
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Folder
3
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Proj. 47 Acute Irradiation, 1956-1958
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| Box
10
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Folder
4
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Proj. 47 Acute Irradiation, 1959-1961
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| Box
11
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Folder
1
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Proj. 47 Acute Irradiations, 1962
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| Box
11
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Folder
2
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Proj. 47 Acute Irradiations, 1963-1964
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| Box
11
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Folder
3
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Proj. 47 Acute Irradiations, 1965
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| Box
12
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Folder
1
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Proj. 47 Acute Irradiations, 1966
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| Box
12
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Folder
2
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Proj. 47 Acute Irradiations, l967
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| Box
12
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Folder
3
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Proj. 47 Acute Irradiations, 1968
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| Box
13
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Folder
1
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Proj. 47 Woody Acute Irradiations, 1961
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| Box
13
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Folder
2
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Proj. 47 Woody Acute Irradiations, 1962
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| Box
13
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Folder
3
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Proj. 47 Woody Acute Irradiations, 1963
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| Box
13
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Folder
4
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Proj. 47 Woody Acute Irradiations, 1964
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| Box
13
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Folder
5
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Proj. 47 Woody Acute Irradiations, 1965
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| Box
13
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Folder
6
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Proj. 47 Woody Acute Irradiations, 1966
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| Box
13
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Folder
7
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1961 Woody Acute wet weights -- 11 species
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| Box
14
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Folder
1
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Pinus Storbus 16 Hour Dormat and Active
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| Box
14
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Folder
2
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Pinus Storbus 1 Hour and 4 Hour Active
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| Box
14
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Folder
3
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Pinus Storbus Acute, 1960-1965
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| Box
14
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Folder
4
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Pinus Storbus Miscellaneous Data, 1961
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| Box
14
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Folder
5
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Pinus Storbus Chromic Gamma, 1960-1962
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| Box
15
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Folder
1
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Woody Chronic Species, 1960
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| Box
15
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Folder
2
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Woody Chronic Species Vol. I, 1961
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| Box
15
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Folder
3
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Woody Chronic Species Vol. II, 1961
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| Box
15
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Folder
4
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Woody Chronic Species, 1962
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| Box
15
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Folder
5
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Woody Chronic Species, 1963
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| Box
15
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Folder
6
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Woody Chronic Species Vol. I, 1964
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| Box
15
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Folder
7
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Woody Chronic Species Vol. II, 1964
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| Box
15
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Folder
8
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Woody Chronic Species, 1965
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Series II: Sparrow Reprints and Symposium Notes, 1942-1976
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| Box
16
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Folder
1
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File 1 Nos. 1-29 Sparrow reprints, 1949-1942
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| Box
16
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Folder
2
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File 2 Nos. 131-69 22A Sparrow reprints, 1961-1970
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| Box
16
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Folder
3
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File 3 Nos. 71A and up, 1970-1976
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| Box
16
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Folder
4
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Issues of Gamma Field Symposia
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| Box
16
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Folder
5
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"O. C. D. Symposium, Sept. 1970" and "Puerto Rico-General 1958" , 1958-1970
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Series III: Project Folders, 1945-1963
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| Box
17
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Folder
1
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Potato Work, 1945-1950
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| Box
17
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Folder
2
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Potato Work, 1945-1950
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| Box
17
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Folder
3
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Potato Work, 1945-1950
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| Box
17
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Folder
4
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Ecology Project
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| Box
17
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Folder
5
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Botany Wing
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| Box
17
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Folder
6
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Chromosome Vol.
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| Box
17
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Folder
7
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A.H. Sparrow - Correspondence Formation of Editorial Board of Radiation Biology
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| Box
17
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Folder
8
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A. H. Sparrow - Correspondence Beginning of Radiation Biology
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| Box
17
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Folder
9
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European Environmental Mutagen Society
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| Box
17
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Folder
10
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Environmental Mutagen Society - Mutaginicity Testing
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| Box
17
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Folder
11
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AEC. Aging Conference Washington, 1963 December
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| Box
17
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Folder
12
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Gamma Fields
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| Box
17
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Folder
13
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Nuclear Vol. Problem
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| Box
17
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Folder
14
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Gamma Fields and Gamma Greenhouse
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| Box
17
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Folder
15
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Puerto Rico General, 1958
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| Box
17
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Folder
16
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Chromosome Nos. (Not polypoids)
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| Box
17
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Folder
17
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Radiation Research Society
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Series IV: Muller, Quaster, East, Sax Reprints
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| Box
18
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Folder
1
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Muller, H. J. reprints
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| Box
18
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Folder
2
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Quastler, H. reprints
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| Box
18
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Folder
3
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East, E. M. reprints
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| Box
18
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Folder
4
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Sax, K. reprints
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Series V: Extra Experimental Data, 1946-1963
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| Box
19
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Folder
1
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Luzula Gamma Greenhouse, 1953
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| Box
19
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Folder
2
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Dry Weights (Alliu, Crepis, H aplopapp, Lilian Lazula, Ornithog), 1961-1962
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| Box
19
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Folder
3
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Prob. 8. 3 Kularchoe Flower EXP. -- Prob. 8. 4 Sedan and Graptopetulum
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| Box
19
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Folder
4
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Saintpaulic X-ray Expt. IAA Mut. prop. African Violet 79A and B, 1955-1959
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| Box
19
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Folder
5
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Chrysanthemum spp. Chron. Aber., 1962
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| Box
19
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Folder
6
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Paeonia Acute and Chronic, 1949-1963
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| Box
20
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Folder
1
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Chrysanthemum Seed Irradiations
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| Box
20
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Folder
2
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(Trad. Morphology photos) UNLABELLED SPINE, circa 1950
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| Box
20
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Folder
3
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Wet weight Icv vs R, chromec and acute -- Icv vs R/cycle
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| Box
20
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Folder
4
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Dry weight Data (20 spp)
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| Box
20
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Folder
5
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Neutron Scoring, 1951-1952
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| Box
20
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Folder
6
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Phosphorus 32 Experiment Reocrd (Nicotiana)
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| Box
20
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Folder
7
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Nicotiana TIBA Nitrogen Mustard, 1958
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| Box
20
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Folder
8
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Niglauca x Langsdorf: Glycine max, 1958
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| Box
20
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Folder
9
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Nicotiana Dark Induced 2,4, 6-TPA Misc. tumor exp., 1958-1959
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| Box
21
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Folder
1
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Solanum Acute and Chronic Potato field, 1950
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| Box
21
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Folder
2
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Radium Source 1-5Cu (notes), 1951
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| Box
21
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Folder
3
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Fallout Decay Simulator (FDS) outside Preliminary Exp., 1964-1965
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| Box
21
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Folder
4
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Taxus (bud counts and sheet lengths), 1961
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| Box
21
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Folder
5
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Early notes of A.H. Sparrow, 1949
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| Box
21
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Folder
6
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Miscellaneous notes of A.H. Sparrow, 1946-1948
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| Box
22
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Folder
1
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Saint paulia (African violets) x & n Expts., 1955
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| Box
22
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Folder
2
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Prob. 76 Sectional Irradiation of Plants (Xanthium), 1952-1953
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| Box
22
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Folder
3
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(Irradiation - Arlyn Daniel) Alga, Grapfopet, Kalanchoe, Sedum, Chrysanth, Opossun
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| Box
22
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Folder
4
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Somatic Mutation, 1952
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| Box
22
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Folder
5
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Luzula cytology -- Vicia cytology, 1961
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| Box
22
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Folder
6
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Lilium MCN, 1961
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| Box
23
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Folder
1
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Vicia MCN plants 1-99, 1961
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| Box
23
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Folder
2
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Vicia MCN plants 100 and up, 1961
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| Box
23
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Folder
3
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Vicia Expt. II, 1961
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| Box
23
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Folder
4
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Vicia Dry Weights MCN, 1961
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| Box
23
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Folder
5
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Crassulaceae
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| Box
23
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Folder
6
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Solanum Acute Radiation, 1948-1949
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