Guide to the Manton Copeland Papers, 1882-1961, Undated
Access Restrictions: Some material restricted.
Manton Copeland Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
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Manton Copeland was born on July 24, 1881, in Taunton, Massachusetts. A member of the Class of 1904 at Harvard, from which he also received master of science and doctor of philosophy degrees, Copeland joined the Bowdoin faculty in the fall of 1908 as instructor in biology. He was promoted to assistant professor in 1909, professor of biology in 1910, and Josiah Little Professor of Natural Science in 1936, a position he held until his retirement in 1947. He taught courses in botany, vertebrate ecology and behavior, organic evolution, zoology, and special laboratory and field investigations. He also taught embryology and histology at the Medical School of Maine at Bowdoin from 1912 until it closed in 1921. In 1960 former students and friends established the Manton Copeland Scholarship Fund at Bowdoin, and in 1966 he was the recipient of the Bowdoin Alumni Council's Alumni Award for Faculty and Staff.
Manton Copeland died on May 22, 1971, in Brunswick, Maine, survived by his three sons, Preston, Frederick, Manton, Jr., and his daughter, Elizabeth. His wife, the former Ruth Winsor Ripley of Taunton, Massachusetts, whom he married on December 20, 1910, died on January 17, 1965.
Personal and business correspondence, the bulk to Manton Copeland, as well as class notes, reports, lecture materials, drawings, and Bowdoin College faculty and Biology Club materials. Also included are gardening notes, miscellaneous World War I and II publications, a journal, and other personal materials.
Personal and business correspondence, the bulk to Manton Copeland. In addition, there is one folder of letters to Copeland from Arthur H. Norton of the Portland Society of Natural History. Also included is a folder of letters from various correspondents addressed to Philip W. Meserve of Brunswick, Maine, concerning iris seeds.
Arranged alphabetically.
A-C
C (continued)
D-G
G-H
N-R
S
T-V
W-Z
Meserve, Philip W. re: Iris type, 1921, 1931-1934, n.d.
Miscellaneous
Norton, Arthur H., Portland Society of Natural History, 1930-1936
Materials from Manton Copeland's tenure as a biology professor at Bowdoin College. Includes faculty information and committee notes, Biology Club material, and student biological reports.
Arranged alphabetically by material type.
Biology Club ledger, 1920s
Biology Club ledger, 1920s (removed materials)
Biology Department information, 1938-1945
Chi Psi material, 1937-1945, n.d.
College committees and vote, 1936-1942
Curriculum Committee report, 1942 Jan
Faculty information, 1938-1943
Faculty recommendation re: By-Laws concerning fraternity room and board bills, n.d.
Freshmen housing, 1941
Library report, 1942
Maine educational organization materials, 1908-1921, n.d.
"Answering the Mating Call," D.E. Reid, ca. 1934 - Student Report
"The Behavior and Ecology of the Hyla in Breeding Season," David Faxon, 1927 - Student Report
"Certain Aspects of the Theory of the Gene," Warren Stearns, 1932 - Student Report
"Ciliary Action in the Fallopian Tube of the Cat," Donald Scott, Jr., 1948 - Student Report
"Experiments on the Case-Building Behavior of the Larval Forms of Two Species of Trichoptera," Hubert Shaw, 1938 - Student Report
Field notes, Charles Bowers, 1941-1942 - Student Report
Field report, L. B. Flint, 1933 - Student Report
"Field Report," Robert Harrington, 1932 - Student Report
"Field Report," Ellis Spear, 1928 - Student Report
Nereis notes, David Faxon, 1929-1930 - Student Report
Nereis notes, Herman Sweet, 1930 - Student Report
Notes on Caddis fly larvae, Brewster Rundlette, 1937-1938 - Student Report
"Observations of Toad Copulation," Michael McPharlin, 1932 - Student Report
"Paper on Unknown Bees which Dwell on the Delta of Bowdoin College," Horace Sowles, 1940 - Student Report
"Reactions of Nereis to Mixed and Monochromatic Light," S.E. Merrill, 1936 - Student Report
"Report of Work on Caddis Fly Larvae," Sears Crowell, 1929-1930 - Student Report
"Report on Experiments on Nereis," Paul Walker, 1931 - Student Report
"Report on General Biological Accomplishments During One Summer at Bermuda Biological Station," Dexter Easton, 1946 - Student Report
Reports, notes from experiments, lab and lecture materials, and exams for courses in zoology, botany, biology, evolution, embryology, bacteriology, and ornithology. Material is from Manton Copeland's time as a student at Harvard University as well as his tenure as a Bowdoin professor. Some of the material in this series originated with Preston Kyes (Bowdoin Class of 1896). For more information regarding Preston Kyes, see the Preston Kyes Papers (M285).
Arranged by material type, then alphabetically.
Some material restricted. See individual folders.
"Botany I, Manton Copeland"
"Botany II Lab, Manton Copeland, Cambridge"
"Handbook of Chemistry and Physics," 13th ed., 1928
"Histology Notes as far as nervous system," 1896-1897
"Lectures in Physics by Prof. C.C. Hutchins, 1894"
Notebook - biological drawings
Notebook - experiments
Notebook Three - experiments
Notebook Four - experiments
Notebook Five - experiments
Notebook Six - experiments
Notebook Ten - experiments
Notebook Eleven - experiments
Notebook Twelve - experiments
Notes - experiments, 1902
Notes - experiments, 1910-1940
Notes - experiments, "worked mostly with Mr. H. G. Hawes," 1904
Pan American League (Maine) meeting notes, 1940-1941
"Pneumonia Literature" - notes, 1890-1922
"A Record of Cases Seen at the Johns Hopkins Hospital," 1898-1899
"Strains of Tubercle bacilli,"
1904 Jun-"Studies on the Spermatogenesis of the Honey Bee"
1906 Jun-"Some Stages in Spermatogenesis of the Honey Bee"
1906 Aug-"Mammals of Grand Manan, N.B."
1907 Jun-"Maturation Stages in Spermatogenesis of Vespa Maculata"
1908 May-"Spermatogenesis in Apis and Respa"
1912 Apr-"The Olfactory Reaction of Pufferfish"
1912 May-"Microsorex from Canton, NY"
1912 Dec-"Mammals of Greylock, MA"
1913 Jul-"Olfactory Reactions of Spotted Newt"
1914 Dec-"Pipistrellus in Maine"
1917 Jun-"Notes on Maine Mammals"
1918 Mar-"Olfactory Reactions of Allection and Busycon"
1919 Oct-"Locomotion in Alectrion"
1922 Mar-"Locomotion in Polinices"
1923-"Fauna of Penikese Island" (ed. by R.E. Coler)
1924 Feb-"Mammals of MacMillan Expedition to Baffin Island"
1924 Oct-"Chemical Sense and Feeding Behavior of Nereis Virens Sars"
1926 Jan-"Fauna of Penikese Island"
1927 Jul-"Notes on Florida Birds"
1930 Aug-"An Apparent Conditioned Response in Nereis Virens"
1934 Dec-"Modifications of Behavior in Nereis Virens"
1935 Oct-"Keeping Nereis for Physiological Study"
1937 Dec-"Case Building Instinct of Two Species of Trichoptera"
Undated-"Color Changes in Anolis"
Undated-"Lepidoptera from Penikese Island, MA" (map)
Undated-"Modifications of Motor Responses to Light in Lower Animals"
Undated-"Ciliary Movement" (with abstract by J. Gray)
Undated-"Collecting and Preparation of Diatomaceous Earth"
Anatomy notes
Bacteriology lecture notes (reported by Preston Kyes, 1897-1898)
Bateson, W. ('89) notes
Bell, J.C. ('06) notes
Bethe, Albrecht notes, "The Nervous System of Carcinus Maenas"
Biological drawings
Biology IX exams
Biology entrance exams
Biology lab instructions, 1909
Biology lab instructions, 1917
Biology lab instructions, 1920
Biology majors exams
Biology notes
Botany I - Cambridge, MA, 1901
Botany I exams
Botany II lecture notes, Cambridge, MA, 1900-1901
Botany III lecture notes, Cambridge, MA, 1901-1902
Botany IV lecture notes
Botany lab instructions
Class material, 1923-1942
Class notes, 1906
Embryology notes
Evolution lecture notes
Evolution notes
General class notes
Genetics notes
Medical Histology and Embryology exams and outlines
Notecards
Notes removed from Notebook Four, M39.3, volume 9
Ornithology notes
Rana (frog) lab instructions
Zoology I exams
Zoology I laboratory booklet published by Harvard Co-Operative Society
Zoology I lecture notes and drawings, Cambridge, MA, 1900-1901
Zoology II exams
Zoology II laboratory drawings, Cambridge, MA, 1901
Zoology II lecture notes, Cambridge, MA, 1901
Zoology III laboratory booklet, "Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates," published by Harvard Co-Operative Society, 1904, 1908
Zoology III laboratory drawings and lecture notes, Cambridge, MA, 1901-1902
Zoology IV lecture notes, Cambridge, MA, 1902-1903
Zoology V lecture notes
Zoology VI exams
Zoology VI lecture notes
Zoology IX exams
Zoology X lecture notes
Zoology XIII lecture notes, Cambridge, MA, 1905-1906
Zoology XV lecture notes, Cambridge, MA, 1906
Zoology S-1, S-51 exams, 1942-1946
Zoology S-51 notes, 1943
Zoology lab instructions
"Laboratory Outlines," 1905, 1915, 1919
"Strains of Tubercle bacilli," material removed from M39.3, volume 21
Various letters and notes, 1933-1934, n.d.
West, James, notebook of collection received from, 1932 Nov 221
1923 notes
1924 notes
1925 Jul-Aug, "Nereis contact"
1927, "Nereis experiments: Worm B"
1927-1928, "Nereis experiments with 'Disky'"
1927-1928, "Neries light experiments"
1932 notes
1941, "Pedal cilia of land snails"
Undated, "Nereis vibration experiment no. 15"
Undated, "Nereis chemical stimuli"
Undated, "Nereis general material"
Undated, "Nereis ganglia"
Undated, "A Chromosome (tetrad) model"
Undated, "Palaemonetes"
American Rock Garden Society (ARGS) and New England Wild Flower Preservation Society correspondence, reports and material. Also includes correspondence and notes concerning gardens, and plants, as well as advertisements for garden accessories.
Arranged alphabetically.
American Rock Garden Society (ARGS)-Sedum, 1935-1936
ARGS materials, 1934-1939
ARGS New York, 1935-1939
ARGS, North Atlantic Region, Spring 1937
New England Wild Flower Preservation Society, 1933-1939
Ferns, 1934-1940
Garden accessories, 1927-1943, n.d.
Garden notes, 1913-1926, n.d.
Garden show of 1950
Rock gardens, 1937-1938
Sedum I, 1929-1933, n.d.
Sedum II, 1932-1936, n.d.
Solidago Aster, 1937-1941
Thymus, 1930-1948
A collection of various publications concerning World War I and II, many concerning the treatment of prisoners of war. The bulk are printed in London under the "Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office," for presentation to both Houses of Parliament.
Arranged chronologically by material type.
Publications presented to the British Parliament "by Command of His Majesty": 1914-1915
Publications presented to the British Parliament "by Command of His Majesty": 1915-1916
Publications presented to the British Parliament "by Command of His Majesty": 1916
Publications presented to the British Parliament "by Command of His Majesty": 1916-1917
Publications presented to the British Parliament "by Command of His Majesty": 1917-1918
World War I, miscellaneous publications, 1915-1917
World War II, miscellaneous publications, 1935-1945
Articles written by Manton Copeland, his 1910 journal, memorabilia from a 1934 trip to the White House and a 1937 trip to Cornell University, and material concerning St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Brunswick, where he was a member. Also included are personal and work-related photographs, and miscellaneous ephemera, newspaper clippings, and notes.
Arranged alphabetically by material type.
Address book, n.d.
"Another Comment," 1938
"Fathers in the Dishpan," 1949
"Friendship and Ethics," 1950
"Our Little Planet Makes Good," 1933
"Manton Copelandiana"- Bowdoin Alumnus, 1961 Dec
Church material concerning St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Brunswick, Maine, 1928-1939
Dust jacket: "Peary," by William Herbert Hobbs
Journal, 1910 Jan-Dec
List of Copeland Cape Code literature collection (newspaper clipping), 1943
Memorabilia for 1934 trip to the White House for the Harvard Class of 1904 30th reunion, and for 1937 trip to Cornell for the inauguration of President Edmund Ezra Day
Miscellaneous ephemera, n.d.
Miscellaneous notes, n.d.
Mountain climbers - handwritten notes, no year
Nereis worm photographs (31 images), n.d.
"Studies of Pond Life," album by E. Spear (Bowdoin Class of 1930)
Hawes House print, n.d.
Luncheon on ship Artemesia, 1939 (6 small images)
Unidentified group on water's edge, n.d.
Scrapbook clippings, 1882-1898, n.d.
Scrapbook of ephemera, n.d.
Stamp collection correspondence, 1938-1940