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Merkel Henry Jacobs Papers

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Call Number:
UPT 50 J17
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center
Extent:
1 cubic feet
Language:
English
Date:
1911-1962 (inclusive)
Abstract:

Dr. Merkel Henry Jacobs, zoologist, physiologist, instructor. Received his A.B., 1905 and Ph.D., 1908 from the University of Pennsylvania. After one year of postdoctoral study in Berlin, Jacobs returned to the University of Pennsylvania as an Instructor in Zoology. In 1913 he became an Assistant Professor; and from 1923 until his retirement in 1955, he was Professor of General Physiology.

Jacobs also had a long association with the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. He served as an Instructor begining in 1921. He became Associate Director, 1925-1926 and Director, 1927-1937. In 1938 he was appointed a trustee.

These papers primarily cover his activities at the University of Pennsylvania as Professor of Advanced General Physiology. The papers include correspondence, 1911-1964, n.d. much of which refers to student performance and applications; recommendations for graduated students; Physiology Department papers, 1932-1953, n.d.; correspondence, minutes, reports, topics and authors for the Annual Review of Physiology, 1937-1953; correspondence and administrative circulars for the Office of Scientific Research, 1940-1946; correspondence, reports, bills, and budget summaries for the Rockefeller Foundation Grant, 1940-1950; material for the Association of American Universities, 1932-1948; information on the International Congress of Experimental Cytology, 1947-1950; papers written by Jacobs; and reprints, 1909-1962.

There is some mention of his involvement with the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, although a researcher should contact Woods Hole for additional Jacobs papers.

Gift of Dr. John R. Brobeck, August 24, 1989.

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University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center
Finding Aid Author
Karen Stevens
Finding Aid Date
1989
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Correspondence, 1911, 1916, 1924.
Box 1 Folder 1
Correspondence, 1927-1928.
Box 1 Folder 2
Correspondence, 1929.
Box 1 Folder 3
Correspondence, 1930.
Box 1 Folder 4
Correspondence, 1931.
Box 1 Folder 5
Correspondence, 1932.
Box 1 Folder 6
Correspondence, 1933.
Box 1 Folder 7
Correspondence, 1934.
Box 1 Folder 8
Correspondence, 1935-1939.
Box 1 Folder 9
Correspondence, 1940-1944.
Box 1 Folder 10
Correspondence, 1945-1946.
Box 1 Folder 11
Correspondence, 1947.
Box 1 Folder 12
Correspondence, 1948.
Box 1 Folder 13
Correspondence, 1949-1950.
Box 1 Folder 14
Correspondence, 1951-1954.
Box 1 Folder 15
Correspondence, 1955-1956.
Box 1 Folder 16
Correspondence, 1964, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 17
Greeting cards.
Box 1 Folder 18
Recommendations.
Box 1 Folder 19
Graduate School of Arts and Science, 1932-1936.
Box 1 Folder 20
Courses -- Zoology, 1919.
Box 1 Folder 21
Physiology Department - Faculty - Lists/Schedules.
Box 1 Folder 22
Physiology Department - Course Schedules, 1942-1952.
Box 1 Folder 23
Physiology Department - Graduate Students.
Box 1 Folder 24
Physiology Department - Examinations.
Box 1 Folder 25
Physiology Department - Student Aid, 1947-1953, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 26
Physiology Department - Payroll, 1940-1942.
Box 1 Folder 27
Annual Review of Physiology -- Correspondence, Minutes, Reports.
Box 1 Folder 28
Annual Review of Physiology -- Topics and Authors.
Box 1 Folder 29
Office of Scientific Research and Development -- Correspondence, 1944-1946.
Box 1 Folder 30
Office of Scientific Research and Development -- Administrative Circulars, 1944-1946.
Box 1 Folder 31
Rockefeller Foundation Grant -- Correspondence, Reports, Bills.
Box 1 Folder 32
Rockefeller Foundation Grant -- Budget Summaries, 1940-1946.
Box 1 Folder 33
Rockefeller Foundation Grant -- Budget Summaries, 1947-1950.
Box 1 Folder 34
Association of American Universities.
Box 1 Folder 35
International Congress of Experimental Cytology, 1947-1950.
Box 1 Folder 36
Questionnaires.
Box 1 Folder 37
Suggestions for improvements in the first third of the physiological course.
Box 1 Folder 38
Observations on the blood of albino rats following rapid decompression.
Box 1 Folder 38
Review.
Box 1 Folder 38
Personal finances.
Box 1 Folder 39
Miscellaneous.
Box 1 Folder 40
Reprints, 1909-1919.
Box 1 Folder 41
Reprints, 1920-1928.
Box 1 Folder 42
Reprints, 1931.
Box 1 Folder 43
Reprints, 1932.
Box 1 Folder 44
Reprints, 1933-1934.
Box 1 Folder 45
Reprints, 1935-1936.
Box 1 Folder 46
Reprints, 1937-1962.
Box 1 Folder 47
Printed -- re: Merkel H. Jacobs.
Box 1 Folder 48
Certificates.
Box 1 Folder 49

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