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Schermerhorn Scandal: Scientist Gives Birth to Tailless Mouse

Title:: Schermerhorn Scandal: Scientist Gives Birth to Tailless Mouse
Creator:: Ephrussi-Taylor, Harriett
Date:: 16 May 1944
Description:: A satirical look, in the form of a fake newsletter, at the work of researchers at Columbia including Dobzhansky, Dunn, Ephrussi-Taylor, Rhoades, and Ryan. Schermerhorn Hall is a well-known building on the Columbia University campus.. NOTE: Text cut off in original.
Location:: Box: 1. Folder: 2
Rights:: Reproduced with permission of Anne Ephrussi.
Genre:: Ephemera (general)
Newsletters
Subject:: Pamphlets and Wit and Humor as Topic
Format:: Text
Extent:: 2 pages
Relation:: Letter from Salome G. Waelsch to Joshua Lederberg, 1992
Language:: English
Legacy ID:: CCBBDM
NLM ID:: 101584575X513
Profiles Collection:: The Oswald T. Avery Collection
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584575X513
Story Section:: Biographical Information