Bernard Ogilvie Dodge papers, 1908-1961

Mss.B.D66

Date: 1908-1961 | Size: 0.25 Linear feet, 44 items

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Abstract

This collection contains certificates and diplomas of learned societies and letters to Dodge from Charles H. Peck, William G. Farlow, David R. Goddard, Robert A. Harper, and H. Rehm. There are letters about Dodge to William J. Robbins, who used them in preparing his memoir of Dodge for the "Biographical Memoirs" (v. 36) of the National Academy of Sciences.

Background note

Bernard Ogilvie Dodge was born 1872 April 18,in Mauston, Wisconsin and died 1960 August 9 in New York, N.Y. Dr. Dodge was a botanist and plant pathologist interested in the morphology, taxonomy, pathology, and genetics of the fungi. Dodge was a mycologist, intensely interested in the fungi as such, though for a substantial part of his active career he studied their relations to disease in plants and in animals also. Teacher and principle of secondary schools in Wisconsin, he then moved to New York City for graduate work and became an Instructor at Columbia University. Next he was the Plant Pathologist concentrting on fruit diseases at the Bureau of Plant Industry for the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. From 1928-1948, he was responsible for the practical control of plant diseases and insect pests at The New York Botanical Garden.

Dr. Dodge's concern with fungi as causes of disease extended from plants to animals, including humans. Along with Dr. R. M. Harper he played an important advisory role in the organization by J. Gardner Hopkins in 1928 of the Department of Dermatology in the College of Physicians and Surgeons. From 1928 to 1939 he was Consultant in Mycology for the Vanderbilt Clinic of the Presbyterian Hospital of New York City, and from 1928 to 1951 Lecturer in Dermatology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University.

He worked out techniques for the experimental manipulation of Neurospora, as well as other microorganisms, and his many basic discoveries of new phenomena set the stage for the development of the field of biochemical genetics. Dodge's investigations of Neurospora revealed principles of genetics in beautiful simplicity and dramatic fashion, in some respects more sharply than was possible with any other organism previously studied. Genetic studies on Neurospora first carried out by Dodge and amply confirmed by later investigators proved that there was only one nuclear fusion and this occurred in the ascus. His investigations laid the foundation for the use of Neurospora in the investigation of genetics and biochemical genetics on a world-wide basis.

Digital objects note

This collection contains digital materials that are available in the APS Digital Library. Links to these materials are provided with context in the inventory of this finding aid. A general listing of digital objects may also be found here.

Collection Information

Physical description

44 items.

Provenance

Presented by William J. Robbins and accessioned, 01/09/1963 (1963 102ms).

Indexing Terms

Family Name(s)

Rehm, H.

Genre(s)

Certificates.
Diplomas.

Occupation(s)

Plant pathologists.

Personal Name(s)

Dodge, Bernard Ogilvie,1872-19
Farlow, W. G. (William Gilson), 1844-1919
Goddard, David R.
Harper, R. A. (Robert Almer), 1862-1946
Peck, Charles Horton, 1833-1917

Subject(s)

Botany.
Plant diseases.

Detailed Inventory


Series I. Correspondence				Request Series for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Series
McGowan, James H.. McGowan, James H.	1908 February 22		Box 1: folder 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Peck, Charles H. to Bernard O. Dodge	1910 January 14		Box 1: folder 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Rehm, H.. Rehm, H. to Bernard O. Dodge	1910 January 21		Box 1: folder 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Harper, Robert A. (Robert Almer), 1862-1946. Harper, R. A. to Bernard O. Dodge	1910 February 7		Box 1: folder 4	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Reed, George M. (George Matthew), 1878-1956. Reed, George M. to Bernard O. Dodge	1910 July 16		Box 1: folder 5	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Rehm, H.. Rehm, H. to Bernard O. Dodge	1912 July 31		Box 1: folder 6	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Farlow, W. G. (William Gilson), 1844-1919. Farlow, Wilson G. to Bernard O. Dodge	1912 November 10		Box 1: folder 7	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Rehm, H.. Rehm, H. to Bernard O. Dodge	1913 September 3		Box 1: folder 8	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
New York State Military. Census card	1917		Box 1: folder 9	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Farlow, W. G. (William Gilson), 1844-1919. Farlow, Wilson G. to Bernard O. Dodge	1919 January 12		Box 1: folder 10	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Certificate of membership from Triple A.S.	1925 December 7		Box 1: folder 11	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
National Geographic Society to Bernard O. Dodge	1930 February 27		Box 1: folder 12	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Certificate of membership from National Academy of Sciences	1933 April 26		Box 1: folder 13	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Certificate of membership from New York Academy of Sciences	1935 February 4		Box 1: folder 14	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
American Academy of Arts and Sciences	1935 May 8		Box 1: folder 15	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Ingold, C. T. (Cecil Terrence), 1905-2010. Ingold, Cecil T.errence to Bernard O. Dodge	1947 March 15		Box 1: folder 16	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Columbia University	1949 May 2		Box 1: folder 17	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Rappleye, Willard C. (Willard Cole), 1892-1976. Rappleye, Willard G. to Mrs. Bernard O.Dodge	1951 March 3		Box 1: folder 18	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
New York Botanical Garden. Distinguished service award.	1951 May 10		Box 1: folder 19	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
New York Botanical Garden. Distinguished service award speech of presentation.	1951 May 10		Box 1: folder 20	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Harding, Charles B.. Harding, Charles B. to Bernard O. Dodge	1951 May 24		Box 1: folder 21	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters.	1951 July 19		Box 1: folder 22	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Goddard, David R.. Goddard, David R. Telegram.	1952 September 8		Box 1: folder 23	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Goddard, David R.. Dodge, Bernard O. to David B. Goddard. Telegram.	1952 September 8		Box 1: folder 24	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Batra, Lekh Raj, 1929-1999. Batra, Lekh Raj Christmas card.	1954 December 25		Box 1: folder 25	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Batra, Lekh Raj, 1929-1999. Batra, Lekh Raj to Bernard O. Dodge	1955 February 9		Box 1: folder 26	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Linnean Society of London. Certificate of membership.	1955 June		Box 1: folder 27	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Linnean Society of London	1955 July 12		Box 1: folder 28	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Stair, Ralph to Bernard O. Dodge	1956 July 10		Box 1: folder 29	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Botanical Society of America. Certificate of merit to Bernard O. Dodge.	1956 August 28		Box 1: folder 30	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Hutner, Margarita Silva. Hutner, Margarite Silva to Bernard O. Dodge	1956 November 24		Box 1: folder 31	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Fleming, Robert V.. Fleming, Robert V. Invitation.	1957 January 21		Box 1: folder 32	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Horsfall, Frank Lappin, 1906-1971. Horsfall, Jr., Frank L. to Bernard O. Dodge	1957 September 19		Box 1: folder 33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Rickett, Harold William, 1896-1989. Rickett, H.W. to Bernard O. Dodge	1958 April 13		Box 1: folder 34	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Linnean Society of London to Bernard O. Dodge	1958 December 31		Box 1: folder 35	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Manners, J. G.. J. G. Manners to Bernard O. Dodge	1959 January 7		Box 1: folder 36	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Linnean Society of London to Bernard O. Dodge	1959 January 19		Box 1: folder 37	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Dobzhansky, Theodosius Grigorievich, 1900-1975. Theodosius G. Dobzhansky to William J. Robbins	1961 April 19		Box 1: folder 38	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Zirkle, Conway, 1895-1972. Zirkle, Conway to William J. Robbins	1961 April 19		Box 1: folder 39	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
"George" to William J. Robbins	1961 April 27		Box 1: folder 40	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
William J. Robbins. Concerning Bernard O.Dodge..	1961?		Box 1: folder 41	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item

Series II. Photographs				Request Series for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Series
Abstract: A selection of photographs from the Bernard Ogilvie Dodge papers.
F8.12.4 Plant cells.	undated	Size: 25.5 x 20.5 cm. Format: 1 photoprint	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
U4.3.19 Bernard Ogilvie Dodge, standing in front of school house, Lyndon Station, Wisconsin	1938	emph: Size:; emph: Format:	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
U4.3.20 Microscopic view of phenocohus? plant	1954	emph: Size:; emph: Format:	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
U5.2.69 Alexander Fleming	undated	Size: image 17.8 x 12.8 cm. Format: 1 photoimage	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Other Descriptive Information: Fleming was a Scottish biologist, pharmacologist and botanist. His best-known discoveries are the enzyme lysozyme in 1923 and the world's first antibiotic substance benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G) from the mould Penicillium notatum in 1928, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain.[3][4][5] He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy.
U5.2.70 Lindina school house, Juneau County Wisconsin	1944	Size: image 18 x 12.6 cm. Format: 1 photoimage	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Other Descriptive Information: District number 4. "Flag pole and roof over porch are the only changes since 1878 when I first went to this school at the age of six years." Bernard Dodge
U5.2.71 New York Botanical Garden, 1915	1915 September 6	Size: image 18 x 12.6 cm. Format: 1 photoimage	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Abstract: Procession of men and women walking along a path in the garden. Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/graphics:718
U5.2.72 Prof. Massey and Bernard Dodge	undated	Size: image 18 x 12.6 cm. Format: 1 photoimage	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
U5.2.73 Prof. Massey and Bernard Dodge	undated	Size: image 18 x 12.6 cm. Format: 1 photoimage	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
U5.2.74 Group of men in garden	undated	Size: image 18 x 12.6 cm. Format: 1 photoimage	LH-B-33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item