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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 600 items) |
Abstract | Catherine Henley (1922-1999) received her A.B. from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1943, M.A. from Johns Hopkins University in 1947, and Ph.D. in zoology from the University of North Carolina in 1949. She was research assistant or co-investigator with Donald P. Costello of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Zoology Department, 1947-1976. The collection chiefly consists of correspondence between Catherine Henley and Donald P. Costello. Also present is correspondence with other researchers in developmental cytology, cell biology, and electron microscopy, as well as letters to and from several family members, including Catherine Henley's father, John Ralph Henley, a retired colonel in the United States Marine Corps; her mother, Regina Knowles Durant Henley; and her sister, Mary V. Henley. Also included are a research notebook from the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., dated May 1974; several offprints of articles by Catherine Henley; and 36 illustrations, mostly photographs made using a scanning electron microscope. |
Creator | Henley, Catherine, 1922- . |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
Language | English. |
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Catherine Henley was born in January 1922. She attended the College of William and Mary, Norfolk Division, from 1939 to 1941, transferring to the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, to earn her A.B. in 1943. Henley received her M.A. from Johns Hopkins University in 1947 and returned to the University of North Carolina to complete a Ph.D. in zoology in 1949. Her Ph.D. thesis, Chromosomal Mosaicism and Abnormalities of Mitosis Produced by Experimental Temperature Shock on the Developing Embryos of Triturus Torosus , was directed by University of North Carolina Kenan Professor of Zoology Donald P. Costello (1909-1978), for whom Henley was research assistant or co-investigator from 1947 to 1976.
Henley, Donald P. Costello, and his wife, Helen M. Costello, were all active in research projects conducted in the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass. From 1951 to 1968, Henley also edited, proofread, and indexed a bi-monthly national professional journal, The Biological Bulletin.
Back to TopChiefly correspondence between Catherine Henley and Donald P. Costello, for whom she was research assistant or co-investigator in the Zoology Department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1947 to 1976. Also present is correspondence with other researchers in developmental cytology, cell biology, and electron microscopy, as well as letters to and from several family members, including Catherine Henley's father, John Ralph Henley, a retired colonel in the United States Marine Corps; her mother, Regina Knowles Durant Henley; and her sister, Mary V. Henley. Also included are a research notebook from the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., dated May 1974; several offprints of articles by Catherine Henley; and 36 illustrations, mostly photographs made using a scanning electron microscope.
Back to TopChiefly correspondence between Catherine Henley and Donald P. Costello, for whom she was research assistant or co-investigator in the Zoology Department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1947 to 1976. Also present is correspondence with other researchers in developmental cytology, cell biology, and electron microscopy, as well as letters to and from several family members, including Catherine Henley's father, John Ralph Henley, a retired colonel in the United States Marine Corps; her mother, Regina Knowles Durant Henley; and her sister, Mary V. Henley. Also included are a research notebook from the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., dated May 1974; several offprints of articles by Catherine Henley; and 36 illustrations, mostly photographs made using a scanning electron microscope.
Folder 1-22
Folder 1Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22 |
Correspondence, 1944-1977 |
Folder 23 |
Writings, 1946-1957 |
Folder 24 |
Curriculum vitae, 1975-1983 |
Folder 25 |
Research notebook, May 1974 |
Folder 26 |
Clippings, 28 July 1967 |
Image Folder PF-4979/1 |
Illustrations, 1969-1974 |
Items separated include pictures (P-4979/folder 1).
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