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Professor of forestry, dean of the School of Natural Resources, University vice-president and dean of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies of University of Michigan; president of University of Texas. Files concern his work with the Organization for Tropical Studies, the Ramparts Canyon Dam Project in Alaska, and other professional work.

This collection contains correspondence and other papers relating to Spurr's professional activities while he was on the faculty of the University of Michigan. It also includes a small amount of material relating to his faculty activities. The collection is made up of four series: Correspondence, Organization for Tropical Studies, Ramparts Canyon Dam (Alaska) proposal, and Reprints.

Naturalist, professor of zoology and physiology at Eastern Illinois State Normal College and Michigan State Normal College, and researcher for state conservation departments in Michigan and Ohio. Correspondence, reports, and field and laboratory notes concerning his studies of the fish of Michigan, Illinois and New York; also photographs.

Hankinson's papers are contained in five boxes. Types of materials in the collection include correspondence; topical files on fish studies from Michigan, Illinois, and New York; materials on the Michigan Audubon Society; and field notes (loose leaf, bound volumes, and card files). The time period of these materials ranges from 1899 to 1935.

The archives at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan has additional papers of Professor Hankinson.