Series: Speeches and Lectures  

Scope Note: The speeches and lectures are arranged in one chronological order. Included are notes for speeches and lectures as well as correspondence and other related materials. See also: III. Courses

c.1928  History of Biological Words in Relation to the History of Biology

1930, Nov.   Biological Significance of Marriage  

1930-1936 and undated   Lectures on Heredity and Environment  

1931, Nov. 19  Biological Evidence for Organic Evolution  

1931-1932  Genetics in Relation to Education  

1934 or 1935 A Chip off the Old Block: Relative Contribution of Mother and Father to Inheritance of the Child,

Supper Club Lecture

1937, Mar.   Heredity and Reproduction, Md. State College for Teachers, Towson  

1937, Apr.   Recent Advances in Genetics, Hood College  

1937-1938  Club Lectures  

1940  Present Status of Genetics: Concept of the Gene, Sociology Dept.  

1942, Sept.   Problems and Results on Paramecium Aurelia  

1944  Sexuality and Evolution, Vanderbilt Lecture  

1945, Feb. 21  A hypothesis of gene structure and action based on studies of Paramecium, seminar at I.U.  

1945, Apr.   Gene Action in Paramecium

Lecture at Rockefeller Hospital

1946, Jan. 26-28  Current work on cytoplasmic factors in Paramecium, Conference on Mutations, New York City  

1946, July 11  The origin, nature and significance of hereditary diversities arising within killer clones of Paramecium aurelia, Cold Spring Harbor  

1946  Some Properties of Kappa and of Paramecium in P. Aurelia, Variety 4, AAAS, Boston  

1947, Mar. 21  Lecture at Indianapolis  

1947, Mar. 27  Unique features and problems in genetics of microorganisms

University of Illinois

1947, May 27  Biology's need for a new chemistry  

1947, Oct.-Nov.   Sigmi Xi lectureship tour  (3 folders)

1948, Sept. 3  Determination and transformation of antigenic type in Paramecium, Physiology Seminar, W.H.  

1948, Sept. 22-28  Genetics of microorganisms  

1948  The Uses of Useless Inquiry  

1949, Jan. 17  The Role of Cytoplasm in Heredity

Blakeslee's class at Harvard

1949, Jan. 17  Genes, cytoplasm & environment in the control of cellular heredity

Wellesley College

1949, Jan. 27-28  Lectures at Ohio State  

[1949, Jan.]  Lectures at Yale University  

1949, Apr. 12  Heredity, environment and politics, I.U. Men's Faculty Club  

1949, May 31-June 4  The Role of Cytoplasm in Heredity. Gene Conference, Shelter Island.

Includes photograph of participants

1949, June 24  Recent developments in genetic of Paramecium, Glasgow  

1949, July 29  Environmental cytology and genes in control of heredity in Paramecium, Woods Hole  

1949, Oct. 5  Protozoa in Biological Research and Theory  

1949, Oct. 26  Cytoplasm, environment and genes in the control Paramecium serotypes, Biol. J. Club  

1949 or 1950  Physical Basis of Cellular Transformations, Vermont  

1950, Jan. 23  Cellular variation: Antibiotics and antigens, Lilly lecture  

1950, Mar. 10-12  Paramecium Conference, 1st, Bloomington, Indiana  

1950, Apr. 6  Antigenic Types in Paramecium in Relation to Cytoplasmic Inheritance, Oak Ridge  

1950, July 10-21  Symposium on The physiology and chemistry of the cell

University of Michigan

1950, July 22  Nucleus and cytoplasm: Interrelations, Michigan seminar  

1950, Nov. 20  R 35 observatory, Wiess's class  

1950, Dec. 5  Paramecium in modern biology, Chicago  

1951, Sept. 3-7  Annual Paramecium Conference, 2nd, Bloomington, Indiana  

1951, Oct. 9  Transformation of cellular antigens, Bethesda  

1951  Our Researches on Paramecium Aurelia, I.U.  

1952, Jan. 8  Transformation Experiment on 51D, Weiss's Immunology class  

1952, Mar. 5  Sigma Xi lecture, Cincinnati, Ohio  

1952, May 17  Interaction of genes, cytology and environment in control of cell heredity in paramecium  

1952, Oct. 10  The development of resistance and susceptibility of microorganisms to their specific antibodies.

I.U. Research Group, Indianapolis Medical Center

1953, Oct.   Cellular variations: antibiotics and antigens  

1953, Oct. 22  The Fascinating World of Protozoa, H.S. Biology Teachers Conference, Indianapolis  

1953 ; 1963  Lectures on Serotypes  

1953  Review of Serotypes  

1953  Summary of My Views on Cancer  

1954  You and Heredity, H.S. Seniors  

1954, Apr. 13  Tapping the Hidden Resources of the Cell, Urbana  

1954, June 25  Mathematics in the Theory and Study of Heredity and Evolution, I.U. Workshop  

1955, Mar. 9-11 ; 1955  Paris. Paramecium in Modern Biology, University of London   (7 folders)

1955, Sept.   Inheritance of Effects of Parental Age in Paramecium, Gerontological Society Paper  

1955, Nov. 15  Genetics of Paramecium, Western Reserve  

1955  How Scientific Discoveries are Made, Wellesley College  (2 folders)

1956, Mar. 7  Evolution in microorganisms (unicellulars), Young's evolution course

1956, Aug. 3  High School teachers of biology  

1956, Aug. 13  An Episode in Biological Science, Boulder, CO  

1956, Aug. 29  From a Drop of Water, Presidential Address, American Society of Zoologists, Storrs, Connecticut  

1956, Sept. 7  Un episodio en las ciencias biologicas

La Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural

1956, Nov. 8  The meaning of some variations in the biology of ciliates, Notre Dame  

1957, May 2-3  Papers and discussion presented at the Proceedings of The Gatlinburg Aging Conference  

1957, June 7  The Microscopic and Submicroscopic Living World, I.U. Alumni Institute   (2 folders)

1957, Oct. 25  The Role of Cytoplasm in Heredity and Cellular Diversity, Copenhagen  

1957, Nov.   Kappa and paramecium. Waldenburg lecture  

1957  Breeding Systems and the General Biology of Ciliates, Tübingen  

1957  The Gif Conference on Cytoplasmic Inheritance  

1957   

1958, Oct. 2-3  Darwinism: Origins, development consequences; Darwinism and genetics; Kappa, Kansas University   (2 folders)

1958  Gif Conference on Extrachromosonal Heredity  

1959, Jan. 28  The Cytoplasm in Heredity and Development. New York, Knoxville, Oak Ridge  

1959, Apr. 8  Evolution in the flagellates and ciliates; origin of the Eumetazoa, Muller's evolution class  

1959, Apr. 30  The Meaning of Evolution for Man Today

University of Illinois, Urbana

1959, May 13  Kappa and related particles; Breeding systems and reproductive methods in protozoa, Ohio State  

1959, June 24  Cytoplasm in heredity and development

Des Moines, IO, high school teachers

1959, June 25   Gene and gene action: recent advances, Des Moines, IA  

1959, June 28  Some biological principles discovered in 30 years of research on Paramecium

Bot. Inst., high school inst., prot. class

1959, Oct. 11 , 1959, Oct. 14 , 1959, Oct. 15  The control of gene action; Kappa and problems of hereditary symbiosis; Systems of Nucleocytoplasmic Interaction. I. Mating Types

Western Reserve University

1959   Breeding systems and reproductive methods and the biology of the protozoa, Ohio State  

1959  The cytoplasmic contribution to heredity (and development)  

1959  Notes for a Lecture on 33 Years of Research  

1960, Jan. 25-26  Perspectives in Virology II. New York City  

1960, Feb. 18  Human Nature and what can be done about it. I.U. Colloquim  

1960, Mar.   American Cancer Society, Virus Panel, Science Writer's Seminar, Louisville  

1960, Apr. 19  Genetics: determination of the materials we are made of;... Bluffton  

1960, Apr. 20  Levels of Specificity in Biology,

Haverford College, Haverford, PA

1960, Apr. 30  Nucleo-cytoplasmic Relations, National Poultry Breeders' Round Table  

1960, May 3  Recent advances in general and human genetics

I.U. Medical School, pediatricians and obstetricians

1960, May 31  The genetics of form or structure or organization, Colorado; The gene and cell differentiation,

University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, CO

1960, June 20  St. Vincent's Hospital, Obstetric and Gynecologic Conference  

1960, Aug. 25-26  Cytoplasmic Inheritance, Cold Spring Harbor Conference  

1960, Sept. 11 , 1960, Sept. 15 , 1960, Nov. 8 , 1960, Dec. 10  Bonner lecture  

1960, Oct. 17 , 1960, Oct. 18 , 1960, Oct. 20  The Genetics of Substance and Organization, Vanuxem Lectures, Princeton University   (5 folders)

1960, Oct. 21  Genetics of cellular organization, Washington  

1960, Nov. 16  Cortical genetics in Paramecium, I.U. Journal Club  

1960, Dec. 1  Cortical genetics, Urbana, IL  

1961, Jan. 13 and 1961, Jan. 16  Genetic control of cellular organization, Pittsburgh and Harvard University  

1961, Mar. 16  The Genetics of Diversity in Cellular Organization

Institute of Science and Technology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

1961, June 19  A Liberal Education in the 1960s, High School Science Student Institute, Indiana University  

1961, Sept.   "...For 30 yrs have been exploiting Param to reveal roles..." [first line], on

Grant Hôtel Salsjöbaden, Stockholm, Sweden stationery

1961, Nov. 2  Genetics of Cytoplasmic Organization, American Society of Cell Biology, Chicago  

1961, Nov. 7-9  Cell and cell differentiation; Cortical genetics; Pa-cortical genetics, Go Cell Organization, Wittenburg  

1961  The gene, lecture #60; Cytoplasmic inheritance, lecture #61, College of Air[?]  

1961-1962  Can Cytoplasmic Organizations be self-reproducing?   (2 folders)

1961-1962  Can Cytoplasmic Organizations be self- reproducing? (cont.)

1962, Feb. 22  The Great Dogma and the Cell Cortex, Canadian Genetics Society, Winnipeg  

1963, Jan. 21  What determines where gene prod. go? Seattle WA  

1963, Aug. 23  Nucleocytoplasmic Relations, International Zoology Congress, 16th, Washington  (2 folders)

1963, Nov. 12  Some frontiers of biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas  

1963  Mating Types; Serotypes, Pullman  

1964, Sept.   Degeneracy of the Genetic Code: Extent, Nature and Genetic Implications, Rutgers University   (2 folders)

1965, Apr. 9 , 1965, Apr. 12 , 1965, Apr. 13  Cell Differentiation, First Annual Louis Pasteur Science Lectures, Georgetown University  (4 folders)

1965, Apr. 22-24  Genetics, The Life Sciences and Man's Vision, American Philosophical Society  

1965, July-Aug.  Genetics of the Protozoa and its Relation to General Genetics,

International Protozoology Congress, London

1965, Aug. 4-7  Models for Somatic Cell Variation Based on studies of Ciliate Protozoa, G. Mendel Memorial Symposium, Prague, Brno   (2 folders)

1965, Sept. 9  Integration of the Genetic Material into Genetic Systems, Mendel Lecture, Ft. Collins  (2 folders)

1965, Dec. 2  Genetics of Cytoplasmic Organization, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA  

1966, Mar. 24-25  Cytoplasmic Heredity: a reappraisal; Cytotaxis, genic and extragenic, University of Missouri  

1966, Apr. 6-7  Paramecium in modern biology; Genes and genic control systems in Paramecium, Fiske University  

1966, June 20  Genic States, Shelter Island  (2 folders)

1967, Apr. 16  Muller, memorial tribute  

1967-1972  Reproductive methods, breeding systems, and evolution in protozoa, and other titles, for Nelson's evolution class, L105  

1967, June 11-17  Polarization and localization of outer cell membrane growth and differentiation in Paramecium

International Conference on Biological Membranes, Frascati, Italy

(2 folders)

1967, Oct. 18  Cellular Differentiation, Symposium on Genetics and Development,

College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University

(2 folders)

1967-1969  Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program  (2 folders)

1968, Jan. 9  Molecular and Supramolecular Templates in Cellular Heredity, Johns Hopkins University  

1968, Mar.-Apr.   Control of Human Heredity and Evolution in Light of Molecular Revolution,

Lectures on Sigma Xi tour

(3 folders)

1968, June 13  Evolution of non-DNA mechanisms of cellular heredity, or, the relations of cytoplasmic heredity in Paramecium to DNA

Canadian Federation of Biological Societies Symposium

1968, June 20-22  Cellular Heredity and Development in Paramecium

Advanced Placement Biology Conference, Miami University

(2 folders)

1968, June 24  Genetic Engineering: Man's Choice, for BBC  

1968, Aug. 19-28  International Congress of Genetics, 12th, Tokyo  (2 folders)

1968, Aug.   Cellular Heredity in Relation to Extranuclear DNA and Other Bases, Tapei and Kyoto  

1968, Aug.   H.J. Muller: Crusader for Human Betterment   (3 folders)

1969, Mar.-Apr.  The Future of man as a biologist sees it

Pomona College, Mar. 3, 1969; Washington State, Mar. 14, 1969; Whitman College, Mar. 11, 1969; Reed, 1969; Albion College, Apr. 15, 1970; Rockford, n.d .

1969, Apr. 14  "See that my subject is creativity;..." S.D. [San Diego?]  

1969, Sept. 8-10  Patterning of ciliate cortex, Conference on the Control of Form in Cells, Estes Park, Colorado  

1969, Nov. 1  Self-assembly and cytotaxis, International Society of Cell Biology, Buffalo, NY  

1970, Feb. 20  Gene Action and Development, Royal Society, London  

1970, Mar. 22  A hundred Shakespeares and Einsteins made to order, Pi Kappa Alpha, Indiana University  

1970, Mar. 24  Genetics of localization and orientation of subcellular structures, seminar for Toronto  

1970, Mar. 25  A hundred Shakespeares and Einsteins made to order, Kokomo  

1970, Apr. 9  Science and medicine in the 1970's, freshman forum  

1970, Apr. 23  Biology of Protozoa, Consortium of University of Washington, and Smithsonian  

1970, May 7  Development and inheritance of cell surface characteristics,

I.U. Medical School, Microbiology Dept.

1970, June 5  An Adventure in Teaching - Heredity, Evolution and Society,

Address to Alumni Institute

1970, Aug. 26  Introduction of Luria at Muller Memorial lecture, Bloomington, IN  

1970, Oct. 8 , 1971, Feb. 18  Genetics and the future of man, freshman forum  

1970, Oct. 12  Non-DNA genetic information, American Society Human Genetics, Indiana  

1970, Dec. 9  Teaching and research of a productive scholar, for B555; for L555, Feb. 19, 1975  

1970  Background knowledge needed for understanding recent advances in human genetics,

given to lay group in Washington

1971, Feb. 12-1975, Oct. 10.   Is DNA all?

Duke University, Feb. 12, 1971; University of Colorado, May 8, 1974; University of Minnesota, May 9, 1974; Northwestern, May 10, 1974; Harvard, Oct. 21, 1974; Indianapolis Med Center, Sigma Xi, Oct. 30, 1974; Case Western Reserve, Nov. 11, 1974; University of Maryland, Apr. 17, 1975; Pennsylvania State University, Aspects of the biology of aging, Apr. 28, 1975 and Is DNA all?, Apr. 29, 1975; Kansas State, Oct. 10, 1975

(3 folders)

1971, Feb. 19  Gene therapy, Bloomington Hospital seminar  

1971, Feb. 28  Genetic Engineering applied to man, High School Institute  

1971, May 10-14  Biology and Social Problems: College Courses for Non-biologists,

Battelle Seattle Research Center and Department of Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle

(3 folders)

1971, June 4  P. aurelia - morphogenetic problems, for Dr. Ostrud's protozoology class  

1971, July 28  Human genetic engineering, High School Institute, Hadock's  

1971, Aug. 15-19 The Macronucleus: Organization, Replication, Development and Function, Ithaca, New York  

1971, Oct. 10-14  Conference on Ethical Issues in Genetic Counseling and the Use of Genetic Knowledge, Warrentown, Virginia  

1972, Feb. 18  Growth and differentiation in ciliates, San Diego, CA  

1972, Feb. 18-21  Differentiation in Eukaryotic Microorganisms, La Jolla, California  

1972, Mar. 10  Developmental genetics of ciliates, Texas  

1972, Mar. 17  Experimental analyses of cellular developmental genetics,

Illinois Institute of Technology, Dept. of Biology

1972, May 19  Where is the genetic information for cell development?, Wisconsin  

1972, June 3  Nuclear Gene Action in Cytoplasmic Inheritance  

1972, June 18  Eugenics: Old and New  

1972, Sept. 14  Dedication of Biology Laboratory, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada  

1972, Sept. 24  Voluntary Genetics, Annual Meeting of the Fellowship of Religious Humanists  

1972, Oct. 10 ; 1973, Sept. 19  Inverted Kinetics: Discovery, Causes, Inheritance, Consequences, Significance

1972, Oct.   How Can We Use Our Knowledge of Human Heredity,

AIBS 25th Anniversary Lecture, Ohio State

(2 folders)

1972, Nov. 9  What is it that makes us what we are? freshman forum  

1972, Dec. 2  What every woman should know about her potential children, Woman's Day at I.U.  

1973, Dec. 10  Uses and Abuses of Human Heredity,

Chancellor's Lecture to Faculty, Indiana University

[1973]  The control of human heredity and evolution: a decade later  

1974, Oct. 13  Cell Differentiation and Communication: Patterns, Problems and Probes, Asilomar, California  

1975, Feb. 5  Ethical problems in biological research, freshman forum  

1975, Mar. 3  Genetics of mating types in Paramecium aurelia complex  

1975, Apr. 16  Improvement of human heredity, Purdue University, Phi Beta Kappa  

1975, Apr. 18  Audrey's class  

1975, May 2  Gene Expression and Development, University of Iowa   (2 folders)

1975, Oct. 13-15  Aging = Senescence; Gene action in development; Uses and abuses

Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas

1976, Feb. 17  and 1976, Feb. 19  Payne Lectures   (2 folders)

1976, Feb.   Solution of a Genetic Mystery: Our Current Research  

1976, Mar. 7  Introduction and cortical genetics,

University of Western Ontario

1976, Mar. 19  Solutions of a genetic mystery,

Madison, WI

1976, Mar. 22  Uses and abuses of knowledge of human heredity,

Marquette, Phi Beta Kappa

1976, Apr. 8-9  Solution of a genetic mystery,

University of Western Ontario; Apr. 21, 1976, Johns Hopkins University; Apr. 26, 1976, National Institutes of Health

1976, July 6  Communications from Plasma Membrane to Genes and Nuclei, Seminar  

1976, July 16  Controls of macro differentiation for trich discharge, Ciliate Genetics Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin.

Includes paper by D.L. Nanney, entitled: Tracy M. Sonneborn - An Appreciation, on the occasion of Sonneborn's retirement and receipt of Festschrift.

1976, Sept. 14  Unusual genetics of nd mutant in P. tetraurelia, Warsaw; Sept. 21, 1976 , Solution of a genetic mystery, Krakow  

1976, Oct. 19  Speech Honoring Briggs and Humphrey  

1976, Oct. 26  Lectures on Cell Patterning,

University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

1976, Oct. 27-28  Stable nuclear differentiations and their control,

Seminar, Boulder, CO and Laramie, WY

1976, Dec. 5  Terre Haute Phi Beta Kappa Alumni  

1977, Feb. 18  System of stable nuclear determination, Palo Alto, CA  

1977, Feb. 28  To fire or not to fire - that is the question.

An analysis of a stable cellular differentiation, Biomedical Colloquium Seminar, Bloomington, IN

1977, Mar. 7-9  Recombinant DNA Forum, Washington D.C.  (2 folders)

1977, Mar. 30  A system of hereditary nuclear differentiation,

Michigan State University, East Lansing

1977, Apr. 30  The Controversy About Recombinant DNA Research,

Catholic Commission on Intellectual and Cultural Affairs

1977, May 12  The Controversy about gene manipulation

University of Cincinnati

1977, June 2  Analysis of a stable nuclear differentiation, ATCC  

1977, June 22 Recombinant DNA Research, Indiana Congressional DNA Briefing  

1977, Sept. 8  Comments to the Subcommittee on Science, Health and Technology, Congress, Washington  (2 folders)

1977, Sept. 27  Mutation or nuclear differentiation,

Temple University

1977, Sept. 28  The recombinant DNA controversy, Temple University; Sept. 29, 1977 , Dickinson College, Pennsylvania  

1977, Oct. 25  General biology seminar, Santa Cruz, California  

1977, Nov. 4  "Are stable cell determinations or differentiations - those that persist in cell culture-due to nuclear differentiations"

University of Waterloo, Canada

1978, Feb.6-9  Conference on Molecular Basis of Cell-Cell Interaction, San Diego  

1978, Feb. 10-13  Internal and external factors determining nuclear differentiation in Paramecium and discussion sections,

University of Washington, Seattle

1978, Mar. 20  Basic research and social hazards: history of a controversy,

William Jewell College forum

1978  My 50 years in Biology (Genetics), prepared for a high school class in 1978,

never given

1979, Mar. 1  Introduction to Discussion of HSJ and Protozoa in History of Genetics, Prof. Churchill's seminar  

1979, May 3-22  Seminar to Gerard's group  

1979, July 4  Nuclear differentiation, for Honorary Degree,

University of Munster, Germany

(3 folders)

1979, July 12  Seminaire de biologie animale et de biologie moleculaire,

Université de Genève

1979, Sept. 9-16  European Conference on Ciliates, 4th, University of Camerino, Italy  

1979, Dec. 17  Reflections on Jordan's conception of the university professor,

David Starr Jordan Lecture, Jordan Centennial, Indiana University

1979  Summer Institute on Paramecium Methods  

1980, Mar.   Nuclear Differentiation, University of Illinois, Urbana  

Cell surface, orientation to evolution

Contributions of Europe to American Science and Medicine,

Television Program, I.U.

Contributions of microorganisms to genetics and gene biology  

Development in the light of Paramecium studies  

Discovery, the essence of graduate work (in life sciences)

(Including a boy from Kansas-Oklahoma).

Also: Discovery in science; Research and discovery; Processes in research and discovery, Cornell

The evolution of genic control systems and the nature of dominance  

Human Heredity  

Immunogenetics of Paramecium, Purdue seminar  

"In Discussing Problems About Species in the Protozoa...,"

[first line], Atlanta Lecture

Languages of life  

Lectures on evolution in protozoa  

Modern concept of the gene  

My Debt to Haldane  

Party Line Genetics  

Summary on human gene technology (therapy): Promise and opportunities; dangers and difficulties  

Voluntary eugenics: how desirable?  

Untitled/undated speeches and lectures, including fragments  

3 reel-to-reel audiotapes [symposium at Ohio Wesleyan, 1964? ]:  

Tape 1: Morning Session - Dr. Tracy M. Sonneborn, Dr. Salvador Luria, Dr. Edward L. Tatum  

Tape 2: [Afternoon Session - Dr. DeMars, Dr. Guido Pontecorvo]  

Tape 3: Evening Session - Dr. Hermann J. Muller

Participating Discussants - Dr. Rollin D. Hotchkiss, Dr. George Klein, Dr. Waclaw Szybalski, Dr. Kimball Atwood