Lilly Library Manuscript Collections

MULLER MSS.

Inventory (cont'd)

II. WRITINGS

Writings by Muller

  • Holograph and typescript copies of writings. Also includes lecture and speech typescripts, notes and related materials. Class lecture typescripts, notes and related materials may be found in the Research and Education section. D.I.S. (Drosophila Information Service) papers to which HJM contributed are listed at the end of the dated writings. Reprint numbers are given where known. Some writings may be enclosed in letters; check card index for titles.
  • 1910, Mar. 24. Revelations of biology and their significance. An address read to the Peithologian Society of Columbia University. Contains HJM's earliest idea on eugenics. (Photocopy of final draft - original is in fragile file)
  • 1910. Revelations of biology (fragment of early draft). p.19-24. (Photocopy - original pages in fragile file).
  • 1910. Revelations of biology. Preliminary draft fragments. (Photocopy - original in fragile file).
  • 1911-12. Erroneous assumptions regarding genes. (Photocopies of 2 drafts - original is in fragile file). Reprint 1
  • 1914. A factor for the fourth chromosome of Drosophila. Pub. Science 39:906. Reprint 4
  • 1916. Applications and prospects. Discussion of eugenic views and human evolution (Photocopy - original in OVERSIZE)
  • ca. 1916. The recent findings in heredity. Unpub.
  • ca. 1916. Some recent work in heredity. Rice Institute lecture.
  • ca. 1916. Some recent work in heredity. Draft/notes for Rice Institute lecture
  • 1916? [Lectures on heredity for course at Rice?] (Photocopies - originals are in fragile file)
  • 1916-1918. The newer biology. Lecture at Rice Institute. Photocopy - Originals are in fragile file)
  • ca. 1917-1918. The essential facts of heredity. [Preface?]
  • 1920. The genetic basis of truncate wing--an inconstant and modifiable character in Drosophila (analysis) Reprint 13
  • 1921. Elimination of the X-chromosome from the egg of D[rosophila] m[elanogaster] by x-rays [lecture?]
  • 1923. Abstract or summary of Hertwig, Paula. Bastardierungsversuche mit erkernten Amphibieneiren. (Hybrid investigations with denucleated Amphibian eggs)
  • 1924. Flies into Russia looking for flies
  • 1924? Lecture on evolution and its genetic basis.
  • ca. 1925. Chromosome deformation as proof of the theories of linear gene arrangement and crossing over (University of Texas)
  • 1927. The problems of genic modification [abstract]. Reprint 43
  • ca. 1927. Lecture, re: a general survey of the gene.
  • ca. 1928-31. "Baur ms." (8 folders)
  • 1929. The cytological expression of changes in gene alignment produced by x-rays in Drosophila. Reprint 50
  • 1930? Bibliography on the genetics of Drosophila. Typescript; 2p. of holograph bibliographic cita­tions. Reprint 120
  • 1932. The dominance of economics over eugenics (includes typescript of ms.; mimeo with autograph changes; mimeo with pencil­ corrections; mimeo copies for distribution; mimeo copies of the abstract) (4 folders) Reprint 70 (Also a copy enclosed in Muller to Raymond Postgate, Feb. 26, 1939. Alphabetical correspondence--FACT, 1939)
  • ca. 1932. Chromosome abnormalities (intra-chromosomal)
  • ca. 1932. Genetic methods
  • ca. 1932. Moving model of mitosis
  • ca. 1932-33. Address to Institute for Brain Research in Berlin (German). English translation (2 folders)
  • 1933, Nov. 4. Genetics and evolution
  • 1933. Report on Sixth International Genetics Congress Reprint 75
  • 1933. The effects of Roentgen rays upon the hereditary material. Reprint 72
  • 1933. Haldane on evolution Reprint 73 (original is in fragile file)
  • ca. 1933. "Old literature on radiation" or "Early x-ray literature (before 1926)"
  • 1934, Nov.-Dec. Muller and D. Raffel. Inverted synopsis of genes as evidence for the periodic character of their mechanism of attraction
  • ca. 1934. Darwin and Marxism. Fragments and drafts
  • ca. 1934. Genetics and Marxism.
  • 1934. Lenin's doctrines in relation to genetics. Photocopy of version published as Appendix II in Loren R. Graham's Science and Philosophy in the Soviet Union. Reprint 80/2
  • 1934? Nazi apologetics and German science. Notes, drafts, manuscript and German translation (5 folders)
  • 1935, Aug. The position effect as evidence of the localization of the immediate products of gene activity. Reprint 95 (original is in fragile file)
  • ca. 1935. Data on two new mutations to bar eye in Drosophila, by Muller and K.V. Kossikov (original is in fragile file)
  • 1935? The determination of the relation between the dosage of the irradiation and the frequency of induced mutations.
  • 1935. Muller: OUT OF THE NIGHT. Includes list of possible titles, 1934; and, German translation. Reprint 98 (4 folders)
  • 1935. The present status of the mutation theory (original in fragile file) Reprint 99
  • ca. 1935. Status of the Problem [draft]
  • ca. 1935. Summary. 1. Two new cases of origination of allelomorphs... [p. 18-20 - draft]
  • 1936, Apr. Why continue with fundamental science? Address to have been given at laying of cornerstone of new building of the Institute of Genetics. [photocopy - original in fragile file]
  • 1936, May 4. The social direction of human biological evolution.
  • 1936, Aug. [lecture notes] Cold Spring Harbor.
  • 1936, Dec. 23. Basis of the theory of the gene: The experimental evidence concerning the properties of the gene. (photocopies - ms. and typed transcript in fragile file) Reprint 107
  • 1936. "As a scientist with confidence..." [letter to Stalin] Thermofax copy and typed transcript (see also: 1936, May 4. The social direction...)
  • 1936. Autobiographical notes [prepared for Vavilov] (Photocopy - original in fragile file)
  • 1936? The doctrine of the gene. Written for PRAVDA? (typescript - original in fragile file).
  • 1936? Evolution as viewed by Morgan Reprint 112
  • 1936? New evidence concerning the nature of bar mutation, by Muller, A.A. Prokofyeva-Belgovskaya and K.V. Kossikov
  • 1937, Oct. The biological effects of radiation, with especial reference to mutation. Summary "given out at Congress in Paris. Oct. 1937." Reprint 111
  • 1937? Can simple breaks occur?
  • 1937? The effect of a long established duplication on the frequency of detectible (sic) mutations.
  • 1937? Minute rearrangement in the chromocentral region simulating simple chromosome breakage, by Muller, A.A. Prokofyeva-Belgovskaya, and M. Belgovsky.
  • 1938, July 25. Report on the study of the production of mutations by x-rays and other means in relation to problems of cancer research.
  • 1938. Does smoking lengthen life?
  • 1938. The remaking of chromosomes (excerpt).
  • 1939, Apr. 13. How heredity works [broadcast BBC, Apr. 13, 1939 for "The Listener"]. Reprint 123
  • 1939, July 20. Foreword for Drosophila Bibliography
  • 1939, Aug.-Sept. The geneticists manifesto. [aka: Social biology and population improvement]. Reprint 129
  • 1939. How Genetic systems come about, review of C.D. Darlington's The Evolution of Genetic Systems. Reprint 127
  • 1939. The mechanism of structural change in chromosomes of Drosophila. Reprint 128
  • 1939? Production of mutations by x-rays [fragment]
  • 1940, July 18. Recombinants between Drosophila species (melanogaster and stimu­lans) whose F1 hybrids are sterile, by Muller & Pontecorvo. 3p. Reprint 135
  • 1940, Oct. The artificial mixing of incomplete germ plasms in Drosophila [abstract], by Muller and G. Pontecorvo.
  • [1940]. The lethality of dicentric chromosomes in Drosophila, by Muller and G. Pontecorvo. Reprint 139 (2 folders)
  • 1940. Mutation effects of ultra-violet light in Drosophila, by Muller and K. Mackenzie. Reprint 138
  • 1940? Partial hybrids between Drosophila melanogaster and stimulans and their bearing on the mechanism of speciation, by Muller and G. Pontecorvo. [unpublished?]
  • [1940]. Position effect and gene divisibility considered in connection with three strikingly similar scute mutations by Muller and D. Raffel. Reprint 136 (2 folders)
  • 1941. Edmund B. Wilson - an appreciation. Reprint 151
  • 1941. Isolating mechanism, evolution and temperature. [?] Paper read before American Society of Naturalists Reprint 148
  • 1941. Recessive genes causing interspecific sterility and other disharmonies between Drosophila melanogaster and simulans, by Muller and G. Pontecorvo. Reprint 144
  • [1941]. The surprisingly high frequency of spontaneous and induced chromo­some breakage, and its expression through dominant lethals, by Muller and G. Pontecorvo. Reprint 145
  • 1941. The threads that weave evolution. Reprint 141
  • 1942. Genetics as the alleged basis of Hitlerism.
  • 1942. Mutation rate dependent on the size of the X-chromosome. Reprint 150
  • 1942? The methods of genetics in their application to problems of life and evolution.
  • 1943? Evolutionary trends. Based on paper read before the Committee on Common Problems of Paleontology and Genetics, New York, July 26, 1943. Also includes notes for seminar give Aug. 20, 1943 on Genetics in relation to Paleological Problems
  • 1943? Further evidence for the proportionality of breakage frequency to chromatin mass, regardless of its arrangement in blocks.
  • 1943. A physicist stands amazed at genetics, a review of Erwin Schrödinger's What is Life? (incomplete). Reprint 162
  • 1944? [Aging effects and mutation] Reprint 156?
  • 1945, Oct. 11. On the need of provision for biology in the proposed legislation for the support of scientific research.
  • 1945. From article on Variation (Experimental) for Encyclopedia Britannica 1945."
  • 1945. [Gene] Pilgrim Trust Lecture Reprint 158
  • 1945 or 1946. [Sonneborn/Lindegren's kappa K controversy]
  • 1946, Mar. [Age paper â¬' draft and notes] "1st and longer draft of St. Louis paper (incomplete and not used)."
  • 1946, Mar. Genetic dangers of high energy radiation, report submitted to Dr. Frank Ellis, for the British Ministry of Labour Panel for Advisory Matters connected with Industrial Radiology
  • 1946, Dec. 10. Acknowledgement for Nobel Award [banquet speech]
  • [1946] A Comparison of the potentialities of individual loci for different types of visible mutations. [see also laboratory assistants papers] Reprint 165
  • 1946. Physiological effects on "spontaneous" mutation rate in Drosophila [abstract] Reprint 159
  • 1946. Two mutants of mosaic expression not caused by gross rearrangement of heterochromatin Reprint 160
  • 1947, Jan.-Apr. Changing genes: their effects on evolution. 1) IU convocation address in celebration of the Nobel Prize, Jan. 23; 2) Abridged version given at Oak Ridge, Apr. 8 Reprint 170 (3 folders)
  • 1947, Mar. 6. Address to Indiana Cancer Society, Indianapolis
  • 1947, Apr. Mutational Prophyllaxis, for N.Y. Academy of Medicine Reprint 168
  • 1947, May. Human erosion by mutation, Bacon lecture series given at University of Illinois College of Medicine, May 28; Lecture also give at Ohio State
  • 1947, June 4. Honors Day address at Indiana University School of Dentistry Reprint172
  • 1947, June 26. Lecture: Humanity and Mutations. Life insurance executives
  • 1947, Oct. 24. Address to Orthopedists, Indianapolis
  • 1947? [Gene] Article for Encyclopedia Brittanica. Reprint 171
  • 1947. Lecture honoring Dean Payne [lecture notes]
  • 1948, Feb. 19. Harvey Lecture - Evidence of the Precision of Genetic Adaptation. Correspondence only, 1947-1950 (see: Reprint 194)
  • 1948, Mar. 5. Man's goals. Written for Schroeder Foundation, St. Louis
  • 1948. The destruction of science in the U.S.S.R. Reprint 173
  • 1948. Gene. For Nelson's Encyclopedia. Reprint 179
  • 1948. On the occasion of Dean Fernandus Payne's retirement
  • 1948. Time bombing our descendants. Reprint 178
  • 1948? The mutational potentialities of some individual loci in Drosophila, by Muller and J.I. Valencia. Reprint 183
  • 1949, Mar. 22. Broadcast to Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C. Text as delivered in speaking and as worded for printing
  • 1949, June 10. Genetics in the scheme of things. Talk given to Emeritus Club of Indiana University. Also given at 8th International Congress of Genetics, Edinburgh, July 7, 1949. Reprint 174
  • 1949, Nov. 15. The Russian cultural inquisition. Given at Hunter College.
  • 1949, Dec. 28. Our load of mutations. Presidential address, read before American Society of Human Genetics, New York. Reprint 199
  • 1949. E.B. Wilson: October 19, 1856-March 3, 1939. Proof only for publication in Genetics Reprint 187
  • 1949. The frequency of spontaneous mutations at individual loci in Drosophila, by Muller, J.I. Valencia and R.M. Valencia. Reprint 190
  • 1949. Genetics and its relations with other fields of knowledge. Broadcast Radio Diffusion Francaise, Feb. 26, 1949; published in The Indiana Teacher. French translation Reprint 208
  • 1949. Is radiation a menace to posterity? 1) broadcast Apr. 23 for Adventures in Science; 2) The menace of radiation for Science News Letter for June 11. Reprint 181
  • 1949. The production of mutations at individual loci in Drosophila by irradiation of oocytes and oogonia, by Muller, J.I. Valencia and R.M. Valencia.
  • late 40s/early 50s. "For more than a decade, biological scientists...[first line]" re: Lysenko and Soviet science
  • 1950, June. Science in bondage. Reprint 198
  • 1950, July 11. Through Berlin glasses. Address given to Legal Institute
  • 1950? Further evidence that most "recessive" genes exert their main action as dominants, by Muller and S.L. Campbell. (2 folders)
  • 1950? Implications of a subliminal mutant having a recessive lethal allele.
  • 1950. The rise and fall of genetics in the U.S.S.R. Typescript and carbon. Proposed manuscript for 1st of Voice of America broadcast series.
  • 1951, Feb. 15. Mutations in Mankind. [Lecture notes] Lecture at Stetson University, De Land, Florida
  • 1951, Mar. 11. Message to the Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Diamond Jubilee
  • 1951, Mar. 28. Science and freedom, given at the Indian Congress for Cultural Freedom, Bombay. Reprint 202
  • 1951, Apr. 25. Introduction of J.S. Huxley...as Patton lecturer at Indiana University. Holograph Includes undated introduction of James F. Crow
  • 1951, Sept. The localization of the mutagenic loci at which spontaneous mutants are known, by Muller and J.I. Valencia Reprint 204 Includes other abstracts for The Genetics Society of America, 1951-1952
  • 1951, Nov. Genetic effects of cosmic radiation. Reprint 207
  • 1952, Mar. 25. Methods of estimating frequency of induced chromosome breaks.
  • 1952, Apr. The genetic damage to later generations produced by radiation.
  • 1952, May 5. Message to scientists behind the Iron Curtain. For Voice of America.
  • 1952, Dec. 8. Can man shape his own future? Review of Charles Galton Darwin's The Next Million Years. Reprint 216
  • 1952, Dec. The bogey of cosmic rays.
  • 1952. The calculation of mutation frequency involving groups of mutants of common origin (The standard error of the frequency of mutants some of which are of common origin - abstract. Reprint 211)
  • 1952. The contradiction between totalitarianism and scientific progress (distributed by U.S. Information Services as: Sterility of Soviet Science. Reprint 209)
  • 1952. Genetics and its relations with medicine.
  • 1952. Preface. Bibliography on the genetics of Drosophila Reprint 221
  • 1952. Science: Our grandest adventure. 1) Talk at science talent search banquet, Indianapolis, Apr. 5; 2) Science - Man's hazardous adventure, Reader's Digest, June 26; 3) Will science continue? For Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. Reprint 214
  • 1953, Sept. The betrayal of science under communism. Published as "Russia's shackled science." Reprint 222
  • [1953]. Genes--the core of our being. Includes: Student's Guide to The Scientists Speak: Biology, 1959
  • 1953. Radiation genetics. Notes by Frank N. Young
  • 1953-1954. Life. CBS broadcast, Columbia University Bicentennial lecture series. Reprint 242 Also includes correspondence concerning series
  • 1954, Jan. 7. The Degradation of Science in Russia. Given for Phi Kappa Phi, University of Honolulu. Lecture notes, clippings
  • 1954, Dec. [Genetic damage produced by radiation] for Semaine du Monde?
  • 1954. Another case of dissimilar characters in Drosophila apparently representing changes of the same locus, by Muller and F. Verderosa. Abstract Reprint 240
  • 1954. The manner of production of mutations by radiation. Chapter 8 of Radiation Biology, Vol. l, ed. by A. Hollaender Reprint 225 (7 folders)
  • 1954. The nature of the genetic effects produced by radiation. Chapter 7 of Radiation Biology, Vol. l, ed. by A. Hollaender Reprint 224 (8 folders)
  • 1954. The relation of neutron dose to chromosome changes and point mutations in Drosophila. I. Translocations. Draft fragments, holograph and typescript copies Reprint 232 (6 folders)
  • 1954. Science under Soviet totalitarianism. Reprint 228
  • 1955, Apr. Do A and H bombs damage the hereditary constitution? Reprint 247?
  • 1955, Apr. The genetic damage produced by radiation. Reprint 246
  • 1955, June. Effects of radiation and other present-day influences upon the human genetic constitution. Published as: Radiation and human mutation. Reprint 249
  • 1955, July. On the relation between chromosome changes and gene mutations. Reprint 255
  • 1955, Nov. Controlled fertilization and its larger implications (aka: Artificial insemination as viewed in the perspective of biology)
  • 1955. Further information concerning the multi-locus nature of the dumpy series in Drosophila, by Muller, Helen U. Meyer and E.A. Carlson. Reprint 245
  • 1956, Mar. In the cause of humanity. Acceptance speech as president of the American Humanist Association Reprint 257
  • 1956, Apr. Pushing back the frontiers of biology. Reprint 272
  • 1956, June 9. Man's place in living nature. Address delivered at the dedication of Jordan Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, June 9. Reprint 261 (Revised as: Man and gene in the world picture)
  • 1956, Aug. 18. Toast at close of banquet given by the International Radiobiological Conference, Stockholm
  • 1956, Aug. [The effects of radiation on human genetics] Talk given at WHO meeting
  • 1956-1959. Science for Humanity. Abridgement of: The world view of moderns. Talk in Indianapolis, Oct. 27; given in revised form at Northwestern University Feb. 19, 1957; and the University of Missouri, June 7, 1957; published in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 1959. Reprint 284A
  • 1956. An estimate of the mutational damage in man from data on consanguineous marriages, by Muller, Newton E. Morton and James F. Crow. (original title: An estimate of the mutational load...) Reprint 266
  • 1956. Further studies bearing on the load of mutations in man. Reprint 267
  • 1956. Identification of half-translocations produced by x-rays in detaching attached-X chromosomes of Drosophila melanogaster females, by Muller, Seymour Abrahamson and I.H. Herskowitz. Reprint 258
  • 1956. Man's biological dilemma: Radiation risk or genetic opportunity (unpublished)
  • 1956. Virchow Society talk.
  • 1956. re: population control; importance of science to humanity, etc. fragment - pp. 23-29.
  • 1957, Mar. 2. Freedom from ignorance. Talk before American Humanist Association, Cincinnati
  • 1957, July 20. Recommendations for research on the genetic effects of radiation and related problems. Mimeo
  • 1957, Aug. 27. Human values in relation to evolution. Reprint 282
  • 1957, Aug. The radiation danger. Reprint 280
  • 1957, Nov. 22. Possible advances of the next hundred years: A biologist's view. Statement prepared for symposium "The next hundred years," held by the Seagram Company, New York City. Reprint 273
  • 1957, Nov. Man's responsibility for his genetic heritage. Talk at Antioch College, Nov. 24. Also includes lecture notes for talk entitled: Our responsibility for our genetic heritage. Published as Man's future birthright Reprint 281.
  • [1957, Dec.] Can science provide an ethical code?
  • 1957? Atomic radiations and hereditary effects. For "World of Mind" radio series.
  • 1957. Mutational damage in relation to radiation dose and biological conditions. Published as: Damage from point mutations in relation to... Reprint 268
  • 1957. Potential hazards of radiation. Reprint 270 Originally: The need for caution in the use of x rays, presented at the second workshop on preventive dentistry, May 2, 1957
  • 1957. Principles of back mutation as observed in Drosophila and other organisms, by Muller and I.I. Oster. Reprint 269
  • 1957. Radioactive fallout and human progress. Reprint 271
  • 1957. The world view of moderns. Reprint 284
  • 1958, Jan. Evolution by mutation. Reprint 285
  • 1958, Feb.-1960, Aug. The meaning of freedom. Address before the Unitarian Fellowship of Bloomington, Indiana, Feb. 23, 1958; Given at the Aspen Institute of Human Studies, Aug. 27, 1959; presented at Urbana, Illinois, Oct. 25, 1959; talk to Rationalists, Wisconsin, Aug. 13, 1960. Reprint 312
  • 1958, May 25. The problem of life on satellites and beyond. For television
  • 1958, May. Direct measurement of mutational effects on human cells in satellites
  • 1958, June 24. Man, health and hunger [debate]
  • 1958, July. Advances in radiation mutagenesis through studies on Drosophila. Reprint 288
  • 1958, Sept. In search of peace. Reprint 298
  • 1958, Oct. 31. Survival of the fit: ethical implications for a new dimension in education. Symposium, Springfield College
  • 1958, Nov. 28. One hundred years without Darwinism are enough. Address to Central Association of Science and Mathematics Teachers, Indianapolis. Reprint 299
  • 1958, Dec. Chromosome breakage as the basis of the somatic damage produced in irradiated individuals. Prepared for conference on the genetic aspects of life shortening by radiation damage, Ames, Iowa, Dec. 13-14. Reprint 280
  • 1958. Approximation to a gravity-free situation for the human organism achievable at moderate expense. Reprint 287
  • 1958. How much is evolution accelerated by sexual reproduction? Reprint 295
  • 1958. In recognition of Oscar Riddle. Reprint 378
  • 1958. The mutation theory reexamined. Reprint 289 (2 folders)
  • 1958. The prospects of genetic change. Reprint 303
  • 1959, Apr. Evolution and genetics. Reprint 311 (2 folders)
  • 1959, June 8. Genetic nucleic acid: The key to the origin of living matter. Reprint 334 Also given as talk at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • 1959, June. The chromosomal basis of the mortality induced by x-rays in Drosophila. Reprint 310
  • 1959, July 16. Genetics in relation to medical research, statement... Reprint 313 Statement at hearings before the Subcommittee on Reorganization and International Organization of the Committee on Government Operations of the U.S. Senate
  • 1959, July 30. Science in the U.S.S.R. as seen by a geneticist. Talk to Prof. Byrns group of students about to leave for Russia
  • 1959, July. The permissible dose in the light of recent developments. Reprint 319 Paper given before International Committee on radiological protection, Munich (ICRP/59/M-44)
  • 1959, Aug. 4-7. Talks on mutation for filmed course in genetics
  • 1959, Sept. 2. Lecture on somatic damage from radiation at Denver Medical Center. Based on Reprint 280
  • 1959, Sept. 27. The significance of Darwin's discovery. Talk before Unitarian Fellowship, Bloomington. Also includes: Introduction of Chauncey D. Leake, at The Indianapolis Unitarian, Nov. 8, 1959.
  • 1959, Sept. 29. Man's conquest of man. Delivered at Seagram symposium on The Future of Man. Reprint 302
  • 1959, Nov. Relations between cultural and biological evolution. Statement for "Social and cultural evolution" held by Panel V, Nov. 28, 1959, in the series "Issues in evolution" at the University of Chicago Darwin Centennial Celebration. Reprint 301b? Includes notes for lecture given to biology teachers
  • 1959, Nov. Letters to editors of The Indianapolis Star, Daily Student and Daily Herald-Telephone, concerning eugenics discussion prepared by Muller for Darwin Centennial Celebration.
  • 1959, Dec. 29. Humanistic factors in the radiation problem. Talk before AAAS symposium.
  • 1959, Dec. Life forms to be expected elsewhere than on earth. Papers given: 1) National Association of Biology Teacher's luncheon, Chicago meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Dec. 29, 1959; 2) Oak Park High School, Chicago, Feb. 29, 1960; 3) Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, Apr. 24, 1962. Reprint 327 (2 folders)
  • 1959. Evidence of the lower mutagenicity of chronic than intense radiation in Drosophila gonia, by Muller, I.I. Oster and Stanley Zimmering. Reprint 305
  • 1959. Further evidence of the relatively high rate of origination of "invisible" detrimental mutations, by Muller, and Helen U. Meyer. Reprint 304
  • 1959. Genetic basis of somatic damage produced by radiation, by Muller and Wolfram Ostertag
  • 1959. The guidance of human evolution. Paper for the Darwin Centennial Celebration of the University of Chicago, Nov. 24-28, 1959 Reprint 301 (2 folders)
  • 1959. Tolerance of gonial cells of Drosophila melanogaster for heavy x-ray does divided into installments, by Muller, Helen U. Meyer, and Elizabeth F. Ehrlich. Reprint 300
  • 1960, Mar. 13. The future physical development of man. Talk at Symposium on Human Evolution: Past, Present and Future, Pennsylvania State University. (unpublished) (2 folders)
  • 1960, Apr. 12. The integrational role of the evolutionary approach throughout education. Paper given at Philosophy of Education Society, Columbus, OH. Reprint 314
  • 1960, Apr. The high effectiveness of fast neutrons in inducing minute deletions, by Muller, Stanley Zimmering and I.I. Oster. Reprint 315
  • 1960, Apr. Remarks concerning the content of a high school biology course (with particular reference to the treatment of genetics and evolution).
  • 1960, May. A sex-linked lethal without evident effect in Drosophila males but partially dominant in females, by Muller and Stanley Zimmering. Reprint 316
  • 1960, May. Do air pollutants act as mutagens? Abstract. Reprint 317
  • 1960, June 4. The impact of science on our civilization. Address given at the Alumni Institute Round Table Discussions, Indiana University.
  • 1960, Aug 17. Results in radiation genetics obtained by the Indiana University Drosophila group since those report in Sept. 1958 at the Second Geneva "Atoms for Peace" conference, report submitted to A.E.C. (2 folders)
  • 1960, Sept. The issues concerning man's genetic future, Dartmouth convocation on the great issues of conscience in modern medicine. Published as: Genetic considerations. Reprint 320
  • 1960, Oct. 15. The radiation syndrome - a genetic interpretation. Talk at the Symposium on Human Genetics, San Francisco.
  • 1960, Nov. 26. Humanist house. Talk given at dedication dinner, Yellow Springs, OH
  • 1960. Are induced mutations in Drosophila overdominant? by Muller and Raphael Falk. Reprint 324 (2 folders)
  • 1960. Human evolution by voluntary choice of germ plasm. Reprint 328
  • 1960. The human future Reprint 326
  • 1960. Mutation by alteration of the already existing gene, by Muller, Elof Carlson and Abraham Schalet. Reprint 323
  • 1960. Should we weaken or strengthen our genetic heritage?
  • 1961, Feb. 12. [Inscription] "Presented to President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy for the book of Inaugural inscriptions written by 167 Americans invited to participate in this way"
  • 1961, Feb. 16. The new light on mutation, introductory remarks at the Symposium held by the Biophysical Society Meeting, St. Louis.
  • 1961, Apr. 11. Alexander Hamilton award medal acceptance speech, Low Memorial Library, Columbia University, New York City.
  • 1961, Apr. The future in the life sciences, address given at symposium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (see: Reprint 347)
  • 1961, May. Some mutational techniques in Drosophila, by Muller and I.I. Oster. Reprint 340 (2 folders)
  • 1961, Aug. Survival. Lecture delivered before IBS, Aug. 28 Reprint 330 (3 folders)
  • 1961, Sept. 28. The impact of science on modern civilization. Speech given to IU Alumni Association, Bloomington. Pub. REVIEW in 1963
  • 1961, Nov. Prospectives for the life sciences, based on address given on this theme, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Apr. 8, 1961. Reprint 347
  • 1961. Genetic nucleic acid: the key material in the origin of life. Addendum and references only. Reprint 334 (2 folders)
  • 1961. Germinal choice, a new dimension in genetic therapy. Reprint 329
  • 1961. Ideals to live by, a review of Science Ponders Religion, edited by Harlow Shapley. Reprint 321
  • 1961. Long live mediocrity! A review of The Future of Man, by P.B. Medawar. Reprint 322
  • 1961. Similarity of x-ray-induced mutation rate in gonia of Drosophila females and males, by Muller and Helen U. Meyer. Reprint 325
  • 1961. Studies in genetics. Reprint 335
  • 1961. Studies on the action of the dominant female-lethal F1 and of a less extreme allele, Fls, by Muller and Stanley Zimmering. Reprint 333
  • 1962, Feb. 13. Are we responsible for the genetic heritage of the future? Address given in the Great Issues Course, Dartmouth College.
  • 1962, Mar. 6. How does man's genetic future concern us of today? Talk delivered at Colorado College.
  • 1962, Mar. 30. Statement to Radio-Liberty, for broadcasting to the U.S.S.R.
  • 1962, Apr. 26. Opening statement for "The New Biology," College of the Air, Chicago
  • 1962, Sept. The role of biology in general education. Reprint 342
  • 1962, Oct. 16. [Notes concerning radioactive fallout and peace, for lecture, Des Moines, Iowa.
  • 1962, Nov. 29. Genetic progress by voluntarily conducted germinal choice. Paper presented at Symposium on "The Future of Man," CIBA Foundation, London. Reprint 341
  • 1962. Are chronic and acute gamma irradiation equally mutagenic in Drosophila? by Muller, I.I. Oster and Stanley Zimmering. Reprint 339 (2 folders)
  • 1962. A biographical appreciation of Sir Julian Huxley. Reprint 336
  • 1962. Mechanisms of life span shortening by radiation. Reprint 337
  • 1962. Rains of death, a review of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring.
  • 1963, Mar. 29. Human genetic betterment, address before American Humanist Association
  • 1963, Mar. 30. Many different ways to climb a mountain. Acceptance speech for Humanist of the Year.
  • 1963, Apr. Means and aims in human genetic betterment, Ohio Wesleyan University symposium paper. Reprint 357
  • 1963, Apr. 26. Radiation and heredity, paper given at symposium on Man-His Environment and Health, New York Academy of Medicine. Reprint 348 (3 folders)
  • 1963, Aug. The need for recombination to prevent genetic deterioration, simplified account of paper, Genetics Society of America, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Reprint 344
  • 1963, Sept. Synthesis, for symposium on radiation genetics. Reprint 358
  • 1963. Better genes for tomorrow. Address to American Humanist Association's annual meeting. Reprint 349
  • 1963. Perspectives for the life sciences. Based on address given at symposium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Apr. 8, 1961 (see: 1961, Apr.)
  • 1963. The role of scientific education in value formation Reprint 354 (2 folders)
  • 1964, Jan. 7. Genetic aberrations. Telephone talk arranged by Dr. Novak of Stephens College, Columbia, MO. Also includes correspondence, schedule, and other related materials
  • 1964, Jan. 10. Dom-tester III, the use of dominant sterility for detecting lethal and other mutations in chromosome III
  • 1964, Feb. 21. Calculation of risk incurred by descendants of irradiated peoples.
  • 1964, Apr. Man in biological perspective. Lectures delivered in a series on "The Prospects for Man," Swarthmore College, Apr. 5 and 12. Reprint 363 (2 folders)
  • 1964, July 2. Review of Eugenics: Hereditarian attitudes in American Thought, by Mark H. Haller.
  • 1964, Sept. 20. Address to Diamond Circle, a fund raiser for City of Hope
  • 1964, Oct. 18. Talk given at dedication of two laboratories for biochemistry, City of Hope Medical Center
  • 1964, Nov. 15. Acceptance speech, Seventh Annual Salute to Medical Research, City of Hope, Chicago.
  • 1964. Genetic effects of chemicals. Reprint 353
  • 1964. The relation of recombination to mutational advance and deterioration. Reprint 350
  • 1965, Jan.-Feb. Is genetic progress feasible in man? Lecture given at 1) City of Hope; 2) Salk Institute, Feb. 25, 1964
  • 1965, Mar. 8. Bacteriophage: A biological microcosm. Mendel Centennial speech. Also, notes for introductions to speeches by Curt Stern and Robert S. Edgar, notes for speech at Harvard Biology Department dinner, correspondence and other materials
  • 1965, Aug. Message to Mendel Memorial Symposium, Czechoslovakia
  • 1965. Dosage compensation of Drosophila and mammals as showing the accuracy of the normal type, by Muller and W.D. Kaplan. Reprint 366 (3 folders)
  • 1965. The gene material as the initiator and the organizing basis of life. Reprint 369
  • 1965. A humanist's view of the encyclical on peace. Reprint 356
  • 1965. Introduction to new edition of E.B. Wilson's The Cell in Development and Inheritance. Reprint 367 (3 folders)
  • 1966, May 26. Human progress, as conceived by H.J.M.
  • 1966, Aug. 16. Statement by biologists evoked by evolution debate in Arkansas Reprint 370
  • 1966, Sept. What genetic course will man steer? Reprint 372 (4 folders)
  • 1966? The greatest moral and spiritual challenge of today.
  • [1966] Translocational Pale Drosophilae and Snaker mice, a semicentennial parallel. Reprint 371
  • [1966] What is the scientific revolution?
  • n.d. Biological effects of radiation
  • n.d. "Discussion of Professor Muller's paper"
  • n.d. The effects of radiation on the human constitution. Article for WHO publication
  • n.d. The genetic effects of radiation
  • n.d. The influence of x-rays upon heredity
  • n.d. On the calculation of the number of loci separately producing a given recessive phenotype
  • n.d. The Sifter technique--a new tool for the quantitative study of mutations in the second chromosome of Drosophila
  • D.I.S. (Drosophila Information Service papers): Contains papers, research notes, abstracts, stock lists, directories by HJM, et al. for publication. (12 folders) (see also: individual titles listed above)
  • Incomplete or unidentified writings
  • List of articles mostly by subject, e.g. Genetics in Russia, memorials and tributes, etc. Probably not inclusive. Mostly assembled by Thea Muller or Elof Carlson.
  • List of works, 1936
  • Poems and limericks

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