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Title: Bennet Mills Allen Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1924-1972
Collection number: 1432
Creator:
Allen, Bennet Mills, b. 1877
Extent: 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
2 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Bennet Mills Allen (1887-1963) was a professor of zoology at the University of Kansas (1913) and the Southern Branch of the
University of California (1922). The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, and photos related to
Allen's career as a researcher and professor of Zoology, and a manuscript titled,
The Bennet family.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold
the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
[Identification of item], Bennet Mills Allen Papers (Collection 1432). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Allen was born in Green Castle, Indiana, July 4, 1887; attended De Paul University, and received his PhD from the University
of Chicago (1903); he taught Anatomy and Zoology at the University of Wisconsin; became professor of zoology at the University
of Kansas, 1913; joined the Southern Branch of the University of California, 1922, and became a professor, and eventually
the first chairman, in the department of Zoology; he was part of a small group initiating research on the emerging field of
neuroendocrinology; as professor emeritus he pursued research in the UCLA Atomic Energy Project and in 1957, his eightieth
birthday, he was awarded an honorary LLD by UCLA; died in 1963 in Los Angeles.
Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, and photos related to Allen's career as a researcher and professor
of Zoology. Also includes a bound volume of articles written by Allen and a manuscript titled,
The Bennet family.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Allen, Bennet Mills, b. 1877--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. Dept. of Zoology--Faculty--Archival resources.
Zoologists--United States--Archival resources.
The memoirs of Bennet Mills Allen [oral history transcript] / Bennet Mills Allen, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, 1962. Available at the
Department of Special Collections, UCLA.