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{"value"=>"XII. Alfred Emerson Jr."}
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{"value"=>"<p>Alfred Emerson Jr., 1896-1976, grew up in Ithaca and Chicago. He went to Cornell to get his PhD in entomology. He went on several expeditions around the world to study the social behavior of termites, and has published several books and numerous articles on the subject. He married Winifred Jelliffe, and they had two children, Helena and William.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>This series contains correspondence and writings by Alfred, mentions and citations of his work in other publications, and memorabilia. In the correspondence, Alfred writes about his studies and works in entomology and his desires to become an educator. He talks about expeditions to South America and the Belgian Congo and of teaching in Guyana and going on field trips there. He also writes about several conferences he attended and the research he was conducting on termites.</p> <p>There are numerous articles written by Alfred which were published in university, museum, and zoological journals. There are also several articles written about the work that Alfred and his colleagues were doing, including an article in The New Yorker which talks about Alfred's donation of a million termites to the American Museum of Natural History. Additionally, there are articles which cited Alfred's writings.</p> <p>The memorabilia contains a wedding invitation to Alfred and Winifred's wedding, and their son's birth announcement. There is a flyer for Termite City, the children's book Alfred wrote with Eleanor Fish and an itinerary for a trip to Europe in 1957. There is also the program for Alfred's memorial service and a copy of his obituary in the New York Times.</p>"}
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