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Title
Robert R. Sokal Papers

Collection Number
UA 2157

OCLC Number
In-process

Creator
Robert Reuven Sokal (1926-2012)

Provenance
This collection was donated by the family of Dr. Robert Sokal in 2012 and 2013. Materials were transferred from the Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University.

Extent,Scope, and Content Note
The collection is comprised of 24.5 linear ft. of research notes, manuscripts, correspondence, lectures, and related documents created by Robert R. Sokal between 1953 and 2004.

Arrangement and Processing Note
The papers have been arranged in the original order maintained by Robert R. Sokal. The collection was processed by Kristen J. Nyitray in April 2012. Updated April 2019.

Language
English

Restrictions on Access
The collection is open to researchers without restriction.

Rights and Permissions
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Citation
[Item], [Box], Robert R. Sokal Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Stony Brook University Libraries.

Historical Note
Reproduced with permission of the author from Robert R. Sokal (1926-2012) by Douglas Futuyma, Distinguished Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Science 18 May 2012: Vol. 336 no. 6083 p. 816.

Robert R. Sokal, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University, passed away on 9 April 2012 in Stony Brook, New York. He was 86 years old. He was renowned for his contributions to quantitative analysis in biology, especially in ecology, evolutionary biology, and systematics. As a cofounder of “numerical taxonomy,” he devised methods for classifying organisms (later applied much more widely) that foreshadowed the development of phylogenetic analysis. He honed a wide variety of statistical tools, especially for analyzing spatially distributed data, and contributed abundantly to analyzing patterns of human genetic variation. His textbook Biometry, coauthored with F. J. Rohlf, profoundly influenced training and data analysis in ecology and evolutionary biology.

Robert Sokal was born on 13 January 1926 in Vienna, Austria. In 1939, his family fled the Nazis, escaping by train to Italy and thence by ship to Shanghai, China, joining many thousands of other European Jews. There, he earned a bachelor's degree in biology from St. John's University in 1947, where he performed his first published research (on the anatomy of the head capsule of a dragonfly species). He also met his future wife, Julie Chenchu Yang. His life during these years is described by Stefan Schomann in Letzte Zuflucht Schanghai (Final Refuge Shanghai), which has been translated into Chinese.

In 1947, Robert moved to the University of Chicago and married Julie a year later. Under the supervision of entomologist Alfred E. Emerson and population geneticist Sewall Wright, he earned a Ph.D. in zoology in 1952 for a statistical study of morphological variation in the aphid Pemphigus populitransversus (a subject he would revisit over the next 40 years). He then went to the University of Kansas where he was first an instructor in entomology and then a professor of statistical biology. In 1968, Robert joined the newly created Department of Ecology and Evolution at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and strongly influenced its development. His career at Stony Brook saw him in the roles of professor, department chair, and graduate program director. He supervised 25 Ph.D. students at Kansas and Stony Brook. After retiring in 1995, he remained an active Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Ecology and Evolution, continued his research, and stayed involved in the affairs of the university and the U.S. National Academy of Science. Robert attended departmental colloquia until the last year of his life.

Robert Sokal's scientific publications include 13 books (6 translated into other languages) and 206 articles. These include 34 papers on quantitative and ecological genetics of laboratory populations of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, the housefly, and the flour beetle, focusing especially on density- and frequency-dependent selection. Perhaps his greatest impact was in developing numerical taxonomy, a quantitative approach to classification to which he devoted two books and 68 articles. Although Robert coauthored one of the first papers on phylogenetic inference, he concluded that classification of organisms could more objectively be based on their quantitative similarity than on their uncertainly inferred evolutionary relationships. His advocacy of this approach embroiled him in intense, sometimes bitter conflict with both traditional taxonomists and the developing school of phylogenetic systematics, or cladistics. His focus on quantitative biology also was evident in more than 50 papers on statistical and biometric methods, especially concerning analysis of spatial data, which he applied mostly to humans and to the aphids that were the subject of his Ph.D. thesis. He published 49 articles on geographic patterns of human genetic variation and its relation to language, ethnohistory, and even cancer rates, focusing mostly on Europe. Robert's broad command of languages (he spoke six) and deep interest in European history contributed to this effort. He used the few dozen available genetic markers to analyze the genetic affinities of various populations, to infer that early agriculture had spread by human migration rather than cultural diffusion, and to show that zones of sharp genetic differentiation correspond to linguistic boundaries.

Robert Sokal served as the president of the Society for the Study of Evolution, the American Society of Naturalists, the Classification Society, and the International Federation of Classification Societies. He was an associate editor of Evolution and editor of The American Naturalist. His honors include both Fulbright and Guggenheim awards and the Charles R. Darwin Award for Lifetime Achievement of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1987.

In a professional setting, Robert carried himself with a traditional European formality, was the epitome of organization, efficiency, and attention to detail, and set high standards of performance and productivity for his assistants, students, and especially himself. He expressed his opinions and judgments forthrightly, and by his manner and example portrayed a professional excellence to which younger colleagues (even if perhaps intimidated) could aspire. Robert Sokal was scrupulously honest and fair, and a model of integrity in the face of heated debate and sometimes personal attacks. He was quietly generous and inspired devotion among many of his associates. During the 42 years that I knew him, I first felt honored to have earned his respect, and then gratitude for his strong professional and personal support. In relaxed moments, he was a genial host and an accomplished, humorous raconteur. He appreciated opera and other arts, read widely, and drew sustenance from his Jewish heritage. He developed many close friendships. Most of all, he shared a loving bond with his family—Julie, his wife of 64 years, his two children, and four grandchildren.

Subjects
Numerical taxonomy.
Biology -- Classification.
Biometry.
Biological models.

INVENTORY

Box 1

International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 28, 1996
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 27, 1995
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 26, 1994
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 25, 1993 (3f)
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 24, 1990
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 23, 1989
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 22, 1988
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 21, 1987
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 20, 1986
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 19, 1985
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 18, 1984

Box 2

International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 16, 1982 (2f)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Taxonomic Congruence in Caminalcules
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 15, 1981
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 14, 1980 (2f)
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 13, 1979 (2f)
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 12, 1978

Box 3

International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 11, 1977 (2f)
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 10, 1976
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 9, 1975
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 8, 1974 (6f)

Box 4

International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 7, 1973
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 6, 1972
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 5, 1971
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 4, 1970
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 3, 1969 (2f)
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 2, 1968
International Conference on Numerical Taxonomy, 1, 1967

Box 5

Portugal, 1980: population biology course materials
Portugal, 1980: business
Portugal, 1980: correspondence
Portugal, 1980: lecture notes for numerical taxonomy
Portugal, 1980: population biology course roster and handouts
Portugal, 1977
Portugal, 1977: computer manuals
Portugal, 1977: mathematical classification lecture notes
Portugal, 1976
Portugal, 1975
Portugal, 1974: classwork

Box 6

Portugal, 1972
Portugal, 1971
XIII International Congress of Genetics, 1973
International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology IV, 1990
International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology II, 1980
International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology, macroevolution, 1973
International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology Numerical Taxonomy, symposium, 1973
International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology, reorganization, 1973
International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology, species talk, 1973
International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology, other speakers, 1973
First International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology, 1973
“Hannah’s Survival Experiment,” 1970
“Survival Experiment,” 1970-1971
“Population Budgets of Genetically Mixed Tribalium Cultures,” David Wool and Robert Sokal

Box 7

Classification Society, North America Branch, 1991
Classification Society, executive committee, 1985
Classification Society, journal, 1980s
Classification Society, council business, 1983
Classification Society, membership committee
Classification Society, Peter Sneath
Classification Society, North America Branch committee
Classification Society, journal project
Classification Society, bibliography project and journal
Classification Society, North America Branch, business
Classification Society, notes, 1972
Classification Society, Chicago meeting, 1972

Box 8

Classification Society, bibliography committee
Classification Society, full council
Classification Society, North America Branch, Columbus meeting, 1970
Classification Society, North America Branch, Canada meeting, 1971
Classification Society, North America Branch, Atlanta meeting, 1973
Classification Society, North America Branch, Ann Arbor meeting, 1974
Classification Society, North America Branch, Iowa City Meeting, 1975
Classification Society, North America Branch, Rochester meeting, 1976
Classification Society, North America Branch, Dartmouth meeting, 1977
Classification Society, North America Branch, Clemson, SC meeting, 1978
Classification Society, North America Branch, Gainesville meeting, 1979

Box 9

Classification Society, annual meeting, Boulder, Colorado, 1980
Classification Society, Toronto meeting, 1981 (2f)
Classification Society, Montreal meeting, 1982
6th Annual Conference of the German Classification Society, 1982
Classification Society, Philadelphia meeting, 1983
Classification Society, Paris meeting, 1983
Classification Society, Santa Barbara meeting, 1984
Classification Society, Newfoundland meeting, 1985
Classification Society, Columbus meeting, 1986
Classification Society, membership lists

Box 10

Classification Literature Automated Search Service, Vol. 4
Classification Literature Automated Search Service, Vol. 5
Classification Literature Automated Search Service, Vol. 6
Classification Literature Automated Search Service, Vol. 7
Classification Literature Automated Search Service, Vol. 9
Classification Literature Automated Search Service, Vol. 10
Classification Literature Automated Search Service, Vol. 11
Classification Literature Automated Search Service, Vol. 17
The Classification Society Bulletin, Vol. 1 No. 1
The Classification Society Bulletin, Vol. 1 No. 2
The Classification Society Bulletin, Vol. 1 No. 3
The Classification Society Bulletin, Vol. 2 No. 1
The Classification Society Bulletin, Vol. 2 No. 2
The Classification Society Bulletin, Vol. 2 No. 3
The Classification Society Bulletin, Vol. 2 No. 4
The Classification Society Bulletin, Vol. 3 No. 1
The Classification Society Bulletin, Vol. 3 No. 2
The Classification Society Bulletin, Vol. 3 No. 3
The Classification Society Bulletin, Vol. 3 No. 4
The Classification Society Bulletin, Vol. 4 No. 1
The Classification Society Bulletin, Vol. 4 No. 2
The Classification Society Bulletin, Vol. 4 No. 3
The Classification Society Bulletin, Vol. 4 No. 4
The Classification Society Bulletin, Vol. 5 No. 1
Classification Literature Automated Search Service, bibliodata for 1996, Vol. 24 (floppy disk)

Box 11

Classification Society of North America, newsletters and bibliographies
International Federation of Classification Societies, 1990
International Federation of Classification Societies, newsletter
International Federation of Classification Societies, constitution and bylaws, 1987-1990
International Federation of Classification Societies, general, 1989
International Federation of Classification Societies, budget, 1989
International Federation of Classification Societies, program and abstracts, 1989
International Federation of Classification Societies, newsletters
International Federation of Classification Societies, 1989

Box 12

International Federation of Classification Societies, conference organizing committee, Bozdogan, 1989
International Federation of Classification Societies, conference program committee, Ling, 1989
International Federation of Classification Societies, secretary
International Federation of Classification Societies, business, January 1988-January 1989
International Federation of Classification Societies, H. Bock, 1988
International Federation of Classification Societies, program for contributed papers

Box 13

International Federation of Classification Societies, active council business, January 1988-January 1989
International Federation of Classification Societies, secretary, January 1988-January 1989
International Federation of Classification Societies, travel committee, D. Carroll and F.J. Rohlf International Federation of Classification Societies, 1989
International Federation of Classification Societies, British section (BCS)
International Federation of Classification Societies, Dutch section
International Federation of Classification Societies, French section
International Federation of Classification Societies, German division
International Federation of Classification Societies, Italian division
International Federation of Classification Societies, Japanese division
International Federation of Classification Societies, description
International Federation of Classification Societies, Journal of Classification (JOC), 1987
International Federation of Classification Societies, Yugoslavian division

Box 14

Classification Society of North America, 1987
Classification Society of North America, 1990
Class-L
International Federation of Classification Societies, council business and correspondence with H. Bock, 1987-1988
International Federation of Classification Societies, 1986-1987

Box 15

Federation of Classification Society, 1983-1985
Federation of the Classification Society, post-Versailles, October 1985
Classification Society, journal, June 1981-December 1982

Box 16

Acheson, George H.
Allee, W.C.
Anderson, Edgar
Anthony, Adam
Askovits, S.I.

Barr, Ralph
Basden, E.B.
Bat-Miriam, Mariassa
Bayles, G.G.
Beam, G.R.
Becker, Edward C.
Beer, Robert E.
Begg, M.
Beier, Max
Bell and Howell Company
Beth, Elmer
Bigelow, R.S.
Bliss, C.L.
Bochnig, Veronika
Bodenheimer, F.S.
Boratynzski, K.L.
Bravo, Aurora
Bray, David F.
Brian, M.V.
Brown, A.W.A.
Bruce, W.N.
Burla, H.
Burckhalter, J.H.
Busvine, J.R.
Byers, George W.
Bywaters, James H.

Callagan, G.F.
Camin, Joseph H.
Campau, E.J.
Cavalli-Sforza, Luigi L.
Cazier, Mont A.
Chadwick, Leigh
Cohen, Jr., A.C.
Collias, Nicholas
Coppel, H.C.
Cox, Josiah
Crossley, D.A.
Crow, James F.

Dahm, Paul A.
Demerec, M.
Dempster, Everett R.
Dickman, Kern William
Dobzhansky, Theodosius
Downes, J.A.
DuShane, Graham
Dybas, Henry

Eiselt, J.
Ellis, Peggy E.
England, Tom E.
Ephrussi, Boris
Everly, Ray T.

Falconer, D.S.
Ferris, G.F.
Foster, Morris
Fraenkel
Frank, Peter W.
Freire-Maia, N.

Gagliani, M.
Gardner, Riley W.
Gellert, Jozsef
Gere, G.
Gery, J.
Gilbert, William M.
Gilman, A.
Glass, H. Bentley
Goodall, David W.
Gordon Research Conferences
Gowen, John W.
Gruneberg, H.

Hakim, Z.M.
Hanna, Bertram L.
Harrison, B.J.
Harrison, B.T.
Hatch, F.W.
Hawke, John H.
Hayashi, Chikio
Hayden Jr., Ellis B.
Hochstrasser, U.W.
Holding, [Mrs. ?]
Hungerford, H.B.
Hurley, Jack
Hymen, Julius

Ignoffo, Carlo M.
Ihm, Peter
Imbrie, John
Iowa, Ames

James, Maurice T.
Janofksy, Margaret M.
Johnson, C.G.
Johnston, F.A.
Jones, Lyle V.

Kaiser, Henry F.
Kantock, E.J.
Kaysing, F.H.
Kennedy, G.F.
Kikkawa, H.
Kingsolver, John M.
Whitehead, Richard W. [re: Kissil, Donald]
Kissil, Donald
Klotzer, Charles L.
Knipling, E.F.
Koppanyi, Theodore
Knowlton, G.F.
Knutson, Herbert
Koch, Euroia A.
Kramer, John P.
Kring, James B.

Laberge, Wallace E.
Lange, W. Harry
Lanier, L.H.
Lawton, Keith
Lerner, I. Michael
Lewallin, Lawrence L.
Li, C.C.
Lichtwardt, Elizabeth
Lipovsky, Louis J.
Livingston, B.E.
Love, Askell
Lubischew, A.
Luers, H.
Lush, J.L.
Lutz, John C.

Mather, Kenneth
McKinney, Joel R.
Michener, Charles D.
Morgan, Nelson

National Academy of Sciences
Neyman, J.

Oehmke, C.M.
Ogaki, Masahiro
Olson, E.C.
Oshima, Chozo
Osmun, John V.

Park, Orlando
Park, Thomas
Penrose, L.S.
Perkins, David
Peters, Lawrence
Pimentel, David
Plant Quarantine Branch, United States Department of Agriculture
Poos, F.W.
Price, Roger D.

Quarterman, K.D.
Quate, Larry W.

Rabb, George B.
Rai, Lallan
Rao, B.A.
Rendel, J.M.
Roberts, James E.

Slobodkin, L.B.
Smith, Clyde F.
Smolker, Robert E.
Snodgrass, R.E.
Solley, Charles M.
Southwood, T.R.E.
Stanley, Arthur John
Stannard, Lewis J.
Stockhammer, Karl
Straw, Richard M.
Strawbridge, Dennis W.
Stroud, Clyde
Sturtevant, A.H.
Sun, Y.P.
Sylvester-Bradley, P.C.

Tattersfield, F.
Taylor, Edward H.
Taylor, John W.
Teissier, Georges
Thorp, W. Robbin
Tobler, Waldo R.
Tsukamoto, Masuhisa

Utida, Syunro

Van Vechten, Schuyler

Waggoner, G.R.
Wadley, F.M.
Wallace, Bruce
Wallbrunn, Hank M.
Ward, Ronald A.
Warren, Katherine Brehme
Wenzel, Rupert L.
Wermuth, Heinz
Werner, F.G.
Wertheim, G.
Wescoe, Clark W.
Wharton, G.W.
White, Michael J.D.
Wiley, John
Williams, C.B.
Wright, Sewall

Zimring, Daniel J.
Zingrone, Louise D.

Box 17

correspondence, history of numerical taxonomy (2f)
comments, Peter Sneath and Robert Sokal
reviews, numerical taxonomy book
data, Sullivan and Sokal papers
W.H. Freeman and Co., biometry book, 1968-1969
reprint lists and requests

Box 18

correspondence, Peter Sneath, 1957-1961
correspondence, Peter Sneath, 1962-1964
Society of Systematic Zoology
Society of Systematic Zoology, correspondence (“older”)
Society of Systematic Zoology, business items
Society of Systematic Zoology, correspondence
Society of Systematic Zoology, correspondence (“newer”)
press clippings

Box 19

W.H. Freeman and Co.
files, editor of American Naturalist
book reviews
issue of Scientific American, December 1966
correspondence, numerical taxonomy

Box 20

reprints (9f)

Box 21

files and correspondence, A
American Academy of Arts and Science (2f)
American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA)
American Journal of Human Biology
American Society of Naturalists (2f)
Arabie, Phipps
Atchley, William R.
files and correspondence, B

Box 22

Biological Sciences Computer Facility
Barker, J.S.F.
Bock, H.H., Festschrift
Bocquet-Appel, Jean Pierre (2f)
Boyce, Anthony J.
Bryant, Edwin H.

Box 23

Cattell, Raymond B.
Cavalli-Sforza, Luigi L. (2f)*
Colless, Donald H.
files and correspondence, C (2f)

Box 24

Community of Science database
computer-related notes
Cornell Supercomputer (usage statements)
Cornell, “Genetic Correlates of European Ethnohistory,” 1994-1998
Cornell, Theory Supercomputer, 20 units, “Spatial Analysis in Population Biology”
Cornell Supercomputer, application, “Population Biology,” 1994
Cornell Supercomputer, 40 units, “The Origins of The Indo-Europeans,” 1995
Cornell Supercomputer, application, ethnohistory, 1994
Crovello, Theodore J.

Box 25

files and correspondence, D (2f)
Darwin L listserve
da Cuna, Marina A.S. and Rubens
Dutilleul, Pierre
files and correspondence, E

Box 26

Ehrlich, Paul R. (2f)
Emerson, Alfred E.
Alfred Emerson Memorial Fund
Estabrook, George F.
Excoffier, Laurent

Box 27

correspondence and files, F*
FTP programs
Fitch, Walter M.
Fortin, Josee-Marie
W.H. Freeman Publishing Co. (2f)

Box 28

Fujii, Koichi (2f)
files and correspondence, G

Box 29

Gabriel, K.R.
Goodall, David W.
Gould, Stephen J.
files and correspondence, H
Hall, A.V.
Harvard University

Box 30

Hendrickson, Jr., John A.
Hu, Chia-chi
Huber, Ivan
Hull, David
Human Biology, Lasker Prize
Human Biology (journal)
Hunter, Preston
files and correspondence, I
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
files and correspondence, J
Jacquez, Geoffrey

Box 31

files and correspondence, K
Kabay, Michael
Kence, Aykut
Kim, Junhyong
files and correspondence, L (2f)

Box 32

Lengendre, Pierre
Levinton, Jeffrey
Lewontin, R.C.
Library
Linnean Society of London, The
Lynch, Katherine
files and correspondence, M (2f)

Box 33

McCauly, David E.
Mace, Ruth
Marcus, L.
Mascie-Taylor, Nicholas
Michener, Charles D.
Mitton, Jeffrey
Moss, Wayne (2f)
Mourant, Arthur E.
Musee Nation d’Histoire Naturelle

Box 34

files and correspondence, N
National Science Foundation
Neel, James V.
Nei, Masatoshi
files and correspondence, O

Box 35

Oden, Neal L.
files and correspondence, P
files and correspondence, Q

Box 36

files and correspondence, R
Rollin, Richmond
Riedl, Rupert
Rohlf, F. James
Rowell, A.J.
Rudan, Pavao
Ruhlen, Merritt

Box 37

files and correspondence, S
Schnell, Gary
Selander, Robert
Senner, John
Shao, K.T.
Slatkin, Montgomery

Box 38

Sneath, Peter (2f)
Society for the Study of Evolution, evolutionary monographs
Society for the Study of Evolution, nominations committee, 1989
Society for the Study of Evolution (2f)

Box 39

Society of Systematic Zoology
Sokal family
Sokoloff, Alexander
files and correspondence, T
Thomson, James and Barbara
Turner, J.R.G.
files and correspondence, U
files and correspondence, V
Van Noordwijk, A.J.*

Box 40

files and correspondence, W
Waddle, Diane (3f)
Walker Jeffrey
Wartenberg, Daniel E.
Williams, George (3f)
Wool, David
files and correspondence, X, Y, Z

Box 41

transparencies, “LISA”
transparencies, “Space Seminar II,” 1991, 1997
transparencies, “CIA Dataset Files To Construct European Map”
retreat talk, 1995
“Paris talk,” October 1985
“Genetic Mixing Figure,” Brussels, 1994
abstract and figures, “Distancia 92: Distance Models and Spatial Variation,” 1992
Denisha Sokal, “NT European Quadrants,” Paris, December 1986
transparencies, “Caminalcules,” manuscript #2 and manuscript # 3
transparencies, manuscript # 111, HLA Autocorrelation
transparencies, manuscript #114, Bougainville
transparencies, “Lessons from Caminalcules”
transparencies, NATO, “Taxonomic Congruence in the Caminalcules,” July 1982
transparencies, “Analyzing Character Variation in Geo. Space,” NATO, July 1982
transparencies, “Caminacules,” manuscript #118
transparencies, “Analyzing Character Variation in Geo. Space”
transparencies, Sokal, Oden and Baker
transparencies, “Yanomama”
transparencies, “Caminalcules,” manuscripts #1-3, manuscript # 117
transparencies, Winkler (2f)
notes, Paul Samollow
“A Numerical Taxonomic Study of the Genus Ricinus,” Elzbieta Lonc
“Analysis of Major Human Groups by Blood Groups and Comparison with Anthropometric Data,” Elzbieta Lonc
Report, [Elzbieta] Lonc
“Levels of Variation,” manuscript draft 1
transparencies, “Sweden paper figures,” spatial analysis

Box 42

transparencies, “Cepaea 1st Study”
transparencies and speech, American Naturalist Presidential Address, “Current Topics in Numerical Taxomony: The Continuing Search for Order,” 1984
“Levels of Phenetic Variation in Peplipus populitransversus”
comments, “Levels of Variation” manuscript
“Sibley”
Paul Samollow, autocorrelation project
transparencies, “Roscoff talk”
“Blood Groups and Language Families,” 1986
transparencies, “Paris”
transparencies, “25 Year Numerical Taxonomy,” Warwick, 1983
transparencies, “Effect of Divergence and Homoplasy on Incongruence and Phenetic and Cladistic Relations,” 1981
transparencies, “Taxonomic Stability”
transparencies, “Naturalist Talk,” 1984
transparencies, “Data Analysis in Molecular Biology,” Venezuela
“Jackie’s thesis figures”
transparencies, “Globular Elongate”
transparencies, “Oblique”
transparencies, “Numerical Taxonomy 15”
transparencies, American Museum of Natural History
transparencies, “Spatial Analysis and Population Structure”
lecture, IBM, “Spatial Analysis and Ethnohistory”
transparencies, department seminar, 1987
IBM, “Numerical Taxonomy,” figures
lecture, IBM , “Classification: Computers in Population Biology”
transparencies, “Numerical Taxonomy Probabilities,” Aachen, Germany, 1987
“Unsolved Problems in Numerical Taxonomy,” Aachen, Germany, 1987

Box 43

Numerical Taxonomy 21, “A Classification of European Populations Based on Gene Frequencies and Cranial Measurements: A Map-Quadrat Approach,” with Pamela A. Derish, 1987 (3f)
transparencies, “Cepaea 2nd Study”
lecture, Yanomama, 1985
assorted transparencies
transparencies, skulls, American Association of Physical Anthropologists, 1987
transparencies, numerical taxonomy
transparencies, “Boundary talk,” 1987 (3f)
“Migration Database, Goth’s Sample”
transparencies, classification, “Numerical Classification: Lessons from Biological Sciences,” Albany, 1988
“Numerical Classification: Lessons from Biological Sciences,” Albany, 1988
transparencies, “Wambling-Womble,” Nature, 1989
transparencies, American Association of Physical Anthropologists
“Genetics and Language,” Zagneb, 1988
transparencies, “Act in School”

Box 44

[American Association of Physical Anthropologists] “AAPA talk”
biomathematics, Wambling, 1989
“Character and OTU Stability in Five Taxonomic Groups,” 1988 (2f)
transparencies, retreat, 1989
“Spatial Analysis of Human Population Problem”
“Halolane Paper”
Bremen talks, 1989 (2f)
transparencies, R.R. Sokal, M.C. Jacquez, J.M. Wooten
morphometrics, 1990
transparencies, “Italy 1 and 2”
transparencies, Bremen
transparencies, genetics
assorted transparencies
lecture, “Language and Genetics,” Stanford University, 1988
“The Effect of History on Genetic Population Structures,” International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology IV
transparencies, anthropological lectures
lecture 1, College de France, 1989
lecture 2, College de France, 1989
lecture 3, College de France, 1989

Box 45

lecture 4, College de France, 1989
lectures 1-4, College de France, 1989
transparencies, “Womble,” Charlottesville, VA, 1989
“Genetics and Language in European Populations,” 1990
transparencies, J.L. Gittleman and M. Kot, “Adaptation: Statistics and a Null Model for Estimating Phylogenetic Effects”
transparencies, Robert R. Sokal and Geoffrey Jacquez
transparencies, Miami lecture
transparencies, language genetics, 1987
“Human Population Genetics,” Rutgers University and Stony Brook University, 1990
“Genetics and Language in Human Populations”
transparencies, “A Spatial Analysis of 100 Surnames in England and Wales,” 1990
“A Spatial Analysis of 100 Surnames in England and Wales,” 1990
transparencies, Genetics and Language, 1990
“Pemphigus,” 1990
transparencies, “Pemphigus,” 1990
“Indo-Europeans”
“New Genetic Evidence Supports the Origin of Agriculture in Europe by Demic Diffusion,” Robert R. Sokal, Neal L. Oden and Chester Wilson, Milwaukee, 1991

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“The Origins of the Indo-European: Genetic Evidence,” Yale University, 1992
“Indo-Europeans-Origin,” Florence, 1991
“Genetics and Language in European Populations,” 1990
transparencies, “Renfrew”
genetics program
“Ancient History and Modern Genes,” 1995
“Using Distance to Choose Between Competing Theories and An Application to the Origins of Modern Humans,” Robert R. Sokal, Neal L. Oden, Jeff, Walker, and Diane M. Waddle, Amherst, 1996
“Spatial Analysis of Genetic Evidence Concerning European Migrations,” Brussels, 1993 (2f)
Global GEN:LAN Talk
“The Origins of Indo-Europeans: Genetic Evidences,” Barcelona
“The Origins of the Indo-Europeans: An Approach Through Distance Matrices,”; The Origins of the Indo-Europeans: Genetic Evidence,”; “Genetic Evidence Supports Neither of Two Current Theories on the Origins of the Indo-Europeans”
transparencies, “Restricted Randomization Prior to an Analysis of Variance of Spatially Distributed Variables,” 1992
“The Origins of the Indo-Europeans: An Approach Through Distance Matrices,” Coast Guard Academy
Obernai lecture, untitled, 1993 (2f)
transparencies, Mantel test
“Genetic Evidence Supports Neither of Two Current Theories on the Origins of the Indo-Europeans,” Las Vegas, 1992
“The Origins of the Indo-Europeans: An Approach Through Distance Matrices,” Edinburgh
“Modern Gene Frequencies Reflect Ancient Population Movements,” Durham, 1996
transparencies and reprint, “Modern Gene Frequencies Reflect Ancient Population Movements”
transparencies, morphometrics
“European Population Structure”

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seminar, “Spatial Models in Ecology and Evolution,” BEE 690
“Spatial Autocorrelation of 3 Medieval Hungarian Cemeteries”
“Indo-European Origins: A Computer Simulation Test of Five Hypotheses,” 1994
“Cancer Mortalities in Europe are Related to Genetic and Ethic Affinities,” Robert R. Sokal, Neal L. Oden, Michael S. Rosenberg, Donna DiGiovanni
“Cancer Incidences in Europe Related to Mortalities, and Ethnohistoric, Genetic, and Geographic Distances,” Robert R. Sokal, Neal L. Oden, Michael S. Rosenberg, and Barbara A. Thomson, 2000 (2f)
transparencies, “Using Distance Matrices to Choose Between Competing Theories and An Application of the Origin of Modern Humans,” Robert R. Sokal, Neal L. Oden, Diane M. Waddle
Committee on Human Genome Diversity, National Research Council
Classification Society, founding of the North America Branch
Classification Society, provisional council
Classification Society, correspondence with British branch
Classification Society, correspondence, 1981-1984
Classification Society, 1969
Classification Society, affiliation with American Association for Advancement of Science
Classification Society, meeting, Dallas, 1968
Classification Society, constitution committee
Classification Society, membership committee
correspondence with Theodore J. Crovello
Classification Society, 1985
National Research Council, Board on Biology, meeting, 1995
National Research Council, meeting minutes, 1998

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distinguished professor committee, Stony Brook University*
National Research Council, 2002
National Research Council, bio-indicators project
Nettle, D. “Explaining Global Language Diversity”
Classification Society of North America, 1996*
Williams Symposium, 2004
Commission on Life Sciences, 1999 (2f)
program, “New Trends in Biological Anthropology for the 21stCentury,” Binghamton University
itinerary, March-April 1998
American Association of Physical Anthropologists, 1988
conference, Venice, 1998
itinerary, East Lansing, 1998
State University of New York, anthropology meeting, Albany, 2002
workshop, “Analysis of Individual Verification,” Stanford University, 1992
“Genetics, Linguistic, and Archeology,” Firenze, Italy, 1991
Evolution Society, presidential address

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“Do Ethnohistory, Genetics, and Geography Affect European Cancer Rates?,” University of Vermont, 2003
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2002
National Academy of Sciences, 1996
National Research Council, Board on Biology, 1996
Human Genome Diversity Project, 1996
Evolution Society, 1977
doctorate, University of Crete, 1990
12th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, 1998
European Science Foundation, conference, Obernai
American Association for the Advance of Science, 1995
National Academy of Sciences, 1998
Human Biology Association, American Association of Physical Anthropologists, 1998
National Research Council, Board on Biology, 1998 (2f)
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Human Evolution, 1997
Smithsonian, 1997
Human Genome Diversity Project, 1996
Paul T. Baker Lecture, Pennsylvania State University, 1996
American Association of Physical Anthropologists, 1996
National Research Council, 1998

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National Academy of Sciences, 1999-2000
National Academy of Sciences, 2000-2001
National Academy of Sciences, annual meeting, 2000
National Academy of Sciences, 1999
National Academy of Sciences, 1998-1999

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National Research Council, Board on Biology, Human Genome Diversity
National Research Council, Genome Series
National Research Council, Agriculture
National Research Council, Board on Biology, 1996-1997
National Research Council, Board on Biology, 1995
National Research Council, Board on Biology, initial documents, January 1995
autocorrelation significant tests
“Local Spatial Autocorrelation in Biological Variables,” Robert R Sokal, Neal L. Oden, Barbara A. Thomson

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Darwin Centenary Conference, 1982
Raymond Pearl Memorial Lecture, “Raymond Pearl’s Legacy: The Proper Measure of a Man,” 2003
American Association of Physical Anthropologists, 2004
correspondence with S.M. Borgognini Tarli
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
material from Renfrew
files, Indo-European Origins
manuscript, Isidore Dyen, Joseph B. Kruskal, Paul Black
files, “new IE [Indo-European]” manuscript, “Early Farmers and Indo-European Languages Show Correlated Distributions,” Robert R. Sokal and Zili Weng, 1992
numerical taxonomy, Africa and “Eve”
results, Diane Waddle
correspondence with Neal L. Oden

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correspondence
correspondence, A-N
correspondence, O-Z
correspondence, biometry book, 1994
seminar, “Styles in Science,” 1987
journal holdings, Robert R. Sokal

Box 54

binder, research memos, 1985-1990
binder, research memos, 1991-1995
file, Robert R. Sokal, autobiographical and biographical

Box 55

Oversized materials: includes charts, tables, and figures

papers, correspondence, and photographs related to early Numerical Taxonomy
manuscript #54
manuscript #80
figures, caminalcules MS #1A (#117)
figures, caminalcules MS #2 (#119)
grant-related materials, Robert R. Sokal (#131)
figures and tables, “Skulls” (#147, Skulls, MS#2)
figures, “Pemphigus Revisited” (#117), 1989
Daniel E. Wartenberg, The Statistical Analysis of Spatial Pattern in Biological Systems. Chapter 5 (dissertation, Stony Brook University).