Administrative/Biographical Note
R.D. "Bob" Allen (1927-1986) was a professor of biology at Dartmouth College, the
founder of the journal "Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton" (renamed "Cytoskeleton"
in 2010), and leader in the field of cell motility, cytomechanics, and the developing
use of video microscopy and optics in scientific research. Allen died in his home
in New Hampshire, March 23, 1986, after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Scope & Content
Arrangement
By format, then either by date/author or topic.
Provenance Information
Provenance and Acquisition Information
Originally located at Dartmouth University, the collection was donated to the American
Society of Cell Biology in 1999; they immediately donated the holdings to UMBC.
Processing Note
Collection unprocessed.
Descriptive Rules Used
Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)
Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015): The processing manual used in Special Collections for all descriptive platforms, including
PastPerfect.
Subject Headings
Creators
Allen, Robert Day
Subjects
American Society for Cell Biology
Biology
Dartmouth College
Allen, Robert Day -- Archives
Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton
Cells -- Motility
Microscopy
