History of UT Entomology, Part 2: The Fly Years

October 11, 2020 • by Nicole Elmer
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Left: John T. Patterson. “Sandy-haired and short of stature, he had a ready wit, a love of repartee, and the ebullient temperament we traditionally associate with the Irish people.” -  Theophilus Painter in a 1965 memoir about him

Right: Hermann Muller using his jeweler's loupe to view his flies. (Photo in UT Zoology Archive, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)


The "Fly Room" in BIO. T.S. Painter sits to the left in the back, W.S. Stone stands in the back, C.P. Oliver sits front, and Muller (right) views flies through his jeweler's loupe. (Photo from the Lilly Library, Indiana University)

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Left: The Fly Room in BIO in the 1940s. Right: Wilson Stone (1907-1968) a member of the Drosophila group, who would emerge as a critical and intellectual force behind the experiments.

The Xray machine used by Muller in the 1920s, now in the entry of the MBS building.

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The Drosophila truck of the 1940s used to collect various specimens in the US and Mexico.

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