History of the Marine Biological Laboratory

Thomas Hunt Morgan, looking into camera, paper in hand

Thomas Hunt Morgan portrait

Created: 1920

Thomas Hunt Morgan

Thomas Hunt Morgan portrait as above but seated in the opposite direction

Created: 1920?

E.B. Wilson reading a book

Dr. Wilson at desk with papers

Created: 1916

E.B. Wilson reading a book, different pose

Dr. Wilson at desk with papers

Created: 1916

E.B. Wilson at Columbia University

E.B. Wilson portrait with microscope looking at camera

Created: 1916

E.B. Wilson at Columbia University

E.B. Wilson portrait with microscope

Created: 1916

Thomas Hunt Morgan, children & friends at the Grand Central Station

Thomas Hunt Morgan, children & friends at the Grand Central Station in New York City waiting for train to Woods Hole

Mrs. Alfred (Mary) Huettner on a boat to Martha's Vineyard

On boat to Martha's Vineyard 1921. Mary R. Huettner

Created: 1921

Camping on Elizabeth Islands

Donald Lancefield (far left), Rebecca Lancefield (dark dress)

Created: 1922

The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass. 1935

1 black and white video; sound (musical accompaniment only); reformatted digital

By the 1930s, the MBL had become "the" place to go during the summer for biological research and training. Luminaries such as Frank Lillie, Edmund Beecher Wilson, Edwin Grant Conklin, and Thomas Hunt Morgan took their students, packed up their families and research labs, and headed to the MBL. They worked in labs, ate together in the Mess, and they often lived in the limited on-campus housing. Life at the MBL was a life where fun, family, and science intertwined. This film, taken in 1935 by B. R. Coonfield of Brooklyn College, captures snippets of life at the MBL.

Created: 1935