New Web Exhibit! The Darwin Centennial Celebration

The Darwin Centennial Celebration of 1959 is the subject of a new web exhibit.

The Celebration, commemorating the 1859 publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection,
was held at the University of Chicago from November 24 through November
28, 1959. Sol Tax, Professor of Anthropology, served as the chairman of
the Centennial Committee.

The Celebration featured some of the most prominent evolutionary scientists in the world, as well as intellectuals such as Sir Charles Darwin and Julian Huxley. 

This Web exhibit was planned in conjunction with the Darwin/Chicago 2009 conference held at the University of Chicago, October 29-31, 2009 and compliments the exhibit Chicago Celebrates Darwin held at the John Crerar Library, October 19, 2009-March 26, 2010.

The present Web exhibit and the John Crerar Library exhibits draw heavily on the Darwin Centennial Celebration Records, which are held in the Special Collections Research Center. T

Visit the Darwin Centennial Celebration exhibit to read more, view documents and film footage, and listen to archival audio recordings.