Pollen Analysis Circular

The Pollen Analysis Circular was a mimeographed publication that maintained communications among scientists working on either side of the Atlantic Ocean during World War II and aided the early development of the field of palynology.

[1] The international scientific cooperation on which the field of palynology depended was interrupted by the onset of World War II.

The Pollen Analysis Circular was a response to increased handicaps to travel during the late stages of World War II.

[2] Because palynology was a well established trans-Atlantic field by the time World War II broke out, workers in the United States, Britain, and Germany in particular, had difficulty maintaining contact with one another.

[5] The final issue also included abstracts from the First Palynology Conference (February 25, 1953), held at Yale University as well as correspondence from researchers working as far afield as Düsseldorf, Lucknow, and Indianapolis.