Guide to the Douglas Merritt Whitaker Papers
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0176
Creator:
Whitaker, Douglas Merritt, 1904-1973.
Title: Douglas Merritt Whitaker papers
Dates: 1926-1963
Physical Description:
3 Linear feet
Summary: Papers include articles, speeches, slides used in lecture on
evolution, some correspondence and lecture notes, and material on the Bikini atom bomb
tests.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Edith Whitaker, 1977.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is
given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Cite As
Douglas Merritt Whitaker Papers (SC0176). Department of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Professor of Biology at Stanford (1931-1955); Dean of the School of Biological Sciences
(1946-1949); Dean of Graduate Studies (1948-1951); Dean of Humanities and Sciences
(1951-1952). Acting Vice-President of the University (1948-1949); and Provost
(1952-1955). Also served as chief biologist for the Bikini atom bomb tests.
Description of the Collection
Papers include articles, speeches, slides used in lecture on evolution, some
correspondence and lecture notes, and material on the Bikini atom bomb tests.
Access Terms
Hopkins Marine Station.
Stanford University. Dept. of Biology
--Faculty.
Stanford University. School of Biological
Sciences.
Whitaker, Douglas Merritt, 1904-1973.
Atomic bomb.
Bikini Atoll (Pacific Islands)
Slides.
Speeches.
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
Volume of articles and reprints, 1926-44. Index
Box 1, Folder 2
Articles and reprints, 1945-51
Box 1, Folder 3
Biographical material to March 1953. List of publications to
1952
Box 1, Folder 4
Bikini Project, summer 1947
Box 1, Folder 5
Lecture notes, course on evolution, 1944-50
Box 1, Folder 6
Photos of unidentified slides, undated
Box 2
2 boxes: slides re Bikini Project, summer 1947
Box 2
1 box: slides re course on evolution, 1944-50
