Guide to the Douglas Merritt Whitaker Papers SC0176
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Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Douglas Merritt Whitaker papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0176
Physical Description:
3 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1926-1963
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 of Material:
Undetermined .
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Mrs. Edith Whitaker, 1977.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
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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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Atomic bomb.
Bikini Atoll (Pacific Islands)
Slides.
Speeches.
Box 1
Volume of articles and reprints, 1926-44. Index
Language of Material: English.
Box 5
Slides re course on evolution
Box 2, folder 1
Articles and reprints, 1945-51
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 2
Biographical material to March 1953. List of publications to 1952
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 3
Bikini Project, summer 1947
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 4
Lecture notes, course on evolution, 1944-50
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 5
Photos of unidentified slides, undated
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 6
Speeches, 1946-53
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 7
Speeches, 1955-63
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 8
Speeches, undated
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, Folder 9
Bikini Project Lantern Slides
1947
Language of Material: English.
Box 3
Bikini Project Glass Slides
1947
Box 4
Bikini Project Glass Slides
1947
Box 6
Slides re course on evolution