Overview
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical note
Scope and Contents note
Access Terms
Overview
Call Number: SC1004
Creator:
Fisher, Walter K., (Walter Kenrick), 1878-1953
Title: Walter K. Fisher original illustrations
Dates: 1903-1947
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Administrative Information
Provenance
Materials were collected by the Hopkins Marine Station librarian Joe Wible and transferred to the Stanford University Archives
in 2010.
Cite As
[identification of item], Walter K. Fisher Original Illustrations (SC1004). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical note
Walter K. Fisher was educated at Stanford University, earning 3 degrees in zoology: A.B. 1901, A.M. 1903, and Ph.D. 1906.
He joined the Stanford faculty in 1902 as assistant in zoology, becoming an instructor in 1907, assistant professor in 1909,
and professor of biology in 1925. He was Director of the Hopkins Marine Station from 1917 until his retirement in 1943. Although
he specialized in invertebrates, he was also known for his work in ornithology.
Scope and Contents note
Collection consists of 28 original plates prepared for publication; subjects are asteroidea (starfishes) and echiuroid and
sipunculoid worms.
Access Terms
Echiura.
Sipuncula.
Starfishes.