Guide to the Walter K. Fisher Original Illustrations
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
November 2010
Copyright © 2010 The Board of Trustees of
Stanford University. All rights reserved.
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 foot
Language(s): 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
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.
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1-4
Original illustrations for Plates II, III, XLI, AND XLVII in "The
starfishes of the Hawaiian Islands," U.S. Fish Commission Bulletin for 1903, Part
III, pages 987-1130.
Box 1, Folder 5-9
Original illustrations for Plates 50-54, 56-58, 111-113 in Asteroidea of
the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosa. United
States National Museum Bull. 76, pages 1-419 [Original plate 111 has only figs.
2a, 2b, 3, 3a, 4, 4a, 5, 6; figs. 1, 2 are absent, but present in published
version]
1911
Box 1, Folder 10-11
Original illustrations for Plates 14 and 77 in Asteroidea of the North
Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 2. Forcipulata. United States National Museum
Bull. 76, pages 1-245.
1928
Box 1, Folder 12-15
Original illustrations for Plates 35, 39, 41, and 153 in "Starfishes of
the Philippine seas and adjacent waters," Smithsonian Institution. United States
National Museum. Bulletin 100, v.3, pages 1-712 [Original plates are labeled "31,
35, 37, 134," respectively]
1919
Box 1, Folder 16-18
Original illustrations for Figures A, F, G, and J and Plate XVI in
Asteroidea. Discovery Reports. 20: 69-306, [Original plates are labeled "A, F, G,
J, and XVI," respectively]
1940
Box 1, Folder 19
Original illustrations for Plate 26 (Bonelliopsis alaskana) in "Echiuroid
worms of the North Pacific Ocean," Proceedings of the United States National
Museum: 96 (3198): 215-292.
1946
Box 1, Folder 20
Original illustrations for Plate 11 (sipunculus galapagensis) in "New
genera and species of echiuroid and sipunculoid worms," Proceedings of the United
States National Museum 97 (3218): 351-372.
1947
