Finding Aid for the Albert B. Ulrey and Florence Speicher Ulrey papers
0258
Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
2010 October
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Albert B. Ulrey and Florence Speicher Ulrey papers
Creator:
Ulrey, A.B. (Albert Brennus)
Creator:
Ulrey, Florence Speicher
Identifier/Call Number: 0258
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/3/resources/261
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
2 boxes
Date: 1891-1959, undated
Abstract: Letters, ephemera, notes, and pamphlets created and collected by USC Professor of Botany and Zoology Albert B. Ulrey, and
his wife, USC alumna Florence Speicher Ulrey, documenting aspects of the history of USC and Ulrey's teaching and scientific
research interests.
Language of Material:
English
.
Biographical note
Albert B. Ulrey served as Professor of Biology and Zoology at the University of Southern California from 1901 to 1929. Born
in 1860 and raised in Indiana, Ulrey earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Indiana. He taught
biology in Indiana public schools, and was a member of the faculty of the Zoology department of the University of Indiana
and the Biology department at North Manchester College (Indiana), before accepting a position at USC in 1901 as the University's
first marine biologist. One of his achievements was the founding of USC's Marine Biological Station in Venice, CA, in 1911;
this facility provided research resources and offered summer courses for University students before its destruction by fire
in 1920. Ulrey died in Los Angeles on December 21, 1932. Florence Ulrey (nee Speicher) graduated from the University of Southern
California in 1909, as did their son, Richard Speicher Ulrey ('49).
Scope and Content
The Albert B. Ulrey and Florence Speicher Ulrey papers contain letters, pamphlets, ephemera, certificates, notes, published
materials, and photographs, 1891-1959 and undated, created, collected, and received by Albert B. Ulrey and his wife, Florence
Speicher Ulrey. The collections contains examples of Ulrey's published works and publications that mention Ulrey's work;
reports; printed material from/about USC, many of which discuss Ulrey; teaching materials; correspondence; and ephemera.
Many of Ulrey's published works are in contemporary reprint form and include articles written during his student days and
early teaching career in Indiana, and articles written while at the University of Southern California; among these are accounts
of activities and research from USC's Marine Biological Station in Venice, CA. Ulrey spent a sabbatical year (1925-1926)
studying biological and marine laboratories at educational institutions across the country, and the collection includes a
detailed report of these activities and research notes. Also included are printed materials from and about USC that mention
or discuss Ulrey's activities as a faculty member, including announcements, invitations, and course catalogs from the departments
of Biology and Botany/Zoology, the School of Pharmacy, and the Marine Biological Station; a proposal for a (new?) marine biology
research station at Long Beach; and a manuscript and typescripts of an address by Ulrey regarding the needs of a liberal arts
curriculum. The collection also includes materials relating to Ulrey's teaching, including notes from/for classes in physical
chemistry and ethics; a photograph album documenting the development of horse hair snake cells; biological and zoological
drawings (possibly by Ulrey); and student notes. Correspondence and letters in the collection include a letter from William
Randall, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, regarding Ulrey's application of employment; correspondence with Charles L.
Parmenter, a former instructor in the department of Biology; two letters from President Rufus B. von KleinSmid; and letters
regarding campus news and research from fellow instructor I.S. Kiehm. Miscellaneous printed material includes information
about the Southern California Academy of Sciences, of which Ulrey was a member; and Bulletins of the American Association
of University Professors. Most of the ephemeral material in the collection relates to the history of USC, and was collected
by Florence Ulrey. It includes epehemera from her senior year and her graduation in 1909; and alumni materials, including
certificates from the Half Century Club. Also included is the graduation program for their son, Richard (Class of '49).
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], Albert B. Ulrey and Florence Speicher Ulrey papers, Collection no. 0258, University Archives,
Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Acquisition
Gift of Florence Speicher Ulrey.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Biology -- Study and teaching -- Archival resources
Typescripts
Programs (documents)
Printed ephemera
Reports
Photograph albums
Correspondence
Certificates
Zoology -- Study and teaching -- Archival resources
Biological stations -- California -- Archival resources
Scientific illustration (images)
Drawings
Pamphlets
Notes
Ulrey, A.B. (Albert Brennus) -- Archives
Ulrey, Florence Speicher -- Archives
University of Southern California. Marine Biological Station -- Archives
Kleinsmid, Rufus Bernhard von, 1875-1964 -- Correspondence
Box 1, Folder 1
[A.B. Ulrey publications] /repositories/3/archival_objects/91312
1891-1897
Box 1, Folder 2
[A.B. Ulrey USC publications] /repositories/3/archival_objects/91313
1904-1918
Box 1, Folder 3-4
[A.B. Ulrey notes, lectures, addresses] /repositories/3/archival_objects/91314
1922, 1925, undated
Box 1, Folder 5
[A.B. Ulrey USC ephemera] /repositories/3/archival_objects/91315
1909, 1912, 1948, 1949, undated
Box 1, Folder 6
[A.B. Ulrey USC biology, botany and pharmacy ephemera] /repositories/3/archival_objects/91316
1903, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1917
Box 1, Folder 7
[Notes on physical chemistry, ethics] /repositories/3/archival_objects/91317
1894
Box 1, Folder 8
[Album of photographs illustrating cellular development of horse hair snake] /repositories/3/archival_objects/91318
undated
Box 1, Folder 9
[Biological and zoological drawings] /repositories/3/archival_objects/91319
undated
Box 1, Folder 10
[Students' notes and drawings] /repositories/3/archival_objects/91320
1917-1918, undated
Box 1, Folder 11
[Correspondence] /repositories/3/archival_objects/91321
1901-1926
Box 1, Folder 13
[A.B. Ulrey certificates] /repositories/3/archival_objects/91322
1924
Box 1, Folder 13
[The Acid-Base Balance of the Body, by A.B. Ulrey?] /repositories/3/archival_objects/91323
undated
Box 1, Folder 14
[USC Phi Beta Kappa data] /repositories/3/archival_objects/91324
November 15, 1927
Box 2, Folder 1
[Southern California Academy of Sciences] /repositories/3/archival_objects/91325
1916, 1927
Box 2, Folder 2
[A.B. Ulrey miscellaneous printed ephemera] /repositories/3/archival_objects/91326
1932, 1939, 1944
Box 2, Folder 3
[AAUP publications] /repositories/3/archival_objects/91327
1929
Box 2, Folder 4
[Florence Speicher Ulrey USC graduation ephemera] /repositories/3/archival_objects/91328
1909
Box 2, Folder 5
[Florence Speicher Ulrey USC alumni ephemera] /repositories/3/archival_objects/91329
1909, 1919, 1949, 1959
Box 2, Folder 6
[Florence Speicher Ulrey USC ephemera] /repositories/3/archival_objects/91330
1907, 1911, 1912, 1928, 1938, 1947, undated
Box 2, Folder 7
[Florence Speicher Ulrey ephemera] /repositories/3/archival_objects/91331
1920s-1930s
