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  • Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Title: Edward Flanders Ricketts papers
    Creator: Ricketts, Edward Flanders
    Identifier/Call Number: M0291
    Identifier/Call Number: 1703
    Physical Description: 8 Linear Feet (14 manuscript storage boxes, 1 half manuscript storage box, 1 flat box)
    Date (inclusive): 1936-2021 (inclusive), 1936-1947 (bulk)
    Date (bulk): 1936-1947
    Abstract: Personal and professional papers including incoming and outgoing correspondence, a few letters from Herbert Kline to John Steinbeck, notes on intertidal marine life, printed articles, manuscript notes of unpublished biology articles, a philosophical manuscript, financial records, photographs and notes from trips to West Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands prepared by Ricketts for the use of John Steinbeck. Also includes notes and other materials used for additions and revisions of Ricketts' publication, Between Pacific Tides, and correspondence about the book.

    Scope and Content

    Personal and professional papers including incoming and outgoing correspondence, a few letters from Herbert Kline to John Steinbeck, notes on intertidal marine life, printed articles, manuscript notes of unpublished biology articles, a philosophical manuscript, financial records, photographs and notes from trips to West Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands prepared by Ricketts for the use of John Steinbeck. Also includes notes and other materials used for additions and revisions of Ricketts' publication, Between Pacific Tides, and correspondence about the book. There are additional materials about Ricketts that were collected by George A. Butler and the Hopkins Marine Station.

    Biography

    Edward Flanders Robb Ricketts was born in Chicago, Illinois May 14, 1897. From 1923 until his death in 1948, Ricketts lived in the Monterey, California area where he pursued his career as a marine biologist and became good friends with John Steinbeck.

    Acquisition Information

    Transfer from Hopkins Marine Station, 1974, and Peter Lisca, 1991.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item] Edward Flanders Ricketts Papers , M0291, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Publication Rights

    Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

    Access

    The Elizabeth Ott correspondence is restricted.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Charts
    Marine ecology
    Marine biology -- Research
    Oceanography -- Pacific Ocean
    Photoprints.
    Notebooks.
    Surveys.
    Graphs
    Miller, Henry, 1891-1980
    Kline, Herbert
    Hedgpeth, Joel W. (Joel Walker)
    Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
    Scardigli, Virginia
    Field, Sara Bard
    Pacific Biological Laboratories
    Cage, Xenia
    Campbell, Joseph
    Deichmann, Elisabeth
    Wood, Charles Erskine Scott
    Faure, Raoul C.
    Street, Webster F.
    American Museum of Natural History
    Belloc, Hilary.
    Belloc, Hope
    Berkeley, Cyril