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1936-1979 (inclusive), 1936-1947 (bulk)
Special Collections M0291
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Title: Edward Flanders Ricketts Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1936-1979 (inclusive), 1936-1947 (bulk)
Collection number: Special Collections M0291
Creator:
Ricketts, Edward Flanders, 1896-1948.
Extent:
7.5 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
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Steinbeck, notes on intertidal marine life, printed articles, manuscript notes of unpublished biology articles, a philosophical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.
Language:
English.
The Elizabeth Ott correspondence is restricted.
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.
[Identification of item] Edward Flanders Ricketts Papers , M0291, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Transfer from Hopkins Marine Station, 1974, and Peter Lisca, 1991.
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.
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Steinbeck, notes on intertidal marine life, printed articles, manuscript notes of unpublished biology articles, a philosophical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.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Belloc, Hilary.
Belloc, Hope
Berkeley, Cyril
Cage, Xenia
Campbell, Joseph, 1904-
Deichmann, Elisabeth
Faure, Raoul C.
Field, Sara Bard, 1882-1974
Hedgepeth, Joel W.
Kline, Herbert
Miller, Henry, 1891-
Scardigli, Virginia
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
Street, Webster
Wood, Charles Erskine Scott, 1852-1944
American Museum of Natural History
Pacific Biological Laboratories
Oceanography--Pacific Ocean
Marine biology--Research
Marine ecology
Charts
Graphs
Notebooks
Photoprints
Surveys