Scope and Content
Biography
Acquisition Information
Preferred Citation
Publication Rights
Access
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Steinbeck, notes on intertidal marine life, printed articles, manuscript notes of unpublished biology articles, a philosophical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Steinbeck, notes on intertidal marine life, printed articles, manuscript notes of unpublished biology articles, a philosophical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