Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Stanford Historical Society
- Extent:
- 0.06 Linear Feet (3 folders)
- Language:
- Undetermined .
- Preferred citation:
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Nettie Maria Stevens Papers (SCM0141). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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These materials were collected as preliminary research for an article on Stevens to be published in SANDSTONE AND TILE, the quarterly publication of the Stanford Historical Society. Included are correspondence of Stephen G. Brush, Clifford J. Choquette, and other researchers, 1977 and 1993; copy prints of photographs of Stevens, schools she attended, her tombstone, and other images; biographical articles, her obituary, and other publications about Stevens. Also includes eight slides by Choquette of photographs of Stevens, her sister Emma, their home in Mountain View, California, and other images.
- Biographical / historical:
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Stevens earned her a.b. and M.A. in physiology at Stanford University, 1899 and 1900. She entered Bryn Mawr as a graduate scholar in biology in 1900, pursued studies in Naples and Wurzburg during 1901-1902, and received her Ph.D. in June 1903. She remained affiliated with Bryn Mawr, doing research on the chromosomal determination of sex and other topics. She died in May 1912.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
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Nettie Maria Stevens Papers (SCM0141). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022