Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Burkenroad, Martin D. (Martin David), 1910-1986
- Abstract:
- The Martin D. Burkenroad Papers consists of four boxes of material relating to Burkenroad's work in marine biology. The collection includes correspondence (bulk), article manuscripts and illustrations. Burkenroad was a research associate at the San Diego Natural History Museum in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
- Extent:
- 2 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English and English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Martin D. Burkenroad Papers. Research Library, San Diego Natural History Museum.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection includes correspondence and manuscript materials regarding Martin D. Burkenroad's marine biology research and his professional interests in other fields. The bulk of the material is correspondence with colleagues regarding specimen collection and identification. The collection also includes draft material for articles and manuscripts, poems, and illustrations. Names of correspondents (folder level control).
- Biographical / historical:
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Martin D. Burkenroad was a marine biologist who specialized in decapod crustaceans and fisheries science. Born on March 20, 1910 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Burkenroad was the only child of coffee importer David Burkenroad (J. Aron & Co.) and the artist Flora Salinger Burkenroad. He was educated at Tulane University and Yale. He worked briefly at the Carnegie Marine Biological Laboratory at Dry Tortugas and for the Louisiana Department of Conservation before attending Yale, where he stayed for many years conducting graduate research. He consulted for the governments of Panama and Costa Rica on the development of shrimp fisheries and later worked in association with Tulane University. After a brief appointment with Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Burkenroad became a research associate with the San Diego National History Museum in 1978. Burkenroad died on January 12, 1986 in La Jolla, California.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Carcinology
- Places:
- Fish populations
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open to researchers by appointment. Contact the Research Library Director, San Diego Natural History Museum.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright may be reserved. Consult the San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library Director.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Martin D. Burkenroad Papers. Research Library, San Diego Natural History Museum.
- Location of this collection:
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1788 El Prado, Balboa ParkSan Diego, CA 92101, US
- Contact:
- (619) 255-0225