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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library
Title: Martin D. Burkenroad Papers
Creator:
Burkenroad, Martin D. (Martin David), 1910-1986
Identifier/Call Number: LA.1993.1217
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
Date: 1930-1986
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.
Language of Material: English
The collection is open to researchers by appointment. Contact the Research Library Director, San Diego Natural History Museum.
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.
[Identification of item], Martin D. Burkenroad Papers. Research Library, San Diego Natural History Museum.
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).
Copyright may be reserved. Consult the San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library Director.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Carcinology
Fish populations