Connell (Joseph) faculty papers, 1914-2011

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Title:
Joseph Connell faculty papers
Dates:
1914-2011
Creators:
Connell, Joseph H.
Abstract:
Papers of Joseph H. Connell, former American ecologist and Professor of Biology at UC Santa Barbara, mostly related to Connell's work with Australian tropical rainforests and coral reefs.
Extent:
55 Linear Feet; (37 cartons, 6 document boxes, 2 half-size document boxes, 2 flat boxes, 1 lantern slide box, and 3 flat files)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Joseph Connell faculty papers, UArch FacP 80. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains materials produced by Jospeh Connell throughout his professional career as a ecologist and professor, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1965-2000 and related to his work with tropical rainforests, coral reefs, and marine intertidal communities.

Materials may include field notes, photographs, reference materials, research drafts and publications, and correspondence related to Connell's long-term professional research. Also included are Connell's course curriculum and compiled data, manuscript drafts under his review, and newspaper clippings on his academic and professional achievements.

Biographical / historical:

Joseph Hurd Connell FAA (October 5, 1923–September 1, 2020) was an American ecologist and professor of biology, best known for his work studying tropical diversity. He completed a B.S. in Meteorology at the University of Chicago in 1946, followed by an M.A. in Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley in 1953, and a Ph.D. at the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom in 1956 under zoologist Charles Maurice Yonge. Immediately after graduating from the University of Glasgow, Connell participated in postdoctoral research at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts for two years, after which he was hired as a Professor of Biology by the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Connell remained active as an emeritus professor and researcher on campus at UCSB well after his official retirement in 1991.

Connell shifted his ecological work away from description and toward experimental research. His early research examined interspecies competition in Millport, Scotland and the San Juan Islands in Washington, which lay the groundwork for his long-term research in Australia, where he contributed to the development of the Connell–Slatyer model of ecological succession and the Janzen-Connell hypothesis on plant-species diversity in tropical forests.

In addition to teaching and research, Connell wrote several manuscripts, articles and reviews. His works have been cited almost 20,000 times, he won the Ecological Society of America's George Mercer and Eminent Ecologist awards, served as a corresponding member of the Australian Academy of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he twice received a Guggenheim Fellowship for research.

Acquisition information:
Donation from wife, Margaret Connell, in 2022 and 2024.
Arrangement:

The collection is arranged intellectually by research topic into four series, but physically remains as it was received.

  • Series 1: Marine research materials
  • Series 2: Rainforest research materials
  • Series 3: Other ecological research matierals
  • Series 4: Personal materials

Physical location:
Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Rebecca Vasquez, 2022. Additions processed and finding aid revised by Rebecca Vasquez, 2024.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-12-30 09:27:03 -0800 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Some of the materials are brittle and may require special handling. Born digital materials must be reformatted for access. Please contact the Department of Special Research Collections in advance to request access.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Joseph Connell faculty papers, UArch FacP 80. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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