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Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Records
SC1301  
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  • Conditions Governing Use
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  • Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Title: Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Records
    creator: Hopkins Marine Station
    creator: Fisher, Walter K. (Walter Kenrick)
    creator: Bolin, Rolf L. (Rolf Ling), 1901-1973
    creator: Powers, Dennis A.
    Identifier/Call Number: SC1301
    Physical Description: 51.75 Linear Feet
    Date (inclusive): 1903-1965
    Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.

    Biographical / Historical

    Hopkins Marine Station is the marine laboratory of Stanford University, located in Pacific Grove, California. Founded in 1892, it the oldest marine laboratory on the US Pacific Coast.

    Scope and Contents

    Collection consists of early Hopkins Marine Station Resident Director Walter Kenrick Fisher’s correspondence; also includes clippings, reprints, photographs, and a partial typescript of “Life Between Tides.” It also consists of articles, manuscripts, correspondence, and administrative files of former Director, Dennis A. Powers, including lab notebooks from courses he taught at Johns Hopkins.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Administrative transfer, 2016.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Materials in Box 34 are restricted for 75 years from date of creation, otherwise materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

    Conditions Governing Use

    All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections 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. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

    Preferred Citation

    Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Records (SC1301). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Marine biology -- Research
    Hopkins Marine Station
    Fisher, Walter K. (Walter Kenrick)
    Bolin, Rolf L. (Rolf Ling), 1901-1973
    Powers, Dennis A.