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Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: George W. Barlow papers
Creator:
Barlow, George W.
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2019/230
Physical Description:
18.75 linear feet
(15 cartons)
Date (inclusive): 1950-2009
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language of Material:
English
.
Collection is partially open for research. Digital materials are in process and currently unavailable.
No further additions are expected.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Estate of George W. Barlow by Bicka Barlow, 2019.
Materials within this collection maintain the original physical organization found at time of acquisition. Collection is described
at the file level.
George W. Barlow (1929 – 2007) was an animal behaviorist, ichthyologist, and evolutionary biologist with a specialization
in cichlid fishes. Barlow was a member of the UC Berkeley faculty in the department of integrative biology from 1966 until
he retired in 1993. Barlow led the campus's animal behavior undergraduate and graduate programs. Barlow authored more than
160 scientific articles and three books, including "The Cichlid Fishes: Nature's Grand Experiment in Evolution" (2000). He
was a fellow of the American Behavior Society and served as its president in 1979, and was a fellow of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science and of the California Academy of Sciences. He served on the board of governors of the American
Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists from 1970 until 1975, and was a member of the American Society of Zoologists.
He was awarded a Miller Professorship at UC Berkeley in 1972.
George W. Barlow papers (BANC MSS 2019/230), The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Collection processed by Jessica Tai in 2023. Materials were rehoused in archival boxes and described at the file level.
Papers of George W. Barlow, ichthyologist, ethologist and evolutionary biologist and expert on cichlid fishes dating from
1950-2009. Includes correspondence, research files, manuscript and publication files, notebooks and binders of data sets and
research studies, illustrations, photographs and slides.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Animal behavior
Cichlids
Evolution (Biology)
Ichthyology
Ichthyology--California
Fishes -- Research
Faculty papers
Field notes
Notebooks
Photographs
Barlow, George W.
University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley--Faculty