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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Douglas Merritt Whitaker papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0176
Physical Description:
3 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1926-1963
Summary: Papers include
articles, speeches, slides used in lecture on evolution, some correspondence and lecture
notes, and material on the Bikini atom bomb tests.
Language of Material:
Undetermined .
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Mrs. Edith Whitaker, 1977.
This collection is open for research.
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 94304-6064. 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/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Douglas Merritt Whitaker Papers (SC0176). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Professor of Biology at Stanford (1931-1955); Dean of the School of Biological Sciences
(1946-1949); Dean of Graduate Studies (1948-1951); Dean of Humanities and Sciences
(1951-1952). Acting Vice-President of the University (1948-1949); and Provost (1952-1955).
Also served as chief biologist for the Bikini atom bomb tests.
Papers include articles, speeches, slides used in lecture on evolution, some correspondence
and lecture notes, and material on the Bikini atom bomb tests.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Atomic bomb.
Bikini Atoll (Pacific Islands)
Slides.
Speeches.