Guide to the Douglas Merritt Whitaker Papers SC0176

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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.

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

Ownership & Copyright

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Cite As

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.

Description of the Collection

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.

Papers

Box 1

Volume of articles and reprints, 1926-44. Index