Guide to the Oliver P. Jenkins Papers
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0957
Creator:
Jenkins, Oliver P., (Oliver Peebles), 1850-1935.
Title: Oliver P. Jenkins papers
Dates: 1869-1930
Physical Description:
0.75 Linear feet
Summary: Papers include personal correspondence, 1891-1928; letters of introduction and reference, 1869-1888; reports of his field
trips (primarily on fish), 1885-1904; and published and unpublished addresses, pamphlets, and essays, including one on children’s
nature study, circa 1920, and one on a visit to California in 1873.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Administrative Information
Provenance
Administrative transfer, 1965.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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.
Cite As
Oliver P. Jenkins Papers (SC0957). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Oliver Peebles Jenkins was professor and head of the Department of Physiology and Histology, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford
University (1891-1916 ; emeritus 1916-1935).
Description of the Collection
Papers include personal correspondence, 1891-1930; letters of introduction and reference, 1869-1888; reports of his field
trips (primarily on fish), 1885-1904; and published and unpublished addresses, pamphlets, and essays, including one on children’s
nature study, circa 1920, and one on a visit to California in 1873.
Access Terms
Hopkins Marine Station
Jenkins, Oliver P., (Oliver Peebles), 1850-1935.
Stanford University. Department of Physiology and Histology. Faculty.
Wilbur, Ray L., (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949
Essays.
Manuscripts (for publication).
Notes.
Box 1, Folder 1
Correspondence (incoming and outgoing)
1888-1930
Box 1, Folder 2
Correspondence, outgoing to Ray Lyman Wilbur re OPJ’s pending resignation
1916
Box 1, Folder 3
University training for high school teachers, minutes from meeting held at Stanford
circa 1906
Box 1, Folder 4
Journal of the U.S. Fish Commission exploring Virginia, Tennessee and South Carolina (hand-written entries),
1888 Jul 28-Sep1
Box 1, Folder 5
Nature Study 1897 – reprint, advertisements, galleys, illustrations
Box 1, Folder 6
Reprints (including one on the Hopkins Seaside Laboratory)
1893-1901
Box 1, Folder 7
Mexican research trip documents
1887
Box 1, Folder 8
Correspondence regarding research trip to Hawaii
1889
Box 1, Folder 9
Field investigations: fishes collected in Vigo County in 1885-86
Box 1, Folder 10
Field investigations: Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina 1888, and Indiana 1887
Box 1, Folder 11
Field investigations: interval between sounds of astronomical clocks, DePaugh University
1888
Box 1, Folder 12
Field investigations: amelids breeding during July at Pacific Grove
circa 1896
Box 1, Folder 13
Field investigations: exploration of Columbia River to locate hatchery sites for Golden Trout
circa 1904
Box 1, Folder 14
Manuscripts
Scope and Content Note
“Sailor Spiders on Lake Maxinkuckee”; “The Campus Sickle Bills: Bird Life on the Stanford Campus,” 1920; “In considering the
Question of Science as Formal Discipline,” undated; [The History of Medical Education in the United States] undated; and “What
constitutes Leadership,” undated
Box 1, Folder 15-16
Untitled manuscript on children’s nature study
circa 1925
Box 1, Folder 17-18
Typewritten draft of essay on children’s nature study
Box 2, Folder 1
Research notes, possibly for children’s nature study
Box 2, Folder 3
Address: "Life," Washburn School Address
1909 Jun 16
Box 2, Folder 4
Address: “The True Degree Conferred by the College and Its Responsibilities,” University of the Pacific
1910 May 24
Box 2, Folder 5
Letters of introduction and reference, with a few certificates
1869-1888
Box 2, Folder 6
Biographical and bibliographical information
Box 2, Folder 7
Biographical essay about California in 1873
Box 2, Folder 8
Webster Dictionary title page and frontispiece
1870
Box 2, Folder 9
Topographical map, California, Merced County, Planada Quadrangle
circa 1915