Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Sweeney, Beatrice M.
- Abstract:
- The collection contains biographical and research files for Beatrice Marcy Sweeney, UCSB biology professor.
- Extent:
- 11 linear feet (11 boxes).
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Beatrice Marcy Sweeney Papers. UArch FacP 25. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Materials are arranged as received as follows:
- One box of material from Paul Lee.
- One box and one folder from Poppy Dennis.
- Remaining boxes from her laboratory.
- Biographical / historical:
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Beatrice Marcy Sweeney was born August 11, 1914 in Boston, Massachusetts. She received her Bachelor's from Smith College in 1936 and her PhD from Radcliffe College in 1942. After relocating to California, she worked at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography as a research biologist. She married Paul Lee in 1961. In 1969 she returned to California to teach at UCSB. She is known for her research in marine biology, particularly on phytoplankton. She died on July 17, 1989.
For more information, see the Office of Public Information Biographical Files, UArch 11.
- Acquisition information:
- Donation from husband, Paul Lee, 1998; UCSB Biology Lab, 1998; daughter, Beatrice (Poppy) DeMarco Dennis, 2000.
- Physical location:
- Del Sur, University Archives, 29A.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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None.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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Beatrice Marcy Sweeney Papers. UArch FacP 25. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062