Guide to the Stanford University, Science Association, Records

Daniel Hartwig

Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Stanford, California

October 2010

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Overview

Call Number: SC0168

Creator: Stanford University. Science Association.

Title: Stanford University, Science Association, records

Dates: 1894-1936

Physical Description: 0.5 Linear feet (1 volume)

Summary: Bound volume of Stanford University Science Association (1894-1936) contains constitution of the Association, lists of members, minutes of meetings of the Association, and financial reports. The minutes often include abstracts of the presentations given; professors represented in the abstracts include James Perrin Smith (p. 42), Fernando Sanford (pp. 43 and 114), William Russell Dudley (pp. 47, 62, and 97), Frank Angell (pp. 54-55), Charles H. Gilbert (pp. 59-60), Carl R. Noller (pp. 264-65), C. B. van Niel (p. 271), and Ira L. Wiggins (p. 272). There is also an appreciation by Frank Mace McFarland of the career of Dr. Nettie M. Stevens (pp. 188-189).

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

Gift of Stanford Historical Society, 1977.

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

Stanford University, Science Association, Records (SC0168). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

The Science Association was a faculty organization formed in 1894 for the presentation and discussion of subjects in the physical and biological sciences.

Description of the Collection

Bound volume of Stanford University Science Association (1894-1936) contains constitution of the Association, lists of members, minutes of meetings of the Association, and financial reports. The minutes often include abstracts of the presentations given; professors represented in the abstracts include James Perrin Smith (p. 42), Fernando Sanford (pp. 43 and 114), William Russell Dudley (pp. 47, 62, and 97), Frank Angell (pp. 54-55), Charles H. Gilbert (pp. 59-60), Carl R. Noller (pp. 264-65), C. B. van Niel (p. 271), and Ira L. Wiggins (p. 272). There is also an appreciation by Frank Mace McFarland of the career of Dr. Nettie M. Stevens (pp. 188-189).

Access Terms

Angell, Frank, 1857-1939.

Dudley, William Russel, 1849-1911

Gilbert, Charles Henry, 1859-1928.

Niel, C. B. (Cornelis Bernardus) van, 1897-1985.

Noller, Carl R. (Carl Robert), 1900-

Sanford, Fernando.

Smith, James Perrin, 1864-1931.

Stanford University. Science Association.

Stevens, Nettie Maria.

Wiggins, Ira L. (Ira Loren), 1899-1987

Biology.

Physical sciences.

Box 1

Records