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Arthur H. Whiteley papers, 1933-2006
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Whiteley, Arthur H. (Arthur Henry), 1916-2013
- Title
- Arthur H. Whiteley papers
- Dates
- 1933-2006 (inclusive)19332006
- Quantity
- 39.81 cubic feet (43 boxes and one oversized folder)
- Collection Number
- 5777 (Accession No. 5777-001)
- Summary
- Professional and family papers of a UW Zoology professor and Friday Harbor researcher. Includes family history information regarding the Whiteley family of Dowagiac Michigan.
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Arthur H. Whiteley was a University of Washington professor of Developmental Biology and a past chair of the Division of Developmental Biology of the American Society of Zoologists. He was world renowned as a sea urchin developmental biologist. He and his wife often worked together at the Friday Harbor Laboratories. Following Helen Whiteley’s death in 1990, Arthur planned a memorial for her at Friday Harbor. The Helen Riaboff Whiteley Center , which opened in 2000, provides a retreat for scholars and artists to contemplate, create and write. It is funded by the Helen R. Whiteley Foundation.
Arthur Whiteley was born in Dowagiac, Michigan on Dec. 17th, 1916. His father ran a daily newspaper and was a State Senator and Commissioner of Conservation. Arthur received a BA in Biology from Kalamazoo College, in 1938, and a MS in Zoology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1939. That same year, he entered graduate School at the University of California at Berkeley. There he met Helen Riaboff, an exceptionally bright undergraduate student of Microbiology, Zoology and Chemistry.
As for most young people at the time, the entry if the United States into WII changed Arthur’s educational timeline. In 1942 he moved to Princeton University where he contributed to research on war-related subject of bends as it applied to aviators. He married Helen in San Francisco in 1944, returned to Princeton to finish his Ph. D in 1946, completed a year of post-doc training at the at the University of Texas in Galveston and another at California Institute of Technology. It was there where he began his life-long research into the development of Sea Urchin embryos.
In 1948, the Whiteleys moved to Seattle, Arthur beginning his research and teaching career in the UW Zoology Department, and Helen enrolled in a Ph. D program. She received her Doctorate in Microbiology in 1951. Summers were spent at Friday Harbor, often with the couple working on collaborative projects.
The years at the University of Washington were punctuated by several sabbatical trips abroad. The first was to Copenhagen on a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1955. The second was to Japan in 1962. In Japan, Arthur and Helen established life-long contacts with whom they both would collaborate over the years. They returned in 1982 to work on a collaborative project with Eizo Nakano.
Upon his retirement in 1985 Arthur embarked on a new cause prompted by the concerns of Friday Harbor residents over the impact that Salmon farming had on the environment.
Arthur’s father was Harry H. Whiteley, born in Gaylord Michigan in 1882. He was both a journalist and politician. In 1914 he was elected to the Michigan State House of Representatives, and in 1922 he was elected a State Senator, serving two terms. In 1915 he also became Managing Editor of the Dowagiac Daily news. At the conclusion of his two terms as State Senator, Whitely was appointed to the newly formed State Conservation Commission. He served on the commission for 21 years, from 1927 until 1948, and as its chair from 1943-1945. In 2009, he was inducted into the Michigan United Conservation Clubs’ hall of fame for his role in promoting an apolitical, science-based management of Michigan’s natural resources.
Arthur’s grandfather, Henry Whitely was born in Durham, England in 1853, but emigrated to the United States while very young He married Luella Eliza Piper (Lulu) in 1878 and they had four children, of which Harry was the eldest. The family settled in Millersburg, Michigan 1900.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Correspondence, lab notebooks, lecture notes, writings, photographs, scrapbooks, family historical records
Personal and professional records of Arthur H. Whiteley Including a series of records which pertain to both of the Drs. Whiteley and could not be separated, such as joint correspondence. Also includes a series of records regarding the Whiteley family of Dowagiac, Michigan.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Arthur and Helen Whiteley's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Materials received from Arthur Whiteley in 2010 and from and the estate of Arthur Whiteley in 2013
Processing Note
Collection is unprocessed. Date ranges are approximate.
Separated Materials
Ca. 10 boxes of Helen Whiteley papers separated and accessioned as Helen Whiteley Papers acc. # 4337-004
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Accession No. 5777-001: Arthur H. Whitely Papers, 1933-2006Return to Top
Scope and Content: Correspondence, lab notebooks, lecture notes, writings, photographs, scrapbooks, family historical records
Personal and professional records of Arthur H. Whiteley Including a series of records which pertain to both of the Drs. Whiteley and could not be separated, such as joint correspondence. Also includes a series of records regarding the Whiteley family of Dowagiac, Michigan.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users
Restrictions on Use: Arthur and Helen Whiteley's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Materials received from Arthur Whiteley in 2010 and from and the estate of Arthur Whiteley in 2013
Processing Info: Collection is unprocessed. Date ranges are approximate.
Separated Material: Ca. 10 boxes of Helen Whiteley papers separated and accessioned as Helen Whiteley Papers acc. # 4337-004
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Accession | ||
1 | 5777-001 | Professional Correspondence
General Notes:
Contains some joint correspondence of Helen and Arthur
|
1946-1985 |
2-6 | 5777-001 | Lab Notebooks |
1936-1990 |
Lecture Notes |
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Box | Accession | ||
7 | 5777-001 | Zoology 111, 112 |
1947-1965 |
7-9 | 5777-001 | Biology 401, 402 |
1972-1987 |
9 | 5777-001 | Zoology 516 |
1952-1966 |
9-10 | 5777-001 | Zoology 536 |
1954-1983 |
10-11 | 5777-001 | Biology 508, 509, 510 |
1948-1983 |
11-12 | 5777-001 | Zoology 517 |
1949-1974 |
12 | 5777-001 | Zoology 586 |
1968-1987 |
Box | Accession | ||
13-14 | 5777-001 | Research Notes |
1944-1983 |
15-18 | 5777-001 | Writings
General Notes:
Comprises original manuscripts, galley proofs and reprints. Also
includes figures and photos prepared for publication and some
correspondence.
|
1939-2010 |
Japan |
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Box | Accession | ||
19 | 5777-001 | Papers |
1963-1984 |
20 | 5777-001 | Photographs |
1962-1963, 1977, n.d. |
Box | Accession | ||
21 | 5777-001 | Friday Harbor Labs (UW) |
1949-2008; 1949-1987 |
22-23 | 5777-001 | Fish Farms |
1999-2009 |
23 | 5777-001 | American Society of Zoologists, Developmental Biology
Division
General Notes:
Arthur Whitely chaired of this organization 1973-1974
|
1962-1984 |
24 | 5777-001 | Miscellaneous records
General Notes:
Includes files on lab methods, NSF grant proposal 1982, and
files on workshops, seminars and conferences.
|
1969-1987 |
25-26 | 5777-001 | Arthur's PHD students and Colleagues |
1952-1988 |
Photographs
General Notes:
Includes, prints, slides, negatives and albums, mostly
undated
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undated | ||
Box | Accession | ||
27-28 | 5777-001 | Research Photos |
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29 | 5777-001 | Friday Harbor Labs and Family Photos
General Notes:
Includes 6 unidentified cassette tapes
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30-31 | 5777-001 | Family and Miscellaneous Photos |
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Arthur Whiteley Personal Papers |
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Box | Accession | ||
32-34 | 5777-001 | Correspondence |
1938-1959 |
box-folder:oversize | |||
35 | 5777-001 | Miscellaneous Personal Records |
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Box | |||
36 | 5777-001 | Student Notes--USC |
1936-1941 |
Arthur H. Whiteley and Helen Riaboff Whiteley Joint
Papers |
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Box | Accession | ||
37 | 5777-001 | Joint Correspondence |
1947-1996 |
38 | 5777-001 | Papers concerning Helen's Death and Legacy
General Notes:
Includes audio tape recording of memorial tribute. January 25,
1991.
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1990-1998 |
38 | 5777-001 | Memorabilia |
1973-1995 |
39 | 5777-001 | Drs. A. H. Whiteley and H. R. Whiteley Joint
Publications |
1973-1983 |
Whiteley Family Papers |
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Carton | Accession | ||
40 | 5777-001 | Whiteley Family papers
General Notes:
A small group of records relating to the Whiteley Family of
Dowagiac, Michigan. Includes photos, clippings, an extensive biographical
information regarding Arthur’s father, Henry Huntington Whiteley, and
genealogical information regarding earlier Whiteley family members.
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Box | |||
41 | 5777-001 | Clippings |
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box:oversize | |||
42 | 5777-001 | Arthur H. Whiteley Scrapbook
General Notes:
High School and Kalamzoo College
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1932-1937 |
43 | 5777-001 | Scrapbooks
General Notes:
Harry H. Whiteley Editorials Published in the
Dowagiac Daily News
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1933-1950 |
folder:oversize | |||
44 | 5777-001 | Large format items regarding A.H. Whiteley and H. H.
Whiteley |
1937, n.d. |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)
- Zoology teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
Personal Names
- Whiteley family--Genealogy
- Whiteley, Arthur H. (Arthur Henry), 1916-2013--Archives
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- University of Washington. University Archives