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Douglas G. Chapman Papers, 1949-1988
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Chapman, D. G. (Douglas George), 1920-
- Title
- Douglas G. Chapman Papers
- Dates
- 1949-1988 (inclusive)19491988
- Quantity
- 11.84 cubic ft. ((13 boxes))
- Collection Number
- (Accession No. 4581-001)
- Summary
- University of Washington expert on marine mammal statistics and Dean of the UW College of Fisheries from 1971 to 1981.
- 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
-
Collection is open to all users.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Douglas Chapman was a professor of mathematical statistics and an expert on wildlife statistics. He was born in 1920 and died in 1996. Chapman served as Dean of the University of Washington College of Fisheries from 1971 to 1981 and directed the UW Center For Quantitative Science In Forestry, Fisheries, and Wildlife from 1980 to 1982. His area of expertise was in estimating marine mammal populations and population dynamics. He chaired the International Whaling Commission's Scientific Committee from 1965 to 1974. Chapman was one of the scientific advisors to the International Whaling Commission who warned in the 1960s that the number of whales being taken by the whaling industry was far in excess of what the population could stand. He also chaired the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission's Scientific Committee from 1973 to 1976 and the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission from 1976 to the early 1980s.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Chapman papers span the years 1949 to 1988. They primarily document Chapman's work with the International Whaling Commission and the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission, as well as his research and consulting work on marine mammals.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
The Chapman papers were given to the Libraries in 1996 by his widow, Isobel Chapman.
Processing Note
The Chapman papers were partially processed in 1998. Papers clearly identifiable as records of the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission or the International Whaling Commission were separated as subgroups. Scientific literature and related material was arranged by broad category in Subject Series. Some of this material may relate to Chapman's work with one of the commissions. Other overlap may be found in the records series, Teaching Material, which includes some of Chapman's research data and writings. Original order was maintained in these files.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Personal PapersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Biographical Features |
1949, 1968, 1983, etc. |
| 1 | Incoming Letters |
1951-1988 |
| 1 | Outgoing Letters |
1982-1986, n.d. |
General Correspondence |
||
| Box | ||
| 1 | Tim D. Smith |
1981-1982 |
| 1 | Publishers |
1979-1988 |
| Box | ||
| 1 | Interdepartmental Correspondence - U. W. |
1961-1988 |
| 1 | Speeches and Writings |
1951, 1966, 1987, n.d. |
| 1 | Certificates |
1957, 1966, 1970-1972, 1984 |
| 1 | Notes |
n.d. |
| 1 | Statistical Reports and Papers |
1946, 1960, 1971-1988 |
| 1 | Statistics Newsletters And Directories |
1979-1986 |
| 1-2 | Teaching Materials
Includes notes, statistics, charts, writings research data and
transparancies.
|
1959-1988 |
| 1-2 | Photographs |
1977-1980, n.d. |
| 1-2 | Ephemera And Miscellany |
n.d. |
Subject Series
Includes writings, reports, research data, correspondence,
statements.
|
||
| Box | ||
| 1-2 | Biostatistics Program (UW) |
1965-1983 |
| 1-2 | Bowhead Whales |
ca. 1976-1987 |
| 3 | Fish and Fisheries |
ca. 1972-1988 |
| 3-5 | Fur Seals |
ca. 1959-1988 |
| 5-6 | Mammals Collectively |
ca. 1972-1988 |
| 5-6 | Marine Debris |
ca. 1984-1988 |
| 5-6 | OAF Offshore Coho Salmon Release Experiments
|
1983 |
| 5-6 | Oregon Production Index, Study of Coho Salmon
|
1982-1983 |
| 5-6 | Other Marine Mammals
Seals, sea lions, manatees, otters.
|
ca. 1975-1987 |
| 6-8 | Tuna, Porpoise and Dolphin |
ca. 1975-1986 |
| 6-8 | Walrus |
ca. 1960-1988 |
| 9 | Whales and Whaling |
ca. 1961-87 |
| Box | ||
| 9 | Grant File - NSF "Assessment of Regulation In Natural
Populations" |
1982 |
U.S. Marine Mammal CommissionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 10 | Organizational Features |
1976, 1981, n.d. |
| 10 | Incoming Letters |
1981 |
| 10 | Intra-organizational Correspondence
Correspondents include: Carmen J. Blondin, L. Lee Eberhardt,
Robert Eisenbud, William E. Evans, William W. Fox, Daniel Goodman, Robert J.
Hoffman, Murray L. Johnson, David W. Laist, Terry L. Leitzell, James Nofziger,
and John R. Twiss, Jr.
|
1976-1988 |
| 10-11 | Reports |
1974-1988, n.d. |
| 11 | Testimony |
1977-1988 |
| 11 | Conference and Convention Files |
1977, 1980 |
| 11 | Permit Applications |
1988 |
| 11 | Legislation |
1978, 1981, 1983, 1988 |
| 11 | Bibliographies |
1979, 1988, n.d. |
Subject Series |
||
| Box | ||
| 11 | Killer Whale Group |
1975-1978 |
| 11 | Marine Entanglement Research Program |
1986-1988 |
| 11 | Optimum Sustainable Population |
1975-1988 |
International Whaling CommissionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 11 | Organizational Features |
1972, 1988, n.d. |
| 11 | Intra-organizational Correspondence
Correspondents include: Donald C. Baur, Robert L. Brownell, and
Ray Gambell, Jr.
|
1965, 1979-1988 |
| 11 | List of Scientific Committee Documents |
1977 |
Reports |
||
| Box | ||
| 12 | General |
1980-1988, n.d. |
| 12 | Comprehensive Assessment of Whale Stocks |
1984-1988 |
| 13 | Minke Whaling |
1979-1985 |
Conference and Convention Files |
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| Box | ||
| 13 | IWC in Seattle, 1962 |
1962 |
| 13 | Cetacean Reproduction. Proceedings. |
1981 |
| 13 | IWC 38th Annual Meeting, Malmo, Sweden, 1986
|
1986 |
| 13 | Other |
1981, 1983, 1988 |
| Box | ||
| 13 | Newsletters |
1981-1986 |
| 13 | Publications |
1960, 1983, 1987 |
Subject Series |
||
| Box | ||
| 13 | Revised Management Procedures Project |
1980, n.d. |
| 13 | Scientific Committee Working Group on Progress Reports
|
1988 |
U.W. Center For Quantitative Science In Forestry, Fisheries, and Wildlife, 1980-1988Return to Top
Container(s): Box 13
U.W. Fisheries CollegeReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 13 | Interdepartmental Correspondence |
1978-1981 |
Subject Series |
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| Box | ||
| 13 | Paulik Fund |
1972 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Biometricians--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Biometry--Study and teaching
- Cetacea populations--Statistical methods
- College teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Fishery law and legislation
- Marine mammalogists--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Marine mammals--Law and legislation
- Marine mammals--Research
- Marine mammals--Statistics
- Whaling--Law and legislation
Personal Names
- Chapman, D. G. (Douglas George), 1920- --Archives
Corporate Names
- International Whaling Commission
- United Sates. Marine Mammal Commission
- University of Washington. Center for Quantitative Science in Forestry, Fisheries, and Wildlife
- University of Washington. College of Fisheries
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographs
Other Creators
-
Corporate Names
- University of Washington. University Archives
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)
