Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Historical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Accession No. 95-107: University of Washington, Biology Education Office records, 1972-1974
- Accession No. 97-053: University of Washington, Biology Program records, 1968-1987
- Accession No. 01-069: University of Washington, Biology Education Office records, 1969-1976
- Accession No. 18-043: University of Washington Department of Biology records, 1932-2013
- Names and Subjects
University of Washington, Department of Biology records, 1932-2013
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- University of Washington. Department of Biology
- Title
- University of Washington, Department of Biology records
- Dates
- 1932-2013 (inclusive)19322013
- Quantity
- 16.97 cubic ft (17 boxes and 1 vertical file)
- Collection Number
- UW Resource No. 00311
- Summary
- Materials relating to the department of Biology, with some material relating to Botany and Zoology
- 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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Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special Collections for more information.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
A Bachelor of Science in Biology was introduced in 1966-1967 as a coordinated effort by the departments of Botany and Zoology, overseen by the Office of Biology Education. The University of Washington Department of Biology was formed by the merger of Botany, Zoology, and the undergraduate Biology program in 2003.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Materials include curriculum materials (1968-1987) for Biology 101, 102, 210, 211, 212, lecture notes, some written by professors and others taken by ASUW notetakers; laboratory notebooks; examinations; and course handouts. Also included are a few audiocassettes of lectures and a computer diskette relating to class assignments.
Materials relating to the Office of Biology Education, including annual reports and a history of the office.
Historical materials include important faculty, early coursework and publications, and photographs for Biology, Botany, and Zoology. Also included are Biology faculty meeting agendas, minutes, and notes.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Consult the restrictions governing reproduction and use for accession(s) listed below.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Organized into 4 accessions.
- Accession No. 95-107, University of Washington, Biology Education Office records, 1972-1974
- Accession No. 97-053, University of Washington, Biology Program records, 1968-1987
- Accession No. 01-069, University of Washington, Biology Education Office records, 1969-1976
- Accession No. 18-043, University of Washington Department of Biology records, 1932-2013
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Accession No. 95-107: University of Washington, Biology Education Office records, 1972-1974Return to Top
Scope and Content: Annual reports; 1972-1974, an overview of the history of the office, and organizational chart.
Restrictions on Access: Public Records (public disclosure laws may restrict access to some files).
Restrictions on Use: Public Records (use unrestricted when access is granted)
Accession No. 97-053: University of Washington, Biology Program records, 1968-1987Return to Top
Scope and Content: Chiefly curriculum materials (1968-1987) for Biology 101, 102, 210, 211, 212.
Included are lecture notes, some written by professors and others taken by ASUW notetakers; laboratory notebooks; examinations; and course handouts. Also included are a few audiocassettes of lectures and a computer diskette relating to class assignments.
Restrictions on Access: Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special Collections for more information. No user copies exist for analog sound cassettes or computer diskette. Contact Special Collections for information about access to analog media.
Restrictions on Use: Public Records (use unrestricted when access is granted)
Acquisition Info: Sharon Haywood, 1997-03-31
Accession No. 01-069: University of Washington, Biology Education Office records, 1969-1976Return to Top
Scope and Content: Collection includes correspondence, curriculum requirements, annual reports and other documentation from Office of Biology Education. Bulk of the collection focuses on Neal Groman's tenure as department chair.
Restrictions on Access: Public Records (public disclosure laws may restrict access to some files).
Restrictions on Use: Public Records (use unrestricted when access is granted)
Acquisition Info: Bibliographic Source: Bette Nicotri
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Accession | ||
| 1 | 01-069 | Advising |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | Announcements |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | Basic Science Coordinating Group |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | Basic Science Coordinating Sub-committee |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | Biology Degree Options |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | Room 119 |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | Biology 101-102 |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | Biology 210-11-12 |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | Biological Learning Resource Center |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | Biology Plan A (Cell and Molecular) |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | Biology Teaching Building |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | Committees (Old Materials) |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | Budget |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | C Sequence |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | Clark Report |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | Course Request Analysis |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | Position I |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | Position II |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | Program Development |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | Learning Resource CTR |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | Biological Learning Resource Center |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | Minutes |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | BLRC Report |
undated |
| 1 | 01-069 | Correspondence (July 1972 on) |
approximately 1972 |
| 2 | 01-069 | Program Report Biology Teaching Facility May 1970
|
1970 |
| 2 | 01-069 | Program Report Biology Teaching Facility May 1970
Groman |
1970 |
| 2 | 01-069 | Program Report Biology Teaching Facility May
1968 |
1968 |
| 2 | 01-069 | Program Report Biology Teaching Facility May 1970
Walker |
1970 |
| 2 | 01-069 | NIE Grant Request |
undated |
| 2 | 01-069 | Data |
undated |
| 2 | 01-069 | Office of Biology Education Mandate |
undated |
| 2 | 01-069 | OPED Administrative Affairs |
undated |
| 2 | 01-069 | Annual Report OBED |
1971-1974 |
| 2 | 01-069 | Biological BA |
undated |
| 2 | 01-069 | Biological Education Board and Basic Science
Corrd. |
1971-1972 |
| 2 | 01-069 | Biological Education Board |
1972-1973 |
| 2 | 01-069 | Biological Education Board |
1973-1975 |
| 2 | 01-069 | BIPC Biological Education Advisory Committee |
1971-1974 |
| 2 | 01-069 | BIPC |
1974-1975 |
| 2 | 01-069 | Biology Activities (General) |
undated |
| 2 | 01-069 | BA Biology |
1973 |
| 2 | 01-069 | Biology Operating Committees |
undated |
| 2 | 01-069 | Science Chairmen Committee Arts and Sciences |
undated |
| 2 | 01-069 | #1 Reorganization and Development |
1971-1973 |
| 2 | 01-069 | Reorganization and Development |
1973-1975 |
| 2 | 01-069 | Budget |
1971-1973 |
| 2 | 01-069 | Innovative Fund |
1971-1973 |
| 2 | 01-069 | Innovative Fund Material |
1971-1973 |
| 2 | 01-069 | Biology Innovative Fund |
1973-1975 |
| 2 | 01-069 | Biology Innovative Fund- Grants Applications and
Action |
1973-1975 |
| 2 | 01-069 | Innovative Fund |
1975-1976 |
| 2 | 01-069 | Advising |
undated |
| 3 | 01-069 | History: Biology Course |
undated |
| 3 | 01-069 | Miscellany |
undated |
| 3 | 01-069 | Biology Teaching Facil. Review |
1972 |
| 3 | 01-069 | Biology Teaching Building |
1975 |
| 3 | 01-069 | Program Report |
1975 |
| 3 | 01-069 | Committee on Biological Science |
undated |
| 3 | 01-069 | Interdisciplinary Committee |
1969 |
Accession No. 18-043: University of Washington Department of Biology records, 1932-2013Return to Top
Scope and Content: Department newsletters, announcements, news clipping files, general departmental historical materials; faculty meeting records; policy and procedure records; department self-study records; historical files on select faculty; Botany dedication guest book
- Series 1, Zoology/biology Chair's Board
- Series 2, History
- Series 3, Faculty Meetings
- Series 4, Media
Restrictions on Access: Series 3: Faculty Meetings (boxes 6-7) are restricted; may contain confidential personnel and student information. Materials need to be screened prior to use
VHS videocassettes are restricted. No user access copy is available and a user access copy cannot be made without permission from the donor. Contact Special Collections for more information.
No user access copy is available for DVDs, CDs, or sound cassette. Users may be able to obtain a reproduction of the media for a fee. Contact Special Collections for more information.
Restrictions on Use: Public Records—not subject to copyright. Copying, quotation, publication and other uses are unrestricted if records are open for public release.
Acquisition Info: Patricia Owens, UW Dept. of Biology
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Series 1: Zoology/biology Chair's Board |
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| Box | Accession | ||
| 1 | 18-043 | Chair's board article index |
2006-2007 |
| 1 | 18-043 | Clippings, articles, awards, and
announcements
Scope and Content:
Includes updates on former students
|
1985-2013 |
Series 2: History |
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Botany History |
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| Box | Accession | ||
| 1 | 18-043 | Botany historical documents
Scope and Content:
History, Hitchcock Hall dedication, department grad
programs, publications, and other documents from the history of the Botany
department
|
approximately 1957-1996 |
| 1 | 18-043 | Alumni Newsletter |
1971-2002 |
| 1 | 18-043 | Botany news clippings |
approximately 1980s-1990s |
| 2 | 18-043 | Melinda Denton files
Scope and Content:
Includes CVs, class syllabi, teaching evaluations,
photographs, publications, information on her memorial service and fund,
including fund reports.
|
1972-2004 |
| 2 | 18-043 | Botany policies and procedures |
approximately 1982-1996 |
| 2 | 18-043 | Hitchcock Hall dedication guest book |
1982 |
Zoology History |
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| Box | Accession | ||
| 1 | 18-043 | Zoology history documents
Scope and Content:
Letters, memos, and other miscellaneous documents from the
history of the Zoology department
|
1932-1998 |
| 1 | 18-043 | Ingrith Deyrup-Olsen Memorial Event
Scope and Content:
Includes DVD
|
2004-2005 |
| 1 | 18-043 | Reprint from Studies Honoring Trevor
Kincaid |
approximately 1940s |
| 1 | 18-043 | Zoology 108, Limnology Field and classwork by
Falconer Smith |
1934 |
| 1 | 18-043 | History of Zoology at the University of Washington
by Melville H. Hatch |
approximately 1936 |
| 1 | 18-043 | Autobiography of Arthur W. Martin Junior, Part
II |
approximately 1996 |
| 1 | 18-043 | Graduate Student Symposiums |
1986-2002 |
| 2 | 18-043 | Department of Zoology Committee
Assignments |
1977-2002 |
| 2 | 18-043 | Self-study of the degree programs for the department
of zoology |
1992 |
| 2, 3, 5 | 18-043 | Ingrith Deyrup-Olsen honors, awards, and
photographs |
1964-2004 |
| 5 | 18-043 | Arthur Martins' mortarboard |
undated |
Biology History |
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| Box | Accession | ||
| 1 | 18-043 | Alumni Reunion
Scope and Content:
Includes DVD
|
2007 |
| 1 | 18-043 | Letter on the merger of Zoology and Botany into a
Department of Biology |
2002 |
| 2 | 18-043 | Biology department reorganization |
2002-2003 |
| 2 | 18-043 | Newsletters & miscellaneous
communications
Scope and Content:
Includes model release forms, copies of the photos on CD
|
2007-2009 |
| 2 | 18-043 | SILS/QuILS teaching workshop- Helen Buttemer, Katie
Glew |
2006-2012 |
| 2 | 18-043 | Publications: "The Marine Mollusks of Grand Cayman
Island, British West Indies" by R. Tuckers Abbot (1958); "Research and the
University" by Melville H. Hatch (1947) |
1958-1947 |
| 2 | 18-043 | University of Washington Enviromental and Biological
Sciences Building Feasibility Study |
2009 |
| 2 | 18-043 | Biology luncheon- Allen library 1 CD
|
2013 |
| 2 | 18-043 | International Cosmos Prize |
2013 |
| 4 | 18-043 | Scrapbook of photographs
Scope and Content:
Photographs of what appear to be cells
|
undated |
Series 3: Faculty Meetings |
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| Box | Accession | ||
| 6 | 18-043 | Minutes, agendas, notes, and ballots
Restrictions on Access:
Restricted
|
1999-2007 |
| 7 | 18-043 | Minutes, agendas, notes, and ballots
Restrictions on Access:
Restricted
|
2007-2012 |
Series 4: Media |
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| Box | Accession | ||
| 8 | 18-043 | Audio tape: Hitchcock Hall Dedication
info/services |
October 26, 1984 |
| 8 | 18-043 | VHS Astrobiology Job Candidate Eric
Gaucher
Restrictions on Access:
Restricted
|
2006 |
| 8 | 18-043 | VHS Paleobotany Candidate Guy Harrington
Restrictions on Access:
Restricted
|
approximately 2006 |
| 8 | 18-043 | VHS Fran Bonier Thesis Defense
Restrictions on Access:
Restricted
|
2006 |
| 8 | 18-043 | VHS Carl Bergstron promo talk
Restrictions on Access:
Restricted
|
2005 |
| 8 | 18-043 | VHS Marti Bosmg(?) promo talk
Restrictions on Access:
Restricted
|
2005 |
| 8 | 18-043 | VHS Astrobiology Job Candidate Dr. Norbert
Schorghofer
Restrictions on Access:
Restricted
|
2006 |
| 8 | 18-043 | VHS Mark Cooper promo talk
Restrictions on Access:
Restricted
|
2005 |
| 8 | 18-043 | VHS Veronica Di Stilio: Evolution and Development of
Floral Diversity (2 copies)
Restrictions on Access:
Restricted
|
2006 |
| 8 | 18-043 | VHS Melinda Denton Memorial Seminar by Dr. Spencer
Barrett
Restrictions on Access:
Restricted
|
2006 |
| 8 | 18-043 | VHS "The Eyes of Nye: Cloning"
Scope and Content:
Bilie Swalla cloning sequence
|
2005 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Biology--Examinations, questions, etc
- University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)
Corporate Names
- University of Washington. Biology Education Office--Archives
- University of Washington. Biology Program--Archives
- University of Washington. Department of Biology--Archives
- University of Washington. Department of Biology--Curricula
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- University of Washington. Biology Education Office (creator)
- University of Washington. Department of Biology (creator)
- University of Washington. University Archives
