University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences records, 1896-1980

Overview of the Collection

Creator
University of Washington. College of Fisheries
Title
University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences records
Dates
1896-1980 (inclusive)
Quantity
39.69 cubic ft (67 boxes, 1 tube, and 3 vertical files)
Collection Number
UW Resource No. 00448
Summary
Records of the College.
Repository
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

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.

Some records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The College of Fisheries at the University of Washington was formally established on April 2, 1919 at the urging of prominent members of the fisheries community and the United States Bureau of Fisheries. The program was the first in the nation offering training in fisheries-related subjects. The University of Washington was an ideal location for such a college because of its close proximity to the fishing communities of the Pacific.

John Nathan Cobb became the College’s first Director in 1919. The College offered courses in fisheries, ichthyology, fundamentals of canning, fishery products and cannery management. During its first year 13 students were enrolled in the program. By the end of Cobb’s tenure in 1930, the school had over 100 students; a testament to the need and desire for training in fisheries during the early part of the 20th century.

Housing for the College consisted of four wooden buildings located at the south end of campus near lake Union and the Montlake Cut on NE Pacific Street. These four buildings housed classrooms, an ichthyology laboratory, hatchery ponds and a cannery and salting facility. By 1928, the College facilities were no longer adequate to meet the needs of the program as it continued to grow.

Around 1928, the College of Fisheries submitted a report, along with a letter from the President of the University of Washington, Matthew Lyle Spencer, to the General Education Board requesting financial support to aid in construction of a new fisheries building. It is unclear if the GED responded to this request.

It is interesting to note that after President Spencer presented this report to the education board in 1928, he proceeded to close down the College of Fisheries. With only one faculty member left, Leonard Peter Schultz, Spencer created the Department of Fisheries, located within the College of Science, to allow remaining students to complete their degrees (it would later return to the title College of Fisheries, but not until after several additional departmental changes and restructurings).

William F. Thompson, who was appointed director after Cobb’s death in 1930, continued to lobby for new facilities beginning in the late 1930s. It wasn’t until 1950 that the College of Fisheries moved into their new facilities, the Fisheries Center. In 1999 the fisheries department, now known as the School of Aquatic and Fishery Science, moved to their new facilities in the Fisheries Sciences building.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Correspondence, minutes, books, building files, committee files, conference files, financial records, historical features, photographs, newsletters, other.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted).

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into 15 accessions.

  • Accession No. 74-006, University of Washington, College of Fisheries records, 1896-1969 (bulk 1917-1949)
  • Accession No. 78-001, University of Washington College of Fisheries records, 1969-1977
  • Accession No. 78-025, University of Washington, College of Fisheries records, 1948
  • Accession No. 78-089, University of Washington, College of Fisheries records, 1958-1969
  • Accession No. 80-006, University of Washington College of Fisheries records, 1972-1976
  • Accession No. 80-073, University of Washington College of Fisheries records, 1962-1975
  • Accession No. 81-098, University of Washington, College of Fisheries records, 1956-1965
  • Accession No. 82-079, University of Washington College of Fisheries records, 1955
  • Accession No. 83-024, University of Washington, College of Fisheries records, 1946-1982
  • Accession No. 84-048, University of Washington College of Fisheries records, 1967-1980
  • Accession No. 91-036, University of Washington, College of Fisheries records, 1965-1967
  • Accession No. 92-031, University of Washington, College of Fisheries records, 1954, 1958-1969
  • Accession No. 95-168, University of Washington, School of Fisheries records, 1977-1984
  • Accession No. 09-004, University of Washington College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences reports, 1952-1979
  • Accession No. 22-026, University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences photograph, 1927

Preservation Note

Some records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Related Materials

The UW College of the Environment website has been regularly captured by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine since 2016. The snapshots can be viewed here: https://wayback.archive-it.org/4366/*/https://environment.uw.edu/

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Accession No. 74-006: University of Washington, College of Fisheries records, 1896-1969 (bulk 1917-1949)Return to Top

12.75 cu.ft.

Scope and Content: Historical features, correspondence, financial records, reports, conference and convention files, miscellany, subject files 1896-1969 (bulk 1917-1949)

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.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted)

Acquisition Info: Richard Van Cleve, Dean, Fisheries College, prior to 1971.

Accession No. 78-001: University of Washington College of Fisheries records, 1969-1977Return to Top

.83 cu.ft.

Scope and Content: Annual reports of the college and its affiliated units; 1969-77

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.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted)

Acquisition Info: Transferred from Holding area, 1978-01-06

Accession No. 78-025: University of Washington, College of Fisheries records, 1948Return to Top

.17 cu.ft.

Scope and Content: Blueprints of Fisheries Center Building, 1948

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.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted)

Acquisition Info: Fisheries - Oceanography Library, 1977-09-06

Accession No. 78-089: University of Washington, College of Fisheries records, 1958-1969Return to Top

.42 cu.ft.

Scope and Content: Report of Operations (1958), continued as Research in Fisheries (1959-69)

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.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted)

Acquisition Info: Accession 70-170; Archives holding area, 1978-07-14

Accession No. 80-006: University of Washington College of Fisheries records, 1972-1976Return to Top

.42 cu.ft.

Scope and Content: Publication: "Research in Fisheries" 1972-76; Annual reports, 1975-76

Annual reports include those of various units of the college.

Restrictions on Access:

Acquisition Info: From Holding area. No date given

Accession No. 80-073: University of Washington College of Fisheries records, 1962-1975Return to Top

.42 cu.ft.

Scope and Content: Publications, articles, newsletters, bulletins, course announcements, books; 1962-75

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.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted)

Acquisition Info: From Holding area, September 1980, 1980-09-01

Accession No. 81-098: University of Washington, College of Fisheries records, 1956-1965Return to Top

1 vertical file

Scope and Content: Blueprint of salt water aquarium, film (18') of "Skil fish." Skil fish growth data, 1956-65

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.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted)

Acquisition Info: Margaret Garner, Summer 1981, 1981-06-01

Accession No. 82-079: University of Washington College of Fisheries records, 1955Return to Top

1 vertical file

Scope and Content: Technical reports Nos. 11, 13, 18, and 23; 1955

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.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted)

Acquisition Info: Archives holding area, 1982-06-01

Accession No. 83-024: University of Washington, College of Fisheries records, 1946-1982Return to Top

13 cu.ft.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, minutes, subject series; 1946-82

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.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted)

Acquisition Info: Transferred from College, 1983-04-18

Accession No. 84-048: University of Washington College of Fisheries records, 1967-1980Return to Top

4 cu.ft.

Scope and Content: Outgoing letters, subject files, committee records; 1967-80

These papers represent the administrations of three directors: Richard Van Cleve, Douglas G. Chapman, and Donald E. Bevan.

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.

Records stored offsite; advanced notice required for use.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted)

Acquisition Info: Transferred by Margaret Garner, 1984-10-24

Accession No. 91-036: University of Washington, College of Fisheries records, 1965-1967Return to Top

.21 cu.ft.

Scope and Content: Minutes of Faculty meetings; September 1965 to June 1967

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.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted)

Acquisition Info: School of Fisheries, 1983-06-17

Accession No. 92-031: University of Washington, College of Fisheries records, 1954, 1958-1969Return to Top

.21 cu. ft.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, reports, diagrams; 1954, 1958-69

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.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted)

Acquisition Info: Located during the move to the Allen Library, 1990-01-01

Accession No. 95-168: University of Washington, School of Fisheries records, 1977-1984Return to Top

.42 cu. ft. (1 box)

Scope and Content: Annual and biennial reports; 1977-1984.

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: Publications Area, 1990

Accession No. 09-004: University of Washington College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences reports, 1952-1979Return to Top

6.84 cubic ft. (6 boxes)

Scope and Content: Published reports of the UW Dept. of Oceanography and of the UW Fisheries Research Institute.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use is unrestricted after access has been granted)

Acquisition Info: Louise Richards Ocean/Fish librarian; materials transferred on closure of Ocean/Fish Library., 2009-06-22

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Accession
1 09-004
Technical Reports
1959-1964
2 09-004
Technical Reports
1964-1965
3 09-004
Technical Reports
1965-1966
4 09-004
Technical Reports
1966-1964
4 09-004
Water Masses of the Arctic Basin (Reference)
1961
4 09-004
Magna Pipeline Reports
1955
4 09-004
Special Report, No. 24
1956
5 09-004
Special Reports
1955-1970
5 09-004
Fisheries Circulars
1965-1966
6 09-004
Fisheries Circulars
1967-1974
6 09-004
Fisheries Estuarine Ecology Research Project
1969
6 09-004
Ecological Studies of the Proposed Kiket Island Nuclear Power Site
1969-1973
6 09-004
A Second Survey of Invertebrates and Algae ...
1973
6 09-004
Washington Sea Grant Program
1972-1974
6 09-004
Amchitka Radiobiological Program Progress Reports
1972-1973
6 09-004
Petroleum Transfer Systems on Puget Sound
1977
6 09-004
Impact of the Denny Way Combined Sewer Overflow on the Adjacent Flora and Fauna ...
1978
6 09-004
Habitats, Abundance, and Diversity of the Intertidal Benthi Biota of Skiff Point ...
1979

Accession No. 22-026: University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences photograph, 1927Return to Top

1 vertical file

Scope and Content: Photograph of the graduating class of 1927. Photograph taken by T. T. Kneisle.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Photograph is in three pieces.

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: Transferred by Kathryn Higgin, January 2009

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)

Personal Names

  • Bevan, Donald E. (Donald Edward), 1921-1996
  • Chapman, D. G. (Douglas George), 1920-
  • Van Cleve, Richard, 1906-1984

Corporate Names

  • University of Washington. College of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences--Archives
  • University of Washington. College of Fisheries--Archives
  • University of Washington. College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences--Archives
  • University of Washington. College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences. College of Fisheries--Archives
  • University of Washington. School of Fisheries--Archives

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names
    • University of Washington. University Archives