J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
William Wallace Newby papers
Newby, W. W. (William Wallace), 1902-
MS 0606
6.5 linear feet
4 boxes
1930-1985
The William Wallace Newby papers (1930-1985) consist of personal and professional materials concerning William Newby (1902-1977), a professor of biology at the University of Utah from 1927-1971. Included are biographical information, obituary notices, an oral history transcript, numerous hand drawn and reproduced illustrations, and literature and correspondence pertaining to the Aztec Club, of which Newby was president from 1965-1966.
English
William Wallace Newby received his undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas in 1926, his masters of science degree from Iowa State College in 1927, and his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1939. Genetics and molecular biology were Newby's specialties leading him to chair the Department of Genetics and Cytology at the University of Utah from 1948-1962. He served on various other committees and received the Distinguished Teaching Award.
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Box 1, folders 2-10 and boxes 2-4 were donated by Dianne Pohlsander in 2011. Box 1, folder 11 donated by Dr. Hans A. Pohlsander in 2010.
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Processed by Janet Smoak in 1991.
Addenda processed by Betsey Welland in 2018 and Kristina Barksdale in 2026.
The William Wallace Newby papers (1930-1985) consist of personal and professional materials concerning William Newby (1902-1977), a professor of biology at the University of Utah from 1927-1971. Included are biographical information, obituary notices, an oral history transcript, and literature and correspondence pertaining to the Aztec Club.
Newby, W. W. (William Wallace), 1902---Archives
University of Utah. Biology Department
University of Utah
Aztec Club (University of Utah)
University of Utah--Faculty
Biologists--Utah
Embryology--Laboratory manuals
Urechis caupo
Colleges and Universities
Science
Obituaries
Oral histories
1: Personal materials
Personal and biographical materials
1965-1971
1
1
2: Professional materials
Embryology study
1
2
Various hand drawn scientific illustrations
1
3
"The Development and Structure of the Slime-net Glands of Urechis"
1941
1
4
Embryology hand drawn illustrations and notes
1930
1
5
Embryology illustrations, reproductions of figures
1
6
Illustrations, figures 1-40
1
7
Illustrations, figures 41-60
1
8
Various scientific illustrations
1
9-10
Memorial article and handwritten manuscript
1985
1
11
One article on William Wallace Newby written by William H. Behle from
Great Basin Naturalist vol. 45 no. 3; one 19-page manuscript by Newby titled Fifty Years at the University of Utah.
Illustrations for A Laboratory Guide for the Study of Development
1957
2
Illustrations for embryology research book
3
Oversize illustrations
4