WAUChapmanDouglasUA4581_1.xml Guide to the Douglas G. Chapman Papers 1949-1988 Chapman (Douglas G.) Papers Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 1996 (Last modified: 4/12/2018)
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Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections (Accession No. 4581-001) Chapman, D. G. (Douglas George), 1920- Douglas G. Chapman Papers 1949-1988 11.84 cubic ft. ((13 boxes)) Collection materials are in English. University of Washington expert on marine mammal statistics and Dean of the UW College of Fisheries from 1971 to 1981.

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.

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.

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Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

The Chapman papers were given to the Libraries in 1996 by his widow, Isobel Chapman.

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.

 Chapman, D. G. (Douglas George), 1920- --Archives United Sates. Marine Mammal Commission International Whaling Commission University of Washington. Center for Quantitative Science in Forestry, Fisheries, and Wildlife University of Washington. College of Fisheries University of Washington. University Archives Biometricians--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives Marine mammalogists--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives College teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives Marine mammals--Statistics Marine mammals--Law and legislation Marine mammals--Research Whaling--Law and legislation Cetacea populations--Statistical methods Fishery law and legislation Biometry--Study and teaching Photographs University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington) Colleges and Universities Science Photographs Fisheries and Wildlife

 

Personal Papers 1 Biographical Features 1949, 1968, 1983, etc. 1 Incoming Letters 1951-1988 1 Outgoing Letters 1982-1986, n.d. General Correspondence 1 Tim D. Smith 1981-1982 1 Publishers 1979-1988 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 1959-1988

Includes notes, statistics, charts, writings research data and transparancies.

 1-2 Photographs 1977-1980, n.d. 1-2 Ephemera And Miscellany n.d. Subject Series

Includes writings, reports, research data, correspondence, statements.

 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 ca. 1975-1987

Seals, sea lions, manatees, otters.

 6-8 Tuna, Porpoise and Dolphin ca. 1975-1986 6-8 Walrus ca. 1960-1988 9 Whales and Whaling ca. 1961-87 9 Grant File - NSF "Assessment of Regulation In Natural Populations" 1982 U.S. Marine Mammal Commission 10 Organizational Features 1976, 1981, n.d. 10 Incoming Letters 1981 10 Intra-organizational Correspondence 1976-1988

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.

 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 11 Killer Whale Group 1975-1978 11 Marine Entanglement Research Program 1986-1988 11 Optimum Sustainable Population 1975-1988 International Whaling Commission 11 Organizational Features 1972, 1988, n.d. 11 Intra-organizational Correspondence 1965, 1979-1988

Correspondents include: Donald C. Baur, Robert L. Brownell, and Ray Gambell, Jr.

 11 List of Scientific Committee Documents 1977 Reports 12 General 1980-1988, n.d. 12 Comprehensive Assessment of Whale Stocks 1984-1988 13 Minke Whaling 1979-1985 Conference and Convention Files 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 13 Newsletters 1981-1986 13 Publications 1960, 1983, 1987 Subject Series 13 Revised Management Procedures Project 1980, n.d. 13 Scientific Committee Working Group on Progress Reports 1988 13 U.W. Center For Quantitative Science In Forestry, Fisheries, and Wildlife 1980-1988 U.W. Fisheries College 13 Interdepartmental Correspondence 1978-1981 Subject Series 13 Paulik Fund 1972