Bostwick H. Ketchum papers
Scope and Content Note
Bostwick Ketchum's collection includes research files, photographs, correspondence, data, manuscripts, proposals, meeting files, questionnaires, and personal memorabilia.
Dates
- 1933-1983
Language of Materials
The records are in
English.
Access
Open: materials are available for research.
Use
Copyright: Permission to publish material from the collection must be authorized by the Institution Archivist.
Biographical Information
Dr. Bostwick H. Ketchum, Senior Scientist Emeritus, was associated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for more than four decades. He started out at the institution as a graduate student fellow during the summers of 1935 through 1937. He then went on to serve as Associate Marine Biologist (1940-45), Marine Microbiologist (1945-53), Senior Biologist (1953-54), Senior Oceanographer (1954-63), Senior Scientist (1963-77), and Associate Director (1962-77). He was also Lecturer in Biological Oceanography at Harvard University (1960-68) and an Associate Member of the Department of Biology (1968-71). While on leave of absence from 1968-69, he served as Head of the Section on Ecology and Systematic Biology of the National Science Foundation. He is considered a major figure in oceanographic research, particularly as a leader of a group of scientists in Woods Hole whose pioneering research provided the basis for the present understanding of the productivity of the oceans. In his after years, he also turned his attention to the increasing problems of the coastal zone.
[Biographical information taken from WHOI obituary.]
Extent
33 boxes (16.5 lin. ft.)
Overview
The Bostwick H. Ketchum papers consist of research files, photographs, correspondence, data, manuscripts, proposals, meeting files, questionnaires, and personal memorabilia relating to Ketchum's work at WHOI.
Custodial History
The custodial history of the papers is undocumented.
Acquisitions Information
Received in several accessions from 1980 through 2002. Patricia Pykosz, staff assistant, donated papers in February 1980 and January 1985. Ralph F. Vaccaro donated papers from Ketchum's wife, Emily, on February 26, 1997 (acc.1997-14), and half a carton of proposals and reports from the Clark Library Office were donated as acc.2002-25 on October 2, 2002.
Processing Information
Processed in 2003.
- Title
- A Guide to the the Bostwick H. Ketchum papers, 1933-1983
- Author
- Unknown
- Date
- October 13, 2003
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written inEnglish
Repository Details
Part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Data Library and Archives Repository