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Guide to the Oliver P. Jenkins Papers

Daniel Hartwig . Libraries.Department of Special Collections and University Archives Stanford, October 2010 Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. Note This encoded finding aid is compliant with Stanford EAD Best Practice Guidelines, Version 1.0.

Guide to the Oliver P. Jenkins SC0957 1 Papers Overview Call Number: SC0957 Creator: Jenkins, Oliver P., (Oliver Peebles), 1850-1935. Title: Oliver P. Jenkins papers Dates: 1869-1930 Physical Description: 0.75 Linear feet Summary: Papers include personal correspondence, 1891-1928; letters of introduction and reference, 1869-1888; reports of his field trips (primarily on fish), 1885-1904; and published and unpublished addresses, pamphlets, and essays, including one on children’s nature study, circa 1920, and one on a visit to California in 1873. Language(s): The materials are in English. Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford, CA 94305-6064 Email: [email protected] Phone: (650) 725-1022 URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Administrative transfer, 1965. Information about Access This collection is open for research. Ownership & Copyright All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes. Cite As Oliver P. Jenkins Papers (SC0957). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Biographical/Historical Sketch Oliver Peebles Jenkins was professor and head of the Department of Physiology and Histology, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University (1891-1916 ; emeritus 1916-1935). Description of the Collection Papers include personal correspondence, 1891-1930; letters of introduction and reference, 1869-1888; reports of his field trips (primarily on fish), 1885-1904; and published and unpublished addresses, pamphlets, and essays, including one on children’s nature study, circa 1920, and one on a visit to California in 1873. Access Terms Hopkins Marine Station Jenkins, Oliver P., (Oliver Peebles), 1850-1935. Stanford University. Department of Physiology and Histology. Faculty. Wilbur, Ray L., (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949 Essays. Manuscripts (for publication). Notes.

Box 1, Folder 1 Correspondence (incoming and outgoing) 1888-1930 Box 1, Folder 2 Correspondence, outgoing to Ray Lyman Wilbur re OPJ’s pending resignation 1916

Guide to the Oliver P. Jenkins SC0957 2 Papers Collection Contents

Box 1, Folder 3 University training for high school teachers, minutes from meeting held at Stanford circa 1906 Box 1, Folder 4 Journal of the U.S. Fish Commission exploring Virginia, Tennessee and South Carolina (hand-written entries), 1888 Jul 28-Sep1 Box 1, Folder 5 Nature Study 1897 – reprint, advertisements, galleys, illustrations Box 1, Folder 6 Reprints (including one on the Hopkins Seaside Laboratory) 1893-1901 Box 1, Folder 7 Mexican research trip documents 1887 Box 1, Folder 8 Correspondence regarding research trip to Hawaii 1889 Box 1, Folder 9 Field investigations: fishes collected in Vigo County in 1885-86 Box 1, Folder 10 Field investigations: Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina 1888, and 1887 Box 1, Folder 11 Field investigations: interval between sounds of astronomical clocks, DePaugh University 1888 Box 1, Folder 12 Field investigations: amelids breeding during July at Pacific Grove circa 1896 Box 1, Folder 13 Field investigations: exploration of Columbia River to locate hatchery sites for Golden Trout circa 1904 Box 1, Folder 14 Manuscripts Scope and Content Note “Sailor Spiders on Lake Maxinkuckee”; “The Campus Sickle Bills: Bird Life on the Stanford Campus,” 1920; “In considering the Question of Science as Formal Discipline,” undated; [The History of Medical Education in the ] undated; and “What constitutes Leadership,” undated

Box 1, Untitled manuscript on children’s nature study circa 1925 Folder 15-16 Box 1, Typewritten draft of essay on children’s nature study Folder 17-18 Box 2, Folder 1 Research notes, possibly for children’s nature study Box 2, Folder 2 Essays, unidentified Box 2, Folder 3 Address: "Life," Washburn School Address 1909 Jun 16 Box 2, Folder 4 Address: “The True Degree Conferred by the College and Its Responsibilities,” University of the Pacific 1910 May 24 Box 2, Folder 5 Letters of introduction and reference, with a few certificates 1869-1888 Box 2, Folder 6 Biographical and bibliographical information Box 2, Folder 7 Biographical essay about California in 1873 Box 2, Folder 8 Webster Dictionary title page and frontispiece 1870 Box 2, Folder 9 Topographical map, California, Merced County, Planada Quadrangle circa 1915

Guide to the Oliver P. Jenkins SC0957 3 Papers