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Philip F. Rehbock Papers http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8cz3dfh No online items Philip F. Rehbock Papers Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Copyright 2018 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla 92093-0175 [email protected] URL: http://libraries.ucsd.edu/collections/sca/index.html Philip F. Rehbock Papers SMC 0162 1 Descriptive Summary Languages: English Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla 92093-0175 Title: Philip F. Rehbock Papers Creator: Rehbock, Philip F., 1942- Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0162 Physical Description: 15 Linear feet(15 record cartons) Date (inclusive): 1960-2001 Abstract: Papers of science historian Philip (Fritz) Rehbock (1942-2002), known for his research on 19th century British naturalists, evolutionary theory, the Challenger expedition, and the history and science of the Pacific. Scope and Content of Collection Papers of science historian Philip (Fritz) Rehbock (1942-2002), known for his research on 19th century British naturalists, evolutionary theory, the Challenger expedition, and the history and science of the Pacific. The collection includes correspondence, writings, talks and lectures, teaching and project materials, conference planning materials, and photographs. Arranged in five series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) WRITINGS, 3) PROJECTS, 4) TEACHING MATERIALS, and 5) CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS. Biography Philip Frederick (Fritz) Rehbock was a science historian and professor of history and general science at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Born in Seattle in 1942, he earned a B.S. in economics at Stanford University in 1964, spent six years in the U.S. Navy Supply Corps, and then earned a Ph.D. in the history of science at Johns Hopkins University in 1975. His dissertation, Organisms in Space and Time: Edward Forbes (1815-1854) and New Directions for Early Victorian Natural History was later expanded into The Philosophical Naturalists: Themes in Early Nineteenth-Century British Biology (1983). In 1974, his essay, "Huxley, Haeckel, and the Oceanographers: The Case of Bathybius haeckelii" was awarded the Henry and Ida Schuman Prize by the History of Science Society. Rehbock was appointed assistant professor in the general science and history departments of the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1975, associate professor in 1983, and professor in 1992. He also served as assistant university marshal, acting associate dean of the College of Natural Sciences, assistant to the vice president for academic affairs, chair of the general science department, and graduate chair of the history department. He taught courses and graduate seminars in the history of science, ecology, and scientific literacy. Rehbock edited the journals Isis, Hawaiian Journal of History, Biography, and Archives of Natural History. He also served as a member of the History of Science Society's Watson Davis Prize Committee and of the Hawaii Committee for the Humanities. In 1985, Rehbock and Roy MacLeod founded the Pacific Circle, an organization to promote research in the history and sciences of the Pacific region. The Pacific Circle became a scientific commission of the International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science in 1989. Rehbock served as vice-president of the Commission on Oceanography and editor of the Pacific Circle Newsletter and the Pacific Circle Bulletin. The collaboration with Roy MacLeod on the Pacific Circle led to the publication of Nature in its Greatest Extent: Western Science in the Pacific (1988) and Darwin's Laboratory: Evolutionary Theory and Natural History in the Pacific (1994). In 1992, Rehbock edited At Sea with the Scientifics: The Challenger Letters of Joseph Matkin while working as a research associate at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. At the time of his death, he left unfinished The Culture of Victorian Natural History, a prosopographical analysis on the characteristics of 19th century British botanists, geologists, and zoologists, and The Malvern Letters, a historical novel about Victorian naturalists. Rehbock organized, chaired, and moderated many conferences and symposia on the history and philosophy of science. In 1991, he organized the Science and Culture symposium of the Seventeenth Pacific Science Congress held in Honolulu. In 1993, he co-chaired, with Keith Benson, the Fifth International Congress on the History of Oceanography, held at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. Rehbock and Benson edited the proceedings of ICHO V, which were published in 2002 as Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond. Papers Presented at the Fifth International Congress on the History of Oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1993 . Rehbock died in Honolulu in 2002. Preferred Citation Philip F. Rehbock Papers. SMC 162. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. Philip F. Rehbock Papers SMC 0162 2 Acquisition Information Acquired 2003. Publication Rights Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection. Related Materials Joseph Matkin Papers. SMC 8. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. Subjects and Indexing Terms Science -- History Oceanography -- History Rehbock, Philip F., 1942- -- Archives Matkin, Joseph Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 Challenger Expedition (1872-1876) CORRESPONDENCE Scope and Content of Series Series 1) CORRESPONDENCE: Incoming and outgoing correspondence with historians, publishers, history of science organizations, and research institutions. Additional correspondence can be found in the WRITINGS, PROJECTS, and CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS series. Arranged in two subseries: A) Alphabetical and B) Subject. A) Alphabetical: Incoming and outgoing professional and personal correspondence, arranged alphabetically by surname or institution name. B) Subject: Correspondence organized by topic, including correspondence on the history of science, oceanography, and Rehbock's sabbaticals. Alphabetical Box 1, Folder 1 A - Miscellaneous Box 1, Folder 2 Abir-Am, Pnina 1992-1995 Box 1, Folder 3 Albury, W.R. (Randall) 1978-1993 Box 1, Folder 4 Allen, David Elliston 1979-2001 Box 1, Folder 5 Allen, Garland E. 1991-1997 Box 1, Folder 6 Amundson, Ron 1990-1998 Box 1, Folder 7 Appel, Toby 1978-1994 Box 1, Folder 8 Appleman, Daniel 1989-1990 Box 1, Folder 9 Ates, R.M.L. 1986 Box 1, Folder 10 Atz, James M. 1983 Box 1, Folder 11 B - Miscellaneous Box 1, Folder 12 Badash, Lawrence 1977-1997 Box 1, Folder 13 Benson, Keith 1987-1999 Box 1, Folder 14 Bentley, Jerry 1988 Box 1, Folder 15 Berstein, Howard R. 1988 Box 1, Folder 16 Bowler, Peter J. 1986-1996 Box 1, Folder 17 Branagan, David 1988-1991 Box 1, Folder 18 Browne, Janet 1980-1995 Box 1, Folder 19 Brush, Stephen 1980 Box 1, Folder 20 Bulletin of the Pacific Circle (Rehbock ed.) 1998 Box 1, Folder 21 Burstyn, Harold 1980-1981 Box 1, Folder 22 Butcher, Barry W. 1985-1994 Box 1, Folder 23 C - Miscellaneous Box 1, Folder 24 Camerini, Jane 1989-1994 Philip F. Rehbock Papers SMC 0162 3 CORRESPONDENCE Alphabetical Box 1, Folder 25 Carpine-Lancre, Jacqueline 1985-1997 Box 1, Folder 26 Chauvin, Mike 1985-2001 Box 1, Folder 27 Christie, Nancy J. 1991-1994 Box 1, Folder 28 Churchill, Fred 1995-1997 Box 1, Folder 29 Conant, Sheila 1978-1988 Box 1, Folder 30 Crosby, Alfred 1991 Box 1, Folder 31 Cueto, Marcos 1991-1993 Box 1, Folder 32 D - Miscellaneous Box 1, Folder 33 Damkaer, David 1977-1978 Box 1, Folder 34 Davis, L.W. (Dave) 1991-1994 Box 1, Folder 35 Daws, Gavan and Marty Fujita 1996 Box 1, Folder 36 Deacon, Margaret 1997 Box 1, Folder 37 Dean, Dennis R. 1979-2001 Box 1, Folder 38 Dening, Greg 1981-1990 Box 1, Folder 39 Desmond, Adrian J. 1979-1985 Box 1, Folder 40 Dibner Institute Fellowship 1996-2000 Box 1, Folder 41 Edge, David 1987-1993 Box 1, Folder 42 Egerton, Frank N. 1973-2001 General note Includes photographs of Egerton and family. Box 1, Folder 43 Eyles, Joan 1983-1984 Box 1, Folder 44 F - Miscellaneous Box 1, Folder 45 Farrall, Lyndsay A. 1981 Box 1, Folder 46 Friedman, Robert Marc 1989-1996 Box 1, Folder 47 Frodin, David G. 1984-1994 Box 1, Folder 48 Frost, Alan 1984-1987 Box 1, Folder 49 G - Miscellaneous Box 1, Folder 50 Galloway, David 1985-1991 Box 1, Folder 51 Garber, Janet 1989-1994 Box 1, Folder 52 Gerson, Elihu 1986-1995 Box 1, Folder 53 Gingerich, Owen 1993 Box 1, Folder 54 Goodman, Madeleine 1978-1996 Box 1, Folder 55 Gould, Steven Jay 1981-1999 Box 1, Folder 56 Greene, John C. 1982-1986 Box 1, Folder 57 Gunson, Niel 1990-1994 Box 1, Folder 58 H - Miscellaneous Box 1, Folder 59 Hamblin, Jacob 2000 Box 1, Folder 60 Hamlin, Christopher 1983-1986 Box 1, Folder 61 Hankins, Thomas L. 1977-1990 Box 1, Folder 62 Haraway, Donna 1977-1985 Box 1, Folder 63 Hedgpeth, Joel W. 1976-1994 Box 1, Folder 64 Henson, Pamela 1988-1994 Box 1, Folder 65 Herbert, Sandra 1995-1999 Box 1, History of Science Society - Watson Davis Prize Committee 1993-1996 Folder 66-67 Box 1, Folder 68 Hoare, Michael E. 1967-1996 Box 1, Folder 69 Hodge, M.J.S. (Jon) 1987-1995 Box 1, Folder 70 Hossfeld, Uwe 1999-2000 Box 1, Folder 71 Hughes, Miranda 1985-1990 Box 1, Folder 72 International Union of History and Philosophy of Science (IUHPS), Division of History of Science, Commission on Oceanography 1994-1999 General note Rehbock was vice-president of the Commission on Oceanography. Box 1, Folder 73 Isis, Journal of the History of Science Society 1994-1995 Box 1, Folder 74 Jackson, Henry M. (Senator) 1971 Philip F. Rehbock Papers SMC 0162 4 CORRESPONDENCE Alphabetical Box 1, Folder 75 Jackson, Jeremy B.C. 1971-1976 Box 1, Folder 76 Jolly, Karen 1988-2000 Box 1, Folder 77 Kargon, Robert 1976-1996 Box 1, Folder 78 Kay, E. Alison 1975-1994 Box 1, Folder 79 Kinch, Michael P. 1974-1977 Box 1, Folder 80 Klee, Albert J. 1979 Box 1, Folder 81 Kohlstedt, Sally G.
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