Irving Emery Gray papers, 1915-1980

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Summary

Creator:
Gray, Irving E. (Irving Emery), 1897-1980
Abstract:
Irving Emery Gray (1897-1980) was chair of the Zoology Department at Duke University and helped establish the Duke University Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, North Carolina. His interests included marine zoology and ecology, and biological adaptation. The Irving Emery Gray Papers include correspondence, reports, notes, documents, slides, photographs, and other materials about Gray's personal and professional life. Major subjects include the Zoology Department at Duke, marine biology, Arthur Sperry Pearse, and the National Science Foundation. English.
Extent:
12 Linear Feet
Language:
English.
Collection ID:
UA.29.02.0035
University Archives Record Group:
29 -- Papers of Faculty, Staff, and Associates
29 -- Papers of Faculty, Staff, and Associates > 02 -- Individuals

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes correspondence, reports, notes, documents, slides, photographs, and other materials related to the professional career and personal life of Gray. His interests in education, zoology, biology, and ecology are represented. The collection features materials generated by his work as chair of the Zoology Department, records of the Duke University Marine Laboratory, copies of Gray's printed works, and correspondence with colleages. The first series, Personal and Family, contains correspondence and other materials related to Gray's personal life. The next series, Publications, Abstracts, and Other Writings, includes both Gray's own publications as well as those of his students. The third series, Zoology Department, Duke University, includes correspondence, minutes, memos and other materials related to Gray's administration of the department. The next series, Correspondence - Personal, Professional, contains correspondence arranged by both individual names and group affiliations. The Course Materials series documents the courses Gray taught, while the next series, Duke University Marine Laboratory - Beaufort, NC, documents Gray's work to establish a research laboratory. The following series, Lists, Keys, Charts, Graphs, Checklists, Bibliographies, includes a variety of reference materials. Field Trips contains notes and other information from Gray's research excursions, and Research Notes and Papers (Titled Folders) features the research used for Gray's publications. The following series, Research Notes and Papers (Unsorted) contains similar materials, but is unprocessed. The final series, Photographic Materials (Positives, Negatives, Slides) contains photographic material related to Gray's personal and professional life.

Biographical / historical:

Irving Emery Gray was born on May 23, 1897, in Providence, Rhode Island. He received a BA from the University of Massachusetts in 1921, followed by an MS and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. Gray came to Duke in 1931 after holding positions at De Pauw and Tulane. His specialty was the adaptation and ecology of marine life. He helped to develop the Duke University Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, North Carolina, and served as its Acting Director in 1955-1956. He also served as the chair of the Department of Zoology from 1940 to 1956. Gray served on the advisory committees of a number of marine research centers, and was a member of many professional societies. He died in Durham in 1980.

Acquisition information:
The Irving Emery Gray Papers were received by the University Archives as a gift in 1961 (A61-306), 1971 (A71-72), 1972 (A72-61), 1974 (A74-113), 1975 (A75-165), 1979 (A79-92), 1983 (A83-104), and and 1998 (A98-68).
Processing information:

Processed by University Archives Staff

Completed 1998

Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, July 11, 2003

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[Identification of item], Irving Emery Gray Papers, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.