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Louis W. Hutchins Papers

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Map of Delaware Bay in vicinity of Cape May, noting placement of buoys studied as part of the United States Navy Buoy Fouling Survey, 1943-1947. Includes notes on buoys. (Image nos. SIA2012-9674 to SIA2012-9749)
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Object Details

sova.sia.faru7248
Creator:
Hutchins, Louis W., 1916-1957
Place
Plummers Island (Md.)
Topic
Invertebrate zoology
Bryozoa
Marine fouling organisms
Creator:
Hutchins, Louis W., 1916-1957
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Louis W. Hutchins Papers
Historical Note
Louis W. Hutchins (1916-1957) was born in Washington, D.C. He was educated at Yale University, B.A., 1937 and Ph.D., 1941. Hutchins worked as a laboratory assistant at Yale from 1937 to 1938. During 1941 and 1942, he studied at Ohio State University as the recipient of the Mary S. Muellhaupt Scholarship. In 1942, he joined the staff of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as an Assistant Marine Biologist. He was promoted to Associate Marine Biologist in 1943 and Marine Biologist in 1947. From 1949 to 1952, Hutchins served as Director of the Bermuda Biological Station for Research. In October 1957, Hutchins was drowned while on a field trip to Plummers Island in the Potomac River. Hutchins' primary zoological interests were the studies of marine bryozoa and marine fouling. From 1943 to 1947, Hutchins served as Chief Biologist on a survey, sponsored by the United States Navy, to study the effect of marine fouling on buoys in the coastal waters of the United States. In 1945, he was engaged by the Lynn Gas and Electric Company of Lynn, Massachusetts, to investigate the fouling problem caused by mussels in their intake water tunnel. Hutchins also participated in the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's expedition to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in 1948.
Extent
3.36 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes) (1 5x8 box)
Date
circa 1939-1957 and undated
Archival Repository
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Identifier
Record Unit 7248
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Black-and-white photographs
Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7248, Louis W. Hutchins Papers
Genre/Form
Manuscripts
Black-and-white photographs
Introduction
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
Descriptive Entry
The papers of Louis W. Hutchins document his work on marine fouling and his study of marine bryozoa, and consist of correspondence, manuscripts and reprints, field notes, and research data.
SIA.FARU7248
https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217405
Record Unit 7248
SIA
Record ID
ebl-1503511087193-1503511087197-0

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