Arthur G. Rempel Papers

Collection

Identifier: WCMss-325

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Arthur G. Rempel Papers consists of personal and professional correspondence, degrees, award certificates, travel documents, photographs, and papers from his work as a student. This collection, which dates from 1923 to 2010, also contains information on his immigration from Russia in 1923, reference and subject files including academic works by others and information on environmental issues, teaching materials including advising papers, examinations, grade books, biological supply catalogs, and Whitman College administrative papers. It also includes travel accounts, research notes, and a lengthy autobiography. This collection gives an insight into the personal and professional life of Arthur G. Rempel.

Dates

1923-2010

Creator

Rempel, Arthur G. (Arthur Gustav) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Historical Note

Arthur G. Rempel was born in Ukraine in 1910 and immigrated to the United States with his siblings after his parents died in the Russian Revolution. He attended Oberlin in 1934, and then got his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkely in 1938. During that year, he was hired at Whitman to teach biology where he worked up until his retirement in 1976. Arthur was married to Lucile Rempel. He died May 1, 2007.

Extent

31.6 Linear Feet (29 record cartons, 2 manuscript boxes, 1 flat box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Arthur G. Rempel Papers consists of correspondence, writings, teaching materials, reference files, drawings, and documents of Arthur G. Rempel, a professor of Biology at Whitman College. The collection dates from 1923 to 2010.

Physical Location

Box 1: D.26.5 Box 2: D.26.5 Box 3: D.26.6 Box 4: D.26.6 Box 5: D.26.6 Box 6: D.26.7 Box 7: D.26.7 Box 8: D.26.7 Box 9: D.27.1 Box 10: D.27.1 Box 11: D.27.1 Box 12: D.27.2 Box 13: D.27.2 Box 14: N.162.1 Box 15: D.27.2 Box 16: D.27.3 Box 17: D.27.3 Box 18: D.27.3 Box 19: D.27.4 Box 20: D.27.4 Box 21: D.27.4 Box 22: D.27.5 Box 23: D.27.3 Box 24: D.27.5 Box 27: D.27.7 Box 27: D.26.5 Box 28: D.27.7 Box 29: D.27.7 Box 30: D.28.1 Box 31: D.28.1 Box 32: D.28.1 Box 25a: D.27.5 Box 25b: D.27.6 Box 26a: D.27.6 Box 26b: D.27.6 BOx 27: D.26.5

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated to the Whitman College and Northwest Archives by Arthur Rempel in 1988 and 1993. The accession number associated with this donation is retro-0565.