Albert Patrick Blair papers, 1943-1987

Collection

Identifier: 1000-140

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of the photocopied typescript of Blair's "Memoirs," Observations on Plants of Eastern Oklahoma," and a carbon copy typescript of "Susceptibility of the Spadefoot Toad and the Tree Frog to Ouabain, Cymarin and Coumingine Hydrochloride." Also included in the collection are 188 letters, postcards and notes from various colleagues to Blair from 1940-1994

Also included in the collection are Blair's military service records from 1943 to 1946 while serving in the Army Air Forces at the School of Aviation Medicine. The material relates to Blair's appointment and training, medical records, special orders, discharge documents, and certificates of appreciation.

Dates

Creation: 1943 - 1996

Creator

Blair, Albert Patrick, 1913-2004 (Donor, Person)

Access

This material is open for research use by any registered reader. This material is housed off-site and will require advance notice of 1 business day for use.

Use and Copyright

This material is owned by the University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections. Unpublished manuscripts are under copyright. Therefore, permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from both the repository and the copyright holder.

Biographical / Historical

Dr. Albert Patrick Blair, a zoologist, was a member of the University of Tulsa Department of Biology, 1947-1979. He was a founding member of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists, and a member of many scientific organizations, including the Society for the Study of Evolution (as a charter member), the American Society of Human Genetics (as a charter member), the Herpetologists' League, the American Society of Naturalists, and he was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He authored over 50 scientific works that appeared in such journals as PNAS, Genetics, Copeia, Herpetologica, American Midland Naturalist, and The Southwestern Naturalist. He received the W. Frank Blair Eminent Naturalist Award in 2003.