Title: Clifford H. Mortimer Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1911-2010

Creator:

• Clifford H. Mortimer Papers.

Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 392

Quantity:

• 3.5 cubic ft. (6 boxes)
• 2 audio cassettes
• 2 digital files (1.43 GB)

Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Location:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Documents of Professor Clifford H. Mortimer (1911-2010) include correspondence, slides, images, and research from one of the premier limnologists in the field. The primary notes in the collection contain research charts and data, vessel logs, slides and notes related to Mortimer's work on Lake Windermere in England in the 1950s and across the Great Lakes in the U.S. throughout the 1960s to the 1980s, especially regarding his time at UW-Milwaukee as the first Director of the Center for Great Lakes Studies (now the School of Freshwater Sciences).

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-mil-uwmmss0392

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UW-Milwaukee Distinguished Professor Emeritus Clifford H. Mortimer, Ph.D. (1911-2010) was one of the premier limnologists in field who studied hydrodynamics in the United Kingdom in his early career before completing the vast majority of his research in the U.S. along the Great Lakes, and in particular of Lake Michigan. Mortimer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1958. In 1966, he was named a Distinguished Professor of Zoology at UWM and became the first director of the Center for Great Lakes Studies, now the School of Freshwater Sciences. In the 1970s he became president of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and then also president of the International Association for Great Lakes Research. He received the A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995 for his commitment to scientific excellence. Considered by some his magnum opus (among dozens of published papers, special reports and other works), his book, Lake Michigan in Motion: Response of an Inland Sea to Weather, Earth-Spin, and Human Activities, was published by the University of Wisconsin Press in 2004.

This collection contains research, professional correspondence and notes, images and other documents from Dr. Clifford H. Mortimer's career at UW-Milwaukee and prior. The files include documents, slides, audio recordings, photos, notes, and journals.

The physical and digital items primarily are arranged alphabetically by subject, then chronologically.

Citation Guide for Primary Sources

• UW-Milwaukee Center for Great Lakes Studies, Office of the Director Records, 1963-1994. UWM Archival Collection 59.

Access Restrictions

The original audio tapes are restricted; users must use the network access copies available in the Archives. There are no other access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Processing Information

Brendan Dooley processed the collection in summer and fall of 2022.

Arrangement of the Materials

The files are primarily organized alphabetically by subject, then chronologically.

The physical and digital items in this collection are divided into three series:

1. General Files, 1911-2010
2. Research Data, 1963
3. Slides and Images, 1937-2010

	Series: General Files, 1911-2010
Box   1 Folder   1	Biographical information, 1950-2010
Box   1 Folder   2	Correspondence, personal papers, and biographical information, 1950-2010
	Dictated Correspondence [audio tracks], undated Scope and Content Note: Audio recordings of Mortimer dictating professional correspondence. Access Restrictions: The original audio tapes are restricted; users must use the network access copies available in the Archives.
Audio   1-2	Physical Description: 2 audiocassettes (58 min., 36 sec.; 49 min., 03 sec.)  Access Restrictions: The original audio cassettes are restricted. Users must access the digital versions available on the network drive.
Electronic Folder	UWMMss392_Correspondence_undated_01.wav, UWMMss392_Correspondence_undated_02.wav Physical Description: 2 digital files (58 min., 36 sec.; 49 min., 03 sec.)
Box   1 Folder   3	Photos, personal and miscellaneous, 1950-2010
	Series: Research Data, 1942-1989	⇧
Box   2-3	Cruise logs, 1963
Box   1 Folder   14	Journals, 1961-1978
Box   1 Folder   4	Illinois, 1963-1981
Box   1 Folder   5	Indiana, 1979-1981
Box   1 Folder   6-7, 11-13	Lake Michigan, 1962-1976
Box   1 Folder   8	Michigan, 1973-1982
Box   1 Folder   9	Milwaukee, 1963-1981
Box   1 Folder   10	Miscellaneous, 1963-1982
	Series: Slides and Images, 1937-2010	⇧
Box   5 Folder   27	Coriolis, undated
Box   6 Folder   15	Ferries, 1962-1977, undated
Box   6 Folder   8-9	Fisheries, undated
Box   5 Folder   1-4	Great Lakes, 1963, undated
Box   5 Folder   21-22	Hydrodynamics, undated
Box   5 Folder   23	Inertia models, undated
Box   5 Folder   5	Lake Erie, undated
Box   5 Folder   7	Lake Kinneret, 1973
Box   4 Folder   1-18	Lake Michigan, 1942-1980s
Box   5 Folder   6	Lake Ontario, 1972
Box   5 Folder   9-10	Lake Windemere, 1950-52
Box   6 Folder   12-14	Lectures, 1972-1987, undated
Box   5 Folder   8	Loch Ness, 1962
Box   6 Folder   1-7	Miscellaneous, 1972-1979, undated
Box   6 Folder   17	People, 1937-1946
Box   6 Folder   16	Research Bases, 1974-1979, undated
Box   6 Folder   10-11	Special Reports, 1977, undated
Box   5 Folder   24-25	Undulator, 1969-1972
Box   5 Folder   26	Upwelling, undated
Box   5 Folder   15-20	Waves, undated