Ellis L. Michael Papers
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2022
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
spcoll@ucsd.edu
Descriptive Summary
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Ellis L. Michael Papers
Creator:
Michael, Ellis L. (Ellis Le Roy), 1881-1920
Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0060
Physical Description:
1.2 Linear feet
(3 archives boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1907-1921
Abstract: A small collection of research material belonging to early Scripps Institution of Oceanography naturalist and zoologist Ellis
L. Michael.
Languages:
English
.
Scope and Content of Collection
A small collection of research material belonging to early Scripps Institution of Oceanography naturalist and zoologist Ellis
L. Michael. The materials were discovered in storage in the former office of George F. McEwen in the 1980s on the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography campus. It includes some correspondence and a selection of Michael's writings, research, and collected
data.
Biography
Preferred Citation
Ellis L. Michael Papers. SMC 60. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1983, 1998
OFF-SITE STORAGE
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
Publication Rights
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Naturalists -- California -- San Diego
Zoologists -- California -- San Diego
Michael, Ellis L. (Ellis Le Roy), 1881-1920 -- Archives
Bigelow, Henry Bryant, 1879-1967 -- Correspondence
Kofoid, Charles A. (Charles Atwood), 1865-1947 -- Correspondence
Ritter, William Emerson, 1856-1944 -- Correspondence
Box 1, Folder 1
Portrait photograph
undated
Box 1, Folder 2
Letters of recommendation about Michaels
1907
Box 1, Folder 3
Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science - San Diego meeting
1916
Box 1, Folder 4
Western Society of Naturalists
1916
Box 1, Folder 5
Kelp Manufacturers Association of Calif.
1917
Box 1, Folder 6
Scientific equipment orders
1916-1920
Box 1, Folder 9
Kofoid water bottle trap - Defects
1913
Box 1, Folder 10-21
Correspondence
1907-1921
General note
Includes a small number of letters to/from Henry Bryant Bigelow, Charles Kofoid, and William Ritter. Arranged chronologically.
Box 2, Folder 2
Significance of variations in the vertical distribution of the dominant plankton organism of the San Diego region
Box 2, Folder 3
Hydrogen-ion concentration of upwelling water and its bearing upon the fertility of the sea in the California region
Box 2, Folder 5-6
Organic fertility of the North Pacific Ocean
Box 2, Folder 7-8
Effect of upwelling water
Box 2, Folder 9
Physical examination of the water about San Diego and San Pedro
1901-1904
Box 2, Folder 10
Reports on the work of W. E. Allen
1917
Box 2, Folder 11
"Plankton problem" notes and writings
Box 3, Folder 1-7
Lectures 1-7 on natural history (Course 112) University of California, Berkeley
1918
Box 3, Folder 8-21
Data
General note
Includes files with raw notes and data on plankton hauls from the pier, salinity, and more.