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SMC 0030
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Tillie Genter Papers
Creator:
Genter, Tillie, 1893-1955
Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0030
Physical Description:
0.8 Linear feet
(2 archives boxes, 1 map case folder)
Date (inclusive): 1901-1955
Abstract: Tillie Genter's papers and photograph collection, assembled over the course of her career from 1919-1948 as secretary to three
consecutive directors at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Languages:
English
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Tillie Genter (1893-1955) was secretary to three consecutive directors at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography from 1919
until her retirement in 1948: William Emerson Ritter, Thomas Wayland Vaughan, and Harald Ulrik Sverdrup. Throughout her career
she collected photographs documenting the campus, history, and personnel of SIO.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
Publication rights are held by the Regents of the University of California.
Acquired 1983.
Tillie Genter Papers. SMC 30. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of Tillie Genter's papers and photographs, gathered over the course of her career from 1919-1944 as
secretary to three consecutive directors at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO). The 250 photographic prints and
approximately 170 negatives document the early years of the Marine Biological Association of San Diego, and its evolution
into SIO at its current location in La Jolla, California. The collection includes images of buildings, the campus site, research
vessels, faculty and staff by local photographers Harry Erickson and Herbert Fitch, although the creators of most of the photographs
are unidentified. The papers include miscellaneous material relating to Genter's career and the history of SIO, including
early construction documents for Irving J. Gill buildings and the pier.
Arranged in two series: 1) PHOTOGRAPHS & NEGATIVES, and 2) PAPERS.
Selected photographs from this collection have been digitized and can be viewed through links in the container list, or by
searching on the term "Tillie Genter Papers" on the UC San Diego Digital Collections website.
SIO Biographical Files, SAC 5. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographs -- California -- San Diego -- 20th century
La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.) -- Photographs
Marine Biological Association of San Diego (Calif.) -- Photographs
Genter, Tillie, 1893-1955 -- Archives
Fitch, Herbert R. (Herbert Richardson), 1868-1958 -- Photographs
Scripps Institution of Oceanography -- Photographs
Erickson, Harry A., 1884-1962 -- Photographs