Finding aid for the Allan Hancock Foundation Archive
0257
Finding aid prepared by John Fowler; Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189
213-740-5900
specol@usc.edu
2012 May
Title: Allan Hancock Foundation Archive
Collection number: 0257
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
740.92 Linear feet
363 boxes, 86 film boxes, 652 film reels
Date: 1823-2005
Abstract: The Allan Hancock Foundation Archive contains records of the Foundation set up at the University of Southern California by
G. Allan Hancock for the purpose of furthering oceanographic studies. These records also include those materials from the
library and museum that were associated with the Foundation, as well some personal mementos of Captain Hancock's and the Hancock
family. Also included are extensive records of the research ship Velero IV, as well as sound recordings, photographs and films
produced by and related to the Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions of the Foundation (1925-1960). The expeditions explored the
eastern Pacific coast into South America, visiting the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Panama, and Baja California.
creator:
Allan Hancock Foundation.
creator:
Garth, John S., (John Shrader), 1909-1993
creator:
Hancock, Allan, 1875-
creator:
Schmitt, Waldo L., (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977
creator:
Swett, W. Charles
creator:
Taylor, William Randolph, 1895-
creator:
Ulrey, A.B., (Albert Brennus), 1860-1932
Preferred Citation
[Item/Box/Folder number], Allan Hancock Foundation Archive, Collection no. 0257, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Scope and Content
The Hancock Foundation Archive consists of correspondence, reports, clippings, photographs, sound recordings, film, and other
materials, 1823-2005, documenting the activities and history of the Hancock Foundation at the University of Southern California,
its founder G. Allan Hancock, and the Hancock family. Included are records of the Foundation's scientific and research activities
in marine biology and zoology; the Foundation's Library; the Hancock Museum, housed in the Foundation building on the USC
campus; and the research vessel Velero IV, the second of Captain Hancock's ships put into service for research purposes. Also
included are historical documents regarding the Hancock family's land interests in Los Angeles, and material documenting the
non-scientific interests of Captain Hancock.
Historical note
George Allan Hancock was born on 26 July 1875, the heir to the Hancock family's extensive Los Angeles land holdings, including
Rancho La Brea. Hancock expanded the family fortunes through oil exploration on the Rancho beginning in 1901, and continued
to increase those fortunes for the next two decades. In 1920, he founded the California Bank. By the middle of the 1920's
he also had significant holdings in railroads and communications.
In addition to his business skills, Hancock was an accomplished cellist and an avid sailor. He formed the Hancock Ensemble,
later associated with the Foundation, and captained many of the Foundation's early scientific expeditions, including those
to the Galapagos Islands. In 1934, as a result of an early Foundation expedition, he became involved in a tabloid sensation
concerning Germans living in a "Garden of Eden" nudist colony on Galapagos. There were several mysterious murders in the colony,
and Hancock was said to have "rescued" the companion of one of the victims.
Hancock also served on the University of Southern California's Board of Regents, and in 1937 was granted an honorary doctoral
degree in Business Administration by the University. Very soon thereafter Hancock initiated plans to establish a Foundation
for Oceanography at USC. The Allan Hancock Foundation continued the work begun by USC's Venice Marine Station and Professor
Albert Ulrey. In turn, it was ultimately superceded in the 1990's by the Catalina Station.
In 1939 Hancock funded the construction of a new building for the Foundation. The building was dedicated in 1941 and included,
in addition to an auditorium and laboratories, a museum and a library. The Hancock Museum became a showplace for Hancock's
and USC's collection of fine artifacts, especially furnishings from the Hancock residence in Hancock Park (demolished), some
of the rooms of which are recreated in the museum. The Library gained its first large collection in the 1943 when it purchased
much of the nineteenth century serials collection of the Boston Society of Natural History. Subsequent purchases continued
to expand the Library's collections. The collection has now been subsumed by the USC Libraries.
With the dedication of the new Foundation building, Hancock also donated his yacht, the Velero III, to USC for oceanographic
studies. The Velero III had been in service for oceanographic studies since the early 1930s with the first Hancock Pacific
Expeditions. In 1948 a new ship, the Velero IV, was commissioned exclusively for the use of the Foundation; it remained in
service until the mid-1980's.
Hancock died on 1 June 1965. The Foundation, Museum, and Library he established continued to function in their original forms
for three more decades until they were absorbed into other USC operations.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Processing note
The first 20 boxes of the archive's records were processed by John Fowler in 2005. Most of the sound recordings, negatives
and films were inventoried by Special Collections staff prior to the creation of this finding aid. In 2011-2012, Sue Luftschein
completed the processing of the bulk of the collection, encoded the original inventory, and produced this finding aid.
Separated Materials
The Hancock Foundation Archive originally included many linear feet of journals and off-prints of Foundation publications.
These were separated from the collection to be cataloged individually for inclusion in USC Librariers' OPAC, Homer.
Related Archival Materials
Albert B. Ulrey and Florence Speicher Ulrey papers, Collection no. 0258, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California
KUSC records, Collection no. 5133, University Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Organization
The Allan Hancock Foundation Archives are organized into 6 series: 1. Foundation; 2. Library; 3. Museum; 4. Velero IV; 5.
Hancock Estate; and 6. G. Allan Hancock personal.
In general, files within each series and subseries are arranged alphabetically unless otherwise stated.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Allan Hancock Foundation. -- Archives
Anton Dohrn (Ship). -- Archives
Boston Society of Natural History. -- Archives
Eltanin (Ship). -- Archives
Garth, John S., (John Shrader), 1909-1993 -- Archives
Halmos, Dorothy M. -- Archives
Hancock family -- Archives
Hancock, Allan, 1875- -- Archives
KUSC (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.). -- Archives
McCulloch, Irene Agnes, b. 1886 -- Archives
R/V Velero IV (Cruiser). -- Archives
Schmitt, Waldo L., (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977 -- Correspondence
Ulrey, A.B., (Albert Brennus), 1860-1932 -- Archives
University of Southern California. Marine Biological Station. -- Archives
University of Southern California. -- Faculty
University of Southern California. -- History
Velero III (Ship). -- Archives
Actions and defenses--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Biological specimens--Collection and preservation--Photographs
Bolivia--Photographs
Cocos (Keeling) Islands--Photographs
Collection management (Libraries)--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Colombia--Photographs
Correspondence
Costa Rica--Photographs
Diaries
Ecuador--Photographs
Financial records
Galapagos Islands--Photographs
Inventories
La Brea Pits (Calif.)--History--Archival resources
Lantern slides
Legal documents
Libraries--California--Los Angeles--Archival resouces
Library administration--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Logs (records)
Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--Archival resources
Marine biology research vessels--California--Archival resources
Marine biology--Research--California--Archival resources
Memorandums
Mexico--Photographs
Motion pictures (visual works)
Museums--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Negatives (photographic)
Nicaragua--Photographs
Panama--Photographs
Peru--Photographs
Photographs
Science and technology libraries--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Scientific expeditions--Galapagos Islands--Archival resources
Scientific expeditions--Galapagos Islands--Photographs
Scientific expeditions--Mexico--Archival resouces
Scientific expeditions--Mexico--Photographs
Seri Indians--Mexico--Photographs
Slides (photographs)
Sound recordings
Underwater exploration--California--Archival resources
Underwater exploration--California--Photographs
Zoological specimens--Collection and preservation--Archival resources
Zoological specimens--Collection and preservation--Photographs
Foundation
1898-2005
Scope and Content
The Foundation series contains records documenting the operation of the Foundation, exclusive of those materials which appear
in other series. These materials include items documenting the construction and dedication of Foundation buildings, information
documenting everyday operations, files relating to individuals, publications, and publicity. Also included are materials contributed
by the estates of individuals closely associated with the Foundation, in particular: Nina Hosler Loomis, John S. Garth, and
Charles Wade. Some of these papers are not strictly concerned with Foundation activities, yet are included here as a result
of their provenance. Also included are the LPs produced by KUSC of the Hancock Ensemble in performance, performances particular
to USC held on campus, and news and dramatic programs broadcast on KUSC and other local Los Angeles radio stations; the films
created by the Foundation documenting the Hancock Pacific Expeditions, marine biology, and trips of the Velero III and IV;
and photographs.
Of particular note are the photographs; these include documentation of the 1930s Hancock Pacific Expeditions by photographer
Charles Swett; extensive documentation of these same expeditions by one of their principal scientists, Dr. John S. Garth;
and images of orchids and other biological and zoological specimens of interest to scientists associated with the Foundation
and USC.
Organization
The Foundation series is organized into the following subseries: 1. Correspondence; 2. Foundation building architecture and
design; 3. Foundation history; 4. Foundation staff and scientists; 5. John S. Garth papers; 6. Grant proposals; 7. Oceanographic
stations; 8. Operations; 9. Other agencies; 10. Photographic and cinematic collections; 11. Publications; 12. Publicity; 13.
Slide presentations and public lectures; 14. Sound recordings; and 15. Charles Wade papers.
Correspondence
1953-2001
Arrangement
The Correspondence subseries is arranged chronologically with some overlap between individual files.
Scope and Content
Routine correspondence regarding educational and exploratory activities of the Foundation.
Box 208, Folder 6-7
Inter-Department
1948-1952
Box 4, Folder 49
Chronological correspondence
1953-1960
Box 4, Folder 50
Chronological correspondence
1961
Box 4, Folder 51
Chronological correspondence
1962-1966
Box 208, Folder 3
Easter Island correspondence
1965-1971
Box 4, Folder 52
Chronological correspondence
1967-1969
Box 4, Folder 53
Chronological correspondence
1973-1979
Box 296, Folder 3, Box 4, Folder 54
Chronological correspondence
1980-1993, 2001
Foundation building architecture and design
1939-1998
Scope and Content
Records and documents of the planning and construction of the Hancock Foundation building. Also included are descriptions
and photographs.
Organization
The Architecture and Design subseries is organized into the following sub-subseries: 1. Auditorium; 2. Construction; 3. Dedication;
4. Photographs; and 5. Plans.
Box 208, Folder 2
Auditorium specifications for projection
1940
Box 6, Folder 27
Construction work plan
1998
Box 8, Folder 58, Box 220, Folder 8
Box 12, Folder 16
Office set--specifications
1939
Box 9, Folder 138-140
Photographs: Allan Hancock Foundation Building [presentation copy]
1939
Box 11, Folder 32, Box 220, Folder 9
Box 40, Folder 53, Box 4, Folder 75
Box 4, Folder 74
Program and invitation
1941
Box 8, Folder 67, 70
Building photographs
undated
Box 4, Folder 66
Plan of the first floor
undated
Box 4, Folder 67
Remodeling plan for AHF 209
circa 1974
Box 4, Folder 68
Descriptions of Hancock Hall without provenance
undated
Foundation history
1950-1995
Scope and Content
Attempted histories, personal recollections, collections of resources aimed at writing a systematic history of the Foundation.
Box 8, Folder 61
"50 mile copper pipe"
1987
Box 6, Folder 7
Correspondence with History Media Institute
1986-1992
Box 4, Folder 79
Garth, John S. "The Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California"
1963
Box 4, Folder 80
Garth, John S. "Personal Recollections of John S. Garth, PhD"
1986
Box 4, Folder 81
Garth, John S. "The Early History of the Allan Hancock Foundation"
1990
Box 4, Folder 82
Halmos, Dorothy. "The Building of a Library"
undated
Box 4, Folder 78
Library history typescript
undated
Box 1, Folder 84
Pamphlets and other materials collected together for a history
1950-1995
Foundation staff and scientists
1933-1993
Scope and Content
Includes materials generated by or about prominent members of the Foundation. Most of the materials are encomiums or eulogies.
The non-book materials from the Loomis donation are in this subseries.
Box 4, Folder 119
Buchanan, James William
1952
Box 1, Folder 89, Box 4, Folder 116-117
Dawson, Elmer Yale
1953-1966, undated
Scope and Content
Publications; obituary; list of algae.
Box 3, Folder 40, Box 5, Folder 1, 13
Fiore, Warvelle "Tony"
1985-1986
Scope and Content
Photograph; letters; biography.
Box 4, Folder 115, Box 9, Folder 46
Garth, John S.
1958, 1993
Scope and Content
Excerpts from letters; memorial service. See also John S. Garth papers subseries in Foundation series.
Box 4, Folder 114
Halmos, Dorothy
1954
Scope and Content
Original contract.
Box 4, Folder 34
Hancock, G. Allan
circa 1940
Scope and Content
Brochure from the Allan Hancock College of Aeronautics, Santa Maria, California.
Box 4, Folder 113, Box 8, Folder 51, Box 214-217, Box 218-219
Hartman, Olga
1966-1974
Scope and Content
Lecture announcement and publications list; memorandum regarding her death; Dr. Hartman's bibliographic card file.
Box 1, Folder 90-95
Loomis, Nina Hosler
1933-1964, undated
Scope and Content
Nina Hosler Loomis, "An Algal Habitat in the Salt Marshes"; list of Loomis's library holdings on marine algae; post-mortem
tributes; catalogs of German Booksellers; turn of the century sepia portrait photographs of two unknown women; business card
of Cecil Loomis, Nina Loomis' son. Contributed by Loomis' estate.
Box 11, Folder 40
MacIsaac, Jane J.
1982
General Physical Description note: Bound volume
Box 4, Folder 111
Marancovich, Louie Nick, Jr.
1973
Box 4, Folder 110, Box 9, Folder 142, Box 245, Box 8, Folder 73
McCulloch, Irene
1977-1978
Scope and Content
Article; photographs; certificates; dedication ceremony material.
Box 208, Folder 8-10
Savage, Jay R.
1972-1976
Scope and Content
Correspondence between Savage and R. P. Dinsmore; agendas and information for UNOLS [University-National Oceanographic Laboratory
System] of which the Foundation was a member.
Box 4, Folder 108
Soule, Dorothy
circa 1972
John S. Garth papers
1916-1993
Scope and Content
Papers of Dr. John S. Garth, who was associated with the Foundation for over half a century. See also Garth's photographs
in the Photographic and cinematic collections subseries; and correspondence and other materials in the Foundation staff and
scientists subseries.
Organization
The John S. Garth papers subseries is organized into the following sub-subseries: 1. Collected materials; 2. Correspondence;
3. Cruises and trips; 4. Department of Crustacea; 5. Memorabilia; and 6. Photographs.
Collected materials
1945-1951, undated
Box 6, Folder 3, Box 220, Folder 17
Slevin, Joseph R. "An account of the reptiles inhabiting the Galapagos Islands"
circa 1945
General Physical Description note: Typescript
Box 12, Folder 2
Royal Society of New Zealand book list
circa 1951
Box 6, Folder 61
Conchologia Iconica
circa 1947
Box 11, Folder 35, Box 4, Folder 124
[Fragments with no clear provenance]
undated
Box 3, Folder 33
Australian Museum
1975-1977
Box 11, Folder 33
Captain Hancock
1940-1942
Box 296, Folder 13, Box 11, Folder 34
General correspondence
1932-1989
Box 220, Folder 19
General correspondence
1950
Box 296, Folder 12, Box 8, Folder 59
General correspondence
1961-1979
Box 6, Folder 1
National Museum of New Zealand
1978
Box 296, Folder 4
Waldo Schmitt letters re photos
1935, 1939
Cruises and trips
1916-1941
Box 25, Folder 12
1931-1932 cruise notes and report
circa 1932
Box 25, Folder 13
1933 expedition journal
1933
Box 25, Folder 5
Atlantic cruises report
circa 1939
Box 25, Folder 14
Cruise personnel and itinerary
1931-1940
Box 25, Folder 18
Cruise progress report
1939
Box 25, Folder 17
Cruise quarters assignments
1938
Box 25, Folder 6
Hancock Pacific Expedition of 1931-1932 report
circa 1932
Box 25, Folder 7
Hancock Pacific Expedition of 1931-1932 report, introduction by G. McLean Fraser
circa 1930s
Box 25, Folder 10
"Hydroids and other Coelenterates" by Dr. C. McLean Fraser
1930s
Box 25, Folder 11
Journal record of the trip from Long Beach to Duncan, B.C. and return
1926 August 6-30
Box 25, Folder 9
Miscellaneous notes
undated
Box 25, Folder 1
Ochsner report and pictures of Galapagos Islands
1916 June 2
Box 25, Folder 3
Reports by scientists, 1933-1934 expedition to Galapagos
circa 1933-1934
Box 25, Folder 8
Reports of scientists, 1933-1934 expeditions
circa 1930s
Box 25, Folder 2
"Third Galapagos Trip of the Velero III in the Winter of 1933-1934: from the log book of the 'Medicine Man' of the trip"
circa 1934
Box 25, Folder 4
Velero III equipment and storage
1931-1941
Department of Crustacea
1942-1987, undated
Box 11, Folder 31
Bibliography on note cards
undated
Box 6, Folder 16
Cholla Bay Paguristes correspondence
1985-1987
Box 6, Folder 15
Cholla Bay Paguristes Cricotus
undated
Box 6, Folder 18
Cholla Bay Paguristes Perrieri
undated
Box 6, Folder 21
Gulf of Californa Paguristes
undated
Box 3, Folder 34
Lecture preparation materials
1942-1948
Box 9, Folder 6
Lectures on the History of Taxonomy
undated
Box 6, Folder 26
Metabolic reactions
undated
Box 6, Folder 28
New South Wales, Chirostylidae
undated
Box 6, Folder 29
New South Wales, Galothadae
undated
Box 6, Folder 17
Paguristes Anahuaeus
undated
Box 6, Folder 20
Paguristes bibullatus
undated
Box 6, Folder 19
Paguristes color notes to "Vega"
undated
Box 6, Folder 25
Portunid locations
undated
Box 6, Folder 23
Portunid records ex lit and color notes
undated
Box 277-278
Prepared microscope slides of specimens
undated
Box 6, Folder 30
Taxonomic lists
1955-1980
Box 39, Folder 10
Dr. John S. Garth [clippings, photographs, recollections]
circa 1940s-1988
Box 220, Folder 20
Garth reception flyer
1986
Box 38, Folder 5
John S. Garth memorial service program
1993
Box 9, Folder 49
Pacific Geographic Magazine article
1936
Box 280
Plaque presented to Garth by students and faculty
1975
Box 51
South American colloquium certificate
1990
Photographs
1929-1992, undated
Box 211
Aerial views--shore line
undated
Box 211, Box 210
Atlantic report photos--Garth
undated
Box 210
Bathepelogic net--Hancock expedition
circa 1930s
Box 211
Clausidium Hemicyclops
undated
Box 210
Garth notes re photographs, 1933 expedition
circa 1933
Box 210
Garth photos--Galapagos
undated
Box 210
Garth photos--marine specimens
undated
Box 51, Box 210
Garth photos--misc.
undated
Box 210
Garth photos--Velero
undated
Box 211
Hancock Expedition photos--Garth narrative
undated
Box 210, Box 211
Hancock Expedition photographs
1930s
Box 210
Hancock Foundation photographs
undated
Box 269, Box 235, Box 259, Box 270, Box 300, Box 298-299
Hancock Expedition snapshots
1930s
Scope and Content
Small format negatives and photographs taken by Garth on the earliest Hancock Pacific Expeditions. The negatives in boxes
298 and 299 include description lists. Not all negatives have corresponding prints.
Box 210
Negatives of Hancock building construction
1940
Box 210
[Orchestral performance photographs]
undated
Box 25, Folder 22
Photographs, Catalina trip
1929 November
Box 25, Folder 24
Photographs, Catalina trip
1929 Summer
Box 25, Folder 23
Photographs, Santa Cruz Island trip
1929 December 27-30
Box 211
Specimen negative and photograph
undated
Box 211
Specimen photographs
undated
Box 211, Box 259
Waldo Schmitt photos
1933
Box 259
William Randolph Taylor photos
Box 36, Folder 53-56
Grant proposals
1964-1968
Oceanographic stations
1898-1992
Scope and Content
Records documenting, in part, the founding and operations of USC's Venice Marine Station and the work of Professor Albert
Ulrey, and the early USC research vessel the Anton Dohrn. USC's Catalina Station, which superseded the Foundation and the
scientific investigations of the Velero IV, is also documented here.
Organization
The Oceanographic stations subseries is organized into the following sub-subseries: 1. Venice Station; 2. Catalina Station;
and 3. Miscellaneous.
General note
Box 13 is missing.
Venice Station
1898-1946
Organization
The Venice Station sub-subseries is organized into the following sub-subseries: 1. Alfred Ulrey papers; 2. Anton Dohrn; 3.
Operations; and 4. Reports, surveys, and data.
Alfred Ulrey papers
1910-1929
Box 40, Folder 62
A.B. Ulrey notebook
1910-1912
Box 40, Folder 63
[Urolophus notes and talk]
1916
Box 40, Folder 64
[Ulrey publications]
circa 1925
Box 40, Folder 65
[New specimens report]
undated
Box 40, Folder 66
[Ulrey correspondence with David Starr Jordon re "Southern California Fishes"]
1924-1928
Box 40, Folder 67
Checklist of Fishes
circa 1929
Box 40, Folder 68
[A Checklist of Fishes]
circa 1920s
Box 40, Folder 70
[Ulrey notes]
circa 1920s
Box 40, Folder 71
[Checklist of Fishes]
circa 1928
Box 40, Folder 72
[Ulrey stationery]
circa 1910s-1920s
Box 50, Folder 31
Anton Dohrn/VMBS log
1913 January-February
Box 50, Folder 32-33
[Marine Fishes draft]
circa 1928
Box 25, Folder 28
Anton Dohrn correspondence and clippings, Zoology Department
1914, 1927, 1929
Box 25, Folder 32
Anton Dohrn correspondence
1917 January 30
Box 50, Folder 15
Log of the Anton Dohrn
1911 November 24-1915 June 16
Box 25, Folder 50
[Anton Dohrn] Ships log
1912
Box 25, Folder 51
[Anton Dohrn] Ships log
1912-1913
Box 25, Folder 52
Anton Dohrn logs
1912-1913
Box 50, Folder 29
Summaries--trips, trawl & dredge series
1912-1928
Box 50, Folder 16
Anton Dohrn logbook
1913 July 29-August 12
Box 50, Folder 17
Anton Dohrn logbook
1913 November 25-1914 March 14
Box 50, Folder 18
[Anton Dohrn log]
1914 November 25-December 27, 1915 March 20
Box 25, Folder 53
[Anton Dohrn] Ships log
1914
Box 25, Folder 54
[Anton Dohrn] Ships log
1914, 1915
Box 25, Folder 55
Anton Dohrn trip logs and notes
1914-1916, 1918
Box 25, Folder 56
Trips of the Anton Dohrn
1914-1917
Box 25, Folder 57
Anton Dohrn log book
1914-1927
Box 25, Folder 58
[Anton Dohrn] Ships log
1915
Box 25, Folder 59
[Anton Dohrn] Ships log
1915
Box 25, Folder 60
Anton Dohrn logs
1915-1916
Box 25, Folder 61
Anton Dohrn logs
1915, 1916
Box 26, Folder 1
[Anton Dohrn] Ships log
1915-1916
Box 50, Folder 19
Log of the Anton Dohrn
1915-1923
Box 26, Folder 2
[Anton Dohrn] Ships log book
1916 June
Box 26, Folder 3
Trips of the Anton Dohrn
1916-1917
Box 26, Folder 4
[Anton Dohrn] Ships log
1916-1918
Box 26, Folder 5
[Anton Dohrn] Ships logs
1916-1919
Box 26, Folder 6
Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara trips [Anton Dohrn logs]
1916-1922
Box 26, Folder 7
Trip logs and notes
1916-1928
Box 50, Folder 20
Anton Dohrn log
1916 December 26-1917 April 8
Box 26, Folder 9
Anton Dohrn logs
1919, 1921, 1922
Box 26, Folder 11
Anton Dohrn logs
1922, 1924
Box 26, Folder 12
[Anton Dohrn] Ships log
1923
Box 50, Folder 21
Log of the Anton Dohrn
1924 January 12-1925 August 1
Box 26, Folder 14
Handwritten trip logs
1924
Box 26, Folder 15
Anton Dohrn log
1924-1925
Box 26, Folder 16
Anton Dohrn logs
1925 June-August
Box 50, Folder 22
Log Anton Dohrn
1925 September 25-1926 May 20
Box 26, Folder 18
Anton Dohrn logs
1925-1926
Box 50, Folder 23
Anton Dohrn logs
1926 June 27-1927 January 29
Box 50, Folder 24
Anton Dohrn log
1927 January 19-27
Box 50, Folder 25
Log of the Anton Dohrn
1927 September 19-1928 November 27
Box 26, Folder 19
Anton Dohrn logs
1928 November
Box 50, Folder 26
[Logs]
1928 December 7-1929 May 24
Box 50, Folder 27
Anton Dohrn log
1928 December
Box 26, Folder 21
Marine Station report, Anton Dohrn logs
1928-1929
Box 26, Folder 22
Anton Dohrn logs
1929 June-1930 May
Box 50, Folder 28
Log Anton Dorhn
1929 June 19-1930 May 17
Box 27, Folder 2
Anton Dohrn logs
1930 July-1931 June
Box 27, Folder 3
Anton Dohrn logs
1930-1931
Box 27, Folder 4
Anton Dohrn logs
1931-1932
Box 27, Folder 5
Logs of the Anton Dohrn
1934-1935
Box 50, Folder 30
Coastal maps
1911, undated
Box 25, Folder 31
Anton Dohrn receipts, notes
1917
Box 25, Folder 45
Anton Dohrn penalty correspondence
1929-1930
Box 25, Folder 48
Marine appliances
undated
Box 25, Folder 44
Marine Station correspondence
1927-1928
Box 1, Folder 85
Pamphlets and list of publications
1902-circa 1930
Box 13, Folder 10
Program of the exercises of the installation of the work of the Venice Marine Biological Station
1911
Box 25, Folder 49
USGS San Diego Bay to Pt. Conception chart
1911
Reports, surveys, and data
1898-1946
Box 25, Folder 29
Marine Biological Station report
1916
Box 25, Folder 33
Marine Biological Station report and correspondence
1917, 1920
Box 25, Folder 30
Marine Station report
1917
Box 25, Folder 38
Marine Station report
1923
Box 25, Folder 39
Marine Station report
1923
Box 25, Folder 37
New Marine Biological Station reports and correspondence
1920s-1930s
Box 25, Folder 25
Olaf Sundin reports of standing
1898-1902
Box 25, Folder 35
Proposal for Marine Station, report
circa 1920
Box 25, Folder 26
Report of Marine Biological Station
1912
Box 25, Folder 40
Report of Marine Biological Station
1923-1924
Box 25, Folder 42
Report of Marine Biological Station
1925-1926
Box 25, Folder 43
Marine Biological Station report
1927
Box 25, Folder 46
Annual report of Marine Station and Log, Anton Dohrn
1931-1932
Box 25, Folder 47
Marine Station reports
1934, 1935
Box 40, Folder 57
Detailed Report of Biological Survey in the Vicinity of Venice--Stanley S. Hoote
1915 June 28-August 6
Box 40, Folder 60
Survey and key intro
circa 1924
Box 25, Folder 36
Long Beach Station draft
circa 1920s
Box 13, Folder 11
Ulrey, A. B. "The Venice Aquarium and Marine Station."
1911
Box 26, Folder 8
Venice Marine Biological Station by Carleton C. Shay
1917 May
Box 40, Folder 56
Log--Special Fisheries work
1914 June 24
Box 202, Folder 3
Station data--Hubbs
1933-1946
Box 25, Folder 27
Trawl and dredge lists
1912-1925
Box 25, Folder 34
Marine Station citations
circa 1920
Catalina Station
1966-1979
Box 11, Folder 37
Architect's specifications, William L. Pereira and Associates
1966
Box 11, Folder 39
Final schedules and details, William L. Pereira and Associates
1966
Box 4, Folder 90
Planning photographs
circa 1968
Box 4, Folder 87
Program in Marine and Coastal Issues
1978-1979
Box 245
Santa Catalina Marine Biological Laboratory poster
1970
Box 11, Folder 38
Schedules and details, William L. Pereira and Associates
1966
Box 11, Folder 47-50, Box 13, Folder 1
Sea Grant Proposal: Ocean Resources Development and Management, second year, correspondence and four volume report
1971
Box 6, Folder 64
Drift Card [possibly from Robert E. Stevenan's 1958 study]
1958?
Box 1, Folder 87
Establishing a Viable ORU for Ocean Studies
1987
Box 8, Folder 65
John V. Vickers [Ship]
1992
Box 202, Folder 4
Marine Support Facility, Wilmington, information packet
1978 September
Operations
1941-1996
Scope and Content
Covers the day-to-day operations of the Foundation.
Box 4, Folder 58-60
Activities reports
1954-1957
Box 39, Folder 11
Allan Hancock Foundation institutional questionnaire
circa 1973
Box 1, Folder 88
Commendation letter from Allan Hancock
circa 1950
Box 11, Folder 42
Donations (Fossil Fish Collection from Asbjorn P. Ousdal)
1941
Box 220, Folder 14
Entry for Marine Laboratories directory
1950
Box 4, Folder 57
Fire Department survey
1962
Box 1, Folder 18
Foundation organization
1985-1986
Box 9, Folder 50
Jacques Cousteau SCUBA demonstration
1950
Scope and Content
See also photographs of Jacques Cousteau in box 230.
Box 295, Folder 48
LA County Museum of Natural History meeting minutes
1972 November 3
Box 40, Folder 49
Live animal inventory
1963
Box 11, Folder 20
Loans (Muybridge plates)
1978
Box 8, Folder 52
Memorandum re patron note of praise
1955
Box 11, Folder 36
Murman donation of films
1978
Box 13, Folder 2
Research Laboratories Modernization and Rehabilitation Grant Application
1959
Box 5, Folder 14-15
Security memorandums
1972-1991
Box 36, Folder 62
Specimens removed and returned by Henry Genthe, at Univ. of California at Santa Barbara
undated
Box 1, Folder 13
Staff: Research areas
1980-1984
Box 11, Folder 18, 22
Staff Publications: bibliography and lists
1955-1969
Box 8, Folder 60
Transfer of specimens to the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History
1973-1990
Other agencies
1956-1967
Scope and Content
Most of the records in this subseries document activities of the USNS Eltanin and its Antarctic research trips, many of which
included USC and Foundation scientists.
Box 220, Folder 11
"Characteristics and Effects of Hyperion Effluent in Santa Monica Bay" by Norman B. Hume, Charles G. Gunnerson and Charles
E. Imel, Bureau of Sanitation, City of Los Angeles
1960 February 5
Box 220, Folder 12
Cruise report offshore surveys, City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation
1956-1958
Box 39, Folder 12
Eltanin Cruise 2 hourly data sheets
1962
Box 206, Folder 11
Elltanin data sheets--Cruise 27
1966-1967
Box 30-33
Hourly data sheets, USNS Eltanin
1962-1966
Scope and Content
Cruises 3-16, 18-20, 22-24, 26.
Box 206, Folder 1-10
Official Data Books, USC--Marine Biology, Eltanin--Antarctic
1960s
Box 198, Folder 18-21
Report, "Operations during USNS Eltanin Cruise 32, University of Southern California Antarctic Project"
1962
Box 198, Folder 22
Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 1-3
1962 March-June
Box 198, Folder 23
Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 4
1962 July-August
Box 198, Folder 24
Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 5
1962 September-November
Box 198, Folder 25
Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 6
1962 November 25-1963 January 15
Box 198, Folder 26
Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 7
1963 February 6-March 14
Box 198, Folder 27
Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 8
1963 April-May
Box 198, Folder 28
Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 9
1963 August-September
Box 198, Folder 29
Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 10
1963 October-November
Box 198, Folder 30
Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 11
1963 December 30-1964 February 17
Box 202, Folder 8
Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 12
1964
Box 202, Folder 9
Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 13
1964
Box 202, Folder 10
Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 14
1964
Box 202, Folder 11-12
Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 15
1964
Box 202, Folder 13
Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 16
1965
Box 202, Folder 14
Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 18-19
1965
Box 22, Folder 15
Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 22
1966
Box 202, Folder 16-17
Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 23
1966
Box 202, Folder 18-19
Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 24
1966
Box 202, Folder 20
Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 26
1966
Box 202, Folder 21
Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 27
1967
Box 203-205
U.S.C. Antarctic Research Program, Field data sheets, Eltanin cruises
1960s
Scope and Content
Bound volumes. 2 sets, one with handwritten sheets, one with typed sheets.
Photographic and cinematic collections
1930s-2002
Scope and Content
The records of the Hancock Foundation contain a large number of films, slides, and photographs (including prints and negatives),
mostly of the biological finds of the various expeditions supported by the Foundation. The catalogs included in this subseries
are those created by the Hancock Foundation.
Organization
The Photographic and cinematic collections subseries is organized by format into the following sub-subseries: 1. Lists and
catalogs; 2. Photographs; and 3. Film and video.
Lists and catalogs
1934-2002
Box 295, Folder 39
Birds--purchased set [list of slides]
1948
Box 220, Folder 15
Captions for "Capturing a Sea Elephant for the San Diego Zoo"
1937
Box 38, Folder 1
Department of Visual Education brochure
circa 1940
Box 295, Folder 40
Dr. Garth--Kodachrome slides--Canada [list]
1949 Summer
Box 11, Folder 25
Expedition Films [Catalog of scenes]
1936
Box 295, Folder 1
Expedition photo captions
Box 208, Folder 1
[Film scripts and reports]
1936, 1954, undated
Scope and Content
Includes scripts for scientific and musical films and recordings.
Box 296, Folder 11
[Hancock Galapagos Expedition photo identification, letter]
1934
Box 38, Folder 2
Hancock Pacific Expeditions Films and Photographs brochure
circa 1940
Box 220, Folder 13
Key to "Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg" photographs
2002
Box 295, Folder 3-38, 43
Kodachrome slides keys
Scope and Content
1939 and 1940 foundation trips and cruise--South America, California, Pacific.
Box 295, Folder 44
List pictures sent out
1937-1938
Box 296, Folder 10
Photo keys [unidentified]
1936, 1939
Box 1, Folder 19
Photographic Archives
1984-1985
Box 51
Title cards for "The New Frontier"
Box 295, Folder 42
Wilcox photo catalog
undated
Photographs
circa 1910s-1970s
Arrangement
The Photographs are organized by subject into the following subseries: 1. Expedition and specimen photographs; 2. Miscellaneous
Hancock Foundation photographs; 3. Flowers and native specimens; 4. Photograph albums; and 5. Foundation building and KUSC.
Expedition and specimen photographs
circa 1930s-1970s
Scope and Content
The Foundation photographs in this subseries primarily depict expeditions conducted by Capt. Hancock aboard the Velero III
in the 1930s; images of scientific data gathering aboard the Velero IV; and specimen photographs. Many of the images exist
in both negative and print formats, and there is duplication in the prints. In addition to mounted Foundation photographs
with captions and other identification information [boxes 230-238], there are also smaller format photographs [generally with
negative information on the reverse] and "snapshot" photos, taken by John S. Garth and other members of the various expeditions.
[See also the John S. Garth papers series for snapshots taken by Garth during some of these expeditions.] Of particular interest
are the many photographs taken during the 1936 and 1937 expeditions to the Galapagos Islands, Mexico, and South America.
Arrangement
The photographs are physically arranged by format, and intellectually arranged by subject in this finding aid. Many subjects
are recorded in photographs and negatives of various sizes and thus are spread across many boxes.
The negatives are physically arranged by negative number or by subject (for those negatives not assigned a number by the Foundation).
To locate a specific subject within the numbered negatives, please consult the spreadsheet (available upon request). Unnumbered
negatives are broadly described by subject in this finding aid at the box level. Many of the negatives have no corresponding
prints; many of the prints have no corresponding negatives. Of the Foundation-numbered negatives, those that are deteriorating
have been separated out and housed separately.
Box 259, Box 287, Box 288, Box 269, Box 230, Box 294, Box 270, Box 234
Aboard Velero III and IV
Scope and Content
Includes geology dredging aboard Velero IV; Velero IV equipment, including orange peel grab and bathepelogic net; aboard Velero
III and IV; California coast and ocean from Velero IV; Velero crew; Velero machinery; Jacques Cousteau
Box 230
Aqua lung diving off Velero IV with Jacques Cousteau
Box 237, Box 300, Box 293
Benthograph and underwater photographs
Box 250, Box 252, Box 348-350, Box 234, Box 253, Box 247, Box 239, Box 240, Box 241, Box 243, Box 244, Box 259, Box 300, Box 263, Box 237, Box 264, Box 265, Box 266
Box 252, Box 238, Box 251, Box 269, Box 289, Box 294, Box 290, Box 259
Biological specimens (including Dr. Garth's crab series)
Box 294, Box 290, Box 249, Box 248, Box 250
Biological specimens (including birds, fish and iguanas)
Box 294, Box 251
Captain Hancock aboard Velero
Box 292
Captain Hancock and Hancock family
Box 292
Captain Hancock's honorary degree ceremonies
Box 291
Capturing a sea elephant for the San Diego Zoo
1937
Box 259
Early expeditions (Ulrey)
Box 251, Box 253
Equipment and specimen-gathering aboard Velero
Box 254
Expedition snapshots
1937
Box 259, Box 236, Box 284, Box 250, Box 253, Box 230, Box 269, Box 294, Box 267-268, Box 282, Box 283, Box 235, Box 254
Box 253, Box 250, Box 252, Box 259, Box 249
Box 297
"Hancock Expeditions. Camera Tales of Tropic Seas. Velero III"
1930s
Scope and Content
Photo album of specimen photographs.
Box 292
Hancock Foundation building (exteriors, interiors, library, museum)
Box 292
Hancock mansion and rancho
Box 241, Box 247, Box 244, Box 243
Later expeditions
Scope and Content
Color slides of expeditions and specimens.
Box 291, Box 352
Launching ceremony for Velero IV
Box 259, Box 252, Box 263, Box 292, Box 264
Box 285, Box 294, Box 234, Box 286, Box 252, Box 250, Box 251, Box 253, Box 259, Box 233, Box 232, Box 236
Box 253, Box 291, Box 294, Box 251, Box 236, Box 259
Miscellaneous and unidentified images
Box 281, Box 272-276
Oversized photographs
circa 1930s
Scope and Content
Includes mounted photographs of Hancock Pacific Expeditions by W. Charles Swett (boxes 272, 281), colorized photographs of
the Expedition (boxes 273-274, 276), black and white photographs of the Expeditions (boxes 275 and 276), and miscellaneous
oversized photographs (box 275).
Box 279, Box 296, Folder 5
Photographic plates
Scope and Content
Photographic plates of a Seri Indian designed for 4 color printing; one plate of a landscape, possibly of Mexico; one plate
(and print) of a Galapagos bird.
Box 286, Box 250, Box 285, Box 286, Box 240
Box 234, Box 259, Box 232, Box 233, Box 236, Box 250, Box 230, Box 235, Box 284, Box 231, Box 253, Box 282, Box 294, Box 283
South America
Scope and Content
Bolivia, Cocos Islands, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, San Salvador.
Box 259
Scientific expedition [not Velero] crew members
Box 51
Miscellaneous Hancock Foundation photographs
Scope and Content
Individuals, Hancock Foundation building.
Flowers and native specimens
Box 351, Box 347, Box 300
Box 254
Photographs from/for "Sponges of the Gulf of California" by Malcolm Dickinson, published in Foundation Reports, VII no. 1
1945
Box 254
Los Angeles area ocean sediment
Photograph albums
circa 1910s-1920s
Scope and Content
Photographs originally bound together into albums, depicting some of the national parks of the western United States. The
provenance of these albums is unclear.
Box 255
Mt. Rainier and Yellowstone National Park
circa 1910s
Box 256
Yellowstone National Park, Zion National Park, and Bryce Canyon National Park
circa 1910s
Box 257
Glacier National Park
circa 1910s
Box 258
Lassen Volcanic National Park, Crater Lake National Park, Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel
circa 1910s
Box 260
New York City
circa 1920s
Box 260
Washington, D.C.
circa 1920s
Box 261
University of California, Berkeley
1928
Box 269, Box 352
Foundation building and KUSC [?]
Film and video
1930s-1980s
Scope and Content
Films produced by the USC History Media Institute as part of an oral history of Captain Hancock; and the hundreds of films
and film fragments produced by and for the Foundation as documentation of its Expeditions and educational activities.
History Media Institute
1986-1987, undated
Scope and Content
Films produced in 1986 by the USC History Media Institute as part of an oral/video history of Captain G. Allan Hancock, funded
by USC President Zumberge. The project was never completed, and the unedited videotapes were transferred to the President's
office, and then to the Hancock Foundation Archive. Accompanied by the 1992 letter of transfer, and a script for the remembrance
film.
Box 49
Mrs. Marian Hancock
circa 1986
General Physical Description note: 6 tapes
Box 49
Dr. John S. Garth
1986 September 19
General Physical Description note: 3 tapes
Box 49
Hancock stills
1987 July 1
General Physical Description note: 2 tapes
Box 49
Page Museum film of Hancock, "Death Trap of Ages"
undated
General Physical Description note: 1 tape
Foundation films
Scope and Content
The Foundation films consist of 738 containers of film (some boxes holding more than one reel) that chronicle many of the
activities of the Foundation's scientists aboard the Velero IV, especially the activities of John Garth. Subjects include
the Galapagos Islands, Mexico and South America, elephant seals and sea lions in California and Mexico, birds,and marine biology.
An inventory of all the films is available.
Box 246
Galapagos Islands footage, 16mm transfers
Publications
1937-1984, undated
Scope and Content
Includes lists of publications sponsored by, or printed by the Foundation.
Box 11, Folder 15
Annotated publications list
1973
Box 50, Folder 5
Antarctic Marine Invertebrates corrrespondence
1963
Box 51
Antarctic Marine Invertebrates illustrations and information
1963
Box 209, Folder 1
Australia--Aleaporcellana thru Perocheles
undated
Box 38, Folder 4
Brochure for reports on "Scientific Results of Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions"
circa 1937
Box 11, Folder 46
Captions for photographs in an unidentified book or report
undated
Box 9, Folder 48, Box 4, Folder 92
Catalog of Allan Hancock Foundation publications
1947-1974
Scope and Content
List and price list.
Box 198, Folder 16
[Charts depicting bacteria]
undated
Box 11, Folder 19
Collections honoring staff members
1955-1967
Box 1, Folder 16
Contributing authors
undated
Box 50, Folder 1
Deep Water Polychaetes, Monograph no. 11, plates
circa 1970s
Box 40, Folder 50
E. Yale Dawson, "Photographic Record Data of Kodachromes Taken During the Period November, 1956, to February, 1959, for the
California Water Pollution Control Board"
circa 1959
Box 207, Folder 7-40
Foundation publication invoices
1967-1969
Box 295, Folder 50
Foundation publications price list
undated
Box 51
Holthuis Palaemonidae plates
undated
Box 50, Folder 2-4
"Illustrated Key to the Planktonic Copepods of San Pedro Bay, California," by John K. Dawson and Geraldine Kats, Technical
Report no. 2, plates
1970s
Box 212-213
Illustrations, plates, and captions for Volume 5, Number 10, "Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions," by John S. Garth
1946
Scope and Content
Plates 1-26 and 49-87.
Box 9, Folder 141
Index to Monograph 7 [Draft]
undated
Box 198, Folder 14
[Letter and enclosure to Mr. Stevenson from John C. Ayers, taxonomy of marsh grasses]
1950 January 16
Box 11, Folder 17
List of abbreviations of zoological papers
undated
Box 11, Folder 21
Mailing list for "The Geology of Ecuador"
undated
Box 51
Marine illustrations
undated
Box 1, Folder 29
Marine Science bibliography
1984
Box 11, Folder 11
Memo on all USC publications
17 July 1974
Box 9, Folder 5
Memorandum to Captain Hancock concerning publications
undated
Box 208, Folder 11
Mohr bibliography
undated
Box 208, Folder 12
Murman transparencies
circa 1940s
Box 198, Folder 15
[Notes on the structure of feathers]
undated
Box 207, Folder 41
Old standing orders cancelled for new ones [Foundation publications]
1969
Box 4, Folder 91
Pacific Expeditions publications List
1938
Box 11, Folder 23, Box 1, Folder 15
Publication lists
1952-1984, undated
Box 1, Folder 14
Science publications
1978-1982
Box 51
Specimen illustrations for unknown publication
undated
Box 13, Folder 3-9
Water pollution reports
1955-1960
Scope and Content
Cruise Reports on Survey for the State Water Pollution Control Board; Distribution of Coliform Bactria in the Waters Surrounding
the Orange County Sewer Outfall; Micro-relief of the Santa Monica Shelf; Oceanographic Survey of the Continental Shelf Area
of Southern California (1959 and 1960); Second Quarterly Progress Report of an Oceanographic Survey of Santa Monica Bay, California;
Studies on Coliform Bacteria Discharged from the Hyperion Outfall, Final Bacteriological Report.
Publicity
1928-2005
Scope and Content
Includes press releases, articles from other sources about the Foundation, and some correspondence about errors or misrepresentations.
Box 4, Folder 96
ASC Newsletter, with corrections
1980
Box 38, Folder 8-9, Box 220, Folder 1-7, Box 39, Folder 2-9, Box 28-29, Box 24, Folder 1-21, Box 213, Box 50, Folder 6-13, Box 40, Folder 47, 51
Clippings
1928-2005
Scope and Content
Includes clippings from the Los Angeles Examiner, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Herald and Express, Los Angeles Daily News.
Box 22, Folder 58
Clipping Velero III docks in Guyaquil, Ecuador
1938
Box 11, Folder 2
Correspondence with Long Beach Sun
1939
Box 4, Folder 122
Hancock Lecture Series
1962-1963
Box 4, Folder 101
Hancock Pacific Expeditions Brochure
circa 1940
Box 296, Folder 6
Mounted print--"Fishing Banks" by Lionel Barrymore
Box 4, Folder 94
Note on errors in Transcript [of a press release?]
1988
Box 12, Folder 1
Press releases
January 1938
Box 11, Folder 1
Press releases
February 1938-December 1938
Box 4, Folder 103
Press Release [Bikini Atoll]
circa 1954
Box 11, Folder 10
Press Releases
30 October 1968
Box 4, Folder 97
RAFU-SHIMPO clipping
undated
Box 4, Folder 99
San Diego Zoological Society Bulletin 10
1933
Box 4, Folder 98
USC Bulletin 11, Allan Hancock Foundation
1945
Box 4, Folder 93, 95
USC press releases
1969-1971, undated
Box 295, Folder 51
[Velero III press release and clipping]
1938
Slide presentations, public lectures, educational materials
1936-1954, undated
Scope and Content
Lectures about a variety of topics of interest to the public, marine education materials.
Box 12, Folder 13
Catalog with abstracts
circa 1936
Box 11, Folder 28
Death Trap of the Ages (continuity)
1943
Box 11, Folder 29
"Description of Kodachrome Transparencies of Mexico Photographed by Baron N. Von Poppen"
undated
Natural Science Series
1942-1954, undated
Box 12, Folder 12
Announcement of Lecture Schedule
1952-1953
Box 12, Folder 4
Birds of the Tropic Seas
undated
Box 11, Folder 24
Exploring the Ocean Frontier
1952-1954
Box 295, Folder 46-47, Box 11, Folder 26, Box 12, Folder 7, 14
Island Adventures
undated
Scope and Content
Movie notes; notes on slides; Recorded Lecture [notes] and Study Guide; "Island Adventures" study guide.
Box 12, Folder 6
Trees of California
undated
Box 12, Folder 9
Trinidad and Tobago [with what appear to be later versions]
1942
Box 38, Folder 3
Natural Science Series announcement
1949
Box 295, Folder 45
Natural Science series flyers
1952
Box 11, Folder 30
Note cards for slide lecture
undated
Box 52-78, 221-229
Sound recordings
1930s-1950s
Scope and Content
The Foundation sound recordings consist almost exclusively of 17 inch LPs recorded under the auspices of the the Foundation
and KUSC. The majority of the recordings are of performances of classical music by the Hancock Ensemble recorded by KUSC or
at Los Angeles radio station KHJ. Also included are performances of classical and popular music by other groups or individuals,
recorded either by KUSC or at KHJ; recordings of lectures on international relations and modern religions; dramatic productions
by USC students and USC performing arts groups; USC events (graduations, building dedications, football games); broadcast
news (including the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the D-Day invasion, V-E Day, general war news, a 1946 atomic bomb explosion,
the fate of European war refugees); and speeches of President Roosevelt. Many of the LPS are in need of conservation and are
currently unplayable. An electronic copy of the box lists is available upon request.
Charles Wade papers
1953-1961
Scope and Content
Mostly covering the establishment of commercial fisheries in third world nations.
Organization
The Charles Wade papers subseries is organized into the following sub-subseries: 1. El Salvador; 2. India; 3. Korea; 4. Peru;
and 5. Phillippines.
Box 3, Folder 6
Commercial fishery resources of El Salvador
circa 1953
Box 3, Folder 5
Shrimp fishery of the lagoon of San Juan de Gozo
1955
Box 3, Folder 1
Enabling legislation
1956
Box 3, Folder 8
Fish reduction plants
1956
Box 3, Folder 4
Marketing and distribution report
1956
Box 3, Folder 11
Summaries of activities
1951-1956
Box 3, Folder 7
Shrimp trawls and other supplies
1951-1957
Box 3, Folder 10
Development of facilities for preservation and freezing of fish and shrimp
undated
Box 3, Folder 41
General correspondence
1950-1952
Box 3, Folder 18
Report of the Fisheries Research Committee
1956
Box 3, Folder 21
Survey of the TCM Fisheries Program in India
1957
Box 3, Folder 16
Summaries of activities
1957-1958
Box 3, Folder 17
Fisheries planning and operations
1957-1960
Box 364, Folder 5
Report on the Indo-American Fisheries Program
1957 April
Box 3, Folder 25
Japanese survey of tuna spawning grounds
1942
Box 3, Folder 27
Key to fishes found in trawl catches
1947
Box 3, Folder 23, 29
Tuna spawning areas
1948-1949
Scope and Content
Includes photonegatives of map.
Box 3, Folder 26
Fishery data sheets
1948-1952
Box 3, Folder 22
Listing of fish species
undated
Box 364, Folder 1
C.B. Andrews, Seasonal Average Length Trends at Monterey of the California Sardine (Sardina caerulea)
1928
System Followed in Filing Specimens of Fishes in the Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California, compiled
by G.S. Myers
1939
Box 364, Folder 3
Office of Economic Warfare, Washington. The Unit Fishing Kit (A Manual for Operating the Gear in the Kit). Prepared by R.H.
Fiedler, Chief, Maritime Industries Section
1943 August 5
Box 364, Folder 4
Gulf States Production of Fishery Products for Selected Areas, 1953
1954
Library
1823-2003
Scope and Content
The Library series consists of the records of the Hancock Library, including information on the purchase of the Boston Society
of Natural History collection, library operations, policies and procedures, and publicity.
Organization
The Library series is organized into the following subseries: 1. Boston Society of Natural History; 2. Collections; 3. Correspondence;
4. Operations; 5. Photographic catalogs; 6. Policy and procedures; 7. Publicity; 8. Reports and statistics; and 9. Security
and environment.
Boston Society of Natural History
1823-1985, undated
Scope and Content
Includes records of sale. Also includes heritage documents that came along with the collection.
Organization
The Boston Society of Natural History sub-subseries is organized into the following subseries: 1. Correspondence; 2. History;
3. Manuscripts; 4. Sale of collection; and 5. Card catalogs.
Box 9, Folder 88
Correspondence of Helene Wytsman
1951
Box 6, Folder 46
BSNH Correspondence
1919-1939
Box 11, Folder 12
Correspondence involving BSNH materials
May 1968
Box 2, Folder 11
Correspondence involving BSNH materials
1975-1981
History
1927-1946, undated
Box 2, Folder 10
Boston Society's history
1927-1946
Manuscripts
1823-1981, undated
Scope and Content
Letters and other documents found in or accompanying BSNH books.
Box 6, Folder 36
Annotated UC Berkeley Commencement Invitation
1884
Box 8, Folder 68
Basaltic Columns
undated
General Physical Description note: Photograph of 1812 drawing, provenance and relation to collection conjectural
Box 6, Folder 35
Charles F. Durrel to Frank Otis Sype
1884
Box 6, Folder 34
Charles Whitt LeSey to J. Loving
1833
Box 6, Folder 31
Correspondence of Charles Folsom to Mrs. Peck
1823
Box 3, Folder 39
Facsimile of a Latin document dated 1644
undated
Box 9, Folder 144
Flyleaf with drawing of cricket
undated
Box 6, Folder 32
Found in Arrago's "Narrative of a Voyage around the World"
1823
Box 6, Folder 45
Found in Blainville's "Manual de Malacology et de Conchyology"
circa 1916
Box 6, Folder 50
Found in Dimidov's "Voyage dans la Russie Meridionale et la Crimie"
undated
Box 6, Folder 33
H. Little to Benjamin D. Green
1825
Box 9, Folder 145
Heredity: Three Papers
1910
Box 198, Folder 10
[Letter to B.D. Greene from John Tomey?]
1836 December 7
Box 198, Folder 9
[Letter to Dr. Bigelow from Andre Parmentier]
1826 November 16
Box 6, Folder 51
Letters found in Dunker's "Index Mollusculorum"
undated
Box 3, Folder 36
List of the recent corals in the Brighton Museum
undated
Box 198, Folder 12
[Notes found in Anton, Vergeichniss der Conchylien]
undated
Box 198, Folder 7
[Notes found in "Great Barrier Reef Expedition"]
1951, 1981
Box 6, Folder 49
Postcards found in the Bulletin of the Association Philomathiq d'Alsace
undated
Box 6, Folder 44
Correspondence
1911-1923?
Box 3, Folder 38
Notes found with J. J. Rivers Correspondence
undated
Box 3, Folder 37
Specimens described and figured by Lesquereux
undated
Box 6, Folder 48
Specimen found in "Scientia," Bologna
undated
Box 3, Folder 35
Sussex Daily News. "Paper on "Corals" by Dr. Miles"
15 February 1884
Sale of collection
1943-1947, 1985, undated
Box 3, Folder 31, Box 4, Folder 40
Bills of lading
1944 March
Box 4, Folder 39
Contract with USC
25 June 1943
Box 4, Folder 42
Inventory List 1--Serials
1944
Box 4, Folder 43
Inventory List 2--Exchange Serials
1944
Box 4, Folder 44
Inventory List 3--Additions to Lists 1 and 2
1944
Box 4, Folder 45
Inventory List 4--Wilkes Expedition
1944
Box 4, Folder 46
Special Inventory List--Pamphlets
1944
Box 4, Folder 37-38, 73
Original proposal correspondence
1943-1946
Box 2, Folder 9
Purchase of materials from New England Museum of Natural History
1946-1947
Box 4, Folder 47
Transmittal of records from Chancellor's files
undated
Box 2, Folder 12
Sale of collection memorandums
1985
Box 4, Folder 125
Letter from Bradford Washburn re BSNH catalog
1946 June 6
Collections
1902-2000
Scope and Content
Memorandums, planning, and other documents relating to the maintenance of the collection.
Box 4, Folder 61
Article about possible thief
1984
Box 2, Folder 25
Bindery payments
1948-1954
Scope and Content
Includes a 1983 note.
Box 197, Folder 1-161
"Catalogo Moluscos de Cuba"
1940s-1950s
Box 1, Folder 74
Collection description
circa 1982
Box 39, Folder 21
Collection development overview
1990
Box 2, Folder 22
Construction project
1983
Box 13, Folder 70
Copeia no. 168 [Autographed to Allan Hancock]
1928
Box 1, Folder 77
Copyright certificate for "Atlas of Errentiate Polychaetenous Annelids from California"
1968
Box 2, Folder 20
Correspondence [re thefts]
1983-1984
Box 197, Folder 162-169, Box 198, Folder 1-6
[Crustacean bibliography]
circa 1940s
Box 50, Folder 34-35
[Darwin collection appraisal and bibliography]
1964, 1968
Box 1, Folder 8
Duplicate sales correspondence
1971-1986
Box 9, Folder 10
Duplicate sales--duplicates sold
1984
Box 1, Folder 9
Duplicate sales lists
1981-1983
Box 1, Folder 38
EAL Newcomb Library gifts
undated
Box 2, Folder 21
General operations
1984-1992
Box 2, Folder 18
Insurance policy for the Audubon Collection
1983-1984
Box 1, Folder 59
Journals used regularly
1982-1985
Box 198, Folder 13
[Letter to D. Halmos from W.A. Swetts]
1948 April 15
Box 2, Folder 17
Lists sent to law enforcement and booksellers
1983-1985
Box 2, Folder 23
[Loans] To LACMNH
1950-1985
Box 11, Folder 14
[Loans] Permissions Velero IV photos
1983
Box 207, Folder 3
Maxwell Scientific International
1975
Box 296, Folder 7-9
[Negatives for publications?]
Box 2, Folder 28
Non-USC patrons
1959-1978
Box 2, Folder 13
Other libraries [thefts]
1983
Box 295, Folder 52-53
[Prints]
Scope and Content
Plates of pines and birds.
Box 1, Folder 68
Proposal for a rare book catalog
1988
Box 11, Folder 7
Publication information
1971-1977
Box 11, Folder 6
Publication inquiries
1964-1965
Box 9, Folder 115
Publication overstock
1964
Box 9, Folder 125
Publications lists
1966-1977
Box 1, Folder 73
Reprint sale proceeds
1985
Box 9, Folder 7
[Requisitions] "R/E 1"
1948-1964
Box 9, Folder 8
[Requisitions] "R/E 2"
1949-1960
Box 9, Folder 9
[Requisitions] "R/E 3"
1948-1957
Box 2, Folder 42
Seminar Notes [re theft]
1989
Box 1, Folder 72
[Serials] Additions
1980-1984
Box 1, Folder 71
[Serials] Cancellation and weeding
1982-1984
Box 9, Folder 137
[Serials] Cancellations
1988-1991
Box 9, Folder 134
[Serials] Transfers
1959-1960
Box 2, Folder 26
Specimens of booksellers catalogs
1902-1940
Box 1, Folder 42
State of the rare book collection
1989
Box 2, Folder 55
Suggestions for orders
1946-2000
Box 1, Folder 10
Transfers of materials to USC
1949-1952
Correspondence
1939-1999, undated
Scope and Content
Includes two sets of correspondence, one arranged by topic or correspondent, and the other arranged chronologically.
Topical Files
1939-1999, undated
Box 9, Folder 11
Abbey Rents [Correspondence between Stanley S. Slotkin and Dorothy Halmos, re: translations of medieval Latin]
1956-1957
Box 9, Folder 131
Beaudette Foundation
1964
Box 11, Folder 9
Biosciences Information Service
1966
Box 11, Folder 5
California Book Company
1953
Box 9, Folder 71
California Special Libraries Association
1946-1971
Box 9, Folder 40
Chemical Abstracts
1946-1970
Box 9, Folder 13
Dawson, E. Yale
1953-1964
Box 9, Folder 15
Denver-Chicago Trucking Co.
1957-1965
Box 9, Folder 14
Diechmann, Elizabeth
1957-1958
Box 9, Folder 18
Foresta Institute
1960-1971
Box 9, Folder 20
Goldwater, Barry M., Jr.
1973
Box 9, Folder 23
Harvard University
1950-1952
Box 9, Folder 27
Holthuis, L. B.
1952-1954
Box 9, Folder 34
Hurley, Desmond
1955-1963
Box 9, Folder 30
MacGinitie, G. E.
1955-1957
Box 9, Folder 96
Microcard Foundation
1950
Box 9, Folder 101
Myers, George S.
1950-1960
Box 9, Folder 102
National Academy of Science
1962
Box 9, Folder 103
National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Disease
1964
Box 9, Folder 104
National Referral Center
1963
Box 9, Folder 105
National Research Council
1951-1959
Box 9, Folder 107
New York Public Library
1961
Box 9, Folder 108
New York State College of Agriculture
1969
Box 9, Folder 110
Norris Medical Library
1965-1972
Box 9, Folder 114
Osborne, Raymond G.
1952-1953
Box 9, Folder 116
Pacific Science Congress
1961
Box 9, Folder 119
Pereira de Bulhues Carvalho, Francisco
1958
Box 9, Folder 127
Pettibone, Marion H.
1970
Box 9, Folder 76
Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden
1964
Box 9, Folder 78
Re: Directories and Union Catalogs
1960-1972
Box 9, Folder 100
Re: Directors of Museums and Herbaria
1960
Box 9, Folder 124
Re: Grau, Gilbert
1971-1972
Box 9, Folder 123
Re: Printing and Publication
1962-1964
Box 9, Folder 54
Remington, Charles L.
1969
Box 9, Folder 58
Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center
1959-1960
Box 9, Folder 62
San Diego Natural History Museum
1964
Box 9, Folder 63
San Diego State College
1961-1968
Box 9, Folder 65
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
1950
Box 9, Folder 67
Smithsonian Institute
1949-1953
Box 9, Folder 68
Soot-Ryan, Tron
1954-1956
Box 9, Folder 73
Thank You Notes
1952-1969
Box 9, Folder 74
Tilden, Josephine E.
1939
Box 9, Folder 106
Tokyo National Museum
1964
Box 9, Folder 77
Turner, Ruth D.
1955-1960
Box 9, Folder 79
United States Government Agencies
1946-1948
Box 9, Folder 69
University of Redlands
1950
Box 9, Folder 80
Walt Disney productions
1946
Box 9, Folder 81
Walton, Bryce C.
1953-1955
Box 9, Folder 82
Washington University. Regional Primate Center
1970
Box 9, Folder 87
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
1948-1953
Box 39, Folder 35
Holiday letter from McGoverns
1999
Chronological Files
1946-1974
Box 39, Folder 14
Operations
1946-2000
Scope and Content
Files dealing with the day-to-day operations of the Library.
Box 4, Folder 71
Account analysis
1964-1970
Box 1, Folder 40
Activity report
1957-1959
Box 6, Folder 80
Address on Preservation by Kim [Douglas]
1984
Box 1, Folder 58
Appeal for donations
1975-1980
Box 4, Folder 70
Bills sent to the University Library
1964-1970
Box 1, Folder 64
Books borrowed for LACMNH exhibit
1965
Box 2, Folder 27
Budget preparation notes
1982-1985
Box 1, Folder 56
Budgets and fiscal reports
1978-1983
Box 201, Folder 1-2
Catalog records--Department of Ichthyology, LACMN
1960s
Box 1, Folder 32
Compact shelving estimate
1983
Box 207, Folder 2
Correspondence prior to 1950 for inactive exchange, A-C
1946-1950
Box 9, Folder 39
Costa Rica project
1968-1969
Box 2, Folder 31
Curtailment of hours
1992
Box 2, Folder 54
Delinquent borrowers
1983
Box 1, Folder 80
Directory listings
1983-1984
Box 8, Folder 69
Exhibit case photographs
1992
Box 2, Folder 4
External correspondence
1962-1965
Box 2, Folder 6
External correspondence
1971-1984
Box 1, Folder 83
External correspondence
1985-1989
Box 1, Folder 57
Fundraising correspondence and memorandums
1975-1983
Box 2, Folder 2
General correspondence
1947-1953
Box 2, Folder 47
Grant application
circa 1968
Box 9, Folder 42-45, Box 1, Folder 36
Gifts and acknowledgments
1947-1984
Box 1, Folder 35
Gifts & exchanges
1985-1995
Box 39, Folder 14
Hancock Library Restricted Area Activity Register
1983-1990
Box 39, Folder 23
Hancock Library--displays, ideas
undated
Box 2, Folder 52
Inclusion in the Union List of Serials
1960
Box 9, Folder 28
Interlibrary loan
1971-1977
Box 39, Folder 32
Invitation to library staff breakfast
1990
Box 1, Folder 61
Janitorial services and physical plant
1981-1985
Box 39, Folder 30
Librarian job descriptions
1979-1983
Box 6, Folder 76
Librarian thank you notecard
circa 1975
Box 9, Folder 51, Box 1, Folder 45-46
Library Committee agendas and minutes
1965-1985
Box 40, Folder 45
Library descriptive profile
1984
Box 35, Folder 1
Library exchange file
1985-1992
Box 35, Folder 2
Library exchange file--Bengal Natural History Society
1963-1985
Box 35, Folder 3
Library exchange file--Biarritz, Station d'Hydrobiol.
1969-1985
Box 35, Folder 4
Library exchange file--Centro Interamericano de Documentacion e Informacion Agricola, Turrialba, Costa Rica
Box 35, Folder 5
Library exchange file--Chicago Academy of Science
1946-1985
Box 35, Folder 6
Library exchange file--Colorado University Press
1959-1985
Box 35, Folder 7
Library exchange file--Copenhagen Universitets Zoologiske Museum
1946-1985
Box 35, Folder 8
Library exchange file--Kagoshima University
1949-1985
Box 35, Folder 9
Library exchange file--Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
1961-1985
Box 35, Folder 10
Library exchange file--Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein Fur Karnten
1959-1985
Box 35, Folder 11
Library exchange file--Siam Society, Bangkok
1961-1985
Box 35, Folder 12
Library exchange file--Stockholm, Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet
1946-1985
Box 35, Folder 13
Library exchange file--Universitet I Trondheim
1965-1985
Box 1, Folder 65
Library expansion proposal
1962
Box 2, Folder 1
Library operations (internal memorandums)
1947-1953
Box 39, Folder 19
Library faculty
1972-1986
Box 39, Folder 15-18
Library policies and procedures manul
circa 1984-1986
Box 40, Folder 44
Library union lists reference orientation
1985 August 12
Box 220, Folder 18
Mary Pippin/Hancock Library
1967-1976
Box 39, Folder 33
Meetings FY89-FY91
1989-1991
Box 40, Folder 46
Memo re ITS users
1981 September
Box 2, Folder 30
Merger with USC Central Library
1986-1987
Box 207, Folder 4-6
Miscellaneous correspondence 1975-
1975-1987
Box 1, Folder 62
Mission statement and article
circa 1980
Box 2, Folder 29
Mission statement draft
1984
Box 2, Folder 3
Operations memorandums
1959-1969
Box 2, Folder 56
Operations memorandums
1970-1976
Box 2, Folder 8
Operations memorandums
1980-1982
Box 2, Folder 5
Operations memorandums
1983-1984
Box 9, Folder 2
Operations memorandums
1984-1987
Box 2, Folder 7
Operations memorandums
1985-1987
Box 1, Folder 82
Operations memorandums
1988-2000
Box 1, Folder 20
Orders for expedition records
1993-1994, undated
Box 2, Folder 41
Proposed amalgamation with LACMNH
1979-1984
Box 1, Folder 21
Union List of [Oceanographic] Expeditions
1975-1976
Box 1, Folder 78
Space allocation
1966-1983
Box 2, Folder 33
Standards and Procedures for Appointment, Promotion and the Award of Tenure for Hancock Librarians
1983-1984
Box 1, Folder 30
Title IIC grant application
1984
Box 39, Folder 28
USC Science and Engineering Library annual report
1991
Box 4, Folder 72
Vendor invoices
1964-1970
Box 207, Folder 1
Viking (freight, moving)
1981
Photographic catalogs
1937-1954
Scope and Content
Listings of photographs made by the Library for its own use.
Box 11, Folder 45
Kodachrome slides (Gulf, Galapagos, Caribbean)
1937-1939
Box 11, Folder 44
Kodachrome slides (Gulf and Local Trips)
1940-1941
Box 11, Folder 43
Kodachrome cutouts (original and print)
circa 1954
Box 12, Folder 17
Multiple lists of photographs, variously arranged by photographer or location [multiple numbering systems employed]
undated
Box 242
35mm slides
Scope and Content
Set of Rudolf Leuckart Wandtafelm slides; 1988-1989 library exhibition photographs; Hancock Library presentation by Kim Douglas,
1984.
Policy and procedures
1950-1994, undated
Scope and Content
Guides, manuals, and memoranda relating to the procedures to be used by the Library staff.
Box 11, Folder 41
Changes in rare book cataloging
1987
Box 1, Folder 52
LC book stacks shifting
1988
Box 1, Folder 60
Library technical services
1985
Box 1, Folder 31
Library user's guide
1983
Box 1, Folder 79
Memorandum concerning binding
circa 1950
Box 1, Folder 76
Monograph selection (with wish lists)
1974-1980
Box 2, Folder 43
Networks and Hypertext. Seminar notes
1989
Box 1, Folder 51
Online searching policy
1983
Box 1, Folder 50
Procedures for theft losses
1983
Box 1, Folder 47
Procuring and processing
undated
Box 1, Folder 48
Transfer of paleontology books
1993-1994
Publicity
1941-2003, undated
Scope and Content
Records documenting the Library's efforts at publicity and public relations, including an attempt at a newsletter, news articles,
and press releases.
Box 295, Folder 49
[Article typescript--Hancock Library collections]
undated
Box 38, Folder 10, Box 39, Folder 38-45, Box 24, Folder 27-34
Box 39, Folder 20
Halmos, Dorothy [clippings]
1951-1954, undated
Box 4, Folder 107
Hancock Library News, No. 1
1983
Box 213
Hancock Library News, Nos. 1 and 2 [mock up]
1983-1984
Box 39, Folder 36
Highlights from the Hancock Library exhibit brochure
1992
Box 39, Folder 34
Holiday card order form
1995
Box 39, Folder 24
Invitation to Hancock Library reading room
1977
Box 1, Folder 33
MS of article by D. Halmos
circa 1960
Box 39, Folder 25, Box 6, Folder 69
Box 1, Folder 41
Self descriptions, scope and history
1960-1988
Reports and statistics
1942-1993, undated
Scope and Content
Reports to various governing agencies. Also many years of raw usage data.
Box 2, Folder 49
Annual report information for ARL Annual Statisical Reports
1970-1986
Box 2, Folder 35
Annual report information for ARL Annual Statisical Reports
1990-1993
Box 1, Folder 43
California State Library
1962
Box 1, Folder 5
Circulation statistics
1968-1975
Box 2, Folder 53
Daily use statistics
1946-1975
Box 1, Folder 28
Documentation Project [Includes notes, drafts, statistics and resource materials for full formal description of Hancock Library.]
1985
Box 1, Folder 6
HEGIS Statistics
1973-1975
Box 1, Folder 2
Monthly statistics
1965-1983
Box 1, Folder 3
Monthly statistics
1984-1985
Box 39, Folder 29
OCLC searching for collection statistics
undated
Box 1, Folder 1
Reference statistics
circa 1977
Box 9, Folder 52
Regional Committee on the Marine Sciences
1954
Box 1, Folder 44
Serials needs assessment
1983-1984
Box 39, Folder 37
Serials statistics
undated
Box 1, Folder 34
Serials use survey
undated
Box 1, Folder 26
State of the Library
1981
Security and environment
1982-1989
Scope and Content
Memoranda covering measures to protect the collection.
Box 2, Folder 40
Airconditioning project
1983-1984
Box 2, Folder 39
Environmental and Security Controls. Preliminary Specifications
1983
Box 39, Folder 31
Handout for SCA presentation on security in archives
1989
Box 39, Folder 26
Sample floorplans for environmental controls installation
1983 October 20
Box 2, Folder 37
Security memorandums
1982
Box 2, Folder 38
Security memorandums
1983-1985
Museum
1939-2004, undated
Scope and Content
The Museum series contains records documenting the functioning of the Museum.
Organization
The Museum series is organized into the following subseries: 1. Annual reports; 2. Conservation; 3. Correspondence; 4. Guides
and tours; 5. Hosted events; 6. Inventories; 7. Musical instruments; 8. Operations; and 9. Publicity.
Box 296, Folder 2, Box 4, Folder 22
Box 296, Folder 1, Box 4, Folder 24
Guides and tours
1957-2002, undated
Scope and Content
Includes brochures, self-guided tours, records of open houses, vide-tapes and other aids to visitors.
Box 4, Folder 5
Artists and pieces at a glance
circa 1997
Box 4, Folder 18
Brochures
circa 1957-circa 1960
Box 6, Folder 82
Hancock Galapagos Expedition, VHS [from Page Museum?]
undated
Box 5
"Hancock Galapagos Trip" [VHS Videocassette]
undated
Box 6, Folder 81
Notes on Captain G. Allan Hancock's vessels [provenance unclear]
circa 1997
Box 6, Folder 73
Library Dean's Christmas card, illustrated with picture of Museum stained glass
1998
Box 6, Folder 56
Melinda Hayes, Curator
1999
General Physical Description note: Photographs
Box 8, Folder 71
Music Salon photographs
undated
Box 6, Folder 6
Patron thank you notes
1976-1989
Box 8, Folder 72
Reception Hall photograph
undated
Box 4, Folder 11
Reservation forms
circa 1987-1988
Box 8, Folder 53, Box 6, Folder 53-54, Box 4, Folder 1
Self-Guided Tour pamphlets and brochures
1999-2002
Box 6, Folder 75
Sketchbook pages depicting museum objects
circa 1997
Box 8, Folder 64
Stained glass [Photograph with negative]
1997
Box 5
"Visiting with Hewell Howser" [VHS Videocassette]
1995
Hosted events
1975-2004
Scope and Content
Records of uses of the Museum by non-Foundation organizations.
Box 6, Folder 55
All University Open House, Sign-in sheets
1977
Box 39, Folder 1
Brochures for hosted events
1985, 1999
Box 4, Folder 12
Bullocks Wilshire Christmas catalog
1975-1976
Box 4, Folder 2
Da Camera Society concert
1999
Box 1, Folder 11
Events hosted by the Museum
1982-2000
Box 4, Folder 19
Guests for Marian Hancock's dinner party
1985
Box 6, Folder 78
Honors lunch for James E. Goertz
24 March 2000
Box 8, Folder 63
Hubbard Dinner photographs
1998
Box 6, Folder 68
Library Dean's pre-Lecture dinner
2001
Box 8, Folder 49
Rare musical instrument demonstration
2004
Box 4, Folder 3
Rath Merit Scholarships recognition luncheon
1998
Box 6, Folder 77
Recital [for Dr. Sample?]
22 March 2000
Box 4, Folder 20
Society for French Historical Studies
1985
Inventories
1939-1997
Scope and Content
Inventories of Museum artifacts. Most are photocopied, and the location of the originals is unknown.
Box 4, Folder 16
Addendum to 1965 Appraisal
1987
Box 5, Folder 7
Broken pieces (not on display)
1997
Musical instruments
1946-1994
Scope and Content
Correspondence, publicity, and inventories of the Museum's extensive collection of rare musical instruments. Much of the collection
came from Leonardo de Lorenzo, and records documenting de Lorenzo activities with the Museum are included here.
Box 4, Folder 29
Leonardo de Lorenzo clippings
1992
Box 4, Folder 30
Leonardo de Lorenzo correspondence
1953-1961
Leonardo de Lorenzo correspondence
1953-1992
Box 4, Folder 31
Leonardo de Lorenzo correspondence
1989-1992
Box 4, Folder 26
Musical instrument inventories
1946
Box 4, Folder 27
Musical instrument inventories
1992
Box 8, Folder 55
Theft of Musical instruments
1993
Operations
1972-1999
Scope and Content
Records describing the everyday operations of the Museum.
Box 6, Folder 71
[Brann Gift?] Table and chairs
1999
Box 4, Folder 6
Curator position description
circa 1997
Box 5, Folder 10
General correspondence re rain damage (May 1977)
1977-1978
Box 202, Folder 6-7
Memorandums--Fiore
1972-1984
Box 8, Folder 62
Photos and memorandum for press release
1997
Box 6, Folder 57
Publicity Planning
1987-1993
Box 6, Folder 70
Repairs and special cleaning needed
1996
Box 4, Folder 35
Terra Magazine article
1982
Box 5, Folder 9
Vendor correspondence re rain damage (May 1977)
1977-1980
Box 6, Folder 67
Summary of activities
1998
Publicity
1941-2002, undated
Box 38, Folder 12, Box 24, Folder 22-26
Clippings
1941-2002, undated
Box 269
Photographs
circa 1990s
Scope and Content
Snapshots of the Museum--its various rooms and miscellaneous objects.
Box 209, Folder 3
[Brochure for Kershner/Lachmann book]
1950
Velero IV
1933-1990, undated
Scope and Content
The Velero IV operated between 1948 and 1985. Included in this series are records relating to the ship's launching, its operations,
and its repairs. Ships logs and station logs are extensive and relatively complete. Also included are correspondence regarding,
and records documenting, exploratory equipment and data collection. See also photographs in the Foundation Photographs subseries.
Organization
The Velero IV series is organized into the following subseries: 1. Data collection; 2. Equipment and repairs; 3. Grants; 4.
History, write-ups, etc.; 5. Licenses and forms; 6. Operations; 7. Station reports; and 8. Logs.
General note
Box 13 is missing.
Data collection
1933-1974, undated
Scope and Content
Records, raw data, and photographs created and collected by scientists and crew members aboard the Velero IV. Includes extensive
documentation of the Velero's explorations into the benthic zone off the California coast and the Foundation's data collecting
stations off the same coast.
Box 35, Folder 18-19
Baja California--Specimen Data Sheets
1968-1969
Box 35, Folder 23
Bathythermograph data sheets and graphs, beginning cruise no. 980
circa 1960s
Box 35, Folder 28
Bathythermograph data sheet blanks
circa 1960s
Box 271
Bathythermograph records
1967-1970
Box 269
Benthograph photographs
circa 1960s
Box 262
Benthograph recordings
circa 1960s
Box 36, Folder 31
Benthos depth and time recorder discs
1965
Box 36, Folder 32
Benthos depth and time recorder discs
1966
Box 36, Folder 33
Benthos depth and time recorder discs
1967
Box 36, Folder 34
Benthos depth and time recorder discs
1968
Box 36, Folder 37
Benthos records readings
1960
Box 36, Folder 38
Benthos records readings
1961
Box 36, Folder 39
Benthos records readings log
1962
Box 36, Folder 40
Benthos records readings log
1963
Box 36, Folder 41
Benthos records readings log
1964
Box 36, Folder 42
Benthos records readings log
1965
Box 36, Folder 43
Benthos records readings log
1966
Box 36, Folder 44
Benthos records readings log
1967
Box 36, Folder 45
Benthos records readings log
1968
Box 36, Folder 46
Benthos records readings log
1969
Box 35, Folder 27
Chlorosity--blanks
circa 1960s
Box 35, Folder 26
Complete Benthos readings (blanks)
circa 1960s
Box 36, Folder 59
Computer read out [USC Basin Ecology Project]
1964
Box 35, Folder 20-21
Cruise overlays
1953-1970
Box 39, Folder 13
Data sheets (blanks)
undated
Box 36, Folder 65
Decapod shrimp species list
circa 1965
Box 35, Folder 22
Flow meter data by cruise number beginning with cruise no. 962
circa 1960s
Box 36, Folder 48-50
Hydrostation data
1963-1972
Box 37
Instrument readings
1971, 1974, undated
Box 36, Folder 67
Key to the species of euphausia
undated
Box 198, Folder 17
[Manuscript template with photographs taken aboard Velero]
1969-1970
Box 202, Folder 24
Menzies station list
1948-1949
Box 36, Folder 36
Middle American Trench Benthos records
1970 January
Box 35, Folder 24
Physical data--blanks
circa 1960s
Box 36, Folder 51
San Pedro Channel project
1960-1961
Box 35, Folder 25
Special sorting register--blanks
circa 1960s
Box 35, Folder 29
Station data sheets--blanks
circa 1960s
Box 202, Folder 5
Station data--San Felipe, Ensenada, & Channel Islands
1947 April
Box 36, Folder 64
Stations sorted in the summer of 1965
1965-1966
Box 38, Folder 7
"Submarine Photography with the Benthograph", K.O. Emery
1952
Box 36, Folder 30
Time-depth recorder plots (Benthos)
undated
Box 202, Folder 25
Velero IV station list (unpublished)
1947-1950
Equipment and repairs
1947-1985, undated
Scope and Content
Includes files on individual pieces of equipment. Also includes general records of major dry-dock sessions (haul-outs).
Box 35, Folder 36
C14 kit for determing productivity
circa 1960s
Box 35, Folder 35
Dissolved oxygen method
circa 1960s
Box 36, Folder 26
Electrical repair Velero IV
1975
Box 13, Folder 36
Engine bearings
1977-1979
Box 6, Folder 2
Equipment requirements [General Layout Blueprint included]
1947-1948
Box 35, Folder 33
Flow-meters correction data
circa 1960s
Box 13, Folder 39
Generator conversion
undated
Box 13, Folder 38
Invoice--San Pedro Boat Works
1981
Box 34, Folder 1-6
Marine instrument brochures and technical bulletins
1960s-1970s
Box 13, Folder 34-35, Box 36, Folder 21-22
Material condition
1973-1975, 1977-1978, 1984
Box 36, Folder 20
Material condition, chromate ballast tanks
1976, 1980
Box 35, Folder 31
Optical instruments record
1968
Box 12, Folder 21
Radar, installation and repair
1972-1985
Box 35, Folder 30
Reversing thermometers correction data
1965-1973
Box 13, Folder 22-32
Shipyard (haulout)
1969-1983
Box 35, Folder 32
Thermarine recorder manual
1966
Box 12, Folder 18-19
Underwriter's marine survey reports
1969-1981
Box 36, Folder 29
Velero IV "A" frame power package
1976
Box 36, Folder 24
Velero IV fire extinguishers
1975-1977
Box 36, Folder 27
Velero IV laboratory conversion
1971-1972
Box 36, Folder 18-19
Velero IV material condition general
1975-1978
Box 36, Folder 25
Velero tank calibrations
undated
Box 35, Folder 34
YSI: oxygen meter operation instructions (copy)
circa 1960s
Grants
1959-1983
Scope and Content
Grant proposals and related documentation, primarily for National Science Foundation programs.
Box 35, Folder 45
Correspondence and information for NSF project
1962-1964
Box 35, Folder 43-44
Grant records--general info
1959-1961
Box 13, Folder 57
NSF Approval ATS Satellite Communication
1983
Box 13, Folder 58
NSF Final Report Shipboard Equipment
1983
Box 35, Folder 46
Special report on computer statistical analysis of data from USC basin study
circa 1965
Box 35, Folder 47
Vendor requests
1966-1968
Box 35, Folder 48
Vendor request blanks
1966-1968
History, write-ups, etc.
1947-1990, undated
Scope and Content
Includes retrospectives on Velero IV and publicity about the ship.
Box 3, Folder 32, Box 38, Folder 6
Article in Sea and Pacific Motor Boat
1956
Box 13, Folder 56
General collection
1947-1973
Box 4, Folder 48, Box 40, Folder 48
Proceedings of the Launching of the Velero IV
1948
Box 13, Folder 12
Photographs with transmittal letter to John S. Garth
1948
Box 4, Folder 106, Box 8, Folder 66, Box 6, Folder 60
Photographs
1990, undated
Box 6, Folder 83
Velero Expedition, uncut VHS
undated
Scope and Content
VHS Probably from Hancock College
Licences and forms
1973-1984, undated
Box 13, Folder 64
Application for ship radio licence
1984
Scope and Content
Forms used by the Velero IV and copies of forms submitted to other agencies, many of them for licenses.
Box 13, Folder 69
Clearing vessel upon entering U.S.
1973-1975
Box 13, Folder 63
General cruise evaluation form
undated
Box 12, Folder 23-24
Release and consent forms
1977-1981
Box 13, Folder 67
UNOLS cruise assessment forms
1982
Box 13, Folder 65
USCG Certificate of Documentation
1984
Box 13, Folder 61
Velero licences
1977-1981
Operations
1948-1985, undated
Scope and Content
Schedules, passenger and crew lists, and other documents relating to the daily operation of the vessel.
Box 13, Folder 50-51
Childress Mexico Cruise
1977-1978
Box 35, Folder 16
Correspondence--copies
1955-1969
Box 36, Folder 57
Cruise schedule summaries
1965-1971
Box 35, Folder 15
Current correspondence
1968-1969
Box 13, Folder 54
Global Marine Development
1982
Box 36, Folder 10
Gulf of California cruise
1974 March-April
Box 13, Folder 42
Injuries to passengers and crew
1977-1978
Box 13, Folder 52
Lowenstam Mexico Cruise
1978
Box 245
Maps and nautical charts
undated
Box 35, Folder 17
Memorandums, Marine Science Division, USC
1965-1968
Midwater Project Station records
Box 35, Folder 37
Midwater Project Station Record
1963 November-1969 April
Box 36, Folder 47
Midwater Project depth and time computation log
1968-1969
Box 36, Folder 63
Midwater Project--record on the material collected and sorted up to Summer 1965
1965
Box 36, Folder 66
Field key to the Midwater Project
undated
Box 36, Folder 60
Sorting register (blanks) [Midwater Project]
circa 1965
Box 36, Folder 52
Proposed sampling schedule for the Midwater Project for the year 1970-1971
1970
Box 40, Folder 11
Midwater Project Station Record Introduction
undated
Box 40, Folder 12-42, 54, Box 39, Folder 46-125
Midwater Project Station records
1948
Box 40, Folder 1-10
Cruise data sheets
1962-1969
Box 202, Folder 26
Midwater Project cruise reports
1965-1971
Box 202, Folder 23
Midwater project cruise schedules
1965-1972
Box 36, Folder 1
Velero Passenger and Crew List
1975-1977
Box 36, Folder 2
Velero IV Attendance
1983
Box 36, Folder 3
Velero IV Attendance (blanks)
undated
Box 36, Folder 4
Velero IV post cruise reports--addresses
1982-1983
Box 36, Folder 5
Passenger and Crew List
1983
Box 13, Folder 47-48
Post-Cruise Reports
1981-1982
Box 13, Folder 41
Ship Time, Ship Users' Distribution List
undated
Box 27
Velero IV United States Coast Pilot for Pacific Coast
1952
Box 36, Folder 9
Velero IV Mexican cruise (Mazatlan, Kiefer & Clark)
1979-1980
Box 36, Folder 12
Velero monthly reports
1975
Box 36, Folder 14
Velero IV operating schedule
1972-1973
Box 36, Folder 15
Velero IV schedule
1974-1975
Station reports
1948-1985
Scope and Content
Cruises 1-1570, listed in cruise order. Some gaps, but mostly complete.
Box 7, Folder 1
Notes and Comments, Velero Stations
1960-1963
Box 7, Folder 2
Unnumbered
July 1948-September 1949
Box 7, Folder 3
Cruise# 31-64
November 1949-April 1951
Box 7, Folder 4
Cruise# 65-81
1951 May-December
Box 7, Folder 5
Cruise# 82-105
February 1952-December 1952
Box 7, Folder 6
Cruise# 106-119
January 1953-June 1953
Box 7, Folder 7
Cruise# 120-138
July 1953-December 1953
Box 7, Folder 8
Cruise# 139-156
January 1954-May 1954
Box 7, Folder 9
Cruise# 159-180
June 1954-December 1954
Box 7, Folder 10
Cruise# 183-205
January 1955-July 1955
Box 7, Folder 11
Cruise# 207-220
July 1955-September 1955
Box 7, Folder 12
Cruise# 221-234
October 1955-December 1955
Box 7, Folder 13
Cruise# 235-245
January 1956-March 1956
Box 7, Folder 14
Cruise# 247-260
April 1956-June 1956
Box 7, Folder 15
Cruise# 261-287
July 1956-December 1956
Box 7, Folder 16
Cruise# 288-300
January 1957-April 1957
Box 7, Folder 17
Cruise# 301-315
May 1957-September 1957
Box 7, Folder 18
Cruise# 316-326
October 1957-December 1957
Box 7, Folder 19
Cruise# 327-350
January 1958-August 1958
Box 7, Folder 20
Cruise# 352-363
September 1958-December 1958
Box 7, Folder 21
Cruise# 365-374
January 1959-March 1959
Box 7, Folder 22
Cruise# 376-391
May 1959-October 1959
Box 7, Folder 23
Cruise# 392-402
October 1959-December 1959
Box 7, Folder 24
Cruise# 403-414
January 1960-May 1960
Box 7, Folder 25
Cruise# 415-438
June 1960-December 1960
Box 7, Folder 26
Cruise# 439-457
December 1960-May 1961
Box 7, Folder 27
Cruise# 458-472
June 1961-December 1961
Box 7, Folder 28
Cruise# 473-485
December 1961-March 1962
Box 7, Folder 29
Cruise# 486-497
April 1962-July 1962
Box 7, Folder 30
Cruise# 498-519
August 1962-December 1962
Box 7, Folder 31
Cruise# 520-532
January 1963-April 1963
Box 7, Folder 32
Cruise# 533-547
May 1963-July 1963
Box 7, Folder 33
Cruise# 548-573
August 1963-December 1963
Box 7, Folder 34
Cruise# 574-582
January 1964-February 1964
Box 7, Folder 35
Cruise# 584-591
March 1964-April 1964
Box 7, Folder 36
Cruise# 592-606
May 1964-August 1964
Box 7, Folder 37
Cruise# 609-624
August 1964-October 1964
Box 7, Folder 38
Cruise# 625-635
November 1964-January 1965
Box 7, Folder 39
Cruise# 636-652
January 1965-March 1965
Box 7, Folder 40
Cruise# 653-667
March 1965-May 1965
Box 7, Folder 41
Cruise# 669-674
June 1965-August 1965
Box 7, Folder 42
Cruise# 765-783
September 1965-October 1965
Box 7, Folder 43
Cruise# 784-796
November 1965-December 1965
Box 7, Folder 44
Cruise# 799-807
January 1966-February 1966
Box 7, Folder 45
Cruise# 808-822
March 1966-April 1966
Box 7, Folder 46
Cruise# 823-861
May 1966-December 1966
Box 7, Folder 47
Cruise# 862-884
January 1967-March 1967
Box 7, Folder 48
Cruise# 885-907
April 1967-August 1967
Box 7, Folder 49
Cruise# 909-922
September 1967-December 1967
Box 7, Folder 50
Cruise# 923-943
January 1968-March 1968
Box 7, Folder 51
Cruise# 944-957
April 1968-August 1968
Box 7, Folder 52
Cruise# 958-976
August 1968-October 1968
Box 7, Folder 53
Cruise# 978-988
November 1968-December 1968
Box 7, Folder 54
Cruise# 990-1011
January 1969-March 1969
Box 7, Folder 55
Cruise# 1012-1029
April 1969-June 1969
Box 7, Folder 56
Cruise# 1030-1039
July 1969-August 1969
Box 7, Folder 57
Cruise# 1041-1060
September 1969-December 1969
Box 7, Folder 58
Cruise# 1061-1063
January 1970-February 1970
Box 7, Folder 59
Cruise# 1064-1094
March 1970-June 1970
Box 7, Folder 60
Cruise# 1095-1104
July 1970-September 1970
Box 7, Folder 61
Cruise# 1105-1114
September 1970-October 1970
Box 7, Folder 62
Cruise# 1115-1120
November 1970-December 1970
Box 7, Folder 63
Cruise# 1121-1133
January 1971-March 1971
Box 7, Folder 64
Cruise# 1134-1151
April 1971-May 1971
Box 7, Folder 65
Cruise# 1153-1164
June 1971-July 1971
Box 7, Folder 66
Cruise# 1165-1172
August 1971-September 1971
Box 8, Folder 1
Cruise# 1173-1181
October 1971-December 1971
Box 8, Folder 2
Cruise# 1182-1189
January 1972-February 1972
Box 8, Folder 3
Cruise# 1190-1202
March 1972-June 1972
Box 8, Folder 4
Cruise# 1203-1211
July 1972-August 1972
Box 8, Folder 5
Cruise# 1212-1219
September 1972-October 1972
Box 8, Folder 6
Cruise# 1220-1223
October 1972-November 1972
Box 8, Folder 7
Cruise# 1224-1229
December 1972-January 1973
Box 8, Folder 8
Cruise# 1230-1243
February 1973-March 1973
Box 8, Folder 9
Cruise# 1244-1249
May 1973-July 1973
Box 8, Folder 10
Cruise# 1250-1253
July 1973-August 1973
Box 8, Folder 11
Cruise# 1254-1267
September 1973-November 1973
Box 8, Folder 12
Cruise# 1268-1271
November 1973-December 1973
Box 8, Folder 13
Cruise# 1272-1280
January 1974-February 1974
Box 8, Folder 14
Cruise# 1281-1290
March 1971-July 1974
Box 8, Folder 15
Cruise# 1291-1296
July 1974-August 1974
Box 8, Folder 16
Cruise# 1297-1308
September 1974-October 1974
Box 8, Folder 17
Cruise# 1309-1317
November 1974-Decenber 1974
Box 8, Folder 18
Cruise# 1318-1327
January 1975-May 1975
Box 8, Folder 19
Cruise# 1328-1332
May 1975-June 1975
Box 8, Folder 20
Cruise# 1333-1336
July 1975-August 1975
Box 8, Folder 21
Cruise# 1337-1343
September 1975-October 1975
Box 8, Folder 22
Cruise# 1344-1348
November 1975-December 1975
Box 8, Folder 23
Cruise# 1349-1352
January 1976-February 1976
Box 8, Folder 24
Cruise# 1353-1357
March 1976-April 1976
Box 8, Folder 25
Cruise# 1358-1362
April 1976-May 1976
Box 8, Folder 26
Cruise# 1363-1370
June 1976-August 1976
Box 8, Folder 27
Cruise# 1371-1380
August 1976-January 1977
Box 8, Folder 28
Cruise# 1381-1387
January 1977-March 1977
Box 8, Folder 29
Cruise# 1388-1399
April 1977-June 1977
Box 8, Folder 30
Cruise# 1400-1409
June 1977-September 1977
Box 8, Folder 31
Cruise# 1410-1421
September 1977-December 1977
Box 8, Folder 32
Cruise# 1422-1433
January 1978-April 1978
Box 8, Folder 33
Cruise# 1434-1442
April 1978-June 1978
Box 8, Folder 34
Cruise# 1443-1455
July 1978-November 1978
Box 8, Folder 35
Cruise# 1456-1467
January 1979-June 1979
Box 8, Folder 36
Cruise# 1458-1479
July 1979-October 1979
Box 8, Folder 37
Cruise# 1480-1485
January 1980-July 1980
Box 8, Folder 38
Cruise# 1486-1493
July 1980-August 1980
Box 8, Folder 39
Cruise# 1494-1505
September 1980-December 1980
Box 8, Folder 40
Cruise# 1506-1511
January 1981-April 1981
Box 8, Folder 41
Cruise# 1512-1519
April 1981-September1981
Box 8, Folder 42
Cruise# 1520-1528
September 1981-May 1982
Box 8, Folder 43
Cruise# 1529-1534
June 1982-July 1982
Box 8, Folder 44
Cruise# 1535-1541
August 1982-October 1982
Box 8, Folder 45
Cruise# 1542-1546
March 1983-May 1983
Box 8, Folder 46
Cruise# 1547-1554
June 1983-August 1983
Box 8, Folder 47
Cruise# 1555-1565
September 1983-June 1984
Box 8, Folder 48
Cruise# 1566-1570
July 1984-April 1985
Logs
1948-1985
Scope and Content
Extensive engine room and ship logs from the Velero IV.
Engine room logs
1948 July-1972 December
Box 199, Folder 2
Logs
1948 October-November
Box 45, Folder 1-28
Logs
1954 May-1956 August
Box 46, Folder 1-50
Logs
1956 September-1960 December
Box 47, Folder 1-35
Logs
1961 January-1963 December
Box 42, Folder 1-45
Logs
1964 January-1967 September
Box 43, Folder 1-35
Logs
1967 October-1970 August
Box 44, Folder 1-28
Logs
1970 September-1972 December
Box 200, Folder 1, Box 10, Folder 1
Box 200, Folder 2, Box 10, Folder 2
Box 200, Folder 3, Box 10, Folder 3
Box 10, Folder 4, Box 200, Folder 4
Box 10, Folder 5
Logs
1962 January 3-February 24
Box 14, Folder 1-31
Logs
1964 May-1969 February
Box 15, Folder 1-22
Logs
1969 March-1970 December
Box 16, Folder 1-18
Logs
1971 March-1972 September
Box 17, Folder 1-15
Logs
1972 October-1973 December
Box 18, Folder 1-18
Logs
1974 January-1975 June
Box 19, Folder 1-18
Logs
1975 July-1976 December
Box 21, Folder 1-14
Logs
1977 January-1978 February
Box 41, Folder 5-12
Logs
1984 February-September
Hancock Estate
1858-1998
Scope and Content
The Hancock Estate series contains records of the Hancock family, including many 19th century legal documents regarding the
property of Rancho La Brea, and John Hancock's ranch notebooks.
Organization
The Hancock Estate series is organized into the following subseries: 1. Rancho La Brea; and 2. Hancock family.
Rancho La Brea
1858-1995
Scope and Content
Legal documents regarding various lawsuits involving Rancho La Brea land holdings, John Hancock's estate notebooks, various
Hancock family wills and financial documents, mortgage documents for Rancho La Brea.
Box 22, Folder 1
Expedediente of Rancho La Brea
1869
Scope and Contents
No. 287, U. S. District Court, for Southern District of California.
Box 22, Folder 2
United States, Appellants vs. Antonio Rocha et al.
1869
Scope and Contents
Brief on behalf of claimants and appellees, by Cornelius Cole, Supreme Court of the United States, December term, 1869, no.
48.
Box 22, Folder 3
Antonio Jose Rocha, et al., vs. Henry Hancock, et al.
1874
Scope and Contents
Complaint, action for partition of real estate, filed April 25, 1874, A. W. Potts, Clerk, A. Brunson and V. E. Howard, attorneys
for plaintiffs, District Court of Seventeenth Judicial District, County of Los Angeles.
Box 22, Folder 4
A. J. Rocha et al., plaintiffs and appellants, vs. Henry Hancock et al., defendants and respondents
1874
Scope and Contents
Respondents' points and authorities, Chase & Leach and H. Hancock, attorneys for respondents, in the Supreme Court of the
State of California.
Box 22, Folder 5
On appeal from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in the matter of the final survey of Rancho La Brea situate in
the County of Los Angeles, California
1873
Scope and Contents
Reply by Hancock, to brief of contestant, Isaac Hartman, claiming to be attorney for Antonio J. Roche, Jose Jorge Roche, and
Josefa de la Merced Jordan, confirmees, before Hon. Columbus Delano, Secretary of the Interior (2 copies).
Box 22, Folder 6
Cornelius Cole, John Hancock, Henry Hancock, et al vs. David A. Foulke, Isaac Hartman, et al.
1874
Scope and Contents
Suit to quiet title to Rancho La Brea, complaint as amended, in the District Court of the 17th Judicial District of the State
of California in and for the County of Los Angeles.
Box 22, Folder 7
John Hancock, plaintiff and respondent, vs. Guadalupe Valdez de Rocha, defendant and appellant
1877
Scope and Contents
Respondent's points and authorities, Henry Hancock, attorney for respondent, in the Supreme Court of the State of California
(2 copies).
Box 22, Folder 8
Antonio Jose Rocha et al., appellants vs. Henry Hancock et al., respondents
1877
Scope and Contents
Respondents' points and authorities, opposed to those of appellants for Mrs. Morillo and other appellants claiming under her,
Chase & Leach and Henry Hancock, att'ys for respondent John Hancock, no. 5,492 in the Supreme Court of the State of California.
Box 22, Folder 9
James Thomspon, plaintiff and respondent v. John Hancock, defendant and appellant
1874
Scope and Contents
Transcript on appeal, Henry Hancock, attorney for appellant, Glassell, Chapman & Smiths, attorneys for respondent, in the
Supreme Court of the State of California.
Box 22, Folder 10
James Thompson, appellant v. John Hancock, responent
187?
Scope and Contents
Reply to appellant's points and authorities, Henry Hancock, attorney for respondent, in the Supreme Court of the State of
California (2 copies).
Box 22, Folder 11
James Thompson, appellant v. John Hancock, responent
187?
Scope and Contents
Appeal from order denying motion for new trial: petition for re-hearing, C. G. W. French and Henry Hancock, attorneys for
appellant, cause no. 4301 in the Supreme Court of the State of California.
Box 22, Folder 12
James Thompson, plaintiff and respondent vs. John Hancock, defendant and appellant
1874
Scope and Contents
Appeal from order denying motion for a new trial, no. 4301, in the Supreme Court of the State of California, July term of
1874.
Box 22, Folder 13
James Thompson, appellant v. John Hancock, responent
187?
Scope and Contents
Reply to respondent's brief, French & Hancock (in mss.), attorneys for appellant, in the Supreme Court of the State of California.
Box 22, Folder 14
James Thompson, appellant v. John Hancock, responent
187?
Scope and Contents
Appeal from judgment: petition by defendant and appellant for a re-hearing, C. G. W. French and Henry Hancock, attorneys for
appellant, cause no. 4659 in the Supreme Court of the State of California.
Box 22, Folder 15
James Thompson, plaintiff and respondent, vs. John Hancock, defendant and appellant
1875
Scope and Contents
Transcript on appeal, from Seventeenth District Court, Los Angeles County, Henry Hancock, Attorney for Defendant and Appellant,
Glassell, Chapman & Smiths, Attorneys for Plaintiff and Respondent, in the Supreme Court of the State of California (2 copies).
Box 22, Folder 16
James Thompson, Plaintiff and Respondent vs. John Hancock, Defendant and Appellant
187?
Scope and Contents
Brief of appellant, C. G. W. French and Henry Hancock, attorneys for appellant, in the Supreme Court of the State of California.
Box 22, Folder 17
James Thompson, plaintiff and respondent, vs. John Hancock, defendant and appellant
1875
Scope and Contents
Appellant's brief, C. G. W. French & Henry Hancock, attorneys for appellant, in the Supreme Court of the State of California
(3 copies).
Box 22, Folder 18
James Thompson, plaintiff and respondent, vs. John Hancock, defendant and appellant
1875
Scope and Contents
Transcript on appeal, Henry Hancock, Attorney for appellant, Glassell, Chapman & Smiths, and S. Haley, Attorneys for respondent,
in the Supreme Court of the State of California.
Box 22, Folder 19
James Thompson, plaintiff and respondent, vs. John Hancock, defendant and appellant
187?
Scope and Contents
Reply to respondent's brief, in the Supreme Court of the State of California.
Box 22, Folder 20
John Hancock, plaintiff and respondent vs. Claudio Lopez et al., defendants and appellants
1876
Scope and Contents
Respondent's deraignment of title, Henry Hancock, attorney for respondent, in the Supreme Court of the State of California
(3 copies).
Box 22, Folder 21
John Hancock, plaintiff, vs. Claudio Lopez, et al., defendants
1879
Scope and Contents
In the District Court of the Seventeenth Judicial District of the State of California, in and for the County of Los Angeles.
Box 22, Folder 22
John Hancock's Daybook
Dec. 1886-June 1887
Box 22, Folder 23
Mortgage, Henry Hancock to Levi Strauss
Oct. 24, 1868
Box 22, Folder 24
Release of Mortgage, John Hancock to E. F. Spence
Feb. 25, 1881
Box 22, Folder 25
Annual report of the Surveyor-General, for the year 1858
1858
Box 22, Folder 26
Sausal Redondo
1869
Scope and Contents
Argument in favor of Survey made in July 1868, E. R. Carpentier, of counsel for claimants, before the Surveyor General of
California, printed in San Francisco, 1869.
Box 22, Folder 27
In the matter of the protest against the survey of the Pueblo Lands of the City of Los Angeles, California
186?
Scope and Contents
Appeal from the decision of the honorable Commissioner of the General Land Office, Henry Hancock, attorney for the parties
protesting, before Hon. Columbus Delano, Secretary of the Interior.
Box 22, Folder 28
In the matter of the survey of the Ranchos San Jose, Addition, and Azusa
186-?
Scope and Contents
Letter of Hancock, or Supplemental of Larrabee & Hancock, before Hon. Sherman Day, U.S. Surveyor General.
Box 22, Folder 29
People of the State of California, appellants vs. John Hancock, John C. Hays, and certain Real Estate, respondents
1868?
Scope and Contents
Respondent's reply to appellants' points, in the Supreme Court of the State of California, C. G. French and Henry Hancock,
attorneys for defendants (2 copies).
Box 22, Folder 30
Application of Edward Merrill
1866
Scope and Contents
Review of the decision of the register and receiver of the Los Angeles District U.S. Land Office, by Merrill and the State
of California, before the Hon. Commissioner of the General Land Office at Washington, D.C.
Box 22, Folder 31
George N. Howard, et al., contestants, vs. Edward Merrill, ex rel., State of California relative to state selection by California
School Land Warrants, nos. 156 and 227
1868?
Scope and Contents
J.W. Shanklin and Henry Hancock, soliciting that said decision be affirmed, reply to contestants' arguments on appeal from
decision of the Hon. Commissioner of the General Land Office, before Hon. Columbus Delano, Secretary of the Interior, Washington,
D.C.
Box 22, Folder 32
Geo. H. Howard, W. H. Mace, G. O. Wilkinson, W. Gillette and the South Pacific R. R. Company v. Edward Merrill, Locator of
California School Land Warrants 156 and 227
1866?
Scope and Contents
Henry Hancock, Att'y for Edward Merrill and the State of California, before the Hon. Commissioner of the General Land Office,
on appeal from the Los Angeles District California.
Box 22, Folder 33
Warren H. Mace, plaintiff and respondent, vs. Edward Merrill, defendant and appellant
187?
Scope and Contents
Transcript on appeal, Henry Hancock, attorney for defendant and appellant, Hartman & Haley, attorneys for plaintiff and respondent,
in the Supreme Court of the State of California: Cover crossed off in pencil.
Box 22, Folder 34
Warren H. Mace, plaintiff and respondent, vs. Edward Merrill, defendant and appellant
1877
Scope and Contents
Respondent's points and authorities, Hartman & Haley, attorneys for plaintiff and respondent, no. 5691 in the Supreme Court
of the State of California.
Box 22, Folder 35
Edward Dupuy, plaintiff and respondent, vs. Edward Merrill, defendant and appellant
1878
Scope and Contents
Papers used on the hearing of motion to vacate judgment, J. S. Chapman and Henry Hancock, attorneys for appellant, H. T. Hazard,
attorney for respondent, in the Supreme Court of the State of California.
Box 22, Folder 36
Henry Hancock, plaintiff and respondent, vs. Pio Pico, defendant and appellant
1870
Scope and Contents
Transcript on appeal from the 17th district court, Los Angeles County, W. A. Cornwall and Chas. H. Larrabbe, attorneys for
respondent, Glassell, Chapman & Smith, attorneys for appellant, in the Supreme Court of the State of California, published
in San Francisco.
Box 22, Folder 37
Henry Hancock vs. William Wolfskill
1868
Scope and Contents
Affidavit of Henry Hancock, in the Supreme Court of the State of California.
Box 22, Folder 38
Thomas Jeffreys, plaintiffs and respondent, vs. Henry Hancock, defendant and appellant
1881
Scope and Contents
Appellant's points and authorities, Henry Hancock, in person for defendant and appellant, Bicknell & White, attorneys for
plaintiff and respondent, in the Supreme Court of the State of California.
Box 22, Folder 39
C. G. W. French, plaintiff, vs. John Hancock, Defendant
1870
Scope and Contents
Defendant's brief, Henry Hancock, attorney for defendant, in the Superior Court of California, in and for the County of Los
Angeles, before Volney E. Howard, judge.
Box 22, Folder 40
George Wright, appellee, vs. the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, appellant
1877
Scope and Contents
Subject of contest, pre-emption claim of appellee, in reply to railroad exceptions to decision of the Hon. Commissioner of
the General Land Office, affirming the decision of the local office in favor of Wright.
Box 22, Folder 41
In the matter of contest between James M. Griffin, and Joseph Wild
1874
Scope and Contents
Application for a re-hearing, D. C. Reed and Henry Hancock, attorneys for petitioner, for the N.E. 1-4 of the N.E. 1-4 of
Sec. 9, Tp. 11 S., R 4 W., S.B. M., Los Angeles District, California, Hon. Willis Drummond, Commissioner of the General Land
Office.
Box 22, Folder 42
In the Matter of Bertrand Riviere's application to purchase a portion of the rejected lands of the City of Los Angeles, under
seventh section of Act of July 23, 1866
1876
Scope and Contents
Appendix to exceptions to decision of register & receiver of Los Angeles District, California, published Los Angeles, 1876
(3 copies).
Box 22, Folder 43
John C. Hayes et al., appellants v. George Martin et al., respondents
1871
Scope and Contents
Transcript on appeal, Kewen & Howard, H. C. Rolfe, and Hancock, attorneys for appellants, Howard & Willis, attorneys for respondents,
in the Supreme Court of the State of California.
Box 22, Folder 44
John C. Hays & John Hancock, appellants, v. George Martin, et al., respondents
1868?
Scope and Contents
Henry Hancock, for appellants, reply to respondents' points and authorities, in the Supreme Court of the State of California.
Box 22, Folder 45
John Hancock's Workman's Daybook
1887-1890
Box 22, Folder 46
John Hancock's Daybook
Apr. 1889-June 1889
Box 22, Folder 47
John Hancock's Daybook
1890 February-July
Box 22, Folder 48
John Hancock's Daybook
July 1890-Sept. 1890
Box 22, Folder 49
John Hancock's Daybook
1890 October-December
Box 22, Folder 50
John Hancock's Daybook
1890 April-May
Box 22, Folder 51
John Hancock notebook
1890-1891
Box 22, Folder 52
John Hancock's check register
1890-1891
Box 22, Folder 53
John Hancock's Account book
1887-1891
Box 22, Folder 62
Rancho La Brea photographs
circa 1910
Box 22, Folder 63
Photograph of Rancho La Brea oil painting by Charles H. Owens
undated
Box 22, Folder 64
John Hancock's Bank Book
Aug. 1887-Jan. 1888
Box 23, Folder 2
Wills and probate: G. Allan Hancock
1995
Box 23, Folder 3
Wills and probate: Samuel R. Hancock
1914
Box 23, Folder 4
Wills and probate: Ida Hancock Ross
1912-1913
Box 23, Folder 5
Mortgage, Satisfaction of to S. Clinton Hastings
1868
Box 23, Folder 6
Mortgage, Satisfaction of from Benjamin Dreyfus
1871
Box 23, Folder 7
Mortgage by John Hancock to Temple & Wharton
1875
Box 23, Folder 8
Morgage for John Hancock from Major Levi Chase
1876
Box 23, Folder 9
Satisfaction of the mortgage of Rancho La Brea to John Hancock by Nancy Linekin
1877
Box 23, Folder 10
Mortgage by Henry Hancock to Cornelius Cole of southeast corner of Rancho La Brea
1877
Box 23, Folder 11
Mortgage of Rancho La Brea for John Hancock from Commercial Bank of Los Angeles
1878
Box 23, Folder 12
Mortgage for crop at Rancho La Brea for Henry Hancock from George Stone [?]
1879
Box 23, Folder 13
Mortgage of southern part of Rancho La Brea for John Hancock from A. R. Loomis
1880
Box 23, Folder 14
Mortgage of part of Rancho La Brea by John Hancock to A. R. Loomis
1881
Box 23, Folder 15
Release of John Hancock of promise to Capt. Merrill
1879
Box 23, Folder 16
Satisfaction of judgment in favor of John Schumacher
1870
Hancock family
1928-1998, undated
Scope and Content
Miscellaneous materials relating the extended Hancock family.
Box 22, Folder 54
Postcards from Somerset, England
undated
Box 22, Folder 55
Hancock family tree
undated
Box 22, Folder 56
Contact information
circa 1998
Box 22, Folder 59
CD of images from English homestead
1998
Box 22, Folder 60, Box 23, Folder 1
G. Allan Hancock [photograph]
undated
Box 22, Folder 61
Original mansion photographs
undated
Box 22, Folder 57
Federal Radio Commission general orders
1928-1931
G. Allan Hancock personal material
1920s-1989, undated
Scope and Content
Personal materials relating to G. Allan Hancock, including photographs and other personal memorabilia. Of particular note
are the subseries relating to a utopian colony rescued by Hancock in the mid-1930's from the Galapagos Islands, and materials
relating to the Hancock Ensemble, in which Mr. Hancock played cello.
Ensemble
1937-1948, undated
Scope and Content
Mostly posters, announcements, and photographs of the Ensemble.
Box 1, Folder 24
Hancock Concert Hour
1947
Box 4, Folder 21
Allan Hancock Ensemble Brochure
circa 1940
Box 4, Folder 105
List of Recordings
1937-1948
Box 6, Folder 65, Box 269
Box 6, Folder 66
Radio Production Questionnaire
1947
Galapagos Incident
1930-1989, undated
Scope and Content
Includes materials relating to the Ritters (the couple who formed the Galapagos colony), their correspondence with Hancock,
as well as several secondary accounts of the incident.
Box 6, Folder 4
All und leben Die "Einsiedler-Bibel" des Dr. Ritter auf Frido Galapagos nach Richard Wilhelms Übersetzung des Tao te King
von laotse"
1930
Box 6, Folder 14
Newspaper clipping extracted from April 1934 letter
1934
Box 6, Folder 11-12
Miscellaneous articles and stories by the Ritters, volumes 1 and 2
1933-1934
General Physical Description note: Typescript
Box 6, Folder 13
Ritters' Correspondence with G. Allan Hancock
1934-1939
Box 6, Folder 9
Dore Strauch, Satan Came to Eden: The Story of the Galapagos Experiment
1936
General Physical Description note: Galley proof
Box 6, Folder 10
What Happened on Galapagos?
undated
General Physical Description note: Typescript translation of original.
Box 1, Folder 12
"What Happened on Galapagos…as told by a lady from Cologne"
1989
Box 40, Folder 52
Bulletin of the Zoological Society of San Diego, "Hancock Expedition to the Galapagos Islands, 1933. General Report" by George
Hugh Banning
1933 May
Ephemera and realia
1920s-1980s, undated
Box 4, Folder 34
Tribute to Allan Hancock [Attributed to Desmond Hurley on folder]
circa 1955
Box 6, Folder 63
Announcement for memorial lecture for G. Allan Hancock by John S. Garth
1969
Scope and Content
Extracted from Garth Subseries of Foundation Series
Box 48
Hancocks' USC doctoral gown and hoods
undated
Box 220, Folder 16
Brochure, Hancock College of Aeronautics
circa 1950s
