Winfred Emory Allen Papers
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Winfred Emory Allen Papers
Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0023
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, California, 92093-0175
Languages:
English
Physical Description:
7.5 Linear feet
(4 cartons and 9 archives boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1893-1942
Abstract: Papers of Winfred Emory Allen, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) biologist. The collection consists of personal and
professional correspondence, research data, newspaper features, manuscripts, Allen's writings on and about SIO, and photographs.
Creator:
Allen, Winfred Emory, 1873-1947
Biography
Winfred Emory Allen (1873-1947) was a biologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He received his Bachelor of Letters
degree from Earlham College in 1898. In 1904, Allen received his A.M. degree from Lawrence College. From 1905 to 1908, Allen
worked at Nebraska State Normal School, Kearney, Nebraska. From 1910 to 1911, he served as an assistant zoology instructor
at the University of Illinois.
In 1912, Allen became the head of the department of biology at Stockton High School in Stockton, California, and served in
this role until 1916. During that time, he collected data for his first major work on the plankton of the San Joaquin River.
He was also working on his Ph.D. in Biology at the University of California in Berkeley, under Charles Atwood Kofoid, but
he did not complete it. His research on plankton attracted the attention of the director of the Scripps Institution, William
E. Ritter, and he invited Allen to Scripps.
In 1919, Allen began his work at Scripps. He focused exclusively on quantitative studies of marine phytoplankton in the waters
off of southern California. He devised phytoplankton collection methods, and invented a closing bottle called the Allen bottle,
which made it possible to make catches at numerous depths in a short time. Allen also wrote press releases for Scripps Institution,
as well as a newspaper column in the
La Jolla Light entitled "Scripps Institution News."
From 1917 to 1942, Allen wrote feature articles on biology for a number of different California newspapers. He sought to make
scientific concepts accessible to those without a background in science, and he saw his newspaper features as the platform
to accomplish that goal. Allen retired from the Scripps Institution in 1943 and remained professor emeritus until 1946. He
died on September 20, 1947, in Santa Paula, Calif.
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Preferred Citation
Winfred Emory Allen Papers. SMC 23. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Scope and Content of Collection
Papers of Winfred Emory Allen, an early Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) biologist who specialized in the collection
and study of plankton. The papers consist of personal and professional correspondence, Allen's research data, newspaper features,
manuscripts, Allen's writings on and about SIO, and photographs. The collection is noteworthy for its correspondence between
Allen and other early SIO researchers, and Allen's frank opinions on the research program and administration of the campus,
as recorded in his letters, memoranda, and press releases. It also includes some ephemera and photographs of the La Jolla
area from 1919 through the mid-1930s.
The papers are arranged in five series: 1) DATA FILES, 2) CORRESPONDENCE AND PROFESSIONAL PAPERS, 3) SUBJECT FILES AND WRITINGS;
4) CALIFORNIA BIOLOGICAL FEATURE SERVICE, and 5) PHOTOGRAPHS.
Related Materials
SIO Biographical Files, SAC 5. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1981-2006.
Digital Content
Seven photographs from this collection have been digitized and are available through links in the container list.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Allen, Winfred Emory, 1873-1947 -- Archives
Scripps Institution of Oceanography. -- Archives
Phytoplankton -- Research
DATA FILES
Scope and Content of Series
SERIES 1) DATA FILES: This series consists mainly of phytoplankton data and reports drawn from observations and samples collected
on cruises and from various piers in southern California. It includes logbooks, charts and summaries of research findings.
Cruises typically report data on phytoplankton collected in 5 liter Allen bottles.
Arranged in thirteen subseries: A) CalCOFI Cruises, B)
E.W. Scripps Cruises, C) Fisheries, D)
Pioneer Cruises, E) Miscellaneous California Cruises, F) Farallone, G) La Jolla Pier, H) Oceanside, I) Point Hueneme, J) Scotch Cap,
K) Miscellaneous Pier Measurements, L) Manuscripts and Reports, and M) Subject Files and Miscellaneous Data.
Box 1, Folder 1-8
Cruises 2-9
1949 March 29-November 20
General note
Includes reports, cruise summaries, maps and data sheets.
Box 1, Folder 9
Chlorophyll Samples from cruises
1949-1950
Box 1, Folder 10
Horizon Cruises 2-8, 14, 15, and 21
1949-1951
General note
Random data and graphs from each of these cruises.
Box 1, Folder 11-18
Cruises 11-18
1950 February 2-September 18
Box 1, Folder 19
MLR Progress Report
1950 November 6
Box 1, Folder 20-22
Cruises 22-24
1951 February-April
Box 1, Folder 23
California Cooperative sardine research plans
1952 November 26
Box 1, Folder 24
Cruise 44-55
1953 January 21-1954 February 9
Box 1, Folder 25
Operation Longline
1953 January 31-March 2
Box 1, Folder 26-27
Operation Frustule program and data
1953 June
Box 1, Folder 28-30
Cruises 52-54
1953 August 28-November 11
Box 1, Folder 31
Cruise 6101, 6104
1961 January-April
Box 1, Folder 32
Holmes lecture notes on phytoplankton
undated
Box 1, Folder 33
Diatom data
1935 June 11-September 27
Box 1, Folder 34
Hydrographic data
1935 June 11-September 27
Box 1, Folder 35-36
Centrifuge cruise and data
1935 July 3-1936 September 4
Box 1, Folder 37-40
Cruises 1-4
1938 February 15-August 26
Box 1, Folder 41
R.T. Young series - Monterey phytoplankton
1938 September 11-13
Box 1, Folder 42-43
Cruises 5-6
1938 October 26-December 18
Box 1, Folder 44
Cruises 1-6 - Diatoms and dinoflagellates
1938 February-December
Box 1, Folder 45
California copepod count
1938 February-December
Box 1, Folder 46
Population trends cruise
1938-1941
Box 1, Folder 47
Gulf of California cruise
1939 February 13-March 18
Box 1, Folder 48
Fisheries cruise - North
1939 May 10-June 23
Box 1, Folder 49
Fisheries cruise - South
1939 June 29-July 10
Box 1, Folder 50
Cruises 10-15 diatom data
1940
General note
Station and diatom data for all of the Fisheries cruises in 1940.
Box 1, Folder 51-55
Cruises 11-16 (Fisheries cruises 2-6)
1940 March 21-June 7
Box 1, Folder 56
Cruise 16
1940 October 8-December 16
General note
Gulf of California.
Box 1, Folder 57
Graphs from
E.W. Scripps and Crest Solar III cruises showing phytoplankton hauls, temperature, and density
1940
General note
Includes data from
E.W. Scripps cruises 10 and 11.
Box 1, Folder 59-61
Cruise 17
1941 March 21-30
Box 1, Folder 62-64
Cruise 19
1941 April 14-25
Box 1, Folder 71-73
Cruise 25
1941 June 25-July 3
Box 1, Folder 74-76
Cruise 27
1941 July 21-28
Box 1, Folder 77-79
Cruise 28
1941 August 26-September 2
Box 1, Folder 80-82
Cruise 30
1941 September 23-29
Box 1, Folder 83-85
Cruise 32
1941 October 16-23
Box 1, Folder 86-88
Cruise 33
1941 November 13-22
General note
End of pre-war cruises.
Box 1, Folder 89-90
Cruise summaries
1941 March-November
General note
Summaries for cruises 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28, 30, 32 and 33. The second folder includes a formal summary of findings by
W. E. Allen.
Box 13, Folder 1
Summaries and charts
1941 March-November
Box 13, Folder 2
Sea temperature distribution maps
1941 March-November
Box 1, Folder 91
Cruise 17 and 19 comparisons
1941
Box 1, Folder 92-93
Cruise 17, 19, 21, 25, 27, 28 and 32 comparisons
1941
Box 1, Folder 95
Diatoms
1941
General note
Includes small envelopes inside folder, including: "Sargent & Walker, Diatom Clements of Eddies off So. Calif., with attn'l
charts"; and "Sargent & Walker, with addn'l figures." Glossy charts in folders from various cruises in 1941.
Box 1, Folder 96
Phytoplankton
1941
General note
Includes data from cruise 17.
Box 2, Folder 1
Sargent and Walker - Notes, maps and graphs on cruises
1941
General note
Includes charts and temperature/pH data from cruises 19, 21, 23, and 30.
Box 2, Folder 2
Allen, W. E. Seasonal occurrences and geographical distribution of marine plankton diatoms of Southern California
1941
Box 2, Folder 3
Species distribution graphs for cruises 17, 27, 32
1941
Box 2, Folder 4
Station plan for cruises 17-33
1941
Box 2, Folder 5
Tabular summaries of cruise data
1941
Box 2, Folder 6
Asterionella japonica to Chaetoceros curvisetus
1941
Box 2, Folder 7
Chaetoceros dadayi to Chaetoceros lorenzianus
1941
Box 2, Folder 8
Chaetoceros messanesis to Ditylum brightwellii
1941
Box 2, Folder 9
Eucapia zoodiacus to Pseudoeunotia doliolus
1941
Box 2, Folder 10
Rhizosolenia alata to Rhizosolenia stolerfothii
1941
Box 2, Folder 11
Schroderella delicatula to Thalassiothrix mediterranea
1941
Box 2, Folder 13
Horrer, Paul. Salinity as a tracer of upwelled water off Southern California
1948 July 16
General note
Typescript. MLR Inter-division report no. 1, utilizing data from cruise 17. Supervised by Dale Leipper and Robert Reid.
Box 2, Folder 14-15
Series graphs and data
1917
Box 2, Folder 16
Allen, W. E. Report to William Ritter on study of marine diatoms and dinoflagellates
1917-1918
General note
Typescript drafts summarizing summer research methods and findings.
Box 2, Folder 17-18
Series graphs and data
1918
Box 2, Folder 19
La Jolla pier fish catches
1921 September
General note
Detailed typewritten summaries and a table showing fish catches off the pier. Includes a 1921 photograph of a 291 pound sea
bass caught off the pier.
Box 2, Folder 20
International Fisheries Commission - Plankton samples
1929 January 10-February 24
General note
Includes measurements taken by the
Dorothy.
Box 2, Folder 21
Cruise to Cortes Bank
1923 January 22-February 9
Box 2, Folder 22
Cruise from La Jolla to Seattle
1923 February 20-22, April 5-8
General note
Two data sets: one from La Jolla to San Francisco in February, and one from San Francisco to Seattle in April.
Box 2, Folder 23-24
Alaska cruise data and manuscript
1923-1924
General note
Divided into five sections.
Box 2, Folder 25
Cruise from Seattle to San Francisco
1924 October 10-12
Box 2, Folder 26
Alaska cruise data on diatoms and dinoflagellates
1925 September 23-30
Box 2, Folder 27
Santa Barbara Islands Cruise
1926 March 15-19
Box 2, Folder 28
Cruise on Oregon Coast
1927 August 15-October 12
Miscellaneous California Cruises
Box 2, Folder 29
San Pedro boat trip
1922 June 19-20
Box 2, Folder 30-32
Thaddeus cruises and data
1926 August
General note
Includes report on diatoms and dinoflagellates.
Box 2, Folder 33
Bigelow-Monterey diatoms and dinoflagellates
1928 June 30-July 23
Box 2, Folder 34
Zaca Guadalupe-Galapagos cruise
1932 March 17-August 22
Box 2, Folder 35
Velero III Galapagos cruise
1933 March 8-23
Box 2, Folder 36
Zaca Gulf of California cruise
1935 November 9-25
Box 2, Folder 37
Allen, W. E. The Templeton Crocker Expedition to the Gulf of California in 1935: The Phytoplankton
1936
General note
Typescript drafts of manuscript reports summarizing data from the
Zaca Gulf of California cruise.
Box 2, Folder 38
Velero III Lower California and Gulf of California cruise
1937 March 1-April 4
Box 2, Folder 39-42
Light weekly diatoms and dinoflagellates
1925-1928
Box 2, Folder 43
Light weekly diatoms
1929
Box 13, Folder 3-4
Daily diatoms and dinoflagellates
1917-1918
Box 2, Folder 44
Station 1 pier series data
1917-1919
Box 2, Folder 45-46
Daily diatoms and dinoflagellates
1919 September-December
Box 2, Folder 47
Allen, W. E. Quantitative studies on marine phytoplankton at La Jolla
1919
General note
Typescript draft report.
Box 2, Folder 48-51
Pier series hourly and daily diatoms and dinoflagellates
1920-1921
Box 2, Folder 52
Allen, W. E. Quantitative studies in inshore marine diatoms and dinoflagellates of Southern California
1922
General note
Typescript draft report.
Box 2, Folder 53
Daily diatoms and dinoflagellates
1922
Box 2, Folder 54-55
Station 1-2 diatoms and dinoflagellates
1923 May 23-June 15
Box 2, Folder 56-57
Weekly diatoms and dinoflagellates
1923-1924
Box 2, Folder 58
Comparison of pier measurements
1924
Box 2, Folder 59
Weekly diatoms and dinoflagellates
1925
Box 2, Folder 60
Buley, Horace. Quantitative studies on inshore diatoms and dinoflagellates of the California Coast
1925
General note
Handwritten manuscript draft.
Box 2, Folder 61
Phosphate measurements
1925-1929
Box 2, Folder 62
Weekly nitrate averages
1926 September-1927 January
Box 2, Folder 63
Weekly diatoms and dinoflagellates
1926
Box 2, Folder 64
Weekly silica averages
1926-1929
Box 2, Folder 65
Miscellaneous A+B diatoms and dinoflagellates
1927 June 7
Box 2, Folder 66-67
Station 1 diatoms and dinoflagellates
1927 June-November
Box 3, Folder 1-2
Station 2 diatoms and dinoflagellates
1927 June-August
Box 3, Folder 3
Station 1-2 count records
1927 June-December
Box 3, Folder 4
Miscellaneous "C" diatoms and dinoflagellates
1927 August 23
Box 3, Folder 5-7
C16, 18, and 21 diatoms and dinoflagellates
1927 August 24
Box 3, Folder 8
Diatoms and dinoflagellates
1927 September 2-1928 March 28
Box 3, Folder 9
Miscellaneous "E-F" diatoms and dinoflagellates
1927 November 4, December 1
Box 3, Folder 10
Station 1-2 comparison tables
1927
Box 3, Folder 13
Buley, Horace. Studies of the food of the mussel, Mytilus Californianus, with special reference to its use of diatoms and
dinoflagellates
1927-1928
General note
Typescript draft report, with tables.
Box 3, Folder 14
Weekly oxygen averages
1927-1929
Box 3, Folder 15
Allen, W. E. Boat catches of marine phytoplankton in Southern California
1928 July-October
General note
Typescript draft report, with tables.
Box 3, Folder 16
Diatoms and dinoflagellates
1928
Box 3, Folder 17
Weekly dinoflagellates
1929 January-July
Box 3, Folder 18
Scripps count records
1929 June-July
Box 3, Folder 19
Allen, W. E. Problems of quantitative research on microplankton
1929
General note
Typescript draft report, with tables.
Box 3, Folder 20
Scripps mooring series
1929
Box 3, Folder 21
Diatoms and dinoflagellates
1930
Box 3, Folder 22
Scripps count records
1931 July-December
Box 3, Folder 24
Scripps count records
1932 January-September
Box 3, Folder 25
Scripps mooring series diatoms and dinoflagellates
1932 October 11-December 17
Box 3, Folder 26-33
Weekly diatoms and dinoflagellates
1932-1938
Box 3, Folder 34
Weekly surface temperature and salinity
1938
Box 3, Folder 35
Temperature forecasts for San Diego and Scripps pier
1938-1939
Box 3, Folder 36
Weekly diatoms and dinoflagellates
1939
Box 13, Folder 5
Scripps pier daily phytoplankton log
1944 April-1952 January
Box 3, Folder 37
Pier sample tables
1944-1949
Box 3, Folder 38
Allen, W. E. Significances of "red water" in the sea
1945
General note
Typescript draft report, with tables.
Box 3, Folder 39
Pier sample tables
1953 March 4
Box 3, Folder 40-41
Daily diatom and dinoflagellate count records
1921-1922
Box 3, Folder 42-45
Weekly diatom and dinoflagellate count records
1922-1927
Box 3, Folder 46
Temperature and salinity
1919-1938
Box 3, Folder 47-49
Daily diatoms and dinoflagellates
1920-1921
Box 3, Folder 50
Daily physical variables
1921 February-July
Box 3, Folder 51
Daily diatoms and dinoflagellates
1922
Box 3, Folder 52-64
Weekly diatoms and dinoflagellates
1923-1934, 1941
General note
Folder 62 includes weekly averages from 1932-1941.
Box 3, Folder 65
Ocean observations at Point Hueneme
1935 March 14
Box 3, Folder 66-73
Weekly diatoms and dinoflagellates
1935-1942
Box 3, Folder 74-81
Weekly diatoms and dinoflagellates
1926-1933
Miscellaneous Pier Measurements
Box 3, Folder 82
Summerland Kelp Station - Daily diatoms and dinoflagellates
1921 April 1-18
General note
Located in Santa Barbara.
Box 3, Folder 83-84
Santa Barbara pier - Diatoms and dinoflagellates
1921 June-December
General note
Includes daily and weekly measurements.
Box 3, Folder 85
Redondo pier - Daily Diatoms and Dinoflagellates
1921 July 26-October 11
Box 3, Folder 86-87
Mission Bay - Diatoms and dinoflagellates
1922 November 3-4
Box 3, Folder 88-90
Pacific Grove - Weekly diatoms and dinoflagellates
1923-1925
Box 3, Folder 91
Gulf of Alaska hydrographic data
1927-1929
Box 3, Folder 92-94
Balboa pier - Weekly diatoms and dinoflagellates
1927
Box 4, Folder 1
Fox, Dorothea. Quantitative studies on inshore marine diatoms and dinoflagellates taken at five stations on the east Pacific
coast
1926
General note
Typescript with some charts. Includes a page of comments on the paper by F. B. Sumner.
Box 4, Folder 2
Allen, W. E. Announcement in
Science, "Some micro-plankton from Salton Sea" reprint
1939 February 13-March 18
Box 4, Folder 3
Sargent, Marston and Thomas Austin. The economy of coral reefs
1950 November 22
General note
Typescript draft.
Box 4, Folder 4
Munk, Walter and Marston Sargent. Adjustment of Bikini Atoll to ocean waves
1949-1950
General note
Typescript draft and related correspondence. Also includes reprint of Munk, Ewing, and Revelle article, "Diffusion in Bikini
Lagoon."
Box 4, Folder 5
McEwen, G. F. Summary of methods of computing the mean distances between organisms from their population density
undated
General note
Typescript draft.
Subject Files and Miscellaneous Data
Box 4, Folder 6
Ross and Barnhart - Lower California series
1919
Box 4, Folder 7
McEwen - Queen series
1920 June 10-24
General note
Data collected from many points.
Box 4, Folder 8
Mortensen series
1920 July 8-December 21
General note
Data collected from many points.
Box 4, Folder 9
Kemah Lateral series
1920 July 10-15
Box 4, Folder 10
Diatom and dinoflagellate comparison charts
1920
Box 4, Folder 11
Baker - Lower California series 1-142
1921 April 7-July 11
General note
Baja California Pacific ocean studies.
Box 4, Folder 15
Barnhart - Mexican Island Expedition
1922 July 9-August 2
Box 4, Folder 16
Ohio series
1924 January 18-March 20
General note
Includes related reports and correspondence, including typescript drafts on catches. Includes a letter from Allen to Dr. Grinnell
at Berkeley, in response to criticism of a recent paper and the conduct of research at the Scripps Institution in which Allen
mentions Vaughn and Kofoid.
Box 4, Folder 17
Sturges series
1924 May 17-October 7
General note
Includes a draft of a report by George Sleggs on "Horizontal and bathymetrical distribution of marine phytoplankton in the
region of La Jolla."
Box 4, Folder 18
USC and U.S.S.
Guide series - Oregon coast
1924-1925
Box 4, Folder 19
USS
Omaha - San Diego to Guadalupe Island
1925 March 2-12
Box 4, Folder 20
Lewis, Ralph. Surface catches of marine diatoms and dinoflagellates collected between Point Fermin and Cortes Bank by the
USS
Guide
1925 March 26-May 6
General note
Report and data sheets from the USC and G.S.S. series.
Box 4, Folder 21
USS
Omaha - Transpacific voyage
1925 April 16-August 28
Box 4, Folder 22
Lewis, Ralph. Surface catches of marine diatoms and dinoflagellates taken off the coast of Lower California and Mexico
1925 April 18-26
General note
Report and data sheets from the USS
Ortolan Revillagigedo Island cruise.
Box 4, Folder 23
USC and G.S.S.
Discoverer series - Hawaii
1925, 1927
Box 4, Folder 25
U.S.S.
Guide - Washington coast series
1927 July 27-October 14
Box 4, Folder 26
Thompson-Alaska series
1927 October 30-1928 February 4
General note
Includes report by Allen, "Quantitative studies of surface catches of marine diatoms and dinoflagellates taken in Alaskan
waters by the International Fisheries Commission in Fall and Winer of 1927-1928.
Box 4, Folder 27
USC and G.S.S.
Natoma series - Seattle to San Pedro
1928 April 4-22
Box 4, Folder 28
USC and G.S.S.
Natoma series - Lower California to canal zone
1928 April 18-May 5
Box 4, Folder 29
Trask series - Grays Harbor
1928 May 16
General note
Includes memorandum and data.
Box 4, Folder 30
Discoverer series - Point St. George and Southern California
1928
Box 4, Folder 31
Data and memorandum concerning diatoms collected by Peruvian Guano Administration
1929-1930
Box 4, Folder 32
Agar production - Correspondence
1929-1933
Box 4, Folder 33
Australian diatoms
1930-1931
Box 4, Folder 34
Barnhart - Mexico series
1931 April 11-May 2
Box 4, Folder 35
Mexican Freight Boat series
1932 August 24-September 10
Box 4, Folder 36
Fleming-U.S.S.
Hannibal series
1933 March 10-May 25
General note
Includes memorandum from Richard Fleming with a list of stations occupied by the
Hannibal, in addition to data tables.
Box 4, Folder 37
Southern India, Calicut and Krusadai plankton samples and correspondence
1934-1936
Box 4, Folder 38
Revelle-Bushnell Midpacific cruise
1934 July 20-August 27
General note
Includes report by Allen.
Box 4, Folder 39
Kamine series
1937 December 26-1938 August 15
Box 4, Folder 40-43
U.S. Navy Volunteer Research Reserve - Survey of San Diego Bay
1950
General note
Survey data, progress report, and tables.
CORRESPONDENCE AND PROFESSIONAL PAPERS
Scope and Content of Series
SERIES 2) CORRESPONDENCE AND PROFESSIONAL PAPERS: This series includes both personal and professional correspondence from
1915-1948, including letters exchanged with T. Wayland Vaughan, Henry B. Bigelow, Wesley R. Coe, Charles Atwood Kofoid, W.
E. Ritter, and others. These papers were damaged in a flood prior to their donation to the Library and are delicate and stained.
The Allen correspondence was maintained in its found order when the collection was reviewed and updated in 2016. The subseries
represented here reflect the order of the papers as they were when acquired by the Archives, and include three broad categories
of correspondence: a chronologically sorted body of letters that arrived at the Archives loose, without any prior sorting
or description; letters that Allen had sorted and arranged in folders with titles; and an incomplete bundle of letters in
folders which Allen had labeled "Lab Correspondence." Accordingly, there is some overlap with correspondents and topics throughout
these three subseries (for example, there might be letters exchanged with a specific SIO colleague in the General Correspondence
subseries, and letters from that same person in a file that Allen maintained and labeled in the Sorted Correspondence subseries).
Additionally, some of the correspondents are repeated in Series 3, SUBJECT FILES AND WRITINGS, where drafts of Allen's letters
to colleagues and administrators at SIO may be found.
Arranged in three subseries: A) General Correspondence, B) Sorted Correspondence, and C) Lab Correspondence.
A) General Correspondence: Professional and personal correspondence, arranged chronologically. The letters often touch on
personal matters, such Allen's interest in sports, in addition to professional matters, such as his plankton research. It
also includes correspondence in his role as a committee member for the La Jolla Country Club, though additional materials
on the Club and the La Jolla Land and Improvement Company are also located in Series 3. Allen had professional disputes and
disagreements with SIO director T. Wayland Vaughan, and correspondence on this topic is frequent beginning in late 1930 and
may also be found in Series 3. Allen favored the biological and ecological perspective of Ritter, and felt less comfortable
in Vaughan's broad oceanographic program. In letters to others, including the president of the University, Allen details his
complaints with the facilities, laboratory operations, and staff.
B) Sorted Correspondence: Professional correspondence between Allen and specific people or publications, including the previous
director of Scripps, William E. Ritter. Arranged alphabetically.
C) Lab Correspondence: An incomplete series of professional correspondence, arranged alphabetically.
Box 6, Folder 14
Bausch and Lomb Optical Company
1933-1940
Box 6, Folder 15
Henry B. Bigelow
1928-1930
Box 6, Folder 16
Biological Board of Canada
1925-1936
Box 6, Folder 18
Botanical Society of America
1925-1934
Box 6, Folder 19
California Academy of Sciences
1921-1938
Box 7, Folder 2
Hopkins Marine Station
1924-1935
Box 7, Folder 3
Kofoid, Charles Atwood
1921-1939
Box 7, Folder 4
Ernest Windle (Editor, Catalina Islander)
1919-1935
Box 7, Folder 5
Stockton Public Library Bulletin
1915 July
Box 7, Folder 9
Albert Mann (Smithsonian Institution)
1920-1930
Box 7, Folder 10
Irene McCulloch
1925-1939
Box 7, Folder 14
William Emerson Ritter
1918-1939
Box 7, Folder 16
Science press (Scientific Monthly)
1920-1940
Box 7, Folder 19
University of California, Berkeley
1920-1940
SUBJECT FILES AND WRITINGS
Scope and Content of Series
SERIES 3) SUBJECT FILES AND WRITINGS: This series includes Allen's files on various topics and his publications, including
key reports on early research programs at Scripps. Typewritten drafts of Allen's reports and memoranda on events, colleagues
and leadership at Scripps--including his opinions on the research of others and director Vaughan, and the political climate
on the young campus--are interspersed throughout the series in his original files. It also includes seminar assignments, correspondence,
biographical information, ephemera and subject files on old La Jolla, and annual reports submitted to the president of the
University of California. These papers were damaged in a flood prior to their donation to the Library and are delicate and
stained. Arranged chronologically.
Box 7, Folder 20
Fish and Game Commission
1916-1936
Box 7, Folder 21
Proposal for delimitation of fishing area research
1917
Box 7, Folder 22
Travel and budget
1917-1933
Box 7, Folder 23
Miscellaneous papers - Scripps Institution of Oceanography issues
1918-1934
General note
A folder of miscellaneous essays, drafts and correspondence, including detailed documentation of Allen's opinions on the personnel,
oversight and leadership at SIO in the 1930s, including research priorities and politics.
Box 8, Folder 1
Salton Sea research trip summary
1919 December 18
Box 8, Folder 2
SIO Pier fishing permit
1920
Box 8, Folder 3
Materials on biological aspects of oceanography
1920-1925
Box 8, Folder 4
Reports on work at Scripps
1920-1939
General note
Assorted correspondence and memoranda in which Allen expresses his opinion on oversight and research programs at SIO.
Box 8, Folder 5
La Jolla Country Club
1921-1929
General note
Includes a copy of the original by-laws and a ticket for the Del Mar golf course.
Box 8, Folder 6
La Jolla Land and Improvement Company
1921-1929
General note
Includes copies of the 1921 and 1927 by-laws for the La Jolla Land and Improvement Company.
Box 8, Folder 7
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science Service
1921-1934
General note
Includes correspondence and meeting minutes.
Box 8, Folder 8
Published material - Manuscript drafts
1921-1938
Box 8, Folder 9
Problems in the Pacific area - Manuscript drafts
1922
Box 8, Folder 10
Memoranda on research programs at Scripps
1922-1929
Box 8, Folder 11
Phytoplankton research
1922-1930
General note
Correspondence, memoranda, and manuscript drafts on Allen's research program at SIO.
Box 8, Folder 12
Birdwatching observations from the pier
1923-1929
Box 8, Folder 13
Stockroom supplies inventory
1924
Box 8, Folder 14
Courses in oceanography
1925-1930
Box 8, Folder 15
Biological oceanography seminar notes and assignments
1925-1932
Box 8, Folder 16
Investigations on phytoplankton in the Pacific Ocean, by W.E. Allen
1926
Box 8, Folder 17
Microplankton collection - Reports, memoranda and instructions
1926-1938
General note
Includes photo from the Naval Operating Base, San Diego of personnel assessing ship hull samples, dated 1930 May 10.
Box 8, Folder 18
At the Shrine of Truth, by W.E. Allen
1927 June
Box 8, Folder 19
American Geographical Society certificate
1928 November 20
Box 8, Folder 20
Environmental Lags, by W.E. Allen
1928
Box 8, Folder 21
Report to the President of the University on the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
1929 July 1
Box 8, Folder 22
Appointment and retirement
1929-1945
Box 9, Folder 1
SIO-related memoranda
1930
General note
Includes statements on maintenance and expenses for the cottages on campus, and reports to Vaughan on Allen's phytoplankton
research.
Box 9, Folder 2
Report of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography to the President of the University
1930 July 1-1931 June 30
General note
Preservation photocopy.
Box 9, Folder 3
Outlines and course notes
1930-1942
Box 9, Folder 4
Confidential comment for the President concerning conditions at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, by W.E. Allen
1931 January 15
Box 9, Folder 5
Memorandum by T. Wayland Vaughan to the International Committee on the Oceanography of the Pacific, on the SIO research program
1931 September 23
General note
Preservation photocopy.
Box 9, Folder 6
SIO-related memoranda
1931
General note
Allen's observations on personnel and oversight of SIO.
Box 9, Folder 7
Memoranda and "Scripps Institution Notes" drafts
1932-1933
General note
Allen's observations on personnel and oversight of SIO.
Box 9, Folder 8
Budgets and staff meeting notes
1932-1933
Box 9, Folder 10
Memoranda and "Scripps Institution Notes" drafts
1933
Box 9, Folder 15
20 year statistical studies of plankton dinoflagellates of Southern California - Publication file
1941
Box 9, Folder 16
Grace Wheeler Allen
undated
Box 9, Folder 17
Life on Earth by Winfred Emory Allen
undated
Box 9, Folder 18
Recent work on marine micro-plankton at the La Jolla Biological Station, by W. E. Allen
undated
Box 10, Folder 1
Research facilities at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, by T. Wayland Vaughan
circa 1932
General note
Typescript copy of published report.
Box 10, Folder 2
Biographical information
undated
CALIFORNIA BIOLOGICAL FEATURE SERVICE
Scope and Content of Series
SERIES 4) CALIFORNIA BIOLOGICAL FEATURE SERVICE: Over the course of his career, Allen wrote many newspaper features, which
appeared in several newspapers in California. These were syndicated through the California Biological Feature Service. This
series includes notes, correspondence, and articles.
Box 10, Folder 3
California Biological Feature Service letters
1917-1930
Box 10, Folder 4-10
Features correspondence
1919-1928
Box 11, Folder 1-14
Articles in chronological order
1919-1937
Box 12, Folder 1-8
Articles in chronological order
1938-1942
PHOTOGRAPHS
Scope and Content of Series
SERIES 5) PHOTOGRAPHS: Photographs and negatives documenting Allen's personal and professional life.
Box 12, Folder 9
Allen family photographs
1893-1920
General note
Includes a print of Scripps children from ca. 1920, including Corinne Copeland, Esther and Margaret Allen, and Paul McEwen;
and family and collegiate portraits. Two images from this folder have been digitized, and may be viewed by clicking the links
below.
Children at Scripps
circa 1920
Children at Scripps, circa 1920
Spokane YMCA men's basketball team
Spokane YMCA men's basketball team
Box 12, Folder 10
Winfred Emory Allen portraits
1926, 1935
General note
Copy negatives and multiple prints of a portrait by Moberg of Allen with his collecting bottle. Includes later, more formal
portraits, including a copy print by Eugene LaFond. Two images from this folder have been digitized, and may be viewed by
clicking the links below.
Allen turning a cable wench
circa 1935
Allen turning a cable wench, circa 1935
Allen with a collecting bottle
circa 1926
Allen with a collecting bottle, circa 1926
Box 12, Folder 11
Scripps campus and buildings
circa 1919-1933
General note
Includes original prints depicting the Scripps cottages, the water tower, the pier and La Jolla point, the cliffs below SIO,
and old library and laboratory buildings. Some photos credited to Harry Erickson. Selected images from this folder have been
digitized, and may be viewed by clicking the links below.
Cliffs north of Scripps Institution of Oceanography
circa 1925
Cliffs north of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, circa 1920
La Jolla, looking south from Scripps campus
circa 1925
La Jolla, looking south from Scripps campus, circa 1925
Box 12, Folder 12
Anton Dohrn
circa 1920
General note
Original print. The
Anton Dohrn was not operated by Scripps.
Box 12, Folder 13
Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park, San Diego
1920
Box 12, Folder 14
La Jolla 8th grade grammar school class portrait
1921
General note
Margaret Allen, front row, 3rd from left.
Box 12, Folder 15
Scripps Institution personnel
1923 June, 1935 October
General note
On the occasion of Ritter's retirement, photographed by Herbert Fitch: Back row, from left, Jack Ross, Sumner, Jim Ross, McEwen,
Allen, Wesley C. Crandall, Moberg, unidentified, Charles Michael, Percy S. Barnhart, Myrtle Johnson, Ritter, Tillie Genter,
Maurine Leslie, and R.R. Huestis (digitized; link available below). Second photo includes Sumner, McEwen, Revelle, Blodwen
Lloyd, Flemming, Helland-Hansen, Vaughan, Moberg, and Allen.
Staff of Scripps Institution for Biological Research, at the retirement of William E. Ritter
1923 June
Staff of Scripps Institution for Biological Research, at the retirement of William E. Ritter, 1923 June
Box 12, Folder 16
Percy Barnhart
circa 1926
