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Title: Christopher Swann commercial and deep sea diving research collection
Identifier/Call Number: Mss 364
Language of Material:
English.
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
2.5 Linear Feet
(7 document boxes, 81 audiocassettes and CDs, 2 videocassettes, 1 DVD)
Creator:
Swann, Christopher, 1942-
Date (bulk): approximately 1940s-2000s
Date (inclusive): 19th century-2000s
Abstract: This collection contains magazines, brochures, newsletters, training and safety manuals, reports, and other files gathered
by Christopher Swann in the course of his research into commercial and deep sea diving for his book
The History of Oilfield Diving: An Industrial Adventure.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
The collection is open for research. Some materials may be restricted. Audiovisual materials must be reformatted for access.
Please contact the Department of Special Research Collections in advance to request access.
Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through
the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to
the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator
and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department
of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of
California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is
not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Gift of Christopher Swannn, 2018.
[Identification of Item], Christopher Swann commercial and deep sea diving collection, Mss 364. Department of Special Research
Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
This collection contains magazines, brochures, newsletters, training and safety manuals, reports, and other files, gathered
by Christopher Swann in the course of his research into commercial and deep sea diving for his book
The History of Oilfield Diving: An Industrial Adventure.
Brochures and commercial company literature cover an array of deep sea diving technologies, including breathing apparatus,
suits, underwater robotics, submarines, and hyperbaric chambers. Training and safety manuals include United States Navy Bureau
of Ships underwater and cutting and welding literature, Navy Medical Research Institute one-atmosphere diving systems, a Santa
Barbara City College Marine Diving Technician Program project book (1972-1973), and Commercial Diving Center air mixed-gas
instructional material from Wilmington, California. Serial publications include United States and international publications
(France).
Research files cover early California offshore oil diving, general historical diving information, exploration drilling, ARCO
divers (including correspondence and interview notes for Torrance Parker), pressure lab research (SUNY Buffalo), deep sea
diving suits and helmets, Duke Atlantis experimental chamber dives, cold water studies, and "Quick Dive 1000" (Duke University).
Research files also include recorded interviews conducted by Christopher Swann with members of the diving community.
The collection contains photographic prints of diving apparatus (1960s-1970s), photographic prints and other research materials
related to Murray D. Black Marine Drilling and Blasting (1950s-1960s) as well as notes and biographical information prepared
for Swann by Hugh "Dan" Wilson.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Deep diving -- Equipment and supplies
Underwater exploration -- Equipment and supplies
Underwater exploration -- History
Deep diving -- Electric equipment
Deep diving -- Study and teaching -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Deep diving -- Safety regulations -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Deep diving -- Periodicals
Instructional and educational works
Technical reports
Safety regulations
Newsletters
Interviews
Oral histories
Handbooks and manuals
Military manuals
Photographs
Swann, Christopher, 1942- -- Archives