BIOGRAPHICAL
Drawings and sketches 1897-1898
Miscellaneous documentation
Appointment letter, Univ. of Illinois 1911
Civil service 1914-1924
Newspaper clippings 1916-1953
Travel - Expense accounts 1919-1924, 1930
Paul McEwen correspondence 1935-1936
Local San Diego community lectures on politics (fliers) 1938-1939
Iowa State class of 1905, 50th reunion 1955
Map to Sumner's ranch undated
Radio interview with McEwen: "Ocean tides, Science I" transcript undated
CORRESPONDENCE
Chronological 1898-1920
Chronological 1921-1930
Chronological 1931-1935
Chronological 1936-1958
Miscellaneous inquiries 1925-1940
Brooks, Charles F. (Sec., Am. Meteorological Society) 1928
Browne, H. J. (Weather Bureau) 1928-1930
Correspondence with Donald Chapman and Moscow officials regarding Okhotsk Sea Data 1937-1938
Schott, Gerhard 1920-1929
Gorczyński, Wladyslaw 1940-1941
Gorton, A. F. 1932
Thompson, Thomas G. 1929-1935
Willis, Bailey 1932
PACIFIC SCIENCE CONGRESSES
Committee on the Physical and Chemical Oceanography of the Pacific - Reports by Chairman Vaughan 1923-1928
Sub-committee on the Physical and Chemical Oceanography of the Pacific for the United States (Chair, McEwan) 1928-1933
International Committee on the Coral Reefs of the Pacific - Report by Chairman Vaughan 1929
3rd Pan-Pacific Science Congress, Tokyo (oversize) - Photograph by U. Tojo; Broadside, "Pan-Pacific Club of Tokyo: It's influences at home and abroad" by Alexander Hume Ford 1926
5th Pacific Science Congress, British Columbia, Vancouver 1932
RESEARCH
Writings and Publications
Bibliography 1929
Untitled drafts undated
Answers to American Society of Civil Engineers, Committee on Meteorological Data questionnaire undated
The problem of flushing undated
Chapters on probability undated
Marine plankton: Equipment, collection and data undated
Conservation of California beaches undated
Moment of momentum of circular eddy undated
The problem of random occurrences in space or time undated
Sewage disposal considered as a problem in physics undated
A statistical theory of the space distribution of particles in a fluid undated
Suggestions relative to methods of obtaining "smoothed" values at equal or unequal intervals undated
Summary of methods of computing the mean distances between organisms from their population density undated
Draft forward for book on currents (untitled) undated
An analysis of temperature changes in lakes regarded as effects of penetrating radiation, surface loss of heat and turbulence undated
Climactic influence of the ocean - University Radio Series undated
Conservation of California beaches undated
A limnological study of lakes and reservoirs of San Diego County undated
A mathematical theory of the vertical distribution of temperature and salinity in water undated
On the probability that a ratio of random numbers will depart from a harmonic ratio by less than a given amount undated
Significance of ocean observations at or near the surface undated
Some energy relations between the sea surface and the atmosphere undated
Suggestions relative to oceanographic observations in the north Pacific Ocean undated
Memorandum relative to meteorological and oceanographic observations in the Okhotsk sea region undated
Theory of ocean currents - Notes by McEwen 1906-1911
Ekman Theory - Notes 1906-1911
Summary of data and methods used in the temperature-rainfall problem 1916-1924
Oceanic and atmospheric relations, and a possible method of forecasting the season's rainfall 1921
The seasonal rainfall for 1921-1922: Indications based on ocean temperature 1921
Forecasting seasonal rainfall from ocean temperatures 1922
Suggestions relative to the application of mathematical methods to certain basic problems of dynamic oceanography 1922
A method of computing evaporation from temperature gradients in lakes and reservoirs 1923
Forecasting seasonal rainfall from ocean temperatures: Indications for the 1924-25 season in Southern California 1924
Ocean temperature and seasonal rainfall: A review of their relation ca. 1925
The natural air-conditioned climate of Southern California 1926
General recommendations concerning investigations of Pacific Ocean waters ca. 1926
Indications of the 1927-28 seasonal rainfall in Southern California 1927
Meteorologic and oceanographic research in the Pacific needed for seasonal forecasting 1927
Recent progress in the dynamical oceanography of the Northeastern part of the North Pacific Ocean (notes and tables on Ekman theory, Bjerknes theory) 1927-1929
Interrelations between the sea and the atmosphere, NAS meeting discussion notes and report from Scripps 1928
Report of progress from June 15 to October 15, 1928 in special investigations at the Scripps Institution relating to seasonal weather forecasting 1928
Seasonal rainfall forecasting in California 1929
Memorandum on the surface temperature data on file at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1929
Memorandum on work done during the past year 1929
The water cycle between the ocean, atmosphere and land 1929
Indicated seasonal rainfall/precipitation predictions 1929-1933
Outline of methods used at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography for long-range weather forecasting 1932 December 3
Lectures at UCLA (outline, talk on solar radiation) 1930
Lectures and course materials for seminar on Dynamical Oceanography ca. 1930
Rate of upwelling in the region of San Diego computed from serial temperatures 1933
Seasonal weather forecasting at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1933
Suggestions relative to attacking the problem of the maximum wave height ca. 1934
Destructive high waves along the Southern California coast 1934-1935
Variations in San Diego County seasonal rainfall 1935
Series of wet years indicated for Pacific Coast states 1935
Some impressions from experience in scientific research 1936
Temperature indications supplementary to those issued Feb. 1936
Indications of precipitation for the season 1938-1941
Statistical problems of standardizing the precipitation ratio and estimating its error 1940
Diffusion from circular area 1944
Basis of modern weather forecasting 1944, 1952
Problems suggested by turbulence 1945
The science of statistics 1958
Summary of basic principles underlying modern methods of dynamical oceanography 1952
"Oceanography" and "Statistics" summaries for encyclopedia 1961
Subject Files/Research
Alaska (Gulf of) research 1927-1929
Calculations and mathematical tables
Calculations and mathematical tables
Clay varves, California climate cycle research - Correspondence 1931
Fisheries - Data 1916-1918
Fisheries - Tuna reports catch 1918-1919
Fluid friction n.d.
Lake Hodges data 1923
Logbooks
University of California. San Pedro. Record of stations occupied 1901
Record of trawling collections, with Davis, Kofoid, and Esterly 1906
General pier log: For miscellaneous observations and notes 1917
Evaporation and accompanying meteorological observations at the Scripps Institution pier 1928
Mission Bay causeway - Peter H. Ottosen 1941-1955
Mission Bay report 1944-1956
Mitteilunger - Notes by McEwen undated
Murray Reservoir data by Richardson & Montgomery 1923-1927
Ocean temperatures and seasonal rainfall - Tables n.d.
Pacific Coast fog study 1925
Philosophy of science 1936
Photographs
Rainfall and runoff in San Diego County 1924-1925
Seaplane Project (Harold Lewis Kirby) ca. 1931-1934
Sound undated
Student notebooks - Vibratory motion, general physical laboratory, etc. ca. 1900
Temperature - Data
Temperature - Directions for comp. temperature evaporation & upwelling
Temperature - Sea surface 1898-1931
Tide Computations ca. 1915-1945
Tide Computations ca. 1915-1945
Weather forecasting
Correspondence 1921-1937
Precipitation data for California 1933 September
Seasonal forecasting 1927-1928
Bibliography and references
Meteorological data - Lompoc, San Miguel Islands 1918-1919
Scrapbook (photocopy) 1928-1930
Weather diary - Clippings about forecasting, etc. (photocopy) 1930-1931
Wind velocity (tangential force) and lake water overturning undated
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA & SIO
Directions for making and recording ocean observations by cooperative observers at light houses or light ships for SIO undated
UC semicentennary conference - Draft telegram invitation 1918
Statements prepared by McEwen for inclusion in annual reports 1919, 1926-1933
"The role of the Scripps Institution in program of Pacific exploration," by W. Ritter ca. 1920
Publication of oceanographic data - Remarks by McEwen and W. E. Allen ca. 1925
Academic offerings at Scripps Institution 1924-1925, 1936
Seminar lecture notes and course outlines 1925-1935
Instructions for expeditions and cooperative programs 1925
Conference on the Physical Oceanography and Marine Meteorology of the Northeast Pacific and the Climate of the Western Part of the United States, SIO 1925 November 6-7
"Investigations of physical oceanography and marine meteorology at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography," by T. Wayland Vaughan 1926
Annual reports to the President of the University of California 1927-1930, 1934-1935
Reports on special investigations at the Scripps Institution relating to seasonal weather forecasting 1928-1930
Photograph of McEwen with Vaughan, Schott, and Gorton 1929
Laboratory building proposal for depts. of Dynamical Oceanography and Marine Meteorology 1929-1930
Mailing lists ca. 1930-1935
Pamphlets, summaries and early reports on SIO 1933-1934
University of California Radio Service - "Modern Weather Prophets" (broadcast #1257) 1934 November 13
Memorandum for Dr. Vaughan relative to our work in long range weather forecasting ca. 1935
Farewell for Dr. Vaughan's retirement 1936
Memoranda 1937-1938
MOU between the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, prepared by H. Sverdrup 1940
Employment regulations 1940
Oceanography 251 - Lecture notes on currents by Inman and Ewing 1947
SIO organization chart, La Jolla and Point Loma 1948
Staff meeting minutes 1948-1989
Course on hydrodynamics (Eckart) 1949
Monsoon Expedition - Director's memo 1959
UC La Jolla telephone directory, with office locations 1960 March
ORGANIZATIONS
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting, Los Angeles - Panorama photograph 1923 September
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting, Pullman, Washington 1932
American Meteorological Society 1921, 1935-1941
American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics meeting, Pasadena 1956
British Association for the Advancement of Science - Clippings 1924
British Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting, Toronto 1924
California Economic Research Council - Executive committee meetings and conferences 1927-1931
California Economic Research Council - Proceedings 1928-1929
California Economic Research Council - Proceedings 1933 November 8
California State Chamber of Commerce 1934-1935
Engineers Club of San Diego 1925-1935
American Geophysical Union
Annual meetings 1919-1929
Correspondence 1919-1929
Evaporation Committee 1931-1935
Hydrology Section 1932-1934
Oceanography Committees 1923-1926
Sub-Committee on Physical and Chemical Oceanography 1935
National Research Council, Committee on Submarine Configuration and Oceanic Circulation 1925-1929
Writers Club of San Diego yearbook and program 1936
WORKS BY OTHERS
Allen, Winfred E. Assorted short papers 1917-1918
Chambers, S. W. Vertical sections of 1,000 meters and over in the northeast Pacific Ocean 1929
Culbertson, Margaret F. Notes on Physical Oceanography undated
Cummings, Nelphi W. Assorted papers and correspondence on evaporation ca. 1920-1936
Cummings, Nelphi W. Assorted papers and correspondence on evaporation ca. 1920-1936
Gordon, Robert Dean. "Vectors of the mind" by Thurstone and possible applications of the technique of factor analysis to ecological problems undated
Inman, Doug. Suggested standardization of the relevant parameters in the mechanical analysis of sediments 1950
Kalinske, A. A. Brief review of the past theoretical and experimental work on evaporation from water surfaces ca. 1940
Keyser, C. J. (abstract. By G. McEwen). Mathematical philosophy: A study of fate and freedom
Moberg, Erik G. The Carnegie: Its personnel, equipment and work, with suggestions for its proposed future cruise 1929
Moberg, Erik G. The Carnegie - Itinerary proposed by Capt. Ault (map) 1929
Moberg, Erik G. The interrelation between diatoms, their chemical environment, and upwelling water in the sea, off the coast of Southern California c.1926
Richardson, Burt. Recent evaporation studies 1931
Richardson, Burt. Photoelectric measurements (made during the summer of 1930) of the penetration of light in seawater 1931
Robinson, Margaret. Progress report on sea temperatures in the Gulf of Alaska 1951
Round table discussion on the Role of hydraulic laboratories in geophysical research - Assorted papers 1939
Sverdrup, H. U. Mixing and stability in the lowest air strata 1936 January
Thorade, H. (trans. Christa Painter). Prandtl's simplified theory of currents 1940
Trudy Instituta Okeanologii, vol. 27 - Investigations of the Kurile-Kamchatka Trench and the Northwest part of the Pacific Ocean (trans. By Olga Jones, ed. Warren S. Wooster) 1960
Wilstam, A. Some comments on the application to forecasting of seasonal water power supply for the hydro-electric plants of the Southern California Edison Company 1929