Ellis L. Michael Papers

Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library

Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego

9500 Gilman Drive

La Jolla 92093-0175

spcoll@ucsd.edu

URL: http://libraries.ucsd.edu/collections/sca/index.html

Descriptive Summary

Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego

9500 Gilman Drive

La Jolla 92093-0175

Title: Ellis L. Michael Papers

Creator: Michael, Ellis L. (Ellis Le Roy), 1881-1920

Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0060

Physical Description: 1.2 Linear feet (3 archives boxes)

Date (inclusive): 1907-1921

Abstract: A small collection of research material belonging to early Scripps Institution of Oceanography naturalist and zoologist Ellis L. Michael.

Languages: English .

Scope and Content of Collection

A small collection of research material belonging to early Scripps Institution of Oceanography naturalist and zoologist Ellis L. Michael. The materials were discovered in storage in the former office of George F. McEwen in the 1980s on the Scripps Institution of Oceanography campus. It includes some correspondence and a selection of Michael's writings, research, and collected data.

Biography

For a thorough biographical note on Michael written by William E. Ritter, please see: Ellis L. Michael and his scientific work . Ecology, Vol. 2 No. 1, 1921.

Preferred Citation

Ellis L. Michael Papers. SMC 60. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

Acquisition Information

Acquired 1983, 1998

OFF-SITE STORAGE

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.

Publication Rights

Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Naturalists -- California -- San Diego

Zoologists -- California -- San Diego

Michael, Ellis L. (Ellis Le Roy), 1881-1920 -- Archives

Bigelow, Henry Bryant, 1879-1967 -- Correspondence

Kofoid, Charles A. (Charles Atwood), 1865-1947 -- Correspondence

Ritter, William Emerson, 1856-1944 -- Correspondence

PAPERS

Miscellaneous papers

Box 1, Folder 1

Portrait photograph undated

Box 1, Folder 2

Letters of recommendation about Michaels 1907

Box 1, Folder 3

Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science - San Diego meeting 1916

Box 1, Folder 4

Western Society of Naturalists 1916

Box 1, Folder 5

Kelp Manufacturers Association of Calif. 1917

Box 1, Folder 6

Scientific equipment orders 1916-1920

Box 1, Folder 7-8

Reading notes

Box 1, Folder 9

Kofoid water bottle trap - Defects 1913

Box 1, Folder 10-21

Correspondence 1907-1921

General note

Includes a small number of letters to/from Henry Bryant Bigelow, Charles Kofoid, and William Ritter. Arranged chronologically.

Writings and Research

Box 2, Folder 1

Drafts ca. 1911-1914

Box 2, Folder 2

Significance of variations in the vertical distribution of the dominant plankton organism of the San Diego region

Box 2, Folder 3

Hydrogen-ion concentration of upwelling water and its bearing upon the fertility of the sea in the California region

Box 2, Folder 4

Sagitta bipunctata

Box 2, Folder 5-6

Organic fertility of the North Pacific Ocean

Box 2, Folder 7-8

Effect of upwelling water

Box 2, Folder 9

Physical examination of the water about San Diego and San Pedro 1901-1904

Box 2, Folder 10

Reports on the work of W. E. Allen 1917

Box 2, Folder 11

"Plankton problem" notes and writings

Box 3, Folder 1-7

Lectures 1-7 on natural history (Course 112) University of California, Berkeley 1918

Box 3, Folder 8-21

Data

General note

Includes files with raw notes and data on plankton hauls from the pier, salinity, and more.