Russell W. Raitt Papers
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2016
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
spcoll@ucsd.edu
Descriptive Summary
Languages:
English
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Russell W. Raitt Papers
Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0035
Physical Description:
8.4 Linear feet
(19 archives boxes and 2 card file boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1930-1992, bulk 1941-1979
Abstract: Papers of Scripps Institution of Oceanography geophysicist Russell W. Raitt, including correspondence, research files, laboratory
notebooks, and teaching materials.
Scope and Content of Collection
Papers of Scripps Institution of Oceanography geophysicist Russell W. Raitt, including correspondence, research files, laboratory
notebooks and teaching materials. Raitt researched underwater acoustics and seismology with the University of California Division
of War Research (UCDWR), the Naval Electronics Laboratory (NEL) and the Marine Physical Laboratory (MPL). He participated
in several SIO research expeditions and cruises from the 1940s through the 1970s, and the collection contains notes and data
related to these endeavors.
Raitt collaborated with scholars internationally, often presenting at conferences and publishing research results. Highlights
of these collaborations include Raitt's 1956 notebook from a research trip to Cambridge, England and his participation on
the Discovery II expedition, as well as his 1970-1971 trip journal aboard the Soviet cruise Vityaz.
Arranged in eight series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) RESEARCH, 3) EXPEDITIONS AND CRUISES, 4) WRITINGS, 5) TEACHING AND LECTURES,
6) COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS, 7) SIO AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, and 8) SLIDES.
Biography
Geophysicist Russell W. Raitt was born in Philadelphia, PA in 1907. He earned his bachelor's degree in physics in 1929 and
his Ph.D. in 1935 from the California Institute of Technology.
Upon graduation, Raitt founded the Geophysical Engineering Corporation in Pasadena, CA. He then moved to La Jolla, and from
1941 to 1945 conducted research on acoustics and the sea floor for the University of California Division of War Research (UCDWR).
After the war, Raitt joined the newly developed University of California Marine Physical Laboratory (MPL) as a senior research
associate. When MPL merged into the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) in 1948, Raitt became an associate professor,
studying underwater acoustics and sonar engineering. Raitt used seismic refraction techniques to study the sea floor, and
advanced signifigant theories of sea-floor structure, evolution, and spreading. Raitt retired in 1976. He died in 1995 in
San Diego.
Preferred Citation
Russell W. Raitt Papers. SMC 35. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1981-1995.
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.
Digital Content
Sound recordings in the collection have been digitized.
Processing Information
Processing records for the first major 1981 accession of Raitt's office files note that they were disorderly, incomplete,
and stored in colored binders. The original binder color, if applicable, has been noted on the folders (pink materials were
created and maintained by MPL staff). Original folder titles and contents have generally been preserved.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Marine geophysics -- Research
Underwater acoustics
Ocean bottom -- Research
Raitt, Russell W. (Russell Watson), 1907-1995 -- Archives
Scripps Institution of Oceanography -- Archives
CORRESPONDENCE
Scope and Content of Series
Series 1) CORRESPONDENCE: Personal and professional correspondence with colleagues and research collaborators. The first section
is arranged chronologically, followed by a second section of major correspondents arranged alphabetically by surname.
Box 1, Folder 1-28
1932-1967
General
Solicitation letter from United Farm Workers in folder 28.
Box 2, Folder 1-12
1968-1979, and undated
General note
Includes one folder of personal correspondence, and some undated wireless messages from ships.
Box 2, Folder 14
Durbin, William
1956-1962
Box 2, Folder 15
Eckart, Carl
1945-1947
General
Includes 1945 letter from Carl Eckart to Carl F. Eyring, Ralph J. Christensen, and Raitt regarding the discovery and naming
of the deep scattering layer.
Box 2, Folder 18
Hart, Pembroke J.
1959-1962
Box 2, Folder 19
Hartdegen, Carl
1982, undated
Box 2, Folder 21
Johnson, Rockne
1966-1969
Box 2, Folder 22
Keen, Charlotte
1969-1970
Box 2, Folder 23
Le Pichon, Xavier
1964-1969
Box 2, Folder 24
McConnell, Robert K.
1962
Box 2, Folder 25
Munk, Walter H.
1948
General note
Correspondence on Raitt's contribution to the Sverdrup 60th anniversary volume.
Box 2, Folder 26
Murauchi, Sadanori
1969-1974
Box 2, Folder 34
Sagar, Frederick Henry
1952-1953
Box 2, Folder 35
Wickam, Jacob
1964
General note
Correspondence on Raitt's contributions to a book on underwater acoustics.
RESEARCH
Scope and Content of Series
Series 2) RESEARCH: Major topics in this series include Raitt's notes and data on the sea floor, underwater sound, seismology,
and reverberation. It also contains Raitt's notes on lectures from other SIO and UC San Diego faculty members, as well as
notes taken at conferences.
Arranged in five subseries: A) General Research, B) Notes on Lectures, C) Notebooks, D) Subject Files, and E) Symposia and
Conferences.
Box 3, Folder 1-2
Various notes
1930-1935
General note
Topics include: cosmic ray track recorder, alpha particle counter, transient characteristics of a fine wire heated by an electric
current, escape of radon from rocks, age of rocks, and velocity.
Box 3, Folder 3
Various notes
1940-1970
General note
Topics include: transformer response, effect of viscosity, the propagation of explosive soundwaves on the ocean bottom, sediment
refraction from surface measurements, and interference of two sound waves.
Box 3, Folder 4
Magnetostrictive sources - Notes and graphs
1941
Box 3, Folder 5
Bone conduction receiver notes
1941
Box 3, Folder 6
Transducing systems patents (Raitt, serial no. 380 and 499) oath and correspondence
1941-1943
Box 3, Folder 7
Hydrophones notes
1941-1962
General note
Includes parts and equipment lists for cruises.
Box 3, Folder 8
Sphere reflections notes and calculations
1942
Box 3, Folder 9
QC H-3 data and graphs
1942
Box 3, Folder 10
U.S.S.
Jasper data
1942 March 19
Box 3, Folder 11
Photos and negatives for reports and papers
1942, 1947
General note
Include negatives for lantern slides to "Transmission of Explosive Impulses in the Sea" by Raitt.
Box 3, Folder 12
Calibration of GA and GB pairs data sheets
1943
Box 3, Folder 13
Scripps canyon data and notes
1943-1944
Box 3, Folder 14
Shallow water rock and sand-mud data summaries and tables
1943-1945
Box 3, Folder 15
Thermocline effect graphs
1944
Box 3, Folder 16
Diffusion of heat in the upper layers of the sea notes
1945 March 13
Box 3, Folder 17
Dependence of echo range on target strength - Notes and data sets
1945
Box 3, Folder 18
Notes on a conversation with Lindsay on airborne sound
1946 August 19
Box 3, Folder 19
Suggested definitions of acoustical terms
1947 December
Box 3, Folder 20
Underwater sound notes
1947-1957
Box 3, Folder 23
Amplifiers
1948
General note
Topics include: equipment requirements, diagrams for amplifier and shooting box for seismic study, and data sheets and graphs.
Box 3, Folder 24
Explosive wave bottom reflection studies
1948 April-August
General note
Includes ammunition request, detonation schedules, and correspondence pertaining to fathom detonators.
Box 3, Folder 25
Lake Mead geological survey - Correspondence and report
1948 April 1
Box 3, Folder 26
Swedish Deep Sea Expedition
1948-1952
General note
Report, photographs, and figures from the expedition by Waloddi Weibull, returned by Hans Pettersson.
Box 3, Folder 27-28
Complex Impedance of CBM 78203 #51 and #16 - Fathometer graphs
1949 June 20
Box 3, Folder 29
Acoustic notes and calculations
ca. 1950
General note
Includes original calculations on acoustic impedance and the velocity of sound in a mixture of sand and water, and on the
attenuation of sound in dilute muds; notes on the reflection and transmission of sound in a region of continuously variable
properties.
Box 3, Folder 30
Pt. Sur cable installation map
1953
General note
Map showing the installation of black and red cables.
Box 3, Folder 31
Echo Sounder memoranda and correspondence
1954
General note
Includes draft of the development of a survey-type echo sounder for the Bureau of Ships.
Box 3, Folder 32
Notes, correspondence, and abstracts while at Cambridge
1956
General note
Includes memorandum regarding the Chinook Expedition, and revision notes for "Seismic Refraction Studies of the Pacific Ocean."
Box 3, Folder 33
Miscellaneous notes on temperature probe and Downwind heat flow
1957-1958
Box 4, Folder 1
Russian translations and correspondence
1958-1960
General note
Includes translations of the first six papers of vol. 27 of the Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R.'s Trudy Instituta Okeanologii
"Investigations of the Kurile-Kamachtka Trench and the Northwest Part of the Pacific Ocean"; translation notes from Olga Jones,
and a translation of the paper "Deep Sounding of the Moon."
Box 4, Folder 2
Russian reprints and correspondence
1958-1964
General note
Includes reprints in Russian, a NASA Technical Translation of the "International Geophysical Year Bibliography of Literature
in the Russian Language for 1958," correspondence with Russian scholars and translators.
Box 4, Folder 3
Absorption of tsunami and continental border notes
1961 June 13
Box 4, Folder 4
Midway Island survey - Notes and correspondence
1961-1962
Box 4, Folder 5
Arons and Yennie - Bubble Pulse
1964
Box 4, Folder 6
Transcontinental Geophysical Survey correspondence
1964 October 7
Box 4, Folder 7
Papeete, Tahiti correspondence
1969 November-1970 January
General note
Includes correspondence relating to Raitt's leg injury while at sea.
Box 4, Folder 8
UCLA gravity data results
undated
Box 4, Folder 9
Directivity corrections graphs
undated
Box 4, Folder 10
Correction of pattern 40 KC Benioff - Data sheets and graph
undated
Box 4, Folder 11
Bathythermograph codes graphs
undated
Box 4, Folder 12
Interpretation of seismic refraction data memorandum
undated
Box 4, Folder 13
Ionization chamber photographs
undated
Box 4, Folder 14
Supersonic underwater telephony attenuation at 27 KC notes
undated
Box 4, Folder 15
Velocity of sound in the sea - Data charts and graphs
undated
Box 4, Folder 16
Reflection equipment - Diagrams and notes
undated
Box 4, Folder 18-19
Notes from Epstein's lectures
1932-1933
Box 4, Folder 20
Introduction to Wave Mechanics - Notes and problem sets
1933
Box 4, Folder 21
Radio transmission seminar
1946 July 10
Box 4, Folder 22
Notes on Lindsay's lectures - Wave motion
1946 July-August
Box 4, Folder 23-24
Notes on Eckart and Liebermann's lectures - Absorption
1946-1947
Box 4, Folder 25
Notes on Eckart's lectures - Seminar on Wave Theory
1946-1947
Box 4, Folder 26
Notes on Cady's lectures - Transducer Design Seminar
1947 February
Box 4, Folder 27
Notes from Eckart's lectures
1947-1949
Box 5, Folder 1
Notes on Eckart's lectures - Stratified fluids, equations of motion, and free convection
1953-1955
Box 5, Folder 2
Notes on Vacquier's lectures
1958 April
Box 5, Folder 3
Notes on Liebermann's lecture - Properties of liquids
1957 February
Box 5, Folder 4
Notes on Orowan's lectures
1958
Box 5, Folder 5
Notes on Munk's lectures
1961
Box 5, Folder 6
Notes on Spiess' lectures
1961 October
Box 5, Folder 7
Notes on Sverdrup's lectures - Oceanography of Surface Layers
undated
Box 5, Folder 8
Notes and problem sets
1933
General note
Taken from a notebook and includes two tabs: "W" & "Misc." Includes calculations and notes on alpha radiation, magnetic deflection
of cosmic rays, and radium in ocean sediments.
Box 5, Folder 9
Laboratory notebook
1941-1946
General note
Bound volume with topics covering seismometers and waves.
Box 5, Folder 10
NDRC San Diego laboratory notebook #186
1943-1946
General note
Bound volume of various notes and problem sets.
Box 5, Folder 11-13
Notes and data
1945-1948
General note
Topics include: directivity, phase fluctuations of transmission, data from La Paz cruise, variations of camera speed recorded
by Raitt, diffraction by straight edge, echo and echo sounder, magnitude of scattering coefficients, pulse calibration of
overall system, and reverberation.
Box 5, Folder 15
Research notes and data
1948-1956
General note
Bound volume. Topics include: seismic amplifier calibration data, test data and calibration data, filter calibrations, geophone
tests, hydrophone tests.
Box 6, Folder 1
Workbook I
1949-1957
General note
Contains notes, diagrams, and data primarily from 1954-1957 on such topics as filters for seismic work, calibrations, hydrophones,
and amplifiers. Includes data and observations from CUSP cruise, Viscaino Bay, the Capricorn and MidPac expeditions, as well
as hydrophone sea tests. Also contains some correspondence, MidPac certificate of participation, and meeting notes.
Box 6, Folder 2
Data notebook
1950-1965
General note
Notebook of MPL statistician Gloria Slack. Bound volume with topics relating to seismic cruises, and observations on expeditions.
Box 6, Folder 3
Notes and data
1950-1951
General note
Diagram, and data on topics including hydrophone buoys, seismic amplifiers, compression, and low frequency.
Box 6, Folder 4
Cambridge notebook
1956
General note
Bound volume. Includes trip journal for the Discovery II expedition; notes of conversations with G. Shor, Tom Gaskell, Edward
Bullard, V.V. Belousov; and planning information for the IGY.
Box 6, Folder 5
Notes
1956
General note
Topics include: CUSP Expedition, the R.R.S. Discovery II cruise, and "Seismic Exploration of the Pacific Ocean" colloquium
given at the Department of Geodesy and Geophysics.
Box 6, Folder 6
Workbook II
1957
General note
Topics include: hydrophones, sound transmission, reversed and split profiles, and magnetic anomalies. Includes data and observations
from IGY cruise to Valparaiso, the Downwind, Chinook, and Mukluk Expeditions, and the Arguello cruise. Also contains some
correspondence, meeting notes, and trip journal.
Box 6, Folder 7
Workbook III
1957-1960
General note
Topics include: gravity at sea, seismic studies and deep-sea drilling, seismic refraction, heat flow, seismic velocities,
and the detection of bombs by seismic waves. Includes data and observations of crustal thickness at Bikini and Eniwetok as
well as data from the CUSP and Arguello cruises, MidPac, Mukluk, and Capricorn expeditions. Also contains some correspondence.
Box 7, Folder 1
Workbook IV
1963-1965
General note
Contains notes and observations on such topics as research ships, gravitational energy, anisotropy, and least square reductions.
Includes data and meeting notes on the Lusiad expedition.
Box 7, Folder 2
Workbook V
1965-1967
General note
Contains notes, figures and diagrams, as well as observations on such topics and slope, velocity, and seismometers. Includes
data from sea expeditions and the quartet area.
Box 7, Folder 3
Electricity and Magnetism by J. H. Jeans
undated
Box 7, Folder 4
Problems in chemical principles
undated
Box 7, Folder 5
Source depths (
ARGO-Doghouse)
undated
Box 7, Folder 6
Notes and problem sets
undated
Box 7, Folder 7-9
Geophysical Engineering Corporation - Notes and report draft
ca. 1940
Box 7, Folder 10
Surface reverberation - Data sheets and graphs
1942-1943
Box 7, Folder 11
Bottom reverberation - Illustrations and graphs
1942-1944
Box 7, Folder 12-14
Volume reverberation - Cruise data sheets and graphs (Parts I-III)
1943
Box 8, Folder 1-3
Reverberation and sonar equipment on U.S.S.
Jasper Racks A-F
1945-1951, 1971-1985
General note
Includes notes on declassification, "Equipment for Sonar Research" rough draft, and photos and diagrams of equipment.
Box 8, Folder 4
Bottom scattering graphs
1942-1943
Box 8, Folder 5-7
Bottom reflection studies - Cruise data sheets, notes, and graphs
1942-1943, 1946
Box 8, Folder 8
Bottom sediment samples
1946-1947
Box 8, Folder 10-11
Brush oscillograms bomb data
1948 August-September
Box 8, Folder 12
Saluda Seismic Operation photographs (NEL)
1949
Box 8, Folder 13
Pasadena local shocks - Data report
1949 January-March
Box 8, Folder 14
Notes on seismic work on sea floor off Southern California
1950 January 4
Box 8, Folder 15
Seismic tests at Pt. Sur Station - Notes and schedule
1953
Box 8, Folder 16
Seismic operation program (MPL) plan notes
1954
Box 8, Folder 17
Operation Wigwam - Notes and earthquake telegram
1955 May 14
Box 8, Folder 18
Seismic workshop - Correspondence and notes
1958-1960
Box 8, Folder 19
Operation Leapfrog correspondence
1961
Box 8, Folder 20
SHOAL bomb test
1963-1964
Box 8, Folder 21
Bengal Fan and Sunda Orogen proposal and correspondence on seismic refraction studies
1974
Box 8, Folder 22
Seismic equipment diagrams
undated
Box 8, Folder 23
Seismograph refraction survey, Hanford area - Notes
undated
Box 8, Folder 24
Gnome bomb test data
undated
General note
Includes four maps: Time Residual Plot; Ground Motion; Heat Flow Determinations in Middle North America; and Phase Velocity.
Box 8, Folder 25
Committee of Undersea Warfare
1948
General note
Includes correspondence and conference information for the 3rd undersea symposium, Washington, D.C.
Box 8, Folder 26
Triannual meeting of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Rome, Italy
1953-1954
General note
Includes paper abstract on "Seismic Refraction Studies in the Pacific Ocean Basin."
Box 8, Folder 27
Underwater Acoustics Symposium (Office of Naval Research)
1954
Box 8, Folder 28
10th Pacific Science Congress - "The Earth's Crust in the Pacific Basin," Honolulu, Hawaii
1960-1961
Box 8, Folder 29
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Helsinki
1960-1963
Box 8, Folder 30
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Berkeley, California
1963
General note
Includes conference program, list of participants, and proposal to Committee on Mean Sea-Level and its Variations.
Box 8, Folder 31
Symposium on the results of the IGY-IGC, Los Angeles
1963
Box 8, Folder 32
A symposium in honor of Sir Edward Bullard
1979
General note
Includes list of invitees, speakers, and topics for symposium hosted by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography on January
11-12, 1980.
EXPEDITIONS AND CRUISES
Scope and Content of Series
Series 3) EXPEDITIONS AND CRUISES: Notes, reports, and correspondence documenting Raitt's work and participation on research
expeditions and cruises. Items in the series primarily span the late 1940s-1970s and include data collected from Scripps research
vessels such as Horizon, Spencer F. Baird, Argo, and Ellen B. Scripps. Particular strengths of the series include data from
the Antipode and Capricorn Expeditions, and the Vityaz cruise. The first part of the series consists of miscellaneous files
arranged chronologically, followed by a second section arranged alphabetically by major expedition or cruise name.
Box 8, Folder 33
U.S.S.
Baya (SS318) tentative schedule
1948 March 29
Box 8, Folder 34
NORPAC tentative cruise patterns
1955 March 1
Box 8, Folder 35
Cruise preparation correspondence
1955 April-May
Box 8, Folder 36
Research cruises (Vermilion, Fanfare) - Schedules and correspondence
1959
Box 8, Folder 37
Research vessel
ARGO
1960 June 3
Box 9, Folder 1
Marine operations expeditions - Memorandum and correspondence
1957-1958
Box 9, Folder 2-3
Marine operations cruise announcements
1953-1958, 1960-1970
Box 9, Folder 4
Pelagic Area Studies (PAS) - Operation schedule and report
1954
Box 9, Folder 5
Swallow correspondence -
H.M.S Challenger and Capricorn
1954
Box 9, Folder 6
Cruise notes and data - CUTTER
1947-1948
Box 9, Folder 8-9
Antipode Expedition - Notes, schedules, program outline, and correspondence
ca. 1970
General note
Includes writing by D. G. Moore, J. R. Curray, and Raitt, "Structure and History, or the Bengal Deep-Sea Fan and Geosyncline,
Indian Ocean" and postcards.
Box 9, Folder 10
Antipode Expedition - Notes, journal and correspondence
1971 January-May
Box 9, Folder 11
Antipode Expedition - News release and newspaper clippings
1971 October
Box 9, Folder 12
Operation plan for Eniwetok/Capricorn Expedition
1952-1953
Box 9, Folder 13-14
Capricorn Expedition - Notes and correspondence
1952 February-December
General note
Includes correspondence and shipment orders pertaining to ammunition and explosives, and "Operation Ivy" pamphlet from 1951.
Box 9, Folder 15
Capricorn Expedition - Correspondence
1953 November-1954 November
General note
Includes correspondence pertaining to publication of results related to Operation Ivy/Eniwetok.
Box 9, Folder 16
Capricorn Expedition travel time plots - Copy negatives
1952-1953
Box 9, Folder 17
Cedros Island Cruise - Bottom photographs
1939 June- July
Box 9, Folder 18
Cedros Island Cruise - Skiff survey
1952 July
Box 9, Folder 19
Chinook Expedition - Correspondence and reports
1956 May-1957 April
General note
Includes correspondence and meeting notes for 1957 Gulf of Alaska cruise.
Box 9, Folder 20
Chubasco Expedition - Notes and correspondence
1954 May-November
General note
Also referenced as the Acapulco Trench Expedition.
Box 9, Folder 21-22
CUSP Cruise - Notes, proposal and correspondence
1954 April-July, 1955
Box 9, Folder 23
DODO Expedition - Schedule and roster
1964 January 20
General note
Part of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's sequence of cruises to the Indian Ocean.
Box 9, Folder 24
Downwind Expedition - Correspondence
1957-1958
Box 9, Folder 25
Erben Bank Cruise - Brush oscillograms
1948 April 1
Box 9, Folder 26
Fanfare Sea Expedition - Schedule
1959 June 30
Box 9, Folder 27
Indian Ocean Cruise - Notes and schedule
1958
Box 9, Folder 28
Lusiad Expedition - Proposal and report on the International Indian Ocean Expedition
1961-1962
General note
Incldues proposal to the National Science Foundation and report detailing field participation in the International Indian
Ocean Expedition, 1960-1965.
Box 9, Folder 29-31
Lusiad Expedition
1961-1963
General note
Includes ship request, personnel lists, schedules, data, and budget and ship reports.
Box 10, Folder 1
Monsoon Expedition - Notes, correspondence and images
1959-1962
Box 10, Folder 2-5
MidPac Expedition
1949-1951
General note
Includes correspondence, proposals, personnel lists and schedules, data and reports.
Box 10, Folder 6
MOHOLE press kit
1959-1961
Box 10, Folder 7
MOHOLE site studies proposal drafts
1965
Box 10, Folder 8
Quartet cruises 27-30 - Data
1965-1966
Box 10, Folder 9
Scan Expedition - Correspondence and reports
1969 January-November
General note
Includes JOIDES report, personnel lists and schedules, correspondence, and MPL report by G. B. Morris.
Box 10, Folder 10
E.W. Scripps Cruise - Notes and calculations
1941-1949
General note
Includes bathythermograms and Commander Sherry's calculations.
Box 10, Folder 11
Scripps expedition to the Revilliagigelo Islands (SERI) memorandum
1956
Box 10, Folder 12
Siqueiros Expedition schedules
1974
Box 10, Folder 13
Vermillion Sea Expedition correspondence
1959 January- May
General note
Includes SIO report, "Program of Research in the Gulf of California in the Field of the Earth Sciences."
Box 10, Folder 14
Vityaz Cruise
1970 September-December
General note
Includes crew lists, correspondence, report, and trip journal.
WRITINGS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 4) WRITINGS: Drafts, typescripts, and related correspondence for Raitt's professional publications, including his Ph.D.
dissertation, as well as reports and proposals for research grants and projects. Co-authors, where present, are listed by
name.
Arranged chronologically within two subseries: A) Manuscripts and Presentations, and B) Reports and Proposals.
Manuscripts and Presentations
Box 10, Folder 15
A New Kind of Radioactivity
1933 April 1
Box 10, Folder 16
Radioactivity and the Light Nuclei by R. M. Langer and Raitt
ca. 1933
Box 10, Folder 17-18
Direct Measurement of Alpha Particle Activities of Rocks and the Determination of Thorium. Doctoral thesis draft and notes
1935
Box 11, Folder 1
Radioactivity of the Earth's Crust and its Influence on Cosmic Ray Electroscope Observations Made near Ground Level by Robley
D. Evans and Raitt
1935
Box 11, Folder 2
Fluctuation and Variation in Underwater Sound
1943-1946
General note
Includes notes and data sheets, as well as NEL memorandum for a conference entitled, "Fluctuation of Transmission Observations
in Underwater Sound."
Box 11, Folder 3
Transmission of 24 KC Sound in Shallow Water by R. R. Carhart and Raitt
1946
Box 11, Folder 4
Vertical Reflection of Supersonic Sound from the Sea Bottom
1947
General note
Notes and drafts. Presented at the meeting of the American Physical Society July 12, 1947 in Palo Alto, California.
Box 11, Folder 5
Transmission of Explosive Impulses in the Sea by Raitt and T. F. Johnston
1947
General note
Abstracts and correspondence. Presented to the Seismological Society of America meeting April 10-12, 1947 at Stanford.
Box 11, Folder 6-10
National Research Defense Committee (NRDC) Summary Technical Reports, volume 6-VII, chapters 1-5.
Principles and Applications of Underwater Sound
1947
Box 11, Folder 11-13
Reverberation in the Sea by Carl F. Eyring, Ralph J. Christensen, and Raitt
1947-1948
Box 11, Folder 14
Sound Scatters in the Sea
1948
Box 11, Folder 15
1950 Seismic Refraction Studies of Bikini and Kwajalein Atolls and Slyvanis Guyot
1950-1952
Box 12, Folder 1-2
Geophysical Measurements - Research notes and diagrams, drafts and correspondence
1950-1954
General note
Presented at the 1952 Symposium on Oceanographic Instrumentation.
Box 12, Folder 3
The Pacific Basin - Some results from the Capricorn Expeditions
1953
General note
Presented at the 1953 Institute of Geophysics Technical Conference.
Box 12, Folder 4
Seismic-Refraction Studies of Bikini and Kwajalein Atolls (Geological Survey Professional Paper 260-K)
1953-1954
Box 12, Folder 5
Subsurface Structures of Eniwetok Atoll from Seismic Refraction Observations
1953-1957
Box 12, Folder 6-8
The Tonga Trench by Raitt, R. L. Fisher, and R. G. Mason
1954-1955
General note
Annotated manuscript with figures, correspondence, and notes. Versions presented at Columbia University Symposium on the Earth's
crust, and published.
Box 12, Folder 9
Seismic Studies in the Southern California Continental Borderland
1955-1956
General note
Drafts and correspondence. Presented at the XX International Geological Congress in Mexico City.
Box 12, Folder 10-11
Seismic Refraction Studies of the Pacific Ocean Basin I, Crustal Thickness of the Central Equatorial Pacific
1955-1956
Box 12, Folder 12
Sediment thickness of the Pacific ocean floor by R. Revelle and Raitt
1956-1957
General note
Includes meeting notes and Revelle's notes.
Box 12, Folder 13
Some Results of Seismic Studies in Capricorn Expeditions
1956-1959
General note
Correspondence and abstract for paper presented at the Seismological Society of America, 1954.
Box 12, Folder 14
Propagation of Explosive Sound Beneath the Sea Floor
1956
General note
Paper presented at Acoustical Society of America.
Box 12, Folder 15
Seismic-Refraction Studies of Eniwetok Atoll
1957
Box 13, Folder 1-4
The Sea: Ideas and Observations chapter manuscript
General note
Correspondence, notes, drafts and figures pertaining to Raitt's contribution on crustal rocks.
Box 13, Folder 5
Sound Velocities at the Surface of Deep-Sea Sediments by Fry and Raitt
1960-1961
Box 13, Folder 6
Seismic Refraction Observations of the Indonesian Island Arc
1962
Box 13, Folder 7
Seismic Refraction Studies
1962
Box 13, Folder 8
Topography and Structure of the Peru-Chile Trench by R. L. Fisher and Raitt
1962
General note
Includes rough data profile at the Peru trench.
Box 13, Folder 9
Geophysics of the South Pacific
1963
General note
Presented at ICY-IGC Symposium.
Box 13, Folder 10-12
Anisotropy of the Pacific Upper Mantle by Raitt, G. G. Shor Jr., T. J. G. Francis, and G. B. Morris
1966
General note
Includes notes for talk and lectures presented to the Scripps Institution Staff Research Conference and the American Geophysical
Union Meeting, a 1966 report on "Anisotropy of the Pacific Upper Mantle" for MPL, and tentative operation plans for sonar
field demonstrations.
Box 13, Folder 13
Seismic Measurements in the Southern Indian Ocean by T. J. G. Francis and Raitt
1966-1967
Box 13, Folder 14
Velocity Anisotropy and Delay-Time Maps of the Mantle near Hawaii by G.B. Morris, Raitt, and G.G. Shor Jr.
1969
Box 13, Folder 15
Mantle Anisotropy in the Pacific Ocean by Raitt, G. G. Shor Jr., G. B. Morris, and H. K. Kirk
1970-1971
General note
Presented at the Ocean World Symposium, Tokyo, Japan.
Box 13, Folder 16
Anisotropy of the Oceanic Upper Mantle by Raitt, G. G. Shor Jr., H. K. Kirk, and M. Henry
1971-1972
General note
Presented at the Seismological Society of America 67th Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Box 13, Folder 17
Anisotropy and Crustal Structure of the Cocos Plate by G. G. Shor Jr., Raitt, M. Henry, L. R. Bentley, and G. H. Sutton
1973
Box 13, Folder 18
Super-thick Sedimentary Basin, Bay of Bengal by J. N. Brune, J. Curray, L. Dorman, and Raitt
ca. 1986
Box 13, Folder 19
Seismic Exploration of the Sea Floor
undated
Box 13, Folder 20-21
Seismic Refraction Data Analysis
undated
General note
Photocopied manuscript.
Box 14, Folder 1
Bottom Reverberation
undated
Box 14, Folder 2
Explosive Sound Waves in the Sea, Observations with a 2500 Moving-Coil Oscillograph by Johnston and Raitt
1942-1947
General note
Report and memorandum moving paper from confidential to unclassified.
Box 14, Folder 3
Volume reverberation at 10, 20, 40, and 80 KC report
1943
Box 14, Folder 4
Layer Effect by Raitt and Sheehy - Report and commentary
1944
Box 14, Folder 5
Declassification memoranda on NDRC reports
1946
General note
Memoranda pertaining to the "Propagation of Underwater Sound" and sonar.
Box 14, Folder 6
Reverberation in Shallow Water (progress report) by C. F. Eyring, R. J. Christensen, and Raitt - Declassification documents
1947
Box 14, Folder 7
Ivy final report project 11.4 - Declassification correspondence and report
1953-1955
Box 14, Folder 8
Reflection and Refraction of Explosive Waves by the Sea Bottom (progress report) by Raitt and George Shor, Jr.
1955
Box 14, Folder 9
Heat Flow through the Ocean Floor
1958-1960
General note
Draft and final grant proposal to the National Science Foundation.
Box 14, Folder 10
International Geophysical Year (IGY) Terminal Report revisions
1964 April
Box 14, Folder 11-12
Anisotropy Studies
1968-1969
General note
Proposals to the National Science Foundation. Includes budget summaries and correspondence.
Box 14, Folder 13
Seismic Anisotropy of the Pacific Mantle by Raitt and G. G. Shor, Jr. - Grant and budget proposals
1971
Box 14, Folder 14
Marine Seismic Refraction, Anisotropy and Structural Studies
1971-1974
General note
Research proposals to the National Science Foundation. Includes budget summaries and correspondence.
Box 14, Folder 15-16
Miscellaneous grant proposals and reports
1974-1976
General note
Includes notes, reports, content on the crustal structure of the East Pacific Rise, and the operation schedule of R/V Thomas
Washington.
Box 14, Folder 17
Marine Geophysical and Geological Study of the Molucca Sea Collison Zone - Research grant application
1976
UCDWR Reverberation Group
Box 14, Folder 18
Bottom Reverberation: Dependence on Frequency - UCDWR no. U79 report
1943 June 16
Box 14, Folder 19
Echoes from Wakes - Declassification documents
1947
Box 14, Folder 20-21
Reverberation Studies at 24 KC - Drafts, sections I-XII
undated
Box 14, Folder 22
The Isolation of Additive Effects (UCDWR M327) - Declassification documents
1945-1946
Box 14, Folder 23
Sonar Data Division (UCDWR) - Reports and declassification documents
1945-1947
General note
Includes file report of "Additive Analysis with Disproportionate Weighting" (UCDWR M379), declassification documents for "Supplement
to: Limitations of Echo Ranges by Reverberation (Deep Water)" (UCDWR M361.1), and "Processing Sound Field Data" (UCDWR N336).
Box 14, Folder 24
Sonar publicity and declassification - Notice by the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
1946 March 25
General note
Details the extent to which sonar has been declassified and may be used for publication.
Box 14, Folder 25-26
Stratification of Sound Scatterers in the Ocean (UCDWR M397) - Declassification and figures
1946
Box 15, Folder 1
Scattering from a thin layer
1940-1942
Box 15, Folder 4
Distribution of volume scatters (MPL seminar)
1947-1948
Box 15, Folder 5-8
Principles of underwater sound (Oceanography 116)
1947-1952
Box 15, Folder 9
Acoustics of the sea bottom (UCLA Physics seminar)
1948 March 4
Box 15, Folder 10
Explosive sound studies (MPL seminar)
1948
Box 15, Folder 11
Noise lecture notes
1948-1954
General note
Topics include noise and hydrophones, as well as notes from Eckart's lectures in 1951, and noise test data from 1954.
Box 15, Folder 12-13
Geophysics 240A
1950-1957, 1961
Box 15, Folder 14
Seminar in submarine geology
1954
Box 15, Folder 15-17
Special topics in Oceanography (Oceanography 220)
1954-1955, 1957-1958
Box 15, Folder 18-21
Geophysics 240B
1959-1963
Box 16, Folder 1-2
Geophysics (Parts I & II)
1961
Box 16, Folder 4
Geophysics orientation
1968 April 30
Box 16, Folder 5-6
ES 246A vols. I & II lecture notes
1968
Box 16, Folder 7-9
SIO 244 and SIO 226A
1971-1974
Box 16, Folder 10
Internal constitution of the Earth
1972 January 3
Box 16, Folder 11
Anisotropy of horizontal compressions wave velocity in the upper mantle
1974
Box 16, Folder 12-14
Various lecture notes
1948-1951, 1957-1963
General note
Topics include: volume reverberation, reflection of sound from a sphere, seismic studies, surface waves, elastic strain, heat
flow, oceanic movements, and bottom refractions. Contains data from MidPac and Downwind Expeditions.
Box 17, Folder 1-4
Various lecture notes and problem sets
1961-1964, 1966-1967
COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 6) COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS: Meeting notes, correspondence, and memoranda from professional organizations and committees
in which Raitt participated. Important files include the joint planning committee between NEL and MPL, and the Comité International
de Geophysique, a working group of the International Council of Scientific Unions. Arranged chronologically.
Professional Organizations
Box 17, Folder 5
Report on the New York Meeting of the Optical Society of America
1931
General note
Includes correspondence to H. E. Kaiser.
Box 17, Folder 6
The American Physical Society
1946-1947
Box 17, Folder 7-8
American Association for the Advancement of Science - Membership correspondence and annual meeting in San Diego
1946-1947
Box 17, Folder 9
Miscellaneous correspondence
1947-1948
General note
Includes Raitt's membership recommendation letter for the American Geophysical Union.
Box 14, Folder 10
Joint planning committee, Marine Physical Laboratory/Navy Electronics Laboratory
1946 June-1948 February
General note
Includes meeting minutes.
Box 17, Folder 11
Institute of Geophysics - Conference program and advisory board minutes
1956
Working Group Investigations of the Earth's Crust - Comite International de Geophysique
1957-1961
General note
Includes "Interpretation of Seismic Retraction Data," Downwind data, "Pacific Oceanic Crust" paper by Raitt and G. G. Shor,
notice of meeting for the Working Group on Investigations of the Earth's Crust, and meeting notes with Fred Spiess.
Box 17, Folder 13-14
Institute of Geophysics - Conference program and advisory board minutes
1957-1959, 1960-1964
Box 17, Folder 15-16
Working Group Investigations of the Earth's Crust - Comite International de Geophysique, meeting and lecture notes
1962
General note
Includes correspondence pertaining to Raitt's participation in the working group meeting, the group's meeting agenda, resolutions
and preliminary contributions, and Raitt's notes on the meeting. Raitt's lecture notes for the International Oceanographic
Congress held in Paris, France on March 19-22, 1962 are also included.
SIO AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Scope and Content of Series
Series 7) SIO AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: As a researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) beginning
in 1948, Raitt witnessed the growth of both SIO and UC San Diego. In addition to Raitt's faculty papers and lecture notes,
this series documents the development of the Department of Earth Science, controversies surrounding the 1950 University of
California loyalty oath, and Third College (now Thurgood Marshall College). This series contains correspondence, meeting minutes,
and relevant reports on the history and development of SIO and UC San Diego.
Arranged chronologically within three subseries: A) Scripps Institution of Oceanography, B) Department of Earth Sciences,
and C) UC San Diego.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Box 17, Folder 17
Budget committee - Meeting agendas and ledgers
1960-1963
General note
Agendas include lists of appointments and breakdown of research funding.
Box 17, Folder 18
University of California Division of War Research (UCDWR) personnel directories
1944-1945
Box 17, Folder 19
Marine Physical Laboratory - Notes and memoranda on formulation
1946-1947
Box 17, Folder 20
University of California public information clip sheet
1948 March
Box 17, Folder 21
Policy memorandum on use of the Scripps Institution name
1956
Box 17, Folder 23
Institute of Oceanography of the National Academy of Science of the USSR - Vityaz visit
1958 December
General note
Includes visit itinerary, guest lists, Vityaz personnel lists and memoranda to SIO staff.
Box 17, Folder 24
University of California/ Scripps Institution of Oceanography film series proposal on Oceanography
1962
Box 17, Folder 25
Marine Physical Laboratory - Personnel clearance memoranda
1966-1967
Box 17, Folder 26
Photograph from the Celebration in Honor of Russell Raitt and Victor Vacquier
1992 October 13
Box 21, Folder 1-5
Sound recording of the Celebration in Honor of Russell Raitt and Victor Vacquier
1992 October 12
General note
Five audiocassettes of a day of lectures recognizing the scientific contributions of Raitt and Vacquier, organized by George
Shor and John Sclater, held in Sumner Auditorium. Speakers include William A. Nierenberg, Cecil Green, J. Tuzo Wilson, Jean
Francheteau, Christopher Harrison, Fred Spiess, Sir Anthony Laughton, Robert L. Fisher, and others. Digitized version available
upon request.
Access
Original restricted (digital version available)
Department of Earth Sciences
Box 17, Folder 27
Earth Sciences curricula development for geochemistry and geophysics - Proposals and memoranda
1957-1959
Box 17, Folder 28
UC Academic Senate, Southern Section minutes - Approval of graduate degrees in geochemistry
1958
Box 17, Folder 29
Formation of the Department of Earth Sciences - Preliminary proposal
1958 November 5
Box 17, Folder 30
Earth Sciences geophysical curricula memorandum and proposal
1961
Box 17, Folder 31
UC San Diego Department of Earth Sciences and SIO undergraduate curricula in geophysics
1965
Box 17, Folder 32
Raitt's notes on Earth Sciences curricula redesign
ca. 1973
Box 18, Folder 1
Referendum on UC San Diego fallout shelter program
1963 March 14
General note
Prepared and distributed by the University of California Campus Women for Peace.
Box 18, Folder 2
Lumumba-Zapata proposal (Third College)
1969
General note
Includes committee meeting minutes and Chancellor's response.
Box 18, Folder 3
Third College academic plan
1969 October
UC Academic Senate, San Diego Division
Box 18, Folder 4
Loyalty oath controversy
1949-1950
General note
Includes newspaper articles, petitions, correspondence to the Academic Senate.
Box 18, Folder 5
Memorandum regarding emereti benefits submitted by faculty of the Southern Section
1952
Box 18, Folder 6-7
Committee on Academic Freedom - Memoranda and correspondence
1965-1970
General note
Includes comments regarding the UC Student Organization Handbook revision; "Save the University" correspondence; a statement
by John Isaacs on Department of Defense research funding; an issue of the "Reviled College Inciter" and articles from "The
Indicator"; and documents pertaining to the Vietnam war and campus protests.
Box 18, Folder 8
Academic Senate - Resolutions against war research
ca. 1970
Box 18, Folder 9
Academic Senate special committee - George Francis McEwen Memorial Resolution
1972 March
Box 18, Folder 10-13
Committee on Public Ceremonies - Agenda and minutes
1965-1969, 1971-1972
General note
Includes agenda, memoranda, and minutes for various public ceremonies at UC San Diego, including the dedication of Revelle
College, and the inauguration of Chancellor John S. Galbraith.
SLIDES
Scope and Content of Series
Series 8) SLIDES: Images primarily of figures and diagrams used in Raitt's presentations. Includes a sequence of glass lantern
slides from the Marine Physical Laboratory. Slides are numbered according to Raitt's original labelling system.
Box 18, Folder 14
Guadalupe and Decros Islands
1949 January and March
Box 18, Folder 15
Marine Physical Laboratory (MPL) sea trips from San Diego to Santa Rosa Island, with index
1949 August
Box 18, Folder 16
Guadalupe Island with Melpomene cave
undated
Box 18, Folder 17
Index to lantern slides for Raitt presentations
1973
General note
The numbering used in the index corresponds to the "RR" labels on the slides, also referred to as the Medieval System.
Box 19
RR 1-10 - Tonga Trench by Raitt, R. L. Fisher, and R. G. Mason
1954-1955
Box 19
RR 11-20 - Propagation of Explosive Sound Beneath the Sea Floor
1956
Box 19
RR 21-26 - Sediment Thickness of the Pacific Sea Floor by R. Revelle and Raitt
1957
Box 19
RR 27-35 - Topography and Structure of the Pacific Basin (Pt. II) Central Basin by Raitt and H. W. Menard
1958
Box 19
RR 36-47 - Pacific Oceanic Crust by Raitt and G. G. Shor, Jr.
1959
Box 19
RR 48-51 - Geophysics of the South Pacific
1963
Box 19
RR 52-57 - Seismic Refraction Studies of the Mendocino Fracture Zone
1963
Box 19
RR 58-63 - Seismic Refraction Studies of the Indian Ocean by Raitt and G. G. Shor, Jr.
1963
Box 19
RR 64-66 - Is the Mohole a Discontinuity?
1965
Box 19
RR 67-45
undated
General note
Slides not matched to lectures. Includes: figures; charts of the Pacific Ocean showing SIO temperature probe stations, seismic
refraction stations, and site lines and stations from MidPac and Capricorn Expeditions; travel time plots of Capricorn stations;
and slides related to sediment thickness.
Box 19
RR 76-83 - Marine Seismic Studies of the Indonesian Island Arc
1967
Box 20
MPL slides 1-7, 48-55, 113-119, 178-231 (some slides missing)
1946-1953
Box 21
MPL slides 242-250, 289-357 (some slides missing)
1946-1953
