Warren S. Wooster 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: Warren S. Wooster Papers
Creator:
Wooster, Warren S. (Warren Scriver)
Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0181
Physical Description:
2 Linear feet
(2 archives boxes, 1 flat box)
Date (inclusive): 1953-1989
Abstract: A small collection of expedition files and photographs by oceanographer Warren Wooster.
Scope and Content of Collection
A small collection of expedition files and photographs by oceanographer Warren Wooster. Subjects of note include Scripps Institution
of Oceanography expeditions, including cruise planning, bathythermographs, and field data. The photographs are black and white
portraits of prominent SIO faculty.
Arranged in two series: 1) EXPEDITIONS and 2) OCEANOGRAPHER PORTRAITS.
Biography
Warren S. Wooster (1921-2008) was an oceanographer and Professor Emeritus in the School of Marine Affairs and the School of
Fisheries at the University of Washington. His primary professional interest was in advocacy for the interdisciplinary collaboration
between fisheries managers, oceanographers and atmospheric scientists in the development of international marine policy. He
was the first director of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), the first president of the International
Council for Exploration of the Sea, and he was a principal founder of the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES)
in 1991.
Wooster received his M.S. in Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology in 1947 and his Ph.D in Oceanography from
the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1953. After earning his degree, Wooster teamed with SIO physical oceanographer
Joe Reid and biologist Ed Brinton in the early phases of the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI).
He also led several SIO expeditions and served as Chief Scientist on the Transpac Expedition to Japan in 1953 and the STEP
I Expedition to South America in 1960.
He was a professor at SIO from 1963 to 1973 and served as chairman of the Scripps Graduate Department from 1967 to 1969. He
left SIO to become director of the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami where he
served between 1973 and 1976. He then went on to become director of the Institute of Marine Studies at the University of Washington
from 1979 to 1982, and was a professor in the same department from 1976 to 1991 until retiring emeritus. Over the course of
his career, Wooster published nearly one hundred papers on oceanography and marine affairs.
Preferred Citation
Warren Wooster Papers. SMC 181. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1992, 2004 and 2006.
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.
Related Materials
Warren S. Wooster papers, 1950-2001. Collection Number 3354. University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Scientific expeditions
Oceanography
Portrait photographs -- 20th century
Wooster, Warren S. (Warren Scriver) -- Archives
Scripps Institution of Oceanography -- Faculty -- Portraits
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
EXPEDITIONS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 1) EXPEDITIONS: Memoranda, correspondence, scientific logs and assorted data gathered from expeditions Transpac (1953),
RRS
Discovery II CRUISE 3 (1958), STEP I (1960), DODO VI (1964), LA PARED (1965) and EASTROPAC, Cruise 75 (1968). Items of note include onboard
scientific cruise logs from most expeditions as well as unique memorabilia commemorating the Transpac Expedition to Japan.
Box 3, Folder 1
Japanese welcome sign
1953 October
General note
10"x14" hand-written, painted paper sign welcoming American oceanographers to Yashima from the No. 1 and No. 2 Yashima Junior
Explorers. Includes a water color painting of R/V
Spencer F. Baird and various signatures, with a hand-written greeting written in Japanese on the back.
Box 1, Folder 1
Japanese welcome letter, from the First and Second Yashima Boys Explorers
1953 October 8
General note
"To Wooster Chief Scientist and the Crew of the Baird Oceanographic Expedition Party."
Box 1, Folder 2
Photographs with Japanese delegation
1953
General note
Photocopy of three b/w photographs.
Box 1, Folder 3
Photograph of Bayonnaise Rocks
1953
General note
Color photograph of archipelago taken aboard R/V
Spencer F. Baird. Transpac Expedition geologist Robert L. Fisher was the first scientist to investigate Bayonnaise Rocks, a group of volcanic
rocks in the Philippine Sea located about 253 miles south of Tokyo.
Box 1, Folder 4
RRS
Discovery II CRUISE 3, unidentified profiles, graphs
1958
General note
Unidentified data on water temperature, salinity, oxygen and chemical compounds.
Box 1, Folder 5
Scientific log
1960 September-December
Box 1, Folder 6
Itinerary and position data sheets
1960 September-December
Box 1, Folder 7
Unidentified profiles and graphs
1960
Box 1, Folder 8
Bathythermograph data
1960
Box 1, Folder 9
Scientific log (Mombasa-Mauritius)
1964 August-September
Box 1, Folder 10
Position data sheets
1964 August-September
Box 1, Folder 11
Oceanographic stations
1964
Box 1, Folder 12
Oceanographic Data Summary, scientific cruise report
1964
Box 1, Folder 13-15
Assorted profiles and graphs
1964 August
General note
Graphs depicting temperature, salinity, oxygen, and chemical compound data.
Box 1, Folder 16
Assorted chemical and physical profiles with data
1964
Box 2, Folder 1
Total dissolved solids (TDS) data
1964
Box 2, Folder 2
General information, correspondence and memoranda
1964-1965
Box 2, Folder 3
Equipment and supplies
1964-1965
General note
Includes information on expendable BT system.
Box 2, Folder 4
Scientific log
1965 April-May
Box 2, Folder 5
Position data sheets
1965 April-May
Box 2, Folder 6-8
Temperature and salinity data
1965
Box 2, Folder 9
Bathythermograph and chemical compound data
1965
EASTROPAC Expedition, Cruise 75
Box 2, Folder 10
General information, notes and memoranda
1968 February-April
Box 2, Folder 11
Scientific log
1968 February-April
Box 2, Folder 12
Position data sheets
1968 February-April
Box 2, Folder 13
Assorted chemical and physical profiles with data
1968 February-April
OCEANOGRAPHER PORTRAITS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 2) OCEANOGRAPHER PORTRAITS: 15 black and white candid photographic portraits of SIO oceanographers mounted on oversized
boards with biographical captions. The prints were originally displayed in an exhibit entitled "Fellow Travelers: An Exhibit
of the Photographs of Warren Wooster, 1960-1989" at the SIO Library during the Fifth International Congress on the History
of Oceanography, July 1993.
Box 3, Folder 9
Nierenberg, William A.
1975
Box 3, Folder 16
Wooster, Warren S. with wife Clarissa Wooster
1976
