ADMINISTRATIVE
Subject Files
Administration policy 1982 October-1988 February
Admission 1969-1992
Aquarist manual 1976
Aquarist Training Program undated
Architects - Notes and correspondence 1986-2009
Attendance records 1987-1995
Calendar 1969
Chemicals 1987
Climate and Remote Sensing (Cars) undated
Conferences and Seminars
American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Conference 1963
First International Congress on the History of Oceanography 1966
International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine conferences and workshops 1971-1978
Seminar on fish diseases 1969
Diving logs 1989-1996
Donors 1988-1994
Equipment and furniture 1992
Evaluations and critiques 1992
Explorer's Club 2008-2009
Fish - Miscellaneous notes 1968-1977
Fish - Gas bladder undated
Fish - Sea of Cortez notes undated
Fish - Skulls 1955
Fish - Tranquillization 1986
Future plans 1992
Goals and objectives 1990-1994
International aquarium tour in Japan and Hong Kong 1982 May 16-June 11
International Zoo Yearbook questionnaire 1986
Interpretive graphics 1992-1994
Las Patronas 1984, 1988
Leadership Education Awareness Development (LEAD) 1983
Metridium (Plumose anemones) 1974-1978
Mission 1985-1994
MITRE Corporation tour 1983 January-February
Museum Assessment Program (MAP) 1983-1984
Oceanography - Notes, UC San Diego press releases, and study sheet by T. Chase. undated
Organization charts 1973-1996
Physiology - Laboratory outlines and notes 1968
Proposals and Plans
Aquarium proposal 1982
Aquarium site proposal (not selected) - Oversize drawings ca. 1975-1980
Downtown Aquarium - Proposal 1986-1987
Joint Scripps Institution of Oceanography and aquarium newsletter 1990
Preliminary Proposal for Ocean Interpretive Center 1983-1985
Preliminary Proposal for Ocean Interpretive Center - Oversize drawings and blueprints 1969
Scripps Aquarium and Ocean Science Center (SAOSC) - Project planning guide and aquarium preview 1985-1986
Scripps Pier: A piece of history ca. 1988
Proposition 18 bond issue 1984
Promotion ideas 1982
Publicity material 1972-2009
Purchase authorizations 1982 July-1993 May
Rancho Zorro Lakes - Photographs and negatives 1972
Recordkeeping system 1973
Repairs and renovations
Repairs and renovations - Front entrance 1992-1998
Experimental aquarium classroom 1981
Seawater system improvements 1965-1980
Vaughan Hall 1977-1982
San Diego Year of the Ocean 1984-1985
Scripps Coastal Reserve - Memoranda, meeting agendas and minutes, and annual reports 1967-1989
Scripps Coastal Reserve - Memoranda, meeting agendas and minutes, and annual reports 1967-1989
Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Administration 1989-1993
Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Operations and shipping procedures 1985-1989
Sea Grant - Meeting and tour 1990, 1997
Seawater and life support systems 1951-1993
Seawater and life support systems - Oversized tank plans 1977
Southern California Area Migration Project (SCAMP) undated
Space planning 1978-1983
Specimen - Purchasing, sells, inventories, and notes 1965-1989
Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum
Aquarium and Ocean Science Center - Economic and environmental impact reports 1984-1986
Aquarium rockwork undated
Artist's renderings undated
Bid proposals 1989-1990
Birch Aquarium at Scripps - Correspondence, writings, notes, and ephemera 1981-2001
Complaint sign and reply by George Shor 1990
Construction costs and funds 1967-1993
Design and construction 1987-1993
Development plan 1990
Environmental education center 1993
Expansion plan and feasibility study 1999-2000
Expansion plan and feasibility study - Blueprints 1999
Floor plan undated
Ground breaking 1989 November 3
Mission and design conditions undated
Opening events 1992
Photographs of architectural designs undated
Planning and funding 1983-1998
Port Authority - Correspondence 1989
Press release 1991
Project planning guide 1986-1992
Projected attendance for 1990 July undated
Reorganization of aquarium 1993
Site planning 1987
Space allocations 1986
Wheeler/Widmer architects - Architectural program, schematic submittal and preliminary design 1987
Wheeler/Widmer architects - Architectural program, schematic submittal and preliminary design 1987-1988
Tank numbers and layout 1992
Suggestions 1993
Unit goals 1993-1994
Unit workload planning 1991
Temperature - Notes 1968
Thomas Wayland Vaughan Aquarium-Museum
Attendance records 1987-1989
Floor plans undated
Photograph of admission policy 1971 May
Publicity 1984 March
UC San Diego - Marine Sciences Physical Planning Committee (MSPPC) & Campus/Community Planning Committee (CCPC) 1985 June-1992 July
Ultraviolet technology - Correspondence 1982 December 21
Underwater parks 1974-1975
Unit goals and objectives 1984
Visitor surveys and suggestions 1993-1995
Volunteer manual 1996
Wilkie, Donald - Biographical information 1959-2002
Windows (aquarium tanks) 1992-1993
Committees and Meeting Minutes
Advisory Committee 1966
Staff meetings - Unit heads, aquarists, and trainees 1975-1994
Management and Professional Program Advisory Committee (MAPAC) 1978-2000
Diving Control Board 1986-1995
Scripps Associates 1987-1992
New aquarium planning meetings 1992
Aquarium Museum Panel 1992-2000
External Relations Committee retreat 1993
Communication Council 1993-2000
Aquarium Graphics Committee 1994-2011
Community Advisory Board 2000
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) Council 2006
Alphabetical Correspondence
A - Miscellaneous 1983-1988
Aquarama 1963-1967
B - Miscellaneous 1982-1985
Baxter, Diane 1989-1999
Bowhay, Brooks (Monterey harbormaster) 1965-1966
C - Miscellaneous 1965-1986
California Fish and Game Commission 1982
Collins, Tom 1986-2010
D - Miscellaneous 1981-1989
Danilov, Victor 1989
E - Miscellaneous 1982-1986
Etessami, Soudabeh 1982-1983
G - Miscellaneous 1966-1987
Goodson, Gar (Marquest Colorguide Books) 1984
Graham, Jeff 1984-2000
H - Miscellaneous 1968-1988
Hahn, Heidi 1971-1999
Hinton, Sam 1951-1952
I-L - Miscellaneous 1981-1989
Lake Baikal Aquarium-Museum 1994-2000
M-N - Miscellaneous 1966-1989
Natural History Museum, San Diego 1983-1984
Nierenberg, William 1972-1984
O - Miscellaneous 1969-1985
Oregon Undersea Gardens 1966-1967
P - Miscellaneous 1966-1985
Pacific Undersea Gardens, Victoria (Charles White) 1964-1969
R - Miscellaneous 1965-1985
Rush, Diane 1990
S - Miscellaneous 1965-1985
Shelly, Ruth 1993-1994
Snodgrass, Robert 1970-1994
T-U - Miscellaneous 1982-1990
Undersea Gardens, Santa Barbara 1966-1967
Undersea Gardens, Seattle (C.R. White) 1965-1966
University of British Columbia 1965-1969
W-Z - Miscellaneous 1965-1988
Zerbi, Serenella 1980-1985
Zoological Society of Montreal 1965
Chronological Correspondence
Chronological correspondence 1963-1967
Chronological correspondence 1968-1988 May
Chronological correspondence 1988 May-1991 August
Chronological correspondence 1991 September-2013
EDUCATION
Bibliographies on oceanography 1967-1982
Career experience for high school students 1972-1998
Careers in oceanography - Ephemera 1969-1980
Class handouts and data sheets undated
Class projects 1976-1982
Docent lecture outlines 1976-1979
Docent training 1980-1997
Education outreach and programs 1965-2001
Education review notes 1981 March 13
Exhibit questions 1993 September 20
Family educational guide 1990-2000
Junior Oceanographer Corps 1972-1996
Marine education program 1978
San Diego Science Fair undated
Sea Grant
Biology and Stock Assessment of the Blue Shark - Proposal 1976
Education Needs Assessment Meeting 1985
Marine Science: A Focus on Interpretation - Proposal and reviews 1984-1985
Natural Marine Products that Regulate Mineral and Bone Metabolism - Proposal 1985-1986
Ocean Education: Making it a part of our lives - Proposal 1985-1986
Serrell Report on education 1991
SIO 294 - Biology of Fishes 1995
Skin diving and marine life class 1978-1986
Sportfishing seminar series - List of proposed lectures undated
Student exam questions 1976
Summer classes 1981-1991
T. Wayland Vaughan Aquarium-Museum education program undated
Teacher outreach 1968-1990
Teacher's guides 1994
Man's Chemical Invasion of the Oceans 1969 February 25
Environmental Symposia for Teachers 1980-1984
Calendars of events and activities 1978-1998
Annual members picnic 1981-1995
80th Anniversary 1983
Tijuana Slough - Canoe trip 1983 January
Activities 1984-1992
Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum Groundbreaking ceremony 1989
The Fish Ball 2000 May 20
Events 2002-2003
EXPEDITIONS AND COLLECTING TRIPS
Alaska, M/V Sea Bird 1997
Alert Bay 1988
Baja California 1979-1995
Catalina Island 1983-1986
Chartering policy for non-University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) vessels 1994
Collecting trips 1954-2009
Collection permits - Mexico 1990-1997
Collectors Club expeditions 1979-1994
Coronado Islands 1985-1986
Diving program - La Paz 1994
R/V Dolphin - Gulf cruises 1969-1976
M/V Don José - Mexico and Gulf of California 1981-1994
M/V Don Juan - Correspondence regarding collection donations 1984-1993
Endangered species 1975-1981
Field records 1984-1992
Fiji 1987-1988
Fiji 1988-1992
Galapagos Islands and Ecuador 1992
Great Barrier Reef 1989-1994
Japan aquarium tour 1986
La Paz trip 1973 December
List of trips and expeditions between 1976 and 1999 1989-2002
Los Frailes, Baja California 1978
Palau and Ponape 1983-1988
Queen Charlotte Islands 1989
San Benito, San Martin and Cedros Islands 1986-1989
San Clemente Island 1984-1987
Santa Cruz 1968
Scammons Lagoon undated
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography-Mexico Marine Science Cooperative program 1992-2010
R/V Severiana - Gulf of California 1975-1979
Siberia 1994-1995
Socorro Island, Mexico 1987
Solomon Islands 1997-1998
Sooke, British Columbia 1961-1965
Tahiti 1986
Tropical Australia 1994
U.S. Fish and Wildlife 1987-1992
Vanuatu 1993-1997
Whale cruises 1972-1996
COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITS
Aquarium Collections
Aquarist notes 1964
Collections data and logs 1961-1995
Copepods undated
Disease 1962-1972
Exhibit policy 1976
Fish kills 1959-1960
Inventory and labels 1993
Kelp tank 1993
Liopropoma undated
Marine invertebrate display ideas by Heidi Hahn 1987
Octopus 1962-1978
Octopus A-65-12 and A-65-13 1965
Pholids 1962-1963
Scientific collecting (Robert S. Kiwala) 1965-1979
Species lists - Tanks 1992
Specimen transport 1963-1973
Vancouver Public Aquarium - Collection notes 1961-1962
Vertebrate and invertebrate inventories 1971-1982
Weekend manager's reports 1992
Museum Exhibits
Aquarium-Museum plans 1964-1979
Boquerón Volcano exhibit photograph, and other exhibit plan blueprints ca. 1950-1977
Charter Day exhibit undated
Coelacanth exhibit 1975
Deep Sea Drilling Project exhibit undated
Diving exhibit 1977-1998
Electric eel display undated
Exhibits - Notes, drawings, photographs, plans, and expenses 1951-2008
Exploring the Blue Planet - Conceptual exhibit plans 1990
Littoral environment exhibit undated
Megamouth exhibit 1976-1990
Museum exhibit formats 1976
Project Mohole exhibit 1966
Rockwork 1989-1992
Science from Space exhibit undated
Seismic profiling exhibit 1983
Shadow boxes undated
Tide pool exhibit - Proposal blueprints 1974
Vanuatu exhibit 1993
Exhibit Labels and Drawings
Volume 1: Labels A-F ca. 1951-1990
Volume 3: Labels P-Z ca. 1951-1990
Volume 7 ca. 1951-1990
List of drawings by Maurice Wahlmeier 1987
WRITINGS AND PRESENTATIONS
Notes
Aquarium manual - Notes and correspondence 1958-1959
Wilkie, Donald. Ichthyology notes 1966-1972
Notes and notebooks 1975-2009
Notes on SIO Annual Reports 1893-1946 2009
William E. Ritter 2009
Natural history of area: Echinoderms, mollusks and crabs, gorgonians undated
Articles and Books
Memorandum of the beat behavior of Sanddab 1951
Articles and books by Donald Wilkie
Factors controlling population size in deer ca. 1960
Apodichthys 1962-1977
Wilkie, Donald, G. Bruce Bell, and John S. Coles. A method of dolphin transport and its physiological evaluation 1963-1967
The use of anesthetics in capturing and handling marine fishes 1964-1974
Progress in coloration studies of three species of California fishes: Penpoint gunnel (Apodichthys flavidus), rockweed gunnel (Xererpes fucorum), and kelpfish (Heterostichus rostratus) 1970
The carotenoid pigmentation of Pleuroncodes planipes stimpson (crustacea: decapoda: galatheidae) 1971
Maintaining marine fishes 1973
Aquarium. In Encyclopaedia Britannica 1974
Current status of some rarely exhibited fishes from the Gulf of Mexico 1975
An aquarium at UCSD - Why? 1976
Sea World Magazine - An editorial 1978 May 1
A new aquarium-museum for Scripps Institution of Oceanography: The Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum 1988
T. Wayland Vaughan Aquarium-Museum ca. 1989
A History of the Aquariums at Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1991-2012
A History of the Aquariums at Scripps Institution of Oceanography 2010-2012
Aquarium history: Education 1965-1992 ca. 1992
Guidebook to Marine Life in the Stephen Birch Aquarium 1995
Biography for Quesnel High School reunion 1994
Public aquariums and museums at Scripps 2002-2003
How it all began: The Birch Aquarium at Scripps 2008
Maui Ocean Center ca. 2008
Percy Barnhart - Notes and drafts 2008-2010
Treatment of protozoan disease undated
Biographies 1964-1970
Sam Hinton 1968-2009
Chiriquixanthin 1977
Larval Paper - Notes ca. 1979
Kent, Michael L. Fish pathology studies at the Scripps Aquarium 1982
Jones, James H. The Resource Series on the Sea - Book proposal 1984
Fact sheet: The new Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum 1985-1986
Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum history and guidebook ca. 1992-1995
Birch Aquarium at Scripps celebrates 10 years! 2002
Anthium 200 undated
Hahn, Heidi. Naturalists notes undated
Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the aquarium history undated
Talks and Lectures
Talks - Miscellaneous 1965-1987
Talks and lectures by Donald Wilkie
Capture of the lemon shark. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Aquarium Symposium 1965
Aquarium reflections 1985 January
Scripps Aquarium - Past, Present, Future. Taiwan 1992 October
Histories and overviews of SIO 1967-1986
Brothers, Ed. Jaw evolution in fishes. SIO seminar in advanced ichthyology 1968 December 5
Color change - Advanced ichthyology 1969
Sea Life for the Family. UC Extension 1969-1972
Some fishes of the Gulf of California. Natural History Museum, Baja California seminar 1970 February 10
Docent lecture series 1971-1980
Escondido Union School District 1968
Linsky educational project 1968-1969
Whales and marine mammals 1968-1986
Fish lecture notes 1972-1987
Sharks 1976-1983
Through the aquarium glass - Lecture notes and slides 1979-1982
Coloration of fishes seminar 1983
Aquariology. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California a Sur Area de Ciencias del Mar, La Paz 1984 May 15
Mollusca 1989
Aquarium presentations 1992-2003
Scripps family speech 1996
Dr. Kennel's Perspective on the Aquarium's Identity 1998 October 6
Birch Aquarium at Scripps: Ten Minute History 2002
William Nierenberg interviewed by Donald Wilkie - Transcript undated
Newsletters
Scripps Aquarium Newsletter and Scripps Aquarium Associates Newsletter - Newsletters 1966-1992
Scripps Aquarium Newsletter and Scripps Aquarium Associates Newsletter - Ephemera and correspondence 1983-1991
High Tide Times 1991-1998
Waterlog 1993-1995
Onboard 1994-2000
Explorations - Growth strategy reports and reader survey 2002
Reports
Reports of the curator (Museum and aquarium reports) 1924-1948
Annual reports 1977-1978, 1993-1996
Aquarium and Ocean Science Center environmental impact reports 1986-1988
Aquarium and Ocean Science Center environmental impact reports 1986-1992
Wilkie, Donald. Response to management review report 1989 March
Graham, J.B. A white paper analyzing the status of the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography 2001
Miscellaneous Materials
A Tidepool Aquarium: Sound filmstrip study guide 1966
Scripps Aquarium calendar 1978
Window to the ocean world: Scripps Aquarium, 1903-83
Small publications and booklets - Kelp, grunion, aquariums, oceanography reading lists 1969-1978
Ocean film series - Notes and ephemera 1984
Interactive video - Notes, correspondence, and scripts 1988-1989
PHOTOGRAPHS AND SLIDES
Scripps Aquarium
Birch Aquarium - Construction, groundbreaking, site walk, and floor plans 1987-1992
Blue Planet exhibit 1994
Destination Tropics and Year of the Reef exhibits 1997
Museum displays and exhibits 1973-1997
NOAA exhibit 1991
Ocean Supermarket exhibit 1999
Pacific Current exhibit 1996
Reaching Home: Pacific Salmon, Pacific People exhibit ca. 1996
Scripps Aquarium 1910-1993
SIO Fleet and El Niño exhibits ca. 1998
Tank displays and maintenance 1973-1980
T. Wayland Vaughan Aquarium-Museum ca. 1950-1970
T. Wayland Vaughan Aquarium-Museum fish labels undated
Tidepools 1978-1987
Vanuatu exhibit 1994
Wave tank 1972-1973
Whale fountain (The Legacy) 1995-1996
Events and Activities
Activity tent 1993
Aquarium classes 1976-1979
Art from the Sea exhibit 1987
Behind the Scenes day 1990
Birch Aquarium dinner ca. 1992
Docent class 1993
Earth Day 1990-1999
Gebel public programs 1989-1992
Haunted Aquarium 1993
History of Diving 1965
Holiday Lights 1993
Members Night 1991
Oscar Oceanographer children's classes 1971-1986
Outdoor aquarium activities 1969-1981
Santa's Arctic Science 1994-1995
SIO events and presentations 1972-1992
SIO Picnic 1990-1993
Sea Babies 1993
Shark Days 1994-1999
Skin diving class 1973-1980
Summer classes 1984-1986
Volunteer party 1996
Wyland Whale Day 1994-1999
Expeditions and Collecting Trips
British Columbia 1964-1983
Cedros grey whale cruise 1974
Central California and San Simeon 1966-1977
Fiji 1991
Junior Oceanographers Corps whale trip 1974
Newfoundland - Whales 1964
Nova Scotia whaling trip 1963
Baja California 1971-1985
Palau 1980-1991
Punta China 1966
San Benedicto 1972-1973
San Benitos and San Ignacio 1974
Sea of Cortez 1984-1988
Trips and expeditions 1964-1991
Whale photos and sighting reports 1974
Whale cruises - San Ignacio Lagoon and Scammons Lagoon 1972-1974
Miscellaneous Images
Aquarama 1963 and undated
Cetacean autopsies, Philadelphia 1963
Diagrams, maps, and Deep Sea Drilling Project 1970-1991
Diving and collecting 1963-1984
Dolphins at SIO 1965 fall
Koi - Spring Ranch, Oregon and Balboa Park undated
Lobster lab 1973-1984
Marine life 1967-1984
Other aquariums and museums 1965-1994
Porpoise hunting, Dallas 1964
Scholander lab and R/V Alpha Helix 1971
Scripps beach and pier 1971-1986
SIO history and campus 1905-1985
Ships, equipment, and work at sea 1971-1985
Signs and drawings 1971-1978
Tennessee Aquarium 1994
Wilkie, Donald 1970-1993