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ADMINISTRATIVE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) ADMINISTRATIVE: Documents the administrative functions at the Scripps aquariums. Arranged in two subseries: A) Subject Files and B) Committees and Meeting Minutes.
A) Subject Files: Files on a wide variety of topics, including attendance records, budgets and funding, proposals and plans, and building designs. Of particular note are the materials related to the funding and construction of the Birch Aquarium at Scripps, found under its original name, the Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum. Arranged alphabetically, with materials relating to a specific aquarium grouped together.
B) Committees and Meeting Minutes: Includes correspondence, notes, and meeting minutes. Arranged Chronologically.
 

Subject Files

Box 1, Folder 1

Administration policy 1982 October-1988 February

Box 1, Folder 2

Admission 1969-1992

Box 1, Folder 3-5

American Association of Museums (AAM) Annual Meetings and survey of museums - San Diego 1983-1989

General note

Includes programs and notes by Donald W. Wilkie.
Box 1, Folder 6

Aquarium legislation 1981

General note

Includes letters from Senators Alan Cranston and S. I. Hayakawa.
Box 1, Folder 7

Aquarist manual 1976

Box 42, Folder 1

Aquaria personnel - Hawaii 1962-1967

General note

Includes list complied by Donald Wilkie of average pay rates across various institutions.
Box 1, Folder 8

Aquarist Training Program undated

Box 1, Folder 9-10

Architects - Notes and correspondence 1986-2009

Box 1, Folder 11-12

Attendance records 1987-1995

Box 1, Folder 13-14

Bookstore - Correspondence and budget 1981-1994

General note

Includes earnings statements.
Box 2, Folder 1-3

Budget 1978-2009

General note

Includes construction related budgets.
Box 2, Folder 4

Calendar 1969

Box 2, Folder 5

Chemicals 1987

Box 2, Folder 6

Climate and Remote Sensing (Cars) undated

 

Conferences and Seminars

Box 2, Folder 7

American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Conference 1963

Box 2, Folder 8

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Aquarium symposium 1963-1964

General note

Includes Donald Wilkie's name tag.
Box 2, Folder 9

First International Congress on the History of Oceanography 1966

Box 2, Folder 10

International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine conferences and workshops 1971-1978

Box 2, Folder 11

Marine Education Workshop 1978

General note

Sponsored by Sea Grant.
Box 2, Folder 12

National Marine Education Association Conference 1976-1977

General note

Held aboard the Queen Mary.
Box 2, Folder 13

Seminar on fish diseases 1969

Box 3, Folder 1-3

Construction 1989-1992

General note

Includes photographs, contract bid, and list on pre-exhibit work.
Box 3, Folder 4

Consulting requests 1978-1982

General note

Includes final report on "Deficiencies in the Aquarium."
Box 3, Folder 5

Diving logs 1989-1996

Box 3, Folder 6

Donors 1988-1994

Box 3, Folder 7

Environmental impact report 1985-1995

General note

Includes photograph.
Box 3, Folder 8

Equipment and furniture 1992

Box 3, Folder 9

Evaluations and critiques 1992

Box 3, Folder 10

Explorer's Club 2008-2009

Box 3, Folder 11

Federal Fish and Wildlife Service 1971-1985

General note

Includes permit and Declaration for Importation of Wildlife.
Box 3, Folder 12

Fish - Miscellaneous notes 1968-1977

Box 3, Folder 13

Fish - Coelacanth 1975

General note

Includes exhibit description.
Box 3, Folder 14

Fish - Gas bladder undated

Box 3, Folder 15

Fish - Sea of Cortez notes undated

Box 3, Folder 16

Fish - Skulls 1955

Box 3, Folder 17

Fish - Tranquillization 1986

Box 42, Folder 2

Forbes Aquaspace ca. 1984

General note

Includes signed rendering dedicated to Donald Wilkie.
Box 3, Folder 18-21

Funds and fundraising 1966-1983

General note

Includes Beckman Foundation and Pacific Telephone.
Box 4, Folder 1-8

Funds and fundraising 1983-2001

General note

Includes Scripps family.
Box 4, Folder 9

Future plans 1992

Box 4, Folder 10-11

Goals and objectives 1990-1994

Box 4, Folder 12

International aquarium tour in Japan and Hong Kong 1982 May 16-June 11

Box 4, Folder 13

International Zoo Yearbook questionnaire 1986

Box 4, Folder 14-15

Interpretive graphics 1992-1994

Box 5, Folder 1

Las Patronas 1984, 1988

Box 5, Folder 2

Leadership Education Awareness Development (LEAD) 1983

Box 5, Folder 3

Marine mammals 1974

General note

Includes correspondence with Flipper's Sea School and notes on the Guadalupe fur seal.
Box 5, Folder 4

Metridium (Plumose anemones) 1974-1978

Box 5, Folder 5

Mexican Program 1994-1999

General note

Includes timeline of projects, expeditions, collaborations, and scholarships between 1982-1999. Also includes academic program from the School for Field Studies (SFC) Center for Marine Mammal Studies.
Box 5, Folder 6

Mission 1985-1994

Box 5, Folder 7

MITRE Corporation tour 1983 January-February

Box 5, Folder 8-9

Monterey Bay Aquarium 1986-1993

General note

Includes draft of graphics standards manual and article titled "A determination of the effects of ozone on the early life stages of giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera" by Darrow, Allen, Philips, Nygren, and Watanabe.
Box 5, Folder 10

Museum Assessment Program (MAP) 1983-1984

Box 5, Folder 11

Oceanography - Notes, UC San Diego press releases, and study sheet by T. Chase. undated

Box 5, Folder 12

Organization charts 1973-1996

Box 5, Folder 13-14

Parking 1985-1993

General note

Includes log.
Box 5, Folder 15

Personnel management issues 1980-1994

General note

Includes correspondence, organizational chart, budgets, and unit meeting materials.
Box 5, Folder 16

Physiology - Laboratory outlines and notes 1968

 

Proposals and Plans

Box 5, Folder 17

Aquarium proposal 1982

Oversize Annex MC-009, Folder 06

Aquarium site proposal (not selected) - Oversize drawings ca. 1975-1980

Box 5, Folder 18

Downtown Aquarium - Proposal 1986-1987

Box 5, Folder 19

Joint Scripps Institution of Oceanography and aquarium newsletter 1990

Box 5, Folder 20-22

Preliminary Proposal for Ocean Interpretive Center 1983-1985

Oversize Annex MC-009, Folder 07

Preliminary Proposal for Ocean Interpretive Center - Oversize drawings and blueprints 1969

Box 5, Folder 23

Proposals 2008-2009

General note

Includes Birch Aquarium Boundless Energy proposal; as well as descriptions of other funding programs and proposals.
Box 6, Folder 1

Scripps Aquarium and Ocean Science Center (SAOSC) - Project planning guide and aquarium preview 1985-1986

Box 6, Folder 2

Scripps Pier: A piece of history ca. 1988

Box 6, Folder 3

Proposition 18 bond issue 1984

Box 6, Folder 4

Promotion ideas 1982

Box 6, Folder 5-6

Publicity material 1972-2009

Box 6, Folder 7

Purchase authorizations 1982 July-1993 May

Box 6, Folder 8

Rancho Zorro Lakes - Photographs and negatives 1972

Box 6, Folder 9

Recordkeeping system 1973

 

Repairs and renovations

Box 6, Folder 10-11

Repairs and renovations 1974-1987

General note

Includes draft report on "Deficiencies in the Aquarium."
Box 42, Folder 8

Repairs and renovations - Front entrance 1992-1998

Box 6, Folder 12

Experimental aquarium classroom 1981

Box 6, Folder 13

Seawater system improvements 1965-1980

Box 6, Folder 14

Vaughan Hall 1977-1982

Box 6, Folder 15

San Diego Year of the Ocean 1984-1985

Box 6, Folder 16

Scripps Coastal Reserve - Memoranda, meeting agendas and minutes, and annual reports 1967-1989

Box 7, Folder 1-2

Scripps Coastal Reserve - Memoranda, meeting agendas and minutes, and annual reports 1967-1989

Box 7, Folder 3-4

Scripps Family - Correspondence, descendants chart, and notes by Wilkie 1988-1995

General note

Includes photograph of Donald Wilkie with unidentified Scripps family member.
Box 7, Folder 5

Scripps Industrial Associates - Memoranda 1982-1984

General note

Includes materials related to exhibit funding.
Box 7, Folder 6

Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Administration 1989-1993

Box 7, Folder 7

Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Operations and shipping procedures 1985-1989

Box 7, Folder 8

Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Ships and expeditions 1980-1985

General note

Includes materials related to the Rama Expedition and the Nimpkish VI research cruise.
Box 7, Folder 9

Sea Grant - Meeting and tour 1990, 1997

Box 7, Folder 10-13

Seawater and life support systems 1951-1993

Oversize Annex MC-009, Folder 05

Seawater and life support systems - Oversized tank plans 1977

Box 7, Folder 14

Sharks - Carcharodon carcharias (Great White Shark) 1975

General note

Includes photographs of shark found in La Jolla.
Box 7, Folder 15

Southern California Area Migration Project (SCAMP) undated

Box 7, Folder 16

Space planning 1978-1983

Box 8, Folder 1-3

Specimen - Purchasing, sells, inventories, and notes 1965-1989

 

Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum

Box 8, Folder 4

Aquarium and Ocean Science Center - Economic and environmental impact reports 1984-1986

Box 8, Folder 5

Aquarium rockwork undated

Box 8, Folder 6

Artist's renderings undated

Box 8, Folder 7

Bid proposals 1989-1990

Box 8, Folder 8-11

Birch Aquarium at Scripps - Correspondence, writings, notes, and ephemera 1981-2001

Box 8, Folder 12

Complaint sign and reply by George Shor 1990

Box 8, Folder 13-14

Construction costs and funds 1967-1993

Box 8, Folder 15

Design and construction 1987-1993

Box 8, Folder 16

Development plan 1990

Box 9, Folder 1

Environmental education center 1993

Box 9, Folder 2-3

Expansion plan and feasibility study 1999-2000

Oversize Annex MC-009, Folder 06

Expansion plan and feasibility study - Blueprints 1999

Box 9, Folder 4

Floor plan undated

Box 9, Folder 5

Ground breaking 1989 November 3

Box 9, Folder 6

Mission and design conditions undated

Box 9, Folder 7

Opening events 1992

Box 9, Folder 8

Photographs of architectural designs undated

Box 9, Folder 9

Planning and funding 1983-1998

Box 9, Folder 10

Port Authority - Correspondence 1989

Box 9, Folder 11

Press release 1991

Box 9, Folder 12

Project planning guide 1986-1992

Box 9, Folder 13

Projected attendance for 1990 July undated

Box 9, Folder 14

Reorganization of aquarium 1993

Box 9, Folder 15

Signage planning 1989-1992

General note

Includes photograph examples of signs From Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UC San Diego Medical Group, taken in 1991.
Box 9, Folder 16

Site planning 1987

Box 9, Folder 17

Space allocations 1986

Box 9, Folder 18

Wheeler/Widmer architects - Architectural program, schematic submittal and preliminary design 1987

Box 10, Folder 1-3

Wheeler/Widmer architects - Architectural program, schematic submittal and preliminary design 1987-1988

Box 10, Folder 4

Tank numbers and layout 1992

Box 10, Folder 5

Suggestions 1993

Box 10, Folder 6

Unit goals 1993-1994

Box 42, Folder 3

Unit workload planning 1991

Box 10, Folder 7

Temperature - Notes 1968

 

Thomas Wayland Vaughan Aquarium-Museum

Box 10, Folder 8

Attendance records 1987-1989

Oversize Annex MC-009, Folder 06

Drawings and blueprints ca. 1949-1973

General note

Includes original building designs, as well as remodel blueprints.
Box 10, Folder 9

Floor plans undated

Box 10, Folder 10

Photograph of admission policy 1971 May

Box 10, Folder 11

Publicity 1984 March

Box 10, Folder 12-14

UC San Diego - Marine Sciences Physical Planning Committee (MSPPC) & Campus/Community Planning Committee (CCPC) 1985 June-1992 July

Box 10, Folder 15

Ultraviolet technology - Correspondence 1982 December 21

Box 10, Folder 16

Underwater parks 1974-1975

Box 10, Folder 17

Unit goals and objectives 1984

Box 11, Folder 1

Visitor surveys and suggestions 1993-1995

Box 11, Folder 2

Volunteer manual 1996

Box 11, Folder 3-4

Wilkie, Donald - Biographical information 1959-2002

Box 11, Folder 5

Windows (aquarium tanks) 1992-1993

 

Committees and Meeting Minutes

Box 11, Folder 6

Advisory Committee 1966

Box 11, Folder 7-13

Staff meetings - Unit heads, aquarists, and trainees 1975-1994

Box 11, Folder 14

Management and Professional Program Advisory Committee (MAPAC) 1978-2000

Box 12, Folder 1-5

Aquarium and Ocean Science Center Building Advisory Committee 1985-1987

General note

Includes correspondence, notes, meeting minutes, budgets, user group data, and construction data.
Box 12, Folder 6

Diving Control Board 1986-1995

Box 12, Folder 7

Scripps Associates 1987-1992

Box 12, Folder 8

New aquarium planning meetings 1992

Box 12, Folder 9

Aquarium Museum Panel 1992-2000

Box 12, Folder 10

External Relations Committee retreat 1993

Box 12, Folder 11

Communication Council 1993-2000

Box 12, Folder 12

Aquarium Graphics Committee 1994-2011

Box 12, Folder 13

Community Advisory Board 2000

Box 12, Folder 14

Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) Council 2006

 

CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 2) CORRESPONDENCE: Arranged in two subseries: A) Alphabetical Correspondence and B) Chronological Correspondence.
 

Alphabetical Correspondence

Box 12, Folder 15

A - Miscellaneous 1983-1988

Box 12, Folder 16-17

Aquarama 1963-1967

Box 13, Folder 1

B - Miscellaneous 1982-1985

Box 13, Folder 2

Baxter, Diane 1989-1999

Box 13, Folder 3

Bowhay, Brooks (Monterey harbormaster) 1965-1966

Box 13, Folder 4

C - Miscellaneous 1965-1986

Box 13, Folder 5

California Fish and Game Commission 1982

Box 13, Folder 6

Collins, Tom 1986-2010

Box 13, Folder 7

D - Miscellaneous 1981-1989

Box 13, Folder 8

Danilov, Victor 1989

Box 13, Folder 9

Day, Deborah (Archivist, UC San Diego Library) 1985

General note

Includes draft letter to obtain the E. W. Scripps Papers and portions of the journals of William Ritter and Charles Kofoid.
Box 13, Folder 10

E - Miscellaneous 1982-1986

Box 13, Folder 11

Etessami, Soudabeh 1982-1983

Box 13, Folder 12

G - Miscellaneous 1966-1987

Box 13, Folder 13

Goodson, Gar (Marquest Colorguide Books) 1984

Box 13, Folder 14

Graham, Jeff 1984-2000

Box 13, Folder 15

H - Miscellaneous 1968-1988

Box 13, Folder 16-17

Hahn, Heidi 1971-1999

Box 13, Folder 18

Hinton, Sam 1951-1952

Box 13, Folder 19-22

I-L - Miscellaneous 1981-1989

Box 13, Folder 23

Lake Baikal Aquarium-Museum 1994-2000

Box 13, Folder 24-25

M-N - Miscellaneous 1966-1989

Box 13, Folder 26

Natural History Museum, San Diego 1983-1984

Box 13, Folder 27

Nierenberg, William 1972-1984

Box 13, Folder 28

O - Miscellaneous 1969-1985

Box 13, Folder 29

Oregon Undersea Gardens 1966-1967

Box 14, Folder 1

P - Miscellaneous 1966-1985

Box 14, Folder 2

Pacific Undersea Gardens, Victoria (Charles White) 1964-1969

Box 14, Folder 3

R - Miscellaneous 1965-1985

Box 14, Folder 4

Rush, Diane 1990

Box 14, Folder 5

S - Miscellaneous 1965-1985

Box 14, Folder 6

Shelly, Ruth 1993-1994

Box 14, Folder 7-9

Snodgrass, Robert 1970-1994

Box 14, Folder 10-11

T-U - Miscellaneous 1982-1990

Box 14, Folder 12

Undersea Gardens, Santa Barbara 1966-1967

Box 14, Folder 13

Undersea Gardens, Seattle (C.R. White) 1965-1966

Box 14, Folder 14

University of British Columbia 1965-1969

Box 14, Folder 15-16

W-Z - Miscellaneous 1965-1988

Box 14, Folder 17

Zerbi, Serenella 1980-1985

Box 14, Folder 18

Zoological Society of Montreal 1965

 

Chronological Correspondence

Box 14, Folder 19-20

Chronological correspondence 1963-1967

Box 15, Folder 1-9

Chronological correspondence 1968-1988 May

Box 16, Folder 1-7

Chronological correspondence 1988 May-1991 August

Box 17, Folder 1-5

Chronological correspondence 1991 September-2013

 

EDUCATION

Scope and Content of Series

Series 3) EDUCATION: Documents the education programs and outreach efforts of the Scripps aquariums. Includes notes, correspondence, docent lectures and training materials, exhibit questionnaires, teaching materials, and Sea Grant proposals. Arranged alphabetically.
Box 17, Folder 6

Bibliographies on oceanography 1967-1982

Box 17, Folder 7-8

Career experience for high school students 1972-1998

Box 18, Folder 1-2

Careers in oceanography - Ephemera 1969-1980

Box 18, Folder 3

Class handouts and data sheets undated

Box 18, Folder 4

Class projects 1976-1982

Box 18, Folder 5-6

Docent lecture outlines 1976-1979

Box 18, Folder 7

Docent training 1980-1997

Box 18, Folder 8-11

Education outreach and programs 1965-2001

Box 18, Folder 12

Education review notes 1981 March 13

Box 18, Folder 13

Exhibit questions 1993 September 20

Box 18, Folder 14

Family educational guide 1990-2000

Box 18, Folder 15-16

Field experience in marine biology 1972-1983

General note

Includes reports, data, and education materials.
Box 19, Folder 1-3

Junior Oceanographer Corps 1972-1996

Box 19, Folder 4

Marine education program 1978

Box 19, Folder 5

San Diego Science Fair undated

 

Sea Grant

Box 19, Folder 6

Biology and Stock Assessment of the Blue Shark - Proposal 1976

Box 19, Folder 7-12

California and the Pacific: Marine Sciences for the Public - Proposals, renewals, and reports 1984-1988

General note

Includes projects A/PE-1 and A/PE-2.
Box 19, Folder 13

Education Needs Assessment Meeting 1985

Box 20, Folder 1

Marine Science: A Focus on Interpretation - Proposal and reviews 1984-1985

Box 20, Folder 2

Natural Marine Products that Regulate Mineral and Bone Metabolism - Proposal 1985-1986

Box 20, Folder 3-11

Ocean Education for the Public - Proposals, renewals, and reports 1970-1985

General note

Includes projects 6, E/P-1, A/PE-1, A/PE-1A, and A/PE-1C.
Box 21, Folder 1

Ocean Education: Making it a part of our lives - Proposal 1985-1986

Box 21, Folder 2

Serrell Report on education 1991

Box 21, Folder 3

SIO 294 - Biology of Fishes 1995

Box 21, Folder 4

Skin diving and marine life class 1978-1986

Box 21, Folder 5

Sportfishing seminar series - List of proposed lectures undated

Box 21, Folder 6

Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum education program 1990-1995

General note

Includes Education Unit meeting minutes, notes, and correspondence.
Box 21, Folder 7

Student exam questions 1976

Box 21, Folder 8

Summer classes 1981-1991

Box 21, Folder 9

T. Wayland Vaughan Aquarium-Museum education program undated

Box 21, Folder 10

Teacher outreach 1968-1990

Box 21, Folder 11

Teacher's guides 1994

 

EVENTS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 4) EVENTS: A small selection of event materials, including correspondence, itineraries, programs, and publicity. Arranged chronologically, with miscellaneous activities and events grouped together.
Box 21, Folder 12

Man's Chemical Invasion of the Oceans 1969 February 25

Box 21, Folder 13-21

Environmental Symposia for Teachers 1972-1980

General note

Includes symposia on: marine resources, geology, kelp, fish, marine mammals and birds, wetlands, and ocean energy.
Box 22, Folder 1-4

Environmental Symposia for Teachers 1980-1984

Box 22, Folder 5-6

Calendars of events and activities 1978-1998

Box 22, Folder 7

Annual members picnic 1981-1995

Box 22, Folder 8

80th Anniversary 1983

Box 22, Folder 9

Tijuana Slough - Canoe trip 1983 January

Box 22, Folder 10

Activities 1984-1992

Box 22, Folder 11

Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum Groundbreaking ceremony 1989

Box 22, Folder 12

The Fish Ball 2000 May 20

Box 22, Folder 13

Events 2002-2003

 

EXPEDITIONS AND COLLECTING TRIPS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 5) EXPEDITIONS AND COLLECTING TRIPS: Includes itineraries, maps and charts, collection logs, and permit requests. Many of the collecting trips were part of the Scripps Aquarium Associates program, which allowed members of the public to participate and engage with aquarium staff. Arranged alphabetically.
Box 22, Folder 14

Alaska, M/V Sea Bird 1997

Box 22, Folder 15

Alert Bay 1988

Box 22, Folder 16

Aquarium cruises 1964-2000

General note

Locations include: Baja California, San Clemente, San Benito Island, San Martin, Cedros, Hawaii, and Fiji. Includes photographs and description of expeditions.
Box 22, Folder 17-18

Baja California 1979-1995

Box 22, Folder 19

M/V Baja Explorador - Mexico and Gulf of California 1986-1990

General note

Includes permit requests.
Box 22, Folder 20

Catalina Island 1983-1986

Box 22, Folder 21

Chartering policy for non-University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) vessels 1994

Box 23, Folder 1-4

Collecting trips 1954-2009

Box 23, Folder 5-8

Collection permits - Mexico 1990-1997

Box 23, Folder 9

Collectors Club expeditions 1979-1994

Box 23, Folder 10

Coronado Islands 1985-1986

Box 23, Folder 11

Diving program - La Paz 1994

Box 23, Folder 12-13

R/V Dolphin - Gulf cruises 1969-1976

Box 23, Folder 14-15

M/V Don José - Mexico and Gulf of California 1981-1994

Box 24, Folder 1

M/V Don Juan - Correspondence regarding collection donations 1984-1993

Box 24, Folder 2-4

M/V Don Juan incident 1992

Conditions Governing Access note

Restricted until 2044.
Box 24, Folder 5

Endangered species 1975-1981

Box 24, Folder 6-7

Field records 1984-1992

Box 24, Folder 8

Fiji 1987-1988

Box 42, Folder 7

Fiji 1988-1992

Box 24, Folder 9

Fish - Collection and care 1965-1978

General note

Includes notes, articles, and press releases.
Box 24, Folder 10

Galapagos Islands and Ecuador 1992

Box 24, Folder 11

Great Barrier Reef 1989-1994

Box 24, Folder 12

Japan aquarium tour 1986

Box 24, Folder 13

La Paz trip 1973 December

Box 24, Folder 14

List of trips and expeditions between 1976 and 1999 1989-2002

Box 24, Folder 15

Los Frailes, Baja California 1978

Box 24, Folder 16-18

Palau and Ponape 1983-1988

Box 24, Folder 19

Queen Charlotte Islands 1989

Box 24, Folder 20

San Benito, San Martin and Cedros Islands 1986-1989

Box 24, Folder 21

San Clemente Island 1984-1987

Box 24, Folder 22

Santa Cruz 1968

Box 24, Folder 23

Scammons Lagoon undated

Box 25, Folder 1-2

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography-Mexico Marine Science Cooperative program 1992-2010

Box 25, Folder 3-7

Sea of Cortez trips 1980-1998

General note

Includes photographs.
Box 25, Folder 8

R/V Severiana - Gulf of California 1975-1979

Box 25, Folder 9

Siberia 1994-1995

Box 25, Folder 10

Socorro Island, Mexico 1987

Box 25, Folder 11

Solomon Islands 1997-1998

Box 25, Folder 12

Solomon Islands - Diving accident 1997-1998

Conditions Governing Access note

Restricted until 2049.
Box 25, Folder 13

Sooke, British Columbia 1961-1965

Box 25, Folder 14

Tahiti 1986

Box 25, Folder 15

Tropical Australia 1994

Box 26, Folder 1

U.S. Fish and Wildlife 1987-1992

Box 26, Folder 2

Vanuatu 1993-1997

Box 26, Folder 3

Whale cruises 1972-1996

 

COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 6) COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITS: Documents the care and maintenance of collections, as well as exhibit planning and designs. Arranged in three subseries: A) Aquarium Collections, B) Museum Exhibits, and C) Exhibit Labels and Drawings.
A) Aquarium Collections: Includes notes, correspondence, collection data and logs, and inventories. Arranged alphabetically.
B) Museum Exhibits: Includes notes, correspondence, proposals, drawings and blueprints, budgets, and press releases. Arranged alphabetically.
C) Exhibit Labels and Drawings: Contains drawings, watercolors, and graphics used for exhibits; with names and descriptions of specimens. Many of the drawings and watercolors were created by Sam Hinton and Maurice Wahlmeier. Originally in 7 binders or volumes. Arranged by volume, with a list of labels at the end.
 

Aquarium Collections

Box 26, Folder 4

Aquarist notes 1964

Box 26, Folder 5-11

Collections data and logs 1961-1995

Box 26, Folder 12

Copepods undated

Box 26, Folder 13

Disease 1962-1972

Box 26, Folder 14

Exhibit policy 1976

Box 26, Folder 15

Fish kills 1959-1960

Box 26, Folder 16

Inventory and labels 1993

Box 26, Folder 17

Kelp tank 1993

Box 26, Folder 18

Liopropoma undated

Box 26, Folder 19

Marine invertebrate display ideas by Heidi Hahn 1987

Box 42, Folder 5

Octopus 1962-1978

Box 26, Folder 20

Octopus A-65-12 and A-65-13 1965

Box 27, Folder 1-2

Pholids 1962-1963

Box 27, Folder 3

Scientific collecting (Robert S. Kiwala) 1965-1979

Box 27, Folder 4

Species lists - Tanks 1992

Box 27, Folder 5

Specimen transport 1963-1973

Box 27, Folder 6-11

Tank charts and notes 1976-1979, undated

General note

Includes Apodichthys and ratfish tanks.
Box 27, Folder 12

Vancouver Public Aquarium - Collection notes 1961-1962

Box 27, Folder 13-14

Vertebrate and invertebrate inventories 1971-1982

Box 27, Folder 15

Weekend manager's reports 1992

 

Museum Exhibits

Box 28, Folder 1

Aquarium-Museum plans 1964-1979

Oversize Annex MC-009, Folder 05

Boquerón Volcano exhibit photograph, and other exhibit plan blueprints ca. 1950-1977

Box 28, Folder 2

Charter Day exhibit undated

Box 28, Folder 3

Coelacanth exhibit 1975

Box 28, Folder 4

Deep Sea Drilling Project exhibit undated

Box 28, Folder 5

Diving exhibit 1977-1998

Box 28, Folder 6

Electric eel display undated

Box 28, Folder 7-13

Exhibits - Notes, drawings, photographs, plans, and expenses 1951-2008

Box 28, Folder 14

Exploring the Blue Planet - Conceptual exhibit plans 1990

Box 28, Folder 15

Littoral environment exhibit undated

Box 28, Folder 16

Megamouth exhibit 1976-1990

Box 28, Folder 17

Museum exhibit formats 1976

Box 28, Folder 18-19

Pacific Coast Birds - The Landsdowne exhibition and extension courses 1980-1981

General note

Includes photographs.
Box 29, Folder 1

Project Mohole exhibit 1966

Box 42, Folder 6

Rockwork 1989-1992

Box 29, Folder 2

Science from Space exhibit undated

Box 29, Folder 3

Seismic profiling exhibit 1983

Box 29, Folder 4

Shadow boxes undated

Oversize Annex MC-009, Folder 05

Tide pool exhibit - Proposal blueprints 1974

Box 29, Folder 5

Vanuatu exhibit 1993

Box 29, Folder 6

Wave tank undated

General note

Includes photograph.
 

Exhibit Labels and Drawings

Box 29, Folder 7-36

Volume 1: Labels A-F ca. 1951-1990

General note

Includes: Acanthuridae, Acanthuroidei, Anarhichadidae, Anoplopomatidae, Antennariidae, Apogonidae, Atherinidae, Aulostomidae, Balistidae, Bathymasteridae, Batrachoididae, Belonidae, Blenniidae, Bothidae, Callionymidae, Carangidae, Chaenopsidae, Chaetodontidae, Chanidae, Cirrhitidae, Clinidae, Clupeidae, Cottidae, Cyprinodontidae, Dasyatidae, Diodontidae, Echeneidae, Embiotocidae, Engraulidae, and Ephippidae.
Box 29, Folder 37-47

Volume 2: Labels G-O ca. 1951-1990

General note

Includes: Gasterosteidae, Gobiesocidae, Gobiidae, Haemulidae, Heterocongrinae, Heterodontidae, Hexagrammidae, Hexanchidae, Holocentridae, Kuhliidae, and Kyphosidae.
Box 30, Folder 1-2

Volume 2: Labels G-O ca. 1951-1990

General note

Includes: Labridae and Lutjanidae.
Box 30, Folder 3-28

Volume 3: Labels P-Z ca. 1951-1990

General note

Includes: Pholidae, Platyrhinidae, Pleuronectidae, Polynemidae, Pomacanthidae, Pomacentridae, Priacanthidae, Reptiles, Rhinobatidae, Scaridae, Sciaenidae, Scombridae, Scorpaenidae, Scyliorhinidae, Serranidae, Sparidae, Sphyraenidae, Squalidae, Stichaeidae, Synanceiidae, Syngnathidae, Torpedinidae, Triakidae, Triglidae, Tripterygiidae, and Uranoscopidae.
Box 30, Folder 29-31

Volume 4 ca. 1951-1990

General note

Includes: Arthropods, coelenterates, echinoderms, mollusks, other phyla, and plants.
Box 31, Folder 1-4

Volume 4 ca. 1951-1990

General note

Includes: Arthropods, coelenterates, echinoderms, mollusks, other phyla, and plants.
Box 31, Folder 5-9

Volume 5: Old labels ca. 1951-1990

General note

Includes: Arthropods, coelenterates, echinoderms, mammals, and mollusks.
Box 31, Folder 10-15

Volume 6: Fishes ca. 1951-1990

General note

Includes: Fishes, sharks, rays, and turtles.
Box 32, Folder 1-18

Volume 7 ca. 1951-1990

General note

Includes: Macroramphosidae, Malacanthidae, Monocentridae, Mugilidae, Mullidae, Muraenidae, Ogcocephalidae, Ophichthidae, Ophidiidae, Opistognathidae, Ostraciidae, Pomacanthidae, Pomacentridae, Scorpaenidae, Scyllaridae, Serranidae, Tetraodontidae, and miscellaneous.
Box 32, Folder 19

List of drawings by Maurice Wahlmeier 1987

 

WRITINGS AND PRESENTATIONS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 7) WRITINGS AND PRESENTATIONS: Includes drafts and supporting materials created on behalf of the aquarium. Many of the writings and presentations were by aquarium director Donald Wilkie. Of particular interest are the articles and lectures on the history of the aquariums at Scripps.
Arranged chronologically within six subseries: A) Notes, B) Articles and Books, C) Talks and Lectures, D) Newsletters, E) Reports, and F) Miscellaneous Materials.
 

Notes

Box 32, Folder 20

Aquarium manual - Notes and correspondence 1958-1959

Box 32, Folder 21

Wilkie, Donald. Ichthyology notes 1966-1972

Box 32, Folder 22-25

Notes and notebooks 1975-2009

Box 32, Folder 26

Notes on SIO Annual Reports 1893-1946 2009

Box 32, Folder 27

William E. Ritter 2009

Box 32, Folder 28

Natural history of area: Echinoderms, mollusks and crabs, gorgonians undated

 

Articles and Books

Box 32, Folder 29

Memorandum of the beat behavior of Sanddab 1951

 

Articles and books by Donald Wilkie

Box 32, Folder 30

Factors controlling population size in deer ca. 1960

Box 32, Folder 31

Apodichthys 1962-1977

Box 33, Folder 1-3

Wilkie, Donald, G. Bruce Bell, and John S. Coles. A method of dolphin transport and its physiological evaluation 1963-1967

Box 33, Folder 4

The use of anesthetics in capturing and handling marine fishes 1964-1974

Box 33, Folder 5

Progress in coloration studies of three species of California fishes: Penpoint gunnel (Apodichthys flavidus), rockweed gunnel (Xererpes fucorum), and kelpfish (Heterostichus rostratus) 1970

Box 42, Folder 4

The carotenoid pigmentation of Pleuroncodes planipes stimpson (crustacea: decapoda: galatheidae) 1971

Box 33, Folder 6

Maintaining marine fishes 1973

Box 33, Folder 7

Aquarium. In Encyclopaedia Britannica 1974

Box 33, Folder 8

Current status of some rarely exhibited fishes from the Gulf of Mexico 1975

Box 33, Folder 9

An aquarium at UCSD - Why? 1976

Box 33, Folder 10

Sea World Magazine - An editorial 1978 May 1

Box 33, Folder 11

A new aquarium-museum for Scripps Institution of Oceanography: The Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum 1988

Box 33, Folder 12

T. Wayland Vaughan Aquarium-Museum ca. 1989

Box 33, Folder 13-18

A History of the Aquariums at Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1991-2012

Box 34, Folder 1-2

A History of the Aquariums at Scripps Institution of Oceanography 2010-2012

Box 34, Folder 3

Aquarium history: Education 1965-1992 ca. 1992

Box 34, Folder 4

Guidebook to Marine Life in the Stephen Birch Aquarium 1995

Box 34, Folder 5

Biography for Quesnel High School reunion 1994

Box 34, Folder 6

Public aquariums and museums at Scripps 2002-2003

Box 34, Folder 7

How it all began: The Birch Aquarium at Scripps 2008

Box 34, Folder 8

Maui Ocean Center ca. 2008

Box 34, Folder 9

Percy Barnhart - Notes and drafts 2008-2010

Box 34, Folder 10

Treatment of protozoan disease undated

Box 34, Folder 11

Biographies 1964-1970

Box 34, Folder 12

Sam Hinton 1968-2009

Box 34, Folder 13

Rancho Zorro lake studies 1972-1983

General note

Notes, data, and reports by students in the career experience program.
Box 34, Folder 14

Chiriquixanthin 1977

Box 34, Folder 15

Hahn, Heidi. Did you know? 1978-1980

General note

Monthly column on marine life.
Box 35, Folder 1

Larval Paper - Notes ca. 1979

Box 35, Folder 2

Kent, Michael L. Fish pathology studies at the Scripps Aquarium 1982

Box 35, Folder 3

Jones, James H. The Resource Series on the Sea - Book proposal 1984

Box 35, Folder 4

Fact sheet: The new Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum 1985-1986

Box 35, Folder 5

Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum history and guidebook ca. 1992-1995

Box 35, Folder 6

Birch Aquarium at Scripps celebrates 10 years! 2002

Box 35, Folder 7

Anthium 200 undated

Box 35, Folder 8

Hahn, Heidi. Naturalists notes undated

Box 35, Folder 9

Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the aquarium history undated

 

Talks and Lectures

Box 35, Folder 10-11

Talks - Miscellaneous 1965-1987

 

Talks and lectures by Donald Wilkie

Box 35, Folder 12

Capture of the lemon shark. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Aquarium Symposium 1965

Box 35, Folder 13

Aquarium reflections 1985 January

Box 35, Folder 14

Scripps Aquarium - Past, Present, Future. Taiwan 1992 October

Box 35, Folder 15

The Aquarium-Museum at Scripps Institution of Oceanography: A Specialized Regional Aquarium. International Aquarium Symposium, Boston 1993

General note

Includes photographs.
Box 35, Folder 16

Histories and overviews of SIO 1967-1986

Box 35, Folder 17

Brothers, Ed. Jaw evolution in fishes. SIO seminar in advanced ichthyology 1968 December 5

Box 35, Folder 18

Color change - Advanced ichthyology 1969

Box 35, Folder 19

Sea Life for the Family. UC Extension 1969-1972

Box 35, Folder 20

Some fishes of the Gulf of California. Natural History Museum, Baja California seminar 1970 February 10

Box 35, Folder 21-22

Docent lecture series 1971-1980

Box 35, Folder 23

Escondido Union School District 1968

Box 35, Folder 24

Linsky educational project 1968-1969

Box 36, Folder 1

Whales and marine mammals 1968-1986

Box 36, Folder 2

Fish lecture notes 1972-1987

Box 36, Folder 3

Sharks 1976-1983

Box 36, Folder 4

Through the aquarium glass - Lecture notes and slides 1979-1982

Box 36, Folder 5

Coloration of fishes seminar 1983

Box 36, Folder 6

Aquariology. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California a Sur Area de Ciencias del Mar, La Paz 1984 May 15

Box 36, Folder 7

Mollusca 1989

Box 36, Folder 8

Aquarium presentations 1992-2003

Box 36, Folder 9

Scripps family speech 1996

Box 36, Folder 10

Dr. Kennel's Perspective on the Aquarium's Identity 1998 October 6

Box 36, Folder 11

Birch Aquarium at Scripps: Ten Minute History 2002

Box 36, Folder 12

William Nierenberg interviewed by Donald Wilkie - Transcript undated

 

Newsletters

Box 41, Folder 9-10

Scripps Aquarium Newsletter and Scripps Aquarium Associates Newsletter - Newsletters 1966-1992

Box 36, Folder 13

Scripps Aquarium Newsletter and Scripps Aquarium Associates Newsletter - Ephemera and correspondence 1983-1991

Box 41, Folder 11

High Tide Times 1991-1998

Box 41, Folder 12

Waterlog 1993-1995

Box 36, Folder 14

Oceans of Discovery, Volume I, Number 3 1994

General note

Newsletter for educational program at Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum.
Box 41, Folder 13

Onboard 1994-2000

Box 36, Folder 15-16

Explorations - Growth strategy reports and reader survey 2002

 

Reports

Box 36, Folder 17

Reports of the curator (Museum and aquarium reports) 1924-1948

Box 36, Folder 18-20

Annual reports 1977-1978, 1993-1996

Box 36, Folder 21

Aquarium and Ocean Science Center environmental impact reports 1986-1988

Box 37, Folder 1

Aquarium and Ocean Science Center environmental impact reports 1986-1992

Box 37, Folder 2

Wilkie, Donald. Response to management review report 1989 March

Box 37, Folder 3

Graham, J.B. A white paper analyzing the status of the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography 2001

 

Miscellaneous Materials

Box 37, Folder 4

A Tidepool Aquarium: Sound filmstrip study guide 1966

Box 37, Folder 5

Scripps Aquarium calendar 1978

Box 37, Folder 6

Window to the ocean world: Scripps Aquarium, 1903-83

Box 37, Folder 7

Small publications and booklets - Kelp, grunion, aquariums, oceanography reading lists 1969-1978

Box 37, Folder 8

Ocean film series - Notes and ephemera 1984

Box 37, Folder 9

Interactive video - Notes, correspondence, and scripts 1988-1989

 

PHOTOGRAPHS AND SLIDES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 8) PHOTOGRAPHS AND SLIDES: Includes images of aquarium buildings and construction, exhibits, specimens, education programs and events, expeditions, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography campus.
Arranged alphabetically within four subseries: A) Scripps Aquarium, B) Events and Activities, C) Expeditions and Collecting Trips, and D) Miscellaneous Images.
 

Scripps Aquarium

Box 37, Folder 10-14

Birch Aquarium - Construction, groundbreaking, site walk, and floor plans 1987-1992

Box 43, Folder 1-34

Birch Aquarium - Construction 1991-1992

General note

Card file box.
Box 38, Folder 1

Blue Planet exhibit 1994

Box 38, Folder 2

Destination Tropics and Year of the Reef exhibits 1997

Box 38, Folder 3-4

Museum displays and exhibits 1973-1997

Box 38, Folder 5

NOAA exhibit 1991

Box 38, Folder 6

Ocean Supermarket exhibit 1999

Box 38, Folder 7

Pacific Current exhibit 1996

Box 38, Folder 8

Reaching Home: Pacific Salmon, Pacific People exhibit ca. 1996

Box 38, Folder 9-10

Scripps Aquarium 1910-1993

Box 38, Folder 11

SIO Fleet and El Niño exhibits ca. 1998

Box 38, Folder 12

Tank displays and maintenance 1973-1980

Box 38, Folder 13

T. Wayland Vaughan Aquarium-Museum ca. 1950-1970

Box 38, Folder 14

T. Wayland Vaughan Aquarium-Museum fish labels undated

Box 38, Folder 15

Tidepools 1978-1987

Box 38, Folder 16

Vanuatu exhibit 1994

Box 38, Folder 17

Wave tank 1972-1973

Box 38, Folder 18

Whale fountain (The Legacy) 1995-1996

 

Events and Activities

Box 38, Folder 19

Activity tent 1993

Box 38, Folder 20

Aquarium classes 1976-1979

Box 38, Folder 21

Art from the Sea exhibit 1987

Box 38, Folder 22

Behind the Scenes day 1990

Box 38, Folder 23

Birch Aquarium dinner ca. 1992

Box 38, Folder 24

Docent class 1993

Box 38, Folder 25

Earth Day 1990-1999

Box 38, Folder 26

Gebel public programs 1989-1992

Box 38, Folder 27

Haunted Aquarium 1993

Box 38, Folder 28

History of Diving 1965

Box 38, Folder 29

Holiday Lights 1993

Box 39, Folder 1

Members Night 1991

Box 39, Folder 2

Oscar Oceanographer children's classes 1971-1986

Box 39, Folder 3

Outdoor aquarium activities 1969-1981

Box 39, Folder 4

Santa's Arctic Science 1994-1995

Box 39, Folder 5

SIO events and presentations 1972-1992

Box 39, Folder 6

SIO Picnic 1990-1993

Box 39, Folder 7

Sea Babies 1993

Box 39, Folder 8-10

Shark Days 1994-1999

Box 39, Folder 11

Skin diving class 1973-1980

Box 39, Folder 12

Summer classes 1984-1986

Box 39, Folder 13

Volunteer party 1996

Box 39, Folder 14

Wyland Whale Day 1994-1999

 

Expeditions and Collecting Trips

Box 39, Folder 15

British Columbia 1964-1983

Box 39, Folder 16

Cedros grey whale cruise 1974

Box 39, Folder 17

Central California and San Simeon 1966-1977

Box 39, Folder 18

Fiji 1991

Box 39, Folder 19

Junior Oceanographers Corps whale trip 1974

Box 39, Folder 20

Newfoundland - Whales 1964

Box 39, Folder 21

Nova Scotia whaling trip 1963

Box 39, Folder 22

Baja California 1971-1985

Box 40, Folder 1

Palau 1980-1991

Box 40, Folder 2

Punta China 1966

Box 40, Folder 3

San Benedicto 1972-1973

Box 40, Folder 4

San Benitos and San Ignacio 1974

Box 40, Folder 5

Sea of Cortez 1984-1988

Box 40, Folder 6

Trips and expeditions 1964-1991

Box 40, Folder 7

Whale photos and sighting reports 1974

Box 40, Folder 8-9

Whale cruises - San Ignacio Lagoon and Scammons Lagoon 1972-1974

 

Miscellaneous Images

Box 40, Folder 10

Aquarama 1963 and undated

Box 40, Folder 11

Cetacean autopsies, Philadelphia 1963

Box 40, Folder 12

Diagrams, maps, and Deep Sea Drilling Project 1970-1991

Box 40, Folder 13

Diving and collecting 1963-1984

Box 40, Folder 14

Dolphins at SIO 1965 fall

Box 40, Folder 15

Koi - Spring Ranch, Oregon and Balboa Park undated

Box 40, Folder 16

Lobster lab 1973-1984

Box 40, Folder 17

Marine life 1967-1984

Box 40, Folder 18

Other aquariums and museums 1965-1994

Box 41, Folder 1

Porpoise hunting, Dallas 1964

Box 41, Folder 2

Scholander lab and R/V Alpha Helix 1971

Box 41, Folder 3

Scripps beach and pier 1971-1986

Box 41, Folder 4

SIO history and campus 1905-1985

Box 41, Folder 5

Ships, equipment, and work at sea 1971-1985

Box 41, Folder 6

Signs and drawings 1971-1978

Box 41, Folder 7

Tennessee Aquarium 1994

Box 41, Folder 8

Wilkie, Donald 1970-1993