Finding Aid to the Raymond M. Gilmore Collection LA.1984.1.65
Finding aid prepared by William R. Cherry
San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library
2011-06-27
1788 El Prado, Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101
library@sdnhm.org
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library
Title: Raymond M. Gilmore Collection
creator:
Gilmore, Raymond M. (Raymond Maurice), 1907-1983
Identifier/Call Number: LA.1984.1.65
Physical Description:
65.0 Linear feet
65 Boxes of archival material including files, manuscripts, correspondence, realia.
Date (bulk): 1977-1983
Date (inclusive): Between 1955 and 1983
Abstract: The Raymond M. Gilmore Collection consists of material related to Gilmore's work in the field of marine mammals as Research
Associate and Chair of the Office of Marine Mammal Information at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
The collection consists of 65 boxes of material relating to Gilmore's research on marine mammals. It includes lecture notes,
clippings, correspondence, published articles, sketches; research notes on coastal migration and census data of whales, conference
materials, abstracts, and notes from speeches; cruise reports; rough work copies of The Fauna and Ethno Zoology of South America;
whale sightings reports; notes on Antarctic research, biology, and comparative anatomy; miscellaneous writings and articles.
Raymond Maurice Gilmore (1907-1983) was an American zoologist and a recognized authority on whales. Born in Ithaca, New York
on January 1, 1907, Gilmore was raised in Honolulu, Hawaii and Berkeley, California. His father was the agronomist John W.
Gilmore, first president of the University of Hawaii. Educated at the University of California, Berkeley (A.B. 1930, M.S.
1933), Harvard University (Virginia Barret Gibbs Scholar, 1934-1935), and Cornell University (PhD 1942), Gilmore conducted
epidemiological research for the Rockefeller Institute in South America before joining the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
in 1946. A research associate at the San Diego Natural History Museum from 1955, Gilmore was director of the Museum's Office
of Marine Mammal Information from 1977. He conducted the first census of California gray whales and is credited with promoting
public interest in their conservation by leading whale-watching excursions for the Museum. Gilmore died on December 31, 1983.
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Access to the Raymond M. Gilmore Collection is restricted. Please consult the Library Director, San Diego Natural History
Museum.
[Identification of item], Raymond M. Gilmore Collection (Archives collection 1984.1.65). Research Library, San Diego Natural
History Museum.
This is an unprocessed collection in the archives of the San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library; not all of the
contents of this collection have been fully inventoried.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cetology
Gray whale -- California
Gray whale -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula)
Marine biology
Whale watching
Whales -- California, Gulf of.