Helen Raitt Papers
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2021
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
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Descriptive Summary
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Helen Raitt Papers
Creator:
Raitt, Helen
Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0019
Physical Description:
7.2 Linear feet
(16 archives boxes, 3 card file boxes, and 2 map case folders)
Date (inclusive): 1927-1985
Abstract: Papers of Helen Raitt (1905-1976), author, publisher, and wife of oceanographer Russell W. Raitt. The collection contains
correspondence, research materials, writings, photographs, and audiocassettes.
Languages:
English
.
Scope and Content of Collection
Papers of Helen Raitt (1905-1976), author, publisher, and spouse of SIO oceanographer Russell W. Raitt. The collection documents
her travels and activities, including correspondence, research materials, writings, photographs, and audiocassettes. Of particular
interest are materials related to Tonga and the Tofua Press, as well as documentation from the Capricorn Expedition (1952-1953).
The collection does not contain biographical information concerning Helen Raitt's early life. Additional correspondence for
the years 1946-1969, including correspondence and interview notes she prepared for her book
Scripps Institution of Oceanography: First Fifty Years can be found in the SIO Biographical Files (SAC 5).
Arranged in eight series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) TONGA, 4) SUBJECT FILES, 5) WRITINGS, 6) PHOTOGRAPHS, 7)
AUDIOCASSETTES, and 8) WORKS BY OTHERS.
Biography
Helen Hill Raitt (1905-1976) was born in Los Angeles, California on March 28, 1905. Helen graduated from Pomona College in
1927. In 1935, she married Russell W. Raitt, whom she had known since high school. When Russell accepted a position working
for the University of California Division of War Research (UCDWR) in 1942, the family moved to La Jolla. During this time,
Helen volunteered at the Red Cross and became chair of the Arts and Crafts Section. In 1948, Russell Raitt became a professor
at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Helen took a robust role in in university activities, including: working with
Scripps Estates Associates (SEA), founding the UC San Diego women's organization the Oceanids, establishing the
Bear Facts newsletter along with Carol Schultz, and helping to establish the Friends of the UC San Diego Library.
Helen Raitt is best known for her work as an author and publisher, as well as for her participation in the Capricorn Expedition
(1952-1953). During the Capricorn Expedition Helen kept logs, stood watch, typed reports, and took dictation for Roger Revelle.
After returning home, she wrote about this experience in her book,
Exploring the Deep Pacific. In 1967 Helen Raitt and Beatrice Moulton wrote
Scripps Institution of Oceanography: First Fifty Years. Over the years Helen developed an interest in the culture and history of Tonga. During her various trips, she noted the
lack of access to books documenting Tongan culture. By 1973, Helen Raitt founded Tofua Press to preserve Tongan history and
increase availability of texts.
Helen Hill Raitt passed away on March 26, 1976.
For more information about Helen Raitt, please see: http://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb0957213m/_1.pdf
Preferred Citation
Helen Raitt Papers. SMC 19. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1982-1992
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
Selected photographs from this collection have been digitized and can be viewed by searching the term "Helen Raitt papers"
on the UC San Diego Digital Collections website.
Restrictions
Original sound recordings are restricted. Listening copies may be available for researchers.
Related Materials
Friends of the UCSD Library records. RSS 1033. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Russell W. Raitt Papers. SMC 35. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
UC San Diego. Scripps Institution of Oceanography. SIO Biographical Files. SAC 5. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Tonga
Raitt, Helen -- Archives
Capricorn Expedition (1952-1953)
Tofua Press
BIOGRAPHICAL
Scope and Content of Series
Series 1) BIOGRAPHICAL: A small series including calendars, articles, biographical notes, awards, and obituaries. Contents
date from 1953 to 1985, and are arranged chronologically.
Oversize Annex MC-009, Folder 03
Pomona College diploma
1927
Box 1, Folder 1-2
Raitt Ellentown residence - Specifications, contracts, materials, and correspondence
1953-1955, 1972
Box 1, Folder 4
Calendar with notes on trip to Rome
1961
Box 16, Folder 1
"Scrapbook" - Correspondence, newspaper clippings, publicity, and biographical notes
1964-1971
General note
Individual pages, not bound. Includes correspondence from: John Galbraith, Hubert H. Humphrey (Former Vice President of the
United States), Samuel L. Lawrence, Ruth Ragan, Taufa'ahau Tupou IV (King of Tonga), and others.
Box 1, Folder 5
Newspaper clippings
1966-1975
Box 1, Folder 6
Tribute to Helen Raitt, "Helen's Day" at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
1968
Oversize Annex MC-009, Folder 03
Tribute to Helen Raitt, "Helen's Day" at Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Poster
1968
Box 1, Folder 7
Theta Sigma Phi with certificate
1968
Box 1, Folder 8
Philanthropy - UC San Diego and library
1972-1974
Box 1, Folder 9
Historical Society of Southern California - Membership card
ca. 1974-1975
Box 1, Folder 10
Biographical notes for talk given at the Soroptimist Club of La Jolla
1975
General note
Includes descriptions of Tofua Press.
Box 1, Folder 11
Soroptimist Club of La Jolla, award - Newspaper clippings
1975
Box 1, Folder 12
Memorial service - Correspondence and newspaper clippings
1976-1985
Box 1, Folder 13
Helen Raitt Reading Room dedication - Copy of scrapbook
1977
CORRESPONDENCE
Scope and Content of Series
Series 2) CORRESPONDENCE: A small selection of professional and personal correspondence. Contents date from 1952 to 1975,
and are arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Correspondence regarding the Capricorn Expedition (1952-1953), Tonga, and the Tofua Press can be found in the SUBJECT FILES
series.
Box 1, Folder 14
A-Z - Miscellaneous
1952-1975
Box 1, Folder 19
Faletau, Senileva
1972-1975
Box 1, Folder 20
Fanua, Tupou Posesi
1975-1976
General note
Includes photograph.
Box 1, Folder 21
Filatova, Finaide A. (Institution of the Oceanology Academy of Sciences USSR)
1959
Box 1, Folder 23
Gerstle, Donna
1973-1975
General note
Includes correspondence regarding Tofua Press.
Box 1, Folder 25
Hahn, Walter A. (National Research Council)
1952-1953
Box 2, Folder 2
Lelenoa, Ana (From Tonga)
1975
Box 2, Folder 4
Manessier, Hugh
1967
General note
Includes correspondence with Alfonso Núñez V. and Ing. Pedro Trujillo Garcia.
Box 2, Folder 5
Martinez, Pablo L.
1965-1968
General note
Includes photograph.
Box 2, Folder 7
Matheson, Pat
1971-1975
General note
Includes correspondence regarding Tonga.
Box 2, Folder 8
Meyer, Paul and Betty
1974-1975
Box 2, Folder 10
Peace Corps in Tonga (S. Eileen Johnson, Acting Director and Jack Timmons, Program Training Officer)
1972-1975
Box 16, Folder 2
Pilolevu, Salote (Princess of the Kingdom of Tonga)
1972-1975
Box 2, Folder 14
Prentiss, Jeannette A.O.
1975
Box 2, Folder 15
Risser, Joe and Judith
1974
Box 2, Folder 16
Ross, Mary Ann and Peni
1973
Box 16, Folder 3
Trujillo Garcia, Ing. Pedro (Colegio de Historia de Baja California)
1966-1974
General note
Includes notes and untitled drafts.
Box 2, Folder 20
Tupuo, Laumakia
1974-1975
Box 16, Folder 4
Tupou IV, Taufa'ahau (King of Tonga)
1967-1975
TONGA
Scope and Content of Series
Series 3) TONGA: A selection of material documenting Helen Raitt's travel and research related to Tonga and the South Pacific.
Since participating in the Capricorn Expedition (1952-1953), Helen Raitt had an avid interest in Tonga and spent years studying
its people, language, and culture. Helen Raitt's interest in Tonga would lead to the founding of Tofua Press in 1973. Between
1971 and 1974, Raitt took several trips to the Polynesian kingdom. The majority of materials in this subseries originate from
these trips. Audiocassettes taken during these trips are located in the AUDIOCASSETTES series.
Arranged in two subseries: A) Subject Files and B) Photographs.
A) Subject Files: A selection of materials, including files from Raitt's trips to Tonga in 1973 and 1974, notes and bibliographies
on Tongan literature, transcripts of works by Dumont d'Urville and George Vason, and correspondence. Contents date from 1965
to 1975, and arranged in alphabetical order by topic, with general materials at the beginning of the subseries.
B) Photographs: Includes images from everyday life, buildings, industry and transportation, and portraits. A photograph log
can be found at the beginning of the subseries. Many of the images were taken by Helen Raitt's grandson, Christopher Gist
and document the people and culture of Tonga in the 1970s. Arranged in alphabetical order by topic, with miscellaneous images
at the end of the subseries.
Box 6, Folder 7
General - Correspondence, newspaper clippings and articles, and maps
1969-1975
Box 6, Folder 8
Artifact costs - Notes and receipts
1973 November
Box 6, Folder 9
Books mailed - Handwritten lists
1973
Box 16, Folder 16
Drawings and paintings
1972-1975
Box 6, Folder 10-11
Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sébastien César.
Voyage Au Pole Sud Et Dans l'Océanie Sur Les Corvettes l'Astrolabe Et La Zélée: Exécuté Par Ordre Du Roi Pendant Les Années
General note
Partial English translations. Includes tape transcript by Odette Donna and translations of chapters 30 and 31 on Vava'u, edited
by Helen Raitt.
Box 6, Folder 12-14
Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sébastien César.
Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde
1966
General note
Drafts of English translation by C. Pretl, edited by Helen Raitt.
Oversize Annex MC-009, Folder 03
Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sébastien César.
Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde - Oversized images
1966
Box 6, Folder 15
Fangufangu (Tongan Nose Flute)
1972
Box 6, Folder 16
Feast of the Islands - Invitation and hand painted coat of arms of Tonga
ca. 1972-1975
Box 6, Folder 18
History of Liahona High School
1965
General note
Notes and presentation by D.K. Young.
Box 6, Folder 19
Koe Boobooi, no. 1, vol. II - Copy of 1875 edition
Oversize Annex MC-009, Folder 03
Maps - Tongatapu Island and Tonga Island
Box 6, Folder 20
Maurelle, Francisco Antonio - Notes on the voyage of the Sonora
Box 6, Folder 21
Micronesia
1969-1973
General note
Includes travel itinerary, postcards, notes, newspaper clippings, materials from the Micronesian Products Center, and article
by Joe Brown titled "Micronesia: A slumbering giant awakens."
Box 6, Folder 22
Missionaries, South Pacific - List from the
Pacific Islands Yearbook
1967
Box 6, Folder 23
New Caledonia - Maps and correspondence
1966-1968
Box 6, Folder 24
New Hebrides - Notes, newspaper clippings, maps, and translations of songs
1970-1971
General note
Includes "Talk Tok," 1971 June; "Bulletin d'information de la résidence de France: Aux Nouvelles-Hébrides," 1971 June 25;
and "Kona Torch," vol. II, no. 15.
Box 16, Folder 17
Mariner's notes on Tonga: Modern Spelling of Words Used in Mariner's Text
Box 6, Folder 25
Publicity
1971-1972
General note
Includes paper by H.G. Cummins titled "An experiment in Tongan history."
Box 7, Folder 1
Samoa and Tonga - Notes and draft "Talofa and Tofa"
Box 7, Folder 2
Singapore - Postcards and newspaper clipping
1973
Box 7, Folder 3
Teehuteatuaonoa (Pitcairn Island) - Notes
Box 16, Folder 18-20
Trip - Correspondence
1968-1974
Box 7, Folder 5-7
Trip - Reports, notes, and newspaper clippings
ca. 1971-1975
Box 16, Folder 21
Tonga Women Association - Correspondence, notes, and price lists
1971-1972
Box 7, Folder 9
University of the South Pacific - Correspondence and programs
1972-1973
Box 7, Folder 10-11
Vason, George.
An Authentic Narrative of Four Years' Residence at Tongataboo (Tongatabu)
General note
Includes notes and handwritten drafts with edits and annotations by Helen Raitt.
Box 7, Folder 13
Administrative Buildings - Contact sheets taped to paper
ca. 1971-1974
Box 7, Folder 14
Agriculture - Contact sheets taped to paper
ca. 1971-1974
Box 7, Folder 15
Artifacts - Contact sheets taped to paper
ca. 1971-1974
Box 7, Folder 16-17
Artwork
ca. 1971-1974
General note
Includes images published in
Tonga pictorial: A tapestry of pride (Kupesi'o Tonga: ko e makatu'unga'o e laukau by Gerstle, Raitt, and Gist.
Box 7, Folder 18
Cemeteries - Contact sheets taped to paper
ca. 1971-1974
Box 7, Folder 19
Churches - Contact sheets taped to paper
ca. 1971-1974
Box 7, Folder 20
Coastlines and Scenery - Contact sheets taped to paper
ca. 1971-1974
Box 7, Folder 21
Crafts, carving and Weaving - Contact sheets taped to paper
ca. 1971-1974
Box 8, Folder 1
Dancing - Contact sheets taped to paper
ca. 1971-1974
Box 8, Folder 2
Education (schools, libraries, and museums) - Contact sheets taped to paper
ca. 1971-1974
Box 8, Folder 3
Fishing - Contact sheets taped to paper
ca. 1971-1974
Box 8, Folder 4
Food industries - Contact sheets taped to paper
ca. 1971-1974
Box 8, Folder 5
Food preparation - Contact sheets taped to paper
ca. 1971-1974
Box 8, Folder 6
Health (clinics, hospitals, and medicinal preparation) - Contact sheets taped to paper
ca. 1971-1974
Box 8, Folder 7
Hotels and Visitors Bureau - Contact sheets taped to paper
ca. 1971-1974
Box 8, Folder 8
Kava Ceremony - Contact sheets taped to paper
ca. 1971-1974
Box 8, Folder 9
Markets - Contact sheets taped to paper
ca. 1971-1974
Box 8, Folder 10
People and portraits - Photographs and contact sheets taped to paper
ca. 1971-1974
Box 8, Folder 11
Police - Contact sheets taped to paper
ca. 1971-1974
Box 8, Folder 12
Royal family residences - Contact sheets taped to paper
ca. 1971-1974
Box 8, Folder 13
Sports - Contact sheets taped to paper
ca. 1971-1974
Box 8, Folder 14
Transportation - Contact sheets taped to paper
ca. 1971-1974
Box 8, Folder 15
Village structures - Contact sheets taped to paper
ca. 1971-1974
Box 8, Folder 16-23
Miscellaneous photographs and contact sheets - Portraits, street scenes and buildings, and landscapes
ca. 1971-1974
Oversize Annex MC-009, Folder 03
Miscellaneous photographs and contact sheets - Oversized
ca. 1971-1974
Box 17
Negatives - Taken by Christopher Gist
1973
Box 18
Negatives - Taken by Christopher Gist
1973
SUBJECT FILES
Scope and Content of Series
Series 4) SUBJECT FILES: A selection of materials on a variety of topics, documenting Helen Raitt's travels, research, and
activities.
Arranged in four subseries: A) A-Z, B) Baja California, C) Capricorn Expedition, and D) Tofua Press.
A) A-Z: Includes notes, correspondence, conference materials, expeditions, and trips; as well as subjects of general interest.
Arranged in alphabetical order, by topic.
B) Baja California: A small selection of materials on Baja California, including travel, culture, history, organizations,
and education. Of note are materials related to the Baja California collections at the UC San Diego Library, which Helen Raitt
helped develop as the acquisition's chairman for the Friends of the UC San Diego Library Baja California Committee. This series
also documents Scripps Institution of Oceanography and its involvement with the Escuela Superior de Ciencias Marinas, through
the People to People project. Arranged in alphabetical order, by topic.
C) Capricorn Expedition: A small selection of materials related to the Capricorn Expedition (1952-1953), including notes,
itineraries, logs, report drafts, photographs, and correspondence. This subseries contains Helen Raitt's subject files kept
during the expedition. Helen was invited by Roger Revelle to join the expedition while visiting her husband, Russell Raitt.
She became one of the first women to take part in an extended American oceanographic expedition. During the expedition, Helen
stood watch, kept logs, took dictation for Roger Revelle, and typed reports. More information about Helen Raitt's experience
can be found in her book
Exploring the Deep Pacific.
D) Tofua Press: A small selection of materials documenting Tofua Press and its publications. Includes correspondence, notes,
newspaper clippings and publicity, portraits of staff, and drafts of works, including
Tonga pictorial: A tapestry of pride (Kupesi'o Tonga: ko e makatu'unga'o e laukau) by Gerstle, Raitt, and Gist, as well as
We Three Came West by Helen Raitt and Mary C. Wayne. Arranged in alphabetical order by topic, with general materials at the beginning of the
subseries.
Box 2, Folder 24
American Red Cross Arts and Skills Corps - Newspaper clippings
1945-1946
Box 2, Folder 25
Arizona State University, "Planning Programs for the Culturally Different"
1973
Box 2, Folder 26
Biddle, W. Craig - Newspaper clippings
1971-1974
Box 2, Folder 27
Congress of History - 12th annual convention, Casa del Prado
1976
Box 2, Folder 28
Framers Workshop, Frame the Whales contest- Hand drawn sign
1982
Box 2, Folder 29
Friends of the UC San Diego Library - By-Laws, loan agreements, publicity, and correspondence
1963-1971
General note
Includes descriptions of Tonga materials donated by Helen Raitt.
Box 2, Folder 30-31
Hawaii trips - Correspondence and notes
1965-1973
Box 2, Folder 32
High Sierra Pack Trip
1957-1958
Box 2, Folder 33
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, XII General Assembly, Berkeley California - List of participants
1968 August 19-31
Box 16, Folder 5
Japan trip - Correspondence
1962
Box 2, Folder 34
Lusiad Expedition - Correspondence, itinerary, and newspaper clipping
1962
Box 16, Folder 6
Mazatlán, Mexico -Trip with Russell W. Raitt
1936-1945
General note
Includes itinerary, notes, and correspondence.
Box 2, Folder 35
Mangisi, Sio - Newspaper clippings
1974
Box 2, Folder 36
MidPac Expedition - Newspaper clipping
1950
Oversize Annex MC-009, Folder 04
MidPac Expedition - Map with cruise pattern
1950
Box 2, Folder 37
National Council of Teachers, 65th Annual Conference on Literature for Adolescents Today
1975
Box 2, Folder 38
Newspaper clippings - General
1962-1964
Box 3, Folder 1
Poetry class, National Council of Teachers of English Convention
1975 November 21
Box 3, Folder 2
Poetry, San Diego - Notes and newspaper clippings
1975
Box 3, Folder 3
Poetry, Tahitian
General note
Poems written in French, some with English translations. Includes poems by Mireille Tanepau, Teretia Bataillard, Ferry Taharia,
Taahitini Tehouri, Olivier Tauhero, Jacques Opeta, Perrine Apini, Belina Tereopa, and Timothée Tupea.
Box 3, Folder 4
Revelle, Roger - Newspaper clippings
1974-1975
Box 3, Folder 6
Russia - Newspaper clipping on Helen Raitt's visit to Russia
1966
Box 3, Folder 8
Russian oceanographers and women
1959-1966
General note
Includes untitled drafts, as well as materials from the Second International Oceanographic Congress, Moscow.
Box 3, Folder 9
Russian vessel photograph
1973
Box 3, Folder 10
San Diego Natural History Museum, Nu/seum 74 program
1974
Box 3, Folder 11
San Diego Press Club
1974
General note
Includes talk on women in communication.
Box 3, Folder 12
San Diego Historical Society, Serra Museum and Research Library
1974
Box 3, Folder 13
Scripps Estates Associates (SEA) - Memoranda and meeting minutes
1950
Oversize Annex MC-009, Folder 03
Scripps Estates Associates (SEA) - Site plan
ca. 1950
Box 3, Folder 14
Scripps Institution of Oceanography - NEL progress report
1950
Box 3, Folder 15
Second International Oceanographic Congress, Moscow, Russia
1965-1967
General note
Includes photograph.
Box 3, Folder 16
Society of California Archivists
1972-1975
General note
Includes correspondence and meeting minutes.
Box 16, Folder 7
Teilhet, Jehanne - Correspondence, press releases, and newspaper clippings
1973-1974
General note
Includes materials related to
Dimensions of Polynesia.
Box 3, Folder 17
Wood, Fred - Borrego Notes
ca. 1975
Box 3, Folder 18
General - Correspondence
1967
Box 3, Folder 19
Anthropology of Baja California, Social Science 142
1968-1969
General note
Includes course syllabus and notes on tourist products, as well as two papers by Price titled: "The urbanization of Mexico's
Northern Border states" and "The recent smuggling of drugs from Tijuana."
Box 3, Folder 20-29
Asociación Cultural de las Californias, Comité Baja California
1965-1972
General note
Includes newspaper clippings, photographs, meeting minutes, and symposia materials.
Box 3, Folder 30
Asociación de Escritores de Baja California
1966-1967
General note
Includes newspaper clippings, photographs, and meeting materials.
Baja California Collection, UC San Diego Library
Box 3, Folder 31
Activities and publicity
1963-1966
General note
Includes Helen Raitt's notes on the Baja California Collection Committee.
Box 3, Folder 32
Acquisition Committee
1967
General note
Helen Raitt serves as chair for committee.
Box 4, Folder 2
Acquisitions - Problems
1965-1967
Box 4, Folder 3
Acquisitions - Friends of the UCSD Library
1963-1972
Box 4, Folder 4
Article on Bibliographies from Acquisition Committee
1967
Box 4, Folder 5-8
Bibliographies
1964-1968
General note
Includes bibliographies compiled by Helen Raitt for Friends of the UCSD Library.
Box 4, Folder 10
Notes
1963-1966
General note
Includes lists of materials wanted for acquisitions, as well as untitled drafts for publicity and events.
Box 4, Folder 11
Visits to Glen Dawson, Charles Rudkin, Don Meadows, Ruth (Honey) Moore, and Miss Barrett - Notes
Box 4, Folder 12
Barranca Canyon story - Manuscript drafts
1964
General note
Includes notes from trip with Ricardo Dominguez.
Box 4, Folder 13
Bear Facts articles - Draft of "Borrego in the Spring"
1964
Oversize Annex MC-009, Folder 03
Bear Facts articles - Mock-up
ca. 1964-1968
General note
Includes articles titled: "Why you go to Tijuana" and "Dedication of Special Collection - Baja California."
Box 4, Folder 14
Bob Dill's Adventure - Newspaper clippings
1968-1972
Box 4, Folder 15
Classes - University of California Extension, Land and Life in Mexico: Baja California
1964-1965
General note
Includes lecture notes.
Box 16, Folder 9
Colegio de Historia de Baja California
1966
Box 4, Folder 16
Escuela Superior de Ciencias Marinas (ESCM), Universidad Autonoma de Baja California
1963-1975
General note
Includes materials related to Scripps Institution of Oceanography visit and People to People exchange project.
Box 4, Folder 17
Escuela Superior de Ciencias Marinas (ESCM), Universidad Autonoma de Baja California - Departmento de Investigaciones Submarinas,
Roberto Calderon
1972-1973
General note
Includes photograph and proposal.
Box 4, Folder 18
Gardner, Erle Stanley (Uncle Erle) - Newspaper clippings
1967
Box 4, Folder 19
Guadalupe Island Trip
1957
Box 4, Folder 20
Gulf of California Cruise, R/V
E.W. Scripps - Report titled "An oceanographic cruise into the Gulf of California"
1939
Oversize Annex MC-009, Folder 03
Map - The Vizcaino Desert, Baja California
ca. 1954
Box 5, Folder 1
Meling Ranch - Notes and newspaper clippings
1967-1973
Box 5, Folder 2
Mexicali, cortisone - Newspaper clippings
1969
Box 5, Folder 4
Mexico travel
1952-1954
General note
Includes notes and postcards.
Box 5, Folder 5
New road - Newspaper clippings
1971
Box 5, Folder 6
Newspaper clippings
1965-1972
Box 5, Folder 7
Notes published in
Bear Facts
1971
Box 5, Folder 8
Plane accident - Newspaper clippings
1966-1967
Box 5, Folder 9
Punta Cabras, Baja California, Mexico - Trip notes and hand drawn map
Box 5, Folder 10
Seri Indians - Correspondence, notes, and proposal regarding book with William Neil Smith
Box 5, Folder 11
Tijuana cancer clinics - Newspaper clippings
1967-1968
Box 5, Folder 12
Tijuana library - Centro Mutualista de "Zaragoza"
1968
Box 5, Folder 13
Trip descriptions
1965-1966
General note
Published in
Smoke Signals (Pacific Coast Archaeological Society).
Box 5, Folder 14
Valenzuela - Photograph by Helen Ellsberg
Box 5, Folder 15
Visit from Centro Ensenanza Tecnica y Superior (CETYS), Mexicali University
1966-1967
General note
Includes photographs and speech.
Box 5, Folder 16
General - Notes, correspondence, memoranda, and publicity
1951-1953
Box 5, Folder 17
General - Raitt family correspondence
1953-1955
Box 5, Folder 18
Coral Atoll - Notes and report draft
ca. 1952-1953
Box 5, Folder 19-24
Notebooks
1952 November-1953 February
Box 6, Folder 1
Notes and trip descriptions
1952 November-1953 February
General note
Includes correspondence with family members.
Box 6, Folder 3
Reports - Revelle, Roger. Notes on Polynesia
ca. 1952-1953
Box 6, Folder 4
R/V
Spencer F. Baird - Daily itineraries
1952 December 27-1953 February 20
Box 6, Folder 5
R/V
Spencer F. Baird - Scientific Log
1952 December 27-1953 February 17
Box 6, Folder 6
R/V
Spencer F. Baird - Ship notes
1952 December-1953 February
Box 16, Folder 10
Fiji - Newspaper clippings, notes, correspondence, and itineraries
1952-1953
Box 16, Folder 11
Reports - Drafts
1952-1953
Box 16, Folder 12
Samoa - Notes and correspondence
1953 January
Box 16, Folder 13
Tahiti, Tuamotus, and Marquesas - Notes, itineraries, and report
1953 January
General note
Includes report by Robert Livingston titled "Takaroa geology."
Box 16, Folder 14
Tonga - Notes on names and language
1952 December-1953 January
Box 9, Folder 1
General - Correspondence
1971-1976
Box 9, Folder 2
Bonner, Eric M. (Bookseller)
1970-1972
Box 9, Folder 3
Bookkeeping Chart
ca. 1974
Box 9, Folder 4
Business estate planning
1974
Box 9, Folder 6
Gerstle, Donna.
Gentle People; Into the Heart of Vavau, Kingdom of Tonga: 1781-1973 - Correspondence, notes, and exerpts
1973-1974
Box 9, Folder 7-9
Gerstle, Raitt, and Gist.
Tonga pictorial: A tapestry of pride (Kupesi'o Tonga: ko e makatu'unga'o e laukau) - Notes, mock-up, and draft of acknowledgements
1974
Box 9, Folder 10
Loan to the Loft (Laurence McGilvery)
1975 June
Box 9, Folder 12
Portraits of Tofua Press staff - Photographs
ca. 1971-1975
General note
Includes portraits of: Topou Posesi Fanua, Emelita Johnson, Helen Raitt, and Nick Rott.
Box 16, Folder 24
Portraits of Tofua Press staff - Contact sheets
ca. 1971-1975
General note
Includes portraits of: Topou Posesi Fanua, Emelita Johnson, Helen Raitt, and Nick Rott.
Box 9, Folder 16-23
Raitt and Wayne.
We Three Came West - Correspondence, photographs, publicity, reviews, list of bookstores and purchasing correspondence, and permissions requests.
1974-1975
Box 9, Folder 14
Speech
ca. 1974
General note
Includes descriptions of the founding of Tofua Press and Helen Raitt's research.
Oversize Annex MC-009, Folder 03
South Pacific Calendar
1976
General note
Published by Tofua Press. Last months of calendar are missing.
Box 9, Folder 15
Tupuo, Laumakia
1975
General note
Includes press releases.
WRITINGS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 5) WRITINGS: A selection of writings by Helen Raitt, including published and unpublished works. Contents date from
1937 to 1976, and are arranged chronologically.
For articles written by Raitt on the topic of Baja California and works published under Tofua Press, please see the SUBJECT
FILES series.
Box 10, Folder 1
Bargains in adventure: A Mexican interlude
1937
General note
Short story about travel in Mexico, published.
Box 10, Folder 2-8
Problems of the underwater swimmer in the South Pacific
1952-1953
General note
Includes handwritten bibliographies, notes on diving and sharks, and drafts.
Box 16, Folder 22
Problems of the underwater swimmer in the South Pacific
1952-1953
General note
Notes on diving materials.
Box 10, Folder 9-14
Exploring the Deep Pacific (early drafts are titled, "Uncle this is William: An unscientific account of a scientific expedition")
1952-1966
General note
Includes correspondence, first article, drafts, notes, and quotations used in book.
Box 11, Folder 1-14
Exploring the Deep Pacific - Drafts A-F
1952
Box 12, Folder 1-13
Exploring the Deep Pacific - Drafts G-K
1952-1953
Box 13, Folder 1-13
Exploring the Deep Pacific
ca. 1952-1953
General note
Includes typescripts A-B, photographs, figures, unpublished materials, and book critiques.
Box 16, Folder 23
Exploring the Deep Pacific - Figures
ca. 1952-1953
Oversize Annex MC-009, Folder 04
Exploring the Deep Pacific - Oversized figures
ca. 1952-1953
General note
Includes map of the Tonga Trench and Capricorn Expedition chart.
Box 14, Folder 1
"Give us room" - Radio talk about UC San Diego history
1961-1962
Box 14, Folder 2
Bear Facts - Scrapbook with article contributions
1962-1971
Box 14, Folder 3-14
Raitt and Moulton. Scripps Institution of Oceanography: First Fifty Years
1967
General note
Includes book contract with the Ward Ritchie Press, typescript draft, correspondence, chapter notes, and photographs from
1904-1965.
Box 15, Folder 1
Tonga writings
ca. 1971-1976
General note
Typed manuscripts and handwritten notes. Includes "The unique Kingdom of Tonga (The extraordinary Kingdom of Tonga)."
Box 15, Folder 2
The campus of 5,000 trees
Box 15, Folder 3
Random Thoughts
General note
Miscellaneous typed notes ranging from societal expectations to reviews of writing.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 6) PHOTOGRAPHS: A small selection of photographs, including portraits and images of UC San Diego and Scripps Institution
of Oceanography. Arranged alphabetically.
Photographs of Tonga can be found in the TONGA series. For photographs from the Capricorn Expedition (1952-1953) and Tofua
Press, please see the SUBJECT FILES series.
Box 15, Folder 4
Fiji - Public Relations Office photographs
Box 15, Folder 5
Portrait - Senator W. Craig Biddle
1974
Box 15, Folder 6
Portrait - Myrtle Johnson and Edna Watson Bailey
1905-1967
General note
Includes correspondence with Marjorie J. Livingston.
Box 15, Folder 7
Portrait - Roger Revelle and Ellen Revelle
Box 15, Folder 8
Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Dedication of the Thomas Wayland Vaughan Aquarium Museum
1957 March 29
Box 15, Folder 9
UC San Diego and Scripps Institution of Oceanography - La Jolla bluffs and Scripps Estate Associates (SEA)
1920-1969
AUDIOCASSETTES
Scope and Content of Series
Series 7) AUDIOCASSETTES: 26 audiocassettes, including lectures, conversations, and Helen Raitt's descriptions of trips. Most
of the audiocassettes are undated, but are believed to be from Raitt's 1971-1972 trip to Tonga. Arranged alphabetically and
grouped together by: Conversations and interviews, readings and translations, Tonga, and Travels to other Pacific Islands.
Conversations and Interviews
Box 19, Folder 1
Allison - Conversation regarding communication and cultural differences
Box 19, Folder 2
Bill (Brother) - Family history, recorded in Borrego Springs, California
Readings and Translations
Box 19, Folder 4
Malaspina chapter
ca. 1971-1972
General note
First part of the recording is conversation and music, reading starts at 28:06.
Box 19, Folder 5
Malaspina chapter, part 3
ca. 1971-1972
Box 19, Folder 6
Translation by Odette Filloux - Reading notes of Quoy (page 344) and Sainson
ca. 1971-1972
Box 19, Folder 7
Translation by Odette Filloux - Sainson, continued
ca. 1971-1972
Box 19, Folder 8
Before trip - Helen Raitt and children
1971 May
General note
Tape titled "Euen et al." Includes messages to Russell Raitt describing trip preparations.
Box 19, Folder 9
Futa - Conversation
ca. 1971-1972
General note
Includes discussion of photographs and Atenisi Institute.
Box 19, Folder 10
Kava - Singing and music
ca. 1971-1972
Box 19, Folder 11
Nuku?alofa, Tonga - Interview and music
ca. 1971-1972
General note
First part of tape is music, interview starts at 20:25.
Box 19, Folder 12
Tonga, first tape - Account of trip
1971 May
Box 19, Folder 13
Tonga - Account of trip and reading
ca. 1971-1972
General note
Account of discussion with Robert William Becker, visit to doctors, and shipping materials. Also includes reading of a report
by the Director of Education in Tonga, titled "Youth in Tonga."
Box 19, Folder 14
Tonga - Account of trip, recording of singing, and talk by the King of Tonga
ca. 1971-1972
General note
First part of tape is difficult to hear.
Box 19, Folder 15
Tonga - Interview with Feta, Atenisi Institute
ca. 1971-1972
Box 19, Folder 16
Tonga - Account of trip
ca. 1971-1972
General note
Tape titled "Tonga, My Fortune."
Box 19, Folder 17
Tonga - Account of trip, interview, and music
1972
Box 19, Folder 18
Vava'u, Tonga - Herbs, Tauifua, children, King of Tonga, etc.
1972
Box 19, Folder 19
Vava'u, Tonga - Day on the Beach, Pat's House and description of the Peace Corps, farewell singing, and account of Vava'u
ca. 1972
Box 19, Folder 20
Vava'u, Tonga - Lecture, part 1
ca. 1972
Box 19, Folder 21
Vava'u, Tonga - Lecture, part 2
ca. 1972
Box 19, Folder 22
Vava'u, Tonga - Interviews with children and account of leaving
ca. 1972
Travels - Pacific Islands
Box 19, Folder 23
Fiji - Account of trip
ca. 1971-1972
Box 19, Folder 24
Hawaii tapes - Art Lecture, Mirella
Box 19, Folder 25
Hawaii tapes - Chants and music, Mirella
Box 19, Folder 26
Vanuatu (New Hebrides) - Account of trip and recording from Presbyterian Church
Box 15, Folder 10
Conklin, Jim (Deane T.). Tijuana: Genesis y primeras noticias (Tijuana: Genesis and early history) - Speech
1965-1966
Box 15, Folder 11
Graves, Nancy B. Inclusive versus exclusive interaction styles in Polynesian and European classrooms
1974
Box 15, Folder 12
Graves, Nancy B. and and Theodore D. Graves. The impact of modernization on the personality of a Polynesian People
1975
Box 15, Folder 13
Guillén, Jorge. Poemas de "aire nuestro"
General note
Spanish poems with English translations.
Box 15, Folder 14
Henderson, Walter E. Vaya vd. Con dios amigo
1966-1968
General note
Includes correspondence with Arda M. Haenszel (San Bernardino County Museum), regarding the Baja California Collection at
the UCSD library.
Box 15, Folder 15
Meade, Adalberto Walther. Trinidad Valley
1965
Box 15, Folder 16
Peñalosa, Victor M. Cuchuma: The Legend of Tecate
1968
Box 15, Folder 17
Price, John A.
1968
General note
Includes "Baja California in anthropological theory: Desert adaptation, cul-de-sac, frontier, and border, "The urbanization
of Baja California," and "A history of Tijuana: Border town and port-of-trade."
Box 15, Folder 18
Price, John A. and Mike Logan. A preliminary ethnographic survey of Tijuana
1968
Box 15, Folder 19
Robles, Joaquin Aguilar. Delincuencia juvenil (Juvenile delinquency)
1968 July 5
Box 15, Folder 20
Servin, Manuel P. The Mexican-American in California
1966
Box 15, Folder 21
Wolfe, John and Deborah Burton. A border study: San Ysidro-Tijuana
1968 June
