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Languages:
English
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Thomas Wayland Vaughan Papers
Creator:
Vaughan, Thomas Wayland, 1870-1952
Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0014
Physical Description:
1 Linear feet
(2 archives boxes, 1 half box)
Date (inclusive): 1901-1951
Abstract: The collection consists of professional correspondence, photographs, and manuscripts relating to the research interests of
Thomas Wayland Vaughan.
Thomas Wayland Vaughan (1870-1952) was a geologist and oceanographer. He earned his B.S. from Tulane and completed his Ph.D.
in biology at Harvard in 1903. Vaughan was an associate geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey from 1894-1903, and an Associate
in Marine Sediments (1924-1942) and Associate in Paleontology (1942-1952) at the United States National Museum. From 1894
to 1923 Vaughan contributed to geological surveys of the West Indies, Panama Canal Zone, and the Atlantic and Gulf Coast Plains,
among other areas. In 1924 Vaughan became Director of the Scripps Institution for Biological Research, which was renamed the
Scripps Institution of Oceanography to reflect the organization's narrowed focus on physical, chemical, and geological oceanography
under his tenure. His research interests included corals and coral reefs, larger foraminifera, and oceanography. He retired
in 1936.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of professional correspondence with colleagues, photographs, and manuscripts relating to the research
interests of Thomas Wayland Vaughan. Items of particular note include photographic portraits, letters from zoologist Addison
Emery Verrill, gardening journals documenting plantings on the Scripps campus grounds, and a 3-volume manuscript entitled
Catalogue of Institutions Engaged in Oceanographic Work compiled by Vaughan for the National Academy of Sciences.
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Acquired, ca. 1973 and 1982
Thomas Wayland Vaughan Papers, SMC 14. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Selected photographs from this collection have been digitized and can be viewed through links in the container list.
Additional Vaughan materials may be found in the following collections:
SIO Office of the Director Records, SAC 1. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
SIO Biographical Files, SAC 5. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Vaughan, Thomas Wayland, 1870-1952 -- Archives