Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library Subject Files
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
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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: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library Subject Files
Creator:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Library
Identifier/Call Number: SAC 0035
Physical Description:
0.8 Linear feet
(2 archives boxes and 1 oversized folder)
Date (inclusive): 1932-2007
Abstract: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library Subject Files contain materials documenting the history of the library, including:
administrative files, reports, and newsletters.
Languages:
English
.
Scope and Content of Collection
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library Subject Files contains materials documenting the history of the library, including
administrative files, reports, and newsletters.
Arranged alphabetically by topic, and chronologically within each topic.
Administrative History
The Marine Biological Association of San Diego was established in 1903, and maintained a small library from its founding.
This association became the Scripps Institution for Biological Research in 1912, and renamed to Scripps Institution of Oceanography
by 1925.
In the early stages, librarians often served additional roles at SIO. Harry Beal Torrey was the first person to curate and
manage the library, in addition to his academic position at SIO. By 1910, the George H. Scripps Memorial Marine Biological
Laboratory, or the "Old Scripps Building," was completed. Among other things, it housed the growing SIO Library. The first
freestanding library was completed in 1916, housed in the same building as the Scripps Aquarium-Museum. The library collection
quickly grew and plans developed for a new library building. In 1976, the Eckart building opened as the SIO Library.
In 1960, UC Regents approved the plan for a new UC campus in San Diego. As UC San Diego libraries were planned and developed,
the SIO Library served as a staging area for incoming collections. Due to increased use of digital materials and budget cuts,
the UC San Diego Libraries were consolidated in 2011; and by 2012 the SIO Library was closed.
Library Directors: Harry Beal Torrey (1903-1912), Samuel Stillman Berry (1913-1914), Tillie Genter (circa 1915-1925), Ruth
Ragan (1926-1949), W. Roy Holleman (1950-1962), Joseph Gantner (1963-1966), William J. Goff (1967-1993), and Peter Brueggeman
(1993-2012).
Preferred Citation
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library Subject Files, SAC 35. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1983, 1989.
OFF-SITE STORAGE
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
Related Materials
UC San Diego Office of the University Librarian records, RSS 1030. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Research libraries -- California -- San Diego -- History
Academic libraries -- California -- San Diego -- History
Special libraries -- California -- San Diego -- History
Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Library -- History
Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Library -- Archives
Box 1, Folder 1
Job descriptions
1945-1957
General note
Includes portions of a report to the Library Council.
Oversize Annex MC-006, Folder 09
Job descriptions - Oversized log of daily duties
1956 March
Box 1, Folder 2
University of California, library collection size data
1947-1980
General note
Includes data about the SIO library.
Box 1, Folder 3
Organization charts
1966-1986
Box 1, Folder 4
Resource sharing - Mexican Marine Science Libraries
1967-1979
General note
Collaborators included Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Education Superior de Ensenada (CICESE).
Box 1, Folder 5-16
SIO Special Collections and Archives
1973-1981
General note
Includes correspondence in alphabetical order (1973-1981), reference log (1978-1981), and statistics (1980). Material was
generated by archivist Elizabeth "Betty" Noble Shor.
Box 1, Folder 17
Roger Revelle bronze bust - Planning correspondence and publicity
1976-1977
Box 1, Folder 18
UC San Diego Archives Committee
1982
General note
Includes committee report.
Box 2, Folder 2
Library history - Correspondence, postcard, checkout card, descriptions of users and services, timeline of library development,
facts sheets, press release, and newspaper clippings
1932-2001
General note
Includes copy of newspaper article on the dedication of the Scripps Library-Museum in 1916.
Box 2, Folder 3
Raitt, Helen. History of SIO Library
ca. 1965-1966
Box 2, Folder 4
A brief guide to Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library
1971, 1973
Box 2, Folder 5
A brief history of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
ca. 1972-1980
Box 2, Folder 6
Shor, Elizabeth N. Doomed: The old library
1977
Box 2, Folder 7
Miller, Barbara A. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library, 1950-1966: The minnow that gave birth to a whale
1990
General note
Includes correspondence with Peter Brueggeman regarding permissions in 2007.
Box 2, Folder 8
Major Capital Improvement Program
1964-1974
Box 2, Folder 9-10
SIO Library Building Committee
1964-1977
Box 2, Folder 11
Planning notes
1973 February-May
Box 2, Folder 12
Site selection and Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
1973-1974
Oversize Annex MC-006, Folder 09
Floor plans and shelf blueprints
1973-1976
Box 2, Folder 13
Building move
1976 October
Newsletters and publicity
Box 2, Folder 14-15
Newsletters
1951-1965
General note
Includes SIO Library newsletters
The Babbling Bookworm and
Newsletter and Recent Acquisitions List.
Box 2, Folder 16
Publicity - Anti-Nuclear Archive flyer, Art and Architecture Library information packet, and SIO Library advertisement in
the UCSD
Guardian
1982-2005
