James Stewart Papers
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2015
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Business Number: 858-534-2533
Fax Number: 858-534-5950
spcoll@ucsd.edu
Descriptive Summary
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: James Stewart Papers
Creator:
Stewart, James R. (James Ronald), 1927-2017
Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0029
Physical Description:
10.8 Linear feet
(27 archives boxes, 1 card file box, 1 map case folder, and 9 films)
Date (inclusive): 1943-2008
Abstract: Papers of James Stewart, former chief Diving Officer at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and scuba training pioneer.
The collection contains correspondence, professional materials, writings, photographs, and diving-related subject files and
diving manuals.
Languages:
English
.
Scope and Content of Collection
Papers of James Stewart, former chief Diving Officer at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and scuba training pioneer.
The collection contains correspondence, professional materials, writings, photographs, and diving-related subject files and
diving manuals. Subjects of note include early diving safety, procedures and protocols; diving instruction; the SIO research
diving program; and diving in Antarctica.
Arranged in ten series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL FILES, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) SUBJECT FILES, 4) PROFESSIONAL DIVING, 5) TEACHING, 6)
DIVING ORGANIZATIONS, 7) DIVING MANUALS & GUIDES, 8) WRITINGS, 9) PHOTOGRAPHS & SLIDES and 10) AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL.
Preferred Citation
James Stewart Papers, SMC 29. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Biography
James Ronald Stewart (b. 1927) first experienced diving as a teenager in the waters off the coast of San Diego, and proved
to be an adept diver from a young age. In 1951 he was inducted into the Bottom Scratchers, one of the first free-diving and
spearfishing clubs in the country; the admittance rate of the club was notoriously low, and required that applicants achieve
such feats as diving 30 feet and retrieving three abalone in a single dive. Like other divers during the 1950s, Stewart was
introduced to the advent of scuba diving largely through experimentation, trial and error, and collaboration with other enthusiasts.
He received a B.S. in Botany from Pomona College in 1953 and his teaching credential from San Diego State University in 1958.
He also studied graduate-level marine botany at both USC and the University of Hawaii.
Stewart's career began as an independent diving consultant and contractor. During the late 1950s he conducted dives as a part-time
research diver for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, traveling to such places as Eniwetok Atoll and Mexico, and assisted
Conrad Limbaugh and Andy Rechnitzer with the SIO diving training program. In 1958 he was hired as Field Director for the SIO
Kelp Project, and in 1959 he co-discovered the underwater sandfalls at Cabo San Lucas alongside Conrad Limbaugh and Wheeler
North. He was named Diving Officer in 1960 after Limbaugh's untimely death, and went on to host the first statewide class
on scuba diving at UC Santa Barbara. During the 1960s Stewart spearheaded the initiative to standardize diving procedures
and protocol for the University of California and created the University Guide for Diving Safety in 1963. He then went on
to develop diving training programs for the National Park Service and the Office of Polar Programs in Antarctica.
Stewart was very involved in diving groups and associations, and guided the standardization of diving safety and protocol
across the country. He co-founded the Los Angeles Council of Diving Clubs, the San Diego Council of Divers, the San Diego
County Underwater Search and Recovery Program and the San Diego County Coroner's Scuba Death Investigation Committee. He also
served as a member of the National Association of Underwater Instructors and the State of California Advisory Board on Underwater
Parks and Reserves. James Stewart continued to serve as SIO Chief Diving Officer until his retirement in 1991.
Digital Content
Selected images from this collection have been digitized, and can be viewed by clicking on the link. Additional audiovisual
materials have been digitized and may be available upon request.
Restrictions
Original media formats in SERIES 10) AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL are restricted. Viewing/listening copies may be available for researchers.
OFF-SITE STORAGE
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
Publication Information
Publication rights are held by the Regents of the University of California.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1991, 2001, 2015.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Scuba diving -- History
Deep diving -- Physiological aspects
Scuba diving -- Safety measures
Diving
Scuba apparatus
Deep diving -- Certification
Deep diving -- History
Stewart, James R. (James Ronald), 1927-2017 -- Archives
Limbaugh, Conrad, 1924-1960 -- Correspondence
Scripps Institution of Oceanography -- History
BIOGRAPHICAL FILES
Scope and Content of Series
SERIES 1) BIOGRAPHICAL FILES: Stewart's biographies, curricula vitae, lists of publications and certificates.
Box 1, Folder 1
Biographies and timelines, assorted
undated
Box 1, Folder 2
Curricula vitae
ca. 1967 - 1984
Box 1, Folder 3
Collected cartoon drawings
undated
General note
Comical sketches on diving, including a caricature of James Stewart.
Box 1, Folder 4
Lists of publications
undated
Box 1, Folder 5
Scientific Collecting Permit and identification
ca. 1960
General note
Marine Resources Branch, Department of Fish and Game, State of California
Box 1, Folder 6-7
Certificates of appreciation and participation
1966-1988
CORRESPONDENCE
Scope and Content of Series
SERIES 2) CORRESPONDENCE: Stewart's personal and professional correspondence, arranged chronologically. The series includes
a substantial amount of correspondence belonging to Conrad Limbaugh.
SUBJECT FILES
Scope and Content of Series
SERIES 3) SUBJECT FILES: Stewart's professional files on diving-related topics, including equipment technology, health and
safety, and research.
Box 5, Folder 22
Air consumption and bank volume
undated
Box 5, Folder 23
ALVIN, Deep Research Vehicle
1964
Box 5, Folder 24
Arc-Oxygen Cutting Torches
undated
Box 5, Folder 25
Boils and carbuncles
1955
Box 5, Folder 26
Bradner, Hugh
1953 - 1960
Box 5, Folder 27
Breathing Under Water, CBS
1953 October
Box 6, Folder 1
Carbon monoxide
1956 - 1957
Box 6, Folder 3
Decompression sickness
1943 - 1985
Box 6, Folder 6
Department of Fish and Game
1958 - 1961
Box 6, Folder 8-10
Diving equipment
1950 - 1959, undated
Box 6, Folder 11
Diving stores
1950 - 1959
Box 6, Folder 16
General Motors Corporation
1962 - 1963
Box 6, Folder 17
Health problems, skin and SCUBA diving
1964
Box 6, Folder 19
Leica underwater housing unit
1954
Box 6, Folder 20
Mark I Deep Dive System
1967
Box 6, Folder 21-22
Mixed gas diving
1964 - 1965, undated
Box 6, Folder 23
Mixed Gas Regulator
1965 - 1968
Box 7, Folder 1
NASA Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory
1987
Box 7, Folder 2
Offshore real estate, SIO
1974 - 1975
Box 7, Folder 3
Operation Fragrant Flower
1955
Box 7, Folder 6
Recompression
1957 - 1959
Box 7, Folder 7
Rip currents
undated
General note
Hand-drawn illustrations.
Oversize Annex MC-010, Folder 03
Rip currents, oversized drawings
undated
Box 7, Folder 8-12
San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park
1969 - 2008
General note
Correspondence and documents detailing the acqusition of offshore submerged lands.
Oversize Annex MC-010, Folder 03
SEALAB II site plans, oversized
1965
Box 7, Folder 17-18
Sharks
1955 - 1984
General note
Correspondence and annotated papers and articles regarding shark attacks and shark repellants.
Box 8, Folder 1
Sharks (cont.)
1955 - 1984
Box 8, Folder 2
The Skin Diver
1951 - 1958
Box 8, Folder 4
Soviet-American-Vietnamese Indian Ocean Research Expedition
1989
Box 8, Folder 5
Underwater photography
1952
Box 8, Folder 6
Underwater welding
undated
Box 8, Folder 7
Western Outdoor Publishing Corporation
1953 - 1955
PROFESSIONAL DIVING
Scope and Content of Series
SERIES 4) PROFESSIONAL DIVING: Informational files, contracts, professional correspondence, forms and documentation pertaining
to Stewart's professional work for Kelco, the National Park Service, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the Office of
Polar Programs in Antarctica and the city of San Diego.
Arranged in four subseries: A) Contracts, B) SIO Diving, C) Antarctica and D) San Diego.
Box 8, Folder 9-11
Correspondence
1966 - 1985
Box 8, Folder 12
Policy and guidelines
ca. 1970 - 1980
General note
Some material annotated by James Stewart.
Box 8, Folder 13
Training material
ca. 1966 - 1980
Box 8, Folder 16
Guest lecture agreements, miscellaneous
1967 - 1969
Box 8, Folder 17
Calfiornia State University
1984
Box 8, Folder 18
National Science Foundation
1998
Box 8, Folder 19
Job description cards
1961 - 1989
Box 8, Folder 20
Safety Committee
1952 - 1956
Box 9, Folder 1-3
Certifying Board
1954 - 1963
Box 9, Folder 4
Diving Control Board
1967 - 1994
Box 9, Folder 5
Diving officers, meeting minutes and memos
1971 - 1976
Box 9, Folder 6
Sea Grant Diving Program
1970 - 1973
Box 9, Folder 7
Research Diving Program
1975 - 1994
Box 9, Folder 9
Capricorn Expedition
1952
Box 9, Folder 10
South Branch, Scripps Submarine Canyon
1952
Box 9, Folder 11
Underwater mine located near SIO
1952
Box 9, Folder 12
Sumner Branch, Scripps Canyon
1953
Box 9, Folder 14
Expedition to Guadalupe Island
1960
Box 9, Folder 15
Saucer dive, Cousteau
1964 February 3
Box 9, Folder 17-19
Accident reports
1955 - 1960
Box 10, Folder 1-3
Accident reports
1960 - 1994
Box 10, Folder 4-5
Diving safety and emergency protocol
1958 - 1990
Box 10, Folder 15-16
SCUBA rules and regulations
1954, 1956
Box 11, Folder 1
SCUBA rules and regulations
1971 - 1990
Box 11, Folder 2-6
Lists of divers
1952 - 1969
Box 11, Folder 7
Memoranda to divers
1958 - 1971
Box 11, Folder 9-11
Collection diving examinations, miscellaneous
ca. 1971 - 1884
Box 11, Folder 12
Diving equipment
1956 - 1957
Box 11, Folder 13
Training pools
1956 - 1957
Box 11, Folder 14
Camp Matthews swimming pool
1960 - 1963
Box 11, Folder 15
Diving locker
1966 - 1968
Box 11, Folder 16
Purchases and repairs
1975 - 1976
Box 13, Folder 10
McMurdo Station, general information
1974
Box 13, Folder 11
Travel and accomodations
1974, 1980 - 1982
Box 13, Folder 12-13
Diving protocol and safety
1967 - 1991
Box 14, Folder 1
Diving protocol and safety
1993 - 1995
Box 14, Folder 7-8
Mark T. MacMillan, McMurdo Station
1987 November 14
Box 14, Folder 9-13
Miscellaneous
1970 - 1995
Box 15, Folder 1-2
Miscellaneous
1995 - 1999
Box 15, Folder 3
Regulator test project
1992 - 1993
Box 15, Folder 4
Water pollution projects
1992 - 1994
Box 15, Folder 6
Naval Support Force Antarctica
1987
Box 15, Folder 7
AAUS Polar Diving Workshop
1991
Box 15, Folder 8
Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation
2001 - 2002
Box 15, Folder 9
U.S. Antarctica Research Program Personnel Manual
1970
Box 15, Folder 10
Antarctica: Science and Survival lecture series by James Stewart
ca. 1982
Box 15, Folder 11
Guidelines for Conduct of Scientific Diving, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation
1994 August
Box 15, Folder 12
SCUBA courses, Parks and Recreation Department
1958 - 1959
Box 15, Folder 13
Natural Landmark Evaluation, NPS
1974
General note
Forms, correspondence, and reports prepared by James Stewart in evaluating La Jolla Submarine Canyon, Scripps Submarine Canyon,
La Jolla Underwater Park & Ecological Reserve and Point Loma.
Box 15, Folder 14
San Diego State University Diving Program
1974
Box 15, Folder 15
Survey of diver rescues, San Diego Council of Divers
1980 - 1983
Box 15, Folder 16
San Diego Council of Diving Clubs
ca. 1958 - 1961, undated
Box 15, Folder 17
Bathymetric maps, miscellaneous
undated
TEACHING
Scope and Content of Series
SERIES 5) TEACHING: Stewart's instructional materials from his work for the University of California and the State of California.
Includes applications, general information and correspondence, written exam templates and lectures.
Box 16, Folder 1-3
Applications and enrollment, miscellaneous
1965 - 1981
Box 16, Folder 4
Medical standards and physical requirements, form templates
ca. 1954 - 1989
Box 16, Folder 5
SCUBA written exams
1966, undated
Box 16, Folder 6
SCUBA written exams
1970 - 1984, undated
Box 16, Folder 7
SCUBA class schedules and training information, unidentified
undated
Box 16, Folder 8-15
Diving classes, miscellaneous
1952 - 1971
Box 17, Folder 1-6
Diving classes, miscellaneous
1972 - 1996
General
Folders 3 and 6 include versions of Stewart's "Statenent of scientific diving history at University of California."
Box 17, Folder 7
Lecture on Hans Keller 820' dive
1960
Box 17, Folder 8
UC Santa Barbara
1960 - 1961
Box 17, Folder 11
Marine Medicine continuing medical education program
1989 July 10
DIVING ORGANIZATIONS
Scope and Content of Series
SERIES 6) DIVING ORGANIZATIONS: General information and correspondence pertaining to Stewart's work and affiliation with diving
associations, arranged alphabetically.
Box 17, Folder 12-13
American Academy of Underwater Sciences
1983 - 1989
Box 17, Folder 14
American Association for Inhalation Therapy
1967
Box 17, Folder 15
American Littoral Society
1962
Box 17, Folder 16
British Sub-Aqua Club
1959 - 1962
Box 18, Folder 1
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, Department of the Interior
undated
Box 18, Folder 2
California State Fisheries Laboratory
1953 - 1955
Box 18, Folder 3
Ceylon Reefcombers Club
1955 - 1956
Box 18, Folder 4-8
Department of Parks and Recreation, County of Los Angeles
1951 - 1958
Box 18, Folder 9
Fisheries Research Board of Canada
1960 - 1962
Box 18, Folder 10
Governmental Scientific Diving Program
1991
Institute of Marine Resources (IMR)
Box 18, Folder 11-12
Kelp Investigations Program
1955 - 1958
Box 18, Folder 13
SCUBA Training Program
1958, 1968
Box 18, Folder 14
National Association of Underwater Instructors
1990
Box 18, Folder 15
Nevada Desert Divers, Inc.
1955 - 1957
Box 18, Folder 16
Panel on Underwater Swimmers, National Research Council
1951 - 1957
Box 19, Folder 1
Perry Submarine Builders, Inc.
1964
Oversize Annex MC-010, Folder 03
Perry Submarine Builders, Inc.
1966
General
Submarine floating storage and service platform blueprint.
Box 19, Folder 2
Scientific Diving Consultants
1956 - 1963
Box 19, Folder 3
Skin-Diving Committee of the National Association of Biology Teachers
1955
Box 19, Folder 4
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
1985 - 1986
Box 19, Folder 6
Recreation Commission, State of California
1955 - 1956
Box 19, Folder 7-8
UC Santa Barbara
1962 - 1971
Box 19, Folder 9
Undersea Medical Society
1967
Box 19, Folder 11
Underwater Society of America
1963 - 1964
Box 19, Folder 12-14
University of California Statewide Committee on the Use of SCUBA
ca. 1951 - 1958
Box 19, Folder 15-16
University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System
1985, undated
Box 19, Folder 17
USC Scientific Diving Program
undated
Box 19, Folder 18
University of Michigan
1966, 1971
Box 19, Folder 19
University Conference of Environmental Health and Safety Officers, University of California
1967
Box 20, Folder 1
Santa Barbara City College
1968
Box 20, Folder 3
UC Santa Barbara
1968, 1988
Box 20, Folder 4
University of California
1968
Box 20, Folder 5
Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University
1970
Box 20, Folder 6
University of Washington
1974
Box 20, Folder 7
Florida Institute of Technology
1977
Box 20, Folder 8
University of Texas at Austin
1980
Box 20, Folder 10
Texas A&M University
1970, 1989
Government and Civic Programs
Box 20, Folder 11
U.S. Divers Corporation
1954
Box 20, Folder 12
San Diego Council of Diving Clubs
ca. 1960
General note
Prepared by D.R. Alden, Sea Dogs Diving Club.
Box 20, Folder 13
Proposed California state-wide SCUBA manuel
ca. 1963 - 1964
Box 20, Folder 14
Southwest Council of Diving Clubs
1968, 1972
Box 20, Folder 15
Los Angeles County Underwater Instructors Association
1972
Box 20, Folder 16
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
1976
Box 20, Folder 17
Los Angeles District Dive Team
1983
Box 21, Folder 1
Department of Fish and Game, State of California
1984
Box 21, Folder 2
SACLANT ASR Research Centre
1984
Box 21, Folder 3
National Park Service
1986
Box 21, Folder 4
National Association for Search and Rescue
1987
Box 21, Folder 5
Michigan Sea Grant College Program
1990
Box 21, Folder 6
U.S. Antarctic Program
1990
Box 21, Folder 7
Burnett Electronics Lab Inc.
1967
Box 21, Folder 9
Sea Operations Department, AC Electronics
1967, 1969
WRITINGS
Scope and Content of Series
SERIES 8) WRITINGS: Stewart's papers and notes, as well as an assortment of writings and articles regarding Stewart and diving
in general.
Writings by James Stewart
Box 21, Folder 10
Vertical Distribution Study of Marine Organisms, Zoology 299
1957
Box 21, Folder 11
Shark Attack!
Underwater News
1961 August
Box 21, Folder 12
Man and the Aquatic Environment,
California Safety News
1965 June
Box 21, Folder 13
Carpenter, M. Scott and James R. Stewart. Some Safety Aspects of Outer and Inner Space
1966
General note
Transcript of talk given at 1966 National Safety Congress.
Box 21, Folder 14
Philosophy and Activities of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and University of California Diving Programs
1969 June
Box 21, Folder 15
Untitled paper on sport divers
1969
General note
Abstract of a paper presented at a symposium titled "The Role of the Naval Hospital in the Management of Trauma."
Box 21, Folder 16
Comments on SCUBA Equipment
1970 May
Box 21, Folder 17
Procedures for Shipboard Diving
1971 November
Box 21, Folder 34
Statements on scientific diving history at University of California
1975, 1985
Box 21, Folder 18
Stewart, J.G. and J.R. Stewart. Marine Algae of Guadalupe Island, Mexico, including a checklist,
Ciencias Marinas
1984
Box 21, Folder 19
Special Problems of Scientific Diving
ca. 1987
Box 21, Folder 20
Dayton, Paul K. and James Stewart. Antarctic Diving
undated
Box 21, Folder 21
Cooperative Scientific Diving Programs
undated
Box 21, Folder 22
Rough drafts, miscellaneous
undated
Box 21, Folder 23
Visibility Laboratory, diving notes
1953 - 1954
Box 21, Folder 24
Rate of ascent, computations
1955
Box 21, Folder 25
Unidentified diving notes
1962
Box 21, Folder 26
Second Symposium on Underwater Physiology
1963 February 25-26
Box 21, Folder 27
Notes on diver with Saucer
1964 February
Box 21, Folder 28
Marine mammals
1968, undated
Box 21, Folder 30
Repetitive Diving Workshop, Duke University
1991
Box 21, Folder 32
Thoughts on Man in the Sea
undated
Box 21, Folder 33
Diving bibliography
1957 - 1962
Box 22, Folder 1
Articles about James Stewart, miscellanous
1959 - 1991
Box 22, Folder 2
Articles and papers on diving, miscellaneous
1957 - 1975
General note
Marginalia and notes by James Stewart.
Box 22, Folder 3-5
Research reports, U.S. Navy Experimental Diving Unit
1945 - 1967
Box 22, Folder 6
The Paddleboard Manual, Henry F. Pohl Maluhia Surf Club
1952
Box 22, Folder 7
Report of the Cooperative Underwater Swimmer Project
1952 November
General note
Prepared for the Office of Naval Research under the Committee on Amphibious Operations Panel on Underwater Swimmers National
Research Council with the cooperation of Amphibious Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Box 22, Folder 8
Pohl, Henry F. Underwater Fishing for Beginners
1953
Box 22, Folder 9
Hetzel, George F. Instructions for Tooling & Repair of Aqua-Lung. Scripps Institution of Oceanography
1953 February 6
General note
Includes pictures and diagrams of Aqua-Lung unit.
Box 22, Folder 10
Owen, D.M. Suggestions and Comments on Aqua-Lung Procedure for Oceanographic Divers
1953 September
Box 22, Folder 11
Review of Divers' Diseases
1955
General note
John Clark Samazan dive.
Box 22, Folder 12
Wisher, Peter R. Use of the Sign Language in Underwater Communication
ca. 1960
Box 22, Folder 13
Shark Attack: A Hazard of the Business,
Men of Action
1964 Fall
Box 22, Folder 14
Raise a Glass to Stewart
1969 September
General note
A poem about James Stewart, on the occasion of his birthday celebration.
Box 22, Folder 15
McAllister, Raymond F. Recollections of 1951-54 SIO diving setup
1971
Box 22, Folder 16
Quast, Jay C. Recollections of the Scripps Kelp Program (July 1958 to July 1961)
2004
Box 22, Folder 17
Lustig, E.M. Lustig. Please Don't Kill Me
undated
General note
The dangers of compressed air.
PHOTOGRAPHS & SLIDES
Scope and Content of Series
SERIES 9) PHOTOGRAPHS & SLIDES: Includes portraits of James Stewart and other divers, as well as underwater photography and
images of work at sea. Includes a large array of slides from Stewart's professional activities in Mexico and Antarctica.
Selected images from this series have been digitized and are available on the Library's Digital Collections website.
Portraits of James Stewart
Box 22, Folder 18
Formal portraits, miscellaneous
ca. 1960 - 1980
Box 22, Folder 19
Candid portraits, miscellaneous
ca. 1952 - 1990
Box 22, Folder 20
Stewart with guitarfish in La Jolla Cove
1945
Box 22, Folder 21
Army Air Corps portrait
ca. 1946
Box 22, Folder 23
Underwater diving portrait
1961
General note
By Ron Church. Photo taken for Skin Diver magazine.
Box 23, Folder 1
Stewart in Trippler Airforce Base Hospital, Honolulu
1961
General note
Three days after shark attack.
Box 23, Folder 2
Underwater diving portrait
1962
General note
By Ron Church. Photo taken for Skin Diver magazine.
Box 23, Folder 3
Stewart in wetsuit, SIO pier
1965
Box 23, Folder 4
Stewart at Commerical Diving Center in Wilmington, CA
ca. 1970
Box 23, Folder 5
Stewart in Antarctica
1975
Box 23, Folder 6
Group on Paolina-T, near Guadalupe Island - First Diving Program
1954 November
General note
Earl Murray, Tom Thiese, John Carter, Chuck Fleming, Andy Rechnitzer and Jim Stewart.
Box 23, Folder 7
World Congress of Underwater Activities, London
1962
Box 23, Folder 8
Mixed Gas Diving class, U.S. Naval School
1964
Box 23, Folder 9
14th Underwater Instructors Certification course
1965
Box 23, Folder 10
Research diving class
1968
General note
By Bill Ray. Photo taken for Life magazine.
Box 23, Folder 11
Stewart teaching Bureau of Reclamation class, Santa Barbara
1969
Oversize Annex MC-010, Folder 03
Space shuttle, signed by astronauts
1979
Box 23, Folder 12
Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier construction
1982-1983, 1987
Box 23, Folder 13
Stewart receiving the Craig Hoffman Memorial Safety Award
1986
Box 23, Folder 14
NASA, Neutral Buoyancy Lab visit
1987
Box 23, Folder 15
Deep Rover Trials
ca. 1990
General note
Stewart with Phil Sharkey.
Box 23, Folder 16
SIO campus construction
ca. 1999
Box 23, Folder 17
Sealab reunions and site visits
1997-2002
Box 23, Folder 19
National Safety Council Congress
undated
Box 23, Folder 20
With Christian McDonald and Wayne
undated
Box 23, Folder 21
Coronado Island
1957
General note
By Ron Church.
Box 23, Folder 22
Horizon trip, San Diego Zoological Society
ca. 1960
Oversize Annex MC-010, Folder 03
Wake Island, oversized
1961
Box 23, Folder 23
Frailes Canyon, Baja California
1963
Box 23, Folder 26
Aerojet Minisub
1954 April
General note
At SIO with Andy Rechnitzer, Jim Kitrage, Conrad Limbaugh and Doug Inman.
Box 23, Folder 27
Unidentified submarines
1958
Box 23, Folder 28
Beaver submarine
1964 December
Box 23, Folder 29
"Deep Jeep" submarine
1967
General note
Bud Mundy and James Stewart.
Box 23, Folder 43
Project GOO - Deck Decompressor Chamber experiment with Westinghouse
1967
Box 23, Folder 30
People
ca. 1954 - 1990
General note
Assorted photos of people and groups in unidentified settings.
Box 23, Folder 31
Miscellaneous slides
ca. 1954 - 1996
General note
Assorted photos of miscellaneous or unidentified landscapes, expeditions and activities.
Box 23, Folder 33
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
1954 - 1989
Box 23, Folder 34
Scripps Sea Beam System, ocean floor topography
undated
Box 23, Folder 35
Diving, miscellaneous
ca. 1965 - 1978
Box 23, Folder 37
Hercules Power Company
1956
Box 23, Folder 38
UC Santa Barbara class
1960
General note
"First UC class I taught."
Box 23, Folder 40
Los Angeles County class
1967
Box 24, Folder 5
Glacier Bay, NPS diving training site
undated
Box 24, Folder 6
Palancar Reef, biological survey
undated
Ships and research vessels
Box 24, Folder 10
Saucer dive, Cousteau
1964 February 3
Box 24, Folder 8
R/V New Horizon
1967, 1988
Box 24, Folder 10
Alvin research submersible, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
1985
Box 24, Folder 12
Remote Underwater Manipulator (RUM)
1989
Box 24, Folder 13
USNS Thomas Washington
1989
Box 24, Folder 15
"Marine Science Series," Roberts Enterprises
undated
General note
Sea animals.
Box 24, Folder 16
Sea animals
undated
General note
Photos by Jim Mastro.
Box 24, Folder 17
Sea animals, miscellaneous
undated
Box 24, Folder 18
Channel Islands, aerial survey
1958
Box 24, Folder 19
Yosemite National Park
1967
Box 24, Folder 24-25
Miscellanous
ca. 1957 - 1991
Box 24, Folder 28
Baja Sur, aerial survey
1957
Box 24, Folder 32
Tampico, Mexico
1957 - 1958
Box 24, Folder 33
Cabo San Lucas
1957 - 1959
General
Includes 2 black and white prints of Wheeler North and Conrad Limbaugh.
Box 25, Folder 4
Cabo San Lucas
1962 - 1965
Box 25, Folder 5
Baja California, taken from space by the Gemini 5
1965
Box 25, Folder 7
Pacific Islands, miscellaneous
Box 25, Folder 8
Carmarsel Expedition
1967
Box 26, Folder 8
undated
General note
35mm color transparencies.
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL
Scope and Content of Series
SERIES 10) AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL. Original and rare films and sound recordings documenting dives, training protocols, and lectures.
Includes Scientific Diving Consultants' 1959 "Underwater Wonders," the original recording of Stewart's oral history interview
with Eric Hanauer, and a video of Stewart's retirement lecture, "The History of Research Diving." Formats include 16 and 8mm
film, one VHS, and references to digital files. Select films and sound recordings from the series have been digitized and
are available upon request.
Arranged in two subseries: A) Film and Video and B) Sound Recordings.
Oversize FS-20
Mexico
1958
General
Content unidentified. 8mm.
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Underwater Wonders
1959
General
Narrated footage of underwater discoveries, including sand-falls, the mating rituals of angelfish and the territorial behaviors
of sergeant major fish in Baja California. Underwater photography by Ron Church, Conrad Limbaugh, Wheeler North and Jim Stewart
of Scientific Diving Consultants. Written and narrated by Ray Sperry and Phil Chalmers. 16mm film, color, sound, time 00:10:16.
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Guadalupe Island
1963
General
Footage of divers spreading an underwater sedative and capturing fish specimens. Reel labeled: "5/4/63 Lee Peterson, Guadalupe
Island." Leader labeled: "Photography Branch F TF SF AFFTC-EDWARDS AFB, CALIFORNIA, Subject: Underwater Guadalupe Island."
16mm, b/w, silent, time 00:05:00.
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Shark footage
undated
General
Footage of divers interacting with sharks and experimenting with self-defense maneuvers (including knives and spearguns).
Narrator discusses the behaviors of sharks and the dangers that sharks pose to swimmers. 16mm, b/w, sound, time 00:05:00.
Sharks and other marine life (digital only)
undated
General
Starts with man holding up a young shark, then handling baby leopard sharks, then switches to an underwater scene of a shark
swimming in kelp. Men examining a shark then cutting open its stomach to view the eaten contents. Scenes of captured sharks;
beach covered in what looks like animal bones and remains, including shark heads and teeth. Film includes still image of a
shark cage, shark cage in use, and a shark in the water. Film continues with scenes of underwater shots of stingrays, skates,
and manta rays, sea lions on a beach, followed by Orcas at the surface of the ocean. Film ends with men baiting and lower
bait into the water to feed sharks.
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Mechanical Effects of Pressure
ca. 1960s
General
US Navy film explaining the effects of pressure on the body in SCUBA diving.
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Wake Island
ca. 1960s
General
16mm, color, silent. Footage of Wake Island, including the airport, men constructing a small building on the beach, unidentified
scientific instruments and diving scenes. Label reads: "Bill Van Dorn send to Jim Stewart 1/92." Time 00:34:35.
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Underwater Scenes. University of California Production by William Graham Bell
undated
General
Footage of divers in the Gulf of California interacting with and handling marine life, including eels, fish and octopus. 16mm,
color, silent, time 00:30:00.
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Venomous sea animals
undated
General
Film about posionous sea creatures, including fish, snails and jellyfish. Shows defense mechanisms and how they capture, sedate
and consume prey. Underwater photography by Ron Church. 16mm, color, sound, time approx. 00:40:00.
Oversize FS-28
Physiology
1962
General
16mm film, color, sound. Segment shown by James Stewart to research diving classes at SIO. Discusses the physiological effects
of diving, including carbon dioxide poisoning, nitrogen narcosis and decompression sickness. Produced by the U.S. Naval Photographic
Center. A title card reads "Sea Power for Security" at the end. Time 00:26:51.
Box 27, Folder 1
The History of Research Diving (VHS)
1991 September 24
General
Speakers include Andreas Rechnitzer, Hugh Brader, Paul Dayton, Robert Livingston and James Stewart on the occasion of Stewart's
retirement. Time 01:46:13.
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SeaLab II footage
1965
General
16mm film, color, silent, time 00:20:40.
Box 27, Folder 2
General diving workshop
1961 September 26
General
Topics discussed include diver's insurance, diving logs, safety and protocol, free assent and equipment. Speakers include
Arthur Flechsig, James Stewart and Wheeler North. Reel-to-reel, time 02:40:00.
Box 27, Folder 3
Cousteau Saucer Dive, speech by James Stewart
1964
General
Discusses diving safety, underwater communication systems and deep dives. Reel-to-reel recording, time 00:55:00.
Box 28, Folder 1-10
Oral history interview with Eric Hanauer
2000 February 10
General
Audiocassette recordings. A partial transcript of this interview has been cataloged and is available for Reading Room requests
in Roger under the call number GV838.672 .S74 2001.
