Claude E. ZoBell Papers

Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego

9500 Gilman Drive

La Jolla 92093-0175

spcoll@ucsd.edu

URL: http://libraries.ucsd.edu/collections/sca/index.html

Descriptive Summary

Languages: English

Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego

9500 Gilman Drive

La Jolla 92093-0175

Title: Claude E. ZoBell Papers

Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0131

Physical Description: 5.2 Linear feet (13 archives boxes and 1 film)

Date (inclusive): 1931 - 1989

Abstract: Marine microbiologist Claude E. ZoBell's biographical materials, correspondence, professional files, writings and photographs.

Publication Rights

Publication rights are held by the Regents of the University of California.

OFF-SITE STORAGE

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.

Digital Content

Selected photographs from this collection have been digitized and can be viewed through links in the container list.

Acquisition Information

Acquired, 1982-1989.

Preferred Citation

Claude E. ZoBell Papers, SMC 131. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection consists of marine microbiologist Claude E. ZoBell's biographical materials, correspondence, professional files, expedition reports, writings and photographs. Subjects of note include microbiology, oil recovery, marine ecology, the Galathea Expedition, and ZoBell's philanthropic activities.

Arranged in six series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL FILES, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) SUBJECT FILES, 4) EXPEDITIONS, 5) WRITINGS and 6) PHOTOGRAPHS & SLIDES.

Biography

Claude Ephraim ZoBell (1904-1989) was a forerunner in the field of marine microbiology who pioneered research on microorganisms and microbial processes in the ocean. After graduating from the Southern Idaho College of Education in 1922, he taught and was a principal at an elementary school in Rigby, Idaho. He resigned from teaching in 1926, attaining his M.S. in bacteriology from Utah State University in 1929, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1931. In 1932, ZoBell joined the Scripps Institution of Oceanography as a temporary instructor of marine microbiology. He soon became an assistant professor, and in 1948, a full professor. In 1972 he became professor emeritus at UC San Diego.

ZoBell is credited with discovering 68 species of ocean bacteria. He was a participant on the Galathea Expedition (1950-1952), which travelled around the world retrieving deep-sea organisms from 35,000 feet below sea level. He also embarked on the Naga Expedition (1960), the Dodo Expedition (1964) to the Marianas Trench, and the Zetes Expedition (1966) to the Japan-Bonin Trench. His publications include nearly 300 research papers and a landmark textbook on marine microbiology; he also founded the Geomicrobiology Journal in 1976. ZoBell served in executive positions for a variety of scientific associations. He worked as an advisor to NASA on the subject of spacecraft component sterility, and was a consultant for oil companies on petroleum microbiology. He devoted a significant amount of time to activities such as Boy Scouts of America, San Diego County Council, San Diego Science Fairs, the American Red Cross and the Zoological Society of San Diego. He also funded the construction of the Farnsworth Television Pioneer Museum in his hometown of Rigby, Idaho and supported numerous scholarships. He died in La Jolla, California at the age of 84.

Restrictions Apply

Original film in Series 4) EXPEDITIONS is restricted. Patrons may request that a user copy be produced in advanced.

Related Materials

SIO Biographical Files, SAC 5. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Marine microbiology

Danske dybhavsekspedition jorden rundt (1950-1952)

Scripps Institution of Oceanography -- Photographs

Naga Expedition (1959-1961)

ZoBell, Claude E., 1904-1989 -- Archives

BIOGRAPHICAL FILES

Box 1, Folder 1

Annual Supplements to UC San Diego Bio-Bibliography 1948 - 1971

Box 1, Folder 2

Biography 1931 - 1961

Box 1, Folder 3

Certificates 1924 - 1982

Box 1, Folder 4

Curricula vitae 1955 - 1987

Box 1, Folder 5

Memorial Resolution Honoring Claude E. ZoBell, California State Assembly 1989 March 28

Memorial service 1989 April 7

Box 1, Folder 6

Photographs and program

General

Contact sheets and negatives by Jackie Parker of ZoBell's memorial service at Scripps. Attendees in the photographs include Robert Hessler, Richard Morita, Jerome Namias, Roger Revelle and the ZoBell family.

Box 1, Folder 7

Service recording on audiocassette

Conditions Governing Access

Original restricted (digital version available).

Box 1, Folder 8

Miscellaneous 1939 - 1987

Box 1, Folder 9-10

Publicity 1947 - 1985

Box 1, Folder 11

Tribute to Claude E. ZoBell 1972 May

General

Annual SIO Staff Council meeting.

CORRESPONDENCE

Box 1, Folder 12

1934 - 1950

Box 2, Folder 1-9

1951 - 1974

Box 3, Folder 1-7

1975 - 1989

Box 8, Folder 9

Miscellaneous 1952 - 1982

Box 8, Folder 10

Debyser, Jacques 1951-1953

Box 8, Folder 11

Freitas, Yvonne Mal 1963-1966

Box 8, Folder 12

Gundersen, Kaare R. 1972 - 1981

Box 9, Folder 1

Gunkel, Wilfried 1973-1985

Box 9, Folder 2

Kiser, Jackson S. 1943-1963

Box 9, Folder 3

Lear, Donald W. 1960

Box 9, Folder 4

Marquis, Robert E. 1969-1978

Box 9, Folder 5

Morita, Richard Y. 1976 - 1987

SUBJECT FILES

Box 4, Folder 1

American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), Distinguished Alumnus Award 1987

Box 4, Folder 2

American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 1972 - 1986

Box 4, Folder 3

American Society for Microbiology Archives 1982

Box 4, Folder 4

Atomic Energy Commission 1950 - 1959

Box 4, Folder 5

Boy Scouts of America 1938 - 1982

Box 4, Folder 6

Composting 1970 - 1971

Box 4, Folder 7

Conference on Microbiological Processes Useful in Enhanced Oil Recovery 1979

Box 4, Folder 8

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 1965

Box 4, Folder 9

Exxon Research and Engineering Company 1977 - 1980

Box 4, Folder 10-11

Farnsworth Television Pioneer Museum 1979 - 1986

Box 4, Folder 12

Geomicrobiology Journal 1976 - 1982

Box 4, Folder 13

Idaho State University (ISU) 1980 - 1987

Box 5, Folder 1

ISU Alumni Association 1980 - 1986

Box 5, Folder 2

ISU ZoBell-Albion Scholarship in Education

International connections and events

Box 5, Folder 3

Australia 1964 - 1979

Box 5, Folder 4

Belgium 1962 - 1967

Box 5, Folder 5

Canada 1958 - 1979

Box 5, Folder 6

Cuba 1954 - 1987

Box 5, Folder 7

Denmark 1954 - 1982

Box 5, Folder 8

Egypt 1963 - 1970

Box 5, Folder 9

England 1953 - 1973

Box 5, Folder 10

France 1959 - 1975

Box 5, Folder 11

Germany 1958 - 1985

Box 5, Folder 12

Iceland 1965

Box 5, Folder 13

India 1958 - 1984

Box 6, Folder 1

Japan 1957 - 1987

Box 6, Folder 2

Mexico 1959 - 1978

Box 6, Folder 3

Philippines 1951 - 1977

Box 6, Folder 4

Portugal 1961 - 1967

Box 6, Folder 5

Wales 1971

Box 6, Folder 6

Maps and blueprints 1932, 1979

General

Ritter Hall floor plans (1932 and 1979), SIO campus map (1932).

Box 6, Folder 7

Marine Ecology Progress Series 1980 - 1987

Box 6, Folder 8

Marine Microbiology, textbook reviews and comments 1946 - 1965

Box 6, Folder 9

Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) 1978 - 1986

Box 7, Folder 1

National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant applications 1967 - 1969

Box 7, Folder 2

National Lexicographic Board 1954

Box 7, Folder 3

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1976 - 1977

Box 7, Folder 4

National Science Foundation (NSF) 1965- 1972

Box 7, Folder 5

Nealson, Kenneth H. 1974 - 1976

Box 7, Folder 6

Newspaper clippings ca. 1936 - 1980

Box 7, Folder 7

Novelli, G. David 1958

Box 7, Folder 8

Offsite research 1933 - 1972

Box 7, Folder 9

Oppenheimer, Carl H. 1964 - 1987

Box 7, Folder 10

Pan Pacific Institute of Ocean Science 1977 - 1980

Box 7, Folder 11

Radcliffe College 1977 - 1982

Box 7, Folder 12

Rockefeller Foundation 1954 - 1959

Sabbatical

Box 7, Folder 13

General information 1947 - 1948

Box 7, Folder 14

Correspondence 1947 - 1948

Box 8, Folder 1

Correspondence (continued) 1947 - 1948

Box 8, Folder 2

Writings 1947 - 1948

Box 8, Folder 3

"Report on Activities, Observations and Experiences of Dr. Claude E. ZoBell While on Sabbatical Leave..." 1947 - 1948

Box 8, Folder 4

Oil pollution research 1947 - 1948

Box 8, Folder 5

Scholander, Per 1942

Box 8, Folder 6

Seaweed 1957

Box 8, Folder 7

SIO Archives 1983 - 1987

Box 8, Folder 8

SIO memoranda and information 1936 - 1982

Box 9, Folder 6

Sumner Club 1982 - 1983

Box 9, Folder 7

Symposium on "Man and the Ocean: Today and Tomorrow" 1975

Box 9, Folder 8

Texas A&M Research Foundation 1947

Box 9, Folder 9

University of California 1930 - 1970

Box 9, Folder 10

University of Santiago de Compostela 1977 - 1980

Box 9, Folder 11

Utah State College Alumni Association 1944 - 1987

Box 10, Folder 1

ZoBell Scholarship, Utah State University 1981 - 1989

Box 10, Folder 2-3

Zoological Society of San Diego 1936 - 1982

EXPEDITIONS

Galathea Expedition 1950 - 1952

Box 10, Folder 4

General information and reports 1949 - 1952

Box 10, Folder 5-7

Correspondence 1949 - 1960

Box 11, Folder 1-2

Correspondence (continued) 1949 - 1960

Box 11, Folder 3

Publicity 1949 - 1958

Box 11, Folder 4

Memoirs 1950 - 1952

Box 11, Folder 5

Oceanographic instruments undated

Box 11, Folder 6

Photographs 1950 - 1952

Oversize FS-35

Arbejdsmetode [Work Method] film undated

Conditions Governing Access

Restrictions Apply

General

16mm color film, silent, 10 minutes. ZoBell performs experiments in laboratory.

Naga Expedition 1960

Box 11, Folder 7

General information and reports 1960

Box 11, Folder 8

Correspondence 1960

Box 11, Folder 9

Photographs 1960

Dodo Expedition 1964

Box 12, Folder 1

General information and reports 1964

Box 12, Folder 2

Correspondence 1964 January - 1964 November

Box 12, Folder 3

Deck logs 1964 November 25-28

Zetes Expedition 1966

Box 12, Folder 4

General information and reports 1966

Box 12, Folder 5

Correspondence 1956 December - 1966 July

Box 12, Folder 6

Deck log and notes 1966

Box 12, Folder 7

Publicity 1966

Box 12, Folder 8

Photographs 1966

General

Japanese deep submersible Yomiuri-Go, R/V Argo and expedition personnel.

WRITINGS

Box 12, Folder 9

Cultural Requirements and Metabolism of the Brucella Group - Doctoral dissertation 1931 October 28

Box 12, Folder 10

"Special Report to President's Office on the Accomplishments of The Scripps Institution of Oceanography" 1946 July 12

General

With an addition by Harald Ulrik Sverdrup.

Box 12, Folder 11

"Bacterial Life at the Bottom of the Philippine Trench", Science 1952 May

Box 12, Folder 12

"Occurrence and Importance of Bacteria in Indonesian Waters", Journal for Scientific Research 1952 January

Box 12, Folder 13

"The Occurrence of Bacteria in the Deep Sea and Their Significance for Animal Life", Biology International 1954

Box 12, Folder 14

"Some Effects of High Hydrostatic Pressure on Apparatus Observed on the Danish Deep-Sea Expedition", Deep-Sea Research 1954

Box 12, Folder 15

"Barophilic Bacteria in Some Deep Sea Sediments", Journal of Bacteriology 1957 April

Box 12, Folder 16

"Observations on Seaweeds Along the New Zealand Coast" 1957

Box 12, Folder 17

"Some Impressions of Seaweeds in Tasmania" 1957

Box 12, Folder 18

Claude E. ZoBell and Richard Y. Morita. "Deep-Sea Bacteria", Galathea Report 1959

Box 12, Folder 19

"Introduction to Marine Microbiology" 1959

Box 12, Folder 20

"Thermal Changes Accompanying the Compression of Aqueous Solutions to Deep-Sea Conditions", Limnology and Oceanography 1959 October

Box 12, Folder 21

N. Van Uden and C.E. ZoBell. " Candida Marina Nov. Spec., Torulopsis Torresii Nov. Spec. and T. Maris Nov. Spec., Three Yeasts From the Torres Strait" 1962 May 15

Box 12, Folder 22

Humitake Seki and Claude E. ZoBell. "Microbial Assimilation of Carbon Dioxide in the Japan Trench" 1967 August

Box 12, Folder 23

"Microbiology and Microbiologists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography" 1982 August 22

Box 12, Folder 24

"Magnitude of Earthquakes and the Richter Scale" ca. 1984

Box 12, Folder 25

Claude E. ZoBell and Jean Switzer ZoBell. "Purposeful Peregrinations in New Zealand and Australia, 1957" 1986 August

Box 12, Folder 26

"Microbial Life in the Deep Sea" undated

PHOTOGRAPHS & SLIDES

Photographs

Box 12, Folder 27

Beaches 1950

Box 12, Folder 28

Electromicrographs undated

Box 13, Folder 1

Laboratory equipment undated

Box 13, Folder 2

Miscellaneous people ca. 1940 - 1970

Box 13, Folder 3

Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1910 - 1969

Box 13, Folder 4

Ships ca. 1952

Box 13, Folder 5

UC San Diego campus 1960s

Box 13, Folder 6

Work at sea undated

Box 13, Folder 7

ZoBell, Claude E. ca. 1930 - 1980

Box 13, Folder 8

Glass color slides ca. 1938

Winfred Emory Allen: 1938

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ZoBell working on SIO pier: 1938

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SIO campus and pier: 1938

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General

Selected slides from this folder have been digitized.