John B. Buck Papers
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Descriptive Summary
Title: John B. Buck Papers
Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0118
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, California, 92093-0175
Languages:
English
Physical Description:
0.8 Linear feet
(2 archives boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1967 - 1970
Abstract: The collection consists of biologist John B. Buck's papers regarding the 1969 R/V
Alpha Helix New Guinea Expedition, Program C, to study terrestrial and coastal marine bioluminescence in Madang, Papua New Guinea. Includes
correspondence, logistical planning documents, and field reports.
Creator:
Buck, John B. (John Bonner), 1912-2005
Acquisition Information
John B. Buck, gift, 1990.
Publication Rights
Publication rights are held by The Regents of the University of California.
Historical Background
John Bonner Buck (1912-2005) began researching fireflies as an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University. He completed his
postdoctoral studies at the California Institute of Technology, joined the faculty at Rochester Institute of Technology, and
became Head of the Laboratory of Physical Biology at The National Institutes of Health. In 1969 Dr. Buck was Chief Scientist
for the R/V
Alpha Helix New Guinea Expedition (Program C), studying terrestrial and coastal marine bioluminescence, including synchronous flashing
fireflies. The expedition, which gathered an international research group of scientists and suffered several administrative
and financial crises, was funded by the National Science Foundation and administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
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Preferred Citation
John B. Buck Papers, SMC 118. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of biologist John B. Buck's papers regarding the 1969 R/V
Alpha Helix New Guinea Expedition, Program C, to study terrestrial and coastal marine bioluminescence in Madang, Papua New Guinea. Includes
correspondence with program participants and supporters, SIO administrators, and fellow Chief Scientists George Bartholomew
and Charles Sibley; logistical planning documents; and field reports.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Alpha Helix (Ship).
Alpha Helix New Guinea Expedition (1969).
Buck, John B. (John Bonner), 1912-2005 -- Archives
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Bioluminescence--Papua New Guinea
R/V
ALPHA HELIX NEW GUINEA EXPEDITION
1969
Box 1, Folder 1
Exploratory proposal and related correspondence
1967-1968
Box 1, Folder 10-12
Australian correspondence
1968-1969
Box 2, Folder 1
George Bartholomew correspondence
1968-1969
Box 2, Folder 2
Charles Sibley correspondence
1968-1969
Box 2, Folder 3
Equipment and supply inventories
1968-1969
Box 2, Folder 5
Broadcast transcript, "Science in the tropics, Part II: The
Alpha Helix Expedition"
1969 July 6
Box 2, Folder 6-8
Program C Field Reports
1969-1970
