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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Naga Expedition Records
Identifier/Call Number: SAC 0053
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear feet
(1 archive box and 2 map case folders)
Date (inclusive): 1949-1963
Abstract: The Naga Expedition records consist of one box and two folders of expedition documentation, including correspondence, reports
and data, ship guestbook, ocean depth and bottom profiles, and annotated maps.
Languages:
English
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Scope and Content of Collection
The Naga Expedition records consist of one box and two folders of expedition documentation, including correspondence, reports
and data, a talk by James L. Faughn on the status of research, ship guestbook, ocean depth and bottom profiles, and annotated
maps. The majority of these records were collected by James L. Faughn, who served as project officer and master of the R/V
Stranger. The leather-bound guestbook was kept by Faughn during the expedition; and includes signatures of participants and illustrations
by Supee Rasutanavin and Sheila Clampitt. Many of the ocean depth and bottom profiles were hand drawn by Faughn. Some of the
correspondence and reports were collected by Francis Theodore Haxo, who participated in the expedition.
The Naga Expedition (1959-1961) was conducted as part of a series of efforts to survey and develop marine resources in the
Gulf of Thailand and portions of the South China Sea, near South Vietnam. These efforts were initiated through an agreement
between the governments of the United States, South Vietnam, and Thailand; signed in June, 1958. Scripps Institution of Oceanography
was invited to submit a proposal to conduct the investigation and a contract was signed on August 26, 1960. The Naga Expedition
began on June 15, 1959 and concluded on June 24, 1961. The R/V
Stranger was the primary vessel used. The expedition was led by Anton Bruun, until his death in 1961. James L. Faughn took over as
project officer after Bruun.
For more information, please see:
Faughn, J. L. Naga Expedition: station index and data.
Naga Expedition Records, SAC 53. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Acquired 1982-2001
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
SIO Photographic Laboratory Collection, SAC 44. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
SIO Photographs Collection, SMC 59. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Scientific expeditions -- Thailand, Gulf of
Scientific expeditions -- South China Sea
Naga Expedition (1959-1961) -- Archives
Faughn, James L., James L., 1910-1985
Stranger (Ship : 1955-1965)