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Marine Biological Association of San Diego Records and Photographs
SAC 0037
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Marine Biological Association of San Diego Records and Photographs
Identifier/Call Number: SAC 0037
Physical Description:
3 Linear feet
(4 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 1 map case folder)
Date (inclusive): 1901-1923
Abstract: The collection consists of early records, meeting minutes, and photographs documenting the formative years of the Marine Biological
Association of San Diego and its transition into the Scripps Institution of Biological Research, predecessor of the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography.
Languages:
English
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Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of early records, meeting minutes, and photographs documenting the formative years of the Marine Biological
Association of San Diego and its transition into the Scripps Institution of Biological Research, predecessor of the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography.
Arranged in two series: 1) RECORDS, and 2) PHOTOGRAPHS.
Selected materials from this collection have been digitized and can be viewed through links in the container list.
Publication rights are held by the Regents of the University of California.
In 1903, UC Berkeley biologist William E. Ritter and San Diego physician Fred Baker, with the financial support of philanthropists
E. W. Scripps and Ellen Browning Scripps, founded the Marine Biological Association of San Diego. The purpose of the Association
was to advance the study of marine sciences. Ritter was appointed as its first director and supervised the activities of temporary
research stations in San Diego Bay. In 1905, the Association leased property above La Jolla Cove and established a marine
laboratory. Ms. Scripps added a codicil to her will in 1909 bequeathing a gift to the Regents of the University of California
for a permanent marine biological station, and construction of the first building on the current campus, the George H. Scripps
Memorial Marine Biological Laboratory, was completed in 1910. In July of 1912, the Association deeded its property to the
Regents and became the Scripps Institution for Biological Research, formally becoming part of the UC System. In 1925, it was
renamed the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
Marine Biological Association of San Diego Records and Photographs, SAC 37. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Glass plate negatives are restricted; however, most have been digitized and are available for viewing through links in the
container list.
William E. Ritter Papers. SMC 4. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Winfred E. Allen Papers. SMC 23. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.) -- Photographs
Fitch, Herbert R. (Herbert Richardson), 1868-1958 -- Photographs
Marine Biological Association of San Diego (Calif.) -- Archives
Marine Biological Association of San Diego (Calif.) -- Photographs
Ritter, William Emerson, 1856-1944 -- Photographs
Scripps Institution for Biological Research