Marine Biological Association of San Diego Records and Photographs
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 1914
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: 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
.
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.
Digital Content
Selected materials from this collection have been digitized and can be viewed through links in the container list.
Publication Rights
Publication rights are held by the Regents of the University of California.
Administrative History
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.
OFF-SITE STORAGE
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
Preferred Citation
Marine Biological Association of San Diego Records and Photographs, SAC 37. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Restrictions
Glass plate negatives are restricted; however, most have been digitized and are available for viewing through links in the
container list.
Related Materials
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
Box 1, Folder 1
Record of meeting minutes
1903-1911
Bylaws, page 1
1904
Bylaws, page 1: 1904
General
Includes a manuscript draft of the original bylaws for the Association (page 1 has been digitized and can be viewed by clicking
on the link below). Minutes document informal and regular meetings, including the first meeting of the Board of Trustees;
drafts of correspondence to Ellen B. Scripps and the Regents; and a 1910-11 financial report.
Box 1, Folder 2
Scrapbook of documents and meeting minutes
ca. 1901-1923
General
Includes account ledgers and financial reports, constitution and bylaws documents for the Scripps Institution for Biological
Research, correspondence, Board of Directors meeting minutes, and notes on policies and development of the campus. Includes
a typewritten speech by Francis Sumner entitled "The Scripps Institution," ca. 1923.
Box 1, Folder 3
Association checkbook
undated
Oversize Annex MC-006, Folder 07
Articles of Incorporation certificate
1904 May 13
Box 1, Folder 18
Marine Biological Association - Property transfer
1907-1912
General
The Association's property was officially transferred to the University of California on July 1, 1912. At this time, the official
name because the Scripps Institution of Biological Research.
Box 1, Folder 19
Scripps Institution of Biological Research - Property transfer
1912-1920
Box 1, Folder 20
Scripps Institution of Biological Research - Constitution and by-laws
1912
Oversize Annex MC-006, Folder 07
Newspaper clippings about the Association
1903-1904
PHOTOGRAPHS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 2) PHOTOGRAPHS. Includes glass plate negatives and original and copy prints, arranged in two subseries: A) Prints and
Glass Negatives, and B) Mounted Exhibition Prints. Subseries B contains images by photographer Herbert Fitch of the Association's
La Jolla locale, facilities, and collecting grounds on beaches in San Diego. The Fitch prints were mounted on boards and displayed
for an exhibition on the Association's activities circa 1906.
Selected photographs and negatives from this series have been digitized and can be viewed by clicking on the links in the
container list.
Prints and Glass Negatives
Box 1, Folder 4
Wooden laboratory sheds, Point Loma
1903
Wooden laboratory sheds, Point Loma: 1903
Staff of the Marine Biological Association of San Diego, Hotel del Coronado boathouse summer laboratory
1904 June
Box 1, Folder 5
B&w prints
General
A duplicate of this image from the Tillie Genter Papers has been scanned and is available through the UC San Diego Library
Digital Collections website.
Subjects identified as: Front row, l-r: J. F. Bovard, Effie Rigden Michener, Alice Robertson, Calvin O. Esterly. Back row,
l-r: Robert D. Williams, B. D. Billinghurst, William E. Ritter, Loye H. Miller, Charles Kofoid, Harry B. Torrey.
Box 2, Folder 1
Glass plate negatives
Restrictions
Restrictions Apply
Interior, laboratory above La Jolla Cove
ca. 1905
Box 1, Folder 6
B&w prints
General
A duplicate of one of these images from the Tillie Genter Papers has been scanned and is available through the digital library.
Box 2, Folder 2
Glass plate negatives
Restrictions
Restrictions Apply
Box 1, Folder 7
Schooner
Loma
1906
General
Label on verso: "...Large residence on Point Loma in the background was that of Dr. Fred Baker."
A duplicate of this image in subseries A) Mounted Exhibition Prints has been scanned and may be viewed by clicking on the
link in the container list.
Box 1, Folder 8
Building site of the Marine Biological Association of San Diego, La Jolla
1908 July
General
Four original black and white prints. Subjects include station grounds, distribution of vegetation, the undeveloped building
site (looking north). Verso signed "Kelsey, Photo."
Land and cliffs of La Jolla at the future site of the Marine Biological Association of San Diego
ca. 1908
Land and cliffs of La Jolla at the future site of the Marine Biological Association of San Diego: ca. 1908
Box 2, Folder 3
Glass plate negative
Restrictions
Restrictions Apply
William E. Ritter reading in his apartment on the second floor of the George H. Scripps Memorial Biological Laboratory
1909 November 7
William E. Ritter reading in his apartment on the second floor of the George H. Scripps Memorial Biological Laboratory: 1909
November 7
Box 2, Folder 4
Glass plate negative
Restrictions
Restrictions Apply
William and Mary Ritter in their apartment on the second floor of the George H. Scripps Memorial Biological Laboratory
1909 November 7
William and Mary Ritter in their apartment on the second floor of the George H. Scripps Memorial Biological Laboratory: 1909
November 7
Box 2, Folder 5
Glass plate negative
Restrictions
Restrictions Apply
William E. Ritter reading in his apartment on the second floor of the George H. Scripps Memorial Biological Laboratory Building
ca. 1910
William E. Ritter reading in his apartment on the second floor of the George H. Scripps Memorial Biological Laboratory Building:
ca. 1910
Box 2, Folder 6
Glass plate negative
Restrictions
Restrictions Apply
Director's study, George H. Scripps Memorial Biological Laboratory
ca. 1910
Director's study, George H. Scripps Memorial Biological Laboratory: ca. 1910
Box 2, Folder 7
Glass plate negative
Restrictions
Restrictions Apply
William E. Ritter on the steps of the George H. Scripps Memorial Marine Laboratory, with Mary Ritter in automobile
ca. 1910
William E. Ritter on the steps of the George H. Scripps Memorial Marine Laboratory, with Mary Ritter in automobile: 1910
Box 3, Folder 1
Glass plate negative
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
George H. Scripps Memorial Marine Biological Laboratory and seawater tower
1910
George H. Scripps Memorial Marine Biological Laboratory and seawater tower: 1910
Box 1, Folder 14
B&w and tinted color prints
Box 3, Folder 2
Glass plate negative
Restrictions
Restrictions Apply
George H. Scripps Memorial Marine Biological Laboratory and seawater tower
1910
George H. Scripps Memorial Marine Biological Laboratory and seawater tower: 1910
Box 3, Folder 3
Glass plate negative
Restrictions
Restrictions Apply
View of the Marine Biological Association of San Diego from top of hill, La Jolla
ca. 1910
View of the Marine Biological Association of San Diego from top of hill, La Jolla: ca. 1910
Box 3, Folder 4
Glass plate negative
Restrictions
Restrictions Apply
Box 3, Folder 5
Clay model of San Pedro Channel and Santa Barbara Channel
ca. 1910
Clay model of San Pedro Channel and Santa Barbara Channel: ca. 1910
General
Glass plate negative.
Restrictions
Restrictions Apply
Box 3, Folder 6
Upstairs laboratory, George H. Scripps Memorial Biological Laboratory
1911 December 30
Upstairs laboratory, George H. Scripps Memorial Biological Laboratory: 1911 December 30
General
Glass plate negative.
Restrictions
Restrictions Apply
Box 3, Folder 7
George H. Scripps Memorial Biological Laboratory and Scripps Library
1925
George H. Scripps Memorial Biological Laboratory and Scripps Library: 1925
General
Glass plate negative.
Restrictions
Restrictions Apply
Box 3, Folder 8
Scripps Library
1925
General
Glass plate negative.
Restrictions
Restrictions Apply
Mounted Exhibition Prints
Box 4, Folder 1
Devil's Slide, La Jolla showing close proximity of two formations
ca. 1906
Devil's Slide, La Jolla showing close proximity of two formations: ca. 1906
Box 4, Folder 2
Cathedral Rock, La Jolla, now destroyed
ca. 1906
Cathedral Rock, La Jolla, now destroyed: ca. 1906
Box 4, Folder 3
Shore, consisting of sandstone and accompanying concretions at La Jolla. Residence of Miss Scripps
ca. 1906
Shore, consisting of sandstone and accompanying concretions at La Jolla. Residence of Miss Scripps: ca. 1906
Box 4, Folder 4
Sandstone cliffs showing erosion of upper stratum
ca. 1906
Sandstone cliffs showing erosion of upper stratum: ca. 1906
Box 4, Folder 5
Beach and cliffs north of caves
ca. 1906
Beach and cliffs north of caves: ca. 1906
Box 4, Folder 6
Bird Rock looking west at low tide. A favorite collecting ground for marine biological collectors
ca. 1906
Bird Rock looking west at low tide. A favorite collecting ground for marine biological collectors: ca. 1906
Box 4, Folder 7
Bird Rock collecting ground at high tide
ca. 1906
Bird Rock collecting ground at high tide: ca. 1906
Box 4, Folder 8
False Bay collecting ground at low tide
ca. 1906
False Bay collecting ground at low tide: ca. 1906
Box 4, Folder 9
False Bay collecting ground at high tide, showing island sandspit
ca. 1906
False Bay collecting ground at high tide, showing island sandspit: ca. 1906
Box 4, Folder 10
Bird Rock collecting ground at low tide
ca. 1906
Bird Rock collecting ground at low tide: ca. 1906
Box 5, Folder 1
Schooner
Loma donated by E.W. Scripps, fitted with working boom and dredge, run by gasoline engine and fitted with hoisting apparatus
ca. 1906
Schooner Loma donated by E.W. Scripps, fitted with working boom and dredge, run by gasoline engine and fitted with hoisting
apparatus: ca. 1906
Box 5, Folder 2
Laboratory in foreground looking east, with residences in the background
ca. 1906
Laboratory in foreground looking east, with residences in the background: ca. 1906
Box 5, Folder 3
Rocks at south La Jolla, covered with sea-weed
ca. 1906
Rocks at south La Jolla, covered with sea-weed: ca. 1906
Box 5, Folder 4
Alligator Head looking south
ca. 1906
Alligator Head looking south: ca. 1906
Box 5, Folder 5
Interior of one of the caves, La Jolla
ca. 1906
Interior of one of the caves, La Jolla: ca. 1906
Box 5, Folder 6
Gold Fish Point, La Jolla, concretions
ca. 1906
Gold Fish Point, La Jolla, concretions: ca. 1906
Box 5, Folder 7
The caves, La Jolla, looking north
ca. 1906
The caves, La Jolla, looking north: ca. 1906
Box 5, Folder 8
Sandstone rocks forming coast of north La Jolla
ca. 1906
Sandstone rocks forming coast of north La Jolla: ca. 1906
Box 5, Folder 9
Cliffs, Pacific Beach, looking north. Pliocene strata fossil shells
ca. 1906
Cliffs, Pacific Beach, looking north. Pliocene strata fossil shells: ca. 1906