Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Ellis Royal (E.R.) Cross papers
- Dates:
- 1970s-1980s
- Creators:
- Cross, Ellis Royal, 1913-2000 and United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Abstract:
- This collection consists of abstracts and research files, dating from the 1970s through the 1980s, related to commercial and scientific underwater diving training and safety, collected by deep sea diver, trainer, and writer Ellis Royal (E.R.) Cross (1913-2000).
- Extent:
- 5 Linear Feet (5 cartons)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Ellis Royal (E.R.) Cross papers, Mss 385. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection consists of abstracts and research files collected by Ellis Royal (E.R.) Cross (1913-2000) in the course of his work in the field of underwater commercial and scientific diving safety and standards. The materials date from the 1970s through the 1980s.
Abstracts include Underwater Equipment and Technology Alerting Service Abstracts (1979 to 1983), and Underwater Physiology Abstracts (1979 to 1985).
Research files to oil spill cleanup technologies (1970s-1980s) as well as OSHA underwater diving safety and industry standards (1970s-1980s).
- Biographical / historical:
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Starting his career in the United States Navy in 1947, Ellis Royal (E.R.) Cross (1913-2000) became owner and operator of the Sparling School of Deep Sea Diving in California, where he trained many commercial, open sea, research and other specialty divers. He also instructed many diving clubs and groups in safe diving procedures.
In 1956, he sold the shop and bought a 60-foot schooner, outfitted it with the most sophisticated diving equipment and tools, and embarked on an educational-exchange cruise to areas where there was a high rate of diving accidents. Cross worked with the Mexican government in writing several diver training manuals, taught medical personnel in the use of the hyperbaric chamber for treating bends and assisted in the planning of the Navy diving school in Acapulco.
Cross wrote various books and numerous articles related to diving and underwater photography and filming. He served as Technical Editor of Water World Magazine, editor of Hawaiian Shell News, and was a columnist for Scuba Diving and Snorkelling and Skin Diver Magazine. Cross also received the Underwater Society of America's NOGI Award, the TRITON Award from the Hawaii Council of Diving Clubs and a Smithsonian Institution Award.
International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame. (https://www.visitcaymanislands.com/en-us/isdhf/isdhf-bios/ellis-royal-e-r-cross)
- Acquisition information:
- Leslie Leaney (Leaney-Beaver-Brooks Collection, 2018)
- Physical location:
- Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-03-18 14:18:31 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Ellis Royal (E.R.) Cross papers, Mss 385. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062