Guide to the Ellis Royal (E.R.) Cross papers Mss 385
Finding aid prepared by Zachary Liebhaber and Julia McGowan, 2024.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
Phone Number: (805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
2024 January 10
Title: Ellis Royal (E.R.) Cross papers
Identifier/Call Number: Mss 385
Language of Material:
English.
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
5 Linear Feet
(5 cartons)
Creator:
Cross, Ellis Royal, 1913-2000
Creator:
United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Date (inclusive): 1970s-1980s
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).
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
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the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to
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and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
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Preferred Citation
[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.
Acquisition Information
Leslie Leaney (Leaney-Beaver-Brooks Collection, 2018)
Scope and Content
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).
Related Archival Material
Bonnie J. Cardone Skin Diver Magazine slides, Mss 389. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Biographical Note
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)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Scuba divers -- Training of
Deep diving -- Safety regulations
box 1
Underwater Equipment and Technology Alerting Service Abstracts
1979-1983
box 1, box 2, box 3
Underwater Physiology Abstracts
1979-1985
Mc; Outer Continental Land Act. N.A.
M; Recoverable Resources N.A.
L; OSHA Ex 24; BLM-Revised Proposed Lease
K; OSHA Ex 23; Bureau of Land Management Proposed offshore Lease
OSHA Ex 22; OSHA Requests for information
OSHA 21; Miscellaneous Regulations Submitted, Washington D.C.
OSHA 20; People/Cois planning on presenting info re OSHA
OSHA 19; English see section 0204...
OSHA Ex 16; Background safety info
Floor Covering Concrete and Wood; OSHA Ex 25; Diving and Diving Death Statistics
OSHA Ex 13; Oregon state Commercial Diving Regs...
Next Technifacts; Diving Accident N.A.
OSHA Ex 48; Diving Accident N.A.
OSHA 46; N. Sea Diving N.A.
October; Review of Diving Fatalities in North Sea
OSHA Ex 44; Review of North Sea Oil Rig Fatalities
OSHA Ex 43; Accidental Work Deaths
OSHA Ex 41; Diving Accidents Exhibit 41B
OSHA Ex 40; OSHA Endorsements
Association Rebuttal to Union claims re accidents
1974 Tax Data; First Meeting IDCA
OSHA 39; Employee Relations Practices Patterns in the Diving Industry
OSHA Ex 35; Seminar on OSH Problems of Diving Industry
U; U.S. Non-commercial Diving Fatalities
OSHA 33; Selection and Training of Commercial Divers
OSHA-32; Use of drugs in Hyperbaric treatment
OSHA 31; Compression and Decompression Protocols
Q; OSHA Ex 29; Andre Galerne IUC Comment on Commercial Diving Hazards
P; Medical and Paramedical Training
O; Medical Aspects of Commercial Diving
N; OSHA Ex 27; Decompression Sickness Treatment
OSHA 5; NAI Manual for Scientific Divers
ERC Co Feb 1973; Additional Diver user reports
OSHA Ex 53; ADC Preliminary Comment re OSHA Temporary Emergency Diving Standards
OSHA-52; Association of Diving Contractors additional formation re Carpenters Union data
Technifacts; 5th Hyperbaric Congress
box 5
Chevron Oil Spill Files
1970s-1980s
International Oil Spill Information
Waterfront Corporation Pollution Control
Chevron Shipping Service Orders
Recommendations (Contracts)
Alsthom Atlantic Incorporated Oil Skimmers
Ajit Shah Incorporated Booms
Bennex Oil Pollution Control Systems
Aqua Guard Beach Cleaners
Anti-Pollution Incorporated Equipment and Systems
Certified Labs Disp. Pumps
Centrifugal Systems Skimmer
American Marine Oil Spill Equipment
Oil Spill Clean-Up Systems
Simplex Systems Helicopter
"Oil Spill Intelligence Report"
1983-1985
"MSO Honolulu Marine Safety Newsletter"
1985-1986
