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Scripps Institution of Oceanography Photographs Collection
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Photographs Collection
Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0059
Physical Description:
14 Linear feet
(32 archives boxes, 2 flat boxes, and 1 map case folder)
Date (inclusive): ca. 1900-2006
Abstract: The Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) Photographs Collection contains photographic prints, slides, and negatives acquired
by the former SIO Archives over many years through small accessions and donations from a wide variety of sources. It also
includes reference prints of frequently requested images. Subjects document the history of SIO, including the development
of the La Jolla campus, people, research vessels, and expeditions.
Languages:
English
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Scope and Content of Collection
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) Photographs Collection contains photographic prints, slides, and negatives acquired
by the former SIO Archives over many years through small accessions and donations from a wide variety of sources. It also
includes reference prints of frequently requested images. Topics document the history of SIO, including the development of
the La Jolla campus, people, research vessels, and expeditions.
There are many notable images of the early buildings at Scripps; the surrounding beach and bluff areas, including aerial views;
researchers, faculty and administrators; and research conducted at sea. Well-represented subjects include: portraits of Walter
Munk, Roger Revelle, and William Nierenberg; the research vessels
E.W. Scripps and
Melville; and the MidPac, TransPac, and Vermilion Sea Expeditions.
Arranged in five series: 1) CAMPUS AND LA JOLLA; 2) EVENTS AND GROUPS; 3) PEOPLE; 4) SHIPS, VESSELS AND WORK AT SEA; and 5)
OTHER.
The SIO Photographs Collection was created and maintained by SIO Archives staff from the 1970s until 2013, and was managed
during that time as several separate, artificial, generically named image collections. Photographs from early collections
of records or personal papers were often duplicated (by creating copy negatives and prints) and removed to the SIO Photograph
Collections; or, if a copy of an image was requested by a researcher, multiple duplicates would be made at the time of the
request and extras filed in the SIO Photographs Collections. Small accessions and donations of photographs, such as donor's
slides, single images, or prints from an expedition, were also added to these generic "Photograph" collections. When the SIO
Archives were transferred to stewardship of the UC San Diego Library's Special Collections & Archives Program, a full survey
of all image-based accessions was completed and the SIO Photograph Collections were consolidated and reorganized into one
cohesive body of images organized by category and chronology. The collection today includes description for nearly 100 unique
accessions, in addition to images with unknown provenance, that document the history of SIO, and its people and environs.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Photographs Collection. SMC 59. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
Publication rights are held by the creator(s) of the image.
Approximately 500 images from the SIO Photographs Collection have been digitized and are available to view on the UC San Diego
Library's Digital Collections website. A small number of these images are also linked directly within the finding aid.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.) -- Photographs
Scripps Pier (San Diego, Calif. : 1916-1988)
Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier (San Diego, Calif.)
Photographic prints
Revelle, Roger, 1909-1991 -- Photographs
Nierenberg, William A. (William Aaron), 1919-2000 -- Photographs
Munk, Walter H. (Walter Heinrich), 1917-2019 -- Photographs
Scripps Institution of Oceanography -- Archives
Scripps Institution of Oceanography -- Photographs
Scripps Institution of Oceanography -- Buildings -- Photographs
Marine Biological Association of San Diego (Calif.) -- Photographs
Scripps Institution for Biological Research -- Photographs
E.W. Scripps (Ship) -- Photographs
Melville (Ship) -- Photographs
MidPac Expedition (1950) -- Photographs
Transpac Expedition (1953) -- Photographs
Vermilion Sea Expedition (1959) -- Photographs
University of California (1868-1952). Division of War Research -- Photographs