Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Staff Council records
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2019
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
spcoll@ucsd.edu
Descriptive Summary
Languages:
English
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Staff Council records
Identifier/Call Number: SAC 0022
Physical Description:
3.6 Linear feet
(8 archives boxes and 1 card file box)
Date (inclusive): 1907-2002, bulk 1957-2002
Abstract: The records of the SIO Staff Council document the Council's organization, membership, and the areas of oversight.
Scope and Contents
The records of the SIO Staff Council document the organization, membership, and areas of oversight of the Council. The records
include bylaws, meeting materials, and the files of two of the Council's administrative committees, the Library Committee
and the Marine Operations Committee.
In 1959 and 1960, the SIO Staff Council and the Academic Senate met jointly. Therefore, the meeting minutes for those years
document the actions of both the SIO Staff Council and the Academic Senate. This practice ended on May 19, 1961 when both
groups acknowledged that the faculty of the campus reported to the Chancellor, while the SIO Staff Council reported to the
Director of SIO.
In November 1995, SIO Staff Council began making its minutes, committee records, and other documents available to the SIO
community by posting them to the organization's website.
Arranged in two series: 1) MEETINGS, and 2) ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES.
Administrative History
Since the founding of Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1903, staff meetings have been held regularly in one format or
another. Founding Director William E. Ritter preferred formal, weekly meetings that included faculty, staff, and visitors.
During the 1920s, several administrative committees were formed by the Director, and representatives of these committees participated
in the formal weekly meetings. In 1936, Director Harald Sverdrup began organizing informal, weekly staff luncheons, and this
practice continued until 1960. By 1957, however, Director Roger Revelle felt the need for a more formal organization.
Revelle suggested that an Administrative Council be established that would advise the Director and would perform duties delegated
to it by the Director. Professors Carl H. Eckart, Walter M. Elsasser, and Claude E. ZoBell were appointed to a committee charged
with outlining the responsibilities and procedures of the Staff Council. Their draft bylaws of February 26, 1958 were adopted
by the SIO Staff Council January 12, 1960. The bylaws state that the SIO Staff Council is an organization of certain SIO faculty
and staff, that it functions as a forum for its members, and that it advises and aids the SIO administration.
On May 11, 1960, a joint meeting of the Faculty and Staff Council of the University of California, La Jolla (as it was then
known) convened. The Committee on Committees proposed a roster of committees for the campus. Some of these committees were
concerned with campus-wide issues such as budget and educational policy, and these eventually became committees of the Academic
Senate. Others, referred to as Administrative Committees, were concerned with SIO business and became committees of the SIO
Staff Council. Some of these committees, such as the Library Committee, were longstanding SIO committees that were subsumed
under the SIO Staff Council.
Preferred Citation
UC San Diego. Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Staff Council records. SAC 22. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Library.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1981-1991
OFF-SITE STORAGE
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
Publication Rights
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Related Materials
SIO Subject Files, SAC 6. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
MEETINGS
Scope and Contents
Series 1) MEETINGS: The meeting materials include agendas and minutes, bylaws, and reports from the many administrative committees.
Traditionally, the Director of SIO gives a speech after the adjournment of SIO Staff Council meetings. This speech includes
announcements of deaths, honors, and the state of the Institution. Several of these speeches, and occasionally entire meetings,
from 1986-2011 were recorded on audiocassette. Additionally, the transcript of these speeches are often included in the meeting
materials.
Arranged chronologically.
Box 1, Folder 1
Meetings
1958-1964
General note
Bound volume.
Box 9, Folder 1-14
Recordings of meetings - Audiocassettes
1986-2001
ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES
Scope and Contents
Series 2) ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES: The Administrative Committees files document the work of three SIO Staff Council administrative
committees. The Library Committee files include correspondence, meeting minutes, and budgets, including SIO Library budgetary
material dating back to 1907. The Marine Operations Committee files include information on ship safety, maintenance, and use,
as well as correspondence and meeting minutes. The Committee on the Long Range Development Plan for the Lower Campus files
include correspondence, meeting minutes, and information on SIO capital improvement projects.
Box 5, Folder 4
Correspondence
1907, 1936-1970
Box 5, Folder 5
Collecting and use policies
circa 1907
Box 5, Folder 11
Organization and functions handbook
1958
Box 5, Folder 12
Reports
1936-1952, 1970-1977
Marine Operations Committee
Box 6, Folder 1
Chief Scientist's Manual
1977 August 1
Box 7, Folder 3
Policy for chartering non-SIO vessels
1979
Box 7, Folder 4
Proposal for an intermediate size research vessel
1970-1973
General note
Includes specifications and proposal to the National Science Foundation.
Box 7, Folder 5
Proposal for ship operations support
1976 June 29
General
Proposal to the National Science Foundation.
Box 7, Folder 6
Report on the future operations of SIO's oceanographic research vessels
1961 February 14
Box 7, Folder 7
Report of the Chairman to SIO Staff Council
1976 May 1
Box 7, Folder 8
Knox, Robert A. et al. A modest proposal: Charging formulae for SIO vessels
1976 June 25
Box 7, Folder 9
Report of the Ad Hoc Committee to review the Marine Facilities Shop
1977 January 4
Box 7, Folder 10
Status report on upgrading of echosounding systems on SIO vessels
1977 June 27
Box 7, Folder 11
Recommendations and findings of the Subcommittee on Snake Canyon / Marine Facility staging area - Preliminary report
1978 February 28
Box 7, Folder 12
Recommendations to utilize more effectively and to preserve the national resource that is the UNOLS academic fleet
1979 February 13
Box 7, Folder 13
Report on satellite communications
1979 March 27
Box 7, Folder 14
Brown, Daniel M. Report on scientific winches, wires, and sheaves
1980 August 12
Box 7, Folder 16-17
Ship Improvements Subcommittee
1971-1972
Box 8, Folder 1-2
Ship Improvements Subcommittee
1973-1979
Box 8, Folder 3
Ship Maintenance Subcommittee
1978-1980
Committee on the Long Range Development Plan for the Lower Campus
Box 8, Folder 5
SIO Site Development Plan
1962
Box 8, Folder 6
Committee formation
1965 November-December
Box 8, Folder 9
Capital Improvement Program - SIO projects
1965-1966