Seale (Alvin) diaries

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box 1, folder 1

Diary of Alvin Seale in South Seas 1901-1903 288339

Scope and Contents

Created later. Contains sketches and 11 photographs.

box 1, folder 2

Diary of Alvin Seale: The Philippine Years, 1905-1915 288337

Scope and Contents

Stanford University; Pickwick Club; Death of Mrs. Stanford; David Starr Jordan; Hawaii; Canada; New York and east coast; appointment to post in Philippines concerning fisheries; Anna Alexander's Expedition to Alaska for Berkeley Museum; Big Game; Earthquake in San Francisco Stanford University; photographs and postcards of Philippine Islands, Hawaii.

box 1, volume 3

In Distant Lands, by Alvin and Ethel Seale 288335 1911

Scope and Contents

Photo album including pictures taken shortly after wedding; Pacific Grove, California; Fairmount, Indiana; Colorado; Stanford; Wyoming; Utah; photos & postcards of Hong Kong and Philippines; Hawaii (one photo of David Starr Jordan).

box 2, volume 1

Under Pine and Palm, by Alvin Seale 288333 1911

Scope and Contents

Photo album including pictures of Alvin and Ethel Seale; the Anna Alexander expedition to Alaska for big game 1906; Scenes from the Arctic 1896; Indiana; Stanford University; Santa Cruz Mountains; Hawaiian Islands; Guam, Marquesas, Solomons, Tahiti and other South Sea Islands; Australia

box 2, folder 2

Diary of Alvin Seale in Samoa, 1929 288329

Scope and Contents

"This book is devoted entirely to the Samoan Islands and includes our diary and pictures taken during our expedition to Tutuila and the Manua Group after live fishes for the Steinhart Aquarium in 1929. - Alvin Seale, Superintendent of Aquarium."

Includes maps; photos; S.S.Ventura April 25, 1929 passenger list; Hawaii, New Royal Hawaiian Hotel; crossing the equator; Pago Pago; summaries; bibliography.

Also includes photos of Hawaii and California 1928-1929; envelope in back containing newspaper clippings on South Sea Islands, Philippines travel visa, letter from student at Poeyer School June 21, 1929.

box 3, folder 1

Diary of Alvin Seale in California, 1930 288327

Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary (probably rewritten later). Aquarium routing; cataloging library; I expect to leave these all to my alma mater Stanford University; Bob Prouty; Mariposa County; Dr. Herre; Crane Expedition; Swain Wilbur; Hoover; references to Stanford University and its people; Prohibition; recovery of Stanford Axe; New Zoo; David Starr Jordan; clipping from Ripley's Believe It or Not" "A Seale is superintendent of the S.F. Aquarium"; W. Cameron Forbes telegram. Also includes postcards and photos of Oregon trip.

box 3, folder 2

Diary of Alvin Seale in California 288325 1931

Container Summary: "Notes along the way" Handwritten diary of West Coast travel and events with some photos; postcards; programs; postcards; clippings in envelope.

box 3, folder 3

Diary of Alvin Seale, G. Allen Hancock Expedition to Galapagos Islands, Cocos Island, Mexico 288323 1931-1932

Scope and Contents

"The Captain G. Allan Hancock Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Coast of Mexico, Central America, and the Galapagos Islands, From December 1, 1931 to March 1, 1932."

Topics include collecting species; Mexico; Panama; Canal Zone; Dr. Friedrich Ritter and Dore Strauch; Cocos Island; and Nicaragua. Includes map; diary; typed list of members; photographs; postcards; lecture outline. Accompanying packet contained 5/17/32 ALS W.C. Forbes from Barrel P.O. Bay Galapagos and 2/25/1932 letter from Seale sent to his wife c/o California Acadamy of Sciences with Tahiti postmark; photographs; news clippings of voyages and the Galapagos affair, radiogram news, programs for musical performances by Velero Ensemble.

box 3, folder 4

Diary of Alvin Seale, Trip to Salt Lake 288321 1933

Scope and Contents

Rough Log; Bum Town Sacramento; photos; William Beele; research on brine shrimp; national affairs; wild flowers; Salt Lake; AAAS convention; Nevada; beginning of Bay Bridge.

box 4, folder 1

Diary [world tour] 288319 1938

Scope and Contents

Trans-global voyage diary on Dollar steamship President. Japan, Hong Kong; signs of war; Philippines; Manila; visiting several aquariums; Singapore; Penang; Ceylon; Bombay; Suez; Cairo; Naples; Rome, Interlaken; Frankfort; Berlin; Amsterdam; Brussels; Paris; London; Brighton; New York; Indiana; Chicago passport signed H.L. Hershey; map of cruise.

box 4, folder 2

Diary of Alvin Seale, Aquarium 288317 1934-1937

Scope and Contents

"Ethel's death November 13, 1936." Postcards; S.F. general strike; Reds; notes signed from J. Diviny, V.P. of Teamsters local 85; Crocker collection (fish); China Clipper, first airmail flight to Manila; motion picture of fish in color gift of and dedication Seale; South Sea library to Pacific Grove; clipping of Mr. Belloli.

box 4, folder 3

Diary for 1940 Air Trip U.S.- Mexico [etc.] 288315

Scope and Contents

Itinerary for air trip engagements; costs; New York Aquarium; St. Augustine Marineland, Mexico; approaching retirement, postcards and photos,some from earlier dates including Stanford prior to construction of chapel; professors; Julius Seminole; Stanford and Palo Alto etc.; construction of Steinhart Aquarium; South Seas and Hawaii; Eclipse Expedition Aquarium Society outings; Stanford portrait of Seale.

box 4, folder 4

Pacific Exploration and Voyages 288313

Scope and Contents

Hand copied maps; typed notes with ms corrections and additions re. historic voyages.

box 4, folder 5

The Seale South Sea Library 288311 circa 1934

Scope and Contents

lists 1292 volumes by author, publisher, date, and price.

box 3, folder 5

Miscellaneous correspondence, ephemera & photographs 288283

a. commencement program of Fairmont Academy 288309 24 June 1892

b. photos of Patterson Family 288307 1930

c. photo of Joseph Mailliard, Naturalist 288305 1931

d. photo of Alvin Seale (Miles, Fairmount Indiana cabinet card) 288303 1882

e. Jacqueline Perry to A. Seale 288301 1942, 25 Nov

f. W.C. Forbes to A. Seale 288299 1942, 30 Dec

g. Alice Eastwood to A. Seale 288297 1943, 3 Jan

h. Annie M. Alexander to A. Seale 288295 1943, 6 Jan

i. Edwin H. Bryan, Jr. to A. Seale 288293 1944, 4 Apr

j. Page of Diary, Philippines 288291 1947-1948

k. 3 Pages of Diary 288289 1948-1949

l. Lady-in-waiting of Queen Elizabeth II to A. Seale with diary entry on reverse 288285 1952

box 3, folder 6

Miscellaneous correspondence, ephemera & photographs 288257

a. Alice Eastwood to A. Seale 288281 4-Feb-50

b. Jose Montilla to Seale 288279 19 July 1952

c. Allan Hancock to Seale 288277 20-Nov-52

d. Page from Diary 288275 1952

e. Page from Diary and Photo of Bathysphere 288273 1953

f. Pages from Diary and Photos of Deep Sea Bottom 288271 1953

g. Allan Hancock to Seale 288269 29-Jun-54

h. Bettencourts to Seales 288267 21 July 1954

i. Notice from Calif. Acad. of Sci. informing Seale of his election as Fellow 5, 288265 Oct. 1955

j. William Dennis to Seale 288263 28-Nov. 1955

k. Robert R. Harry to Seale 288261 29-Dec. 1955

l. W. Cameron Forbes to Seale 288259 23-Jan. 1956

m. Page of Diary re: Teddy Roosevelt, Philippines 288287 1955

box 3, folder 7

Miscellaneous correspondence, ephemera & photographs 288255

Scope and Contents

Photos, letters, clippings, photo of David S. Jordan with his dog Jock, poem "Galapagos" by Edwin O. Palmer.

Box 5, Folder 1-2

Film book: The Moro Country 1914

Scope and Contents

Notebook with captions for negatives originally present here but transferred for a preservation project currently filed under MSS PHOTO 0100 General Photograph Collection (https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4083653). Three portraits of women were also in the notebook, although they appear unrelated to it.

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