Scripps Institution of Oceanography Histories

Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Scripps History website:

• Comprehensive historical coverage with photographs and important events highlighted.

Starting Points On Scripps History

• Scripps Institution of Oceanography; first fifty years . Helen Raitt and Beatrice Moulton. Ward Ritchie Press, 1966
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography : probing the oceans, 1936 to 1976 . Elizabeth Noble Shor. San Diego, CA: Tofua Press, 1978

Centennial Series On Scripps History

• William E. Ritter, Scripps Visionary Builds Foundation for Century of Oceanography . Joe Hlebica. Explorations 10(1):4-11, 2003
• Scripps Family, First Generation of Commitment . Joe Hlebica. Explorations 10(1):12-19, 2003
• The Biological Colony, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1916 to 1924 . Joe Hlebica. Explorations 10(1):20-27, 2003
• The Call to War, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1936 to 1948 . Joe Hlebica. Explorations 10(1):28-37, 2003
• Roger Revelle and the Great Age of Exploration, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1948 to 1958 . Joe Hlebica. Explorations 10(1):38-47, 2003
• The New Oceanographers, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1960 to 1970 . Joe Hlebica. Explorations 10(1):48-57, 2003
• From the Ocean Floor to the Edge of Space, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1970 to 1985 . Joe Hlebica. Explorations 10(1):58-65, 2003
• Oceanography in a Changing World, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1986 to 1996 . Joe Hlebica. Explorations 10(1):66-73, 2003
• A Century of Students, Scripps Institution of Oceanography . Joe Hlebica. Explorations 10(1):74-83, 2003
• Scripps Explorations 2003: 100 Years of Exploration . Video. SIO. UCTV, 2003.
• Scripps Centennial historical exhibit [SIO]

Anniversary Histories

• Legacy of Exploration, Scripps Institution of Oceanography since 1903 . La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1993
• 80 Years Scripps Institution of Oceanography, a Historical Overview 1903-1983 . Chuck Colgan, ed. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1983
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1903 - 1978 . Elizabeth Noble Shor. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1978

Scripps Historical Materials

• 100 Years of Exploration, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1903-2003 . Film on the history of Scripps. Scripps Institution of Oceanography Explorations: Volume 11, Number 3, Winter 2005
• Where the Swell Begins . Video. Walter Munk. UCTV, 2012. Walter Munk speaking about his research history on ocean swells, WW2 swell prediction on D-Day, the Waves Across the Pacific experiment, Heard Island test, etc.
• Mare Incognitum: How Scripps Institution of Oceanography took root on the Pacific Shore and some of the maritime technological efforts that resulted . Robert A. Knox. Mains'l Haul 48(3&4):6-17, 2012
• It takes a network to build an ocean observing system . Russ E. Davis. Mains'l Haul 48(3&4):18-31, 2012
• Sea, Swell and Surf Forecasting for D-Day and Beyond. The Anglo-American Effort, 1943-1945 . Charles C. Bates. 2010
• Glimpses of Oceanography in the Postwar Period . Walter Munk, Deborah Day. Oceanography 21(3):14-21, 2008
• An Historical Essay on Community at Scripps . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2008
• Sources for the study of the relationship of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the University of California . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2008
• The Birth And Early Adolescent Scientific Collaboration Between Mexico And The United States In Ensenada, Baja California, Since 1970 . M. Carmen Chavez, 2006.
• The Evolution of Geosciences at Scripps . E. L. Winterer. Oceanography 16(3):55-59, 2003
• Where We Are Now, Where We Are Going: Scripps Science in Two Centuries . Charles F. Kennel. Oceanography 16(3):8-10, 2003
• Scripps in the 1940s: The Sverdrup Era . Douglas L. Inman. Oceanography 16(3):20-28, 2003
• Climate and Atmospheric Science at Scripps: The Legacy of Jerome Namias . Richard C. J. Somerville. Oceanography 16(3):93-97, 2003
• Marine Microbiology at Scripps . A. Aristides Yayanos. Oceanography 16(3):67-75, 2003
• A Century of Phytoplankton Research at Scripps . Peter Franks. Oceanography 16(3):60-66, 2003
• Echoes of Scripps Institution of Oceanography in Texas . Robert Stewart. Oceanography 16(3):32-33, 2003
• Scripps Before the War: The Men, the Science and the Instruments that Went to Sea before 1940 . Video. Deborah Day. UCTV, 2002
• Women at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1940-1965 . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2002
• Aspects of the Relationship of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the State of California . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2001
• Science at the Crossroads: The Navy, Bikini Atoll, and American Oceanography in the 1940's . Ronald Rainger. Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences 30(2):349-371, 2000
• Sources on the History of California Fisheries at Archives of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2000
• Lend-lease from Norway . Sheldon Levin. undated.
• Overview of the History of Women at Scripps Institution of Oceanography . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 1999
• A Short History of SIO . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 1999
• Sources for the Study of [History of] Biology at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 1997
• The Scripps Institution : origin of a habitat for ocean science . Eric L. Mills. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1993
• The Influence of Mauna Loa Observatory on the Development of Atmospheric CO2 Research . Charles D. Keeling. IN: Mauna Loa Observatory: a 20th anniversary report. John Miller, editor. Silver Spring, MD.: US Dept of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Research Laboratories, 1978. pp. 36-54
• San Diego. IN: The Centennial Record of the University of California . Verne A. Stadtman. Berkeley, CA: University of California Print Dept, 1967. Includes information on Scripps
• Give Us Room, First/Second Installment of History of Scripps Institution of Oceanography . Helen Raitt. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1962
• Transcription of recording of T. Wayland Vaughan speaking on the occasion of the dedication of the T. Wayland Vaughan Aquarium-Museum at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, March 1951. Thomas Wayland Vaughan, 1951. Vaughan was the second director of SIO
• Brief History of Submarine Geology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography . Francis P. Shepard. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1948 [from Scripps Archives Collection 81-16, box 72, folder 12]
• Brief Address in Connection with Charter Day Celebration, 1947 . Harald U. Sverdrup, 1947. SIO Archives. SIO Office of the Director Sverdrup Papers. Collection 82-56
• History and Work of the Scripps Institution . Francis B. Sumner. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1940 [from Scripps Archives, Francis Bertody Sumner Papers, Collection 85-02]
• The Growth of a Marine Observatory . W.E. Allen. Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie 39:464-471, 1939
• The Work at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography . H.U. Sverdrup. The Collecting Net 12(2):57,60-61, 1937
• The University and the Pacific, the Story of Scripps Institution . George F. McEwen. California Monthly (March 1937):9-11,37-39
• Biological Research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography . Claude E. ZoBell. Collecting Net 11(5):1-5, 1936
• Outline of Scientific Work at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, California, 1934 . La Jolla, Calif: SIO, 1934
• Research in Biological Subjects at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography . Thomas Wayland Vaughan. Collecting Net 9(1):17-20, 1934
• The Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California . Wesley R. Coe. American Journal of Science, Series 5. Volume 14:237-238, September 1, 1927
• Biological Research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California . Thomas Wayland Vaughan. Science 63(1629):297, 1926
• Oceanographic Research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography . Thomas Wayland Vaughan. Proceedings of the Third Pan-Pacific Science Congress, Tokyo, 1926. pp. 284-289
• Announcement of the Graduate Division, The Scripps Institution of Oceanography . Berkeley, Calif.; Univ of California Press, 1925 [from George Francis McEwen Papers, Collection 88-02]
• The Scripps Institution . Francis B. Sumner. La Jolla, CA: SIO, c1924 [from Francis Bertody Sumner Papers, Collection 85-02]
• La Jolla Biological Station . W.E. Allen. The Federation:8, June 1921
• The Scripps Institution . George F. McEwen. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1921 [from SIO Subject Files, Collection 81-16]
• Assembly in Science at the Scripps Institution of Biological Research, June 25 to August 5, 1918, La Jolla, California . La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1916 [from SIO Subject Files, Collection 81-16]

SIO Antecedents

• The Marine Biological Station of San Diego, its history, present conditions, achievements, and aims . William Emerson Ritter. University of California Publications in Zoology 9(4):137-248, plates 18-24, 1912
• The Marine Biological Station of San Diego : a sketch of its history and purposes and what the station is, with an example popularly told, of the investigations being carried on . William Emerson Ritter. San Diego, CA: Frye and Smith, 1910. 41 pp.
• The Scientific Work of the San Diego Marine Biological Station During the Year 1908 . William E. Ritter.Science 28(715):329-333, 1908
• Marine Biological Association of San Diego . William E. Ritter. Science 26(664): 386-388, 1907
• A General Statement of the Ideas and the Present Aims and Status of the Marine Biological Association of San Diego . William Emerson Ritter. University of California Publications in Zoology 2:i-xvii, 1905
• Preliminary Report on the Marine Biological Survey Work Carried on by the Zoological Department of the University of California at San Diego . William E. Ritter. Science 18(455): 360-366, 1903
• By Laws of the San Diego Marine Biological Association . San Diego, CA: San Diego Marine Biological Association. [1903]
• UC Reports through 1908/1910
• Marine Biology and the Marine Laboratory at San Pedro . William Emerson Ritter. The University Chronicle, an official record. Volume V. Berkeley, California: University Press, 1902. pp. 222-230
• Marine Biological Laboratory [1900-1902] In: University of California, Biennial Report of the President of the University on behalf of the Regents to His Excellency the Governor of the State, 1900-1902. pp. 47-48. Text refers to the marine laboratory and Summer School of Zoology in San Pedro.
• A Summer's Dredging on the Coast of Southern California . William E. Ritter. Science 15(367): 55-65, 1902
• A Summer of Zoological Collecting . S. J. Holmes. The Occident 27: 16-19, 1894
• [School in Marine Biology, 1893] In: University of California, Biennial Report of the President of the University on behalf of the Regents to His Excellency the Governor of the State, 1892-1894. pp. 10
  Text refers to a school in Marine Biology conducted by William Ritter at Santa Catalina Island, and this occurred during summer 1893.

Historical Walking Tour Of Scripps

• Walking Tour of Scripps Institution of Oceanography . La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1993
• Walking about Scripps . Elizabeth N. Shor. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1990

Funding For Research

• Significant NSF-Sponsored Ocean Research at SIO, 1950-2000 . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 1998
• Patronage and Science: Roger Revelle, the U.S. Navy, and Oceanography at the Scripps Institution . Ronald Rainger. Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society 19(1):58-59, 2000
• Money for Keeling: Monitoring CO2 levels . Spencer R. Weart. Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences 37(2):435-452, 2007
• Scripps On Defense: Military Funding At Scripps, 1940-1970 . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2004
• Navy Support for Oceanography at SIO . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2000

The Oceans: The Seminal Treatise On Oceanography Authored At SIO

• The Oceans, Their Physics, Chemistry, and General Biology . Harald U. Sverdrup, Martin W. Johnson, Richard H. Fleming. New York: Prentice Hall, 1942
• A History of "The Oceans: Their Physics, Chemistry and General Biology". Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2003
• The Oceans as Educational Philosophy . John A. Knauss. Oceanography 16(3):29-31, 2003
• Cartoon depicting Richard H. Fleming, Harald U. Sverdrup and Walter H. Munk, watching Ruth Ragan type the manuscript to the book "The Oceans: Their Physics, Chemistry and General Biology." 1942 (from Collection 81-123)
• Promotional flyer for "The Oceans: Their Physics, Chemistry and General Biology." (from Collection 84-29)

Scientific Diving / Scuba Diving

• The First U.S. Scuba Training. Andreas B. Rechnitzer. National Association of Underwater Instructors IQ Proceedings, 1994
• Scientific Diving at Scripps . Eric Hanauer. Oceanography 16(3):88-92, 2003
• History of Research Diving Symposium (September 1991): a symposium honoring Scripps Diving Officer James R. Stewart upon his retirement.
  • Paul Dayton , speaking on James Stewart's role in research diving and science
  • Andreas Rechnitzer , speaking on early Scripps diving history
  • Hugh Bradner , speaking on early research scuba diving and diving regulations
  • Bob Livingston , speaking on early research diving, including Capricorn Expedition
  • James Stewart , speaking on his diving experiences
• My Bubbles Rise in Steps. Free-Diving Adventures in the Tropical Pacific . Willard Bascom. La Jolla, CA: unpublished manuscript in Willard Bascom Papers, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives, 1953
• Diving During Capricorn Expedition . Willard N. Bascom, Robert F. Dill, Philip E. Jackson, Robert B. Livingston, John B. MacFall, Walter H. Munk. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1953
• Memorial Tribute and Honor to Conrad Limbaugh, 1960 : film
• A Biography of Conrad Limbaugh. Mary Lynn Price, 2008
• Diving at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography James Dugan. La Jolla, CA: unpublished manuscript in Conrad Limbaugh Papers, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives, circa 1960
• Scientific Diving Consultants La Jolla, CA: Scientific Diving Consultants, circa 1960
• Wet Suit Pursuit: Hugh Bradner's Development of the First Wet Suit . Carolyn Rainey. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 1998
• California Cool: How the wetsuit became the surfer's second skin . Hunter Oatman-Stanford. Collector's Weekly, 7 June 2013

Buildings, Ships, Offices & Programs

Aquarium

• Public Aquariums and Museums at Scripps . Donald Wilkie. Oceanography 16(3):105-106, 2003
• Window to the Ocean World, Scripps Aquarium, SIO UCSD, 1903-83 . La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1983
• The T. Wayland Vaughan Aquarium - Museum . Sam Hinton. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1958

CalCOFI

• CalCOFI, Surveying Changes in the Sea. Jennifer E. Chung. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1999
• CalCOFI in a Changing Ocean . Mark D. Ohman, Elizabeth L. Venrick. Oceanography 16(3):76-85, 2003
• History . CalCOFI website
• CalCOFI Timeline 1945 - 1999 . CalCOFI website

Collections

• Oceanographic Collections at Scripps . Philip A. Hastings. Oceanography 16(3):86-87, 2003
• Early History of Collections at Scripps Institution of Oceanography . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2004

Cottages / Houses On Scripps Campus

• Residential History of Cottages on the Grounds of Scripps Institution of Oceanography . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2007
• SIO Director's House (T-16) . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2002
• Martin Johnson & the Martin Johnson House T-29 . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2002

Deep Sea Drilling Project

• International Phase of Ocean Drilling, Deep Sea Drilling Project . DSDP. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1976
• Deep Sea Drilling Project. Ocean Sediment Coring Program . Washington DC: National Science Foundation. 1974
• Deep Sea Drilling Project, UCSD, SIO. Fact Sheet, General Information . DSDP. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1973
• Deep Sea Drilling Project, UCSD, SIO. Significant DSDP Dates . DSDP. La Jolla, CA: SIO, circa 1972
• Deep Sea Drilling Project. Technical Achievements After 41 Cruises . DSDP. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1975
• More Mud for a Better World, the Deep Sea Drilling Project, Leg 23 (cartoon) (from Collection 87-20)
• Deep Sea Drilling Project, UCSD, SIO. Scientific Objectives and Highlights. DSDP. La Jolla, CA: SIO, undated
  • Legs 1 - 18
  • Legs 19 - 24
  • Legs 38 - 41

Director's Office

• Administrative History of the Office of the Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography: 1903 - 1996 . SIO Archives. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2002
• Administrative History of the Office of the Business Manager, Scripps Institution of Oceanography: 1903 – 1960s . Carolyn Rainey. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 1982
• SIO Contracts and Grants Office Administrative History . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2009
• Origin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Director's Title ‘Dean' . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2003

IGPP = Cecil H. And Ida M. Green Institute Of Geophysics And Planetary Physics

• Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, La Jolla Laboratories at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD. Summary of Activities, July 1965 - June 1970 . La Jolla, California, IGPP. 1970
• The Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) . IGPP Directors. Oceanography 16(3):34-44, 2003
• Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics History . La Jolla, California: IGPP, Sept 2010 website download.

Marine Physical Laboratory

• The Marine Physical Laboratory at Scripps . Fred N. Spiess, William Kuperman. Oceanography 16(3):45-54, 2003
• Seeking Signals in the Sea, Recollections of the Marine Physical Laboratory . Elizabeth N. Shor. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1997
• Fifty and Counting, Research History of the Marine Physical Laboratory 1946 - 1996 . La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1996
• The Role of University Laboratories in Navy Research and Development . Lloyd D. Hampton, L. Raymond Hettche, Stanley R. Murphy, Kenneth M. Watson. Seattle, Washington; Austin, Texas; State College, Pennsylvania; La Jolla, California: Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington; Applied Research Laboratories, University of Texas; Applied Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1983
• MPL Research Facilities . La Jolla, CA: SIO, undated
• Marine Physical Laboratory Staff and Project Profile . La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1981
• Marine Physical Laboratory Research Facilities . La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1981
• Platforms and Devices of the Marine Physical Laboratory of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego . La Jolla, CA: SIO, c1980
• Platforms and Vehicles of the Marine Physical Laboratory . La Jolla, CA: SIO, c1972
• MPL Experimental RUM (remote underwater manipulator). Victor C. Anderson. SIO Reference 60-26. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1960

Mohole Project

• A Hole in the Bottom of the Sea; The Story of the Mohole Project . Willard N. Bascom, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1961
• Mohole, LOCO, CORE, and JOIDES: a brief chronology . Betty Shor, 1978
• George G Shor oral history with Elizabeth Shor
• Gordon G. Lill oral history

Scripps Personnel Directories

• For various Scripps' historical directories of academics, researchers, staff, and students at Scripps click on "Personnel Directories" box on left side.

University of California Division of War Research

• SIO-relevant Excerpt From: University of California Division of War Research: Completion Report ...Covering Operations of the University of California Division of War Research ... from 26 April 1941 to 30 June 1946 . San Diego, CA: University of California Division of War Research, 1946
• Publications. IN: Completion Report Covering Operations of the University of California Division of War Research at the U.S. Navy Electronics Lab...Under Contract Nobs-2074 from 26 April 1941 to 30 June 1946 . San Diego, CA: University of California Division of War Research, 1946
• Underwater Noise Caused by Snapping Shrimp . University of California Division of War Research. UCDWR No. U337. San Diego: UCDWR, 1946

George H. Scripps Memorial Marine Biological Laboratory

• The George H. Scripps Memorial Marine Biological Laboratory of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego . George G. Shor, Jr., Elizabeth N. Shor, Fred N. Spiess. SIO Reference 79-26. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1979
• A Guide to "Old Scripps Building" at Scripps Institution of Oceanography . Elizabeth N. Shor, Fred N. Spiess. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 2002
• A Note on the History of the G. H. Scripps Building . Fred N. Spiess. La Jolla, CA: SIO, [1977]
• Zarh H. Pritchard, a biography . Elizabeth N. Shor. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 2010 [the painter of the three paintings on display in this building: two above central stairwell; one in Director's Office]

Scripps Pier

• Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier, March 26, 1987 La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1987
• The Scripps Institution Pier as a Marine Observatory . Winfred Emory Allen. Scientific Monthly 37:371-375, 1933

Maps of Scripps

• University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California Los Angeles, CA: Van Sant Company, 1939
• La Jolla Shores [subdivision map] . San Diego, CA: Evans-Lee Corporation, 1926

Ships, Platforms

• FLIP, FLoating Instrument Platform
  • FLIP, FLoating Instrument Platform . Earl D. Bronson, Larry R. Glosten. SIO Reference 62-24. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1962
  • FLIP aids fleet training. Charles B. Bishop and F. H. Fisher. Naval Research Reviews, May 1975. pp. 26-30
  • FLIP as a seagoing measurement platform . C.B. Bishop. La Jolla, Calif: SIO. 1977
  • FLIP, FLoating Instrument Platform . Earl D. Bronson, Larry R. Glosten. SIO Reference 85-21. MPL-U-27/85. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1985
  • FLIP, FLoating Instrument Platform . La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1987
  • FLIP, FLoating Instrument Platform . La Jolla, CA: SIO, 2006
• Platforms and Devices of the Marine Physical Laboratory of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego . La Jolla, CA: SIO, c1980
• Platforms and Vehicles of the Marine Physical Laboratory . La Jolla, CA: SIO, c1972
• Demise of the "Scripps" . Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1936. Scrapbook on explosion/fire/sinking of R/V Scripps in 1936 [from Collection 86-10]
• Elsie . Geraldine Knatz & Peter Brueggeman, 2012

Other

• Hydraulics Laboratory Stratified Flow Channel Pumps History . Douglas Alden. La Jolla, Calif: SIO, 2014
• Research Facilities at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography . Thomas Wayland Vaughan. The Collecting Net 8(1):2-7, 1933
• Alpha Helix Program Administrative History . Carolyn Rainey. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 1985
• Acoustic Monitoring of Global Ocean Climate. Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate, Global Acoustic Mapping of Ocean Temperature . La Jolla, CA: ATOC Project Office, (1993?)
• Marine Research Committee Administrative History . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2009
• Scripps Industrial Associates Administrative History . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2009
• University of California Institute of Marine Resources Administrative History . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2009
• Physiological Research Laboratory, SIO. A Brief Synopsis of Research Activities . Fred N. White. La Jolla, CA: SIO, circa 1986
• History of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 1999
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library History . Peter Brueggeman. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2013

Non-Scripps Facilities associated With SIO

• NOSC / NEL Tower off Mission Beach
  • Oceanographic Tower . Eugene C. La Fond. BUSHIPS Journal 9(4): 21-22, 1960
  • The U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory's Oceanographic Research Tower, Its Development and Utilization . Eugene C. LaFond. NEL Research and Development Report 1342. San Diego, CA: Naval Electronics Laboratory, 1965
  • Instruments on a Fixed Oceanographic Platform . Dale E. Good & Eugene C. La Fond. Marine Sciences Instrumentation 3: 41-53, 1965
  • Naval Undersea Research and Development Center: Oceanographic Research Tower , San Diego, CA: Naval Electronics Laboratory, 1971
• Dives of the Bathyscaph Trieste, 1958-1963: Transcriptions of sixty-one dictabelt recordings in the Robert Sinclair Dietz Papers, 1954-1986 . La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2000
• The First 25 Years. Southwest Fisheries Center, La Jolla, CA. 1964, 1989 . Lillian L. Vylmen. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS SWFC 134. La Jolla, Calif: Southwest Fisheries Center, 1989

Expeditions (Not A Complete List Of Expeditions / Resources)

E.W Scripps Cruise to Gulf of California, 1940

• 1940 E.W. Scripps cruise to the Gulf of California . Charles A. Anderson, J. Wyatt Durham, Francis P. Shepard, M. L. Natland, Roger Revelle. New York: Geological Society of America, 1950
• Voyage of the E.W. SCRIPPS to the Gulf of California, October - December, 1940. Account of the Expedition . Charles A. Anderson, Roger Revelle, Francis P. Shepard, 1940

MID-PAC, 1950

• Anniversary Reunion . pp. 7,10-11. IN: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Annual Report 1976. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1977
• Venturesome Voyages of Scripps into the South Pacific Ocean 1950 and 1952 . Edward S. Barr, 1975
• Roger Revelle transcript, speaking on Capricorn & Midpac Expeditions Anniversary Reunion, 1975. Collection 2011-49
  • Roger Revelle audio, speaking on Capricorn & Midpac Expeditions Anniversary Reunion, 1975
• The Mid-Pacific Expedition of the University of California and the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory . La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1950
• Mid-Pacific Mountains press release . University of California Office of Public Information, 1950
• Notes on the Joint Scripps Institution of Oceanography - U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory Mid-Pacific Expedition . La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1950
• Operation Midpac, Joint Expedition of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory, July - November 1950 (expedition map) (from Collection 90-24)

NORTHERN HOLIDAY, 1951

• Scripps Vessel Gathers Data on Pacific "Holiday" Area . Press release. SIO, 28 September 1951
• Operation Northern Holiday, August - September 1951. A Preliminary Report . Warren S. Wooster. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1951. SIO Reference 51-46

SHELLBACK, 1952

• Shellback Expedition. John A. Knauss. Office of Naval Research. Research Reviews, 1953. pp. ii, 1-6
• Shellback Expedition 17 May to 28 August 1952. Warren S. Wooster. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1952. SIO Reference 52-63

CAPRICORN, 1952-1953

• Anniversary Reunion . pp. 7,10-11. IN: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Annual Report 1976. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1977
• Venturesome Voyages of Scripps into the South Pacific Ocean 1950 and 1952 . Edward S. Barr, 1975
• Roger Revelle transcript, speaking on Capricorn & Midpac Expeditions Anniversary Reunion, 1975. Collection 2011-49
  • Roger Revelle audio, speaking on Capricorn & Midpac Expeditions Anniversary Reunion, 1975.
• Exploring the deep Pacific. Helen Hill Raitt. New York: Norton, 1956
• My Bubbles Rise in Steps. Free-Diving Adventures in the Tropical Pacific . Willard N. Bascom, 1953
• Diving During Capricorn Expedition . Willard N. Bascom, Robert F. Dill, Philip E. Jackson, Robert B. Livingston, John B. MacFall, Walter H. Munk. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1953
• Shipboard Report, Capricorn Expedition 26 September 1952-21 February 1953 . SIO Reference Number 53-15. SIO, 1953
• The Capricorn Expedition, 26 September 1952 to 21 February 1953 (expedition map) (from Collection 81-127)

TRANSPAC, 1953

• Warren Wooster : speaking on the Transpac Expedition, December 1953
• Progress Report No. 30. October-December 1953 . SIO Reference No. 54-08. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1954

ACAPULCO TRENCH, 1955

• ONR Progress Report No. 34 SIO Reference 55-12. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1955. Acapulco Trench Expedition report starting on page 11

NORPAC, 1956

• Report of a meeting on oceanography of the North Pacific, Honolulu, February 13-17, 1956. NORPAC, 1956
• NORPAC Hydrographic Data. Report of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, and South Pacific Fishery Investigations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, for the NORPAC Cruise of August-September 1955 . SIO Reference Number 56-04. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1956

DOWNWIND, 1957-1958

• Preliminary report on Expedition DOWNWIND, University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, IGY cruise to the southeast Pacific.
• Downwind Cruise, Dec 1957 - Feb 1958. Robert M. Norris, 1957-1958
• Members of the Expedition . Robert L Fisher, ed., 1958
• Downwind Calpyso Song lyrics. John Andrewes (ship's doctor)

CLIPPERTON ISLAND, 1958

• August - September 1958 Field Report, IGY Clipperton Island Expedition . SIO Reference Number 59-13. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1959

VERMILION SEA, 1959

• Physical and Chemical Data, Vermilion Sea Expedition, 13 April - 29 May 1959 . SIO Reference Number 60-51. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1960

GUADALUPE ISLAND, 1959

• Preliminary Report on Expedition to Guadalupe Island, January 25 - February 1, 1960 . SIO Reference Number 60-61. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1960

NAGA, 1959-1961

• Final Report of Naga Expedition . SIO Reference Number 63-11. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1963
• The Naga Expedition to South China and Australasian Seas 1959 - 1961 . Claude E. ZoBell, 1986
• Some Naga reports are available online

MONSOON, 1960-1961

• Monsoon Expedition, October - November 1960 . Alan Jones. 2008
• Preliminary Results of Scripps Institution of Oceanography Investigations in the Indian Ocean During Expeditions Monsoon and Lusiad, 1960-1963. SIO Reference Number 64-19. SIO, 1964

SWAN SONG, 1961

• Physical, Chemical, Current Measurement, and Biological Data, Swan Song Expedition, 21 August - 1 December 1961 . SIO Reference Number 66-01. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1965

LUSIAD, 1962-1963

• Preliminary Results of Scripps Institution of Oceanography Investigations in the Indian Ocean During Expeditions Monsoon and Lusiad, 1960-1963. SIO Reference Number 64-19. SIO, 1964
• Lusiad Expedition, 1962 . Alan Jones, 2013 [from Collection 2011-90]

BOREAS, 1966

• Physical and Chemical Data, Boreas Expedition, 27 January - 1 April 1966 (with some data from other parts of the Zetes Expedition) . SIO Reference Number 66-24. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1966

BILLABONG, 1966

• Billabong Film Narrative . Anonymous, n.d.SIO Alpha Helix Program Office Films 1966-1980. SIO Archives Accession Number 81-07

NOVA, 1967

• Anatomy of an Expedition (Excerpts) . Henry W. Menard. New York: McGraw Hill, 1969

CIRCE, 1968

• Physical and Chemical Data, Circe Expedition, 16 March - 1 December 1968 . SIO Reference Number 77-32. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1977

INDO-PAC, 1976-1977

• Background for News Release on Indo-Pac Expedition . La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1977
• Cruise Report, INDOPAC Expedition Legs 9 through 16, January 12-July 31, 1977 . Delpha McGowan, George G. Shor, Jr. and Stuart M. Smith. SIO Reference Series 77-31. SIO, 1977
• Cruise Report, INDOPAC Expedition Legs 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. March 1977. George G. Shor, Jr. and Stuart M. Smith. SIO Reference 77-5. SIO, 1977

OTHER:

• The Expeditions of Harald Ulrik Sverdrup: Contexts For Shaping an Ocean Science . Robert Marc Friedman. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1994
• Selected Scripps Institution of Oceanography Expeditions: Summaries & Selected Publications Deborah Day. La Jolla, Calif: UCSD Library, 2003
• Oceanographic Expeditions: Names and Notes . Phyllis B. Helms. SIO Reference No. 77-13. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1977

Time Lines

• Scripps Time Line [1856-2003]. Elizabeth Shor, Deborah Day, Kevin Hardy, Dora Dalton. Oceanography 16(3):109-119, 2003
• Timeline Associated with Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1836 - 1998 . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2001
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography Timeline [1903- ]. SIO website
• Mohole, LOCO, CORE, and JOIDES: a brief chronology . Betty Shor, 1978
• Deep Sea Drilling Project, UCSD, SIO. Significant DSDP Dates . Anon. La Jolla, CA: SIO, circa 1972

Graduate Education

• Number of Students at Scripps Institution Through the Years . Elizabeth Noble Shor. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1978 [From Scripps Archives Collection 81-16, Box 72, Folder 8]
• Ph.D. Degrees Conferred by Departments of Oceanography and Marine Biology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography [1935-1965] . Anonymous. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1965 [From Scripps Archives Collection 81-16, Box 72, Folder 8]
• List of Students Who Have Taken Their Masters of Doctor's Degree at the Scripps Institution Since 1924 [through 1936] . Anonymous. La Jolla, CA: SIO, n.d. [From Scripps Archives Collection 81-16, Box 72, Folder 8]
• Registered Graduate Students [SIO, 1945-1951] . Anonymous. La Jolla, CA: SIO, n.d. [From Scripps Archives Collection 81-16, Box 72, Folder 8]
• Civilian Students Majoring in Physical Oceanography 1938-1955 [SIO] . Anonymous. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1955 [From Scripps Archives Collection 81-16, Box 72, Folder 8]
• Graduate Study and Research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California . La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1956. Brochure on graduate studies at SIO in 1956
• A Century of Students, Scripps Institution of Oceanography . Joe Hlebica. Explorations 10(1):74-83, 2003

Other Facets Of Scripps History

• The Heard Island Experiment . Walter H. Munk. Washington D.C.: National Academy of Sciences and Office of Naval Research, 1990
• Early Climate Change Consensus at the National Academy: The Origins and Making of Changing Climate . Nicolas Nierenberg, Walter R. Tschinkel, Victoria J. Tschinkel. IN: Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences, Vol. 40, No. 3 (Summer 2010), pp. 318-349
• [William Nierenberg and the 1983 "Changing Climate" report] [Nicolas Nierenberg]
• Plowing Through History or "The Ploughman." Elizabeth N. Shor. La Jolla, CA, 1990
• BT Processing Manual . Margaret K. Robinson. La Jolla, Calif: SIO, 1960
• SIO Total Staff Through the Years . Elizabeth Noble Shor. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1981 [From Scripps Archives Collection 81-16, Box 71, Folder 7]
• SIO Talking Points . Cindy Clark. La Jolla, Calif: SIO, 2009
• A Short History of the Sumner Club . Claude E. ZoBell. 1976
• Martin Johnson correspondence on marine biology as a vocation . Camilla Ingram, Martin Johnson, January 1960
• SIO Organization Chart . La Jolla, Calif: SIO, 2009
• Thirty Years of Oceanids, A History From 1952 to 1982 . Elizabeth N. Shor. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1983
• International Cooperation in Oceanography . Roger Revelle. Summary of Statement by Dr. Revelle. 21 March, 1960. International Cooperation in Oceanography. [Preparatory Meeting of the Intergovernmental Conference on Oceanographic Research. Paris, 21-29 March 1960]. [Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1960]. NS/2503/620. 2 pages.
• Some Human Powered Submarine History... and something of the future . Kevin Hardy. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1997
• First Scientific Publications from Scripps Institution of Oceanography . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2002
• Quotations Associated with Scripps Institution of Oceanography . Compiled by Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2008
• Crossing the Line with SIO . Gina McCollough and Peter Brueggeman. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2009
• A Community Ecologist Adrift in the Real World, Professor Paul K. Dayton. SIO Faculty Lecture (poster) . (from Collection 2004-19)
• Cloth Survival Charts, Also Called "Waterproof Handkerchiefs" . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 1996
• Scripps Estates Associates, Our First Fifty Years, 1951 - 2001. Patricia M. Masters, 2001
• Poster for Henry W. Menard's book Anatomy of an Expedition . n.d.
• Documents on the Lots at the South End of Scripps . from Revelle Papers in Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD Libraries
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography in Fiction . Peter Brueggeman. La Jolla, Calif: UCSD Libraries, 2001
• Bag I.G.P.P. . Shearer, Peter M., 1985
• Albatross Award of the American Miscellaneous Society . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2008
• New Avenues in UFO Research [Scripps' James Snodgrass and late 1940s media reports on his involvement in weapons research] . James Carrion. Proceedings of the 40th International UFO Symposium, August 6-9, 2009, Denver, Colorado. Fort Collins, CO: Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), 2009. pp. 222-255
• The Lake Hodges Monster and Scripps Institution of Oceanography . Deborah Day and Peter Brueggeman. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2008
• First Scripps Institution of Oceanography Tee Shirt . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2005
• Season's Greetings. Greetings from Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands . Undated greeting card from Edwin Lee Hamilton Papers. Collection 99-01.

Scripps Family

• Scripps family genealogy . familytreemaker.genealogy.com
• Ellen Browning Scripps, her Life and Philanthropy . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2000
• Scripps Family, First Generation of Commitment . Joe Hlebica. Explorations 10(1):12-19, 2003
• Ellen Browning Scripps Endowment. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, undated
• Scripps Benefactions: the Role of the Scripps Family in the Founding of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2002
• Ellen Browning Scripps Biography . Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2005
• Ellen Browning Scripps, 1836 - 1936 . Jacob Chandler Harper, 1936

Further Research

• Bibliography on the History of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography . Day, Deborah. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2005