Martin W. Johnson Papers, 1915-1984 (SMC 12)

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Extent: 6.13 Linear feet (7 archives boxes, 3 cassette boxes, 2 flat boxes, 1 map case folder)

Digital content

Selected images from this collection, including portraits, certificates, and photographs from the Gulf of California Expedition (1939-40) have been digitized and can be viewed by searching the term "Martin W. Johnson Papers" on the UC San Diego Library Digital Collections website.

Papers of Martin W. Johnson (1893-1984), marine biologist, oceanographer, and professor emeritus at UC San Diego. Johnson was a leader in the study of marine invertebrates and underwater acoustics. The collection contains correspondence, research, writings, drawings, photographs, and sound recordings.

Martin Wiggo Johnson was born in Chandler, South Dakota on September 30, 1893. In his early years, Johnson worked as a logger and guarded salmon traps from fish pirates. This experience fueled Johnson's interest in ecologies and science. After serving in the army during World War I, Johnson pursued his education.

Johnson attended the University of Washington and graduated with a B.S. in 1923, followed by an M.S. in 1930 and a Ph.D. in 1932. During this time, Johnson taught in public schools. He was an associate professor at the University of Washington from 1933-1934 and the curator of the Friday Harbor biological station in 1934; that year, he was offered a position at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. During World War II, Johnson worked at the University of California Division of War Research, where he researched underwater sounds interfering with sonar reception (identifying snapping shrimp as one source). Johnson also developed and successfully tested a theory about the biological nature of the Deep Scattering Layer, demonstrating the diurnal migrations of plankton in the layer in 1945. For this work, Johnson received accommodations from the U.S. Navy and Franklin D. Roosevelt. After the war, he returned to his focus on the biogeography of the Pacific.

Martin W. Johnson is best known for his research on zooplankton, lobsters, and other marine invertebrates, and for being one of the original co-authors of The Oceans: Their Physics, Chemistry and General Biology (1942), the first comprehensive textbook on oceanography.

Johnson was a member of the California Academy of Science, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Microbiology Society, and the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. In 1959, Johnson was awarded the Alexander Agassiz Medal for his outstanding leadership in biological and general oceanography. Martin W. Johnson passed away on November 28, 1984.

Papers of Martin W. Johnson (1893-1984), marine biologist, oceanographer, and professor emeritus at UC San Diego. The collection documents Johnson's scientific career and includes material dating from 1915 to 1984, including: a small selection of research notes, data, and reports; an assortment of writings and lectures, including versions of an unpublished memoir; correspondence; original drawings; photographs; and sound recordings. Of particular interest at Johnson's original drawings and sketches, notes from various early expeditions and major experiments, and a small selection of photographs from the 1939-40 Gulf of California Expedition documenting the coast and landscape of Baja California. Other photographs show rare images of early Scripps faculty and activity aboard the R/V E.W. Scripps.

There are gaps in the documentation and the papers are not comprehensive, containing only materials set aside by Johnson as being significant; for example, the writings and research does not encompass all of his known work.

Arranged in 6 series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) RESEARCH, WRITINGS, AND EVENTS, 4) VISUAL RESOURCES, 5) SOUND RECORDINGS, 6) WORKS BY OTHERS.

Container List

BIOGRAPHICAL

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) BIOGRAPHICAL: A small series including diplomas and certificates, publicity, award materials, and memoirs written by Johnson describing his personal life and experience at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Contents date from 1918-1980 and are arranged chronologically.

Box 12 Folder 15
Diplomas and certificates, 1918-1959
Box 1 Folder 1
Diplomas and certificates, 1923-1983

Diplomas from the University of Washington and the War Manpower Commission; certificates from U.S. Office of Scientific Research & Development, Operation Ivy, and the 30th Anniversary of the Marine Physical Laboratory signed by Fred Spiess.

Box 1 Folder 2
Curriculum vitae and bio-bibliographies, 1940-1981
Box 1 Folder 3
UC San Diego library donations, 1940-1981
Box 1 Folder 4
San Diego Businessmen's Art club directory, 1948-1950
Box 1 Folder 5
Personnel and professional appointments file, 1948-1981
Box 1 Folder 6
News clippings, 1949-1981
Box 1 Folder 7
Instruction and educational policies, 1956-1977
Box 1 Folder 8
Agassiz Award, 1959-1963
Box 1 Folder 9
Distinguished Alumnus Award, Pacific Lutheran University, 1966
Box 1 Folder 10
Bibliography, 1974, 1980

Includes list of Navy research completed 1943-1945.

Box 1 Folder 11
SIO miscellaneous, buildings and space - Floor plans, committees, memoranda, and articles, 1976-1982
Box 1 Folder 12
Oceanographic Medley #1 - Personal memoir and family history, ca. 1980
Box 1 Folder 13
Oceanographic Medley #3 - "Those were the days: These are the people" - Professional memoir, 1980
Box 10 Folder 10
Hand-carved forceps - For handling specimens, undated

CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 2) CORRESPONDENCE: A small selection of professional correspondence, dating from 1924-1984. Files include both ingoing and outgoing correspondence, as well as memoranda. Arranged chronologically.

The 1964 correspondence contains a memorandum to Chancellor York regarding the appointment of the director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography; written by E. W. Fager, Edward Brinton, Abraham Fleminger, and John A. McGowan. The 1976 correspondence contains memoranda to Elizabeth Shor regarding Dr. T. W. Vaughan's policy and contributions to oceanography.

Box 1 Folder 14
1924-1945

Correspondents include: Bennet M. Allen, Charles J. Chamberlain, E.R. Hedrick, Alfred C. Redfield, Harald Sverdrup, T. Wayland Vaughan, Henry B. Ward, Julius A. Furer, P. H. Hammond, G. P. Harnwell, and Robert M. Lewis.

Box 1 Folder 15
1946-1950

Correspondents include: Detlev W. Brunk, Rachel Carson, Harold J. Coolidge, Carl Eckart, Robert Faust, Edward O. Hulburt, Trevor Kinkaid, and Robert G. Sproul.

Box 1 Folder 16
1951-1955

Correspondents include: Demorest Davenport, J. Wyatt Durham, Richard M. Eakin, Roger Revelle, Waldo L. Schmitt, and Harald Sverdrup. Includes correspondence related to the Capricorn Expedition.

Box 2 Folder 1
1956-1959

Correspondents include: Abraham Fleminger, Joel W. Hedgpeth, Roger Revelle, Waldo L. Schmitt, and Torben Wolff. Includes correspondence regarding the Agassiz Award.

Box 2 Folder 2
1960-1965

Correspondents include: Abraham Fleminger, L.B. Holthuis, Clark Kerr, F.N. Spiess, Mildred S. Wilson, and Herbert York.

Box 2 Folder 3
1966-1969

Correspondents include: Robert L. Fernald, L. B. Holthuis, Martin W. Johnson, George A. Llano, Shigeko Ooishi, and Dale W. Rice.

Box 2 Folder 4
1970-1975

Correspondents include: John D. Booth, Fenner A. Chace, Richard M. Hammer, L. B. Holthuis, W. D. McElroy, Phaibul Naiyanetr, William A. Nierenberg, Herman Polz, and Bruce A. Taft.

Box 2 Folder 5
1976-1984

Correspondents include: John D. Booth, John Bunt, Fenner A. Chace, David M. Damkaer, Hiroshi Fushimi, Richard M. Hammer, Cadet Hand, Masao Koizumi, Robert C. Miller, Sigeru Motoda, William A. Nierenberg, B.F. Phillips, Roger Revelle, Elizabeth Shore, and Torben Wolff. Includes tables on Panulirus homarus.

RESEARCH, WRITINGS, AND EVENTS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 3) RESEARCH, WRITINGS, AND EVENTS: This series contains a selection of research, writings, and event materials. The research materials contain notes, data, grant materials, proposals and reports, memoranda, and correspondence; the writings include drafts, drawings, photographs, and correspondence; and the event materials contain lectures and symposium programs. Contents date from 1934-1983 and are arranged alphabetically as subject files.

Some highlights of this series include: materials related to The Oceans: Their Physics, Chemistry and General Biology, a University of California Division of War Research roster, and expedition materials.

Box 2 Folder 6
Alaska notes, 1959
Box 2 Folder 7
Arctic operations - General notes, ca. 1955-1970
Box 2 Folder 8
Arctic operations, Alpha Station - Counts, notes, and drawings, 1957-1966
Box 2 Folder 9
Arctic operations, Arctic Ocean, 1950-1969

Includes notes, figures, and materials from the Arctic Basin Symposium.

Box 2 Folder 10
Arctic operations, Station Alpha - Sea flow data collections, 1957-1963

Includes correspondence and data collected by Dr. Tom English.

Box 2 Folder 11
Arctic operations, USS Burton Island - Research data, 1951
Box 2 Folder 12
Bioluminescence - Notes, memoranda, and drafts, 1934, 1945-1947

Includes papers titled "Red tide" and "Bioluminescence (phosphorescence) in the sea."

Box 2 Folder 13
Book reviews, 1956-1961
Box 2 Folder 14
CalCOFI - Data, drawings, and draft, 1952-1981

Includes handwritten draft titled "On monitoring the occurrence of Palinurus lobster larvae along the coasts of California and Baja California."

Box 2 Folder 15
Contract research - Grants, proposal, and reports, 1957-1976
Box 2 Folder 16
Copepods - Correspondence and notes, 1934-1961
Box 2 Folder 17
Copepods - Drawings and drafts, ca. 1935-1965

Includes draft titled "The zooplankton of some arctic coastal lagoons" and other untitled works.

Box 2 Folder 18
Copepods, San Diego Region - Esterly, ca. 1935-1965
Box 2 Folder 19
Copepods, tortanus egg hatching - Drawings and photographs, ca. 1935-1965
Box 3 Folder 1
Crossroads project diary, 1946

Includes Rongelap Yacht Club card, Order of the Golden Dragon Certificate, observations of the first atomic bomb blast at Bikini Atoll, and map of Bikini Atoll with drawings added by Johnson.

Box 3 Folder 2
Crustacea, general - Research data, classification notes, and encyclopedia contributions., 1950-1980
Box 3 Folder 3-5
Deep scattering layers, 1945-1982

Includes notes, research reports, photographs, and memoranda; including a memorandum on Johnson's role in research.

Box 3 Folder 6
Deterioration due to marine borers - Drafts, unpublished, 1956
Box 3 Folder 7-8
Division of War Research - Roster, preliminary reports, report titled "Underwater noise caused by snapping shrimp," memorandum, and correspondence, 1941-1958
Box 3 Folder 9
Eastern area San Juan Archipelago, Skagit Bay - Correspondence, notes, and data, 1971
Box 3 Folder 10
Evilbacus princeps - Correspondence, drawings, and negatives, 1966
Box 3 Folder 11
Expeditions, general - Itineraries, maps, and data, 1951-1975

Includes expeditions: Northern Holiday, Chinook, Mukluk, Seven Tow, Mud dauber, Zetes, Climax, Piquero, Antipode, CATO, South Tow, and Tasaday.

Box 3 Folder 12
Expeditions, Gulf of California notes, 1939
Box 3 Folder 13
Expeditions, MidPac - Data and correspondence, and 25th anniversary, 1950-1952, 1975
Box 3 Folder 14
Expeditions, Naga - Notes and drawings, 1960
Box 3 Folder 15
Expedition, Capricorn - Notes, 1952
Box 3 Folder 16-19
Expeditions, Eastropac - Notes, correspondence, drawings (larval and phyllosoma) and figures, 1967-1974
Box 3 Folder 20
Fauna, general - List from Galathea expedition logbook, notes, and correspondence, 1941-1981
Box 3 Folder 21
Fishes and Fisheries - Notes and news articles, ca. 1960-1975
Box 3 Folder 22
Friday Harbor Laboratories, Washington - Notes, correspondence, drawings, memoranda, and itineraries, 1929-1982
Box 3 Folder 23
Geological time table, adapted from the Field Museum of Natural History, undated
Box 3 Folder 24
The geographic and bathymetic distribution of 147 species of synalpheus and 216 species of crangon (alpeus) - Draft of unpublished report, 1944 September 11
Box 3 Folder 25
Guide to the study of plankton, 1949 August
Box 3 Folder 26
High speed net, Scripps Tuna Oceanographic research - Notes and data, ca. 1958
Box 4 Folder 1
Hydroculture, lobsters, San Diego State University Project, 1968-1972
Box 4 Folder 2
Identification and distribution of lobster larvae as related to that of their progenitors - Draft of paper presented at CalCOFI conference, 1968
Box 4 Folder 3
Jordan Cruise 57, Cromwell Cruise 51 - Data, 1970
Box 4 Folder 4
Jordan Cruise 60 - Data, 1971
Box 4 Folder 5
Jordan Cruise 65 - Data, 1971
Box 4 Folder 6
Laboratories, Arctic research data, 1957-1979
Box 4 Folder 7
Laboratories, postcards, 1957-1980
Box 4 Folder 8-10
Lectures, 1934-1963

Lectures and talks given at conferences, symposiums, broadcasts, the U.S. Navy planning group, and courses in oceanography.

Box 4 Folder 11
Life in the sea (poem), undated
Box 4 Folder 12
Lobsters - General notes, drawings, photographs, reports, and draft, 1947-1983

Includes draft titled "On the biology of the Phyllasoma larvae of Panulirus sp. and Evilbacus sp. and their occurance in coastal waters of California and Mexico."

Box 4 Folder 13
Lobster, Dispersal of lobster larvae - Skipjack survey, 1973-1974
Box 12 Folder 12
Maps, annotated - "Harpoon" stations 1-23 and Bikini Atoll, ca. 1946-1970
Box 4 Folder 14
Marine life in the Salton Sea - Draft, 1947 June 16
Box 4 Folder 15
Marine mammals, 1969-1982

Includes memoranda and Marine Operations Committee report.

Box 4 Folder 16
Memorandum to Andrew A. Benson regarding the naming of new SIO biology building - Handwritten draft, undated
Box 4 Folder 17
Methods (research) notes and memorandum, 1949-1974
Box 4 Folder 18
Natural history notes on some unusual marine phenomena in the San Diego area - Drafts and drawings, 1949
Box 4 Folder 19
On a hitherto unknown Phyllosoma larval species of the slipper lobster Scyllarus in the Hawaiin archipelago (Decapoda, Scyllaridae), ca. 1971
Box 4 Folder 20
On monitoring the occurrence of Palinurid lobster larvae along the coasts of California and Baja California (Decapoda, Palinuridae) - Draft, 1982
Box 4 Folder 21
On scyllarid lobster larvae of the South China Sea (Decapoda, Palinuridae Scyllaridae) - Draft, ca. 1960
Box 4 Folder 22
On the Phyllosoma larvae of the genus Justitia (Decapoda, Palinuridae) - Draft and negatives, 1969-1970
Box 4 Folder 23
Pacific Lutheran College, 1957-1966

Includes correspondence and speech titled "Eating and housekeeping" written for a 1966 banquet.

Box 4 Folder 24
Palinurid phyllosoma larvae from the Hawaiian archipelago (Decapoda, Palinuridae) - Final manuscript, undated
Box 4 Folder 25
Pests, marine - Untitled manuscript, undated
Box 4 Folder 26
Phyllamphion - Drawings and correspondence, 1969
Box 4 Folder 27
The Phyllosoma larvae of slipper lobsters from the Hawaiian Islands and adjacent areas (Crustacea, Decapoda, Scyllaridae) - Final manuscript, undated
Box 5 Folder 1
Phyllosoma notes, undated
Box 5 Folder 2
Phyllosoma, Hawaiian - Notes and data, 1967-1968
Box 5 Folder 3
Plankton as a source of food, 1942-1962

Includes memoranda from the Navy Department Bureau of Aeronautics and the Army Air Forces.

Box 5 Folder 4
The postlarvae of Scyllarides astori and Evilbacus princeps of the eastern tropical pacific - Draft and figure negatives, 1973
Box 5 Folder 5
Prediction of ambient noise in shallow waters - Draft, 1946
Box 5 Folder 6
Publication - Notes, encyclopedia submissions, memorandum, and committee report, 1957-1983
Box 5 Folder 7
Radio broadcast transcripts, 1935-1960
Box 5 Folder 8
Report of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Department of Oceanography on the Institution of Marine Resources - By Johnson, Phleger, and Isaacs, 1961 March 29
Box 5 Folder 9
Salton Sea, general - Correspondence, drawings, and photograph, 1944-1962
Box 5 Folder 10
Scyllarides astori - Figures, undated
Box 5 Folder 11
Scyllarides squamosus 50.7mm gilled stage - Figures and negatives, undated
Box 5 Folder 12
Scyllarus delfini - Figures, undated
Box 5 Folder 13
Scyllarus sp. drawings, Transpac Expedition, 1953-1979
Box 5 Folder 14
Ship operations - Postcards, photographs, and ship announcements, 1952-1980
Box 5 Folder 15
Shrimp, general - Notes, data, and memoranda, 1956-1973
Box 5 Folder 16
Some antidotes for desert lethargy, undated
Box 5 Folder 17
Sonar program, Department of the Navy, 1946 March 25
Box 5 Folder 18-19
Specimen slides - Personal inventory, notes, and correspondence, 1951-1983
Box 5 Folder 20
Summer club lectures and notes, 1975-1981
Box 5 Folder 21
Supplementary note on the larvae of Scyllarides astori holthuis (Decapoda, Scyllaridae), 1974
Box 5 Folder 22-23
Sverdrup, Johnson, and Fleming, The Oceans: Their Physics, Chemistry and General Biology , 1938-1975

Includes publishing agreement, correspondence, and University of California radio transcript from broadcast #2480, 1943 April 4.

Box 12 Folder 3
Sverdrup, Johnson, and Fleming, The Oceans: Their Physics, Chemistry and General Biology - Scrapbook, ca. 1942-1945

Includes publicity and photographs of Sverdrup, Johnson, and Fleming; and of a drawing by Sam Hinton.

Box 6 Folder 1
Symposiums and meetings - Programs, 1948-1972
Box 6 Folder 2
Time and weather - Poem prepared for F. B. Sumner's retirement, undated
Box 6 Folder 3
Translation (partial) - P. L. Kramp, Investigations concerning the shipworm and gribbles at Hirtshals, undated
Box 6 Folder 4
Underwater sounds - Notes, radio transcript, and correspondence, 1947-1963

Includes transcript from University of California radio broadcast #2683, 1947 January 26. Broadcast mentions Johnson's contributions.

Box 6 Folder 5
Wood boring - Research proposal, slide, memorandum, and correspondence, 1947-1961

Includes unpublished paper titled "Deterioration due to marine borers."

VISUAL RESOURCES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 4) VISUAL RESOURCES. Arranged three subseries: A) Drawings, B) Photographs, and C) Lantern Slides.

A) Drawings: Includes certificate drawings, cartoons and caricatures, and scientific drawings by Johnson. The cartoons and certificates feature people interacting with sea life, Scripps faculty, and important events. The scientific drawings consist primarily of line drawings of marine invertebrates. This subseries also includes a drawing by Sam Hinton featuring The Oceans: Their Physics, Chemistry and General Biology. Arranged chronologically.

B) Photographs: Includes portraits of Johnson; photographs of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, research vessels, and early cruises; a photograph of Harald Ulrik Sverdrup aboard the R/V Maud; and various specimens. Arranged chronologically.

C) Lantern Slides: Includes figures, distribution maps and data, photographs, and line drawings. Arranged alphabetically.

Drawings

Box 6 Folder 6
Drawings, cartoons, and doodles, 1918-1953

Includes Christmas card commemorating the purchase of the R/V E.W. Scripps titled "If Santa were a sailor, he'd bring us all a ship"; original drawings for Capricorn Cruise certificate; "Our drum major"; "Fort Wordon"; "One of the last to be discharged"; "Shorty the drummer"; "T. G. Thompson and the whale, on his daily trips to and from his island home"; "Tectonus in the Midatlantic Ridge"; "Dr. R. C. Miller of Calif. Acad. Sci. studies migration of birds at Pt. Barrow Ala."; and other untitled works.

Box 6 Folder 7-8
Line drawings, figures, and negatives, ca. 1931-1980

Includes drawings of Eucalanus elongatus, pseudodiaptomus, Tortanus discaudatus, Scyllaraides astori, Evilbacus princeps, Panulirus penicillatus, Naga Expedition figures, and unlabeled works.

Box 12 Folder 5
Original drawing dedicated to F. B. Sumner, 1932

Drawing depicts a donkey kicking an elephant, as a man stands in disbelief.

Box 6 Folder 9
Lobster, larvae drawings, 1944-1971
Box 6 Folder 10
Drawings and cartoons - Bikini Atoll, 1946

Includes Christmas card titles "Deep in the sea at Christmas time" and various untitled works.

Box 12 Folder 14
Bikini Atoll atomic bomb test certificate, 1946

Drawing by Johnson. Certificate states "Bikini Atoll atomic bomb tests, Martin W. Johson in association with the U.S.S. Bowditch served with the Naval Force at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Isalnds through the atomic bomb experiments, 1946."

Box 12 Folder 13
Line drawings and figures - Naga Cruise, Jordan and Cromwell stations with plankton smaples, and Panularius interruptus larvae, 1946-1981
Oversize Annex MC-027-05
Hinton, Sam. Pledge of Fealty poster drawing, 1948

Artist Sam Hinton drew this poster-sized illustration to hang on the wall at Harald Sverdrup's going-away party at Community House in 1948. Hinton stated it was "not an identifiable caricature of some person active at Scripps. I found no connection between The Oceans and the Loyalty Oath; what I was trying to show was that many people regarded The Oceans as a work of almost sacred standing."

Box 12 Folder 6-7
Line drawings and figure negatives - Scyllarus, Panulirus, and unlabeled works, ca. 1949-1981
Box 12 Folder 10-11
Naga Expedition, Phyllosoma line drawings, ca. 1960
Box 12 Folder 8-9
Hawaiian Scyllarides, line drawings, ca.1960-1970
Box 6 Folder 11
Lobster, Bonacco Expedition drawings, 1963
Box 12 Folder 1-2
Eastropac, figures and charts, 1967-1968
Box 6 Folder 12
Lobster, Panulirus pascuensis or Panulirus japonicus - Transpac drawings, 1969
Box 6 Folder 13
Line drawings, 1976

Includes drawings of Phyllosoma laticorne, Scyllarus timidus, Parribacus antarcticus, Scyllarides squamosus, and Arctides regalis.

Photographs

Box 6 Folder 14
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, ca. 1915-1970

Includes photographs of early buildings (the laboratory at La Jolla Cove), a group faculty photograph ca. 1937, and portraits including: Richard H. Fleming, G. Sproul, F. B. Sumner, W. Coe, E. Moberg, Charles Anderson and Sally Davis, and Zobell.

Box 6 Folder 15
Portraits and photographs of Johnson, 1915-1970

Photographs include: U.S. Army portrait, Johnson at the Pacific Lutheran University, with his children, and holding The Oceans.

Box 6 Folder 17
Friday Harbor negatives, ca. 1923
Box 6 Folder 18
University of Washington - Johnson Hall and portrait of professor Trevor Kincaid, 1931
Box 6 Folder 19-20
Miscellaneous animals and specimens, 1931-1968
Box 7 Folder 1
R/V E.W. Scripps , 1937-1940

Includes photographs of Roger Revelle, Clem Stose, Erik Gustaf Moberg, and unidentified men on deck.

Box 7 Folder 2
Vessels - Zaca and unidentified, 1938
Box 7 Folder 3
Goose barnacles on log, La Jolla Shores, ca. 1938

Includes Johnson, W. Coe, and F. Whedon.

Box 7 Folder 4
Zoology 112, UCLA class cruises aboard R/V E.W. Scripps - Photographs and negatives, 1938-1939
Box 7 Folder 5
Equipment - Dredges, wave machine, and corer, 1938-1939

Includes a group photo with the "Williams Dredge" and photos of Herb Mann, Bob Dietz, Eric Moberg, and Ken Emery on the R/V E.W. Scripps.

Box 7 Folder 6
Rock formations and dredge specimens, ca. 1938-1940
Box 7 Folder 7
Gulf of California Expedition, 1939-1940

Includes images of the landscape and towns of Baja California. Several of these images are available on the UC San Diego Library Digital Collections website. Search phrase: "Martin W. Johnson Papers".

Box 7 Folder 8
Scattering layer, data negatives, 1945
Box 12 Folder 4
The Japanese Surrender, U.S.S. Missouri, Tokyo Bay - Original print (oversize), 1946 September 2

Original photograph signed, "To Dr. Martin Johnson-SIO with best wishes and great appreciation, C. W. Nimitz, Fleet Admiral, USN."

Box 7 Folder 9
The Japanese Surrender, U.S.S. Missouri, Tokyo Bay - Copy negative and prints, 1946 September 2
Box 7 Folder 10
Marine Biological Laboratories, Woods Hole, 1956
Box 7 Folder 11
Miscellaneous group photographs, 1953, 1964, 1981

Include photographs titled "At the entrance of the laboratory" and "On board the S.F. Baird at Shibaura, Tokyo," which include: Brinton, S. Motoda, Bradshaw, I. Gensho, J. A. McGowan, Z. Nakai, M. Ishida, S. Hattori, S. Usami, K. Honjo, T. Hirano, R. Fukai, and K. Ohkubo. Also contains photograph of: Martin W. Johnson, Denis L. Fox, Marie Mathers, William A. Nierenberg, Richard C. Atkinson, and Claude E. ZoBell.

Box 7 Folder 12
Alaska, 1957 August

Includes photographs of Johnson towing a plankton net in Cape Thompson and of baleen whale plates in Barrow, Alaska.

Lantern Slides

Box 8 Folder 1
Arctic, Chukchi and beautiful seas, 1950-1951

Includes quantitative distribution of Echinoderm larvae and Arcartia off Point Barrow, Alaska.

Box 8 Folder 2
Arctic Ocean, 1950-1963

Includes barnacle larvae, USS Burton Island, plankton sampling areas, copepod distribution, Herius Cruise, Alaska, Bering Sea, and data.

Box 8 Folder 3-4
Arctic plankton, 1941-1963

Includes figures, copepod distribution, egg experiment, and Echinoderm larvae.

Box 8 Folder 5
Bikini Atoll plankton, 1946
Box 8 Folder 6-7
Copepods - Various, ca. 1925-1960

Includes zooplankton specimen and figures.

Box 8 Folder 8
Deep scattering layer figures, 1945
Box 8 Folder 9
Deep sea fishes - Specimen, ca. 1925-1960
Box 8 Folder 10-11
Diatoms - Various specimen, ca. 1925-1960
Box 8 Folder 12
Dinoflagellates - Specimen and line drawings, ca. 1925-1960

Includes kinoflagellates, dinoflagellates, and Cochlodinium Schuetti.

Box 9 Folder 1
East Coast labs, Woods Hole, Massachusetts - Photographs, ca. 1925-1960
Box 9 Folder 2
Emerita analoga - Specimen and figures, 1950
Box 9 Folder 3
Life histories - Specimen and line drawings, ca. 1925-1960
Box 9 Folder 4
Marine algae specimen, ca. 1925-1960
Box 9 Folder 5
Marine borers - Figures, specimen, and photographs, ca. 1925-1960
Box 9 Folder 6
Marine fauna - Miscellaneous, ca. 1925-1960

Includes painting of a giant squid, Bugula avicularia, noctiluca miliaris, schools of luminous fish or jelly fish, and a tube worm removed from tube.

Box 9 Folder 7-8
Marine pests - Figures, specimen, and photographs, ca. 1925-1960

Includes starfish, cypris larva/pupa, SIO zooplankton department images, snail radula, and common oyster drills.

Box 9 Folder 9-10
Miscellaneous, ca. 1925-1960

Includes panelists interruptus larvae, routes of planktonic immigrants entering the Gulf of Maine, zooplankton images, and image of Johnson and Earl Myers with plankton net aboard R/V Scripps.

Box 9 Folder 11
Physical oceanography of West Coast - Figures and charts, 1939

Includes R/V E.W. Scripps Cruise VIII.

Box 9 Folder 12
Plankton, R/V E.W. Scripps Cruise III, IV, V, and VI - Figures and photograph of ship, 1938
Box 10 Folder 1-2
Plankton feeding apparatus - Figures, diagrams, and photograph, ca. 1925-1960

Includes images of a shark and baleen whale plates in Barrow, Alaska.

Box 10 Folder 3
Plankton volumes and zoogeography, figures, 1949-1963
Box 10 Folder 4
Radiolaria, in color, ca. 1925-1960

Includes lithoptera species, collosphaera huxleyi, and auloceros elegans.

Box 10 Folder 5-6
Sounds of the sea - Line drawings and figures of shrimp, 1940-1950
Box 10 Folder 7
Sweetwater Lake plankton - Figures, ca. 1925-1960
Box 10 Folder 8
Water currents - Figures and drawings, ca. 1925-1960
Box 10 Folder 9
Zooplankton - Various specimen, ca. 1925-1960

SOUND RECORDINGS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 5) SOUND RECORDINGS: Includes underwater sound recordings featuring marine life. Materials are arranged by format in two groupings, reel-to-reel recordings, and LP records.

Reel-to-reel recordings

Box 7 Folder 17
Humpback whales - Preamble, whales at night on Challenger Banks, preamble, whales off Gibbs Hill Lighthouse, preamble whales in deep water, 1953-1960

7" reel-to-reel. Recording from Navy SOFAR Station, Bermuda.

Box 7 Folder 19
Recordings of undersea marine life by Virgil E. Harris, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1954 March

4" reel-to-reel. Recordings of commercial fish and shellfish, to help fisherman locate them by their sounds.

Box 7 Folder 18
California grayback whale sonic sound sample, U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory, 1954 October 5

7" reel-to-reel. Recorded two miles off Point Loma, California. Speaker gives descriptive introduction. Actual whale sounds begin at 01:46.

Box 7 Folder 20
Animal sounds in the sea, 1961 July

4" reel-to-reel.

LP records

Box 11 Folder 1
Biological sounds, porpoise 10A-1, 324Y-1, University of California Division of War Research, ca. 1939-1945
Box 11 Folder 2
Biological sounds, porpoise whistle 10A-3, 374Y-1, University of California Division of War Research, ca. 1939-1945
Box 11 Folder 3
Biological sounds, opsanus 10A-4, 381Y-1, University of California Division of War Research, ca. 1939-1945
Oversize Annex MC-027-05
Underwater sounds of biological origin, recording no. 5X, University of California Division of War Research (16" oversize), ca. 1939-1945
Oversize Annex MC-027-05
Underwater sounds of biological origin, Navy Electronics Laboratory recording no. C-2222 (16" oversize), ca. 1939-1945
Oversize Annex MC-027-05
Ambient water noise, 14th Naval District, recording no. 65X-1, University of California Division of War Research (16" oversize), ca. 1939-1945
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Navy Electronics Laboratory recording no. C1130 and C1131 - Underwater sounds of biological origins, 1943
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Navy Electronics Laboratory recording no. C1132 and C1133 - Underwater sounds of biological origins, 1943
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Navy Electronics Laboratory recording no. 1102-C - Sounds of Biological Origin, San Diego, ca. 1943-1950

Labeled as no. 48 of Saluda series, sea robin.

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Navy Electronics Laboratory recording no. C2239 and 706Y-1 (2 records) - Animal sounds in the sea, ca. 1943-1950
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Navy Electronics Laboratory recording no. C1126 - Animal sounds in the sea, separate cuts I: micropogon, toadfish; Spotfin croaker isolated in aquarium; black croaker and click variation, isolated in aquarium; croaker chorus, SIO; and croaker (light propeller) 2 miles off Point Loma, ca. 1943-1950
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Navy Electronics Laboratory recording no. C1127 - Animal sounds in the sea, separate cuts II: fish (saluda); fish (Saluda and sea robin beginning); fish (Saluda tapping); shrimp, Point Loma, depth of 70 feet; and shrimp individual snaps in aquarium, ca. 1943-1950
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Navy Electronics Laboratory recording no. C1129 - Animal sounds in the sea, separate cuts III: "lost kitten," San Diego; moaning 200 miles off San Diego; evening noise, T. Hawaii; moaning, T. Hawaii; and croaker chorus, SIO pier, ca. 1943-1950
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Navy Electronics Laboratory recording no. C1596 - Sea noises picked up at the Kaneohe, Hawaii, and Sofar Station, part I & II, ca. 1943-1950

WORKS BY OTHERS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 6) WORKS BY OTHERS: A small selection of drafts and papers written by Johnson's colleagues, primarily on the topic of marine invertebrates. Arranged alphabetically by author's name.

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Fitch, John E. Establishment of a sport fishery in Salton Sea, California, undated
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Marukawa, H. Plankton list and some new species of copepods from the northern waters of Japan, 1921
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Saldaña, Héctor C. Contribution to the knowledge of the lobsters of the Mexican Pacific regions and its fisheries - Translation by A. Alveraneo, ca. 1969
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Yeatman, Harry C. Some redescriptions and new records of littoral copepods for the Woods Hole, Massachusetts region, ca. 1963