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Pacific Basin Nautical Charts

Charts of the Pacific Ocean
Date: circa 1910-1960

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SIO Photographic Laboratory Collection: Selections

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography Photographic Laboratory was established in 1949 to provide photographic services to the SIO community. Subjects included aerial views of La Jolla and the Scripps campus, artifacts, campus buildings and events, faculty and staff at work, marine specimens, research ships, and scientific instruments.
Date: 1905-2003

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Ellen Browning Scripps Herbarium Collection

Digitized pressed seaweed specimens and associated metadata.
Date: 1904 to 2025-07

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Baja California and the West Postcard Collection

Postcards depicting California, Baja California, and the Southwest, mostly from the early 1900s. Images of Tijuana, Ensenada, Balboa Park, and the California missions are well-represented in this collection.
Date: 1900-1989

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Data from: The 1991 California "Miracle March": Precipitation Myth or Miracle?

This collection contains the data and code necessary to reproduce the plots and analysis for "The 1991 California “Miracle March”: Precipitation Myth or Miracle?", published in Environmental Research Communications by Poulsen et al. (2025).
Date: 1900 to 2023

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SIO Photographs Collection

A diverse assortment of photographic images acquired by the former SIO Archives and collated into one collection. Images include SIO staff and faculty, the campus, and scientific expeditions.
Date: between 1900 and 2006

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Leo Szilard Papers

A selection of documents, photos, and audio-visual materials of the nuclear physicist and inventor Leo Szilard.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: 1898-1998

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Alaska Commercial Company Records

A small collection of business correspondence and records from the Alaska Commercial Company, a San Francisco trading firm concerned with the Alaskan fur trade in the late 19th century.
Date: 1895-1897

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Carl L. Hubbs Papers

Images from the collection of Scripps Institution of Oceanography icthyologist Carl L. Hubbs.
Date: 1889-1976

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The Missions of Alta California

Albumen photographs of California missions taken by William Henry Jackson.
Date: 1885-1890

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James Howard Collection

Photographs and documents from the collection of James Howard, a mining foreman with the Amparo Mining Company who lived in Guadalajara, Mexico and worked in the Bolaños region starting in 1889.
Date: circa 1882-1939

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Scientific Voyages & Expedition Reports

This collection contains 90 oceanographic voyages and scientific expedition reports from various countries and institution from around the world dating from the 19th and 20th centuries. They were collected by the former Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library.
Date: 1881-1971

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San Diego History Center Photographs

Over 3,000 images from the San Diego History Center that document the rise and decline of the California fishing industry. These historical photographs from the 1870s to the 1980s represent the work of many important San Diego photographers.
Date: 1880-1980

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography Letters, Clippings, Ships' Logs

Images of historical documents about Scripps expeditions.
Date: 1873-1987

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Topolobampo Collection

Business records and promotional materials by Albert Kimsey Owen, related to the colony and railroad enterprise established on Topolobampo Bay, Sinaloa, Mexico between 1871 and 1910.
Date: 1872 to 1910

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Ed Fletcher Papers

The papers of Ed Fletcher a noted San Diego land developer, civic leader, and member of the California State Senate.
Date: 1870-1955, bulk 1920-1950

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Cuyamaca Water Company Records

Records of the Cuyamaca Water Company, including typescript reports, contracts, water rights documents, technical drawings, and maps used for San Diego land and water development from the late 1800s to the mid-1930s.
Date: 1867-1938

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Vermilion Family Correspondence

Correspondence of William F. Vermilion, a captain in the 36th Infantry Regiment of Iowa Volunteers during the American Civil War, and his wife, Mary Vermilion.
Date: 1862-1865

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California Explores the Ocean

A collection of diverse resources about the ocean and ocean exploration.
Date: circa 1860 to 2008

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Charles Atwood Kofoid Papers

Photographs taken and collected by the University of California, Berkeley zoologist Charles Atwood Kofoid and his wife, Carrie Winter Kofoid. Subjects include the Kofoids; their families, friends and colleagues; travel; the 1904-1905 Albatross Expedition; and many freshwater and marine biological research stations.
Date: circa 1860-1936

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New Rosario Silver Mining Company Records

Records of the New Rosario Silver Mining Company, including business correspondence, articles of agreement, receipts, and reports meant to entice potential stockholders. Includes articles of agreement for other ventures, including the Morro da Gloria Gold Mining Company.
Date: between 1858 and 1870

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Richard Dering Letters

Letters from Richard Dering, which provide a detailed account of his activities and travels in Sonora, Baja California, the islands of the Gulf of California, and up the Pacific Coast to San Francisco. The letters are primarily written from Isla Elide, Georges Island, Guaymas, Magdalena Bay, and San Francisco.
Date: 1858-1879

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Ex-Mission of Santa Catarina Legal File

Correspondence, legal documents, expense statements, and sales agreements compiled to demonstrate rightful ownership of the lands deriving from the Ex-Mission of Santa Catarina, a large tract of land in northern Baja California originally the possession of the Catholic Church.
Date: 1856 - 1916

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George Fearing Hollis Papers

Papers of George Fearing Hollis, Union Naval officer and United States Consul to Cape Town, South Africa from 1888-1893. The collection consists mainly of Civil War-era correspondence, manuscript memoirs, and documents regarding Hollis's tenure in Cape Town.
Date: 1852-1903

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History of Oceanography and Marine Science

Selections from archival collections held by the UC San Diego Library that document the history and activities of Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: circa 1850 to 2010

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Steve Turner Collection of African-Americana

The Turner Collection comprises more than 300 items that help document the lives and contributions of American Blacks, largely through original photographic images.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: 1850-1979

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Elisha Oscar Crosby Papers

Autobiographical essays, documents, and correspondence regarding Elisha Oscar Crosby, an early (1849-1895) California settler, lawyer, politician, diplomat, and civil servant.
Date: 1849-1895

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Ephraim Morse Papers

Documents from the Ephraim W. Morse Papers, San Diego pioneer, businessman, and civic leader. Materials include financial records for Morse's Old Town and New Town stores; correspondence; cased daguerreotypes and an ambrotype; and scrapbooks.
Date: 1839-1884

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Ephraim W. Morse Family Papers

The Ephraim W. Morse Family Papers includes correspondence documenting 19th century life in New England and California. It includes letters from many promient San Diegians, including: Alonzo Horton, Joseph Judson Ames, Manuelito Cota, Rufus King Porter, Judge James Robinson, Jonathan T. Warner, and Thomas Whaley, as well as family members.
Date: 1838-1907

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Alfred North Correspondence and Other Documents

Correspondence and a journal from the papers of Alfred North (1807-1869), an American Presbyterian minister who served on international and domestic missions.
Date: 1832-1869

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Baja California Government Documents Collection

Municipal and government documents relating to official policies, civil matters, contracts, litigation, war, and state infrastructure development in Baja California, including Santo Tomas, Rosarito, Mexicali, Tecate, Tijuana, and other towns and cities.
Date: 1831-1982 (bulk 1900-1925)

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José Villegas Collection on Mining

Documents and photographs relating to silver mining operations in Mexico, principally Real del Monte and Pachuca during the periods of British (1824-1849) and Mexican (1849-1906) capitalization and management.
Date: circa 1825-1983

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Hubon Family Papers

The Hubon Family Papers contain the correspondence of San Diego early settler Frederick Hubon (1827-1882), and include letters from three generations of Hubons, in addition to transcriptions, genealogical notes, and a carte-de-visite portrait.
Date: circa 1801-1966

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San Diego History

Selected materials documenting San Diego county, digitized from original postcards, photographs, correspondence, pamphlets and other materials held by UC San Diego Library.
Date: circa 1800-1950

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Chapman Family Correspondence and Other Documents

A small collection of family papers of American painter John Gadsby Chapman, consisting mostly of letters to Chapman from colleagues and associates, and correspondence with his son, Conrad Wise Chapman, who served in the Confederate army in the Civil War.
Date: 1791-1898, bulk 1861-1865

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William Bond Papers

Papers of William Bond (d. 1776), a Revolutionary Army officer from Massachusetts. Includes correspondence, orders, resolutions of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, lists of officers and soldiers, and other documents related to Bond's regiment.
Date: 1768-1883, bulk 1775-1776

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Millerd Family Documents

Documents of the Millerd family, 1740-1900, including records that document birth and death dates for family members, debts, military service, and a set of manuscript sermons attributed to Squire Millerd.
Date: 1740-1900

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Hall Family Papers and Sugar Plantation Records

Family papers and sugar plantation records (1709-1835) of the Hall family of England and Jamaica. The collection contains primary source material on 18th and early 19th century Jamaican plantation economy and culture.
Date: 1709-1892

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American Institute of Wine & Food Culinary Collection

Selected materials from the American Institute of Wine & Food Culinary Collection.
Date: 1610-1985

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Mexican Broadsides

This collection comprises broadsides (single and double-sided, one-sheet documents) produced in Mexico between the early 1600s and 1899.
Date: Early 1600s to 1899

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Pablo Macedo Collection of Mexican Notarial, Mining and Colonial Documents

Mexican colonial documents written in Spanish, relating to land tenure, legal matters and mining interests in the Itzmiquilpa region of Mexico.
Date: 1600-1908

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