Accession No.: 86-04  
PROCESSING RECORD  
SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY ARCHIVES  
Faughn, James Lawrence 1910-1985  
James Lawrence Faughn Papers, 1928 – 1980  
Bulk Dates: 1947-1980  
Physical Description: 6 record center cartons  
Description: The Faughn papers include correspondence, notebooks,  
reports, log books, drawings and photographs documenting his career at  
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1947-1974). The majority of the  
material represents his years as captain of several SIO vessels.  
He was captain of R/VHORIZON on Midpac Expedition (1950) and  
Northern Holiday Expedition (1951). He was also captain of R/V  
STRANGER during Naga Expedition (1958-1961) in the Gulf of  
Thailand and the South China Sea. He captained R/V ALPHA HELIX  
during Billabong Expedition (1966) in Austra1ia, as well as Amazon  
Expedition (1967). The collection includes very few items documenting  
Faughn's naval career (1927-1947).  
Amazon Expedition; Billabong Expedition; Midpac Expedition; Naga Expedition; Northern  
Holiday Expedition; Roger Revelle; Harold Coolidge; Anton Bruun; Warren Wooster  
JAMES LAWRENCE FAUGHN  
Papers, 1928 - 1980  
Accession No. 86-04  
Box  
Folder  
Folder Title  
PERSONAL PAPERS  
Passports, 1953 - 1976  
Navy  
1
1
2
1928 - 1941  
1939 - 1940  
1941 - 1972  
6
1
1L  
3
4
University of California employment forms, 1949 - 1974  
Correspondence, SIO employment, 1951 - 1974  
5
Miscellaneous  
1936 - 1937  
6
1
2L  
6
1936 - 1972  
PERSONAL LOGBOOKS AND NOTEBOOKS  
Thai Language Notes  
7
8
9
General Administration July 29, 1959  
NSF Proposal September 18, 1961  
Pocket notebook  
1959 - 1961  
10  
11  
12  
1962 and 1964  
August 1963  
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Box  
Folder  
Folder Title  
PERSONAL LOGBOOKS AND NOTEBOOKS (cont.)  
Pocket notebook (cont.)  
1962 and 1963  
1
13  
14  
Northern Holiday Expedition, personal log, operation, July 28-August 26, 1951  
Faughn Logs  
15  
16  
17  
18  
19  
20  
21  
22  
23  
24  
25  
26  
February 1954, etc.  
San Diego sewage survey data, December 10-23, 1954  
Work notes, 1955 - 1956  
HMS #37 survey and notes, November 16-December 25, 1956  
Naga Expedition, Cash expense book, August 8, 1959-April 22, 1960  
Naga Expedition, June 19-August 12, 1960  
Miscellaneous, non-classified, November 21, 1961-January 18, 1962  
June 9-October 12, 1962  
Southeast Asia Projects, notes 1964  
July 1, 1963 - March 19,1964  
March 30 - October 30, 1964  
Personal, shipyard, Tacoma, October 5-15, 1964  
Shipyard log  
27  
28  
September 9, 1964 - February 9, 1965  
September 9, 1964 - January 12, 1966  
Faughn Notes  
29  
February 1965 - March 1966  
86-04 - 4  
Box  
Folder  
Folder Title  
PERSONAL LOGBOOKS AND NOTEBOOKS (cont.)  
Faughn Notes (cont.)  
February 9 - July 31, 1965  
1
30  
31  
32  
33  
34  
35  
1
May 3-14, 1965  
July 1-31, 1965  
Log, August 2-November 1, 1965  
February 25-April 12, 1966  
March 19-June 18, 1966  
2
March 19-June 18, 1966 (typed copy)  
June 19-August 15, 1966  
March 19-August 15, 1966  
Exercise books, August 16-31, 1966  
November 21-December 4, 1966  
December 5-21, 1966  
2
3
4
5
6
7
Amazon Expedition, February 3-May 17, 1967  
May 30-July 23, 1967  
8
9
July 24-September 2, 1967  
August 24-25, 1967  
10  
11  
12  
13  
September 3-19, 1967  
September 20-October 24, 1967  
Bering Sea Expedition, 1968  
86-04 - 5  
Box  
Folder  
Folder Title  
PERSONAL LOGBOOKS AND NOTEBOOKS (cont.)  
Faughn Notes (cont.)  
Ship related activities, February 25, 1969 -May 15, 1969  
2
14  
15  
Personal, February 12-April 8, 1971  
Ship related items  
16  
17  
18  
May 20-October 20, 1971  
October 21, 1971-February 10, 1972  
South Tow Expedition, February 11-May 31, 1972  
Faughn Logs  
19  
20  
21  
22  
August-December 1972  
General administration, April 27-May 2, 1973  
Faughn notes, April 16-May 2, 1974  
Faughn workbook, August 19, 1974-July 16, 1976  
EXPEDITION PAPERS  
Miscellaneous, 1947 - 1949  
23  
24  
Data on ships, 1948 - 1954  
Correspondence  
25  
26  
27  
Northern Holiday Expedition, 1949 - 1951  
Midpac, 1950  
Midpac, shipboard newspaper, 1950  
Midpac, excerpts from HORIZON log book,  
July-September, 1950  
28  
29  
September-October, 1950  
86-04 - 6  
Box  
Folder  
Folder Title  
EXPEDITION PAPERS (cont.)  
2
30  
31  
32  
33  
34  
35  
36  
37  
38  
39  
40  
41  
42  
43  
Correspondence and Miscellaneous, except Midpac, 1950 - 1951  
Correspondence, except Northern Holiday Expedition, 1951  
Notices and memos, 1951  
Correspondence, 1952  
Reports on Pelagic Area Studies, 1954  
Correspondence, 1954 - 1955  
STRANGER; original data, 1955  
Correspondence, 1956  
Eniwetok Survey, 1956 - 1957  
Correspondence, 1957  
Disposal Area Survey, 1957  
Scripps Tuna Oceanography Project, 1957 - 1959  
Correspondence, except Naga Expedition, 1958  
Correspondence Naga Expedition, 1958  
Naga, miscellaneous  
1958  
6
2
6
3L  
44  
4L  
5L  
45  
1958 - June 1959  
1959-  
1959 - 1960  
2
June 1959 - May 1960  
86-04 - 7  
Box  
Folder  
Folder Title  
EXPEDITION PAPERS (cont.)  
Naga Miscellaneous (cont.)  
1959 - 1965  
2
46  
47  
July 1960 - 1961  
Correspondence , Anton Bruun  
1958 - 1959  
48  
49  
50  
51  
52  
53  
1959 - 1961  
1961  
Naga Correspondence, Harold Coolidge, 1958 - 1961  
STRANGER, Naga, 1959 - 1960  
Naga, Bathythermograph Records,1959 - 1961  
Naga Expedition 1959 - 1961  
Cruise Reports  
3
1
2
Draft Reports  
Correspondence, Naga  
January-June, 1959  
3
4
July-September 1959  
July-December 1959  
October-December, 1959  
January-April 1960  
March 1960  
5
6
7
8
9
April-June 1960  
10  
July-September 1960  
86-04 - 8  
Box  
Folder  
Folder Title  
EXPEDITION PAPERS (cont.)  
Correspondence, Naga (cont.)  
October - November 1960  
3
11  
12  
13  
14  
6L  
7L  
15  
16  
17  
18  
November 1960  
[1961]  
January-March, 1961  
March 1961  
6
3
April-May, 1961  
March-June, 1961  
July-September, 1961  
October-November, 1961  
1962 - 1968  
Correspondence, not Naga  
September, 1962  
6
3
8L  
19  
20  
21  
1962  
1963 - 1964  
1965  
ALPHA HELIX  
22  
23  
November 1965-July 1966  
August-September, 1966  
Correspondence  
24  
October-November, 1966  
6
9L  
February-April, 1966  
86-04 - 9  
Box  
Folder  
Folder Title  
EXPEDITION PAPERS (cont.)  
3
25  
26  
27  
28  
29  
ALPHA HELIX, December 1966  
[ALPHA HELIX], bid document, n.d.  
ALPHA HELIX, work lists, 1966  
Preliminary acceptance trials, January- February, 1966  
Messages, miscellaneous, February-May, 1966  
Billabong Expedition  
1966  
30  
31  
32  
33  
34  
10L  
35  
36  
Crossing the line, 1966  
Report on trip to Amazon, December 1966  
ALPHA HELIX, program, 1966 - 1971  
Costs, 1966 - 1971  
6
3
Alpha Helix, January, 1967  
January-October, 1967  
Amazon Expedition, radio messages, 1967  
Correspondence  
6
3
11L  
37  
January-June, 1967  
January-June, 1967  
July-December, 1967  
1968  
38  
39  
40  
January-June, 1969  
July-December, 1969  
41  
86-04 - 10  
Box  
Folder  
Folder Title  
EXPEDITION PAPERS (cont.)  
Correspondence (cont.)  
1970  
3
4
42  
1
1971  
2
1972  
3
1973  
4
1974  
5
1976 - 1980  
PUBLISHED PAPERS, MANUSCRIPTS AND REPORTS  
6
7
8
9
Accelerations From Wave Action, notes, Faughn, n.d.  
Radiological Survey of the California Disposal Areas During April, 1957  
Weather and Wave Forecasting for California Offshore Operations, 1957  
Results of Oceanographic Survey at Eniwetok,  
August, 1957  
10  
11  
12  
13  
14  
15  
Ball Type Current Meter, July 1958  
Deep Moored Instrument Stations, 1958  
Naga Expedition 1959-1961, Final Ms. [ Expedition and Cruise Report ]  
On The Controlled Sinking of a Ship Hulk, Feb. 1959  
Regional Meeting of Specialists in Marine Sciences, Saigon, January 14-17, 1939  
Anomalous Sediment Deposition on the Flank of Eniwitok Atoll Dec. 1959  
Deep Sea Anchoring and Mooring  
January 1961  
16  
86-04 - 11  
Box  
Folder  
Folder Title  
PUBLISHED PAPERS, MANUSCRIPTS AND REPORTS (cont.)  
Deep Sea Anchoring and Mooring (cont.)  
February 1962  
4
17  
18  
19  
Some Recent Bottom Profiles in the South China Sea, May 1962  
The "Argo Passage" South China Sea; Preliminary Notes June 1962 and  
bottom profiles.  
20  
21  
Deep Sea Moorings, March 1963  
Proposal for Radiological and Oceanographic Investigation of Southeast  
Asian Seas; April 1963  
22  
23  
24  
Report of Oceanic Survey, June 1964  
The Origin of the South China Sea, by Thomas W. C. Hilde, June 9, 1965  
Current Measurements at the Mouth of the Gulf of Thailand, March 1967,  
November 1964  
25  
26  
27  
MS: School in Brazil- November 1967  
Naga Expedition: various drafts-1968  
Summary, 1968  
MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHS, DRAWINGS,  
AND CERTIFICATES  
28  
29  
30  
31  
32  
[George Francis McEwen]  
Sketches [n.d.]  
Photographs- Cochin India  
Cruise Report- South Tow Expedition  
Photographs [Naga Expedition n.d.]  
86-04 - 12  
Box  
Folder  
Folder Title  
MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHS, DRAWINGS,  
AND CERTIFICATES (cont.)  
4
33  
34  
35  
Faughn Photographs-[n.d.]  
Faughn Photographs 17 B&W Photos  
S.I.O. Photographs [n.d.]  
Photo Album [n.d.] (2)  
Folder 1  
36  
37  
Folder 2  
Faughn Photos  
38  
39  
40  
ALPHA HELIX [n.d.]  
HORIZON vessel [n.d.]  
Drawing of a woman [n.d.]  
Photo Album  
41  
42  
43  
44  
45  
46  
47  
48  
49  
50  
[n.d.], 1959 - 1961  
1959 - 1963  
[n.d.], February 23, 1960 - May 16, 1961  
[n.d.], July 21, 1961-June 26, 1963  
Faughn- ALPHA HELIX and others [n.d.- 1967]  
Photo Album- [n.d.-1969]  
Postcards [n.d.-1973]  
Faughn sketches [1964]  
Faughn Photos ALPHA HELIX & China [1965]  
Faughn Photos ALPHA HELIX [1966]  
86-04 - 13  
Box  
Folder  
Folder Title  
MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHS, DRAWINGS,  
AND CERTIFICATES (cont.)  
4
51  
52  
53  
54  
55  
56  
S.I.O. Publications 1951-1962  
Faughn Papers, Log- January 10, 1968-February 12, 1961  
Faughn Photos and Newsclippings 1963  
Faughn Photos-Gulf Of Thailand 1965  
Marine Bio- Research Vessel in Tacoma Wash. and ALPHA HELIX, March 1965  
Christening and Launching Ceremony ALPHA HELIX,  
June 29, 1965  
57  
58  
1
Faughn-[Newsclip] February 20, 1966  
Minutes of ALPHA HELIX Review Committee Meeting, March 1974  
Xerox of Faughn Plague July 12, 1974  
Computation Book, January 1961  
5
2
3
Photographs  
LEGAL SIZE DOCUMENTS  
BT and Station and Position [1959 - 1960]  
Faughn’s Copy, Naga Animals [July, 1960]  
6
12L  
13L  
Stranger-Log  
14L  
15L  
16L  
17L  
24-VII-59 to 18-I-60  
19-1-60 to 10-IV-60  
Naga Ship Log [1959 - 1960]  
Equipment Inventories and Correspondence [1960 - 1961]  
86-04 - 14  
Box  
Folder  
Folder Title  
REPORTS  
Naga Cruise Reports  
6
18L  
19L  
1 thru 4 [1959 - 1960]  
5 thru 8 [May - October, 1960]  
Naga Preliminary Reports  
20L  
21L  
22L  
23L  
24L  
S-1 [October-November, 1959]  
S-2 [November-December, 1959]  
S-3 [January, 1960]  
S-4 [February, 1960]  
S-5 [May, 1960]  
Preliminary Cruise Report  
25L  
26L  
27L  
28L  
29L  
30L  
31L  
32L  
33L  
S-6 [July, 1960]  
S-7 [August, 1960]  
S-8 [October, 1960]  
S-9 [December, 1960]  
S-9A [January, 1961]  
S-10 [March, 1961]  
Final Field Report, Biol. [1959 - 1961]  
Cruise S-11 Rupon Naga [March, 1961]  
Naga - Final Bio Rept. Chula Students Reports [1959 - 1961]