Accession No.: 82-72
PROCESSING RECORD
SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY ARCHIVES
Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Instrument Engineering Laboratory
SIO Instrument Engineering Laboratory Drawings, 1945-1969
BULK DATES: 1946-1957
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 455 oversized items, 1 manuscript box (259 4"x6"
microfiche)
DESCRIPTION: When the Instrument Engineering Lab was organized in 1946, a
new system of identifying and storing drawings and blueprints produced by the
Lab was developed. Drawing numbers consisting of a letter signifying the size of
the drawing, and a sequential number was given to each drawing as it was made.
“A” series drawings measure 8 X 10 ½”
“B” drawings are 10 ½ X 15 ¾”
“C” drawings are “10 ½ X 32 ¾”
“D” drawings are 16 X 2l”
"E" drawings are 21 X 33”
Thus the original arrangement of the drawings has been preserved. Drawings are
arranged roughly chronologically within series arranged by size.
Some drawings were received by the Lab which predated the Lab and do not,
therefore have lab numbers. Other drawings were received by the Lab from project
draftsmen, and are numbered differently. As the numbers indicate, many drawings
made by the Lab have been lost.
These drawings depict instruments designed and/or built at or for SIO. Designers
include Theodore R. Folsom, Jeffrey Dean Frautschy, John Dove Isaacs, L.W.