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Accession No.:97-21
PROCESSING RECORD
SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHPY ARCHIVES
Michael Neushul, 1933-1993
Michael Neushul Papers, 1905- 1993 [bulk 1954-1993]
Physical Description: 153 archives boxes, 7 oversize boxes
Description: The papers of algologist Michael Neushul largely document his academic career and professional life.
The collection includes biographical files, correspondence, subject files, teaching files, manuscripts of books and
other publications, photographs and other illustrations, videotapes and films, records of Neushul’s company,
Neushul Mariculture, Inc, reprint files, data files, objects and specimens. Biographical files include Neushul’s
curriculum vitae, student notes and other files from UCLA and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and
Neushul’s academic record. Correspondence consists mainly of professional correspondence, but the series does
include a few family letters. Subject files include files documenting people, kelp research, microscopy, and research
projects. The subject files series includes a notebook, correspondence and other material documenting Neushul’s
experiences as botanist on the Argentine Antarctic Expedition of 1957-1958. Teaching files include syllabi, outlines
of lectures, and student papers for courses taught by Michael Neushul at the University of California, Santa Barbara,
the University of Washington and other institutions. Manuscripts of books and other publications include research
notes, typescripts, correspondence, illustrations and other material documenting Neushul’s publications including
textbooks on botany and biology. The photographs include photographs, charts, slides, lantern slides, original
negatives, line drawings, annotated maps and other illustrative material. Most of this material documents algae. The
collection includes a series of company records generated by Neushul Mariculture, Inc. Of Goleta, California. This
series includes project files, fiscal files, personnel files and other material documenting the work of the company.
The reprint files consist of manuscripts and published articles written by scientists other than Michael Neushul. The
collection includes data files largely Neushul 97-21 (MC38) documenting algae. The collection includes a small
quantity of objects including microscope slides and algae preserved in paraffin. The collection is particularly rich in
material documenting Neushul’s research in marine microalgae and mariculture. The collection includes material
documenting Neushul’s interactions with his colleagues, especially marine botanists from China. The collection
includes several small notebooks, representing classes on algae offered at the University of Chicago at the turn of
the century.
Biography: Michael Neushul Jr. was born in Shanghai, China December 27, 1933. He was educated at the
University of California, Los Angeles (B.A. 1955, Ph.D., botany, 1959). Research for his doctoral dissertation was
conducted at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography which was administratively under UCLA at that time. He
served as assistant botanist at UCLA 1955-1956, 1958-1959 and as a research biologist at the Scripps Institution of
Oceanography 1956-1958. After an NSF fellowship year at the University of London, he was a member the faculty
of the University of Washington from 1960-1973. He was a member of the faculty of the University of California,
Santa Barbara from 1973 until his death. He served as botanist on the Argentine Antarctic Expedition during the
IGY year, 1957-1958 and participated in many expeditions of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. In 1969-70,
Neushul had a visiting fellowship at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. He was a member of many
scholarly societies and authored books and articles on marine algology. He died in Goleta, California on February
18, 1993.
Algae Antarctic Ocean; Marine algae; Macrocystis; Neushul Mariculture, Inc.; Argentine Antarctic Expedition
1957-1958
SIO MC# 38
