Accession No.: 94-07

PROCESSING RECORD

SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY ARCHIVES

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Phinney, Alan W. 1915-1994

Alan W. Phinney Papers, 1945-1994

BULK DATES: 1945-1980

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 10 Lmss, charts in oversize, film, audio, video, photographs

DESCRIPTION: The collection includes the charts, log books, marine technician’s handbook,

navigation notebook, slides, films and other notes of Alan W. Phinney, Ship's Master for Scripps

Institution of Oceanography, from 1957 to 1983. The accession includes memoranda,

correspondence, and other material documenting ships and expeditions in which Phinney

participated from 1969 to 1975.

Captain Alan Phinney

Papers, 1945-1994

Accession Number 94-07

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Correspondence Series

1L

[All Ships’ Personnel, 1971]

[Employee]; Goodsir, Jacqueline, [1974]

[Employee]; Goodsir, Jacqueline, [1974][Restricted]

Jacques, Manuel, [1977]

Jacques, Manuel, [1977] [Restricted]

Zoehrer, Eric, [1974]

Zoehrer, Eric, [1974] [Restricted]

Evaluation Forms, [1973-1978]

Evaluation Forms, [1973-1978] [Restricted]

[Fisher, Nierenberg, Trapani, 1970-1971]

Kane Incident, [1963]

Kane Incident, [1963] [Restricted]

Letters of Approbation, [1958-1972] (2 folders)

Marine Facilities, [1973]

Marine Superintendent, [1970-1985]

[Personal, 1963-1976]

2L

Personal Data, Inactive, [1974]

[R/V Alpha Helix, 1972-1977]

[R/V Melville, 1971-1978]

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Correspondence Series (continued)

[R/V Melville, 1980-1985]

2L

Saavedra Affair, [April 1977] (2 folders)

Saavedra Affair, [April 1977] (2 folders) [Restricted]

Shepard, Frances, [1961]

Subject Series

[Administrative; Marine Facilities Division]

[Staff Personnel Policy, 1974]

Marine Operations Committee; Fleet Policy, [July 8, 1981-Feb. 14, 1983]

[Marine Operations Policies; Alcoholic Beverages, Waste Disposal, 1970-

1974]

Ship Business, 1973

[Administrative; Ship Policy; Guidelines for Mates]

Burial at Sea

3L

[Certificates of Vessel Clearance; R/V Melville, 1971]

[Coke Fund, 1969]

Deck Department

[Expedition Certificates, 1957, 1958, 1962]

International Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots (MMP)

[Marine Technician’s Handbook, F.S. Dixon, June 15, 1965, Copy #5, Captain

Phinney (2 folders)]

[Navigation]; Conversion Tables

Formulae

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3L

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Subject Series (continued)

[Log; AWP, August-September, 1961]

Capt; [Navigation Log, January-August 1958]

Capt; [February 1959-July 1960]

4L

[1964-1966]

[July 1966-June 1968]

Night Orders, [January 1958-June 1959]

[Nautical Maps; Pacific, Atlantic, Gulf, Alaskan Coasts]

[Navigational Aids, Symbols]

[Notebook, 1945] (3 folders)

Navigation Rules Quizzes

5L

Navigation Rules and Regulations, Study Material (2 folders)

Pilotage Information

Radar Plotting, [March 1969]

Radar Training Material, [1979, 1984]

[Navigation]; Radio Telephone Material, [1974]

[Teaching; Radar Plotting Principles, Crawford Nautical School, n.d.]

[Notebook; A-Z, n.d.]

[Notebook; Ships Log Maria Inez and Far Famed, 1952]

[Notebook; U.S. Maritime Service Institute Correspondence Course, 1951]

[Photographs; Miscellaneous, n.d.]

[Cold Bay, Alaska, 1972]

6L

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Subject Series (continued)

6L

[Photographs; Expedition Crews and Ocean Floor, 1971]

[Research Proposal – “Biological, Geological, and Chemical Studies of the East

Pacific Rise, October 28-December 22, 1981”]

Sailing Directions

Scripps Service, [1956-1981]

Ships; M.V. El Taybak, [1948-1952]

[Research Vessels of SIO; Brochures and Information]

[R/V Argo; Inventory of Office Publications, 1968]

[R/V E.B. Scripps, Work Instructions and Specifications, 1965-1970]

[R/V Melville; Description]

[Policy and Pay, 1971, 1983]

[R/V Thomas Washington, 1978]

Return to [R/V] Melville, [1985]

Ship Schedules, Crew Lists, etc., [1967-1985]

S.S. Jeremiah O’Brien

[School; Criminal Law Notes, 1937]

[School; Notes on Contracts, 1937]

[Travel; 1962-1970]

7L

[1971-1973]

[1974-1977]

[July 1960-December 1979]

[Central and South America, 1969-1970]

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Subject Series (continued)

7L

[Travel; Geochemical Ocean Sections; Ocean Exploration]

[Hawaii]; Honolulu Directions and Port File, Including Pearl Harbor,

[1982]

[M/V Baird, Caribbean Cruise, 1960]

[R/V Alpha Helix; Amazon Expedition, 1976

[Film; Australia Expedition, 1966]

[R/V Argo, Circe Expedition, March 1968-March 1969]

[R/V Melville Antipode Expedition, 1971]

[The Seychelles Annuals]

8L

[Sign; International Indian Ocean Expedition]

[Travel, Ship and Equipment Brochures]

[U.S. Coast Guard Inspection, 1966-1977]

Univest Records, [March 1968-December 1977]

[December 1977-March 1986]

[Voyage Maps of R/V Melville, Argo, Washington Expeditions]

[Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution]

Slides Series

9L

Indian Ocean, 1962

Miscellaneous, 1963

Pago Pago, Etc., 1967

Panama Canal, 1967

Spiess Deep Tow Expedition, 1970

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Slides Series (continued)

9L

Ceylon Polynesia, Melville Shots, 1971

Seychelles, 1971

Isaacs Fishing Party, June 1971

Indian Ocean, Sex Run w/ Christine, June 1971-Aug. 1973

Catalina, 1972

Alaska, Helix, March-May 1972

Bering Sea, March-May 1972

Bering Sea, May-June 1972

Bering Sea, August 1972, Samoa etc., August 1973

Solomon Islands, 1972

Banks Island, 1972

Banks Island, Guadalcanal, 1972

Solomon Islands, Helix, 1972

South Pacific, 1972

Ulawa Ontong Java, 1972

Gulf of California, 1972

Hawaii, September 1974

[No Title], February 1974

10L

Antarctica, March 1974

Ice, March 1974

Papeete (island east of Tahiti), April-May 1974

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Slides Series (continued)

Ross Sea, April 1974

10L

Drake Passage, 1975

Lamont Relief, New York, 1975

Antarctic, April 1975

Antarctic Magellan, May 1975

[Antarctic ?], May 1975

“King Kong” Film, 1976

Amazon, April 1977

Amazon, May 1977

Amazon, June 1977

[No Title], July 1977

Porto Bello, Panama, July 1977

Aztec Ruins outside Belize City, September 1977

Williamsburg, VA, September 1977

Bermuda, San Juan, October 1978

Montevideo, etc., November 1978

Falklands, Montevideo, 1979

Hawaii from Thomas Washington [ship], 1979

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Film Series

10L

[No Title], n.d.

Science at Work, Japanese Serves. 3 ¾ IPS Mono, Green Leader is Start

SS Lurline Approaching Honolulu off NE end of Oahu, Transferring to Horizon,

Anchored off Lahaina, Maui, n.d.

SCENE LIST: Puntas Arena, Costa Rica

Captain Pinel

SS Lurline approaching Honolulu

Transferring to R/V Horizon

Anchored off Lahaina, Maui

Tokyo

Coast Guard weather station ship crossing bow

Barbecue on fantail of Argo off Waikiki, Honolulu

Loading Instrument Case at Quay Wall, Acapulco

Acapulco Harbor, Old Fort, Yacht

Minky and Poodle

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Film Series

10L

Miscellaneous Voyage Scenes from 1961 R/V Spencer F. Baird and R/V Argo

[1961-1966]

SCENE LIST: Baird – Japan, June to October 1961

Scenes from Tokyo Tower

Departing Takashiba Pier, Tokyo

Honolulu Harbor, Aloha Tower, Waikiki Main Street and Beach

1962 – Waikiki, Honolulu Harbor, San Lucas Bay, Baja California

1962 – Los Frailes Bay, Recovering Old Anchor

Recovering Lost Starboard Anchor from Argo. Los Frailes Bay

Shrimp Boat off Guaymas, Mexico

Firing Rocket Line-Throwing Gun

1963 – Swimming off Argo near Iwo Jima

Entering Manila Bay, Passing Corregidor [Island]

Boat Drill at Sea, Argo

September 1962 – Indian Ocean Expedition, Cochin, India – Game Preserve

from Excursion Boat in Artificial Lake

September 1962 – Tea Plantation, India

Albatross from Argo Bridge Wing

Kerguelen Island, 49 degree South Latitude in Indian Ocean

October 1965 – Launching of President Harrison at National Steel Shipyard

(underexposed)

July 1966 – Jim Tibbetts, Radio Operator

August 1966 – Warping into Drydock at Campbell Machine Company, San

Diego, on return from Bering Sea Expedition

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Film Series

10L

Zetes Expedition-Alaska, Aleutians, Bering Sea, Siberia, Sea of Okhotsk,

Hokkaido, January-August 1966

Nova Expedition - Hawaii, Samoa, New Caledonia, Brisbane, Auckland, Suva,

Fiji, Nuhualofa, Tonga, April-December 1967

SCENE LIST: Noumea, New Caledonia

Heavy Weather, Noumea to Brisbane

Tranferring to R/V Horizon

Seismic Work – making up shots

Brisbane, Australia

Auckland, New Zealand

Sponge Samples

Suva, Fiji

Tonga

Pago Pago – Tight Squeeze

Cable Car Across Harbor

Mariposa Departing

Swains Island

Nova Expedition, Al Engel, April-December 1967

CSEA Meeting, NG. I ¾ IPS

Indopac [Expedition Leg] 11

Isthmian [Steamship Company] 1943-1949

Newspaper Clippings

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Film Series

10L

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Training Ship Seiyo-Maru, Kyoto University of Fisheries

Captain Branson [Personnel] 1969-1976