Scripps Institution of Oceanography Lantern Slide Collection, ca. 1908-1940 (SAC 21)

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Extent: 0.5 Linear feet (2 lantern slide boxes)

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The Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) Lantern Slide Collection contains 165 slides documenting the history of SIO, including the development of the campus, research, and portraits of scientists.

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) Lantern Slide Collection was created and maintained by the SIO Library, during Ruth Ragan's tenure as librarian. In October of 1973, Betty Shor and Paul Leverenz retrieved the slides from the attic of the old library building. Two accessions of materials were brought to the SIO archives in 1981 and 1986. The SIO Archives was later transferred to stewardship of the UC San Diego Library's Special Collections & Archives Program.

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) Lantern Slide Collection contains 165 slides documenting the history of SIO, including the development of the campus, research, and portraits of scientists. Of particular interest are images of local erosion; as well as early images of SIO buildings and ships. The majority of the slides have labels, while dates are only recorded on a few slides. The slides were collected between 1920 and 1940, although several images predate this period.

Materials are arranged alphabetically, using topic groupings created by the SIO Library.

Container List

LANTERN SLIDES

Box 1 Folder 1
Apparatus (IA), ca. 1910-1940

Instruments include: current meter | wave and tide recorder | coring devices | bottom and plankton samplers | dredge | collecting net | bacteriological water samplers | red water sample | winch aboard R/V E.W. Scripps | Van Slyke blood-gas apparatus | Smith-Zobell slide rack | Sigsbee sounding machine | Nansen water bottle | Ralph Lewis with Allen closing bottle | chemical laboratory.

Box 1 Folder 2
Bottom configurations and topography (VII-C), ca. 1920-1940

Includes bottom configurations for Scripps Canyon and off the coast of La Jolla, San Diego, and California. Also includes geomorphic map of California and Nevada.

Box 1 Folder 3
Erosion (VII-D), ca. 1920-1940

Includes: fault lines in Soledad Valley | cliffs at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) and Torrey Pines | bulkhead and jointed sandstone near SIO pier | landslides at Pebble Beach, near SIO pier, and south of Flat Rock | rock slide in Santa Monica and south of San Juan Capistrano | graphs showing cliff recession.

Box 1 Folder 4
Fouling (XV-A), ca. 1920-1940

Includes the USS Laub at dry dock and equipment for marine fouling research at SIO.

Box 1 Folder 5
History of Science - Scripps Institution of Oceanography (VIII-A), ca. 1910-1940

Includes: R/V E.W. Scripps; R/V Alexander Agassiz; library; Director's house; Ritter Hall building and plans; water tower; and G.H. Scripps laboratory. Also includes George F. McEwen, Eric Moberg, and unidentified scientists working with instruments.

Box 2 Folder 1
History of Science - Scripps Institution of Oceanography (VIII-A), ca. 1910-1940

Includes: R/V E.W. Scripps; R/V Alexander Agassiz; library; Director's house; Ritter Hall building and plans; water tower; and G.H. Scripps laboratory. Also includes George F. McEwen, Eric Moberg, and unidentified scientists working with instruments.

Box 2 Folder 2
Institutions, general (VIII-B), ca. 1910-1940

Includes: Asamushi Marine Biological Station in Japan and Marine Biological Laboratory in Plymouth, England.

Box 2 Folder 3
Marine plants, general - Kelp harvesting (XIII-A), ca. 1910-1940

Includes: harvester, conveyer belt, loading kelp onto barge, and the unloading of kelp in San Pedro, California.

Box 2 Folder 4
Oceanographers (VIII-C), ca. 1910-1940

Includes painting of William Emerson Ritter, as well as portraits of: N. Yamasaki; the Committee on Physical and Chemical Oceanography of the Pacific Tokyo, 1926; Harald U. Sverdrup; Gorton, G. Schott, T. Wayland Vaughan, and George F. McEwen.

Box 2 Folder 5
Physical oceanography, high waves (XII-F), ca. 1920-1940

Includes: Balboa Pier in Orange County, Santa Monica breakwater, Malibu beach and homes, and Newport Beach.