Lanna Cheng Papers, 1938-2005 (SMC 95)

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Extent: 12 Linear feet (30 archives boxes)

This collection consists of the professional papers of Lanna Cheng, marine biologist and faculty member at UC San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Lanna Cheng was a marine entomologist researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography beginning in the 1970s, where she stayed for several decades. Her work focused on the open-ocean sea-skater Halobates, and she also published on marine insects, algae, and climate change. She received her M.S. degree from the University of Singapore in 1966 and her PhD from Oxford University in 1969. In the 1980s, Cheng worked extensively with scientists in the People's Republic of China (PRC), both hosting international workshops at SIO and traveling to develop laboratories in China. Between 1988-1990, she served as the Chief Technical Officer on the United Nations Development Project (UNDP) Brine Biotechnology Project with the Salt Research Institute in Tanngu, China.

In 1969, she married Ralph Lewin, marine biologist at SIO. Cheng and Lewin collaborated frequently over their careers, publishing together and traveling internationally to host seminars. Cheng often worked as a translator for Lewin, although Lewin was fluent in Esperanto. Cheng's brief professional CV and bibliography is available on on the Scripps Profiles website at:

This collection consists of the professional papers of Lanna Cheng, marine biologist and faculty member at UC San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Materials include manuscript drafts by Cheng and others, correspondence, insect collection data, expedition reports, and photographs. The collection was received in two accessions (2006 and 2007) and processed in 2024 by Alex McGrath.

Arranged in four series: 1) WRITINGS, 2) WORK WITH SCIENTISTS IN CHINA, 3) RESEARCH FILES, 4) CORRESPONDENCE.

Container List

WRITINGS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) WRITINGS consists of manuscript drafts by Cheng and collaborators, correspondence, data, and photographs.

Box 1 Folder 1-2
M.S. prospectus and dissertation, Studies on the Taxonomy and Biology of the Malayan Gerridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), University of Singapore, 1963-1965
Box 1 Folder 3
"The life history and development of Lypha dubia Fall. (Dipt., Tachinidae)," illustrations and draft, 1968-1969
Box 30 Folder 1
"The Gerridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Ontario" by Lanna Cheng and C.H. Fernando, images and drafts, 1969
Box 1 Folder 4-5
"Life history and biology of the riffle bug Rhagovelia obesa Uhler (Heteroptera: Veliidae) in Southern Ontario," illustrations and drafts, 1969-1971
Box 1 Folder 6
"Rheumatobates mystacurus" data, illustrations, and correspondence, 1970
Box 1 Folder 7
"Timing of attack by Lypha dubia Fall. (Diptera: Tachinidae) on the winter moth Operophtera brumata (L.) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) as a factor affecting parasite success" drafts, 1970
Box 1 Folder 8
"Preliminary study of the freshwater insect fauna of the Talcharko River, with special reference to the food of salmon", 1970
Box 1 Folder 9
Research proposal on population ecology studies of the Satywine Butterfly Coenonympha tullia (Satyridae: Lepidoptera), c. 1970
Box 1 Folder 10
"Halobates from the north African coast" data, correspondence, and drafts, 1971-1974
Box 2 Folder 1
"Ocean-Striders from Melanesia (Hemiptera - Gerridae, Halobates Spp.)" data and drafts, 1971
Box 2 Folder 2
"Fluidization as a feeding mechanism in beach flies" by Lanna Cheng and Ralph Lewin, data, correspondence, and drafts, 1972-1974
Box 2 Folder 3
"Ocean Strider Halobates (Heteroptera - Gerridae) in Atlantic Ocean" data, illustrations, correspondence, and draft, 1972-1973

Includes correspondence with USSR scientists.

Box 2 Folder 4
"Marine and freshwater skaters: differences in surface fine-structure" data, illustrations, and correspondence, 1972
Box 2 Folder 5
"Can Halobates dodge nets? By Daylight" data, correspondence, and drafts, 1972
Box 2 Folder 6
"Can Halobates dodge nets? By Moonlight" data, correspondence, and drafts, 1972-1973
Box 2 Folder 7
"Skaters of the Seas" correspondence and drafts, 1972

Includes poem by Ralph Lewin: "Pity frantic Halobates..."

Box 2 Folder 8
Unpublished reports and writings, 1972-1995

Includes "Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) and other insects of Isla San José" (Presented at CIBCASIO Third Meeting, October 1977).; "Report submitted to the Foundation for Ocean Research, San Diego, Leg III, R/V Dolphin, Gulf of California Expedition, 31 March – 18 April 1974.;" "Report of SIO Expedition "Rikmuseet" aboard R/V Dolphin, … Isla San José, Baja California, 15-22 April 1972.;" "Report … R/V Dolphin, Sea-skater I, Gulf of California, 1-14 March 1975.;" Scientific Report, Seaskater II Expedition to the Galapagos Is., Ecuador, R/V Alpha Helix – January – February 1978.;" "International Prochlorophyte Expedition VII, MMDC, Koror, Palau, 5 February – 3 March 1982.;" "International Prochloron Workshop, January 3 – 6 1983.;" "Physiological Ecology of the sea-skater Halobates.;" "Studies on the marine insects of the Seychelles, August 16 – September 7, 1985.;" "Brief report of scientific research carried out in Palau during the 1994 expedition of the Marine Biotechnology Institute Research Vessel "Sohgen Maru".;" "Distribution of ocean-skaters Halobates spp. From the Hakuho Maru cruise KH-94-2, Leg 3."

Box 2 Folder 9
"Some Halobates from Pacific Ocean" data and correspondence, 1972-1973

Includes letters in Esperanto.

Box 2 Folder 10
"The grooming organ of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)" by John Linley and Lanna Cheng, photographs and correspondence, 1973-1974
Box 2 Folder 11
"Some Halobates from the Pacific Ocean" by Lanna Cheng and Ralph Lewin, correspondence and drafts, 1973-1974

Includes correspondence with Hidemiti Oka and Haruo Kanatani in Tokyo, Japan. Includes letters in Esperanto.

Box 2 Folder 12
"Halobates" data, photographs, correspondence, and drafts, 1973
Box 2 Folder 13
"Notes on Ecology of Oceanic Insect Halobates" data, photographs, and correspondence, 1973-1974
Box 2 Folder 14
"Marine insects and their reproduction" by Lanna Cheng and J. Howard Frank, correspondence, 1973-1992
Box 2 Folder 15
"Halobates (Heteroptera: Gerridae) from the seas around Nosy Be, Malagasy" data and drafts, 1973-1975
Box 3 Folder 1
"Key to five pelagic species of Halobates" data, correspondence, and drafts, 1974-1975

For ICES (Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer) identification sheet.

Box 3 Folder 2
"A simple emergence trap for small insects" draft and correspondence, 1974
Box 3 Folder 3
"New distribution and habitat records of biting midges and mangrove flies (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae, Culicidae, Chironomidae and Phoridae) from the coast of Southern Baja California, Mexico" by Lanna Cheng and Charles Hogue, correspondence and drafts, 1974-1975
Box 3 Folder 4
"Lipids of Water-Strider Gerris-Remigis Say (Heteroptera-Gerridae): Seasonal and Developmental Variations" by Richard Lee, John Polhemus, and Lanna Cheng, data, correspondence, and drafts, 1974
Box 3 Folder 5
"Goose Barnacles (Cirripedia-Thoracica) on Flotsam Beached at La-Jolla, California" data, photographs, and correspondence, 1974-1976
Box 3 Folder 6
"Marine pleuston - animals at the sea-air interface," data, illustrations, and correspondence, 1974
Box 3 Folder 7
"Marine pleuston - animals at the sea-air interface," drafts and illustrations, 1974-1975
Box 3 Folder 8
"New Species of Hermatobates," photographs and correspondence, 1974-1977
Box 3 Folder 9
"Comparative Study of Lipids of Water-Striders from Marine, Estuarine, and Freshwater Environments - Halobates, Rheumatobates, Gerris (Heteroptera-Gerridae)" by Richard Lee and Lanna Cheng, correspondence and drafts, 1974
Box 3 Folder 10-11
"Ultraviolet (UV) Absorption by Gerrid Cuticles" by Lanna Cheng, Maurice Douek, and David A.I. Goring, data, photographs, and correspondence, 1974-1978

Corresponding with scientists at the Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada.

Box 30 Folder 2
"Ultraviolet (UV) Absorption by Gerrid Cuticles" by Lanna Cheng, Maurice Douek, and David A.I. Goring, data, photographs, and correspondence, 1974-1978

Corresponding with scientists at the Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada.

Box 3 Folder 12
Correspondence related to Marine Insects, 1974-1977
Box 4 Folder 1-2
Correspondence related to Marine Insects, 1974-1977
Box 4 Folder 3-7
Marine Insects - Page proofs, 1976
Box 4 Folder 8
Marine Insects - Preface and acknowledgements drafts, 1975-1976
Box 5 Folder 1
Marine Insects - Page proofs, 1976
Box 5 Folder 2
Marine Insects - Introduction drafts, 1975-1976
Box 5 Folder 3-7
Marine Insects - Chapters 2-7, 1974-1975

Primarily drafts and correspondence.

Box 6 Folder 1-10
Marine Insects - Chapters 7-12, 1975
Box 7 Folder 1-7
Marine Insects - Chapters 13-18, 1974-1976
Box 8 Folder 1
Marine Insects - Chapter 19, 1975
Box 8 Folder 2-4
Marine Insects - Taxonomic index drafts, 1975-1976
Box 8 Folder 5
Marine Insects - References, 1975
Box 8 Folder 6
Grants for Marine Insects, 1975
Box 8 Folder 7
Reviews of Marine Insects, 1976-1979
Box 8 Folder 8
"Cadmium and Other Heavy-Metals in Sea-Skaters - (Gerridae-Halobates, Rheumatobates)" by Lanna Cheng, George Alexander, and Paul Franco, data, correspondence, and drafts, 1975-1976
Box 8 Folder 9
"Note on a paper by Cheng and Lewin" by Kern Kenyon, correspondence and drafts, 1975
Box 8 Folder 10
"Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Marine Insects" by Lanna Cheng and Terry Bidleman, data and correspondence, 1975-1976
Box 8 Folder 11
"Flatworms afloat" by Lanna Cheng and Ralph Lewin, data, photographs, correspondence, 1975
Box 8 Folder 12
"A preliminary study on the fauna and distribution of aquatic hemiptera in Malaya and Singapore" correspondence, 1975-1976
Box 8 Folder 13
"Observations on Behavior, Emergence and Reproduction of the Marine Midges Pontomyia (Diptera, Chironomidae)" by Lanna Cheng and John Collins, 1976-1980
Box 8 Folder 14
"Marine Midge Pontomyia (Chironomidae) with a Description of Females of P. Oceana-Tokunaga" by Lanna Cheng and Hiroshi Hashimoto, data, correspondence, and drafts, 1976-1977
Box 8 Folder 15
"New Rheumatobates from Costa-Rica (Hemiptera-Gerridae)" by John Polhemus and Lanna Cheng, correspondence and drafts, 1976-1977
Box 8 Folder 16
"Terrestrial Insects at Sea" by Lanna Cheng and Martin Birch, correspondence and drafts, 1976-1977
Box 8 Folder 17
"Insect flotsam - unstudied marine resource" by Lanna Cheng and Martin Birch, data, correspondence, and drafts, 1976-1978
Box 8 Folder 18
Encyclopedia of Beaches and Coastal Environments, correspondence, 1976-1981
Box 8 Folder 19
"Polonium and Plutonium in an Intertidal Food-Chain" data and correspondence, 1977
Box 9 Folder 1
"Notes on the Seabug Hermatobates-Hawaiiensis China (Heteroptera, Hermatobatidae)" by Lanna Cheng and Elizabeth W. Leis, correspondence, photographs, and drafts, 1977-1980
Box 9 Folder 2
"Incorporation of Cadmium into Drosophila" data, correspondence, and drafts, 1978-1979
Box 9 Folder 3
"Prochlorophytes in the Caribbean" by Lanna Cheng, Ralph Lewin, and Franscoise Lafargue, correspondence and drafts, 1978-1979
Box 9 Folder 4
"Heavy-Metals in the Sea-Skater Halobates-Robustus from the Galapagos-Islands - Concentrations in Nature and Uptake Experiments, with Special Reference to Cadmium," data, correspondence, and drafts, 1978-1979
Box 9 Folder 5
"Uptake and Loss of Radioactive Cadmium by the Sea-Skater Halobates-Robustus (Heteroptera, Gerridae)" by Meinhardt Schulz-Baldes and Lanna Cheng, data and correspondence, 1978
Box 9 Folder 6
"Cadmium in Halobates-Micans from the Central and South-Atlantic Ocean" by Meinhardt Schulz-Baldes and Lanna Cheng correspondence and drafts, 1978-1980
Box 9 Folder 7
"Nymphs of two sea-skaters, Halobates-Robustus and Halobates-Micans (Heteroptera: Gerridae)," by Lanna Cheng and Lori Maxfield, correspondence and drafts, 1978-1979
Box 9 Folder 8
"Distribution and Environmental Synchronization of the Marine Insect, Halobates-Robustus, in the Galapagos Islands" by Martin Birch, Lanna Cheng, and John Treherne, correspondence and drafts, 1978-1979
Box 9 Folder 9-10
"Disjunct Distributions of Halobates (Hemiptera: Gerridae) in the Pacific Ocean" illustrations, correspondence, data, and drafts, 1978-1996

Uses data from the Norpax (North Pacific Experiment) expeditions 1979-1980.

Box 9 Folder 11
"Distribution and Abundance of Halobates Species (Insecta, Heteroptera) in the Eastern Tropical Pacific: by Lanna Cheng and Eric Shulenderger, data, correspondence, and drafts, 1979-1980
Box 9 Folder 12
"Notes on Marine Water-Striders with Descriptions of New Species Part 1. Gerridae (Hemiptera)" by John Polhemus and Lanna Cheng, correspondence, photographs, and drafts, 1979-1982
Box 10 Folder 1
"New Net for Sampling the Ocean Surface" photographs and correspondence, 1979-1981
Box 10 Folder 2
"Flux of Radioactive Cadmium through the Sea-Skater Halobates (Heteroptera, Gerridae)" by Meinhardt Schulz-Baldes data, correspondence, and drafts, 1979-1980
Box 10 Folder 3
"Marine Insects of Hong Kong" by Lanna Cheng and Dennis Hill, correspondence and drafts, 1980-1981
Box 10 Folder 4
"Frequency and Population Composition of Halobates micans (Heteroptera: Gerridae) From the Central and South Atlantic Ocean" by Meinhardt Schulz-Baldes and Lanna Cheng, data, correspondence, and drafts, 1980
Box 10 Folder 5
"Motility of Didemnid Ascidian Colonies" by Charles Birkeland, Lanna Cheng, and Ralph Lewin, photographs, correspondence, and drafts, 1980
Box 10 Folder 6
"Marine Insects of the Genera Halobates and Hermatobates (Heteroptera) from Neuston Tows around Lizard Island, Great Barrier-Reef," by Lanna Cheng and Patti Schmitt, data, correspondence, and drafts, 1980-2006
Box 10 Folder 7
"Seabird Predation on the Sea-Skater Halobates-Sericeus (Heteroptera, Gerridae)," by Lanna Cheng and Craig S. Harrison, data and correspondence, 1981-1983
Box 10 Folder 8
"Cadmium in Halobates sericeus (Insecta) eaten by seabirds" by Lanna Cheng, Meinhardt Schulz-Baldes, and Craig S. Harrison, correspondence and drafts, 1981-1983
Box 10 Folder 9
"Prochloron on Synaptula" by Ralph Lewin and Lanna Cheng, correspondence and photographs, 1981-1983
Box 10 Folder 10
"Life on the ocean wave," by Lanna Cheng and Jonathan Trent, correspondence and drafts, 1981-1982

Also titled "Living at the Interface."

Box 10 Folder 11
"Chromosomes of 5 Species of Sea-Skater (Gerridae-Heteroptera)" by Lester Newman and Lanna Cheng, photographs and correspondence, 1981-1983
Box 10 Folder 12
"Halobates from the coasts of China" data and drafts, 1981-1982
Box 11 Folder 1
"Populations of Halobates (Hemiptera, Gerridae) across 2 Oceans" by Lanna Cheng and Patricia Holdway, correspondence and drafts, 1982-1995

Discusses expeditions on the Eye of the Wind.

Box 11 Folder 2
"Studies in the distribution of insects by aerial currents. III. Insect drift over the sea." by Alastair Hardy and Lanna Cheng, notebook and correspondence, 1984-1985
Box 11 Folder 3
"Diurnal rhythm in the cell-division frequency of Prochloron (Prochlorophyta) in nature," by Ralph Lewin, Lanna Cheng, and Jaime Matta, data, correspondence, and drafts, 1984
Box 11 Folder 4
"Biology of Halobates (Heteroptera, Gerridae)" correspondence and drafts, 1984
Box 11 Folder 5
"Northeastern Range of Halobates-Micans (Heteroptera, Gerridae) in the Atlantic-Ocean" by Lanna Cheng, Hans-Christian John, and Pedro Ré, correspondence, 1985
Box 11 Folder 6
"Are There Separate Populations of Halobates in the Gulf of Mexico" by Lanna Cheng and John Wormuth, data and correspondence, 1987-1992
Box 11 Folder 7
"Characteristics of Prochloron Ascidian Symbioses. 2. Photosynthesis-Irradiance Relationships and Carbon Balance of Associations from Palau, Micronesia" by Randy Alberte, Lanna Cheng, and Ralph Lewin, illustrations, 1987
Box 11 Folder 8
"The endemic sea-skater Halobates alluaudi Bergroth, 1893 (Hemiptera: Gerridae) in the Seychelles," notes and correspondence, 1988-1991
Box 11 Folder 9
"Halobates in the Banda Sea (Indonesia) - Monsoonal Differences in Abundance and Species Composition" by Lanna Cheng, Martien Baars, and Swier S. Oosterhuis, data, correspondence, and drafts, 1988-1990

Uses data from Snellius II expedition.

Box 11 Folder 10
"Halobates from the Snellius II expedition" by Lanna Cheng, Martien Baars, and Swier S. Oosterhuis, 1988
Box 11 Folder 11
"Biogeography and phylogeny of the sea-skater Halobates" correspondence and drafts, 1989
Box 11 Folder 12
Book review: Aquatic Insect Ecology by J.V. Ward, correspondence and draft, 1992
Box 11 Folder 13
"Theoretical aspects of the distribution of ocean-skaters Halobates" by Terumi Ikawa, Akira Okubo, Hidehiko Okabe, Lanna Cheng, and Mizuki Tsuchiya, drafts, 1994-1996
Box 11 Folder 14
"Oceanic diffusion and the pelagic insects Halobates spp. (Gerridae: Hemiptera)" by Terumi Ikawa, Akira Okubo, Hidehiko Okabe, and Lanna Cheng, correspondence and drafts, 1995-1996
Box 12 Folder 1-2
"Guide to aquatic heteroptera of Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia" by Chang Man Yang, Damir Kovac, John T. Polhemus, Dan Polhemus, and Lanna Cheng, correspondence and drafts, 1995-2002
Box 12 Folder 3
"Intracellular Symbiosis of a Photosynthetic Prokaryote, Prochloron sp., in a Colonial Ascidian" by Euichi Hirose, Tadashi Maruyama, Lanna Cheng, and Ralph Lewin, photographs, correspondence, and drafts, 1995-1996
Box 12 Folder 4
"Mass Oviposition and Egg Development of the Ocean-Skater Halobates sobrinus (Heteroptera: Gerridae)" by Lanna Cheng and Robert L. Pitman, drafts, 1996-2002
Box 12 Folder 5
"Evidence for chemical communication in the marine insect Trochopus plumbeus (Heteroptera: Veliidae): a preliminary report on surface-active sex attractants" by Lanna Cheng and Vassilios Rousis, data and correspondence, 1996-1997
Box 12 Folder 6
"Sex attractant in the marine insect Trochopus plumbeus (Heteroptera?: Veliidae): a preliminary report" by Lanna Cheng and Vassilion Roussis, correspondence and drafts, 1997-1998
Box 12 Folder 7
"Intra- and extra-cellular distribution of photosynthetic prokaryotes, Prochloron sp., in a colonial ascidian: Ultrastructural and quantitative studies" by Euichi Hirose, Tadashi Maruyama, Lanna Cheng, and Ralph Lewin, correspondence and drafts, 1997
Box 12 Folder 8
"Phylogeny of sea skaters, Halobates Eschscholtz (Hemiptera, Gerridae), based on mtDNA sequence and morphology" by Jakob Damgaard, Nils M. Andersen, Lanna Cheng, and Felix A.H. Sperling, correspondence, 1998-2000
Box 12 Folder 9
"Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation and phylogeography of oceanic insects (Hemiptera: Gerridae: Halobates spp.)" by Nils M. Andersen, Lanna Cheng, Jakob Damgaard, and Felix A.H. Sperling, correspondence, 1998-2000
Box 12 Folder 10
"Species Composition and Distribution of Ocean Skaters Halobates (Hemiptera?: Gerridae) in the Western Pacific Ocean (Behavior and Ecology)" by Terumi Ikawa, Hidehiko Okabe, Sugihiko Hoshizaki, Lanna Cheng, Takahiro Fuchi, and Yuzuru Suzuki, data, correspondence, and drafts, 2000-2002
Box 12 Folder 11
"Marine Insects" in Encyclopedia of Insects, correspondence and drafts, 2000-2002
Box 13 Folder 1
Book review: The Biology of Mangroves by Peter Hogarth, draft, 2001
Box 13 Folder 2
"Marine insects of Guam: Heteroptera and Diptera" by Lanna Cheng and Wayne N. Mathis, drafts, 2001-2003
Box 13 Folder 3
"Evolution probing for semiochemicals based on secondary metabolites in the cuticles of three species of Halobates (Heteroptera?: Gerridae)" by Panos Petrakis, Maria Tsoukatou, Constantinos Vagias, Vassilios Roussis, and Lanna Cheng, drafts, 2003
Box 13 Folder 4
Encyclopedia of Entomology, correspondence and drafts, 2003
Box 13 Folder 5
"Insecta: Hemiptera, Heteroptera" by Chang Man Yang, Damir Kovac, and Lanna Cheng, draft, 2004

Ms. Chang Man Yang of Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research at the National University of Singapore.

Box 30 Folder 3
"A methods for testing for synchronization between host and parasite populations" by Peter D.M. Macdonald and Lanna Cheng, undated
Box 13 Folder 6
"The Ocean-strider Halobates (Heteroptera: Gerridae)" notes and drafts, 1967-1971

Delivered at "Marine Biological Association of India Symposium on Indian Ocean and Adjacent Seas, Their Origin, Science and Resources" 1971, Cochin, India.

Box 13 Folder 7
International Congress of Entomology XV, 1976, 1975-1976
Box 13 Folder 8
CIBCASIO 1977, "Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) and other insects of Isla San José," draft and photographs, 1977

CIBCASIO: "Centros de Investigacion de Baja California And Scripps Institute of Oceanography."

Box 13 Folder 9
Western Society of Naturalists, International Symposium on Marine Biogeography and Evolution in the Southern Hemisphere, "Halobates and other little-known insects of the South Pacific Region," drafts and correspondence, 1978
Box 13 Folder 10
Bodega Marine Laboratory seminar, "Halobates up and down the food chain", 1989
Box 13 Folder 11
"Disjunct distributions of Halobates sericeus (Insecta: Hemiptera, Gerridae) in the Pacific Ocean" correspondence and draft, 1995

Delivered at the International Conference on Pelagic Biogeography, 9-15 July 1995, Leeuwenhorst. Includes correspondence with Terumi Ikawa, Akira Okubo, and Hidehiko Okabe.

Box 13 Folder 12
"Production of beta-carotene from Dunaliella salina Teod. at the Salt Research Institute, Tanggu, P.R. China" by Lanna Cheng, Junjie Zhang, and Liancheng Guo, 1996

Delivered at the 7th International Conference on Applied Algology, 16-19 April 1996, South Africa.

WORK WITH SCIENTISTS IN CHINA

Scope and Content of Series

Series 2) WORK WITH SCIENTISTS IN CHINA consists of correspondence, reports, travel and training documents related to Cheng's work with the Salt Research Institute and other universities. Many reports and correspondence in this series are written in Chinese.

Box 13 Folder 13
Visit to Chinese science institutes, 1980

Includes letters in Esperanto.

Box 13 Folder 14
Poems and illustrations for Sam Oakland, 1980
Box 13 Folder 15
Visit to SIO by delegation from China, Shandong College of Oceanography, 1981
Box 14 Folder 1-3
UNDP visit to Shandong College of Oceanography, China, 1983

Under United National Development Project (UNDP) Project: "Strengthening Training and Research in Selected Key Universities - CPR/80/041"

Box 14 Folder 4
Project document, Brine biotechnology in salt ponds, 1986

Includes facsimile of agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the United Nations Development Program

Box 14 Folder 5-6
International Academic Conference on Science and Technology in Esperanto, Beijing, China, 1986

Includes letters in Esperanto.

Box 14 Folder 7
Sun Juju, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) fellowship, 1987-1988

Includes report of work accomplished while visiting Cheng in La Jolla

Box 14 Folder 8
Salt Research Institute consultants, 1988-1993

Correspondence with Tim Moulton in São Paulo, Brasil, Richard Taylor in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and David Butts in Ogden, Utah, and Frank Meyskens in Irvine, California

Box 14 Folder 9
Patrick Sorgeloos correspondence, 1989-1991
Box 14 Folder 10
Salt Research Institute foreign training program, 1989-1991
Box 14 Folder 11
Brine biotechnology notes, 1989
Box 14 Folder 12
Salt Research Institute equipment, 1989-1990
Box 14 Folder 13
Salt Research Institute Artemia research, 1989

Includes information about February 1989 Chinese delegation to Bodega Marine Laboratory, California.

Box 15 Folder 1
Salt Research Institute correspondence, 1989
Box 15 Folder 2-4
Sun Juju, Salt Research Institute correspondence, 1989-1994
Box 15 Folder 5
Report to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Brine biotechnology in salt ponds, 1989-1990

Includes report by Tim Moulton

Box 15 Folder 6
International Symposium on Biotechnology of Salt Ponds, correspondence, 1989-1990
Box 15 Folder 7
International Symposium on Biotechnology of Salt Ponds, photographs and notes, June 1990
Box 15 Folder 8
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Biotechnology of Salt Ponds, correspondence, 1990-1991

Includes information on the European Economic Community (EEC) and relations with China. Correspondents include Xi Chen, Gang Chen, James Clegg, Miriam Cordero, Joseph Davis, Lee-shing Fang, Liangchen Guo, Ralph Lewin, Zhili Liu, Piamsak Menasveta, Junmin Pan, Andleka Petrovic, Abdul Rahaman, Dingji Shi, Patrick Sorgeloos, Dexin Shu, Wim Tackaert, Senming Tang, Chenkui (C.K..) Tseng, Xihai Wu, Naihong Xin, Baozheng Xu, Runsheng Zhang.

Box 15 Folder 9
Salt Research Institute staff visit to San Diego, 1989
Box 15 Folder 10
Salt Research Institute, video commentary, 1990
Box 16 Folder 1
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Biotechnology of Salt Ponds, translations by Lanna Cheng, 1991
Box 16 Folder 2
Visit to Salt Research Institute, correspondence, notes, and negatives, April 1990
Box 16 Folder 3
China visit, plans and itineraries, September 1990
Box 16 Folder 4
Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) report to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on "Brine biotechnology of salt ponds" project, November 1990
Box 16 Folder 5
Pan Junmin, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) fellowship, 1991
Box 16 Folder 6
Brine biotechnology project tripartite review, 1991

Includes correspondence with Sun Juju and information related to Lanna Cheng's trip to China in October 1991

Box 16 Folder 7
United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Salt Research Institute (SRI), Final technical report, April 1991
Box 16 Folder 8
International Phycological Congress, Qingdao, China, 1994
Box 16 Folder 9
Salt Research Institute visit, 1997-1998

Includes research materials on the extraction of beta-carotene from algae Dunaliella.

Box 16 Folder 10
Chinese science institute booklets, 1980-1990

RESEARCH FILES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 3) RESEARCH FILES consists of data and correspondence related to insect collecting expeditions, either in which Cheng was a participant, or from whose participating scientists she received data.

Box 30 Folder 4
Alister Hardy reports, 1938-1948

"Preliminary report on the investigations of insect drift over the North Sea at University College of Hull, June to October 1938," and "Interim summary report on the insect drift investigations in the Department of Zoology, Oxford, 1947-1948."

Box 17 Folder 1-2
Howard R. Attebery Halobates notes and maps, 1949-1953
Box 17 Folder 3
Tachinidae notes and illustrations, 1953-1960
Box 17 Folder 4
Martin Johnson notes and data on Halobates, 1953-1956
Box 17 Folder 5
Halobates data from National Marine Fisheries Service, Hawaii Area Fishery Research Center, Hawaii, 1960-1973

Data from cruises on the Thomas Cromwell and Charles H. Gilbert

Box 17 Folder 6
Halobates data from the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC), 1964-1995
Box 17 Folder 7
Halobates data and correspondence from ORSTOM, Noumea, New Caledonia, 1965-1972

ORSTOM: "Office de la recherche scientifique et technique outre-mer"

Box 17 Folder 8
Halobates data from University of Miami, 1966-1975
Box 17 Folder 9
Halobates data from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Atlantis II cruises, 1967-1970
Box 17 Folder 10
Halobates data from the Eastern Tropical Pacific (EASTROPAC), with report by Mark Grygier, 1967-1979
Box 17 Folder 11
American Association of University Women fellowship, 1969-1971
Box 18 Folder 1
Inquiry into Halobates specimens collected on R/V Te Vega expeditions, 1970-1971
Box 18 Folder 2
Halobates data from the Indian Ocean Biological Center, Kochi, India, 1970-1973
Box 18 Folder 3
Halobates data from the California Academy of Sciences, Berkeley, 1970
Box 18 Folder 4-6
Enewetak Atoll insect collection expedition, notes and correspondence, 1971-1984
Box 18 Folder 7
Enewetak Atoll insect collection expedition, diary, 1975
Box 18 Folder 8-10
Grant applications and correspondence, 1971-1998
Box 18 Folder 11
Ocean surface insect surveys, Fisheries Laboratory Lowestoft Suffolk, 1971-1976
Box 18 Folder 12
Insect identification expeditions to Isla San José, Baja California, Mexico, 1972-1974

SIO Expedition "Riksmuseet," R/V Dolphin, 15-22 April 1972; and The Foundation for Ocean Research Gulf of California Expedition, Leg III, R/V Dolphin, 31 March - 18 April 1974. Includes proposals for continued study of fauna and biting midges through 1975.

Box 19 Folder 1
Insect identification expeditions to Isla San José, Baja California, Mexico, 1972-1974

SIO Expedition "Riksmuseet," R/V Dolphin, 15-22 April 1972; and The Foundation for Ocean Research Gulf of California Expedition, Leg III, R/V Dolphin, 31 March - 18 April 1974. Includes proposals for continued study of fauna and biting midges through 1975.

Box 19 Folder 2
Halobates data from the National Marine Fisheries Service, Narragansett Laboratory, Rhode Island, 1972-2003

Data from specimens collected off the west coast of Africa. Includes correspondence with Ray Maurer.

Box 19 Folder 3
Halobates data from the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, 1972-1974
Box 19 Folder 4
Halobates data from Texas A&M University, 1972-1976
Box 19 Folder 5
Halobates data from Meteor cruise 51, 1972-1983

Includes correspondence with Meinhardt Schultz-Baldes

Box 19 Folder 6
South Tow 13 expedition, R/V Thomas Washington, 1973
Box 19 Folder 7
Gulf of California expedition, R/V Alpha Helix, 1974
Box 19 Folder 8
Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, "Report on Feasibility Study of Surface Neuston", 1974-1975

Includes letter from Willard Bascom

Box 19 Folder 9
Sea-skater I expedition to Gulf of California, R/V Dolphin, 1974-1975
Box 19 Folder 10
Ocean surface insect surveys, Oregon coast, 1974-1975
Box 20 Folder 1
Halobates data from the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 1974
Box 20 Folder 2
Report on work carried out during leave from SIO, 1976
Box 20 Folder 3
Halobates data from the Los Angeles Country Museum, 1976
Box 20 Folder 4
Halobates data from Diane Calabrese, University of Connecticut, 1976
Box 20 Folder 5
Sea-skater II expedition to the Galapagos Islands, R/V Alpha Helix, proposals and notes, 1975-1978
Box 20 Folder 6
Sea-skater II expedition to the Galapagos Islands, R/V Alpha Helix, correspondence, 1977-1978
Box 20 Folder 7
Sea-skater II expedition to the Galapagos Islands, R/V Alpha Helix, research files, 1977-1978
Box 20 Folder 8
Sea-skater II expedition to the Galapagos Islands, R/V Alpha Helix, supplies, 1977-1978
Box 20 Folder 9
Sea-skater II expedition to the Galapagos Islands, R/V Alpha Helix, cadmium data, 1977-1978
Box 20 Folder 10
Sea-skater II expedition to the Galapagos Islands, R/V Alpha Helix, photographs and research reports, 1977-1978
Box 20 Folder 11-12
"Halobates Collected During the Circumnavigational Expedition Operation Drake," by Patricia Holdway and Lanna Cheng, data and correspondence, 1978-1982
Box 20 Folder 13
Micronesian Halobates notes, 1979-1981
Box 20 Folder 14
Halobates data from the Deep Ocean Mining Environmental Study (DOMES), Hawaii, 1980-2002
Box 21 Folder 1
"Seabird Predation on the Sea-Skater Halobates-Sericeus (Heteroptera, Gerridae)," by Lanna Cheng and Craig S. Harrison, bird guts sample data, 1981-1983
Box 21 Folder 2
Halobates data from Eye of the Wind expeditions, 1981-1994
Box 21 Folder 3
Halobates data from Canadian Wildlife Service, Nova Scotia, 1981-1982
Box 21 Folder 4
Halobates in sea-bird stomachs, data and correspondence, 1981-1982
Box 21 Folder 5
Halobates data from National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Center, Honolulu Laboratory, Hawaii, 1981
Box 21 Folder 6
Halobates data from CSK International Zooplankton Collection, Tokai University, Japan., 1981

Cooperative Study of the Kuroshio and Adjacent Regions (CSK) was a UNESCO program from 1965-1979.

Box 21 Folder 7
Halobates data from Lockheed Ocean Laboratory, and Marine Minerals Technology Center, 1982-1983
Box 21 Folder 8
Halobates data from the Gulf of Mexico, 1982-1985

Includes correspondence with Ray Maurer

Box 21 Folder 9
Halobates in fish stomachs data, 1982
Box 21 Folder 10
Halobates data from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, 1982
Box 21 Folder 11
Snellius II expedition data and correspondence, 1984-1985
Box 21 Folder 12
Alister Hardy, "Studies in the distribution of insects in aerial currents, Part III, Insect drift over the sea," notes, drafts, and correspondence, 1984-1985
Box 21 Folder 13
Marine insects of the Seychelles, National Geographic Society, 1985

Includes information on the Oxford University Biological Expedition to the Seychelles 1985

Box 21 Folder 14
Halobates data from the Solomon Islands, 1985-1989
Box 21 Folder 15
"Isolation, characterization, and identification of marine picopleuston" grant to National Science Foundation, 1987
Box 22 Folder 1
Halobates samples sent to the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 1990-2005
Box 22 Folder 2
Office of Naval Research (ONR), workshop on Marine Symbiosis in Maui, Hawaii, November 1990
Box 22 Folder 3
Office of Naval Research (ONR) proposal, "Correlations between Halobates distributions and physical processes at the sea surface", 1994
Box 22 Folder 4
Office of Naval Research (ONR), presentation on Halobates, June 1994
Box 22 Folder 5
Office of Naval Research (ONR) correspondence, 1995
Box 22 Folder 6
Catherwood Foundation Peruvian-Amazon Expedition, correspondence and maps, 1996-1998
Box 22 Folder 7-8
Gump Moorea (French Polynesia) Research Station, "Chemical communication in marine insects," data, correspondence, and report, 1996-1999
Box 22 Folder 9
Office of Naval Research (ONR) reports, "Correlations between Halobates distributions and physical processes at the sea surface", 1996-1997
Box 22 Folder 10
Office of Naval Research (ONR), travel grants, 1996
Box 22 Folder 11
"Halobates (Hemiptera: Gerridae) as indicators of climatic changes in the California current system" grant to National Science Foundation, 1997
Box 22 Folder 12
Gerris Remigis illustrations, undated
Box 22 Folder 13
Lepidopterous hosts of Lypha, illustrations and notes, undated

CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 4) CORRESPONDENCE consists of specific correspondence files labeled and organized by Cheng. Topics include personal and family updates, travel planning, data and sample discussions, and postcards. Files are organized alphabetically by sender's last name. Series includes letters in Esperanto, Chinese, and other languages.

Arranged in two subseries: A) General Correspondence, and B) Alphabetical Correspondence, 1970-1933.

General Correspondence

Box 22 Folder 14
Correspondence with the Institute of Oceanology, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR, 1970-1979
Box 22 Folder 15
Correspondence with Sigeru Motoda, 1974-2002
Box 22 Folder 16
Correspondence regarding Halobates samples and data, 1975-1980
Box 22 Folder 17
Correspondence with Anne Tokar, 1976
Box 22 Folder 18
Correspondence with Randall S. Alberte, with data on tetraselmis algae, 1986-1987

Alphabetical Correspondence, 1970-1933

Box 22 Folder 19
A
Box 23 Folder 1
A
Box 23 Folder 2-4
B
Box 23 Folder 5-6
C
Box 24 Folder 1-3
C
Box 24 Folder 4-5
D
Box 24 Folder 6
E
Box 24 Folder 7
F
Box 25 Folder 1-2
F
Box 25 Folder 3-4
G
Box 25 Folder 5-6
H
Box 26 Folder 1
H
Box 26 Folder 2-3
I-J
Box 26 Folder 4-5
K
Box 26 Folder 6
L
Box 27 Folder 1-2
L
Box 27 Folder 3-5
M
Box 27 Folder 6-7
N
Box 28 Folder 1-3
O-P-Q
Box 28 Folder 4-5
Q-R
Box 28 Folder 6
S
Box 29 Folder 1-3
S
Box 29 Folder 4
T
Box 29 Folder 5
U-V
Box 29 Folder 6
W
Box 30 Folder 5-6
W
Box 30 Folder 7-8
X-Y-Z