Jan B. Lawson Slides, 1958-1966 (SMC 98)

OFF-SITE STORAGE: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW TWO TO THREE (2-3) WEEKS FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.

Extent: .8 Linear feet (2 archives boxes)

Digital Content

Selected materials from the collection have been digitized. 267 slide images are available online following the link below. Another 200 were scanned between 2002 and 2013 and are stored on Library servers. They may be consulted onsite, with a research appointment.

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Color slides and a small number of photographs taken by Scripps Institution of Oceanography marine technician Jan B. Lawson on research expeditions in the 1960s.

Jan B. Lawson was the first marine technician at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. He worked on the expeditions documented in this collection.

Color slides and a small number of photographs taken by Scripps Institution of Oceanography marine technician Jan B. Lawson on research expeditions in the 1960s. Images include snapshots from the Swan Song Expedition in 1961; Lusiad Expedition in 1963; Papagayo Expedition in 1965; and the Zetes Expedition in 1966. Scenes include travel sights and activities, views from lodging and the research vessel Argo, coastlines, and crew members at work. Locations include Japan, Singapore, Manila (Philippines), Cape Town (South Africa), Mombasa, Sierra Leone, the Galápagos Islands, Costa Rica, and others. The collection includes other miscellaneous Scripps-related images, as well, but the quality of most images is low to fair.

Arranged in two series: 1) EXPEDITIONS, and 2) MISCELLANEOUS.

Container List

EXPEDITIONS

Box 1 Folder 1
Swan Song Expedition - Slides, with index, 1961

Swan Song Expedition explored the North Pacific at the equator and Eastern Tropical Pacific on R/V Argo. The expedition collected large water samples for analysis, studied the Cromwell Current (Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent), and undertook a limited biological program for the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. This was the last Scripps expedition headed by John Knauss.

Box 1 Folder 2
Lusiad Expedition, Leg 2 - Slides, with index, 1962 July

This was the longest Scripps sea trip to date and was part of an international effort to explore the Indian Ocean. On this expedition, the Scripps vessels HORIZON and ARGO sailed around the world to study the Indian Ocean, its currents and map its seafloor. As the Indian Ocean was less well known than other oceans, many seafloor features were discovered and named. The Mid Indian Ocean Ridge was explored, and biologists studied the marine life of the Indian Ocean. The scientists and crew represented many nations, and the ship visited ports in India, Africa and Asia.

Box 1 Folder 3
Lusiad Expedition, Legs 7 and 8 - Slides, with index, 1963
Box 1 Folder 4
CalCOFI Cruises 6001-0, 6004-H - Slides, with index, 1960-1961
Box 1 Folder 5
CalCOFI Cruise Banco San Isidro - Slides, with index, 1964
Box 1 Folder 6
El Golfo Expedition - Slides, with index, 1963
Box 1 Folder 7
Papagayo Expedition - Slides, with index, 1965
Box 1 Folder 8-14
Zetes Expedition - Slides, with indices: Legs 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, and DEEPAC X, 1966

From January to August 1966, the R/V Argo of SIO was employed in the North Pacific Ocean on investigations covering a wide range of oceanographic studies.

MISCELLANEOUS

Box 2 Folder 1-2
M/V John N. Cobb - Slides from Pacific Northwest, on Columbia River, 1961-1962
Box 2 Folder 3
Single prints and negatives, 1958-1965

Snapshots by Jack Bassel (Orca vessel?), Tony Young, Paul Prebble, Hugh M. Smith, Wahine Expedition, David Starr Jordan vessel, Black Douglass.

Box 2 Folder 4
Slide binder - Assorted subjects, with index, 1962-1965

Small gatherings of images on each topic: SIO Campus, Agassiz shakedown, Flip and first ocean flip, CalCOFI cruises, Black Warrior Lagoon, Malarimo Beach, Wahine.

Box 2 Folder 5
Slide binder - Assorted subjects, with index, ca. 1960-1966

Small gatherings of images on each topic: Zetes VI, David Starr Jordan vessel, Wahine, CalCOFI cruises, Argo vessel, Swan Song, etc.

Box 2 Folder 6
Unidentified - Slides, 1958-1959