Edward L. Winterer Papers, 1942-1988 (SMC 183)

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Extent: 4 Linear feet (10 archives boxes)

A small selection of papers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography geologist Edward Litton "Jerry" Winterer, known for his study of sediments and his involvement with the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) and its successor, the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP).

Edward Litton "Jerry" Winterer was born February 14, 1925 in Oakland, California. His father Edward V. Winterer was chief geologist and vice-president of the Superior Oil Company. Winterer attended UCLA, earning his A.B., M.A., and in 1954, his PhD in geology, and later joined UCLA's faculty. During this time, he was also employed as a geologist for the U.S. Geological Survey from 1949-1953. Winterer joined UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1963 and became a key figure in the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) and its successor, the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP). Winterer specifically studied pelagic sedimentation in the Pacific, the origin and palaeoceanographic significance of Mesozoic radiolarites, the geomorphology of atoll lagoons, as well as complex tectonic plate processes in the Pacific. In 1968, Winterer was appointed the Scripps Institution's second chairman by then Chancellor William J. McGill and Scripps Director William A. Nierenberg. He also served as chairman of the graduate department from 1968 to 1972, and was named distinguished research professor in 1994. He retired from teaching in 1997 and died in 2016 at the age of 91.

An obituary of Winterer is posted online as part of the University Communications & Public Relations Materials (RSS 6020) collection of news releases: https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb0588865x

A small selection of papers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) geologist Edward Litton "Jerry" Winterer, known for his studies of sedimentary geology. The materials appear to be remnants of Winterer's files that may have been left behind in a shared office or laboratory environment, and they are neither extensive or representative of Winterer's full scope of work. The collection does not contain significant correspondence, or documentation of his UC San Diego administrative or teaching work at UC San Diego, SIO or within the Deep Sea Drilling Project.

Materials are arranged chronologically within in two series: 1) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & RESEARCH PAPERS, and 2) STUDIES & TEACHING.

Oral history of Edward Litton Winterer, 25 April 2006, interview conducted by Laura Harkewicz. Available online.

Provenance

This body of Winterer material was donated as part of a larger accession of papers from the office of Douglas L. Inman in 2002. It is possible they shared or overlapped an office space; or, that Winterer material had been passed on to Inman after his retirement in 1997. Inman retired as a research professor at SIO in 2003.

This collection is minimally processed. The folders have not been numbered.

Container List

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & RESEARCH PAPERS

Scope and Content of Series

1) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & RESEARCH PAPERS: Includes draft talks, notes, related correspondence, and presentation materials from Winterer's conferences, meetings, symposiums and other professional activities. Materials range in date from 1958 to 1988.

Box 1
1958-1976

Includes: AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) paper; National Science Foundation and Geological Society of America presentations; National Academy of Sciences travel grant for the 12th Pacific Science Congress; materials relating to lectures, seminars, and travel.

Box 2
1976-1980

Includes: draft papers, lectures and associated correspondence.

Box 3
1980-1985

Includes: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Symposium talk; Geological Society of America (GSA) talks and seminars; UCLA, UC Riverside, UC Davis lectures; talks for the Scripps Industrial Associates (SIA) seminars; talks and consultations with petroleum companies Exxon and Shell Oil Company; and travel for lectures and presentations.

Box 4
1986-1988

Includes: Geological Society of America, NASA's ad-hoc Geology Advance Planning Meeting; American Geophysical Union meetings; Scripps Industrial Associates (SIA) seminar talk; WHOI Committee and workshop materials; National Academy of Sciences committee meetings materials.

STUDIES & TEACHING FILES

Scope and Content of Series

2) STUDIES & TEACHING FILES: Includes draft writings, a few geological field maps, notebooks and notes produced while Winterer was a student at Pomona College in 1942 and (primarily) UCLA from 1946-1963, where he received his PhD in Geology and also joined the faculty. Includes a small selection of Winterer's father's student work in geology from his attendance at UC Berkeley from 1926 to 1928.

Box 5
Class notes on early geology, paleontology and petroleum engineering, 1926-1928

Includes materials by Winterer's father, Edward V. Winterer, chief geologist and vice-president of the Superior Oil Company, written while he was a student at UC Berkeley.

Box 6
Pomona College and UCLA class notebooks and notes, 1942-1946

Subjects includes crystallography, historical geology, petrology, paleontology, astronomy, political science and history.

Box 7
UCLA class notebooks and notes - Minerology and geology, 1947-1948
Box 8
UCLA class notebooks and notes - Geology and paleontology, 1948-1950
Box 9
UCLA class notes and teaching files - Geology and paleontology, 1951-1963
Box 10
UCLA class notes and teaching files - Geology, paleontology and minerology, 1955-1963