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STARTING POINTS ON HISTORY OF SCRIPPS

• Scripps Institution of Oceanography; first fifty years. Helen Raitt and Beatrice Moulton. Ward Ritchie Press, 1966
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography : probing the oceans, 1936 to 1976. Elizabeth Noble Shor. San Diego, CA: Tofua Press, 1978

CENTENNIAL SERIES ON SCRIPPS HISTORY

• William E. Ritter, Scripps Visionary Builds Foundation for Century of Oceanography. Joe Hlebica. Explorations 10(1):4-11, 2003
• Scripps Family, First Generation of Commitment. Joe Hlebica. Explorations 10(1):12-19, 2003
• The Biological Colony, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1916 to 1924. Joe Hlebica. Explorations 10(1):20-27, 2003
• The Call to War, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1936 to 1948. Joe Hlebica. Explorations 10(1):28-37, 2003
• Roger Revelle and the Great Age of Exploration, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1948 to 1958. Joe Hlebica. Explorations 10(1):38-47, 2003
• The New Oceanographers, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1960 to 1970. Joe Hlebica. Explorations 10(1):48-57, 2003
• From the Ocean Floor to the Edge of Space, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1970 to 1985. Joe Hlebica. Explorations 10(1):58-65, 2003
• Oceanography in a Changing World, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1986 to 1996. Joe Hlebica. Explorations 10(1):66-73, 2003
• A Century of Students, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Joe Hlebica. Explorations 10(1):74-83, 2003

OTHER HISTORIES

• Glimpses of Oceanography in the Postwar Period. Walter Munk, Deborah Day. Oceanography 21(3):14-21, 2008
• Science at the Crossroads: The Navy, Bikini Atoll, and American Oceanography in the 1940's. Ronald Rainger. Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences 30(2):349-371, 2000
• The Influence of Mauna Loa Observatory on the Development of Atmospheric CO2 Research. Charles D. Keeling. IN: Mauna Loa Observatory: a 20th anniversary report. John Miller, editor. Silver Spring, MD.: US Dept of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Research Laboratories, 1978. pp. 36-54
• The Evolution of Geosciences at Scripps. E. L. Winterer. Oceanography 16(3):55-59, 2003
• Climate and Atmopheric Science at Scripps: The Legacy of Jerome Namias. Richard C. J. Somerville. Oceanography 16(3):93-97, 2003
• Lend-lease from Norway. Sheldon Levin. undated.
• The Birth And Early Adolescent Scientific Collaboration Between Mexico And The United States In Ensenada, Baja California, Since 1970. M. Carmen Chavez, 2006.
• [William Nierenberg and the 1983 "Changing Climate" report] [Nicolas Nierenberg]
• Where We Are Now, Where We Are Going: Scripps Science in Two Centuries. Charles F. Kennel. Oceanography 16(3):8-10, 2003
• Scripps in the 1940s: The Sverdrup Era. Douglas L. Inman. Oceanography 16(3):20-28, 2003
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1903 - 1978. Elizabeth Noble Shor. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1978
• Marine Microbiology at Scripps. A. Aristides Yayanos. Oceanography 16(3):67-75, 2003
• An Historical Essay on Community at Scripps. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2008
• A Century of Phytoplankton Research at Scripps. Peter Franks. Oceanography 16(3):60-66, 2003
• Sources for the study of the relationship of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the University of California. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2008
• Aspects of the Relationship of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the State of California. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2001
• Echoes of Scripps Institution of Oceanography in Texas. Robert Stewart. Oceanography 16(3):32-33, 2003
• A Short History of SIO. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 1999
• The Scripps Institution : origin of a habitat for ocean science. Eric L. Mills. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1993
• San Diego. IN: The Centennial Record of the University of California. Verne A. Stadtman. Berkeley, CA: University of California Print Dept, 1967. Includes information on Scripps
• Give Us Room, First/Second Installment of History of Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Helen Raitt. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1962
• Women at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1940-1965. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2002
• Overview of the History of Women at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 1999
• Graduate Study and Research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1956. Brochure on graduate studies at SIO in 1956
• Transcription of recording of T. Wayland Vaughan speaking on the occasion of the dedication of the T. Wayland Vaughan Aquarium-Museum at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, March 1951. Thomas Wayland Vaughan, 1951. Vaughan was the second director of SIO
• A Business Man's Appraisement of Biology. William Emerson Ritter. Science 44(1145):819-822, 1916
• The Marine biological station of San Diego, its history, present conditions, achievements, and aims. William Emerson Ritter. University of California Publications in Zoology 9(4):137-248, plates 18-24, 1912
• The Marine Biological Station of San Diego : a sketch of its history and purposes and what the station is, with an example popularly told, of the investigations being carried on. William Emerson Ritter. San Diego, CA: Frye and Smith, 1910. 41 pp.
• Revelle family genealogy. revelle.net

FUNDING FOR RESEARCH

• Significant NSF-Sponsored Ocean Research at SIO, 1950-2000. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 1998
• Patronage and Science: Roger Revelle, the U.S. Navy, and Oceanography at the Scripps Institution. Ronald Rainger. Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society 19(1):58-59, 2000
• Money for Keeling: Monitoring CO2 levels. Spencer R. Weart. Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences 37(2):435-452, 2007
• Scripps On Defense: Military Funding At Scripps, 1940-1970. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2004
• Navy Support for Oceanography at SIO. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2000

 THE OCEANS:  the seminal treatise on oceanography authored at SIO

• The Oceans, Their Physics, Chemistry, and General Biology. Harald U. Sverdrup, Martin W. Johnson, Richard H. Fleming. New York: Prentice Hall, 1942 [large PDF file; if direct link fails, then download PDF to hard disk and then open the PDF]
• A History of "The Oceans: Their Physics, Chemistry and General Biology". Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2003
• The Oceans as Educational Philosophy. John A. Knauss. Oceanography 16(3):29-31, 2003

MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF SAN DIEGO: the forerunner of SIO before it became associated with the University of California

• A General Statement of the Ideas and the Present Aims and Status of the Marine Biological Association of San Diego. William Emerson Ritter. University of California Publications in Zoology 2:i-xvii, 1905
• By Laws of the San Diego Marine Biological Association. San Diego, CA: San Diego Marine Biological Association. [1903]

SCIENTIFIC DIVING / SCUBA DIVING

• Scientific Diving at Scripps. Eric Hanauer. Oceanography 16(3):88-92, 2003
• History of Research Diving Symposium (September 1991): a symposium honoring Scripps Diving Officer James R. Stewart upon his retirement.
  • Paul Dayton, speaking on James Stewart's role in research diving and science
  • Andreas Rechnitzer, speaking on early Scripps diving history
  • Hugh Bradner, speaking on early research scuba diving and diving regulations
  • Bob Livingston, speaking on early research diving, including Capricorn Expedition
  • James Stewart, speaking on his diving experiences
• My Bubbles Rise in Steps. Free-Diving Adventures in the Tropical Pacific. Willard Bascom. La Jolla, CA: unpublished manuscript in Willard Bascom Papers, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives, 1953
• Diving During Capricorn Expedition. Willard N. Bascom, Robert F. Dill, Philip E. Jackson, Robert B. Livingston, John B. MacFall, Walter H. Munk. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1953
• Memorial Tribute and Honor to Conrad Limbaugh, 1960: film
  
• A Biography of Conrad Limbaugh. Mary Lynn Price, 2008
• Diving at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography James Dugan. La Jolla, CA: unpublished manuscript in Conrad Limbaugh Papers, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives, circa 1960
• Scientific Diving Consultants La Jolla, CA: Scientific Diving Consultants, circa 1960
• Wet Suit Pursuit: Hugh Bradner's Development of the First Wet Suit. Carolyn Rainey. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 1998

BUILDINGS, SHIPS, OFFICES & PROGRAMS

• Aquarium
  • Public Aquariums and Museums at Scripps. Donald Wilkie. Oceanography 16(3):105-106, 2003
  • The T. Wayland Vaughan Aquarium - Museum. Sam Hinton. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1958
• CalCOFI
  • CalCOFI, Surveying Changes in the Sea. Jennifer E. Chung. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1999
  • CalCOFI in a Changing Ocean. Mark D. Ohman, Elizabeth L. Venrick. Oceanography 16(3):76-85, 2003
• Collections
  • Oceanographic Collections at Scripps. Philip A. Hastings. Oceanography 16(3):86-87, 2003
  • Early History of Collections at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2004
• Cottages / houses on Scripps campus
  • Residential History of Cottages on the Grounds of Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2007
  • SIO Director's House (T-16). Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2002
  • Martin Johnson & the Martin Johnson House T-29. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2002
• Director's Office
  • Administrative History of the Office of the Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography: 1903 - 1996. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2002
  • SIO Contracts and Grants Office Administrative History. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2009
  • Origin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Director's Title ‘Dean'. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2003
• FLIP, FLoating Instrument Platform
  • FLIP, FLoating Instrument Platform. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1987
  • FLIP, FLoating Instrument Platform. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 2006
• IGPP = Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
  • Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, La Jolla Laboratories at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD. Summary of Activities, July 1965 - June 1970. La Jolla, California, IGPP. 1970
  • The Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP). IGPP Directors. Oceanography 16(3):34-44, 2003
  • Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics History. La Jolla, California: IGPP, Sept 2010 website download.
• Marine Physical Laboratory
  
  • The Marine Physical Laboratory at Scripps. Fred N. Spiess, William Kuperman. Oceanography 16(3):45-54, 2003
  • Marine Physical Laboratory Research Facilities. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1981
  • Seeking Signals in the Sea, Recollections of the Marine Physical Laboratory. Elizabeth N. Shor. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1997
• Scripps Memorial Marine Biological Laboratory
  • Scripps Memorial Marine Biological Laboratory. George G. Shor Jr., Elizabeth N. Shor, Fred N. Spiess. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1979
  • A Guide to "Old Scripps Building" at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Elizabeth N. Shor, Fred N. Spiess. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 2002
• Alpha Helix Program Administrative History. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2009
• Acoustic Monitoring of Global Ocean Climate. Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate, Global Acoustic Mapping of Ocean Temperature. La Jolla, CA: ATOC Project Office, (1993?)
• Marine Research Committee Administrative History. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2009
• University of California Division of War Research: Completion Report ...Covering Operations of the University of California Division of War Research ... from 26 April 1941 to 30 June 1946. San Diego, CA: University of California Division of War Research,1946
• A Hole in the Bottom of the Sea; The Story of the Mohole Project. Willard N. Bascom, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1961
• Scripps Industrial Associates Administrative History. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2009
• University of California Institute of Marine Resources Administrative History. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2009
• Interview of Obie Maier, SIO groundskeeper since 1928. Helen Hill Raitt. 1962
• Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier, March 26, 1987. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1987
• Naval Undersea Research and Development Center: Oceanographic Research Tower, San Diego, CA: Naval Electronics Laboratory, 1971
• Dives of the Bathyscaph Trieste, 1958-1963: Transcriptions of sixty-one dictabelt recordings in the Robert Sinclair Dietz Papers, 1954-1986. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2000

EXPEDITIONS

•  E.W Scripps Cruise to Gulf of California, 1940
  • 1940 E.W. Scripps cruise to the Gulf of California. Charles A. Anderson, J. Wyatt Durham, Francis P. Shepard, M. L. Natland, Roger Revelle. New York: Geological Society of America, 1950
  • Voyage of the E.W. SCRIPPS to the Gulf of California, October - December, 1940. Account of the Expedition. Charles A. Anderson, Roger Revelle, Francis P. Shepard, 1940
• MID-PAC, 1950
  • Venturesome Voyages of Scripps into the South Pacific Ocean 1950 and 1952. Edward S. Barr, 1975
  • The Mid-Pacific Expedition of the University of California and the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1950
  • Mid-Pacific Mountains press release. University of California Office of Public Information, 1950
  • Notes on the Joint Scripps Institution of Oceanography - U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory Mid-Pacific Expedition. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1950
  • Roger Revelle: speaking on Mid-Pac and Capricorn Expeditions, August 1975
• NORTHERN HOLIDAY, 1951
  • Scripps Vessel Gathers Data on Pacific "Holiday" Area. Press release. SIO, 28 September 1951
• CAPRICORN, 1952
  • Venturesome Voyages of Scripps into the South Pacific Ocean 1950 and 1952. Edward S. Barr, 1975
  • Exploring the deep Pacific. Helen Hill Raitt. New York: Norton, 1956
  • My Bubbles Rise in Steps. Free-Diving Adventures in the Tropical Pacific. Willard N. Bascom, 1953
  • Diving During Capricorn Expedition. Willard N. Bascom, Robert F. Dill, Philip E. Jackson, Robert B. Livingston, John B. MacFall, Walter H. Munk. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1953
  • Shipboard Report, Capricorn Expedition 26 September 1952-21 February 1953. SIO Reference Number 53-15. SIO, 1953
  • Roger Revelle: speaking on Mid-Pac and Capricorn Expeditions, August 1975
• SHELLBACK, 1952
  • Report, Shellback Expedition 17 May to 28 August 1952. Warren S. Wooster. SIO Reference Number 52-63. SIO, 1952
    
• TRANSPAC, 1953
  
  • Warren Wooster: speaking on the Transpac Expedition, December 1953
  • Quarterly Progress Report, October-December 1953. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1953
• ACAPULCO TRENCH, 1955
  • Quarterly Progress Report, October-December 1954. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1955
• NORPAC, 1956
  • Report of a meeting on oceanography of the North Pacific, Honolulu, February 13-17, 1956., 1956
  • NORPAC Hydrographic Data: Report of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, and South Pacific Fishery Investigations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, for the NORPAC Cruise of August-September 1955. SIO Reference Number 56-4. SIO, 1956
• DOWNWIND, 1957-1958
  • Preliminary report on Expedition DOWNWIND, University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, IGY cruise to the southeast Pacific. Members of the Expedition. Robert L Fisher, ed., 1958
  • Downwind Calpyso Song lyrics. John Andrewes (ship's doctor)
• NAGA, 1959-1961
  • The Naga Expedition to South China and Australasian Seas 1959 - 1961. Claude E. ZoBell, 1986
• MONSOON, 1960-1961
  • Monsoon Expedition, October - November 1960. Alan Jones. 2008
  • Preliminary Results of Scripps Institution of Oceanography Investigations in the Indian Ocean During Expeditions Monsoon and Lusiad, 1960-1963. SIO Reference Number 64-19. SIO, 1964 
• LUSIAD, 1962-1963
  • Preliminary Results of Scripps Institution of Oceanography Investigations in the Indian Ocean During Expeditions Monsoon and Lusiad, 1960-1963. SIO Reference Number 64-19. SIO, 1964
• NOVA, 1967
  • Anatomy of an Expedition (Excerpts). Henry W. Menard. New York: McGraw Hill, 1969
• INDO-PAC, 1976-1977
  • Background for News Release on Indo-Pac Expedition. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1977
  • Cruise Report, INDOPAC Expedition Legs 9 through 16, January 12-July 31, 1977. Delpha McGowan, George G. Shor, Jr. and Stuart M. Smith. SIO Reference Series 77-31. SIO, 1977
  • Cruise Report, INDOPAC Expedition Legs 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. March 1977. George G. Shor, Jr. and Stuart M. Smith. SIO Reference 77-5. SIO, 1977
• OTHER:
  • The Expeditions of Harald Ulrik Sverdrup: Contexts For Shaping an Ocean Science. Robert Marc Friedman. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1994
  • Summaries & Publications from Selected Expeditions. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2005

TIMELINE

• Scripps Time Line [1856-2003]. Elizabeth Shor, Deborah Day, Kevin Hardy, Dora Dalton. Oceanography 16(3):109-119, 2003
• Timeline Associated with Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1836 - 1998. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2001
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography Timeline [1903- ]. SIO website

SCRIPPS FAMILY

• Scripps family genealogy. familytreemaker.genealogy.com
• Ellen Browning Scripps, her Life and Philanthropy. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2000
• Scripps Family, First Generation of Commitment. Joe Hlebica. Explorations 10(1):12-19, 2003
• Scripps Benefactions: the Role of the Scripps Family in the Founding of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2002
• Ellen Browning Scripps Biography. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2005
• Ellen Browning Scripps, 1836 - 1936. Jacob Chandler Harper, 1936

MISCELLANY

• SIO Talking Points. Cindy Clark. La Jolla, Calif: SIO, 2009
• SIO Organization Chart. La Jolla, Calif: SIO, 2009
• Thirty Years of Oceanids, A History From 1952 to 1982.  Elizabeth N. Shor. La Jolla, CA: SIO, 1983
• International Cooperation in Oceanography. Roger Revelle. Summary of Statement by Dr. Revelle. 21 March, 1960. International Cooperation in Oceanography. [Preparatory Meeting of the Intergovernmental Conference on Oceanographic Research. Paris, 21-29 March 1960]. [Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1960]. NS/2503/620. 2 pages.
• First Scientific Publications from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2002
• Quotations Associated with Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Compiled by Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2008
• La Jolla Shores [subdivision map]. San Diego, CA: Evans-Lee Corporation, 1926
• Crossing the Line with SIO. Gina McCollough and Peter Brueggeman. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2009
• Cloth Survival Charts, Also Called "Waterproof Handkerchiefs". Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 1996
• Scripps Estates Associates, Our First Fifty Years, 1951 - 2001. Patricia M. Masters, 2001
• Documents on the Lots at the South End of Scripps. from Revelle Papers in Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD Libraries
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography in Fiction. Peter Brueggeman. La Jolla, Calif: UCSD Libraries, 2001
• Bag I.G.P.P.. Shearer, Peter M., 1985
• Albatross Award of the American Miscellaneous Society. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2008
• New Avenues in UFO Research [Scripps' James Snodgrass and late 1940s media reports on his involvement in weapons research]. James Carrion. Proceedings of the 40th International UFO Symposium, August 6-9, 2009, Denver, Colorado. Fort Collins, CO: Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), 2009. pp. 222-255
• The Lake Hodges Monster and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Deborah Day and Peter Brueggeman. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2008
• First Scripps Institution of Oceanography Tee Shirt. Deborah Day. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2005
• Season's Greetings. Greetings from Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands. Undated greeting card from Scripps Archives collections.

FURTHER RESEARCH

• Bibliography on the History of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Day, Deborah. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2005