History of Oceanography & Earth Sciences

• Historic Works and Histories
  • Reise von Kairo Nach Tor nu den Korrallenbanken des Rothen Meeres. Eugen Ransonnet-Villez. Wien : Carl Ueberreuter, 1863. [illustrations made from underwater observations from a diving bell]
  • Sketches of the Inhabitants, Animal Life and Vegetation in the Lowlands and High Mountains of Ceylon as well as of the Submarine Scenery Near the Coast, Taken in a Diving Bell. Eugen Ransonnet-Villez. Vienna : Gerold & Sold, 1867. [illustrations made from underwater observations from a diving bell]
  • The Biological Stations of Europe. Charles Atwood Kofoid. United States Bureau of Education Bulletin No. 4 (440), 1910. Washington, DC : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1910.
  • Founders of Oceanography and Their Work, An Introduction to the Science of the Sea. Herdman, William Abbott. New York : Longmans, Green & Co.; London, E. Arnold & Co., 1923
  • Challenger Expedition
    • Report of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of HMS Challenger during the Years 1873 - 1876...   [Library of 19th Century Science]
    • Physical Chart of the World, Showing the Track & Soundings of H.M.S. Challenger, 1873 - 1876 : zoom in and out, and pan around on this historic chart of the world's oceans from the Challenger Expedition scientific reports [SIO Library]
    • Letters from Joseph Matkin: transcription of letters of a crewman on HMS Challenger. Originals are held in SIO Library Matkin 84-21 archival collection.
  • History of Ocean Basins. H.H. Hess. IN: Petrologic studies: a volume in honor of A. F. Buddington. A. E. J. Engel, Harold L. James, and B. F. Leonard, editors. New York: Geological Society of America, 1962. pp. 599-620
  • 50 Years of Ocean Discovery: National Science Foundation 1950 - 2000 [Nat'l Academies Press]
    • The Emergence of the National Science Foundation as a Supporter of Ocean Sciences in the United States
    • Landmark Achievements of Ocean Sciences Achievements in Biological Oceanography
    • Achievements in Chemical Oceanography
    • Achievements in Physical Oceanography
    • Achievements in Marine Geology and Geophysics
    • Deep Submergence: The Beginnings of Alvin as a Tool of Basic Research
    • The History of Woods Hole's Deep Submergence Program
    • Creating Institutions to Make Scientific Discoveries Possible A Chronology of the Early Development of Ocean Sciences at NSF
    • Ocean Sciences at the National Sciences Foundation: Early Revolution
    • Ocean Sciences at the National Sciences Foundation: An Administrative History
    • Two Years of Turbulence Leading to a Quarter Century of Cooperation: The Birth of UNOLS
    • Scientific Ocean Drilling, from AMSOC to COMPOST
    • Technology Development for Ocean Sciences at NSF
    • Large and Small Science Programs: A Delicate Balance The Great Importance of “Small” Science Programs
    • The Role of NSF in “Big” Ocean Science: 1950 to 1980
    • Major Physical Oceanography Programs at NSF: IDOE Through Global Change
    • Major International Programs in Ocean Sciences: Ocean Chemistry
    • Ocean Sciences Today and Tomorrow The Future of Physical Oceanography
    • The Future of Ocean Chemistry in the United States
    • The Future of Marine Geology and Geophysics: A Summary
    • Out Far and In Deep: Shifting Perspectives in Ocean Ecology
    • Global Ocean Science: Toward an Integrated Approach
    • Education in Oceanography: History, Purpose, and Prognosis
    • Evolving Institutional Arrangements for U.S. Ocean Sciences
    • NSF's Commitment to the Deep
    • Fifty Years of Ocean Discovery
    • Argo to ARGO
    • The Importance of Ocean Sciences to Society
  • Manned Submersibles
    • Chapter 3: Contemporary Submersible Development; Chapter 4: Manned Submersibles, 1948-1974 In: Manned Submersibles. R. Frank Busby. Washington, DC: Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy, 1976.
    • Chapter 5: URV State-of-the-art In: Undersea Vehicles for Oceanography. Interagency Committee on Oceanography of the Federal Council for Science and Technology. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965.
    • Unedited transcript of the Bathyscaph Conference, January 20, 1958 (morning session), National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. Bathyscaph Conference (1958 : Washington, D.C.). Washington, D.C.:National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, 1958
  • History of the U.S. academic oceanographic research fleet and the sources of research ships. T.K. Treadwell, D.S. Gorsline, R. West.
    College Station, Tex.: Texas A & M University, 1988
  • Legacy of Scientific Ocean Drilling: Discovering Earth's Secrets [IODP]
  • The Discovery of Global Warming [AIP]
  • Books on the Ocean Illustrating Cloth Bookbinding Development and Design. Brueggeman, Peter. La Jolla, Calif.: SIO Archives, 2005
  • Nature Printing. Brueggeman, Peter. La Jolla, Calif.: SIO Archives, 2013
  • The Sea off Southern California; a modern habitat of petroleum. Emery, Kenneth Orris. New York: Wiley, 1960
  • Beneath the Five Oceans, Thirty Years of SCUBA Experience. Propp, Mikhail Vladimirovich. La Jolla, Calif.: SIO Archives, 2013. Translation of: V glubinakh piati okeanov : tridtsat' letpod vodoi. M.V. Propp. Leningrad : Gidrometeoizdat, 1991. 255 p. ISBN: 5-286-00321-4
  • History of Oceanography of the Indian Ocean [NIO]
• Collections
  • Golden Age of Geology [Library of 19th Century Science]
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library [WHOI]
  • History of Oceanography Newsletter: archive
• Photo Libraries
  • History of Oceanography [NOAA Library]
  • Historic Coast and Geodetic Survey Collection [NOAA Library]
  • Emilio Segre Visual Archives [AIP]
  • Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli
  • Ron McPeak Underwater & Coastal California Photographs [UCSB]
• Institutional Histories
  • NOAA
  • Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington
  • Oregon State University, College of Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University
  • Texas A&M University, Department of Oceanography
  • Florida State University, Coastal and Marine Laboratory
  • Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
  • Mote Marine Laboratory
  • Virginia Institute of Marine Science
  • Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
  • Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  • Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
  • Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen
  • Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - Napoli
• Biographical Sites
  • Alister Hardy [Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science]
  • Robert Calvert Oceanography Oral History Project [Cushing Memorial Library & Archives, Texas A&M University]
• Bibliographies
  • Cumulative Bibliography on the History of Oceanography, 1987 - 2001. Day, Deborah, 2002  [SIO Library]
  • Cumulated Bibliography of Biographies of Ocean Scientists. Day, Deborah, 2001  [SIO Library]
  • A Handlist of Source Books on the History of Oceanography. Mills, Eric L., 2000  [SIO Library]
  • Bibliography on the History of Arctic Marine Science of the 20th Century. Day, Deborah, 2005  [SIO Library]
• Links
  • History of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science Links [NOAA Library]
  • Web Resources in the History of Geophysics [AGU]
  • Online Resources for the History of Physics & Allied Fields [AIP]