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Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Physiological Research Laboratory. Office of the Director. Scrapbooks, 1965-1985.

Title: Scrapbooks, 1965-1985.

The collection consists of 3 scrapbooks, two large and one small. The two large scrapbooks contain newspaper and magazine articles on UCSD, SIO and scientists, such as Per F. Scholander, William Aaron Nierenberg, Roger Revelle, Harold C. Urey, Albert B. Hastings, and Dixie Lee Ray. Also included are obituaries, postcards, Christmas cards, photographs, telegrams, correspondence, and news releases. The small scrapbook consists of photographs of Per F. Scholander taken by Fritz Goro of Life Magazine on Salmon Research at Stuie, British Columbia in September, 1968. Added to this collection on August, 1989 is an oversize 17"x21" black & white photograph taken of Dr. Scholander.

ArchivalResource: 3 items + 1 (17"x21") photograph.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26700614 View

Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Alpha Helix Program Management Office. Alpha Helix Australia Expedition, Billabong Expedition, 1966 [motion picture].

Title: Alpha Helix Australia Expedition, Billabong Expedition, 1966 [motion picture].

This hour long 16mm color film documents R/V Alpha Helix Billabong Expedition to Australia in 1966. R/V Alpha Helix was a floating biological laboratory operated by the Scripps Institution from 1966-1980. Billabong Expedition was undertaken March-November 1966 to conduct biological and physiological research on tropical mangroves, reef corals and sea and land animals at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. The expedition included an international team of 44 scientists under chief scientists Per F. Scholander, Theodore H. Bullock, Francis T. Haxo and Harold T. Hammel. This silent film is accompanied by a ten page narrative description of the film which identifies scenes and individuals. The film includes an expedition track and aerial footage of the area of Australia under study, the Finders group of islands at the edge of Princess Charlotte Bay. The film includes footage of R/V Alpha Helix anchored at Stanley Island and the base camp established nearby. The film includes footage of Aboriginies Fred, Jake and Joe hired by the scientists to assist the expedition spearing turtles. The film includes footage of Great Barrier Reef flora and fauna. It includes footage of scientists spearing and studying a dugong and a python. The film includes footage of expedition scientists including Maurice Atkinson, Theodore H. Bullock, Shirley Jefferies, Leonard Muscatine, Baxter O'Brien, Bent Schmidt-Nielsen and Per F. Scholander.

ArchivalResource: 1 reel (1 hour) : si., col. ; 16 mm. print 1 script.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35863517 View

Per F. Scholander Hall. Dedication of Per F. Scholander Hall, May 19, 1989 [sound recording].

Title: Dedication of Per F. Scholander Hall, May 19, 1989 [sound recording].

The collection consists of one 90-minute audio cassette tape recording of the dedication of Per F. Scholander Hall at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography on May 19, 1989. The dedication ceremony included welcoming remarks by George N. Somero, remarks by Scripps Institution of Oceanography Director Edward A. Frieman and an address entitled, "The Life and Career of Per F. Scholander" by Ted Hammel. The dedication ceremony was held at Sumner Auditorium at 1:30 p.m. and was followed by a building dedication ceremony conducted by Fred N. White at the west entrance of the Physiological Research Library at 3 p.m.

ArchivalResource: 1 audiocassette tape (90 minutes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33310931 View

Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Alpha Helix Program Management Office. Alpha Helix Program Management Office records, 1964-1980.

Title: Alpha Helix Program Management Office records, 1964-1980.

The accession consists of records of the SIO Alpha Helix Program Office, documenting the creation and research of the program. Includes information on Per Scholander, and the Amazon, Bering Sea and New Guinea Expeditions.

ArchivalResource: 1 lin. ft. (1 record carton)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/743887532 View

Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Alpha Helix Program Management Office. Records, 1966-1980.

Title: Records, 1966-1980.

The collection includes reports, correspondence, proposals, personnel files, participant forms, photographs, reprints, bibliographies, films, and administrative records. The collection principally documents expeditions and the work of scientists associated with the program. Expedition files include documentation of expeditions to the Amazon, Baja California, the Great Barrier Reef and Australia, the Bering Sea, Caribbean, Eniwetok, North and South Pacific and Southeast Asia.

ArchivalResource: 18.75 linear ft. (15 cartons) + (104 film reels ; si. and sd. col. and b&w ; 16 mm.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19058147 View

Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Alpha Helix Program Management Office. Films, 1966-1980.

Title: Films, 1966-1980.

The accession consists of original film, outtakes, and workprints documenting expeditions of the R/V Alpha Helix during the Alpha Helix Program undertaken at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography between 1966 and 1980. The films were made by R/V Alpha Helix captain and crew members including Gary Coleman, Bob Haines, and Walter Schneider on expeditions including Bering Sea Expedition and Eniwetok Expedition. They were intended to be shown at scientific meetings. Most of the film is silent. Almost all of the film is color. The films include footage depicting R/V Alpha Helix in San Diego and at expedition locations in Antarctica, the Pacific, Galapagos, Bering Sea, and other locations. The film includes footage of scientists at work including Per F. Scholander and William A. Dunson.

ArchivalResource: 104 film reels ; si. and sd., col. and b&w ; 16 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40930729 View

Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Physiological Research Laboratory. Office of the Director, 1963-1970 (Scholander). Records, 1937-1980, bulk 1963-1970.

Title: Records, 1937-1980, bulk 1963-1970.

The collection consists of subject files, speeches, photos, correspondence files, expedition files, proposals, reprints, files on individuals and research notes of Per Fredrik Scholander (1905-1980), Director of the SIO Physiological Research Laboratory. The collection also includes 7 scrapbooks compiled by Scholander and includes photographs documenting his participation in expeditions. One album was compiled by Mrs. Scholander and includes newspaper clippings, photos, Christmas cards and other material documenting Dr. Scholander's life, 1958-1966. The collection also includes 3 reel to reel audio recordings of Scholander lectures, an oversize portrait of Scholander by James Faughn, a rendering of the PRL building, and a congratulatory message in Latin by Ralph Lewin presented to Dr. Scholander on his 60th birthday.

ArchivalResource: 6.25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23858669 View