Records, 1936-1948.

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Records, 1936-1948.

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The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence created or received by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Office of the Director during the directorship of Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, 1936-1948. The collection includes a biographical file on Sverdrup, manuscripts of lectures, speeches and scientific papers, and seventeen subject files which contain data, observations, and research proposals and reports. The collection documents Sverdrup's efforts to improve the curriculum and strengthen the work of the institution at sea. The collection documents the wartime work of the institution, including work on the prediction of surf conditions for allied landings, and the training of military officers in meteorology at the University of California, Los Angeles. The collection documents Sverdrup's plans for a postwar program in oceanography.

1.25 linear ft. (1 archival box)

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7164614

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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Wilkins-Ellsworth Submarine Expedition (1931)

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Rossby, Carl-Gustav Arvid, 1898-1957.

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Sverdrup, H. U. 1888-1957.

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Harald Ulrik Sverdrup was appointed Director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography by University of California President Robert Gordon Sproul on April 11, 1936. He arrived in La Jolla, California from Bergen, Norway, on August 23, 1936 and assumed the directorship on September 1, 1936 for a period of three years. His appointment was extended on April 9, 1940, when the invasion of Norway made it impossible for him to return to his native country. Sverdrup announced his plan to resign as dire...

University of California, Los Angeles

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Biography Cox was born Jan. 5, 1926 in Fresno, CA; BA, political science, Stanford, 1949; associate for Bill P. Wreden, antiquarian book dealer, San Francisco; MLS, UC Berkeley, 1954; began working at the UCLA library in 1954, serving in gifts and exchange, as head of the Geology Library, and head of circulation (1960-77); compiled and donated Albright library bibliography; Acting Assoc. University Librarian for Public Services, UCLA, 1977-79...