Finding aid for the Allan Hancock Foundation Archive

Summary Information
Historical note
Scope and Content
Organization
Administrative Information
Related Materials
Controlled Access Headings
Collection Inventory: Foundation; Library; Museum; Velero IV; Hancock Estate; G. Allan Hancock personal material

Finding aid prepared by John Fowler; Sue Luftschein, 2012 May

Summary Information

Repository: USC Libraries Special Collections
Creator: Allan Hancock Foundation.
Creator: Garth, John S., (John Shrader), 1909-1993
Creator: Hancock, Allan, 1875-
Creator: Schmitt, Waldo L., (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977
Creator: Swett, W. Charles
Creator: Taylor, William Randolph, 1895-
Creator: Ulrey, A.B., (Albert Brennus), 1860-1932
Title: Allan Hancock Foundation Archive
Collection no.: 0257
Date: 1823-2005
Extent: 740.92 Linear feet, 363 boxes, 86 film boxes, 652 film reels
Language: English
Abstract: The Allan Hancock Foundation Archive contains records of the Foundation set up at the University of Southern California by G. Allan Hancock for the purpose of furthering oceanographic studies. These records also include those materials from the library and museum that were associated with the Foundation, as well some personal mementos of Captain Hancock's and the Hancock family. Also included are extensive records of the research ship Velero IV, as well as sound recordings, photographs and films produced by and related to the Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions of the Foundation (1925-1960). The expeditions explored the eastern Pacific coast into South America, visiting the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Panama, and Baja California.

Preferred Citation

[Item/Box/Folder number], Allan Hancock Foundation Archive, Collection no. 0257, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

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Historical note

George Allan Hancock was born on 26 July 1875, the heir to the Hancock family's extensive Los Angeles land holdings, including Rancho La Brea. Hancock expanded the family fortunes through oil exploration on the Rancho beginning in 1901, and continued to increase those fortunes for the next two decades. In 1920, he founded the California Bank. By the middle of the 1920's he also had significant holdings in railroads and communications.

In addition to his business skills, Hancock was an accomplished cellist and an avid sailor. He formed the Hancock Ensemble, later associated with the Foundation, and captained many of the Foundation's early scientific expeditions, including those to the Galapagos Islands. In 1934, as a result of an early Foundation expedition, he became involved in a tabloid sensation concerning Germans living in a "Garden of Eden" nudist colony on Galapagos. There were several mysterious murders in the colony, and Hancock was said to have "rescued" the companion of one of the victims.

Hancock also served on the University of Southern California's Board of Regents, and in 1937 was granted an honorary doctoral degree in Business Administration by the University. Very soon thereafter Hancock initiated plans to establish a Foundation for Oceanography at USC. The Allan Hancock Foundation continued the work begun by USC's Venice Marine Station and Professor Albert Ulrey. In turn, it was ultimately superceded in the 1990's by the Catalina Station.

In 1939 Hancock funded the construction of a new building for the Foundation. The building was dedicated in 1941 and included, in addition to an auditorium and laboratories, a museum and a library. The Hancock Museum became a showplace for Hancock's and USC's collection of fine artifacts, especially furnishings from the Hancock residence in Hancock Park (demolished), some of the rooms of which are recreated in the museum. The Library gained its first large collection in the 1943 when it purchased much of the nineteenth century serials collection of the Boston Society of Natural History. Subsequent purchases continued to expand the Library's collections. The collection has now been subsumed by the USC Libraries.

With the dedication of the new Foundation building, Hancock also donated his yacht, the Velero III, to USC for oceanographic studies. The Velero III had been in service for oceanographic studies since the early 1930s with the first Hancock Pacific Expeditions. In 1948 a new ship, the Velero IV, was commissioned exclusively for the use of the Foundation; it remained in service until the mid-1980's.

Hancock died on 1 June 1965. The Foundation, Museum, and Library he established continued to function in their original forms for three more decades until they were absorbed into other USC operations.

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Scope and Content

The Hancock Foundation Archive consists of correspondence, reports, clippings, photographs, sound recordings, film, and other materials, 1823-2005, documenting the activities and history of the Hancock Foundation at the University of Southern California, its founder G. Allan Hancock, and the Hancock family. Included are records of the Foundation's scientific and research activities in marine biology and zoology; the Foundation's Library; the Hancock Museum, housed in the Foundation building on the USC campus; and the research vessel Velero IV, the second of Captain Hancock's ships put into service for research purposes. Also included are historical documents regarding the Hancock family's land interests in Los Angeles, and material documenting the non-scientific interests of Captain Hancock.

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Organization

The Allan Hancock Foundation Archives are organized into 6 series: 1. Foundation; 2. Library; 3. Museum; 4. Velero IV; 5. Hancock Estate; and 6. G. Allan Hancock personal.

In general, files within each series and subseries are arranged alphabetically unless otherwise stated.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

USC Libraries Special Collections
2012 May
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189
213-740-5900
specol@usc.edu

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Processing note

The first 20 boxes of the archive's records were processed by John Fowler in 2005. Most of the sound recordings, negatives and films were inventoried by Special Collections staff prior to the creation of this finding aid. In 2011-2012, Sue Luftschein completed the processing of the bulk of the collection, encoded the original inventory, and produced this finding aid.

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Related Materials

Related Archival Materials

Albert B. Ulrey and Florence Speicher Ulrey papers, Collection no. 0258, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

KUSC records, Collection no. 5133, University Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Separated Materials

The Hancock Foundation Archive originally included many linear feet of journals and off-prints of Foundation publications. These were separated from the collection to be cataloged individually for inclusion in USC Librariers' OPAC, Homer.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

Allan Hancock Foundation. -- Archives
Anton Dohrn (Ship). -- Archives
Boston Society of Natural History. -- Archives
Eltanin (Ship). -- Archives
KUSC (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.). -- Archives
R/V Velero IV (Cruiser). -- Archives
University of Southern California. Marine Biological Station. -- Archives
University of Southern California. -- Faculty
University of Southern California. -- History
Velero III (Ship). -- Archives

Family Name(s)

Hancock family -- Archives

Genre(s)

Correspondence
Diaries
Financial records
Inventories
Lantern slides
Legal documents
Logs (records)
Memorandums
Motion pictures (visual works)
Negatives (photographic)
Photographs
Slides (photographs)
Sound recordings

Geographic Name(s)

Bolivia--Photographs
Cocos (Keeling) Islands--Photographs
Colombia--Photographs
Costa Rica--Photographs
Ecuador--Photographs
Galapagos Islands--Photographs
La Brea Pits (Calif.)--History--Archival resources
Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--Archival resources
Mexico--Photographs
Nicaragua--Photographs
Panama--Photographs
Peru--Photographs

Personal Name(s)

Garth, John S., (John Shrader), 1909-1993 -- Archives
Halmos, Dorothy M. -- Archives
Hancock, Allan, 1875- -- Archives
McCulloch, Irene Agnes, b. 1886 -- Archives
Schmitt, Waldo L., (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977 -- Correspondence
Ulrey, A.B., (Albert Brennus), 1860-1932 -- Archives

Subject(s)

Actions and defenses--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Biological specimens--Collection and preservation--Photographs
Collection management (Libraries)--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Libraries--California--Los Angeles--Archival resouces
Library administration--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Marine biology research vessels--California--Archival resources
Marine biology--Research--California--Archival resources
Museums--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Science and technology libraries--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Scientific expeditions--Galapagos Islands--Archival resources
Scientific expeditions--Galapagos Islands--Photographs
Scientific expeditions--Mexico--Archival resouces
Scientific expeditions--Mexico--Photographs
Seri Indians--Mexico--Photographs
Underwater exploration--California--Archival resources
Underwater exploration--California--Photographs
Zoological specimens--Collection and preservation--Archival resources
Zoological specimens--Collection and preservation--Photographs

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Collection Inventory

Series 1: Foundation 1898-2005

Scope and Content

The Foundation series contains records documenting the operation of the Foundation, exclusive of those materials which appear in other series. These materials include items documenting the construction and dedication of Foundation buildings, information documenting everyday operations, files relating to individuals, publications, and publicity. Also included are materials contributed by the estates of individuals closely associated with the Foundation, in particular: Nina Hosler Loomis, John S. Garth, and Charles Wade. Some of these papers are not strictly concerned with Foundation activities, yet are included here as a result of their provenance. Also included are the LPs produced by KUSC of the Hancock Ensemble in performance, performances particular to USC held on campus, and news and dramatic programs broadcast on KUSC and other local Los Angeles radio stations; the films created by the Foundation documenting the Hancock Pacific Expeditions, marine biology, and trips of the Velero III and IV; and photographs.

Of particular note are the photographs; these include documentation of the 1930s Hancock Pacific Expeditions by photographer Charles Swett; extensive documentation of these same expeditions by one of their principal scientists, Dr. John S. Garth; and images of orchids and other biological and zoological specimens of interest to scientists associated with the Foundation and USC.

Organization

The Foundation series is organized into the following subseries: 1. Correspondence; 2. Foundation building architecture and design; 3. Foundation history; 4. Foundation staff and scientists; 5. John S. Garth papers; 6. Grant proposals; 7. Oceanographic stations; 8. Operations; 9. Other agencies; 10. Photographic and cinematic collections; 11. Publications; 12. Publicity; 13. Slide presentations and public lectures; 14. Sound recordings; and 15. Charles Wade papers.

Correspondence 1953-2001

Arrangement

The Correspondence subseries is arranged chronologically with some overlap between individual files.

Scope and Content

Routine correspondence regarding educational and exploratory activities of the Foundation.

Box

Folder

Correspondence 1947

208

Correspondence 1948-1952

208

Inter-Department 1948-1952

208

6-7

Chronological correspondence 1953-1960

Chronological correspondence 1961

Chronological correspondence 1962-1966

Easter Island correspondence 1965-1971

208

Chronological correspondence 1967-1969

Chronological correspondence 1973-1979

Chronological correspondence 1980-1993, 2001

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	296	3
	Box	Folder
Folder	4	54

Foundation building architecture and design 1939-1998

Scope and Content

Records and documents of the planning and construction of the Hancock Foundation building. Also included are descriptions and photographs.

Organization

The Architecture and Design subseries is organized into the following sub-subseries: 1. Auditorium; 2. Construction; 3. Dedication; 4. Photographs; and 5. Plans.

Auditorium 1987-1998

Box

Folder

Auditorium specifications for projection 1940

208

Construction work plan 1998

Description 1988

Murals undated

Photo murals 1987

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	8	58
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	220	8

Box

Folder

Vandalism 1991

Construction 1939

Box

Folder

Office set--specifications 1939

Photographs: Allan Hancock Foundation Building [presentation copy] 1939

138-140

Building plans 1960

220

Dedication 1941-1988

Invitation packet 1941

	Box	Folder
Folder	11	32
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	220	9

Proceedings 1941

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	40	53
	Box	Folder
Folder	4	75

Box

Folder

Program and invitation 1941

Rededication 1988

Photographs 1950-1993

Box

Folder

Photographs circa 1950

Building photographs undated

67, 70

Plans 1967-1974

Box

Folder

Plans circa 1950

Plan circa 1967

Plan of the first floor undated

Remodeling plan for AHF 209 circa 1974

Descriptions of Hancock Hall without provenance undated

Foundation history 1950-1995

Scope and Content

Attempted histories, personal recollections, collections of resources aimed at writing a systematic history of the Foundation.

Box

Folder

"50 mile copper pipe" 1987

Correspondence with History Media Institute 1986-1992

Garth, John S. "The Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California" 1963

Garth, John S. "Personal Recollections of John S. Garth, PhD" 1986

Garth, John S. "The Early History of the Allan Hancock Foundation" 1990

Halmos, Dorothy. "The Building of a Library" undated

Library history typescript undated

Pamphlets and other materials collected together for a history 1950-1995

Foundation staff and scientists 1933-1993

Scope and Content

Includes materials generated by or about prominent members of the Foundation. Most of the materials are encomiums or eulogies. The non-book materials from the Loomis donation are in this subseries.

Box

Folder

Bandy, Orville Lee 1973

120

Buchanan, James William 1952

119

Chambers, Leslie A. 1961

118

Dawson, Elmer Yale 1953-1966, undated

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	1	89
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	4	116-117

Scope and Content

Publications; obituary; list of algae.

Fiore, Warvelle "Tony" 1985-1986

	Box	Folder
Photographs	3	40
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	5	1, 13

Scope and Content

Photograph; letters; biography.

Garth, John S. 1958, 1993

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	4	115
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	9	46

Scope and Content

Excerpts from letters; memorial service. See also John S. Garth papers subseries in Foundation series.

Box

Folder

Halmos, Dorothy 1954

Scope and Content

Original contract.

114

Hancock, G. Allan circa 1940

Scope and Content

Brochure from the Allan Hancock College of Aeronautics, Santa Maria, California.

Hartman, Olga 1966-1974

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	4	113
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	8	51
		Box
Textual materials		214-217
		Box
Textual materials		218-219

Scope and Content

Lecture announcement and publications list; memorandum regarding her death; Dr. Hartman's bibliographic card file.

Box

Folder

Hill, Howard Rice 1961

112

Loomis, Nina Hosler 1933-1964, undated

Scope and Content

Nina Hosler Loomis, "An Algal Habitat in the Salt Marshes"; list of Loomis's library holdings on marine algae; post-mortem tributes; catalogs of German Booksellers; turn of the century sepia portrait photographs of two unknown women; business card of Cecil Loomis, Nina Loomis' son. Contributed by Loomis' estate.

90-95

MacIsaac, Jane J. 1982 Bound volume

Marancovich, Louie Nick, Jr. 1973

111

McCulloch, Irene 1977-1978

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	4	110
	Box	Folder
Photographs	9	142
		Box
Textual materials		245
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	8	73

Scope and Content

Article; photographs; certificates; dedication ceremony material.

Box

Folder

Osborne, Raymond G. 1953

Savage, Jay R. 1972-1976

Scope and Content

Correspondence between Savage and R. P. Dinsmore; agendas and information for UNOLS [University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System] of which the Foundation was a member.

208

8-10

Soule, Dorothy circa 1972

108

Stone, Richard O. 1979

109

John S. Garth papers 1916-1993

Scope and Content

Papers of Dr. John S. Garth, who was associated with the Foundation for over half a century. See also Garth's photographs in the Photographic and cinematic collections subseries; and correspondence and other materials in the Foundation staff and scientists subseries.

Organization

The John S. Garth papers subseries is organized into the following sub-subseries: 1. Collected materials; 2. Correspondence; 3. Cruises and trips; 4. Department of Crustacea; 5. Memorabilia; and 6. Photographs.

Collected materials 1945-1951, undated

Slevin, Joseph R. "An account of the reptiles inhabiting the Galapagos Islands" circa 1945 Typescript

	Box	Folder
Folder	6	3
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	220	17

Box

Folder

Royal Society of New Zealand book list circa 1951

Conchologia Iconica circa 1947

Box

Fossilized shell

280

[Fragments with no clear provenance] undated

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	11	35
	Box	Folder
Folder	4	124

Correspondence 1935-1989

Box

Folder

Australian Museum 1975-1977

Captain Hancock 1940-1942

General correspondence 1932-1989

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	296	13
	Box	Folder
Folder	11	34

Box

Folder

General correspondence 1950

220

General correspondence 1961-1979

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	296	12
	Box	Folder
Folder	8	59

Box

Folder

National Museum of New Zealand 1978

Waldo Schmitt letters re photos 1935, 1939

296

Cruises and trips 1916-1941

Box

Folder

1931-1932 cruise notes and report circa 1932

1933 expedition journal 1933

Atlantic cruises report circa 1939

Cruise journal 1937

Cruise journal 1939?

Cruise journal 1936

Cruise journal 1934

Cruise personnel and itinerary 1931-1940

Cruise progress report 1939

Cruise quarters assignments 1938

Hancock Pacific Expedition of 1931-1932 report circa 1932

Hancock Pacific Expedition of 1931-1932 report, introduction by G. McLean Fraser circa 1930s

"Hydroids and other Coelenterates" by Dr. C. McLean Fraser 1930s

Journal 1931-1932

Journal record of the trip from Long Beach to Duncan, B.C. and return 1926 August 6-30

Miscellaneous notes undated

Ochsner report and pictures of Galapagos Islands 1916 June 2

Reports by scientists, 1933-1934 expedition to Galapagos circa 1933-1934

Reports of scientists, 1933-1934 expeditions circa 1930s

"Third Galapagos Trip of the Velero III in the Winter of 1933-1934: from the log book of the 'Medicine Man' of the trip" circa 1934

Velero III equipment and storage 1931-1941

Department of Crustacea 1942-1987, undated

Box

Folder

Bibliography on note cards undated

Cholla Bay Paguristes correspondence 1985-1987

Cholla Bay Paguristes Cricotus undated

Cholla Bay Paguristes Perrieri undated

Correspondence 1979-1983

Gulf of Californa Paguristes undated

Lecture preparation materials 1942-1948

Lectures on the History of Taxonomy undated

Metabolic reactions undated

New South Wales, Chirostylidae undated

New South Wales, Galothadae undated

Paguristes Anahuaeus undated

Paguristes bibullatus undated

Paguristes color notes to "Vega" undated

Portunid locations undated

Portunid records ex lit and color notes undated

Box

Prepared microscope slides of specimens undated

277-278

Box

Folder

Taxonomic lists 1955-1980

Memorabilia 1936-1993

Box

Folder

Dr. John S. Garth [clippings, photographs, recollections] circa 1940s-1988

Garth reception flyer 1986

220

John S. Garth memorial service program 1993

Pacific Geographic Magazine article 1936

Box

Plaque presented to Garth by students and faculty 1975

280

South American colloquium certificate 1990

Photographs 1929-1992, undated

Box

1933 ANSCO photos 1933

211

Aerial views--shore line undated

211

Box

Atlantic report photos--Garth undated

211

210

Box

Bathepelogic net--Hancock expedition circa 1930s

210

Charts undated

211

Clausidium Hemicyclops undated

211

Garth notes re photographs, 1933 expedition circa 1933

210

Garth photos--Galapagos undated

210

Garth photos--marine specimens undated

210

Box

Garth photos--misc. undated

210

Box

Garth photos--Velero undated

210

Hancock Expedition photos--Garth narrative undated

211

Box

Hancock Expedition photographs 1930s

210

211

Box

Hancock Foundation photographs undated

210

Box

Hancock Expedition snapshots 1930s

Scope and Content

Small format negatives and photographs taken by Garth on the earliest Hancock Pacific Expeditions. The negatives in boxes 298 and 299 include description lists. Not all negatives have corresponding prints.

269

235

259

270

300

298-299

Box

Negatives of Hancock building construction 1940

210

[Orchestral performance photographs] undated

210

Box

Folder

Photograph of Garth 1992

Photographs, Catalina trip 1929 November

Photographs, Catalina trip 1929 Summer

Photographs, Santa Cruz Island trip 1929 December 27-30

Box

Seals undated

211

Specimen negative and photograph undated

211

Specimen photographs undated

211

Specimen plates undated

211

Velero negatives undated

210

Box

Waldo Schmitt photos 1933

211

259

Box

William Randolph Taylor photos

259

Grant proposals 1964-1968

Box
36

Folder
53-56

Oceanographic stations 1898-1992

Scope and Content

Records documenting, in part, the founding and operations of USC's Venice Marine Station and the work of Professor Albert Ulrey, and the early USC research vessel the Anton Dohrn. USC's Catalina Station, which superseded the Foundation and the scientific investigations of the Velero IV, is also documented here.

Organization

The Oceanographic stations subseries is organized into the following sub-subseries: 1. Venice Station; 2. Catalina Station; and 3. Miscellaneous.

General note

Box 13 is missing.

Venice Station 1898-1946

Organization

The Venice Station sub-subseries is organized into the following sub-subseries: 1. Alfred Ulrey papers; 2. Anton Dohrn; 3. Operations; and 4. Reports, surveys, and data.

Alfred Ulrey papers 1910-1929

Box

Folder

A.B. Ulrey notebook 1910-1912

[Urolophus notes and talk] 1916

[Ulrey publications] circa 1925

[New specimens report] undated

[Ulrey correspondence with David Starr Jordon re "Southern California Fishes"] 1924-1928

Checklist of Fishes circa 1929

[A Checklist of Fishes] circa 1920s

[Urolophus] undated

[Ulrey notes] circa 1920s

[Checklist of Fishes] circa 1928

[Ulrey stationery] circa 1910s-1920s

Anton Dohrn/VMBS log 1913 January-February

[Marine Fishes draft] circa 1928

32-33

Anton Dohrn 1911-1935

Box

Folder

Anton Dohrn correspondence and clippings, Zoology Department 1914, 1927, 1929

Anton Dohrn correspondence 1917 January 30

Anton Dohrn logs

Box

Folder

Crew summary 1911-1927

Log of the Anton Dohrn 1911 November 24-1915 June 16

[Anton Dohrn] Ships log 1912

[Anton Dohrn] Ships log 1912-1913

Anton Dohrn logs 1912-1913

Summaries--trips, trawl & dredge series 1912-1928

Anton Dohrn logbook 1913 July 29-August 12

Anton Dohrn logbook 1913 November 25-1914 March 14

[Anton Dohrn log] 1914 November 25-December 27, 1915 March 20

[Anton Dohrn] Ships log 1914

[Anton Dohrn] Ships log 1914, 1915

Anton Dohrn trip logs and notes 1914-1916, 1918

Trips of the Anton Dohrn 1914-1917

Anton Dohrn log book 1914-1927

[Anton Dohrn] Ships log 1915

Anton Dohrn logs 1915-1916

Anton Dohrn logs 1915, 1916

[Anton Dohrn] Ships log 1915-1916

Log of the Anton Dohrn 1915-1923

[Anton Dohrn] Ships log book 1916 June

Trips of the Anton Dohrn 1916-1917

[Anton Dohrn] Ships log 1916-1918

[Anton Dohrn] Ships logs 1916-1919

Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara trips [Anton Dohrn logs] 1916-1922

Trip logs and notes 1916-1928

Anton Dohrn log 1916 December 26-1917 April 8

Anton Dohrn logs 1919, 1921, 1922

Anton Dohrn logs 1922

Anton Dohrn logs 1922, 1924

[Anton Dohrn] Ships log 1923

Anton Dohrn logs 1923

Log of the Anton Dohrn 1924 January 12-1925 August 1

Handwritten trip logs 1924

Anton Dohrn log 1924-1925

Anton Dohrn logs 1925 June-August

Log Anton Dohrn 1925 September 25-1926 May 20

Daily log forms 1925

Anton Dohrn logs 1925-1926

Anton Dohrn logs 1926 June 27-1927 January 29

Anton Dohrn log 1927 January 19-27

Log of the Anton Dohrn 1927 September 19-1928 November 27

Anton Dohrn logs 1928 November

[Logs] 1928 December 7-1929 May 24

Anton Dohrn log 1928 December

Anton Dohrn logs 1928

Marine Station report, Anton Dohrn logs 1928-1929

Anton Dohrn logs 1929 June-1930 May

Log Anton Dorhn 1929 June 19-1930 May 17

Anton Dohrn logs 1929

Anton Dohrn logs 1930 July-1931 June

Anton Dohrn logs 1930-1931

Anton Dohrn logs 1931-1932

Logs of the Anton Dohrn 1934-1935

Coastal maps 1911, undated

Box

Folder

Anton Dohrn receipts, notes 1917

Anton Dohrn penalty correspondence 1929-1930

Operations 1902-1930

Box

Folder

Marine appliances undated

Marine Station correspondence 1927-1928

Pamphlets 1913

Pamphlets and list of publications 1902-circa 1930

Program of the exercises of the installation of the work of the Venice Marine Biological Station 1911

USGS San Diego Bay to Pt. Conception chart 1911

Reports, surveys, and data 1898-1946

Box

Folder

Marine Biological Station report 1916

Marine Biological Station report and correspondence 1917, 1920

Marine Station report 1917

Marine Station report 1923

New Marine Biological Station reports and correspondence 1920s-1930s

Olaf Sundin reports of standing 1898-1902

Proposal for Marine Station, report circa 1920

Report of Marine Biological Station 1912

Report of Marine Biological Station 1923-1924

Report of Marine Biological Station 1925-1926

Marine Biological Station report 1927

Annual report of Marine Station and Log, Anton Dohrn 1931-1932

Marine Station reports 1934, 1935

Detailed Report of Biological Survey in the Vicinity of Venice--Stanley S. Hoote 1915 June 28-August 6

Survey data 1915-1916

Survey data 1916

Survey and key intro circa 1924

Survey logs 1913

Long Beach Station draft circa 1920s

Ulrey, A. B. "The Venice Aquarium and Marine Station." 1911

Venice Marine Biological Station by Carleton C. Shay 1917 May

Collection logs 1915

Log--Special Fisheries work 1914 June 24

Specimen list 1925

Station data--Hubbs 1933-1946

202

Trawl and dredge lists 1912-1925

Marine Station citations circa 1920

Catalina Station 1966-1979

Box

Folder

Architect's specifications, William L. Pereira and Associates 1966

ASME description 1969

Brochure circa 1968

Final schedules and details, William L. Pereira and Associates 1966

Planning photographs circa 1968

Program in Marine and Coastal Issues 1978-1979

Recruitment poster 1971

Box

Santa Catalina Marine Biological Laboratory poster 1970

245

Box

Folder

Schedules and details, William L. Pereira and Associates 1966

Sea Grant Proposal: Ocean Resources Development and Management, second year, correspondence and four volume report 1971

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	11	47-50
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	13	1

Box

Folder

USC publicity flyer 1969

Miscellaneous 1958-1992

Box

Folder

Drift Card [possibly from Robert E. Stevenan's 1958 study] 1958?

Establishing a Viable ORU for Ocean Studies 1987

John V. Vickers [Ship] 1992

Marine Support Facility, Wilmington, information packet 1978 September

202

Operations 1941-1996

Scope and Content

Covers the day-to-day operations of the Foundation.

Box

Folder

Activities reports 1954-1957

58-60

Allan Hancock Foundation institutional questionnaire circa 1973

Christmas cards 1996

Commendation letter from Allan Hancock circa 1950

Donations (Fossil Fish Collection from Asbjorn P. Ousdal) 1941

Entry for Marine Laboratories directory 1950

220

Fire Department survey 1962

Foundation organization 1985-1986

Jacques Cousteau SCUBA demonstration 1950

Scope and Content

See also photographs of Jacques Cousteau in box 230.

Key access 1961-1965

55-56

LA County Museum of Natural History meeting minutes 1972 November 3

295

Live animal inventory 1963

Loaned materials 1970

Loans (Muybridge plates) 1978

Memorandum re patron note of praise 1955

Murman donation of films 1978

Research Laboratories Modernization and Rehabilitation Grant Application 1959

Planning 1960

123

Security memorandums 1972-1991

14-15

Specimens removed and returned by Henry Genthe, at Univ. of California at Santa Barbara undated

Staff meetings 1983-1985

Staff: Research areas 1980-1984

Staff Publications: bibliography and lists 1955-1969

18, 22

Status reports 1965

Transfer of specimens to the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History 1973-1990

Other agencies 1956-1967

Scope and Content

Most of the records in this subseries document activities of the USNS Eltanin and its Antarctic research trips, many of which included USC and Foundation scientists.

Box

Folder

"Characteristics and Effects of Hyperion Effluent in Santa Monica Bay" by Norman B. Hume, Charles G. Gunnerson and Charles E. Imel, Bureau of Sanitation, City of Los Angeles 1960 February 5

220

Cruise report offshore surveys, City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation 1956-1958

220

Eltanin Cruise 2 hourly data sheets 1962

Elltanin data sheets--Cruise 27 1966-1967

206

Box

Hourly data sheets, USNS Eltanin 1962-1966

Scope and Content

Cruises 3-16, 18-20, 22-24, 26.

30-33

Box

Folder

Official Data Books, USC--Marine Biology, Eltanin--Antarctic 1960s

206

1-10

Report, "Operations during USNS Eltanin Cruise 32, University of Southern California Antarctic Project" 1962

198

18-21

Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 1-3 1962 March-June

198

Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 4 1962 July-August

198

Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 5 1962 September-November

198

Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 6 1962 November 25-1963 January 15

198

Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 7 1963 February 6-March 14

198

Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 8 1963 April-May

198

Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 9 1963 August-September

198

Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 10 1963 October-November

198

Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 11 1963 December 30-1964 February 17

198

Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 12 1964

202

Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 13 1964

202

Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 14 1964

202

Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 15 1964

202

11-12

Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 16 1965

202

Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 18-19 1965

202

Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 22 1966

Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 23 1966

202

16-17

Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 24 1966

202

18-19

Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 26 1966

202

Sampling data--Eltanin cruise 27 1967

202

Box

U.S.C. Antarctic Research Program, Field data sheets, Eltanin cruises 1960s

Scope and Content

Bound volumes. 2 sets, one with handwritten sheets, one with typed sheets.

203-205

Photographic and cinematic collections 1930s-2002

Scope and Content

The records of the Hancock Foundation contain a large number of films, slides, and photographs (including prints and negatives), mostly of the biological finds of the various expeditions supported by the Foundation. The catalogs included in this subseries are those created by the Hancock Foundation.

Organization

The Photographic and cinematic collections subseries is organized by format into the following sub-subseries: 1. Lists and catalogs; 2. Photographs; and 3. Film and video.

Lists and catalogs 1934-2002

Box

Folder

Birds--purchased set [list of slides] 1948

295

Captions for "Capturing a Sea Elephant for the San Diego Zoo" 1937

220

Department of Visual Education brochure circa 1940

Dr. Garth--Kodachrome slides--Canada [list] 1949 Summer

295

Expedition Films [Catalog of scenes] 1936

Expedition photo captions

295

[Film scripts and reports] 1936, 1954, undated

Scope and Content

Includes scripts for scientific and musical films and recordings.

208

Films--list

295

[Hancock Galapagos Expedition photo identification, letter] 1934

296

Hancock Pacific Expeditions Films and Photographs brochure circa 1940

Key to "Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg" photographs 2002

220

Kodachrome slides keys

Scope and Content

1939 and 1940 foundation trips and cruise--South America, California, Pacific.

295

3-38, 43

List pictures sent out 1937-1938

295

Photo keys [unidentified] 1936, 1939

296

Photo Order List undated

Photographic Archives 1984-1985

Slide lists 1940s

295

Box

Title cards for "The New Frontier"

Box

Folder

Wilcox photo catalog undated

295

[Zeiss pamphlets]

296

Photographs circa 1910s-1970s

Arrangement

The Photographs are organized by subject into the following subseries: 1. Expedition and specimen photographs; 2. Miscellaneous Hancock Foundation photographs; 3. Flowers and native specimens; 4. Photograph albums; and 5. Foundation building and KUSC.

Expedition and specimen photographs circa 1930s-1970s

Scope and Content

The Foundation photographs in this subseries primarily depict expeditions conducted by Capt. Hancock aboard the Velero III in the 1930s; images of scientific data gathering aboard the Velero IV; and specimen photographs. Many of the images exist in both negative and print formats, and there is duplication in the prints. In addition to mounted Foundation photographs with captions and other identification information [boxes 230-238], there are also smaller format photographs [generally with negative information on the reverse] and "snapshot" photos, taken by John S. Garth and other members of the various expeditions. [See also the John S. Garth papers series for snapshots taken by Garth during some of these expeditions.] Of particular interest are the many photographs taken during the 1936 and 1937 expeditions to the Galapagos Islands, Mexico, and South America.

Arrangement

The photographs are physically arranged by format, and intellectually arranged by subject in this finding aid. Many subjects are recorded in photographs and negatives of various sizes and thus are spread across many boxes.

The negatives are physically arranged by negative number or by subject (for those negatives not assigned a number by the Foundation). To locate a specific subject within the numbered negatives, please consult the spreadsheet (available upon request). Unnumbered negatives are broadly described by subject in this finding aid at the box level. Many of the negatives have no corresponding prints; many of the prints have no corresponding negatives. Of the Foundation-numbered negatives, those that are deteriorating have been separated out and housed separately.

Box

Aboard Velero III and IV

Scope and Content

Includes geology dredging aboard Velero IV; Velero IV equipment, including orange peel grab and bathepelogic net; aboard Velero III and IV; California coast and ocean from Velero IV; Velero crew; Velero machinery; Jacques Cousteau

259

287

288

269

230

294

270

234

Box

Aqua lung diving off Velero IV with Jacques Cousteau

230

Box

Benthograph and underwater photographs

237

300

293

Box

Biological specimens

250

252

348-350

234

253

247

239

240

241

243

244

259

300

263

237

264

265

266

Box

Biological specimens (including Dr. Garth's crab series)

252

238

251

269

289

294

290

259

Box

Biological specimens (including birds, fish and iguanas)

294

290

249

248

250

Box

California coast

292

Box

Captain Hancock aboard Velero

294

251

Box

Captain Hancock and Hancock family

292

Captain Hancock's honorary degree ceremonies

292

Capturing a sea elephant for the San Diego Zoo 1937

291

Clipperton Island

253

Early expeditions (Ulrey)

259

Box

Equipment and specimen-gathering aboard Velero

251

253

Box

Expedition snapshots 1937

254

Box

Galapagos Islands

259

236

284

250

253

230

269

294

267-268

282

283

235

254

Box

Gulf of Lower California

253

250

252

259

249

Box

Hancock Ensemble

292

"Hancock Expeditions. Camera Tales of Tropic Seas. Velero III" 1930s

Scope and Content

Photo album of specimen photographs.

297

Hancock Foundation building (exteriors, interiors, library, museum)

292

Hancock mansion and rancho

292

Box

Later expeditions

Scope and Content

Color slides of expeditions and specimens.

241

247

244

243

Box

Launching ceremony for Velero IV

291

352

Box

Maps and charts

259

252

263

292

264

Box

Mexico

285

294

234

286

252

250

251

253

259

233

232

236

Box

Miscellaneous and unidentified images

253

291

294

251

236

259

Box

Oversized photographs circa 1930s

Scope and Content

Includes mounted photographs of Hancock Pacific Expeditions by W. Charles Swett (boxes 272, 281), colorized photographs of the Expedition (boxes 273-274, 276), black and white photographs of the Expeditions (boxes 275 and 276), and miscellaneous oversized photographs (box 275).

281

272-276

Box

Folder

Photographic plates

Scope and Content

Photographic plates of a Seri Indian designed for 4 color printing; one plate of a landscape, possibly of Mexico; one plate (and print) of a Galapagos bird.

279

296

Box

The Ritters

249

San Diego Harbor

236

Box

Seri Indians

286

250

285

286

240

Box

South America

Scope and Content

Bolivia, Cocos Islands, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, San Salvador.

234

259

232

233

236

250

230

235

284

231

253

282

294

283

Box

Specimen gathering

287

269

Box

Scientific expedition [not Velero] crew members

259

Miscellaneous Hancock Foundation photographs

Scope and Content

Individuals, Hancock Foundation building.

Box
51

Flowers and native specimens

Box

Eastlake Park orchids

254

Box

Orchids and wildflowers

351

347

300

Box

Photographs from/for "Sponges of the Gulf of California" by Malcolm Dickinson, published in Foundation Reports, VII no. 1 1945

254

Los Angeles area ocean sediment

254

Photograph albums circa 1910s-1920s

Scope and Content

Photographs originally bound together into albums, depicting some of the national parks of the western United States. The provenance of these albums is unclear.

Box

Mt. Rainier and Yellowstone National Park circa 1910s

255

Yellowstone National Park, Zion National Park, and Bryce Canyon National Park circa 1910s

256

Glacier National Park circa 1910s

257

Lassen Volcanic National Park, Crater Lake National Park, Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel circa 1910s

258

New York City circa 1920s

260

Washington, D.C. circa 1920s

260

University of California, Berkeley 1928

261

Foundation building and KUSC [?]

Box
269

Box
352

Film and video 1930s-1980s

Scope and Content

Films produced by the USC History Media Institute as part of an oral history of Captain Hancock; and the hundreds of films and film fragments produced by and for the Foundation as documentation of its Expeditions and educational activities.

History Media Institute 1986-1987, undated

Scope and Content

Films produced in 1986 by the USC History Media Institute as part of an oral/video history of Captain G. Allan Hancock, funded by USC President Zumberge. The project was never completed, and the unedited videotapes were transferred to the President's office, and then to the Hancock Foundation Archive. Accompanied by the 1992 letter of transfer, and a script for the remembrance film.

Box

Mrs. Marian Hancock circa 1986 6 tapes

Dr. John S. Garth 1986 September 19 3 tapes

Hancock stills 1987 July 1 2 tapes

Page Museum film of Hancock, "Death Trap of Ages" undated 1 tape

Foundation films

Scope and Content

The Foundation films consist of 738 containers of film (some boxes holding more than one reel) that chronicle many of the activities of the Foundation's scientists aboard the Velero IV, especially the activities of John Garth. Subjects include the Galapagos Islands, Mexico and South America, elephant seals and sea lions in California and Mexico, birds,and marine biology. An inventory of all the films is available.

Box

Galapagos Islands footage, 16mm transfers

246

Reel

Foundation films

1-738

Publications 1937-1984, undated

Scope and Content

Includes lists of publications sponsored by, or printed by the Foundation.

Box

Folder

Annotated publications list 1973

Antarctic Marine Invertebrates corrrespondence 1963

Box

Antarctic Marine Invertebrates illustrations and information 1963

Box

Folder

Australia--Aleaporcellana thru Perocheles undated

209

Brochure for reports on "Scientific Results of Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions" circa 1937

Captions for photographs in an unidentified book or report undated

Catalog of Allan Hancock Foundation publications 1947-1974

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	9	48
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	4	92

Scope and Content

List and price list.

Box

Folder

[Charts depicting bacteria] undated

198

Collections honoring staff members 1955-1967

Contributing authors undated

Correspondence 1969-1978

Deep Water Polychaetes, Monograph no. 11, plates circa 1970s

E. Yale Dawson, "Photographic Record Data of Kodachromes Taken During the Period November, 1956, to February, 1959, for the California Water Pollution Control Board" circa 1959

Foundation publication invoices 1967-1969

207

7-40

Foundation publications price list undated

295

Box

Holthuis Palaemonidae plates undated

Box

Folder

"Illustrated Key to the Planktonic Copepods of San Pedro Bay, California," by John K. Dawson and Geraldine Kats, Technical Report no. 2, plates 1970s

2-4

Box

Illustrations, plates, and captions for Volume 5, Number 10, "Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions," by John S. Garth 1946

Scope and Content

Plates 1-26 and 49-87.

212-213

Box

Folder

Index to Monograph 7 [Draft] undated

141

[Letter and enclosure to Mr. Stevenson from John C. Ayers, taxonomy of marsh grasses] 1950 January 16

198

List of abbreviations of zoological papers undated

Mailing list for "The Geology of Ecuador" undated

Box

Marine illustrations undated

Box

Folder

Marine Science bibliography 1984

Memo on all USC publications 17 July 1974

Memorandum to Captain Hancock concerning publications undated

Mohr bibliography undated

208

Murman transparencies circa 1940s

208

[Notes on the structure of feathers] undated

198

Old standing orders cancelled for new ones [Foundation publications] 1969

207

Pacific Expeditions publications List 1938

Publication lists 1952-1984, undated

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	11	23
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	1	15

Box

Folder

Science publications 1978-1982

Box

Specimen illustrations for unknown publication undated

Box

Folder

Water pollution reports 1955-1960

Scope and Content

Cruise Reports on Survey for the State Water Pollution Control Board; Distribution of Coliform Bactria in the Waters Surrounding the Orange County Sewer Outfall; Micro-relief of the Santa Monica Shelf; Oceanographic Survey of the Continental Shelf Area of Southern California (1959 and 1960); Second Quarterly Progress Report of an Oceanographic Survey of Santa Monica Bay, California; Studies on Coliform Bacteria Discharged from the Hyperion Outfall, Final Bacteriological Report.

3-9

Publicity 1928-2005

Scope and Content

Includes press releases, articles from other sources about the Foundation, and some correspondence about errors or misrepresentations.

Box

Folder

Anonymous undated

ASC Newsletter, with corrections 1980

Clippings 1928-2005

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	38	8-9
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	220	1-7
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	39	2-9
		Box
Textual materials		28-29
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	24	1-21
		Box
Textual materials		213
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	50	6-13
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	40	47, 51

Scope and Content

Includes clippings from the Los Angeles Examiner, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Herald and Express, Los Angeles Daily News.

Box

Folder

Clipping Velero III docks in Guyaquil, Ecuador 1938

Correspondence with Long Beach Sun 1939

Faculty News 1954

104

Hancock Lecture Series 1962-1963

122

Hancock Pacific Expeditions Brochure circa 1940

101

Mounted print--"Fishing Banks" by Lionel Barrymore

296

Note on errors in Transcript [of a press release?] 1988

Open House undated

121

Press releases January 1938

Press releases February 1938-December 1938

Press Release [Bikini Atoll] circa 1954

103

Press Release 1960

102

Press Releases 30 October 1968

RAFU-SHIMPO clipping undated

San Diego Zoological Society Bulletin 10 1933

Smithsonian reprint 1939

100

USC Bulletin 11, Allan Hancock Foundation 1945

USC press releases 1969-1971, undated

93, 95

[Velero III press release and clipping] 1938

295

Slide presentations, public lectures, educational materials 1936-1954, undated

Scope and Content

Lectures about a variety of topics of interest to the public, marine education materials.

Box

Folder

Catalog with abstracts circa 1936

Death Trap of the Ages (continuity) 1943

"Description of Kodachrome Transparencies of Mexico Photographed by Baron N. Von Poppen" undated

Inventory list 1951-1953

Marine Education 1983

209

Natural Science Series 1942-1954, undated

Box

Folder

Announcement of Lecture Schedule 1952-1953

Birds of the Tropic Seas undated

Caledonia Bay undated

Cedros Island undated

Curacao and Aruba 1942

Exploring the Ocean Frontier 1952-1954

Island Adventures undated

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	295	46-47
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	11	26
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	12	7, 14

Scope and Content

Movie notes; notes on slides; Recorded Lecture [notes] and Study Guide; "Island Adventures" study guide.

Box

Folder

Panama Canal undated

Poncho and Burro 1942

Trees of California undated

Trinidad and Tobago [with what appear to be later versions] 1942

Natural Science Series announcement 1949

Natural Science series flyers 1952

295

Box

Folder

Note cards for slide lecture undated

Sound recordings 1930s-1950s

Scope and Content

The Foundation sound recordings consist almost exclusively of 17 inch LPs recorded under the auspices of the the Foundation and KUSC. The majority of the recordings are of performances of classical music by the Hancock Ensemble recorded by KUSC or at Los Angeles radio station KHJ. Also included are performances of classical and popular music by other groups or individuals, recorded either by KUSC or at KHJ; recordings of lectures on international relations and modern religions; dramatic productions by USC students and USC performing arts groups; USC events (graduations, building dedications, football games); broadcast news (including the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the D-Day invasion, V-E Day, general war news, a 1946 atomic bomb explosion, the fate of European war refugees); and speeches of President Roosevelt. Many of the LPS are in need of conservation and are currently unplayable. An electronic copy of the box lists is available upon request.

Box
52-78, 221-229

Charles Wade papers 1953-1961

Scope and Content

Mostly covering the establishment of commercial fisheries in third world nations.

Organization

The Charles Wade papers subseries is organized into the following sub-subseries: 1. El Salvador; 2. India; 3. Korea; 4. Peru; and 5. Phillippines.

El Salvador 1953-1957

Box

Folder

Commercial fishery resources of El Salvador circa 1953

Sanitation 1954

Shrimp fishery of the lagoon of San Juan de Gozo 1955

Small boat fishing 1955

Enabling legislation 1956

Fish reduction plants 1956

Marketing and distribution report 1956

Summaries of activities 1951-1956

Tilapia 1953-1956

Shrimp trawls and other supplies 1951-1957

Development of facilities for preservation and freezing of fish and shrimp undated

General correspondence 1950-1952

India 1956-1960

Box

Folder

Report of the Fisheries Research Committee 1956

Survey of the TCM Fisheries Program in India 1957

Summaries of activities 1957-1958

Fisheries planning and operations 1957-1960

Fishery training 1958

Report on the Indo-American Fisheries Program 1957 April

364

Korea 1956-1961

Box

Folder

Correspondence 1959-1961

12-13

Ice maker 1956

Operations 1960

Peru 1951-1953

Box
3

Folder
15

Philippines 1942-1952

Box

Folder

Japanese survey of tuna spawning grounds 1942

Key to fishes found in trawl catches 1947

Tuna spawning areas 1948-1949

Scope and Content

Includes photonegatives of map.

23, 29

Fishery data sheets 1948-1952

Dynamite fishing undated

Listing of fish species undated

Pond fisheries undated

Miscellaneous

Box

Folder

C.B. Andrews, Seasonal Average Length Trends at Monterey of the California Sardine (Sardina caerulea) 1928

364

System Followed in Filing Specimens of Fishes in the Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California, compiled by G.S. Myers 1939

Box

Folder

Office of Economic Warfare, Washington. The Unit Fishing Kit (A Manual for Operating the Gear in the Kit). Prepared by R.H. Fiedler, Chief, Maritime Industries Section 1943 August 5

364

Gulf States Production of Fishery Products for Selected Areas, 1953 1954

364

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Series 2: Library 1823-2003

Scope and Content

The Library series consists of the records of the Hancock Library, including information on the purchase of the Boston Society of Natural History collection, library operations, policies and procedures, and publicity.

Organization

The Library series is organized into the following subseries: 1. Boston Society of Natural History; 2. Collections; 3. Correspondence; 4. Operations; 5. Photographic catalogs; 6. Policy and procedures; 7. Publicity; 8. Reports and statistics; and 9. Security and environment.

Boston Society of Natural History 1823-1985, undated

Scope and Content

Includes records of sale. Also includes heritage documents that came along with the collection.

Organization

The Boston Society of Natural History sub-subseries is organized into the following subseries: 1. Correspondence; 2. History; 3. Manuscripts; 4. Sale of collection; and 5. Card catalogs.

Correspondence 1919-1981

Box

Folder

Correspondence of Helene Wytsman 1951

BSNH Correspondence 1919-1939

Correspondence involving BSNH materials May 1968

Correspondence involving BSNH materials 1975-1981

History 1927-1946, undated

Box

Folder

Boston Society's history 1927-1946

Early operations undated

Manuscripts 1823-1981, undated

Scope and Content

Letters and other documents found in or accompanying BSNH books.

Box

Folder

Annotated UC Berkeley Commencement Invitation 1884

Basaltic Columns undated Photograph of 1812 drawing, provenance and relation to collection conjectural

Charles F. Durrel to Frank Otis Sype 1884

Charles Whitt LeSey to J. Loving 1833

Correspondence of Charles Folsom to Mrs. Peck 1823

Facsimile of a Latin document dated 1644 undated

Flyleaf with drawing of cricket undated

144

Found in Arrago's "Narrative of a Voyage around the World" 1823

Found in Blainville's "Manual de Malacology et de Conchyology" circa 1916

Found in Dimidov's "Voyage dans la Russie Meridionale et la Crimie" undated

H. Little to Benjamin D. Green 1825

Heredity: Three Papers 1910

145

[Letter to B.D. Greene from John Tomey?] 1836 December 7

198

[Letter to Dr. Bigelow from Andre Parmentier] 1826 November 16

198

Letters found in Dunker's "Index Mollusculorum" undated

List of the recent corals in the Brighton Museum undated

[Notes found in Anton, Vergeichniss der Conchylien] undated

198

[Notes found in "Great Barrier Reef Expedition"] 1951, 1981

198

Postcards found in the Bulletin of the Association Philomathiq d'Alsace undated

J. J. Rivers 1885-1923

Box

Folder

Correspondence 1885-1889

Correspondence 1890-1892

Correspondence 1893

Correspondence 1895-1899

Correspondence 1899

128

Correspondence 1900-1906

Correspondence 1911-1923?

Notes circa 1890

Notes found with J. J. Rivers Correspondence undated

Photographs 1911

Box

Folder

Specimens described and figured by Lesquereux undated

Specimen found in "Scientia," Bologna undated

Sussex Daily News. "Paper on "Corals" by Dr. Miles" 15 February 1884

[USGS announcement] 1885

198

Sale of collection 1943-1947, 1985, undated

Bills of lading 1944 March

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	3	31
	Box	Folder
Folder	4	40

Box

Folder

Contract with USC 25 June 1943

Inventory List 1--Serials 1944

Inventory List 2--Exchange Serials 1944

Inventory List 3--Additions to Lists 1 and 2 1944

Inventory List 4--Wilkes Expedition 1944

Special Inventory List--Pamphlets 1944

Original Proposal 1943

Original proposal correspondence 1943-1946

37-38, 73

Purchase of materials from New England Museum of Natural History 1946-1947

Transmittal of records from Chancellor's files undated

Sale of collection memorandums 1985

Letter from Bradford Washburn re BSNH catalog 1946 June 6

125

Card catalogs undated

Box

Card catalog

79-187

Reprint catalog

188-196

Collections 1902-2000

Scope and Content

Memorandums, planning, and other documents relating to the maintenance of the collection.

Box

Folder

Article about possible thief 1984

Bibliographies 1940

Bindery orders 1947-1985

Bindery payments 1948-1954

Scope and Content

Includes a 1983 note.

"Catalogo Moluscos de Cuba" 1940s-1950s

197

1-161

Collection description circa 1982

Collection development overview 1990

Construction project 1983

Copeia no. 168 [Autographed to Allan Hancock] 1928

Correspondence [re thefts] 1983-1984

[Crustacean bibliography] circa 1940s

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	197	162-169
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	198	1-6

Box

Folder

[Darwin collection appraisal and bibliography] 1964, 1968

34-35

Duplicate sales correspondence 1971-1986

Duplicate sales--duplicates sold 1984

Duplicate sales lists 1981-1983

EAL Newcomb Library gifts undated

[Fossil] 1993

198

General operations 1984-1992

Hancock thefts 1982-1985

14-16

Insurance policy for the Audubon Collection 1983-1984

Journals used regularly 1982-1985

[Letter to D. Halmos from W.A. Swetts] 1948 April 15

198

Lists sent to law enforcement and booksellers 1983-1985

[Loans] To LACMNH 1950-1985

[Loans] Photographs 1966

[Loans] Permissions Velero IV photos 1983

Maxwell Scientific International 1975

207

[Negatives for publications?]

296

7-9

Non-USC patrons 1959-1978

Other libraries [thefts] 1983

Preservation 1983

[Prints]

Scope and Content

Plates of pines and birds.

295

52-53

Proposal for a rare book catalog 1988

Publication information 1971-1977

Publication inquiries 1964-1965

Publication overstock 1964

115

Publications lists 1966-1977

125

Reprint sale proceeds 1985

Reprints 1957-1964

[Requisitions] "R/E 1" 1948-1964

[Requisitions] "R/E 2" 1949-1960

[Requisitions] "R/E 3" 1948-1957

Seminar Notes [re theft] 1989

[Serials] Additions 1980-1984

[Serials] Cancellation and weeding 1982-1984

[Serials] Cancellations 1988-1991

137

[Serials] Transfers 1959-1960

134

Specimens of booksellers catalogs 1902-1940

State of the rare book collection 1989

Suggestions for orders 1946-2000

Transfers of materials to USC 1949-1952

Weeding 1972-1984

Withdrawals 1985-1986

Correspondence 1939-1999, undated

Scope and Content

Includes two sets of correspondence, one arranged by topic or correspondent, and the other arranged chronologically.

Topical Files 1939-1999, undated

Box

Folder

Abbey Rents [Correspondence between Stanley S. Slotkin and Dorothy Halmos, re: translations of medieval Latin] 1956-1957

Abbott, B. C. 1970-1971

Banner, A. H. 1954

129

Barnard, J. L. 1953-1965

Beaudette Foundation 1964

131

Bernard, F. R. 1970-1974

Biosciences Information Service 1966

Buchanan 1948-1952

California Book Company 1953

California Special Libraries Association 1946-1971

Cendrino, Luis 1957-1972

Chemical Abstracts 1946-1970

Dawson, E. Yale 1953-1964

Denver-Chicago Trucking Co. 1957-1965

Diechmann, Elizabeth 1957-1958

Domentay, Jose S. 1953

Dunkle, M. B. 1957-1963

Easton, Harry T. 1960

Emery, K. O. 1950-1963

Foresta Institute 1960-1971

Friedman, Herbert 1976

Garth, John S. 1968-1969

Goldwater, Barry M., Jr. 1973

Gooding, R. U. 1964

Habe, Tadeshiga 1957

Hall, E. Raymond 1960

Hall, G. K. 1971

Halstead, Bruce W. 1955

Hartman, Olga 1957

Harvard University 1950-1952

Hata, Kotara 1955

146

Hawkins Books 1954-1958

Holthuis, L. B. 1952-1954

Hurley, Desmond 1955-1963

Hussey, Roland F. 1952

135

Hyman, Libbie 1953

143

LACMNH 1952-1979

MacGinitie, G. E. 1955-1957

Manning, R. B. 1961

Masland, Frank 1959

Mattoon & Company 1959

McCulloch 1941-1946

Menzies, Robert J. 1962

Meredith, Dewitt undated

Meserve, F. G. 1960

Microcard Foundation 1950

Mohr, J. L. 1958

Moss Landing 1971

Myers, George S. 1950-1960

101

National Academy of Science 1962

102

National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Disease 1964

103

National Referral Center 1963

104

National Research Council 1951-1959

105

New York Public Library 1961

107

New York State College of Agriculture 1969

108

Nichols, J. T. 1958

109

Nogeira, Maria 1958

126

Norris Medical Library 1965-1972

110

Norse, Eliot 1976

111

North, Wheeler J. 1963

112

Odhner, Nils 1953

113

Osborne, Raymond G. 1952-1953

114

Pacific Science Congress 1961

116

Peacock, Bess Reed 1963

117

Peattie, Donald 1961

118

Pereira de Bulhues Carvalho, Francisco 1958

119

Petrovich, Vera 1973

121

Pettibone, Marion H. 1970

127

Pohe, R. A. 1969

122

Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden 1964

Re: Directories and Union Catalogs 1960-1972

Re: Directors of Museums and Herbaria 1960

100

Re: Grau, Gilbert 1971-1972

124

Re: Overdue books 1968

Re: Printing and Publication 1962-1964

123

Reish, Donald 1959

Remington, Charles L. 1969

Resig, Johanna 1968

Richards, A. Glenn 1960

Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center 1959-1960

Ronov, Alexander B. 1957

Rost, Helen 1954-1955

Ruvalcaba 1970

San Diego Natural History Museum 1964

San Diego State College 1961-1968

Savage, J. M. 1967-1968

130

Schmitt, Waldo 1960

Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1950

Smith, Ralph I. 1953

Smithsonian Institute 1949-1953

Soot-Ryan, Tron 1954-1956

Sparrow, F. K. 1960

Stevens, Belle A. 1947

Thank You Notes 1952-1969

Tilden, Josephine E. 1939

Tinsley, James R. 1959

Tokyo National Museum 1964

106

Transport Clearings 1965

133

Turner, Ruth D. 1955-1960

United States Government Agencies 1946-1948

University of Redlands 1950

Walt Disney productions 1946

Walton, Bryce C. 1953-1955

Washington University. Regional Primate Center 1970

Wells, Patrick H. 1959

Williams, Austin B. 1960

Winkler, L. R. 1968

Winter, Howard A. 1956

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute 1948-1953

Yancker, Truman G. 1969

Zaridze, G. M. 1957

Holiday letter from McGoverns 1999

Chronological Files 1946-1974

Box

Folder

Correspondence 1946-1949

Correspondence 1957-1967

Correspondence 1974

Operations 1946-2000

Scope and Content

Files dealing with the day-to-day operations of the Library.

Box
39

Folder
14

Box

Folder

Account analysis 1964-1970

Activity report 1957-1959

Address on Preservation by Kim [Douglas] 1984

Appeal for donations 1975-1980

Bills sent to the University Library 1964-1970

Books borrowed for LACMNH exhibit 1965

Budget preparation notes 1982-1985

Budgets and fiscal reports 1978-1983

Catalog records--Department of Ichthyology, LACMN 1960s

201

1-2

Compact shelving estimate 1983

Correspondence prior to 1950 for inactive exchange, A-C 1946-1950

207

Costa Rica project 1968-1969

Curtailment of hours 1992

Delinquent borrowers 1983

Directory listings 1983-1984

Displays 1983-1986

Exhibit case photographs 1992

Exhibits 1987, 1989

External correspondence 1962-1965

External correspondence 1971-1984

External correspondence 1985-1989

Full-time staff 1963

Fundraising correspondence and memorandums 1975-1983

General correspondence 1947-1953

Grant application circa 1968

Gifts and acknowledgments 1947-1984

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	9	42-45
	Box	Folder
Folder	1	36

Box

Folder

Gifts & exchanges 1985-1995

Hancock in GEAC 1990

Hancock Library Restricted Area Activity Register 1983-1990

Hancock Library--displays, ideas undated

Inclusion in the Union List of Serials 1960

Interlibrary loan 1971-1977

Invitation to library staff breakfast 1990

Janitorial services and physical plant 1981-1985

Librarian I 1983

Librarian job descriptions 1979-1983

Librarian thank you notecard circa 1975

Library Committee agendas and minutes 1965-1985

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	9	51
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	1	45-46

Box

Folder

Library descriptive profile 1984

Library exchange file 1985-1992

Library exchange file--Bengal Natural History Society 1963-1985

Library exchange file--Biarritz, Station d'Hydrobiol. 1969-1985

Library exchange file--Centro Interamericano de Documentacion e Informacion Agricola, Turrialba, Costa Rica

Library exchange file--Chicago Academy of Science 1946-1985

Library exchange file--Colorado University Press 1959-1985

Library exchange file--Copenhagen Universitets Zoologiske Museum 1946-1985

Library exchange file--Kagoshima University 1949-1985

Library exchange file--Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 1961-1985

Library exchange file--Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein Fur Karnten 1959-1985

Library exchange file--Siam Society, Bangkok 1961-1985

Library exchange file--Stockholm, Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet 1946-1985

Library exchange file--Universitet I Trondheim 1965-1985

Library expansion proposal 1962

Library operations (internal memorandums) 1947-1953

Library faculty 1972-1986

Library policies and procedures manul circa 1984-1986

15-18

Library staffing 1981

136

Library union lists reference orientation 1985 August 12

Library users guide 1984

LSCA Grant 40-1640 1989

Mary Pippin/Hancock Library 1967-1976

220

Meetings FY89-FY91 1989-1991

Memo re ITS users 1981 September

Merger with USC Central Library 1986-1987

Miscellaneous correspondence 1975- 1975-1987

207

4-6

Mission statement and article circa 1980

Mission statement draft 1984

Operations memorandums 1959-1969

Operations memorandums 1970-1976

Operations memorandums 1980-1982

Operations memorandums 1983-1984

Operations memorandums 1984-1987

Operations memorandums 1985-1987

Operations memorandums 1988-2000

Orders for expedition records 1993-1994, undated

Personnel 1961-1963

120

Priority documents 1990

Proposed amalgamation with LACMNH 1979-1984

Retired staff 1971-1983

Union List of [Oceanographic] Expeditions 1975-1976

Space allocation 1966-1983

Staff meetings 1987-1989

Standards and Procedures for Appointment, Promotion and the Award of Tenure for Hancock Librarians 1983-1984

Strategic plan 1991-1992

Title IIC grant application 1984

USC Science and Engineering Library annual report 1991

Vendor invoices 1964-1970

Viking (freight, moving) 1981

207

Photographic catalogs 1937-1954

Scope and Content

Listings of photographs made by the Library for its own use.

Box

Folder

Kodachrome slides (Gulf, Galapagos, Caribbean) 1937-1939

Kodachrome slides (Gulf and Local Trips) 1940-1941

Kodachrome cutouts (original and print) circa 1954

Multiple lists of photographs, variously arranged by photographer or location [multiple numbering systems employed] undated

Box

35mm slides

Scope and Content

Set of Rudolf Leuckart Wandtafelm slides; 1988-1989 library exhibition photographs; Hancock Library presentation by Kim Douglas, 1984.

242

Policy and procedures 1950-1994, undated

Scope and Content

Guides, manuals, and memoranda relating to the procedures to be used by the Library staff.

Box

Folder

Access policy 1983

Changes in rare book cataloging 1987

Circulation 1986

LC book stacks shifting 1988

Library technical services 1985

Library user's guide 1983

Memorandum concerning binding circa 1950

Mold spore 1985-1986

Monograph selection (with wish lists) 1974-1980

Networks and Hypertext. Seminar notes 1989

Online searching policy 1983

Procedures for theft losses 1983

Procuring and processing undated

Publications 1964-1966

132

Serials shifting 1988

Transfer of paleontology books 1993-1994

Weeding 1985, 1995

Withdrawals 1988

Publicity 1941-2003, undated

Scope and Content

Records documenting the Library's efforts at publicity and public relations, including an attempt at a newsletter, news articles, and press releases.

Box

Folder

[Article typescript--Hancock Library collections] undated

295

Clippings 1941-2003

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	38	10
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	39	38-45
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	24	27-34

Box

Folder

Halmos, Dorothy [clippings] 1951-1954, undated

Hancock Library News, No. 1 1983

107

Box

Hancock Library News, Nos. 1 and 2 [mock up] 1983-1984

213

Box

Folder

Highlights from the Hancock Library exhibit brochure 1992

Holiday card order form 1995

Invitation to Hancock Library reading room 1977

MS of article by D. Halmos circa 1960

Press Release 1971, 1984

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	39	25
	Box	Folder
Folder	6	69

Box

Folder

Self descriptions, scope and history 1960-1988

Speech undated

Reports and statistics 1942-1993, undated

Scope and Content

Reports to various governing agencies. Also many years of raw usage data.

Box

Folder

ALA Survey 1970

Annual reports 1942-1965

Annual reports 1965-1979

Annual report 1987-1990

Annual report 1992

Annual report information for ARL Annual Statisical Reports 1970-1986

Annual report information for ARL Annual Statisical Reports 1990-1993

California State Library 1962

Circulation statistics 1968-1975

Daily use statistics 1946-1975

Documentation Project [Includes notes, drafts, statistics and resource materials for full formal description of Hancock Library.] 1985

HEGIS Statistics 1973-1975

Holdings 1983

ILL Statistics 1983-1984

Journal use survey 1992

Monthly statistics 1965-1983

Monthly statistics 1984-1985

OCLC searching for collection statistics undated

PSRML Survey 1974

Reference statistics circa 1977

Regional Committee on the Marine Sciences 1954

Serials needs assessment 1983-1984

Serials statistics undated

Serials use survey undated

State of the Library 1981

User surveys 1977, 1981

Security and environment 1982-1989

Scope and Content

Memoranda covering measures to protect the collection.

Box

Folder

Airconditioning project 1983-1984

Environmental and Security Controls. Preliminary Specifications 1983

Handout for SCA presentation on security in archives 1989

Sample floorplans for environmental controls installation 1983 October 20

Security memorandums 1982

Security memorandums 1983-1985

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Series 3: Museum 1939-2004, undated

Scope and Content

The Museum series contains records documenting the functioning of the Museum.

Organization

The Museum series is organized into the following subseries: 1. Annual reports; 2. Conservation; 3. Correspondence; 4. Guides and tours; 5. Hosted events; 6. Inventories; 7. Musical instruments; 8. Operations; and 9. Publicity.

Annual reports 1973-1999

Box

Folder

Annual report 1973-1988

Annual report 1989-1994

Annual report 1998-1999

Conservation 1997

Box

Folder

Conservation notes 1997

Correspondence 1966-1999

Correspondence 1964-1979

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	296	2
	Box	Folder
Folder	4	22

Box

Folder

Correspondence 1974-1977

Correspondence 1979-2000

Correspondence 1980-1984

Correspondence 1993-1999

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	296	1
	Box	Folder
Folder	4	24

Box

Folder

Logs 1997-1998

Guides and tours 1957-2002, undated

Scope and Content

Includes brochures, self-guided tours, records of open houses, vide-tapes and other aids to visitors.

Box

Folder

Artists and pieces at a glance circa 1997

Brochures circa 1957-circa 1960

Brochure 1997

Guest Book 1980-1981

198

Guest Book 1983-1984

198

Guest Book 1990-2002

Hancock Galapagos Expedition, VHS [from Page Museum?] undated

Box

"Hancock Galapagos Trip" [VHS Videocassette] undated

Box

Folder

History circa 1987

Notes on Captain G. Allan Hancock's vessels [provenance unclear] circa 1997

Library Dean's Christmas card, illustrated with picture of Museum stained glass 1998

Melinda Hayes, Curator 1999 Photographs

Music Salon photographs undated

Patron thank you notes 1976-1989

Reception Hall photograph undated

Reservation forms circa 1987-1988

Self-Guided Tour pamphlets and brochures 1999-2002

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	8	53
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	6	53-54
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	4	1

Box

Folder

Sketchbook pages depicting museum objects circa 1997

Stained glass [Photograph with negative] 1997

Box

"Visiting with Hewell Howser" [VHS Videocassette] 1995

Hosted events 1975-2004

Scope and Content

Records of uses of the Museum by non-Foundation organizations.

Box

Folder

All University Open House, Sign-in sheets 1977

Arden Trio 1984

Brochures for hosted events 1985, 1999

Bullocks Wilshire Christmas catalog 1975-1976

Cabaret concert 2002

Da Camera Society concert 1999

Events hosted by the Museum 1982-2000

Faculty Wives 1985-1989

Guests for Marian Hancock's dinner party 1985

Honors lunch for James E. Goertz 24 March 2000

Hubbard Dinner photographs 1998

Library Dean's pre-Lecture dinner 2001

Rare musical instrument demonstration 2004

Rath Merit Scholarships recognition luncheon 1998

Recital [for Dr. Sample?] 22 March 2000

Society for French Historical Studies 1985

Inventories 1939-1997

Scope and Content

Inventories of Museum artifacts. Most are photocopied, and the location of the originals is unknown.

Box

Folder

Addendum to 1965 Appraisal 1987

Appraisal 1965

Appraisal 1988

Broken pieces (not on display) 1997

Dining Room 1997

Inventory circa 1939

Inventory 1996

Legend 1997

Library 1997

Music Room 1997

Reception Hall 1997

Stairwell 1997

Stebbins Collection 1988

Musical instruments 1946-1994

Scope and Content

Correspondence, publicity, and inventories of the Museum's extensive collection of rare musical instruments. Much of the collection came from Leonardo de Lorenzo, and records documenting de Lorenzo activities with the Museum are included here.

Box

Folder

Correspondence 1961-1994

Leonardo de Lorenzo clippings 1992

Leonardo de Lorenzo correspondence 1953-1961

Leonardo de Lorenzo correspondence 1953-1992

Box

Folder

Leonardo de Lorenzo correspondence 1989-1992

Loans 1987-1992

Musical instrument inventories 1946

Musical instrument inventories 1992

Theft of Musical instruments 1993

Violin 1977

Operations 1972-1999

Scope and Content

Records describing the everyday operations of the Museum.

Box

Folder

[Brann Gift?] Table and chairs 1999

Cabinet repairs 1974

Curator position description circa 1997

Donations 1987-1994

Facilities 1997

General correspondence re rain damage (May 1977) 1977-1978

Memorandums--Fiore 1972-1984

202

6-7

Photos and memorandum for press release 1997

Publicity Planning 1987-1993

Repairs and special cleaning needed 1996

Terra Magazine article 1982

Vendor correspondence re rain damage (May 1977) 1977-1980

Wish list circa 1997

Restorations 1993

Summary of activities 1998

Publicity 1941-2002, undated

Clippings 1941-2002, undated

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	38	12
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	24	22-26

Box

Photographs circa 1990s

Scope and Content

Snapshots of the Museum--its various rooms and miscellaneous objects.

269

Box

Folder

[Brochure for Kershner/Lachmann book] 1950

209

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Series 4: Velero IV 1933-1990, undated

Scope and Content

The Velero IV operated between 1948 and 1985. Included in this series are records relating to the ship's launching, its operations, and its repairs. Ships logs and station logs are extensive and relatively complete. Also included are correspondence regarding, and records documenting, exploratory equipment and data collection. See also photographs in the Foundation Photographs subseries.

Organization

The Velero IV series is organized into the following subseries: 1. Data collection; 2. Equipment and repairs; 3. Grants; 4. History, write-ups, etc.; 5. Licenses and forms; 6. Operations; 7. Station reports; and 8. Logs.

General note

Box 13 is missing.

Data collection 1933-1974, undated

Scope and Content

Records, raw data, and photographs created and collected by scientists and crew members aboard the Velero IV. Includes extensive documentation of the Velero's explorations into the benthic zone off the California coast and the Foundation's data collecting stations off the same coast.

Box

Folder

Baja California--Specimen Data Sheets 1968-1969

18-19

Bathythermograph data sheets and graphs, beginning cruise no. 980 circa 1960s

Bathythermograph data sheet blanks circa 1960s

Box

Bathythermograph records 1967-1970

271

Benthograph photographs circa 1960s

269

Benthograph recordings circa 1960s

262

Box

Folder

Benthos depth and time recorder discs 1965

Benthos depth and time recorder discs 1966

Benthos depth and time recorder discs 1967

Benthos depth and time recorder discs 1968

Benthos records 1969

Benthos records readings 1960

Benthos records readings 1961

Benthos records readings log 1962

Benthos records readings log 1963

Benthos records readings log 1964

Benthos records readings log 1965

Benthos records readings log 1966

Benthos records readings log 1967

Benthos records readings log 1968

Benthos records readings log 1969

Chlorosity--blanks circa 1960s

Complete Benthos readings (blanks) circa 1960s

Computer read out [USC Basin Ecology Project] 1964

Cruise overlays 1953-1970

20-21

Data sheets (blanks) undated

Decapod shrimp species list circa 1965

Flow meter data by cruise number beginning with cruise no. 962 circa 1960s

Hydrostation data 1963-1972

48-50

Box

Instrument readings 1971, 1974, undated

Box

Folder

Key to the species of euphausia undated

[Manuscript template with photographs taken aboard Velero] 1969-1970

198

Menzies station list 1948-1949

202

Middle American Trench Benthos records 1970 January

Physical data--blanks circa 1960s

San Pedro Channel project 1960-1961

Special sorting register--blanks circa 1960s

Station data sheets--blanks circa 1960s

Station data--San Felipe, Ensenada, & Channel Islands 1947 April

202

Station notes undated

202

Stations sorted in the summer of 1965 1965-1966

"Submarine Photography with the Benthograph", K.O. Emery 1952

Time-depth recorder plots (Benthos) undated

Velero IV station list (unpublished) 1947-1950

202

Equipment and repairs 1947-1985, undated

Scope and Content

Includes files on individual pieces of equipment. Also includes general records of major dry-dock sessions (haul-outs).

Box

Folder

C14 kit for determing productivity circa 1960s

Dissolved oxygen method circa 1960s

Electrical repair Velero IV 1975

Engine bearings 1977-1979

Engine parts 1979

Equipment requirements [General Layout Blueprint included] 1947-1948

Flow-meters correction data circa 1960s

Galley range 1975

Generator conversion undated

Information card undated

Invoice--San Pedro Boat Works 1981

Life rafts 1980

Marine instrument brochures and technical bulletins 1960s-1970s

1-6

Material condition 1973-1975, 1977-1978, 1984

	Box	Folder
Folder	13	34-35
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	36	21-22

Box

Folder

Material condition, chromate ballast tanks 1976, 1980

NSF ship inspection 1984

Optical instruments record 1968

Radar, installation and repair 1972-1985

Reversing thermometers correction data 1965-1973

Shipyard (haulout) 1969-1983

22-32

Speed 1976-1981

Stability test data 1972

Thermarine recorder manual 1966

Underwriter's marine survey reports 1969-1981

18-19

Velero IV "A" frame power package 1976

Velero IV fire extinguishers 1975-1977

Velero IV laboratory conversion 1971-1972

Velero IV material condition general 1975-1978

18-19

Velero tank calibrations undated

YSI: oxygen meter operation instructions (copy) circa 1960s

Grants 1959-1983

Scope and Content

Grant proposals and related documentation, primarily for National Science Foundation programs.

Box

Folder

Correspondence and information for NSF project 1962-1964

CMSC Underwater Lab 1980

Grant records 1959-1965

38-42

Grant records--general info 1959-1961

43-44

NSF Approval ATS Satellite Communication 1983

NSF Final Report Shipboard Equipment 1983

Special report on computer statistical analysis of data from USC basin study circa 1965

Vendor requests 1966-1968

Vendor request blanks 1966-1968

History, write-ups, etc. 1947-1990, undated

Scope and Content

Includes retrospectives on Velero IV and publicity about the ship.

Article in Sea and Pacific Motor Boat 1956

	Box	Folder
Folder	3	32
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	38	6

Box

Folder

General collection 1947-1973

Proceedings of the Launching of the Velero IV 1948

	Box	Folder
Folder	4	48
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	40	48

Box

Folder

Photographs with transmittal letter to John S. Garth 1948

Photographs 1990, undated

	Box	Folder
Photographs	4	106
	Box	Folder
Photographs	8	66
	Box	Folder
Photographs	6	60

Box

Folder

Velero Expedition, uncut VHS undated

Scope and Content

VHS Probably from Hancock College

Licences and forms 1973-1984, undated

Box

Folder

Application for ship radio licence 1984

Scope and Content

Forms used by the Velero IV and copies of forms submitted to other agencies, many of them for licenses.

Clearing vessel upon entering U.S. 1973-1975

Foreign cruises undated

General cruise evaluation form undated

Registration 1977-1983

Release and consent forms 1977-1981

23-24

UNOLS cruise assessment forms 1982

USCG Certificate of Documentation 1984

Velero licences 1977-1981

Operations 1948-1985, undated

Scope and Content

Schedules, passenger and crew lists, and other documents relating to the daily operation of the vessel.

Box

Folder

Attendance 1984-1985

20-21

Calendars 1976

Childress Mexico Cruise 1977-1978

50-51

Correspondence 1955-1969

Correspondence--copies 1955-1969

Costa Rica cruise 1973

Cruise preparations 1972

Cruise reports 1965-1971

Cruise schedule summaries 1965-1971

Current correspondence 1968-1969

Expenditures 1979

Food orders 1982

Global Marine Development 1982

Gulf of California cruise 1974 March-April

Gulf Cruise 1971-1972

Injuries to passengers and crew 1977-1978

Lowenstam Mexico Cruise 1978

Box

Maps and nautical charts undated

245

Box

Folder

Memorandums, Marine Science Division, USC 1965-1968

Mexico cruise 1975-1977

6-8

Midwater Project Station records

Box

Folder

Midwater Project Station Record 1963 November-1969 April

Midwater Project depth and time computation log 1968-1969

Midwater Project--record on the material collected and sorted up to Summer 1965 1965

Field key to the Midwater Project undated

Sorting register (blanks) [Midwater Project] circa 1965

Proposed sampling schedule for the Midwater Project for the year 1970-1971 1970

Midwater Project Station Record Introduction undated

Midwater Project Station records 1948

	Box	Folder
Textual materials	40	12-42, 54
	Box	Folder
Textual materials	39	46-125

Box

Folder

Cruise data sheets 1962-1969

1-10

Midwater Project cruise reports 1965-1971

202

Midwater project cruise schedules 1965-1972

202

Box

Folder

Monthly Report 1977

Navy Project 1979

Passenger and Crew Lists

Box

Folder

Lists 1977

Lists 1978

Lists 1979

Lists 1980

Lists 1981

Lists 1982

Lists 1984

Lists 1985

Velero Passenger and Crew List 1975-1977

Velero IV Attendance 1983

Velero IV Attendance (blanks) undated

Velero IV post cruise reports--addresses 1982-1983

Passenger and Crew List 1983

Box

Folder

Post-Cruise Reports 1981-1982

47-48

Ship schedule 1977, 1985

44, 46

Ship Time, Ship Users' Distribution List undated

Box

Velero IV United States Coast Pilot for Pacific Coast 1952

Box

Folder

Velero IV Mexican cruise (Mazatlan, Kiefer & Clark) 1979-1980

Velero monthly reports 1975

Velero operations 1976

Velero schedule 1975

Velero IV operating schedule 1972-1973

Velero IV schedule 1974-1975

Vessel schedules 1976

Station reports 1948-1985

Scope and Content

Cruises 1-1570, listed in cruise order. Some gaps, but mostly complete.

Box

Folder

Station List 1948-1961

Notes and Comments, Velero Stations 1960-1963

Unnumbered July 1948-September 1949

Cruise# 31-64 November 1949-April 1951

Cruise# 65-81 1951 May-December

Cruise# 82-105 February 1952-December 1952

Cruise# 106-119 January 1953-June 1953

Cruise# 120-138 July 1953-December 1953

Cruise# 139-156 January 1954-May 1954

Cruise# 159-180 June 1954-December 1954

Cruise# 183-205 January 1955-July 1955

Cruise# 207-220 July 1955-September 1955

Cruise# 221-234 October 1955-December 1955

Cruise# 235-245 January 1956-March 1956

Cruise# 247-260 April 1956-June 1956

Cruise# 261-287 July 1956-December 1956

Cruise# 288-300 January 1957-April 1957

Cruise# 301-315 May 1957-September 1957

Cruise# 316-326 October 1957-December 1957

Cruise# 327-350 January 1958-August 1958

Cruise# 352-363 September 1958-December 1958

Cruise# 365-374 January 1959-March 1959

Cruise# 376-391 May 1959-October 1959

Cruise# 392-402 October 1959-December 1959

Cruise# 403-414 January 1960-May 1960

Cruise# 415-438 June 1960-December 1960

Cruise# 439-457 December 1960-May 1961

Cruise# 458-472 June 1961-December 1961

Cruise# 473-485 December 1961-March 1962

Cruise# 486-497 April 1962-July 1962

Cruise# 498-519 August 1962-December 1962

Cruise# 520-532 January 1963-April 1963

Cruise# 533-547 May 1963-July 1963

Cruise# 548-573 August 1963-December 1963

Cruise# 574-582 January 1964-February 1964

Cruise# 584-591 March 1964-April 1964

Cruise# 592-606 May 1964-August 1964

Cruise# 609-624 August 1964-October 1964

Cruise# 625-635 November 1964-January 1965

Cruise# 636-652 January 1965-March 1965

Cruise# 653-667 March 1965-May 1965

Cruise# 669-674 June 1965-August 1965

Cruise# 765-783 September 1965-October 1965

Cruise# 784-796 November 1965-December 1965

Cruise# 799-807 January 1966-February 1966

Cruise# 808-822 March 1966-April 1966

Cruise# 823-861 May 1966-December 1966

Cruise# 862-884 January 1967-March 1967

Cruise# 885-907 April 1967-August 1967

Cruise# 909-922 September 1967-December 1967

Cruise# 923-943 January 1968-March 1968

Cruise# 944-957 April 1968-August 1968

Cruise# 958-976 August 1968-October 1968

Cruise# 978-988 November 1968-December 1968

Cruise# 990-1011 January 1969-March 1969

Cruise# 1012-1029 April 1969-June 1969

Cruise# 1030-1039 July 1969-August 1969

Cruise# 1041-1060 September 1969-December 1969

Cruise# 1061-1063 January 1970-February 1970

Cruise# 1064-1094 March 1970-June 1970

Cruise# 1095-1104 July 1970-September 1970

Cruise# 1105-1114 September 1970-October 1970

Cruise# 1115-1120 November 1970-December 1970

Cruise# 1121-1133 January 1971-March 1971

Cruise# 1134-1151 April 1971-May 1971

Cruise# 1153-1164 June 1971-July 1971

Cruise# 1165-1172 August 1971-September 1971

Cruise# 1173-1181 October 1971-December 1971

Cruise# 1182-1189 January 1972-February 1972

Cruise# 1190-1202 March 1972-June 1972

Cruise# 1203-1211 July 1972-August 1972

Cruise# 1212-1219 September 1972-October 1972

Cruise# 1220-1223 October 1972-November 1972

Cruise# 1224-1229 December 1972-January 1973

Cruise# 1230-1243 February 1973-March 1973

Cruise# 1244-1249 May 1973-July 1973

Cruise# 1250-1253 July 1973-August 1973

Cruise# 1254-1267 September 1973-November 1973

Cruise# 1268-1271 November 1973-December 1973

Cruise# 1272-1280 January 1974-February 1974

Cruise# 1281-1290 March 1971-July 1974

Cruise# 1291-1296 July 1974-August 1974

Cruise# 1297-1308 September 1974-October 1974

Cruise# 1309-1317 November 1974-Decenber 1974

Cruise# 1318-1327 January 1975-May 1975

Cruise# 1328-1332 May 1975-June 1975

Cruise# 1333-1336 July 1975-August 1975

Cruise# 1337-1343 September 1975-October 1975

Cruise# 1344-1348 November 1975-December 1975

Cruise# 1349-1352 January 1976-February 1976

Cruise# 1353-1357 March 1976-April 1976

Cruise# 1358-1362 April 1976-May 1976

Cruise# 1363-1370 June 1976-August 1976

Cruise# 1371-1380 August 1976-January 1977

Cruise# 1381-1387 January 1977-March 1977

Cruise# 1388-1399 April 1977-June 1977

Cruise# 1400-1409 June 1977-September 1977

Cruise# 1410-1421 September 1977-December 1977

Cruise# 1422-1433 January 1978-April 1978

Cruise# 1434-1442 April 1978-June 1978

Cruise# 1443-1455 July 1978-November 1978

Cruise# 1456-1467 January 1979-June 1979

Cruise# 1458-1479 July 1979-October 1979

Cruise# 1480-1485 January 1980-July 1980

Cruise# 1486-1493 July 1980-August 1980

Cruise# 1494-1505 September 1980-December 1980

Cruise# 1506-1511 January 1981-April 1981

Cruise# 1512-1519 April 1981-September1981

Cruise# 1520-1528 September 1981-May 1982

Cruise# 1529-1534 June 1982-July 1982

Cruise# 1535-1541 August 1982-October 1982

Cruise# 1542-1546 March 1983-May 1983

Cruise# 1547-1554 June 1983-August 1983

Cruise# 1555-1565 September 1983-June 1984

Cruise# 1566-1570 July 1984-April 1985

Logs 1948-1985

Scope and Content

Extensive engine room and ship logs from the Velero IV.

Engine room logs 1948 July-1972 December

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Folder

Logs 1948 July-September

199

Logs 1948 October-November

199

Logs 1948 December

199

Logs 1949

199

4-15

Logs 1950

199

16-28

Logs 1951

199

29-41

Logs 1952

199

42-53

Logs 1953

199

54-65

Logs 1954 January-April

199

66-70

Logs 1954 May-1956 August

1-28

Logs 1956 September-1960 December

1-50

Logs 1961 January-1963 December

1-35

Logs 1964 January-1967 September

1-45

Logs 1967 October-1970 August

1-35

Logs 1970 September-1972 December

1-28

Ship logs 1959-1985

Logs 1958 June-December

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Textual materials	10	1

Logs 1959

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Textual materials	200	2
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Textual materials	10	2

Logs 1960

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Textual materials	200	3
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Textual materials	10	3

Logs 1961

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Textual materials	10	4
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Textual materials	200	4

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Logs 1962 January 3-February 24

Logs 1962

200

Logs 1963

201

Logs 1964

201

Logs 1964 May-1969 February

1-31

Logs 1966

201

3-4

Logs 1967

201

5-6

Logs 1968

Logs 1969 March-1970 December

1-22

Logs 1971 March-1972 September

1-18

Logs 1972 October-1973 December

1-15

Logs 1974 January-1975 June

1-18

Logs 1975 July-1976 December

1-18

Logs 1977 January-1978 February

1-14

Logs 1983 June-September

1-4

Logs 1984 February-September

5-12

Logs 1985 March-May

13-15

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Series 5: Hancock Estate 1858-1998

Scope and Content

The Hancock Estate series contains records of the Hancock family, including many 19th century legal documents regarding the property of Rancho La Brea, and John Hancock's ranch notebooks.

Organization

The Hancock Estate series is organized into the following subseries: 1. Rancho La Brea; and 2. Hancock family.

Rancho La Brea 1858-1995

Scope and Content

Legal documents regarding various lawsuits involving Rancho La Brea land holdings, John Hancock's estate notebooks, various Hancock family wills and financial documents, mortgage documents for Rancho La Brea.

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Folder

Expedediente of Rancho La Brea 1869

Scope and Contents

No. 287, U. S. District Court, for Southern District of California.

United States, Appellants vs. Antonio Rocha et al. 1869

Scope and Contents

Brief on behalf of claimants and appellees, by Cornelius Cole, Supreme Court of the United States, December term, 1869, no. 48.

Antonio Jose Rocha, et al., vs. Henry Hancock, et al. 1874

Scope and Contents

Complaint, action for partition of real estate, filed April 25, 1874, A. W. Potts, Clerk, A. Brunson and V. E. Howard, attorneys for plaintiffs, District Court of Seventeenth Judicial District, County of Los Angeles.

A. J. Rocha et al., plaintiffs and appellants, vs. Henry Hancock et al., defendants and respondents 1874

Scope and Contents

Respondents' points and authorities, Chase & Leach and H. Hancock, attorneys for respondents, in the Supreme Court of the State of California.

On appeal from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in the matter of the final survey of Rancho La Brea situate in the County of Los Angeles, California 1873

Scope and Contents

Reply by Hancock, to brief of contestant, Isaac Hartman, claiming to be attorney for Antonio J. Roche, Jose Jorge Roche, and Josefa de la Merced Jordan, confirmees, before Hon. Columbus Delano, Secretary of the Interior (2 copies).

Cornelius Cole, John Hancock, Henry Hancock, et al vs. David A. Foulke, Isaac Hartman, et al. 1874

Scope and Contents

Suit to quiet title to Rancho La Brea, complaint as amended, in the District Court of the 17th Judicial District of the State of California in and for the County of Los Angeles.

John Hancock, plaintiff and respondent, vs. Guadalupe Valdez de Rocha, defendant and appellant 1877

Scope and Contents

Respondent's points and authorities, Henry Hancock, attorney for respondent, in the Supreme Court of the State of California (2 copies).

Antonio Jose Rocha et al., appellants vs. Henry Hancock et al., respondents 1877

Scope and Contents

Respondents' points and authorities, opposed to those of appellants for Mrs. Morillo and other appellants claiming under her, Chase & Leach and Henry Hancock, att'ys for respondent John Hancock, no. 5,492 in the Supreme Court of the State of California.

James Thomspon, plaintiff and respondent v. John Hancock, defendant and appellant 1874

Scope and Contents

Transcript on appeal, Henry Hancock, attorney for appellant, Glassell, Chapman & Smiths, attorneys for respondent, in the Supreme Court of the State of California.

James Thompson, appellant v. John Hancock, responent 187?

Scope and Contents

Reply to appellant's points and authorities, Henry Hancock, attorney for respondent, in the Supreme Court of the State of California (2 copies).

James Thompson, appellant v. John Hancock, responent 187?

Scope and Contents

Appeal from order denying motion for new trial: petition for re-hearing, C. G. W. French and Henry Hancock, attorneys for appellant, cause no. 4301 in the Supreme Court of the State of California.

James Thompson, plaintiff and respondent vs. John Hancock, defendant and appellant 1874

Scope and Contents

Appeal from order denying motion for a new trial, no. 4301, in the Supreme Court of the State of California, July term of 1874.

James Thompson, appellant v. John Hancock, responent 187?

Scope and Contents

Reply to respondent's brief, French & Hancock (in mss.), attorneys for appellant, in the Supreme Court of the State of California.

James Thompson, appellant v. John Hancock, responent 187?

Scope and Contents

Appeal from judgment: petition by defendant and appellant for a re-hearing, C. G. W. French and Henry Hancock, attorneys for appellant, cause no. 4659 in the Supreme Court of the State of California.

James Thompson, plaintiff and respondent, vs. John Hancock, defendant and appellant 1875

Scope and Contents

Transcript on appeal, from Seventeenth District Court, Los Angeles County, Henry Hancock, Attorney for Defendant and Appellant, Glassell, Chapman & Smiths, Attorneys for Plaintiff and Respondent, in the Supreme Court of the State of California (2 copies).

James Thompson, Plaintiff and Respondent vs. John Hancock, Defendant and Appellant 187?

Scope and Contents

Brief of appellant, C. G. W. French and Henry Hancock, attorneys for appellant, in the Supreme Court of the State of California.

James Thompson, plaintiff and respondent, vs. John Hancock, defendant and appellant 1875

Scope and Contents

Appellant's brief, C. G. W. French & Henry Hancock, attorneys for appellant, in the Supreme Court of the State of California (3 copies).

James Thompson, plaintiff and respondent, vs. John Hancock, defendant and appellant 1875

Scope and Contents

Transcript on appeal, Henry Hancock, Attorney for appellant, Glassell, Chapman & Smiths, and S. Haley, Attorneys for respondent, in the Supreme Court of the State of California.

James Thompson, plaintiff and respondent, vs. John Hancock, defendant and appellant 187?

Scope and Contents

Reply to respondent's brief, in the Supreme Court of the State of California.

John Hancock, plaintiff and respondent vs. Claudio Lopez et al., defendants and appellants 1876

Scope and Contents

Respondent's deraignment of title, Henry Hancock, attorney for respondent, in the Supreme Court of the State of California (3 copies).

John Hancock, plaintiff, vs. Claudio Lopez, et al., defendants 1879

Scope and Contents

In the District Court of the Seventeenth Judicial District of the State of California, in and for the County of Los Angeles.

John Hancock's Daybook Dec. 1886-June 1887

Mortgage, Henry Hancock to Levi Strauss Oct. 24, 1868

Release of Mortgage, John Hancock to E. F. Spence Feb. 25, 1881

Annual report of the Surveyor-General, for the year 1858 1858

Sausal Redondo 1869

Scope and Contents

Argument in favor of Survey made in July 1868, E. R. Carpentier, of counsel for claimants, before the Surveyor General of California, printed in San Francisco, 1869.

In the matter of the protest against the survey of the Pueblo Lands of the City of Los Angeles, California 186?

Scope and Contents

Appeal from the decision of the honorable Commissioner of the General Land Office, Henry Hancock, attorney for the parties protesting, before Hon. Columbus Delano, Secretary of the Interior.

In the matter of the survey of the Ranchos San Jose, Addition, and Azusa 186-?

Scope and Contents

Letter of Hancock, or Supplemental of Larrabee & Hancock, before Hon. Sherman Day, U.S. Surveyor General.

People of the State of California, appellants vs. John Hancock, John C. Hays, and certain Real Estate, respondents 1868?

Scope and Contents

Respondent's reply to appellants' points, in the Supreme Court of the State of California, C. G. French and Henry Hancock, attorneys for defendants (2 copies).

Application of Edward Merrill 1866

Scope and Contents

Review of the decision of the register and receiver of the Los Angeles District U.S. Land Office, by Merrill and the State of California, before the Hon. Commissioner of the General Land Office at Washington, D.C.

George N. Howard, et al., contestants, vs. Edward Merrill, ex rel., State of California relative to state selection by California School Land Warrants, nos. 156 and 227 1868?

Scope and Contents

J.W. Shanklin and Henry Hancock, soliciting that said decision be affirmed, reply to contestants' arguments on appeal from decision of the Hon. Commissioner of the General Land Office, before Hon. Columbus Delano, Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D.C.

Geo. H. Howard, W. H. Mace, G. O. Wilkinson, W. Gillette and the South Pacific R. R. Company v. Edward Merrill, Locator of California School Land Warrants 156 and 227 1866?

Scope and Contents

Henry Hancock, Att'y for Edward Merrill and the State of California, before the Hon. Commissioner of the General Land Office, on appeal from the Los Angeles District California.

Warren H. Mace, plaintiff and respondent, vs. Edward Merrill, defendant and appellant 187?

Scope and Contents

Transcript on appeal, Henry Hancock, attorney for defendant and appellant, Hartman & Haley, attorneys for plaintiff and respondent, in the Supreme Court of the State of California: Cover crossed off in pencil.

Warren H. Mace, plaintiff and respondent, vs. Edward Merrill, defendant and appellant 1877

Scope and Contents

Respondent's points and authorities, Hartman & Haley, attorneys for plaintiff and respondent, no. 5691 in the Supreme Court of the State of California.

Edward Dupuy, plaintiff and respondent, vs. Edward Merrill, defendant and appellant 1878

Scope and Contents

Papers used on the hearing of motion to vacate judgment, J. S. Chapman and Henry Hancock, attorneys for appellant, H. T. Hazard, attorney for respondent, in the Supreme Court of the State of California.

Henry Hancock, plaintiff and respondent, vs. Pio Pico, defendant and appellant 1870

Scope and Contents

Transcript on appeal from the 17th district court, Los Angeles County, W. A. Cornwall and Chas. H. Larrabbe, attorneys for respondent, Glassell, Chapman & Smith, attorneys for appellant, in the Supreme Court of the State of California, published in San Francisco.

Henry Hancock vs. William Wolfskill 1868

Scope and Contents

Affidavit of Henry Hancock, in the Supreme Court of the State of California.

Thomas Jeffreys, plaintiffs and respondent, vs. Henry Hancock, defendant and appellant 1881

Scope and Contents

Appellant's points and authorities, Henry Hancock, in person for defendant and appellant, Bicknell & White, attorneys for plaintiff and respondent, in the Supreme Court of the State of California.

C. G. W. French, plaintiff, vs. John Hancock, Defendant 1870

Scope and Contents

Defendant's brief, Henry Hancock, attorney for defendant, in the Superior Court of California, in and for the County of Los Angeles, before Volney E. Howard, judge.

George Wright, appellee, vs. the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, appellant 1877

Scope and Contents

Subject of contest, pre-emption claim of appellee, in reply to railroad exceptions to decision of the Hon. Commissioner of the General Land Office, affirming the decision of the local office in favor of Wright.

In the matter of contest between James M. Griffin, and Joseph Wild 1874

Scope and Contents

Application for a re-hearing, D. C. Reed and Henry Hancock, attorneys for petitioner, for the N.E. 1-4 of the N.E. 1-4 of Sec. 9, Tp. 11 S., R 4 W., S.B. M., Los Angeles District, California, Hon. Willis Drummond, Commissioner of the General Land Office.

In the Matter of Bertrand Riviere's application to purchase a portion of the rejected lands of the City of Los Angeles, under seventh section of Act of July 23, 1866 1876

Scope and Contents

Appendix to exceptions to decision of register & receiver of Los Angeles District, California, published Los Angeles, 1876 (3 copies).

John C. Hayes et al., appellants v. George Martin et al., respondents 1871

Scope and Contents

Transcript on appeal, Kewen & Howard, H. C. Rolfe, and Hancock, attorneys for appellants, Howard & Willis, attorneys for respondents, in the Supreme Court of the State of California.

John C. Hays & John Hancock, appellants, v. George Martin, et al., respondents 1868?

Scope and Contents

Henry Hancock, for appellants, reply to respondents' points and authorities, in the Supreme Court of the State of California.

John Hancock's Workman's Daybook 1887-1890

John Hancock's Daybook Apr. 1889-June 1889

John Hancock's Daybook 1890 February-July

John Hancock's Daybook July 1890-Sept. 1890

John Hancock's Daybook 1890 October-December

John Hancock's Daybook 1890 April-May

John Hancock notebook 1890-1891

John Hancock's check register 1890-1891

John Hancock's Account book 1887-1891

Rancho La Brea photographs circa 1910

Photograph of Rancho La Brea oil painting by Charles H. Owens undated

John Hancock's Bank Book Aug. 1887-Jan. 1888

Wills and probate: G. Allan Hancock 1995

Wills and probate: Samuel R. Hancock 1914

Wills and probate: Ida Hancock Ross 1912-1913

Mortgage, Satisfaction of to S. Clinton Hastings 1868

Mortgage, Satisfaction of from Benjamin Dreyfus 1871

Mortgage by John Hancock to Temple & Wharton 1875

Morgage for John Hancock from Major Levi Chase 1876

Satisfaction of the mortgage of Rancho La Brea to John Hancock by Nancy Linekin 1877

Mortgage by Henry Hancock to Cornelius Cole of southeast corner of Rancho La Brea 1877

Mortgage of Rancho La Brea for John Hancock from Commercial Bank of Los Angeles 1878

Mortgage for crop at Rancho La Brea for Henry Hancock from George Stone [?] 1879

Mortgage of southern part of Rancho La Brea for John Hancock from A. R. Loomis 1880

Mortgage of part of Rancho La Brea by John Hancock to A. R. Loomis 1881

Release of John Hancock of promise to Capt. Merrill 1879

Satisfaction of judgment in favor of John Schumacher 1870

Hancock family 1928-1998, undated

Scope and Content

Miscellaneous materials relating the extended Hancock family.

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Folder

Postcards from Somerset, England undated

Hancock family tree undated

Contact information circa 1998

CD of images from English homestead 1998

G. Allan Hancock [photograph] undated

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Textual materials	22	60
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Textual materials	23	1

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Folder

Box

Original mansion photographs undated

245

Box

Folder

Federal Radio Commission general orders 1928-1931

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Series 6: G. Allan Hancock personal material 1920s-1989, undated

Scope and Content

Personal materials relating to G. Allan Hancock, including photographs and other personal memorabilia. Of particular note are the subseries relating to a utopian colony rescued by Hancock in the mid-1930's from the Galapagos Islands, and materials relating to the Hancock Ensemble, in which Mr. Hancock played cello.

Ensemble 1937-1948, undated

Scope and Content

Mostly posters, announcements, and photographs of the Ensemble.

Box

Folder

Hancock Concert Hour 1947

Allan Hancock Ensemble Brochure circa 1940

Ensemble Leaflet undated

List of Recordings 1937-1948

105

Box

Folder

Box

Photographs undated

269

Box

Posters undated

245

Box

Folder

Radio Production Questionnaire 1947

Galapagos Incident 1930-1989, undated

Scope and Content

Includes materials relating to the Ritters (the couple who formed the Galapagos colony), their correspondence with Hancock, as well as several secondary accounts of the incident.

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Folder

All und leben Die "Einsiedler-Bibel" des Dr. Ritter auf Frido Galapagos nach Richard Wilhelms Übersetzung des Tao te King von laotse" 1930

Newspaper clipping extracted from April 1934 letter 1934

Miscellaneous articles and stories by the Ritters, volumes 1 and 2 1933-1934 Typescript

11-12

Ritters' Correspondence with G. Allan Hancock 1934-1939

Dore Strauch, Satan Came to Eden: The Story of the Galapagos Experiment 1936 Galley proof

What Happened on Galapagos? undated Typescript translation of original.

"What Happened on Galapagos…as told by a lady from Cologne" 1989

Bulletin of the Zoological Society of San Diego, "Hancock Expedition to the Galapagos Islands, 1933. General Report" by George Hugh Banning 1933 May

Ephemera and realia 1920s-1980s, undated

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Folder

Tribute to Allan Hancock [Attributed to Desmond Hurley on folder] circa 1955

Announcement for memorial lecture for G. Allan Hancock by John S. Garth 1969

Scope and Content

Extracted from Garth Subseries of Foundation Series

Clippings 1920s-1980s

Box

Hancocks' USC doctoral gown and hoods undated

Box

Folder

Photographs undated

Brochure, Hancock College of Aeronautics circa 1950s

220

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Archival Collections