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Francis Parker Shepard Papers, 1921-1985. Collection 81-95 Accession No.: 81-95 PROCESSING RECORD SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY ARCHIVES Shepard, Francis Parker (1897-1985) Francis Parker Shepard Papers, 1921-1985 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 42 rcc ARRANGEMENT: arranged into the following series: Biographical Series, Correspondence Series, Subject Series, Data Series, Published and Unpublished Writings Series, Photographs Series, Maps and Illustrations Series, Films Series, Slides Series. DESCRIPTION: Papers of marine geologist Francis Parker Shepard, including biographical information, correspondence, notes, data, manuscripts, logs, photographs, maps, & charts. The collection documents his work with API & on submarine canyons & beach erosion. The original arrangement of the Shepard Papers has been disturbed over the years. Some files were maintained in Shepard's office and some files were kept at his home. The original arrangement consisted of three large series: correspondence, data files and reprints. There were smaller incomplete series of subject files and manuscripts of papers. The original arrangement of photographs and illustrations had been disrupted over the years. The Shepard papers were identified, sorted and rearranged into the following series: Biographical Series, Correspondence Series, Subject Series, Data Series, Published and Unpublished Writings Series, Photographs Series, Maps and Illustrations Series, Films Series, Slides Series. The correspondence series is in its original arrangement. It is arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by correspondent. The processor arranged the biographical, subject, data, writings, photographs, illustrations, and films series alphabetically. The slides series was arranged in chronological order. Boxes 28-32 were arranged as they were received. Some inconsistencies of file order were discovered. Correspondence missing from the correspondence series was found in the subject series and subsequently moved to the correspondence series. American Petroleum Institute (API) correspondence was moved from the subject series files headed API and arranged in the correspondence series chronologically by year and alphabetically by name of correspondent. Scope and Content Note: The Francis Parker Shepard Papers provide substantial documentation of Shepard's career and professional life and some documentation of his personal life and family. The collection is divided into nine series: Biographical Series, Correspondence Series, Subject Series, Data Series, Published and Unpublished Writings Series, Photographs Series, Maps and Illustrations Series, Films Series, Slides Series. The biographical series includes Shepard's copies of University of California biographical and bibliographical material, newspaper clippings, articles, citations, and an autobiography that Shepard and his wife Elizabeth wrote together in 1980 documenting Shepard's family, early life, education and career. The correspondence series consists of general correspondence and American Petroleum Institute correspondence. General correspondence includes material dated 1921-1983 arranged by year, then alphabetically by correspondent. There is no correspondence dated 1942, 1943, 1945, 1970, 1980 and 1982. API correspondence is arranged in chronological order starting with 1951-1953. API correspondence was moved from the subject series and added to correspondence series in order to keep all correspondence together. Shepard filed correspondence about manuscripts together with manuscripts in the writings series. The subject series documents Shepard's field trips and expeditions, committees, professional associations and organizations, and also his work on American Petroleum Institute Project 51 (API 51) during the period 1951- 1958. In general Shepard filed proposals, reports, data, and notes under the name of the organization or agency sponsoring the research, however in some cases he would file these under the name of the expeditions. The subject series includes material on Jacques Cousteau's diving saucer SOUS COUPE and other deep diving vehicles Shepard used to study canyons. A few folders document Shepard's interest in tsunamis and observations and photographs taken of the 1946 tsunami he witnessed on the island of Hawaii. The data series includes Shepard's work on submarine canyons, bottom samples, beach erosion analysis, canyon currents, currents, core logs, daily Scripps pier notes, field notes and expedition logs. There are data on the Gulf of California Expeditions, 1939-1940 in this series. The published and unpublished writing series consists of manuscripts of scientific papers, notes, reviews, reports and books written by or received by Shepard. Shepard occasionally retained manuscripts sent to him by other authors and these are filed in the writings series. There are twelve folders on the final draft of Our Changing Coastlines and thirty-five folders on Submarine Geology. The photographs series includes aerials, underwater and beach photographs used for Our Changing Coastlines. The aerials are taken of several states including California, Florida, Massachusetts, and Texas. The series also includes photos of the Mississippi delta from 1951-1953 and the Japanese tsunami of 1946. The maps and illustrations series consists of diagrams, charts and drawings. Oversize charts are located in the archives map case and represent composite surveys, soundings and contour data ranging from Shepard's work on the Magdelena River and Delta, La Jolla Fan Valley, Congo and Agaya Canyons. Oversize mounted illustrations from Our Changing Coastlines and other publications are located in the archives map case. The processor retained these as originals because the illustrations were not used in the books, were only copies, or there were no negatives. The films series includes footage taken from the diving saucer, R/V SPENCER F. BAIRD Japanyon III expedition. The slides series consists of black and white, color and lantern slides taken on expeditions. Shepard's reprint collection was in the SIO Geological Division reading room. The computer keypunch cards and data were examined by Shepard's former research associate Neil Marshall. He advised the archivist that the data is unique, represents virtually all of Shepard's observations of submarine canyons around the world and has long term scientific value. Dennison Keypunch of San Diego generated computer print outs of the data, which is located at the end of the data series in box 32. The original keypunch cards were discarded. Shepard's World War II correspondence is missing from the collection. According to Shepard's colleague Eugene LaFond, the material was filed in central files at the Navy Electronics Laboratory. NEL transferred the files to a federal records center in Clearwater, Utah, after the war. Provenance: Francis Parker Shepard's assistant Margaret Miller sent a small quantity of his papers to Helen Raitt in 1965. More material was added to the Scripps Archives in 1980. In 1981 Shepard assured Archivist Deborah Day that he had meticulously preserved all of his papers. Shepard discussed the disposition of the bulk of his personal papers with Deborah Day in July 1981, and during the next four years many cartons of material from Shepard's Ritter Hall office including magnetic tapes, data, key punch cards, maps, drawings, correspondence, subject files, manuscripts and photographs were transferred to the SIO Archives with the help of Shepard's Staff Research Associate Gerry Kuhn. After Shepard's death in April 1985, Paul Leverenz and Gerry Kuhn found slides and photographs in Shepard's office and delivered these to the archives to add to his collection. About the same time Gerry Kuhn packed up a large quantity of Shepard's early correspondence that was found by his family in the basement of his house and sent this to the archives. Betty Shor delivered to the archives Shepard photographs that were transferred to her from Architects and Engineering on November 20, 1987. After Shepard's death, one manuscript box consisting of Francis Shepard's personal correspondence dated 1940- 1947 was returned to his family on May 8, 1985. The Shepard family formally gave the Francis Parker Shepard Papers to the University of California through a deed of gift signed on May 28, 1985. Francis Parker Shepard Papers, 1921-1985 Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives. Accession Number 81-95 Folder List BIOGRAPHICAL SERIES [ Box 1 ] [ Folder 1 ] Autobiography of Francis Parker Shepard, 1980 [ Folder 2 ] Bibliography of Francis Parker Shepard; Correspondence, 1964 [ Folder 3 ] To 1983 [ Folder 4 ] Bio-Bibliography, Shepard, 1954, 1955, 1958 [ Folder 5 ] [Biographical Information, FPS, n.d.] [ Folder 6 ] Citations, Honorary Degrees, 1947-1978 [ Folder 7 ] Scrapbook; c1934-1950 [ Folder 8 ] c1935-1939 [ Folder 9 ] Shepard-Clips, etc., for a Scrapbook, 1964-1971 [ Folder 10 ] [Shepard Newspaper Clippings; involving Francis Parker Shepard, 1942- 1976] [ Folder 11 ] [Shepard Newspaper Clippings; n.d.] [ Folder 12 ] [1940-1949] [ Folder 13 ] [1950-1960] [ Folder 14 ] [1961-1982] [ Folder 15 ] Shepard Personal; 1968 [ Folder 16 ] 1978 [ Folder 17 ] Wallaston Medal, 1966 CORRESPONDENCE SERIES [ Folder 18 ] General Correspondence 1921-1929 ; Frank D. Adams - J.P. Ault [ Folder 19 ] General Correspondence 1921-1929 ; Kendrick C. Babcock - W. Bowie, October 24, 1923 [ Folder 20 ] W. Bowie, October 25, 1923 - L.D. Burling [ Folder 21 ] Stanley Gardner - Frank F. Grout [ Folder 22 ] Mrs. Ed L. Hagler - J.C. Jones [ Folder 23 ] McBride - A.N. Murray [ Folder
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