Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory Files, 1960-2011, bulk 1964-1966
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 1.60 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Name of Item], [Date of Item], Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory Files, Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/MSS_2009-012
Background
- Scope and content:
This collection includes correspondence, blueprints, cruise information, boat registration, research statistics, maps and photographs related to the Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory.
- Biographical / historical:
The marine laboratory was first started as The Oceanographic Institute of Florida State University from 1949 and was located at Alligator Harbor, now Alligator Point. This facility included classrooms, research cubicles, tanks for animals, a dock, a boathouse, and faculty residence buildings in addition to the laboratory. In 1966, then Director of the Oceanographic Institute, Carl Oppenhiemer, closed the facility in favor of starting the Department of Oceanography in the College of Arts and Sciences.
- Acquisition information:
- Series 1: Dr. Nancy Marcus, FSU Dean of Graduate Studies and Mary Sears Professor of Oceanography, donated these files from the FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory. Series 2: This material was donated by the FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory in 2016. It was accessioned under HPUA 2016-014.
- Processing information:
Series 1: These files came in a pre-established alpha-numerical order. Despite being what seems to be only a fraction of a larger collection, the files have been kept in their original order. Any indication or reasoning behind this filing system has yet to be found. The few items that did not have alpha-numerical labels were foldered and put in at the beginning of the collection. The majority of the files include boat registrations/permits, correspondence, memorandums, cruise information, ship logs, maintenance logs, maps, notes, regulations, pictures and blueprints.
All of the items in series 1 were refoldered due to mold and/or water damage.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.
- Terms of access:
To request permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from the archives, please contact Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. Researchers must obtain separate permission from the copyright holders of material held within University Archives collections for which the institution does not hold copyright.
- Preferred citation:
[Name of Item], [Date of Item], Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory Files, Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/MSS_2009-012
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
