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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Fred B. Phleger Papers
Creator:
Phleger, Fred B., 1909-1993
Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0026
Physical Description:
8.5 Linear feet
(16 archives boxes, 1 record carton, 4 shoeboxes, 1 map case folder, 1 oversize folder, and 1 oversize film)
Physical Description:
.45 GB
of digital files
Date (inclusive): 1939-1986
Abstract: Papers of Fred B. Phleger (1909-1993), an oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography who was known for his research
in the ecology and paleoecology of marine foraminifera, and who helped establish the field of paleoceanography. The collection
includes correspondence, writings, research notes and data, slides, photographs, and films.
Languages:
English
.
Scope and Content of Collection
Papers of Fred B. Phleger (1909-1993), an oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography who was known for his research
in the ecology and paleoecology of marine foraminifera, and who helped establish the field of paleoceanography. The collection
includes correspondence, writings, research notes and data, slides, photographs, and films.
The image documentation is particularly focused on Baja California coastline, lagoon, and marsh ecology, including aerial
footage. Many of the photographs and films taken in Baja date from 1956 through the early 1960s. There are a few black and
white photo albums showing the coastal areas where Phleger took his samples and observations, and many color slides.
Arranged in six series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) RESEARCH, 4) WRITINGS, 5) PHOTOGRAPHS, and 6) FILMS.
Fred B. Phleger (1909-1993) was a professor emeritus at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California, San
Diego), where he was a pioneer in the ecology and paleoecology of foraminiferan protists.
Two excellent short biographies of Phleger are available online:
Deborah Day,
Fred B. Phleger biographical essay , 1998.
Wolfgang H. Berger,
Memorial to Fred B. Phleger . Geological Society of America, 1994 June.
Fred B. Phleger Papers. SMC 26. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
Acquired 1987, 1989, 1996
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
Publication rights are held by the UC Regents.
Two of the films are only available in digital video format. At the time of this finding aid (2022), none of the 16mm films
have been reformatted.
Original film formats are restricted. Viewing copies may be available for researchers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Paleoceanography -- Research
Foraminifera -- Research
Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) -- Pictorial works
Phleger, Fred B., 1909-1993 -- Archives