This file contains research proposals for the collection and study of seaweeds from the Galapagos Islands and the study of respiratory and cardiovascular changes in SCUBA divers.

This file contains correspondence regarding research vessel operation and includes a contract with Occidental college.

This file contains cost and research schedules for the research vessel RV Searcher.

This file contains correspondence regarding graffiti at Tagus Cove, Galapagos and includes correspondence with Audobon magazine. Includes information regarding the sinking of the vessel RV Searcher.

This file contains correspondence with the San Diego Society of Natural History regarding an expedition to Baja California, Mexico, Museum habitat groups, Elephant Seal specimens, and preservation techniques for tanned skins using arsenic and borax.

This file contains staff meeting notes and includes information on habitats division staff, screenings of Machris expedition films, the Knudsen-Machris expedition, ornithology collections, and the construction and opening of the elephant waterhole group.

This file contains staff meeting minutes and meeting notes and includes information on the Machris-Knudsen expedition to East Africa.

This file contains correspondence related to specimen collection as well as collecting permits and receipts.

This file contains correspondence regarding specimen collection and includes information on river dolphin specimens, bird collecting expeditions to Western Uganda, mammal collecting expeditions to the Sudan, the Machris East Africa expedition, and specimen collecting permits.

This file contains staff correspondence regarding collecting expeditions, mineralogy, channeling of the Santa Clara river, honorary appointments, marine technology, entomology collection loans, and a Central American ichthyology report. Includes a post card from Ken Stager on an expedition to Africa.