Guide to the A.L. Brigger Papers
Laurie Hannah
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Santa Barbara, California 93106-9615
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Guide to the A.L. Brigger Papers
Collection number: MS-11
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
- Processed by:
- Laurie Hannah
- Date Completed:
- 2008
- Encoded by:
- Laurie Hannah
© 2008 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: A.L. Brigger papers
Dates: 1941-1982
Collection number: MS-11
Creator:
Brigger, A.L.
Collection Size:
.25 linear feet
1 folder
Repository:
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (University of California, Santa Barbara). C. H. Muller Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9615
Abstract: A small collection of letters, receipts, photographs, and notes removed from Brigger's book collection form this manuscript
collection.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
German
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, UC Santa Barbara. All requests
for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Cheadle Center 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 by the reader.
Preferred Citation
A.L. Brigger papers, MS-11, Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration. University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
This collection was given to UCSB by Robert Holmes. He acquired the materials directly from Brigger.
Processing Information
Arrangement and description of this collection funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Biography / Administrative History
Albert Leon Brigger (1892-1981) was born in Ohio, and lived most of his life in California, residing in Yucaipa. He was a
Research Associate at California Academy of Sciences and collaborated on diatom research with G. Dallas Hanna and York Mandra
of Cal Academy and Robert Holmes of UCSB. During his lifetime, he published 23 articles that included 48 new species descriptions.
In 1977, Brigger gave his collection of over 26,000 slides of marine and fossil diatoms to Cal Academy. He gave his book collection
of more than 300 titles to Robert Holmes who in turn donated it to the Cheadle Center at University of California, Santa Barbara.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection consists of one series, Miscellaneous Papers, which includes letters, receipts, photographs, and notes.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Diatoms
Diatoms, Fossil
Related Material
Brigger's diatom collections are stored at the California Academy of Sciences.
Separated Material
300+ books and an extensive reprint collection that belonged to Brigger have been added to the Cheadle Center library collection
and are searchable through the online catalog.
Collection Contents
Letter from Jennie R. (Mrs. Charles S.) Boyer
09/11/1941
Book purchase receipt
12/22/1941
Diatomeen Zusammengestellt fur einige Freunde. Names of Genera and Species Compared and Corrected According to F. Wm. Mills
Index of the Diatomaceae--By A.L. Brigger.
1947
Letter from Brigger to G. Dallas Hanna
1962
Letter from G. Dallas Hanna
06/25/1962
Postcard from J. F. Burke
05/25/1964
Letter from GDH (G. Dallas Hanna)
07/15/1968
Letter from G. Dallas Hanna
Book purchase receipt
12/22/1972
Postcard from A. Jurilj, Zagreb, Yugoslavia
06/26/1974
Language of Material:
German
Card with Brigger's address on it
Typescript of notes from p. 356 of
Diatomees du Monde Entier--2 photocopied pages
Drawing and notes of two diatom species by W.F. Herzberg.
2 photographs of T.H. Reinhold, inscribed
to his friend Mr. A.L. Brigger.
1940
Photograph of diatoms used for plate 1 in article in
Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, no. 13.
4 unnamed photos of diatoms, 2 dated
01/22/1974
