| Summary: | The .25 linear ft. collection contains items dating 1965 and 1970-71. The collection is divided into four series: 1. correspondence; 2. newspaper clippings; 3. photographs; and 4. memorabilia. Correspondence includes two letters written by Dr. J. Morgan Wells, Jr. to "Debb" one sent while onboard SeaLab II in 1965 and one while on Tektite II in 1970. Newspaper clippings include an article about the capture of "Gravel Gertie", a gray whale, by an expedition from Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1965 and an article about the five aquanauts, which included Morgan Wells, returning from a month-long training program in Florida in preparation for an undersea experiment on the US Navy's SeaLab II in 1965. Most of the photographs are of Dr. Wells, his family and friends with one a copy of the team from the National Geographic article onboard Tektite II. The memorabilia series includes a matchbook cover from the U.S. Naval Training Center in San Diego, California.
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