Inventor Name
Rand, William Whitehill
Repository
Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
805-893-3062
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/speccoll.html
Physical Description
12 linear feet (8 records containers, 1 box, 3 oversize boxes, and 2 map folders)
Summary
Papers of William Whitehill Rand (1902-1988), geologist, engineer, and petroleum prospector. The collection includes documents, maps and some artifacts related to Rand's career in geology, marine engineering, and the oil industry. The maps are scientific and some include offshore sounding data. Most are maps of the coast of California, particularly in Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties. The records of his company, Submarex, its subsidiaries, and the ships used, make up the bulk of this collection. These include financial records as well as correspondence regarding work contracts and labor relations. This company, based in Santa Barbara, was heavily involved in the transformation of Santa Barbara from a relatively unknown area (geologically) to a major oil-producing region between 1947 and 1960. The collection also contains correspondence, meeting minutes, journal articles, newspaper clippings, reports, log books, catalogs, and project files on deep sea drilling and ocean exploration.
Finding Aid
http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=ft3x0nb14j&doc.view=entire_text&brand=oac