This collection includes correspondence, teaching files, committee files, project and proposal files documenting geophysics research undertaken by George Shor largely at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The papers include material documenting expeditions, instruments, oceanographic vessels, ocean drilling, and major research projects including the International Decade of Ocean Exploration (IDOE), Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling (JOIDES), and University National Oceanographic Laboratory Systems (UNOLS). The Committees Series includes material documenting the effort to build the Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum, as well as records of the Campus and Community Planning Committee (CCPC), the Marine Operations Committee (MOC), the Marine Sciences Physical Planning Committee (MSPPC) and other committees. The Geophysics Refraction and Reflection Series includes material documenting equipment, logistics and procedures connected with Shor's interest in geophysical exploration and structural geology. The accession also includes some correspondence and files concerning site selection for Project Mohole.