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Carnegie Institution of Washington. Geophysical Laboratory. Geophysical Laboratory photograph collection, 1906-1999.

Title: Geophysical Laboratory photograph collection, 1906-1999.

This collection contains over 5,000 images documenting the history of the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory.

ArchivalResource: 18 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57047542 View

Heckert, Richard Edwin, 1924-2010. Papers, 1973-1992.

Title: Papers, 1973-1992.

The records consist of Heckert's "personal" business files, most of which were generated by his membership on the boards of business and non-profit organizations.

ArchivalResource: 21 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122397253 View

Abelson, Philip Hauge. Oral History interview with Philip Hauge Abelson, 2002 June 19 and 26 and July 3.

Title: Oral History interview with Philip Hauge Abelson, 2002 June 19 and 26 and July 3.

Discusses his education in chemistry and physics at Washington State University in early 1930s; graduate studies and work on cyclotron under E. O. Lawrence at University of California, Berkeley from 1935-1939; investigations into products of neutron irradiation of uranium; identification of transuranic element 93 with Edwin McMillan; scientific activities at the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at Carnegie Institution of Washington; work on enrichment of uranium for nuclear submarine project at the Naval Research Laboratory; describes information channels between scientists and government officials during World War II and his perspective on the use of the atomic bomb; continued work at Carnegie by investigating biosynthesis of E. coli using radioactive tracers; as director of Carnegie's Geophysical Laboratory conducted organic geochemical investigations of amino acid decay in Mercenaria mercenaria; co-editor of the JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH; reflections on his editorship of SCIENCE.

ArchivalResource: Transcript: 58 pages (3 sessions)Audio tapes: 4 cassette tapes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154305581 View

Day, Arthur L. (Arthur Louis), 1869-1960. Autobiography, 1929.

Title: Autobiography, 1929.

The manuscript covers Day's academic career including his study and teaching; his work with the German Bureau of Standards and U.S. Geological Survey; work during World War I with optical glass and afterwards with Corning Glass; and his career with the Carnegie Institution Geophysical Laboratory, both before and after the war.

ArchivalResource: 14 pp.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77733022 View

Hare, P. E. (Peter Edgar), 1933-2006. Papers, 1931-2006 1957-2006.

Title: Papers, 1931-2006 1957-2006.

ArchivalResource: 15 boxes (6.0 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/180188206 View

Boyd, F. R. (Francis R.), 1926-. Francis Raymond Boyd Papers, 1912-2003 1951-2003.

Title: Francis Raymond Boyd Papers, 1912-2003 1951-2003.

The collection contains the personal papers of Francis Raymond ("Joe") Boyd, Jr., an eminent geologist, who conducted his entire career at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. High-pressure studies of mantle rocks, particularly kimberlite volcanics, and his expertise in the study of the Kaapvaal craton in southern Africa are well documented.

ArchivalResource: 7.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56483232 View