Reminiscences of Allen Varley Astin : oral history, 1967.

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Reminiscences of Allen Varley Astin : oral history, 1967.

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National Bureau of Standards, 1932-67; recollections of Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks; Kelly Committee; moving of Bureau to Gaithersburg, Maryland; change to metric system.

Transcript: 57 leaves.Tape: 1 reel.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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