Observations on the Office of Naval Research and International Science, 1945-1960: Oral History Interview with Sarah Lee Sharp.

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Observations on the Office of Naval Research and International Science, 1945-1960: Oral History Interview with Sarah Lee Sharp.

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The accession consists of a photocopy of the transcript of a series of oral history interviews conducted by the University of California, Berkeley Regional Oral History Office interviewer Sarah Lee Sharp with oceanographer Roger Randall Dougan Revelle (1909- ). The interviews were conducted in November 1984 and were sponsored by the U.S. Office of Naval Research. The interviews concentrate on Revelle's participation in the creation of the Office of Naval Research and his views about ONR sponsored basic research during the period 1945-1960. The interviews also discuss Revelle's observations of post-war oceanographic research, and his activities in international sciences. The Interviews specifically discuss UNESCO, the International Oceanographic Commission, the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research, and other international scientific organizations. 112 p.

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University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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UNESCO

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Revelle, Roger, 1909-1991

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Revelle (1909-1991). Research oceanographer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. From the description of Sound recordings, 1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82028116 From the description of Oral history interview with Roger Revelle: Observations on the Office of Naval Research and International Science, 1945-1960 1984 November. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 83494102 American oceanographer. From the description of Papers, ...

Sharp, Sarah L. (Sarah Lee), 1949-

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United States. Office of Naval Research

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The original "Survey of large-scale computers and computer projects" was published by the Office of Naval Research in 1947 and 1948. It was revised and updated in 1950 under the title, HIGH-SPEED COMPUTING DEVICES (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1950). This work was contracted out to the Minneapolis, Minn., firm of Engineering Research Associates and was an attempt to survey the state of computer technology at a time when the Navy was weighing the possibility of supporting the development of the electro...