Tape recordings, August 31-September 11, 1959 [sound recording].

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Tape recordings, August 31-September 11, 1959 [sound recording].

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The collection consists of 71 red oxide plastic base audio tapes (1 inch reels) sequentially numbered from tape 1 to 78. Tapes X, XVII, XXII, 33, 36, 60, 73, and 76 were missing when this collection was accessioned. The collection also includes one unnumbered tape. The accession includes tape recordings of the First International Oceanographic Congress, held at the United Nations headquarters in New York from August 31 to September 12, 1959. The tapes record papers presented, introductions, questions and answer sessions and the Congress summary. Speakers include Roger Revelle and Sir Edward C. Bullard. Topics include: history of the oceans, populations of the sea, the deep sea, boundaries of the sea, and cycles of organic and inorganic substances in the ocean. The Mohole Project was first announced at this Congress. The Congress was sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, UNESCO, and the Scientific Committee on Ocean Research (SCOR).

71 audio tapes.

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 7148411

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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International Oceanographic Congress 1st 1959 New York, N.Y.

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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, ...

Bullard, Edward Crisp, Sir, 1907-1980

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British geophysicist born in Norwick, England, on September 21, 1907, and educated at Clare College, Cambridge University. Bullard spent most of his career at the Department of Geodesy and Geophysics at Madingley Rise in Cambridge, named Bullard Laboratories in his honor, and as director of the National Physical Laboratory. In 1949, Bullard visited the Scripps Institution of Oceanography where he designed, built, tested, and used the heat probe. From 1966 until his death he had an appointment as...

International Council of Scientific Unions.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Edmund W. Sinnott was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at the time of this correspondence. Walter G. Berl was an editor for the Association. From the description of Letters, 1948-1971, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155878457 ...

Mohole project.

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