Oral history interview with Eugene Garfield 1987 November 16

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Garfield, Eugene,. Oral history interview with Eugene Garfield 1987 November 16

Oral history interview with Eugene Garfield 1987 November 16

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77481326

Eugene Garfield begins this interview by recalling his youth in New York, his family background and early education. He describes his interest in the West, his first jobs in Colorado and California, and his brief military career, injury and subsequent medical discharge. Garfield continues by discussing his undergraduate degree in chemistry, the influence of his first ACS meeting and the Division of Chemical Literature on his life's work. He also talks about his participation in the Welch Medical Library project. In the middle portion of the interview, Garfield focuses on the origin and development of the Institute for Scientific Information [ISI] and its products, including major publications. He also describes his doctoral studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and difficulties in having his thesis approved. The interview concludes with a discussion of his patents for a copying device, an analysis of the successes of ISI, and speculation on ISI's future activities.

Sound recordings ; cassettes (180 mins.)Transcript : (46 leaves) ; 29 cm.

Chemical Heritage Foundation, Othmer Library of Chemical History