Project on the History of Modern Oceanography: oral history interviews, 1975-1978.

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Project on the History of Modern Oceanography: oral history interviews, 1975-1978.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79973540

The project concerns the origins and growth of oceanography in the United States, and examines the development and expansion of the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Interviews conducted by Calvert with oceanographers and administrators. Interview subjects: Robert Abel, Dayton L. Alverson, Gustaf O. Arrhenius, T.S. Austin, Karl Banse, Clifford Barnes, Sir Edward Bullard, Wayne Burt, John V. Byrne, John C. Costlow, Butler K. Couper, Robert Dietz, Kenneth O. Emery, James Faughn, Felix Favorite, Richard H. Fleming, Richard Geyer, Earl E. Hays, Joel W. Hedgpeth, J.R. Heirtzler, Clarence P. Idyll, John Issacs, F.D. Jennings, Martin Johnson, Alan Kohn, Dale Keipper, Gordon Lill, Carl Lorenzen, John Lyman, Conrad Mahnken, Arthur Maxwell, Hilary Moore, Walter H. Munk, William Aaron Nierenberg, Boyd D. Olson, W.C. Pearcy, Willis Pequegnat, Russell Raitt, Al Redfield, Joe Reid, Roger Revelle, Marson C. Sargent, Waldo L. Schmitt, George G. Shor, F.G. Walton Smith, Edward Snyder, Fred Speiss, Athelstan Spilhaus, Henry B. Steinback, Hank Stomell, Thurman K. Treadwell, Allyn Vine, Richard C. Vetter, R.P. Von Herzen, and Ferris Webster.

55 interviews 18 transcripts.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Spilhaus, Athelstan

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Athelstan Frederick Spilhaus, 1911-1998. From the description of Oral history interview with Athelstan Frederick Spilhaus, 1989 November 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82744113 From the description of Oral history interview with Athelstan Frederick Sphilhaus, 1976 March 9 and April 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78435347 Spilhaus was born in 1911. From the description of Response to History of Geophysics Survey, 1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id...

Dietz, Robert Sinclair

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Texas A&M University. Oral History Office.

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Project undertaken by Dr. Robert Calvert, funded by the Office of Naval Research and National Science Foundation. From the description of Project on the History of Modern Oceanography: oral history interviews, 1975-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79973540 ...

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, ...