Records, 1938-1987.

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Records, 1938-1987.

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The records include the administrative files of laboratory directors, Roswell W. Austin and Seibert Quimby Duntley. Records include contract and grant files, manuscripts of scientific publications, personnel files, subject files, photographs and other records documenting the work of the lab and scientists (J. L. Harris, John E. Tyler, Seibert Q. Duntley) associated with the lab. The bulk of the material in this collection documents the period 1952 through 1987, when the Visibility Labortory was associated with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

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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. Library. Archives.

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Duntley, Seibert Quimby.

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Austin, Roswell M.

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Visibility Laboratory. Office of the Director.

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Established at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1939 to apply optics to problems of camouflage. During the war, the laboratory received National Defense Research Council funds to study camouflage, target location, and the visibility of downed pilots. After the war, the laboratory received support from the Office of Naval Research and the Air Force, and in 1952 the laboratory was moved to California and became part of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. From 1952 until the labora...

Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Visibility Laboratory

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The Visibility Laboratory originated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1939. Its mission was to apply optics to problems of camouflage and misdirection with respect to an anticipated aerial bombardment of Boston, and its early work was supported by the WPA. When the War began, National Defense Research Committee funding was secured, and the work of the Laboratory centered on investigations of target locations and the location of downed pilots. After the War, the Laboratory received...