Oral history interview with Sally Nafe, 1997 July 8.

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Oral history interview with Sally Nafe, 1997 July 8.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84308609

Interview focuses on the life of her husband, Jack Nafe, who was a physicist and geologist at Lamont-Doherty and the life of their family. Prominently mentioned are: the relationship between Lamont and Columbia University, Maurice Ewing, Manik Talwani, Joseph Worzel.

Transcript, 63 p.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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