Hugh Bradner Papers

Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2017
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
spcoll@ucsd.edu


Descriptive Summary

Languages: English
Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Hugh Bradner Papers
Creator: Bradner, Hugh, 1915-2008
Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0016
Physical Description: 17.5 Linear feet (16 cartons and 3 oversize folders)
Date (inclusive): 1935-1998
Abstract: Papers of physicist Hugh Bradner, including his correspondence, research files, teaching material and writings.

Scope and Content of Collection

Papers of physicist Hugh Bradner, including his correspondence, research files, teaching material and writings. Subjects of note include high energy physics, ocean-bottom seismology, DUMAND and the history of the wet suit.
Arranged in nine series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL FILES, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) SUBJECT FILES, 4) GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS, 5) PROJECTS AND RESEARCH, 6) DEEP UNDERWATER MUON AND NEUTRINO DETECTOR PROJECT (DUMAND), 7) DIVING, 8) WRITINGS, COURSE MATERIALS AND NOTES and 9) PHOTOGRAPHS AND SLIDES.

Biography

Hugh Bradner (1915-2008) was a physicist who worked for the Manhattan Project and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory before joining the SIO Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) as a geophysicist. He received his B.A. from Miami University in 1937 and graduated from Caltech with a Ph.D. in Physics in 1941.
Bradner worked as a researcher for the Naval Ordnance Laboratory between 1941 and 1943 studying the design of magnetic naval mines. He was then recruited by Robert Oppenheimer to work on the development of explosive detonators for the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos National Laboratory until 1946. After World War II, he accepted a position at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where he studied high-energy accelerators, nuclear particles detectors and high-energy particular physics from 1946 to 1961. During this time he was responsible for developing and directing data reduction systems for hydrogen bubble chambers, pioneered proton-neutron polarization experiments, and was one of the first scientists to observe the catalysis of a muon-catalyzed fusion. In 1951 Bradner served as co-director for the Operation Greenhouse nuclear test series on the islands of the Enewetak Atoll.
During his tenure at the University of California, Bradner experimented with early wet suit design. He was particularly concerned with the discomfort and unreliability of existing "dry suits" fabricated from heavy rubberized cloth, under which divers had to wear woolen undergarments to keep warm. Seeking to improve the diving attire of Navy frogmen, Bradner devoted his free time in the spring of 1951 to research on existing wet suit models. After testing various materials, he sent his concept designs to fellow Berkeley physicist Lauriston C. Marshall, who was involved with the National Research Council Panel on Underwater Swimmers. Bradner contended that wet suits need not be watertight "dry suits" if insulation were adequately achieved by the thermal qualities of unicellular material; furthermore, the use of unicellular foam rubber afforded divers increased protection from underwater shock waves. Collaborating with a group of engineers from the University of California, Berkeley, Bradner became the first person to use neoprene in the creation of wet suits. However, he did not pursue commercial manufacture and the U.S. Navy ultimately rejected his design in 1957, citing existing experiments using unicellular material for the application of diving "underwear."
In 1961 Bradner accepted a position at UC San Diego, where he lectured as Professor of Engineering Physics and Geophysics and worked as Research Physicist for the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP). His research interests included ocean-bottom seismology, high energy fundamental particle physics and neutrino physics. Bradner also served as member of the Deep Muon and Neutrino Detection (DUMAND) Steering Committee, which oversaw a proposed deep ocean astronomy project to install an underwater neutrino telescope in the Pacific Ocean in the late 1970s. Bradner retired in 1980.

Preferred Citation

Hugh Bradner Papers. SMC 16. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

Acquisition Information

Acquired 1982, 1987, 2001.

OFF-SITE STORAGE

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.

Publication Rights

Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.

Digital Content

Selected photographs from this collection have been digitized and can be viewed through links in the container list, or by searching on the term "Hugh Bradner Papers" on the UC San Diego Library Digital Collections website.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Diving suits
Seismology Research
Ocean bottom -- Research
Particles (Nuclear physics) -- Research
Bradner, Hugh, 1915-2008 -- Archives
DUMAND (Project) -- Archives

 

BIOGRAPHICAL FILES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) BIOGRAPHICAL FILES: Includes biobibliographies, certificates and awards, appointment calendars and a personal scrapbook.
Box 1, Folder 1-2

Biobibliographies and other biographical information 1961-1983

Box 1, Folder 3

Certificates of appreciation and awards 1976-1981

Box 1, Folder 4

Independent diver's license, French Federation of Undersea Studies and Sports 1969

Box 1, Folder 5

Sabbatical leave 1974-1978

Box 1, Folder 6

Application and notice of employment for Brookhaven National Laboratory 1979

General note

Bradner was appointed temporary Guest Senior Physicist for two years.
Box 1, Folder 7-12

Appointment calendars 1970-1981

Oversize FB-435, Folder 9

Scrapbook ca. 1939-1945

Camp personnel in front of barracks at Alamogordo Air Base, New Mexico: ca. 1940
Christmas greeting card created and signed by Hugh Bradner: 1939
Hugh Bradner at his desk at the California Institute of Technology: ca. 1941
Manhattan Project Trinity test nuclear explosion: 1945 July 16
Manhattan Project Trinity test nuclear explosion: 1945 July 16
Manhattan Project Trinity test nuclear explosion: 1945 July 16
Earl Thomas wearing oxygen rebreather: 1939
Hugh and Marjorie Bradner: ca. 1940
Hugh Bradner at the California Institute of Technology: ca. 1941
Los Alamos Ranch Trading Post, New Mexico: ca. 1940
Soldier with horse and unidentified equipment at Alamogordo Air Base, New Mexico: ca. 1940

General note

Includes photographs and annotations regarding Caltech faculty and classmates, Bradner at the U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory and Alamogordo Air Base, and other miscellaneous images. A selection of photographs from this folder have been digitized.
Box 1, Folder 13

Pencil sketch of Cape Cod by Hugh Bradner 1942

Oversize FB-435, Folder 10

Roger Revelle as Matsumoto Koshiro playing Grobe the Fishmonger - Original artwork by Hugh Bradner 1964

Roger Revelle as Matsumoto Koshiro playing Grobe the Fishmonger: 1964

 

CORRESPONDENCE

Box 1, Folder 14-37

1935-1962

Box 2, Folder 1-22

1962-1971

Box 3, Folder 1-23

1971-1991

Box 3, Folder 24-25

undated

 

SUBJECT FILES

Box 3, Folder 26-27

Accelerometers 1960-1973

Box 3, Folder 28

ACR Electronics Corp. 1959-1962

Box 3, Folder 29

ATLAS missile 1962-1970

Box 3, Folder 30

Ball lightening plasmoids 1963-1964

Box 3, Folder 31

Buoys 1963

General note

Correspondence and product diagrams from Ocean Science and Engineering, Inc.
Box 4, Folder 1

Conductor cables 1961-1962

Box 4, Folder 2

Clocks and chronometers 1963-1966

Box 4, Folder 3

Edmund Salvage Corporation 1944-1946

General note

Brochures and forms advertising war surplus lenses, optics and low cost scientific equipment.
Box 4, Folder 4

Eniwetok Marine Biological Laboratory 1973

General note

Correspondence and notes detailing Bradner's seismic calculations in the Eniwetok Atoll.
Box 4, Folder 5

Fermilab 1978

Box 4, Folder 6

Gravimeters 1964-1968

Box 4, Folder 7

Heat flow 1953

Box 4, Folder 8-9

Hydrophones 1963-1964, undated

Box 4, Folder 10

Lectures and speaking engagements 1964-1966

Box 4, Folder 11

Lunar seismograms 1971

Box 4, Folder 12-27

Magnetic monopoles 1957-1963

General note

Assorted correspondence, notes and other materials. Original order maintained.
Box 4, Folder 28

Magnetometers 1949-1952

 

Patents and inventions

Box 4, Folder 29

Correspondence 1959-1966

Box 4, Folder 30

Assorted applications 1966

Box 4, Folder 31

Mine firing system 1944

Box 4, Folder 32

Summary of proposed animal-proof garbage can lid 1956

Box 4, Folder 33-36

Suntan Composition Containing Fluorescent Compounds 1970-1982

Box 5, Folder 1-2

Suntan Composition Containing Fluorescent Compounds (cont.) 1970-1982

Box 5, Folder 3

Photographs of unidentified devices undated

Box 5, Folder 4

Photogrammetry 1958-1959

Box 5, Folder 5

Pressure vessels 1962-1966

Box 5, Folder 6

Release mechanisms 1962-1963

Box 5, Folder 7-9

Seismometers 1959-1978

Box 5, Folder 10

Surfing 1984-1985

Box 5, Folder 11

Telemetering bottom seismograph 1961

Box 5, Folder 12

Texas Instruments, Inc. equipment 1962-1966

General note

Includes correspondence and notes regarding seismometers and amplifiers.
Box 5, Folder 13

Underwater flares 1962-1963

Box 5, Folder 14-16

United ElectroDynamics, Inc. seismographs 1961-1968

General note

Correspondence and notes regarding purchase and use of seismographic instruments.
Box 5, Folder 17

Vibrating structure gyroscopes 1967-1969

Box 5, Folder 18

William M. Brobeck & Associates 1960-1965

General note

Engineering company for which Bradner worked as consultant. Includes correspondence, notes and project information.
 

GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS

Box 5, Folder 19-20

American Physical Society 1956-1960

General note

Includes program and notes from the 1956 Summer Meeting in the West.
Box 5, Folder 21

American Society of Photogrammetry 1958-1959

Box 5, Folder 22

American Surfing Association 1977-1981

Box 5, Folder 23

Applied Ocean Sciences (AOS) Curricular Group 1971-1973

Box 5, Folder 24-30

European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN) 1954-1957, 1961

Box 5, Folder 31

FLAK Downhill Skiing Group 1976

Box 5, Folder 32-33

General Atomic 1960-1969

General note

Correspondence, notes and general information detailing Bradner's consultant work.
Box 6, Folder 1-4

General Atomic (cont.) 1960-1969

Box 6, Folder 5-11

Geophysical Institute Advisory Committee 1974-1982

Box 6, Folder 12-13

Intercampus Athletic Advisory Board 1972-1979

Box 6, Folder 14-22

Mine Advisory Committee 1959-1969

Box 6, Folder 23-25

UC San Diego - Public Ceremonies Committee 1971-1976

General note

Correspondence, notes and memoranda from Bradner's time as chairman.
Box 6, Folder 26

San Diego Oceanic Coordinating Committee 1967

Box 6, Folder 27

San Diego Planetarium Authority Governing Board 1968-1970

Box 6, Folder 28

Seismological Society of America 1973

Box 6, Folder 29

Southern Regional Accelerator Committee 1957

General note

Correspondence, notes and program from the High-Energy Physics Symposium.
 

PROJECTS AND RESEARCH

Box 7, Folder 1

Research summaries 1965-1966

General note

Assorted summaries of Bradner's research interests and descriptions of ongoing projects.
Box 7, Folder 2-4

Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA) ca. 1962-1973

General note

Correspondence, notes and project details.
Box 7, Folder 5-14

Air Force Office of Scientific Research Geophysics Division 1961-1967

General note

Includes materials regarding IGPP projects entitled "Study of Earth Noise on Land and Sea Bottom" and "Analysis of Seismic Records and Deep-Sea Seismic Recording." Correspondence, technical documents and reports, and miscellaneous notes.
Box 7, Folder 15

The Use of a Thermal Blanket for Measuring Heat Flow Through the Ocean Bottom 1962

Box 7, Folder 16

Bathyscaphe dive 1962 February

Box 7, Folder 17

San Clemente Island seismology 1962-1968

Box 7, Folder 18

CHASE V seismic experiments 1965-1966

Box 7, Folder 19

Seaquake airborne operation 1971

Box 7, Folder 20

New Method for Inertial Guidance 1972-1973

General note

Grant project funded by the UC Academic Senate Committee on Research.
Box 7, Folder 21-25

International Phase of Ocean Drilling (IPOD) 1973-1979

General note

Includes directors' reports, correspondence and notes detailing Bradner's membership on the Blue Ribbon Panel.
Box 7, Folder 26

Fanning Atoll seismology 1975-1977

General note

Correspondence and notes detailing Bradner's seismic work in Tabuaeran in the central Pacific Ocean, or Fanning Atoll.
 

DEEP UNDERWATER MUON AND NEUTRINO DETECTOR PROJECT (DUMAND)

Scope and Content of Series

Series 6) DEEP UNDERWATER MUON AND NEUTRINO DETECTOR PROJECT (DUMAND): Includes correspondence, memoranda, research files, notes, papers and reports detailing Bradner's membership in the DUMAND Steering Committee. The DUMAND project was for a proposed, and not completed, underwater neutrino telescope to be built in the Pacific Ocean, off the shore of the island of Hawaii. Arranged in five subseries: A) Correspondence and memoranda, B) Subject files, C) Project proposals and reports, D) Papers and E) Conferences and events.
A) Correspondence and memoranda: Arranged chronologically.
B) Subject files: Research files and miscellaneous papers, arranged alphabetically according to subject.
C) Project proposals and reports: Various grant proposals, project designs and technical reports, arranged chronologically.
D) Papers: Manuscript drafts, notes and papers, arranged chronologically.
E) Conferences and Events: Collected materials, notes and correspondence, arranged chronologically.
 

Correspondence and Memoranda

Box 7, Folder 27-31

1976-1978

Box 8, Folder 1-10

1978-1983

 

Subject Files

Box 8, Folder 11

Bioluminescence measurement cruise 1983 July 21-22

Box 8, Folder 12

Brookhaven test 1976

Box 8, Folder 13

Collaboration Meetings 1982-1984

Box 8, Folder 14

Contracts 1980-1981

Box 8, Folder 15

Deployment briefing 1981

Box 8, Folder 16-17

Fermilab 1976-1978

Box 8, Folder 18

Grants 1976-1983

Box 8, Folder 19

Photographs 1978

General note

Group photos of DUMAND participants.
Box 8, Folder 20-27

Presentation material 1976-1983, undated

Box 8, Folder 28-29

Evaluation and progress reports on Hawaiian deep water sites 1977-1981

Box 8, Folder 30

OTEC-1 site selection 1981

Box 8, Folder 31

Steering Committee 1976-1981

Box 8, Folder 32

Universities Research Association 1977-1984

Box 8, Folder 33-35

Miscellaneous notes and scientific figures undated

Box 9, Folder 1-5

Miscellaneous notes and scientific figures (cont.) undated

 

Project Proposals and Reports

Box 9, Folder 6

Assorted status reports 1977-1981

Box 9, Folder 7

Oceanic Local Seismicity Studies using Sonobuoy Hydrophones 1974 September

Box 9, Folder 8

Equipment for Offshore Sonobuoy Studies 1974 November

Box 9, Folder 9

Seismic Observations on Fanning Island 1975 September

Box 9, Folder 10

Oceanic Local Seismicity Studies using Sonobuoy Hydrophones 1975 December

Box 9, Folder 11

Oceanic Seismicity Studies using Sonobuoys 1976 September

Box 9, Folder 12

Design Study Proposal 1977 November

Box 9, Folder 13

Deep Ocean Measurements of Optical Properties and Study of Bioluminescence 1977

Box 9, Folder 14

Acoustical Detector Test Tank 1977 January

Box 9, Folder 15

Detector Development Study of Acoustic Calorimetry 1977 January

Box 9, Folder 16

Barking Sands Project 1977 March

Box 9, Folder 17

Remote Unmanned Work System (RUWS) proposal 1977 April

Box 9, Folder 18

Seismicity and Earthquake Hazard Studies of the Southern California Continental Borderlands Using Sonobuoys and Ocean Bottom Seismometers 1977 April

Box 9, Folder 19

Deep sea Acoustic Studies 1977 May

Box 9, Folder 20

Oceanic Seismicity Studies Using Sonobuoys 1977 October

Box 9, Folder 21

Feasibility Study of the DUMAND Project 1979 January

Box 9, Folder 22

Seismicity and Earthquake Hazard Studies of the Southern California Continental Borderlands Using Sonobuoys and Ocean Bottom Seismometers 1979 January

Box 9, Folder 23

Oceanic Seismicity Studies using Sonobuoys 1979 May

Box 9, Folder 24

Measurements of Intensity-Time Relations for Bioluminescence with Microsecond 1980 June

Box 9, Folder 25

Ocean Research Buoy (ORB) proposal 1981 April

Box 9, Folder 26

Phase I DUMAND Array 1981 August

Box 9, Folder 27

Preliminary Report of Measurements of Bacterial and Long Duration Pulsed Bioluminescence to Ocean Depths of 4200 Meters 1983 July

 

Papers

Box 9, Folder 28

Attenuation of Surface-Generated Sound Deep in the Ocean 1977

Box 9, Folder 29

Deep High Frequency Sound Measurements in Deep Tow 1978 January

Box 9, Folder 30

A 'Standard' Ocean for DUMAND 1978 August

Box 9, Folder 31

Some Thoughts on Water Transparency Measurements as Applied to DUMAND 1980

Box 9, Folder 32

Reconsideration of Required Depth for a DUMAND Array 1981 September

Box 9, Folder 33

Design and Construction of a General Purpose Dual Electrolyzing Wire Release undated

Box 9, Folder 34

The Initial DUMAND Installation undated

Box 9, Folder 35

Long Baseline Measurements of Light Attenuation undated

Box 9, Folder 36

Organic Local Seismicity Studies Sonobuoy Hydrophones undated

Box 9, Folder 37

Miscellaneous papers and drafts 1977-1984

Box 9, Folder 38-39

Miscellaneous papers and drafts undated

 

Conferences and Events

Box 9, Folder 40

Earth Sciences Orientation Session 1964 June 9-12

Box 9, Folder 41

Earthquake and Geologic Hazards Conference 1964 December 7-8

Box 9, Folder 42

National Conference on Creative Engineering Education 1965 September 1-4

Box 9, Folder 43

Cosmic Ray Conference 1977

Box 9, Folder 44

High Energy Physics Colloquium 1980 October 20

Box 9, Folder 45

World Stress Map conference 1981

Box 9, Folder 46-48

Workshops 1976-1982

Box 10, Folder 1-8

Workshops 1976-1982

 

DIVING

Box 10, Folder 9-31

Correspondence 1950-1977

Box 10, Folder 32

National Research Council interviews 1954

General note

Bradner visited various scientists in Europe and interviewed them on subjects pertaining to diving technology and physiology.
Box 10, Folder 33

Patents 1953-1954

Box 10, Folder 34

Miscellaneous notes ca. 1950-1960

Box 10, Folder 35

Miscellaneous collected notes and literature ca. 1956-1976

Box 10, Folder 36

Regulators 1954-1965

Box 10, Folder 37

Underwater television 1955

Box 10, Folder 38

Diagrams of safety vest for Aqualung ca. 1955

Box 10, Folder 39

Assorted reports 1944-1958

Box 10, Folder 40-43

Panel on Underwater Swimmers 1952-1954

Box 10, Folder 44-45

UC Berkeley SCUBA Committee 1953-1960

Box 10, Folder 46-48

Statewide University Administrative Committee on the Use of Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) 1954-1961

Box 11, Folder 1

UC Administrative Committee on the Use of Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus 1956

Box 11, Folder 2

Second Symposium on Underwater Physiology 1963 February 25-26

Box 11, Folder 3

Underwater Physiology Symposium 1970 April 10-11

Box 11, Folder 4

History of the wetsuit 1988-1998

General note

Correspondence and notes concerning Bradner's research into the origins of the wetsuit for purposes of accreditation. Includes letters exchange between Bradner and Willard Bascom.
Box 11, Folder 5

Bradner diving permits 1956, 1966

Box 11, Folder 6

Photos of John S. Foster modeling early design of Bradner's wet suit 1951-1953

John S. Foster modeling early wet suit design: ca. 1951
John S. Foster modeling wet suit designed by Hugh Bradner: ca. 1953
John S. Foster modeling early wet suit design: ca. 1951
John S. Foster modeling early wet suit design: ca. 1951
John S. Foster modeling early wet suit design: ca. 1951

Box 11, Folder 7

Photos of Pirelli dry suit ca. 1951-1952

General

One image from this folder has been digitized.
 

John S. Foster modeling Pirelli dry suit ca. 1951

John S. Foster modeling Pirelli dry suit: ca. 1951

Box 11, Folder 8

Miscellaneous photos of Bradner diving 1953-1955

General note

Includes 1955 group photo with Victor Vacquier and Nan Limbaugh.
 

WRITINGS, COURSE MATERIALS AND NOTES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 8) WRITINGS, COURSE MATERIALS AND NOTES: Bradner's manuscripts, speech transcripts, publications, teaching and student class materials, and notes. Arranged in five subseries: A) Lectures and Talks, B) Teaching, C) Papers and reports, D) Notes, and E) Caltech.
A) Lectures and Talks: Correspondence, notes and scripts from Bradner's public speaking engagements.
B) Teaching: Includes correspondence, syllabi, lecture notes and miscellaneous class material detailing Bradner's tenure as Professor of Engineering Physics and Geophysics at UC San Diego.
C) Papers and Reports: Manuscripts, publications and reports, including laboratory manuals and reports Bradner created while working at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
D) Notes: Miscellaneous notes and laboratory notebooks from Bradner's research conducted at UC Berkeley and IGPP.
E) Caltech: Student notes and class handouts from Bradner's doctorate program at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Also includes a manuscript of Bradner's 1941 Ph.D. thesis entitled "Electron-Optical Studies of the Photoelectric Effect."
 

Lectures and Talks

Box 11, Folder 9

Miami University commencement speech 1961 January 29

Box 11, Folder 10

Aerospace Corporation colloquium 1964 December 9

Box 11, Folder 11

Seismology lecture, UC Davis Sigma Xi 1965 April

Box 11, Folder 12

Speech on microseisms, Oceanographic Congress 1966 June

Box 11, Folder 13

Lecture on IGPP seismological work, Society of Exploration Geophysicists 1966 November 9

Box 11, Folder 14

The Development of Ocean Bottom Seismometers. American Geophysical Union, Fall annual meeting 1976

Box 11, Folder 15

Earthquakes in General and Also in Respect to San Diego. Institute for Continued Learning, UC San Diego 1979 October 5

Box 11, Folder 16

Microseism Measurements on the Deep Ocean Bottom undated

 

Teaching

Box 11, Folder 17

Correspondence 1968-1981

General note

Correspondence exchanged with UC San Diego faculty and administrators regarding academics and courses.
Box 11, Folder 18

Physics 10 (University of California, Berkeley) 1960

Box 11, Folder 19

National Science 2A, Spring quarter 1970

Box 11, Folder 20-23

AMES 1: Elementary Application of Mechanics and Dynamics, Winter quarter 1967

Box 11, Folder 24-28

AMES 16B: Science and Technology 1968-1979

Box 11, Folder 29-33

AMES 35: Society and the Sea 1975-1976

Box 11, Folder 34

AMES 90: Seismology, Fall quarter 1975

Box 11, Folder 35-39

AMES 120A: Dynamics 1967, 1971

Box 12, Folder 1-3

AMES 120A: Dynamics (cont.) 1967, 1971

Box 12, Folder 4-6

AMES 120B: Dynamics of Electromechanical Systems 1969-1969

Box 12, Folder 7

AMES 140A: Automatic Control Systems, Fall quarter 1968

Box 12, Folder 8

AMES 141A, Fall quarter 1974

Box 12, Folder 9

AMES 146B: Intro to Optimization Theory, Winter quarter 1973

Box 12, Folder 10

AMES 146C, Spring quarter 1974

Box 12, Folder 11-13

AMES 162B, Winter quarter 1977

Box 12, Folder 14

AMES 162C, Spring quarter 1977

Box 12, Folder 15-18

AMES 163A 1972-1980

Box 12, Folder 19-24

AMES 163B 1973-1981

Box 12, Folder 25-26

AMES 163C: Linear Systems and Circuits, Spring quarter 1963

 

Papers and Reports

Box 12, Folder 27

University of California Radiation Laboratory reports 1946-1961

Box 13, Folder 1-5

University of California Radiation Laboratory reports (cont.) 1946-1961

Box 13, Folder 6-7

University of California Radiation Laboratory engineering notes 1955-1959

Box 13, Folder 8

Pressure Variations Accompanying a Plane Wave Propagated Along the Ocean Bottom 1962

Box 13, Folder 9

Probing Sea-Bottom Sediments with Microseismic Noise 1962

Box 13, Folder 10

Bradner, Hugh and R. Stuart Mackay. Biophysical Limitations on Deep Diving: Some Limiting Performance Expectations. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 1963

General note

Notes and correspondence on subjects discussed in article.
Box 13, Folder 11

Comparative Seismic Noise on the Ocean Bottom and on Land 1964

Box 13, Folder 12

Generation and Propagation of Microseisms 1964

General note

Paper accepted for the Society of Exploration Geophysic's 34th Annual International Meeting.
Box 13, Folder 13

Geophysical Measurements with Sea Floor Instruments 1964

Box 13, Folder 14

Neutrino and Geothermal Fluxes 1964

Box 13, Folder 15

Seismic Measurements on the Ocean-Bottom 1964

Box 13, Folder 16

A Chink in Gravity - A Planetary Slingshot Into Space 1965

Box 13, Folder 17

Bradner, Hugh, James Dodds and Robert Foulks. Coherence Measurements with Time Sampling Ocean-Bottom Seismometers 1965

Box 13, Folder 18

The Detection of Displacement in the Presence of Transient Tilts 1965

Box 13, Folder 19-20

Investigation of Microseism Sources with Ocean Bottom-Seismometers 1965

Box 13, Folder 21

Bradner, Hugh, John Isaacs and Allen Schneider. A Coriolis Compass 1967

Box 13, Folder 22

Inertial Navigation Without Gyros 1968

Box 13, Folder 23

An Improved Vertical Sensor. Review of Scientific Instruments 1969

Box 13, Folder 24

Our Nation and the Sea 1969

Box 13, Folder 25

Microseism Propagation Via Oceanic Waveguide 1971

Box 13, Folder 26

Earth Noise of 10-100 Sec Period on the Ocean Bottom 1972

Box 13, Folder 27

Bradner, Hugh and John D. Isaacs. Neutrino and Geothermal Fluxes II 1972

Box 13, Folder 28

Prograde Rayleigh Waves and Microseism Sources 1972

Box 13, Folder 29

Bradner, Hugh and J.D. Isaacs. A Rough Hazard Chart for Submarines in Earthquake Zones. Journal of Ship Research 1972

Box 13, Folder 30

Bradner, Hugh and Michael Reichle. Some Methods for Determining Acceleration and Tilt by Use of Pendulums and Accelerometers 1972

Box 13, Folder 31

A Note on Zero Length Springs. American Journal of Physics 1972 July

Box 13, Folder 32

Howard, R. and H. Bradner. On Van't Hoff's Mechanism of Osmosis ca. 1975

Box 13, Folder 33

Howard, R.S. and H. Bradner. Theory and Evaluation of the Single Pneumatic Resistor Decompression Computer ca. 1976

Box 13, Folder 34

Attenuation of Surface-Generated Sound Deep in the Ocean 1977

Box 14, Folder 1

Howard, R. and H. Bradner. Critique of Scholander's Mechanism of Osmosis 1977

Box 14, Folder 2

What We Can Predict About Shapes of Bioluminescent Spectra 1983

Box 14, Folder 3

Miscellaneous photographs and figures used in manuscripts 1963-1969

 

Notes

Box 14, Folder 4

Miscellaneous notes on lenses 1945-1947

Box 14, Folder 5

Notes on spectra of bursting wires, spectroscopy ca. 1946

Box 14, Folder 6

Laboratory notebook - "Pure physics, diving" 1951

Box 14, Folder 7

Laboratory notebook - "H2O" 1952

General note

Subjects include diving, shark repellants and fish propulsion.
Box 14, Folder 8

Laboratory notebook 1952-1953

Box 14, Folder 9

Oscillating lenses 1957

Box 14, Folder 10

Untitled chemistry notes 1958

Box 14, Folder 11

Notebook 1958-1959

Box 14, Folder 12

Notebook 1959-1960

Box 14, Folder 13

Laboratory notes 1959-1961

Box 14, Folder 14

Notebook 1960

Box 14, Folder 15

Nuclear research instruments 1961

Box 14, Folder 16

Ocean-bottom seismographs 1962

Box 14, Folder 17

Radios ca. 1962

Box 14, Folder 18

Notebook 1962-1967

Box 14, Folder 19

Notebook entitled Whitcomb #1 1963 December

Box 14, Folder 20

Fluid breathing 1964

Box 14, Folder 21-26

IGPP Deep Ocean Seismic Expedition notebooks 1964-1966

General note

Bradner was Chief Scientist of the expedition. Includes notes by Jim Dodds and Bob Foulks. Subjects include ocean-bottom seismographs (OBS), GLUB I, II and III, and the DWYN WEN schooner.
Box 15, Folder 1

IGPP Deep Ocean Seismic Expedition notebooks (cont.) 1964-1966

Box 15, Folder 2

Notebook 1964-1967

Box 15, Folder 3

Notebook 1964-1967

Box 15, Folder 4

Notes on water absorption 1967

Box 15, Folder 5

Notebook 1967-1969

Box 15, Folder 6

Notebook 1969-1971

Box 15, Folder 7

Physicist looks at oceanography 1970

Box 15, Folder 8

Laboratory notebook 1972-1975, 1985

Box 15, Folder 9

Laboratory notebook 1986-1988

Box 15, Folder 10

Dislocation theory 1975

Box 15, Folder 11

Additives to water and the effects on West coast fog undated

 

Caltech

Box 15, Folder 12

Doctorate examination notes and outline 1940

Box 15, Folder 13

Electron-Optical Studies of the Photoelectric Effect - Doctoral thesis 1941

Box 15, Folder 14

Laboratory notebook, electron microscope 1938-1941

 

Class notes

Box 15, Folder 15

Atomic Physics 1937

Box 15, Folder 16

Atomic Physics II: Spectroscopy 1937-1938

Box 15, Folder 17

Atomic Physics III: Nuclear physics 1937-1938

Box 15, Folder 18

Advanced Calculus I 1937-1938

Box 15, Folder 19

Advanced Calculus II 1937-1938

Box 15, Folder 20

Advanced Calculus III 1937-1938

Box 15, Folder 21

Physics - Electromagnetism I 1937-1938

Box 15, Folder 22

Physics - Electromagnetism II 1937-1938

Box 15, Folder 23

Physics - Electromagnetism III 1937-1938

Box 15, Folder 24

Physics - Optics I 1937-1938

Box 15, Folder 25

Physics - Optics II 1937-1938

Box 15, Folder 26

Physics - Electromagnetism: Kinetic Theory 1938-1939

Box 16, Folder 1-3

Physics class on mechanics, class notes 1938-1939

Box 16, Folder 4

Math - Tensor Analysis I 1938-1939

Box 16, Folder 5

Physics - Quantum Mechanics I 1939

Box 16, Folder 6

Physics - Quantum Mechanics II: Theory of Metals 1939

Box 16, Folder 7

Physics - Thermodynamics I 1939

Box 16, Folder 8-10

Math analysis 1939-1940

Box 16, Folder 11

Physics - Quantum Mechanics III 1940

 

PHOTOGRAPHS AND SLIDES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 9) PHOTOGRAPHS AND SLIDES: Photographs and images including portraits of Hugh Bradner and his family, ocean-bottom seismology work and equipment, and more.
 

Photos of Hugh Bradner

Box 16, Folder 12

Candid portraits - Slides 1951, 1952

Box 16, Folder 13

Group photo ca. 1955

General note

With Vern Denton, Harold Carstenson, Otto Kraus, Bill Baker and Hugh Bradner.
Box 16, Folder 14

Group photo at the San Francisco Opera 1958

General note

Includes Lynn Stevenson, Hugh Bradner, Marcello Cresti and Peter Berge dressed in costume as Vikings.
Box 16, Folder 15

Hugh Bradner with porpoise ca. 1965

Box 16, Folder 16

Hugh Bradner with Deepstar 4000 1969 April

Box 16, Folder 17

Miscellaneous family photos ca. 1965-1966

General note

Includes photographs of the Bradners at Roger Revelle's house for pool party.
Box 16, Folder 18

"Endless Holiday" performance 1964 May

General note

A play by John Knauss performed in the home of Ellen and Roger Revelle. Some of the photographs have been digitized and are available on the Library's Digital Collections website.

Existence and Location of Copies

Selected photographs from this folder have been digitized and can be viewed by searching the term "Hugh Bradner Papers" on the UC San Diego Digital Collections website.
Oversize FB-435, Folder 8

Desert landscapes by Stephen Hallet Willard ca. 1920

General note

Five original 9.5x11.5" b/w matte photographic prints. Negative numbers 73, 78, 1206, 1096 and 1740.
Box 16, Folder 19

Cape Cod and unidentified church ca. 1945

General note

Three original unidentified b/w photographs.
 

Research and equipment

Box 16, Folder 20

Triaxial OBS ca. 1960

Box 16, Folder 21

Ocean-bottom seismometer (OBS) 1961

Box 16, Folder 22

OBS aboard R/V Stranger 1962 May

Box 16, Folder 23

OBS aboard Neptune in Hawaii 1962 November

Box 16, Folder 24

R/V Oconostota 1963 April

Box 16, Folder 25

Deep Ocean Seismic Expedition 1963

General note

Includes photographs of OBS equipment, DWYN WEN and ship crew.
Box 16, Folder 26-29

Miscellaneous seismometers at sea 1960-1963

Box 16, Folder 30

Miscellaneous work at sea - Slides of crews and scientists at work 1962-1963

Box 16, Folder 31

Miscellaneous seismology equipment ca. 1962-1964

Box 16, Folder 32

Miscellaneous research ships and equipment at sea - Slides ca. 1962-1970

Box 16, Folder 33

Assorted charts and graphs ca. 1963-1966

General note

Miscellaneous figures depicting velocity, power and frequency readings from seismometers. Includes data from cruises around Hawaii, Swains Island and New Zealand. Slides.