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
Box 3, Folder 28
ACR Electronics Corp.
1959-1962
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 8-9
Hydrophones
1963-1964, undated
Box 4, Folder 10
Lectures and speaking engagements
1964-1966
Box 4, Folder 12-27
Magnetic monopoles
1957-1963
General note
Assorted correspondence, notes and other materials. Original order maintained.
Box 4, Folder 30
Assorted applications
1966
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 5
Pressure vessels
1962-1966
Box 5, Folder 6
Release mechanisms
1962-1963
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.
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.
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 8, Folder 11
Bioluminescence measurement cruise
1983 July 21-22
Box 8, Folder 13
Collaboration Meetings
1982-1984
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
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
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 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 34
Miscellaneous notes
ca. 1950-1960
Box 10, Folder 35
Miscellaneous collected notes and literature
ca. 1956-1976
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."
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
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 25-26
AMES 163C: Linear Systems and Circuits, Spring quarter
1963
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
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 10
Untitled chemistry notes
1958
Box 14, Folder 13
Laboratory notes
1959-1961
Box 14, Folder 15
Nuclear research instruments
1961
Box 14, Folder 16
Ocean-bottom seismographs
1962
Box 14, Folder 19
Notebook entitled Whitcomb #1
1963 December
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 4
Notes on water absorption
1967
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 11
Additives to water and the effects on West coast fog
undated
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
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 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.
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.
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.