Carl Eckart Papers
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2016
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
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Descriptive Summary
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Carl Eckart Papers
Creator:
Eckart, Carl, 1902-1973
Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0022
Physical Description:
1.85 Linear feet
(5 archives boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1941-1973
Abstract: A small collection of the correspondence and professional papers of the physicist, physical oceanographer and geophysicist
Carl Eckart.
Languages:
English
.
Related Materials
The bulk of Carl Eckart's papers are at the Library of Congress (MSS 65557).
For additional material at UC San Diego related to Eckart, see the SIO Biographical Files (SAC 5) and the SIO Office of Director
Records (SAC 1) at Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
Scope and Content of Collection
A small collection of the correspondence and professional papers of the physicist, physical oceanographer and geophysicist
Carl Eckart, including subject files, notebooks, writings and reports. There are also a few files of teaching materials, photographs
and slides. The second series consists of materials copied and transferred from the Library of Congress on the request of
William Nierenberg, due to their local relevance.
Arranged in two series: 1) MISCELLANEOUS, and 2) UC SAN DIEGO SEARCH COMMITTEES.
Preferred Citation
Carl Eckart Papers. SMC 22. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
OFF-SITE STORAGE
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
Biography
Carl Henry Eckart (1902-1973) received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Washington University and a Ph.D. in physics from Princeton
in 1925. He joined the University of Chicago as an assistant professor of physics in 1928 and remained on the faculty until
1946, where he made substantial contributions to quantum physics and developed the Wigner-Eckart theorem.
Eckart came to San Diego in 1942 to join the University of California Division of War Research (UCDWR), where he worked on
problems of underwater sound relevant to submarine warfare as assistant director and director of the program. In 1946, Eckart
became a professor of geophysics at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) at UC San Diego, a position he held until
1971. He was also appointed the first director of the newly founded Marine Physical Laboratory (MPL) in 1946 (MPL became part
of SIO in 1948). Eckart served a short term as the fourth director of Scripps until 1952, and went on to serve in a variety
of important administrative positions at UC San Diego, including a term as Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs from 1965-67.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1982, 1990.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Oceanography -- Research
Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Marine Physical Laboratory
Eckart, Carl, 1902-1973 -- Archives
Box 1, Folder 1
Correspondence
1954, 1967-1972
Box 1, Folder 2
Bio-bibliography files
1953-1973
Box 1, Folder 10
Eckart memorial service - Speaker remarks
1973 November 3
Box 1, Folder 3-9
Our Modern Idol, Mathematical Science - Notebooks 2-6
ca. 1972-1973
Box 5, Folder 1-3
Our Modern Idol, Mathematical Science - Notebook 7
ca. 1972-1973
Box 2, Folder 2
Statistical mechanics of the sea surface
1952
Box 2, Folder 3
Scattering of sound and Inhomog engines
1953
Box 2, Folder 4
Streaming and similar things
1954
Box 2, Folder 5
Free oscillations of a stratified fluid
1955 February
Box 2, Folder 6
Thermodynamics of mixtures
1956
Box 2, Folder 7
Polar coordinates
undated
Box 2, Folder 8
Chain reactor notes
1941-1956
Box 2, Folder 10
Notes from F. Brooks' report
1948
Box 2, Folder 11
Seminar notes - On the Mutual Adjustment of the Velocity and Pressure Fields in the Ocean Under the Influence of a Fluctuating
Wind Stress
1949 August
Box 2, Folder 12
Lecture notes - Steady Flow of a Heavy Inviscid Fluid of Constant Density
1958 February
Box 2, Folder 14
Science 2A course notes at UC San Diego
1967
Box 3, Folder 1
Statistical hydrodynamics
1954-1989
Box 3, Folder 3
Variation Principle of Hydrodynamics report
undated
Box 3, Folder 4
Physical ocean data - Papers and correspondence
1968
Box 3, Folder 5
Convair project - Papers on Ocean Data Station BRAVO
1968
Box 3, Folder 6
Stratton Commission report draft
1969
Box 3, Folder 7
Draft, The Theory of Steady Turbulence
1953
Box 3, Folder 8
Notes on kinetics of turbulence and random flow
1953-1967
Box 3, Folder 9
Notes and data on thermodynamics
1949-1956
Box 3, Folder 10-11
Sea water - Notes, data, and summaries
1956-1966
Box 4, Folder 1-3
Sea water - Notes, data, and summaries
1956-1966
Box 4, Folder 4
Photographs and correspondence on wind patterns
1969-1970
Box 4, Folder 5
Seminar on wave theory
1946
Box 4, Folder 6
Symposia - Gravity Waves and Ultra Sonic Absorption of Fluids
1951-1952
Box 4, Folder 7
Wave photographs and monthly Bomex tests
1949, 1969
Box 4, Folder 8
Notes on low frequency waves in water
1950 May
Box 4, Folder 9
Office of Naval Research, London. Gravity Waves and Finite Amplitude technical report
1950
Box 4, Folder 10
New Methods in Geophysical Hydrodynamics (Oceanography 222) - Lecture notes
1968
Box 4, Folder 11
Color slides of Ewing ripples in waves
undated
Box 4, Folder 13
Some Theoretical Studies of the Propagation of Sound in Shallow Water, by Glen Camp and Carl Eckart (UCDWR No. U102)
1943 August 15
Box 5, Folder 4
General Dynamics oceanographic sensor
1968
Box 5, Folder 5
Photographs of tempered glass
1949
Box 5, Folder 9
Glass lantern slides of Eckart-Gleason
undated
Box 5, Folder 10
Glass lantern slides of shockwaves and phase boundaries
undated
UC SAN DIEGO SEARCH COMMITTEES
Scope and Content of Series
Series 2) UC SAN DIEGO SEARCH COMMITTEES: Materials copied and transferred to the SIO Archives from the Eckart collection
at Library of Congress, related to Eckart's role on the screening committees for two major campus administrative positions
in 1964-1965: the UC San Diego Chancellorship, and the Directorship of SIO.
Box 5, Folder 6-8
Chancellor and SIO Director's search committee files
1964-1965
General
Copies from the Library of Congress collection.