Basil Wilson papers
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Basil Wilson papers
Dates: 1954-1977
Collection Number: mssWilson,
Basil papers
Creator:
Wilson, Basil W.
Extent:
6 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Fax: (626) 449-3477
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: Basil W. Wilson was a consulting
oceanographic engineer based in Pasadena, California. The collection consists of his
correspondence, papers, and notebooks.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
Administration Information
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], Basil Wilson papers, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift from Elizabeth Wilson, July 2001.
Biography
Basil W. Wilson was a consulting oceanographic engineer based in Pasadena,
California. Wilson was a professor of Engineering Oceanography at Texas A&M
University from 1952-1961. From 1961 to 1964 he conducted studies for the National
Engineering Science Company in Pasadena, California. Wilson went into private
practice in 1968 as a consulting oceanographic engineer whose work included
earthquake occurrence and effects in ocean areas, tsunami hazards, surge studies in
Long Beach harbor, and wave problems involving the dynamic behavior of offshore
structures and the mooring of supertankers.
Scope and Content
The majority of the collection consists of correspondences and papers relating to
the Alaskan earthquake and tsunami of 1964, the Hilo Harbor Tsunamis, and a boat
landing project for Long Beach Harbor. There are also notebooks of other projects on
which Wilson worked.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by subject, retaining Wilson's order within the
subject.
Indexing Terms
Personal Names
Wilson, Basil W.
Corporate Names
National Academy of Sciences
(U.S.)
Project Mohole
Port of Long Beach
Subjects
Alaska Earthquake, Alaska,
1964
Civil engineering
Earthquake engineering
Oceanography - Research
Tsunamis - Alaska
Tsunamis - Hawaii - Hilo
Genre
Technical reports
Research notes
Folder 1
Long Beach Boat Landing
(1960-1966)
Folder 2
Long Beach Boat Landing
(1960-1966)
Folder 3
General correspondence
(1954-1961)
Folder 4
General correspondence
(1954-1961)
Folder 5
Correspondence regarding publication
(1961-1965)
Folder 6
Hydraulic research in the United States
(1959-1961)
Folder 1
Alaskan Earthquake
(1966-1977)
Folder 2
Alaskan Earthquake
(1965-1966)
Folder 5
"The Tsunami of the Alaskan Earthquake, 1964"
(1968-1972)
Folder 6
"The Tsunami of the Alaskan Earthquake, 1964"
(1967-1968)
Folder 7
"The Tsunami of the Alaskan Earthquake, 1964" Publication
release
(1967)
Folder 8
National Academy of Science - Committee on the Alaskan
Earthquake
(1966-1968)
Folder 9
National Academy of Science - Committee on the Alaskan
Earthquake
(1965-1966)
Folder 1
National Academy of Science - Committee on the Alaskan
Earthquake
(1965-1970)
Folder 2
National Academy of Science - Committee on the Alaskan
Earthquake
(1967-1976)
Folder 3
"Runup Heights of the Major Tsunami on the Alaskan and Other
North American Coasts"
(1968-1972)
Folder 4
Hilo Harbor Model Conference
(1964-1965)
Folder 5
Hilo Harbor Model Conference
(1961-1964)
Folder 6
"Tsunami Model of Hilo Bay, Hawaii"
(1965-1967)
Folder 1
Earthquake ocurrence in ocean areas [removed from
binder]
(1968)
Folder 2
Mohole Riser - Buoy Calculations [removed from
binder]
(1964-1967)
Folder 3
Mohole Project 1
(1962-1965)
Folder 1
Mohole Project 2
(1962-1965)
Folder 2
Mohole Project 3
(1962-1965)
Folder 3
Waves produced by explosions
(1962)
Folder 4
"Economics of Boat Floats"
(1965)
Folder 1
Testimony on the effects of long period waves in
California
(1978)
Folder 2
"Feasibility Study for a Surge-Action Model of Monterey Harbor,
California"
(1965)
Folder 3
Technical reports 1
(1962)
Folder 4
Technical reports 2
(1962)
