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Oceanography: The Making of a Science, People, Institutions & Discovery Collection
SMC 0087  
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ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS. Arranged in two subseries: A) Transcripts and B) VHS.
A) Transcripts: Typewritten transcripts of oral history interviews conducted at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography by interviewers Naomi Oreskes and Ronald Rainger. Oreskes is an American historian of science, Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University, and former Professor of History and Science Studies at UC San Diego. Rainger was a Professor of American History of Science and Technology at Texas Tech University.
B) VHS: Seventy-five VHS recordings of oral history interviews.
 

Transcripts

Box 1, Folder 1

Edward Frieman - Interview by Naomi Oreskes and Ron Rainger 2000 February 17

General note

A video recording of this interview is available in subseries 1B.
Box 1, Folder 2

Edward Goldberg - Interview by Ron Rainger and Naomi Oreskes 2000 February 18

General note

A video recording of this interview is available in subseries 1B.
Box 1, Folder 3

Douglas Inman - Interview by Ronald Rainger 2000 February 16

General note

A video recording of this interview is available in subseries 1B.
Box 1, Folder 4

Walter Munk - Interview by Naomi Oreskes and Ron Rainger 2000 February 16

General note

A video recording of this interview is available in subseries 1B.
Box 1, Folder 5

Bill Nierenberg - Interview by Naomi Oreskes and Ron Rainger 2000 February 10

General note

A video recording of this interview is available in subseries 1B.
Box 1, Folder 6

Naomi Oreskes - Interview by Ronald Rainger 2000 February

Box 1, Folder 7

Ronald Rainger - Interviewed by Naomi Oreskes 2000 February

Box 1, Folder 8

Joe Reid - Interview by Ronald Rainger 2000 February 17

General note

A video recording of this interview is available in subseries 1B.
Box 1, Folder 9

Fred Spiess - Interview by Naomi Oreskes and Ron Rainger 2000 February 18

General

A video recording of this interview is available in subseries 1B.
Box 1, Folder 10

James Ronald Stewart - Interview by Ronald Rainger 2000 February 10

General note

A video recording of this interview is available in subseries 1B.
 

VHS

Box 2, Folder 1-2

Robert Abel 2000 March 9

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Washington Navy Yard. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 2, Folder 3-4

Dick Backus 2000 March 29

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 2, Folder 5

Karl Banse 2000 January 11

General note

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Washington. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 2, Folder 6-7

William Benson 2000 January 21

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the University of Miami. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 2, Folder 8-9

Carl Bowin 2000 March 30

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 2, Folder 10

John Byrne 2000 January 12

General note

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Washington. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 2, Folder 11

James Coleman 2000 February 24

General note

1 VHS tape. Conducted at Texas A&M University. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 3, Folder 1-2

John Coleman 2000 March 7

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Washington Navy Yard. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 3, Folder 3

Joe Creager 2000 January 12

General note

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Washington. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 3, Folder 4

Harry DeFerrari 2000 January 21

General note

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Miami. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 3, Folder 5-6

Nick Fofonoff 2000 March 31

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 3, Folder 7-8

Edward Frieman 2000 February 8

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 3, Folder 9-10

Robert Frosch 2000 March 7

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Washington Navy Yard. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 3, Folder 11

Ed Goldberg 2000 February 8

General note

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 4, Folder 1

Ed Goldberg 2000 February 8

General note

1 VHS tape (continuation). Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 4, Folder 2-3

Gordon Hamilton 2000 March 10

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Washington Navy Yard. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 4, Folder 4-5

Douglas Inman 2000 February 8

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 4, Folder 6

Feenan Jennings 2000 February 23

General note

1 VHS tape. Conducted at Texas A&M University. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 4, Folder 7-8

John Knauss 2000 March 29

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 4, Folder 9

Eric Kraus 2000 January 19

General note

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Miami. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 4, Folder 10-11

Dale Leipper 2000 February 24

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at Texas A&M University. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 5, Folder 1-2

Hugh McClellan 2000 February 24

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at Texas A&M University. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 5, Folder 3-6

Harding Michel 2000 January 19

General note

4 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 5, Folder 7-8

Walter Munk 2000 February 8

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 5, Folder 9-10

Bill Nierenberg 2000 February 8

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 5, Folder 11

Jim O'Brien 2000 January 20

General note

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Miami. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 6, Folder 1

Gote Ostlund 2000 January 18

General note

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Miami. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 6, Folder 2

Joseph Prospero 2000 January 18

General note

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Miami. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 6, Folder 3

Maurice Rattray 2000 January 11

General note

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Washington. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 6, Folder 4-5

Joe Reid 2000 February 8

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 6, Folder 6-7

Robert Reid 2000 February 25

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at Texas A&M University. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 6, Folder 8-9

Allan Robinson 2000 March 31

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 6, Folder 10-11

Claes Rooth 2000 January 17

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the University of Miami. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 7, Folder 1-2

David Ross 2000 March 29

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 7, Folder 3

Larry Small 2000 January 12

General note

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Washington. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 7, Folder 4-6

Admiral J. Edward Snyder Jr. 2000 March 10

General note

3 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Washington Navy Yard. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 11, Folder 9-11

Fred N. Spiess 2000 February 8

General

3 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Not digitized.

Access

Original restricted, however patrons may request user copies be produced in advance.
Box 7, Folder 7-8

James Ronald Stewart 2000 February 8

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 7, Folder 9-10

Tony Sturges 2000 January 19

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the University of Miami. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 7, Folder 11

Marie Tharp 2000 March 9

General note

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the Washington Navy Yard. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 8, Folder 1

Marie Tharp 2000 March 9

General note

1 VHS tape (continuation). Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 8, Folder 2

Norbert Untersteiner 2000 January 11

General note

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Washington. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 8, Folder 3-4

Bill Watkins 2000 March 30

General note

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 8, Folder 5

Admiral James D. Watkins, USN (retired) 2000 May 11

General note

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the Offices of CORE, Washington, D.C. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 8, Folder 6

Warren Wooster 2000 January 12

General note

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Washington. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
 

COLLOQUIA RECORDINGS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 2) COLLOQUIA RECORDINGS: Thirty-five VHS recordings capturing the content of five regional colloquia, and one national colloquium.
Box 8, Folder 7-11

Regional Colloquia Series held at the University of Washington, Seattle 2000 January 13-14

General note

5 VHS tapes. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 9, Folder 1-4

Regional Colloquia Series held at the University of Miami-Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, Florida 2000 January 20-21

General note

4 VHS tapes. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
 

Regional Colloquia Series held at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego (10 VHS tapes) 2000 February 8-9

Box 9, Folder 5

Tape 1

General note

Charles F. Kennel, director of SIO, and Berry Rollie of the University of Hawaii were the hosts for this seminar. Speakers are Paul G. Gaffney, Walter Munk, and William Aaron Nierenberg. Time 01:36:20. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 9, Folder 6

Tape 2

General note

Speakers unidentified. Time 00:50:25. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 9, Folder 7

Tape 3

General note

Speakers include Edward D. Goldberg and Joseph L. Reid (Reid's presentation is partial, continues on next section). Time 01:24:4. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 9, Folder 8

Tape 4

General note

Speakers include Joseph L. Reid (continued from previous section), Edward A. Frieman, and Fred N. Spiess. Time 01:22:22. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 9, Folder 9

Tape 5

General note

Speakers include George H. Sutton, and Paul E. Tobin, Jr. Time 01:03:51. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 9, Folder 10

Tape 6

General note

Speakers on this section are Robert A. Knox, John Arthur Orcutt, and an unidentified person (Rick?). Unidentified presentation continues onto next tape. Time 01:39:02. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 9, Folder 11

Tape 7

General note

Two speakers are unidentified; also includes Lynne D. Talley. Time 01:31:00. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 10, Folder 1

Tape 8

General note

Speakers include SIO Graduate student Kay Bidle, Hawaii University graduate student Ann Tanet, and Fred F. Starkel of ONR. Time 01:35:59. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 10, Folder 2

Tape 9

General note

Speakers include Russ E. Davis, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, and unidentified persons. Time 01:25:50. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 10, Folder 3

Tape 10

General note

Speakers include Tim Barnett, Alex Melhousen, Berry Rollie (host) and Charles F. Kennel (host). Time 01:11:50. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 10, Folder 4-7

Regional Colloquia Series held at Texas A&M University, College Station 2000 February 22-23

General note

4 VHS tapes. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 10, Folder 8-11

National Colloquia held at the Senate Hart Building, H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, Washington, D.C. 2000 March 8

General note

4 VHS tapes. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
Box 11, Folder 1-8

Regional Colloquia Series held at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts 2000 March 30-31

General note

8 VHS tapes. Digitized version available upon request.

Access

Original restricted (digital version available).
 

UC SAN DIEGO COLLOQUIUM PRESENTATIONS

Box 12, Folder 1

Event program

Box 12, Folder 2

Dzieciuch, Matthew 2000 February

Box 12, Folder 3

Goldberg, Edward 2000 February

Box 12, Folder 4

Grigg, Rick 2000 February

Box 12, Folder 5

Inman, Douglas 2000 February

Box 12, Folder 6

Knox, Robert 2000 February

Box 12, Folder 7

McNutt, Marcia 2000 February

Box 12, Folder 8

Mullin, Michael 2000 February

Box 12, Folder 9

Munk, Walter 2000 February

Box 12, Folder 10

Nierenberg, William 2000 February

Box 12, Folder 11

Orcutt, John 2000 February

Box 12, Folder 12

Reid, Joseph 2000 February

Box 12, Folder 13

Spiess, Fred 2000 February

Box 12, Folder 14

Sutton, George 2000 February

Box 12, Folder 15

Talley, Lynne 2000 February