Accession No.: 2006-29  
PROCESSING RECORD  
SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY ARCHIVES  
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Hanauer, Eric  
Eric Hanauer Papers, 1992-2006  
Physical Description: 32 audio cassette tapes in 2 archival shoeboxes  
Description: The accession consists of 26 90-minute audio cassette tape recordings, 4 60 minute  
audio cassette tape recordings and 2 Olympus XB60 microcassette audio tapes. These tapes record  
conversations and interviews documenting the history of diving in the United States. The tapes were  
recorded by Eric Hanauer as background research for his books including Diving Pioneers:An oral  
history of diving in America. Interviewees include Kimiou Aisek, Lloyd Bridges, Charles Nicklin,  
Wally Potts, Andreas Rechnitzer,  
Eric Hanauer transferred his copyright in and to these interviews to UC Regents.  
Eric Hanauer gift June 29, 2006  
Divers--United States  
Scuba diving--United States  
Deep diving--United States  
Deep diving--United States|xHistory  
Aisek, Kimiou interviewee  
Bonin, Daniel J. interviewee  
Bridges, Lloyd interviewee  
Cross, E.R. interviewee  
Erickson, Ralph D. interviewee  
Fane, Doug interviewee  
Frazier, Dottie interviewee  
Hollis, Robert interviewee  
Klein, Jordan interviewee  
Meistrell, Robert interviewee  
Mitchell, Charles T. interviewee  
Mount, Tom interviewee  
Nicklin, Charles interviewee  
Parry, Zale interviewee  
Potts, Wally interviewee  
Prodanovitch, Jack interviewee  
Rechnitzer, Andreas B. interviewee  
Somers, Lee H. interviewee  
Steel, John interviewee  
Stewart, James R., 1927- interviewee  
Tillman, Albert A. interviewee  
Wagner, Dan interviewee  
Hanauer, Eric, interviewer. Author and historian of diving  
Eric Hanauer  
Papers, 1992-2006  
Accession 2006-29  
LIST OF TAPES  
BOX  
DESCRIPTION  
1
Fathers of Diving, 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Aisek, Kimiou [Interview, n.d.] 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Bonin, Dan [Interview, n.d.] 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Erickson, Ralph [Interview, n.d.] 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Fane, Doug [Interview, n.d.] 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Frazier, Dottie [Interview, n.d.] 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Hollis, Bob [Interview, n.d.] Tape 1 of 2, 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Hollis, Bob [Interview, n.d.] Tape 2 of 2, 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Klein, Jordan [Interview, n.d.] 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Meistrell, Bob [Interview, n.d., Tape 1 of 2] 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Meistrell, Bob [Interview, n.d., Tape 2 of 2] 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Mitchell, Chuck [Interview, n.d.] 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Mitchell, Chuck [Interview, n.d.] 2, 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Mount, Tom [Interview, n.d.] 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Nicklin, Chuck [Interview, n.d.] 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Hanauer 2006-29  
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BOX  
DESCRIPTION  
2
Parry, Zale [Interview, n.d.] Tape 2 of 3, 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Parry, Zale [Interview, n.d.] Tape 3 of 3, 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Potts, Wally [Interview, n.d.] 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Prodanovitch, Jack [Interview, n.d.] 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Rechnitzer, Andy [Interview, n.d.] 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Rechnitzer, Andy [Interview, n.d.] Side 3, 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Steel, John [Interview, n.d.] 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Stewart, Jim, Retirement, 1 90 minute audiocassette tape.  
Tillman, [Albert, Interview, n.d., Tape 1 of 2] 1 60 minute audio microcassette  
Tillman, [Albert, Interview, n.d., Tape 2 of 2] 1 60 minute audio microcassette  
Wagner, Dan, [Interview] January 16, 1992. 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Cross, E.R. [Interview] January 23, 1993. 1 90 minute audio cassette tape  
Somers, Lee, [Interview] February 22, 1993. 1 60 minute audio cassette tape  
Bridges, Lloyd, [Interview] June 3, 1994. 1 90 minute audio cassette tape