Oceanography: The Making of a Science, People, Institutions and Discovery Collection, 2000 (SMC 87)

OFF-SITE STORAGE: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
Restrictions: Original video recordings are restricted. Viewing copies may be available for researchers.

Extent: 4.4 Linear feet (11 archives boxes)

Digital Content

All video recordings in this collection have been digitized, except for the Fred N. Spiess oral history interview. Contact Special Collections & Archives to inquire about access to recordings.

Video recordings and oral history transcripts from a program entitled "Oceanography: The Making of a Science, People, Institutions and Discovery." The program was sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in cooperation with the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment to celebrate the history of the ONR and oceanography.

Fred E. Saalfeld, Executive Director of the Office of Naval Research, decided to celebrate the history of ONR and oceanography by sponsoring a series of five regional colloquia held at American oceanographic facilities and a national colloquium held in Washington, D.C. in 2000. The series was planned by the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, which videotaped all of the sessions. Speakers were selected by institutions fostering oceanographic research. The Heinz Center contracted with local historians of science to do videotaped interviews with prominent ocean scientists at the regional meetings.

Video recordings, presentations, and oral history interview transcripts from a program entitled "Oceanography: The Making of a Science, People, Institutions and Discovery." The program was sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in cooperation with the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment to celebrate the history of the ONR and oceanography. The program had two components: a series of colloquia, and oral history interviews. Thirty-five videotapes record the five regional colloquia and one national colloquium, while seventy-five videotapes record oral history interviews with forty-five ocean scientists and engineers. Most of the oral history interviews conducted at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have both recordings and transcripts in the collection. There are some materials from the colloquim hosted at UC San Diego.

Arranged in three series: 1) ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS, 2) COLLOQUIA RECORDINGS, 3) UC SAN DIEGO COLLOQUIUM PRESENTATIONS.

Container List

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

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

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

Box 1 Folder 3
Douglas Inman - Interview by Ronald Rainger, 2000 February 16

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

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

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

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

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

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

VHS

Box 2 Folder 1-2
Robert Abel, 2000 March 9

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Washington Navy Yard.

Box 2 Folder 3-4
Dick Backus, 2000 March 29

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Box 2 Folder 5
Karl Banse, 2000 January 11

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Washington.

Box 2 Folder 6-7
William Benson, 2000 January 21

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the University of Miami.

Box 2 Folder 8-9
Carl Bowin, 2000 March 30

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Box 2 Folder 10
John Byrne, 2000 January 12

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Washington.

Box 2 Folder 11
James Coleman, 2000 February 24

1 VHS tape. Conducted at Texas A&M University.

Box 3 Folder 1-2
John Coleman, 2000 March 7

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Washington Navy Yard.

Box 3 Folder 3
Joe Creager, 2000 January 12

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Washington.

Box 3 Folder 4
Harry DeFerrari, 2000 January 21

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Miami.

Box 3 Folder 5-6
Nick Fofonoff, 2000 March 31

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Box 3 Folder 7-8
Edward Frieman, 2000 February 8

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Box 3 Folder 9-10
Robert Frosch, 2000 March 7

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Washington Navy Yard.

Box 3 Folder 11
Ed Goldberg, 2000 February 8

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Box 4 Folder 1
Ed Goldberg, 2000 February 8

1 VHS tape (continuation).

Box 4 Folder 2-3
Gordon Hamilton, 2000 March 10

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Washington Navy Yard.

Box 4 Folder 4-5
Douglas Inman, 2000 February 8

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Box 4 Folder 6
Feenan Jennings, 2000 February 23

1 VHS tape. Conducted at Texas A&M University.

Box 4 Folder 7-8
John Knauss, 2000 March 29

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Box 4 Folder 9
Eric Kraus, 2000 January 19

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Miami.

Box 4 Folder 10-11
Dale Leipper, 2000 February 24

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at Texas A&M University.

Box 5 Folder 1-2
Hugh McClellan, 2000 February 24

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at Texas A&M University.

Box 5 Folder 3-6
Harding Michel, 2000 January 19

4 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Box 5 Folder 7-8
Walter Munk, 2000 February 8

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Box 5 Folder 9-10
Bill Nierenberg, 2000 February 8

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Box 5 Folder 11
Jim O'Brien, 2000 January 20

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Miami.

Box 6 Folder 1
Gote Ostlund, 2000 January 18

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Miami.

Box 6 Folder 2
Joseph Prospero, 2000 January 18

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Miami.

Box 6 Folder 3
Maurice Rattray, 2000 January 11

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Washington.

Box 6 Folder 4-5
Joe Reid, 2000 February 8

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Box 6 Folder 6-7
Robert Reid, 2000 February 25

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at Texas A&M University.

Box 6 Folder 8-9
Allan Robinson, 2000 March 31

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Box 6 Folder 10-11
Claes Rooth, 2000 January 17

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the University of Miami.

Box 7 Folder 1-2
David Ross, 2000 March 29

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Box 7 Folder 3
Larry Small, 2000 January 12

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Washington.

Box 7 Folder 4-6
Admiral J. Edward Snyder Jr., 2000 March 10

3 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Washington Navy Yard.

Box 11 Folder 9-11
Fred N. Spiess, 2000 February 8

3 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Box 7 Folder 7-8
James Ronald Stewart, 2000 February 8

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Box 7 Folder 9-10
Tony Sturges, 2000 January 19

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the University of Miami.

Box 7 Folder 11
Marie Tharp, 2000 March 9

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the Washington Navy Yard.

Box 8 Folder 1
Marie Tharp, 2000 March 9

1 VHS tape (continuation).

Box 8 Folder 2
Norbert Untersteiner, 2000 January 11

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Washington.

Box 8 Folder 3-4
Bill Watkins, 2000 March 30

2 VHS tapes. Conducted at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Box 8 Folder 5
Admiral James D. Watkins, USN (retired), 2000 May 11

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the Offices of CORE, Washington, D.C.

Box 8 Folder 6
Warren Wooster, 2000 January 12

1 VHS tape. Conducted at the University of Washington.

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

5 VHS tapes.

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

4 VHS tapes.

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

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.

Box 9 Folder 6
Tape 2

Speakers unidentified. Time 00:50:25.

Box 9 Folder 7
Tape 3

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

Box 9 Folder 8
Tape 4

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

Box 9 Folder 9
Tape 5

Speakers include George H. Sutton, and Paul E. Tobin, Jr. Time 01:03:51.

Box 9 Folder 10
Tape 6

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.

Box 9 Folder 11
Tape 7

Two speakers are unidentified; also includes Lynne D. Talley. Time 01:31:00.

Box 10 Folder 1
Tape 8

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

Box 10 Folder 2
Tape 9

Speakers include Russ E. Davis, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, and unidentified persons. Time 01:25:50.

Box 10 Folder 3
Tape 10

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

Box 10 Folder 4-7
Regional Colloquia Series held at Texas A&M University, College Station, 2000 February 22-23

4 VHS tapes.

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

4 VHS tapes.

Box 11 Folder 1-8
Regional Colloquia Series held at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, 2000 March 30-31

8 VHS tapes.

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