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"Oceanography: The Making of a Science" Videotapes, 2000

Overview of the Collection

Title
"Oceanography: The Making of a Science" Videotapes
Dates
2000 (inclusive)
Quantity
3 cubic feet, (110 videotapes)
Collection Number
Consult repository.
Summary
These videotapes document a program sponsored by the Office of Naval Research in cooperation with the H. John Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment to commemorate the history of the Office of Naval Research and Oceanography. The videotapes record oral history interviews with noted ocean scientists and engineers.
Repository
Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu
Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

"Oceanography: The Making of a Science" program was sponsored by the U.S. Office of Naval Research and The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment. It consisted of five regional and one national colloquia held from January through March 2000 and featured presentations on historical and contemporary topics in oceanography. The regional colloquia were held at the University of Washington (Seattle, WA); the University of Miami (Miami, FL); Scripps Institution of Oceanography (San Diego, CA); Texas A&M University (College Station, TX); and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Woods Hole, MA). The national colloquia was held at the U.S. Senate Hart Building in Washington, D.C.

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Content Description

This collection consists of videotapes of the proceedings of the "Oceanography: The Making of a Science" colloquia series and videotape interviews of leading oceanographers and scholars produced as the oral history component of the colloquia. Included is the complete and unedited raw footage of more than 100 colloquia presentations and 45 oral history interviews. Printed material accompanying the collection consists of an overview booklet with essays from representatives of the sponsoring organizations, programs for each of the colloquia, and a paper presented at the University of Washington regional colloquia by Oregon State University President Emeritus John V. Byrne on the development of oceanographic studies at OSU. The oral history tapes include interviews with OSU oceanographers John V. Byrne and Larry Small. OSU faculty member Ron Doel served as one of the oral history interviewers.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

"Oceanography: The Making of a Science" Videotapes (P 236), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The tapes are organized in two groups -- the colloquia proceedings and the oral history project. The colloquia tapes are arranged by site. The oral history project tapes are arranged by the site of the interviews and then by correspondent. All of the videotapes are VHS format cassettes. At the present time, there are no transcripts available for the oral histories.

Related Materials

Other films and videotapes pertaining to oceanography and related issues are located in the Extension & Experiment Station Communications Films and Videotapes (P 120) and the Sea Grant College Program Films and Videotapes (P 185).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Geophysics--History--Congresses.
  • Geophysics--History--Sources.
  • Oceanography--History--Congresses.
  • Oceanography--History--Sources.
  • Science and state--United States--History--Congresses.
  • Science and state--United States--History--Sources.

Corporate Names

  • Oregon State University. College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences.
  • Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science--History.
  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography--History.
  • Texas A & M University--History.
  • University of Washington--History.
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution--History.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Oral histories.
  • Videotapes.

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Benson, William Edward Barnes, 1919- (interviewee)
    • Byrne, John Vincent, 1928- (interviewee)
    • Doel, Ronald Edmund. (creator)
    • Frieman, Edward A. (interviewee)
    • Frosch, Robert A. (interviewee)
    • Goldberg, Edward D. (interviewee)
    • Hamilton, Gordon. (interviewee)
    • Jennings, Feenan D. (interviewee)
    • Knauss, John A. (interviewee)
    • Leipper, Dale F. (interviewee)
    • Maxwell, Arthur Eugene, 1925- (interviewee)
    • Nierenberg, William Aaron, 1919- (interviewee)
    • Reid, Joseph L. (interviewee)
    • Saalfeld, Fred E. (creator)
    • Small, Lawrence F. (interviewee)
    • Snyder, J. Edward, Jr. (interviewee)
    • Spiess, Fred Noel, 1919- (interviewee)
    • Stewart, James R., 1927- (interviewee)
    • Tharp, Marie. (interviewee)
    • Watkins, James D., 1927- (interviewee)
    • Wooster, Warren S. (Warren Scriver), 1921- (interviewee)

    Corporate Names

    • H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment. (creator)
    • Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Library. Archives. (creator)
    • United States. Office of Naval Research. (creator)


2000

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