Oral history interview with Stanley Harrison 1997
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- Name
- Harrison, Stanley (Interviewee)
- Doel, Ronald (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Stanley Harrison 1997
- Abstract
- Childhood: Canada; New Jersey; Civilian Conservation Corps, 1938, construction work; mechanical interests; World War II Pacific service, machinist; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory [LDEO]: early 1950s, machine shop working environment, supervisors reminiscences Vema research vessel cruises, LDEO biology program, coring apparatus, microscopic photography; LDEO and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute comparison; Alpine Geophysical Associates, colleague reminiscences.
- Collection Name
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory oral history collection
- Subjects
- Harrison, Stanley; Columbia University; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Vema (Ship)
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1997
- Note (Biographical)
- Machinist.
- Note
- Interviewed by Ronald Doel on September 19, 1997.
- Note (Provenance)
- Stanley Harrison, Gift 1998
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13572868
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-7nfg-pz43
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.