| Title: |
Reminiscences of Elizabeth Thompson Bunce
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP86-A43
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Early education; Smith College; physical education teacher; Woods Hole summer job testing explosives; decision to study science at Smith College: M.S. in physics, 1949; Woods Hole from 1951: own specialty in underwater acoustics and seismic, United States Naval Submarine GIBBS 1959 cruise to Mobile, 1962 BEAR cruise, discovery of the nuclear submarine Chain Ridge, role of chief scientist on cruises, effect of sinking of THRESHER on underwater equipment, changes in funding research.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 165 leaves, Tape: 4 cassettes
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1982 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Bunce, Elizabeth Thompson, 1915-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1915
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| Speaker occupation: |
Geophysicist
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| Age at speaking: |
67
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| Document date: |
1982
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| Interviewer: |
Smith, P. K.
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Physicists; Seismology; Women scientists
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Bunce, Elizabeth Thompson, 1915-; Marine geophysics; Underwater acoustics
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0016737-12180
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