| Title: |
Reminiscences of Allen Varley Astin
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A18
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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: |
Eisenhower Administration Project
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| Description: |
National Bureau of Standards, 1932-67; recollections of Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks; Kelly Committee; moving of Bureau to Gaithersburg, Maryland; change to metric system.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 57 leaves, Tape: 1 reel
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Written permission required. 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 1967 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Astin, Allen Varley, 1904-1984
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1904
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| Speaker occupation: |
Physicist
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| Age at speaking: |
63
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| Document date: |
1967
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| Interviewer: |
Hopper, Paul
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Astin, Allen Varley, 1904-1984; Metric system--Law and legislation; Physicists; Standardization; United States--National Bureau of Standards; Weeks, Sinclair; Weights and measures
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017784-13227
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