| Title: |
Reminiscences of Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A197
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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: |
Consulting with United States military leaders during World War II; post-war activities in civil aviation, marine navigation; scientific adviser to British government ministries; Pugwash conferences; travel; writings; Center for Study of Democratic Institutions.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 121 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1980. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral hstory collection, part IV, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1964 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Watson-Watt, Sir Robert Alexander, 1892-1973
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1892
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| Speaker occupation: |
Physicist
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| Age at speaking: |
72
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| Document date: |
1964
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| Interviewer: |
Mason, John T., 1909-
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Europe; North America; United Kingdom; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Europe; North America; Physicists--Great Britain; United Kingdom; United States; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-; Meteorologists, Great Britain; Radar in aeronautics; Radar in navigation; Scientists in government; Watson-Watt, Robert Alexander, Sir, 1892-1973
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017897-13340
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