Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Alma Kesner, 1997.
Creator: | Kesner, Alma | Project: | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 165 pages Sound recording 5 audiocassettes | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NotePurchasing agent.
Scope and ContentsChildhood: New York City environs; director of book clubs, the Heritage Club and the Readers Club; marriage 1941; early Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory [LDEO] impressions: typist, 1956; informal atmosphere; government security clearance; LDEO purchasing agent and accounts payable manager, 1958-1980: interfacing with Columbia University’s Purchasing and Accounts Payable Departments; government audits; social environment; campus layout; running cafeteria; purchasing supplies for research vessel Vema; transportation of supplies to Bermuda station; impressions of LDEO directors; difficulties expanding LDEO facilities; electronic and machine shops; Columbia Presidential Award Recipient; interpersonal tensions among staff, late 1960s to 1970s; staff departures; reminiscences of colleagues and their families.
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1998
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