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Oral history interview with Stanley Harrison, 1997.

Creator: Harrison, Stanley
Project: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory oral history collection.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 72 pages Sound recording 3 audiocassettes
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Machinist.

Scope and Contents

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.

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