NIST ARCHIVES ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION

# TRANSCRIPT/CASSETTE INDEX

##  ON ABC ORDER BY INTERVIEWEE \-- SEE ALSO THE NVL ONLINE CATALOG May 11, 2004

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| 1-1 | 8   | ## Alexa      | On the occasion of the 20th   | Tra     |
|     | /30 | nder, Samuel  | Anniversary Conference of the | nscript |
|     | /67 |               | ACM, Samuel Alexander         | : 98    |
|     |     | Transcript    | received the Harry Goode      | leaves  |
|     |     | from the      | Memorial Award. In the        |         |
|     |     | 20^th^        | transcript of this meeting,   |         |
|     |     | Anniversary   | Samuel Alexander reflects on  |         |
|     |     | Conference of | the pioneering contributions  |         |
|     |     | the           | he made to the introduction   |         |
|     |     | Association   | and exploitation of computers |         |
|     |     | for Computing | in the Federal government.    |         |
|     |     | Machinery     | Also contributing to a panel  |         |
|     |     |               | discussion were - George      |         |
|     |     |               | Stibitz, Richard Bloch, John  |         |
|     |     |               | Mauchly, Herman Goldstine, Ed |         |
|     |     |               | Cannon, Maurice Wilkes, Grace |         |
|     |     |               | Hopper, Jay Forrester and     |         |
|     |     |               | Arnold Cohen. Each            |         |
|     |     |               | participant makes comments    |         |
|     |     |               | about the era with which      |         |
|     |     |               | he/she is familiar in the     |         |
|     |     |               | history of the development of |         |
|     |     |               | the computer.                 |         |
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|     | /67 |               |                               | on file |
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| 1-3 | 3   | **Alt, Franz  | Dr. Franz Alt discusses his   | Tra     |
|     | /13 | L. (Dr.)**    | mathematics/computing career  | nscript |
|     | /69 |               | with the Army at the Aberdeen | : 32    |
|     |     | By Dr. Uta C. | Proving Ground in Aberdeen,   | leaves; |
|     |     | Merzback      | Maryland. He collaborated     | 9 cm    |
|     |     |               | with Derrick Lehmer and       |         |
|     |     |               | Haskell Curry in the          |         |
|     |     |               | Computing Laboratory at NBS   |         |
|     |     |               | and worked on computing       |         |
|     |     |               | firing tables. He discusses   |         |
|     |     |               | relay calculators, Howard     |         |
|     |     |               | Aiken and the design of the   |         |
|     |     |               | Mark II, ENIAC (the first     |         |
|     |     |               | electronic computer), Maurice |         |
|     |     |               | Wickes who established the    |         |
|     |     |               | first working stored program, |         |
|     |     |               | and the floating decimal      |         |
|     |     |               | which was implemented on the  |         |
|     |     |               | Bell Labs relay computers.    |         |
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|     | /13 |               | tapes                         | tapes   |
|     | /69 |               |                               | on file |
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| 1-5 | 1   | **Ambler,     | Ernest Ambler describes the   | Tra     |
|     | 1/7 | Ernest        | contrasts in administrative   | nscript |
|     | /86 | (Dr.)**       | styles between Dr. Allen      | : 18    |
|     |     |               | Astin, Dr. Lewis Branscomb,   | leaves  |
|     |     | NBS Director  | and Dr. Richard Roberts, with | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | the focus on Dr. Roberts. Dr. | cm.     |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | Ambler discusses the Bureau   |         |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | reorganization in 1978 and    |         |
|     |     | and           | the establishment of a        |         |
|     |     |               | program planning, budgeting   |         |
|     |     | Dr. Frederick | and management system at the  |         |
|     |     | Fellows       | Bureau.                       |         |
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| 1-6 | 1   | Same as above | Same as above -- Cassette     | 2 tapes |
|     | 1/7 |               | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /86 |               |                               |         |
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| 1-7 | 7/7 | **Ambler,     | Ernest Ambler discusses his   | Tra     |
|     | /88 | Ernest        | career at NBS during the      | nscript |
|     |     | (Dr.)**       | years 1953-1968. He recalls   | : 36    |
|     |     |               | his work in the Low           | leaves  |
|     |     | NBS Director  | Temperature Physics Lab under | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | Ferdinand Brickwedde, his     | cm.     |
|     |     | 1^st^ in a    | parity work with Chien-Shung  |         |
|     |     | series of     | Wu, the Commerce Gold Metal   |         |
|     |     | three         | in 1957, the Fleming Award in |         |
|     |     | interviews.   | 1961, and his move to the     |         |
|     |     |               | Inorganic Materials Division  |         |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | and into administration. He   |         |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | concludes with the            |         |
|     |     |               | publication in 1976 of his    |         |
|     |     |               | book \"Looking Back : a 75    |         |
|     |     |               | Year Preview of Things to     |         |
|     |     |               | Come\" on the occasion of the |         |
|     |     |               | 75th Anniversary of NBS and   |         |
|     |     |               | he also talks about the Nobel |         |
|     |     |               | prizes that have been awarded |         |
|     |     |               | because of the supporting     |         |
|     |     |               | work and experimentation of   |         |
|     |     |               | the Bureau.                   |         |
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| 1-8 | 7/7 | Same as above | Same as above -- Cassette     | 1 tape  |
|     | /88 |               | tapes                         | on file |
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| 1-9 | 7   | **Ambler,     | Dr. Ambler discusses his      | Tra     |
|     | /27 | Ernest        | years as Director of IBS      | nscript |
|     | /88 | (Dr.)**       | (Institute of Basic           | 36      |
|     |     |               | Standards). His four major    | leaves  |
|     |     | NBS Director  | accomplishments -- the        | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | commencement of the           | cm.     |
|     |     | 2^nd^ in a    | coordinated programs in       |         |
|     |     | series of     | radiometry and neutron        |         |
|     |     | three         | standards, environmental      |         |
|     |     | interviews.   | radioactivity projects, flow  |         |
|     |     |               | metering, and radiation       |         |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | safety. His trip to the       |         |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | Soviet Union, the discovery   |         |
|     |     |               | of the Josephson Effect, his  |         |
|     |     |               | appointment as NBS Deputy     |         |
|     |     |               | Director in 1973 and his      |         |
|     |     |               | appointment as Director by    |         |
|     |     |               | Elliot Richardson.            |         |
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| 1   | 7   | **Ambler,     | Same as above -- Cassette     | 1 tape  |
| -10 | /27 | Ernest        | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /88 | (Dr.)**       |                               |         |
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| 1   | 9   | **Ambler,     | Ernest Ambler discusses his   | Tra     |
| -11 | /22 | Ernest        | career at NBS during the      | nscript |
|     | /88 | (Dr.)**       | years 1975-1988. He recalls   | 31      |
|     |     |               | his nomination by Elliott     | leaves  |
|     |     | NBS Director  | Richardson and confirmation   | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | by Adlai Stevenson. Ambler    | cm.     |
|     |     | 3^rd^ in a    | considers his two major       |         |
|     |     | series of     | accomplishments to be the     |         |
|     |     | three         | creation of the Engineering   |         |
|     |     | interviews.   | Laboratory and the            |         |
|     |     |               | reorganization of Boulder. He |         |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | was a U.S. representative to  |         |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | CIPM and a U. S.              |         |
|     |     |               | representative to the Board   |         |
|     |     |               | of Governors of the BIRD      |         |
|     |     |               | Foundation. Through his       |         |
|     |     |               | association with the CIPM,    |         |
|     |     |               | the Bureau accomplished many  |         |
|     |     |               | things \-- including the      |         |
|     |     |               | redefinition of the meter,    |         |
|     |     |               | the candella and the          |         |
|     |     |               | electrical unit. The Malcolm  |         |
|     |     |               | Baldrige Award was initiated  |         |
|     |     |               | under his Directorship        |         |
|     |     |               | through the efforts of Curt   |         |
|     |     |               | Reimann.                      |         |
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| 1   | 9   | Same as above | Same as above -- Cassette     | 1 tape  |
| -12 | /22 |               | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /88 |               |                               |         |
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| 1   | 9   | **Astin,      | Allen Astin discusses his 37  | Tra     |
| -13 | /22 | Allen Varley  | year career at NBS. He talks  | nscript |
|     | /81 | (Dr.)** --    | about his work in dielectrics | : 31    |
|     |     | 1904-1984     | and electronic                | pages ; |
|     |     |               | instrumentation, his          | 29 cm.  |
|     |     | 1^st^ of 2    | proximity fuze work with      |         |
|     |     | interviews.   | Lawrence Taylor and           |         |
|     |     |               | radiosonde work with his      |         |
|     |     | By: Karma     | competitor Harry Diamond.     |         |
|     |     | Beal,         | Astin remembers the           |         |
|     |     |               | Directorships of Edward       |         |
|     |     | Robert        | Condon and Lyman Briggs and   |         |
|     |     | Huntoon,      | discusses their similar goals |         |
|     |     |               | for the Bureau. Astin         |         |
|     |     | Archibal T.   | discusses his mission to      |         |
|     |     | McPherson,    | create the national           |         |
|     |     |               | measurement system, his       |         |
|     |     | Dr. Churchill | proposal of the National      |         |
|     |     | Eisenhart,    | Institutes of Science and     |         |
|     |     |               | Technology, and the           |         |
|     |     | Richard       | implementation of the NBS     |         |
|     |     | Franzen,      | Standard and the Hot Gas      |         |
|     |     |               | Group \-- his intent to       |         |
|     |     | Laurence      | improve communication at the  |         |
|     |     | Wood, and     | lab.                          |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     | Walter        |                               |         |
|     |     | Weinstein     |                               |         |
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| -14 | /22 |               |                               | nscript |
|     | /81 |               |                               |         |
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| 1   | 9   | Same as above | Same as above -- 3^rd^ folder | Tra     |
| -15 | /22 |               |                               | nscript |
|     | /81 |               |                               |         |
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| 1   | 9   | Same as above | Same as above -- Recording    | 1 tape  |
| -16 | /22 |               | tape                          | on file |
|     | /81 |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               | 3600'0.5 MIL Polyester -- 7"  | 7" REEL |
|     |     |               | REEL                          |         |
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| 1   | 9   | Same as above | Same as above -- Cassette     | 6 tapes |
| -17 | /22 |               | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /81 |               |                               |         |
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| 1   | 9   | Same as above | Same as above -- Cassette     | 4 tapes |
| -18 | /22 |               | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /81 |               |                               |         |
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| 1   | 7   | Astin, Allen  | This is the second interview  | Tra     |
| -19 | /12 | Varley (Dr.)  | with Dr. Allen V. Astin,      | nscript |
|     | /83 | 1904-1984     | former Director of the Bureau | : 70    |
|     |     |               | from 1952 to 1969. Dr. Astin  | leaves; |
|     |     | 2^nd^ of 2    | discusses the battery         | 29 cm.  |
|     |     | interviews.   | additive controversy of AD-X2 |         |
|     |     |               | and the Bureau's move from    |         |
|     |     | By: Robert S. | Washington, D.C. to           |         |
|     |     | Walleigh,     | Gaithersburg in the 1950's.   |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     | Dr. Churchill |                               |         |
|     |     | Eisenhart,    |                               |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     | Walter J.     |                               |         |
|     |     | Hamer, and    |                               |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     | Walter W.     |                               |         |
|     |     | Weinstein     |                               |         |
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| 1   | 7   | Same as above | Same as above -- 2^nd^ folder | Tra     |
| -20 | /12 |               |                               | nscript |
|     | /83 |               |                               |         |
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| 1   | 7   | Same as above | Same as above -- Cassette     | 4 tapes |
| -21 | /12 |               | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /83 |               |                               |         |
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| 1   | 9   | Same as above | Same as above -- Cassette     | 4 tapes |
| -22 | /12 |               | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /83 |               |                               |         |
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| 1   | 9   | Same as above | Same as above -- 7" REEL,     | 1 tape  |
| -23 | /12 |               |                               | on file |
|     | /83 |               | 178 mm. Recording tape        |         |
|     |     |               |                               | 7" REEL |
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| 2   | 8/3 | ## Ba         | SEE Oral history interview    | Empty   |
| -24 | /98 | iley, William | with Fire Research Program.   | file.   |
|     |     |               | Participants include          |         |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | Alexander F. Robertson \[et   | SEE     |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | al.\], August 3, 1998.        |         |
|     |     |               |                               | Fire    |
|     |     |               |                               | R       |
|     |     |               |                               | esearch |
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| 2   | 5   | Barnes, James | James A. Barnes, former Chief | Tra     |
| -25 | /10 | A. (Dr.)      | of the Time and Frequency     | nscript |
|     | /87 |               | Division in Boulder, gives an | : 45    |
|     |     | By Mrs. Karma | account of his NBS career     | leaves  |
|     |     | Beal          | from 1956-1983. He talks      | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | about his continuous          | cm.     |
|     |     |               | involvement with time and     |         |
|     |     |               | frequency standards and other |         |
|     |     |               | projects he was involved in,  |         |
|     |     |               | including : research on       |         |
|     |     |               | developing new ways of        |         |
|     |     |               | transferring time and         |         |
|     |     |               | frequency and dissemination   |         |
|     |     |               | of standards through radio.   |         |
|     |     |               | Barnes recalls the            |         |
|     |     |               | differences and similarities  |         |
|     |     |               | in NBS and the Naval          |         |
|     |     |               | Observatory in providing      |         |
|     |     |               | standard time and frequency   |         |
|     |     |               | services. He also talks about |         |
|     |     |               | the development of closed     |         |
|     |     |               | captioning for TV and shares  |         |
|     |     |               | anecdotes on the atomic       |         |
|     |     |               | clock.                        |         |
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| 2   | 5   | **Barnes,     | Same as above -- Cassette     | 2 tapes |
| -26 | /10 | James A.      | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /87 | (Dr.)**       |                               |         |
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| 2   | 2   | Baruch,       | Jordan Baruch remembers his   | Tra     |
| -27 | /13 | Jordan J.     | early career teaching the     | nscript |
|     | /01 |               | management of technological   | : 19    |
|     |     | By: Mr.       | change and his subsequent     | leaves; |
|     |     | Russell       | position as Assistant         | 29 cm   |
|     |     | Kirsch        | Secretary of Commerce for     |         |
|     |     |               | Science and Technology during |         |
|     |     |               | the Carter Administration.    |         |
|     |     |               | Baruch talks about some of    |         |
|     |     |               | the political, economic and   |         |
|     |     |               | social events the Bureau has  |         |
|     |     |               | been challenged by, i.e., the |         |
|     |     |               | development of the Data       |         |
|     |     |               | Encryption Standard, the      |         |
|     |     |               | battery additive              |         |
|     |     |               | case,artificial intelligence  |         |
|     |     |               | and DNA research. Baruch also |         |
|     |     |               | recalls his relationship with |         |
|     |     |               | Frank Press, Science Advisor  |         |
|     |     |               | to President Carter, and      |         |
|     |     |               | Bruce Smith\'s book :         |         |
|     |     |               | Brookings Institute -         |         |
|     |     |               | American Science Policy Since |         |
|     |     |               | WWII. Jordan Baruch ends his  |         |
|     |     |               | narrative with a discussion   |         |
|     |     |               | of the importance of the LISP |         |
|     |     |               | programming language.         |         |
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| 2   | 2   | Same as above | Same as above -- Cassette     | 1 tape  |
| -28 | /13 |               | tapes and Diskette            | and     |
|     | /01 |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               |                               | 1 disk  |
|     |     |               |                               | on file |
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| 2   | 5   | Bender, P. L. | Peter Bender discusses his    | Tra     |
| -29 | /12 |               | career in precision           | nscript |
|     | /87 | (Peter        | measurements at the Joint     | : 8     |
|     |     | Leopold),     | Institute for Laboratory      | pages ; |
|     |     | 1930-         | Astrophysics in Boulder,      | 29 cm   |
|     |     |               | Colorado. He talks about his  |         |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | work in optical pumping,      |         |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | working with students at the  |         |
|     |     |               | University of Colorado, the   |         |
|     |     |               | project to put reflectors on  |         |
|     |     |               | the moon (retroreflector      |         |
|     |     |               | package was included on       |         |
|     |     |               | Apollo XI). Bender discusses  |         |
|     |     |               | his work to test              |         |
|     |     |               | gravitational theory, the     |         |
|     |     |               | Laser Geodynamic Satellite    |         |
|     |     |               | and his interest in           |         |
|     |     |               | geophysical measurements.     |         |
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| 2   | 5   | **Bender, P.  | Same as above -- Cassette     | 1 tape  |
| -30 | /12 | L.**          | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /87 |               |                               |         |
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| 2   | 5   | Beehler,      | Roger Beehler recalls his     | Tra     |
| -31 | /12 | Roger E.      | career in atomic frequency    | nscript |
|     | /87 |               | standards at the Time and     | : 45    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | Frequency Division, Boulder   | leaves  |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | Labs. Beehler discusses the   | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | development of the atomic     | cm.     |
|     |     |               | clock and the dissemination   |         |
|     |     |               | of time standards. He recalls |         |
|     |     |               | the Emmy NBS received for its |         |
|     |     |               | contributions in the T.V.     |         |
|     |     |               | captioning system, the        |         |
|     |     |               | \"Relay\" satellite which     |         |
|     |     |               | exchanged signals between     |         |
|     |     |               | Washington, D.C. and Europe   |         |
|     |     |               | allowing measurements to be   |         |
|     |     |               | made at both ends of the      |         |
|     |     |               | length, the GOES weather      |         |
|     |     |               | satellites, the Global        |         |
|     |     |               | Position Satellite system,    |         |
|     |     |               | and the International Atomic  |         |
|     |     |               | Time Scale..                  |         |
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| 2   | 5   | Same as above | Same as above -- Cassette     | 1 tape  |
| -32 | /12 |               | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /87 |               |                               |         |
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| 2   | 5   | Birmingham,   | Bascomb Birmingham, former    | Tra     |
| -33 | /11 | B. W.         | Director of Boulder           | nscript |
|     | /87 |               | Laboratories, recalls the     | : 10    |
|     |     | 1925-         | Cryogenic Engineering         | pages ; |
|     |     |               | Program.                      | 29 cm   |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      |                               |         |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | He talks about the evolution  |         |
|     |     |               | of the organization, the      |         |
|     |     |               | reorganizations at NBS, the   |         |
|     |     |               | formation of JILA in 1962. He |         |
|     |     |               | recalls how the Cryogenics    |         |
|     |     |               | Program became known for      |         |
|     |     |               | their data center to          |         |
|     |     |               | disseminate information, and  |         |
|     |     |               | he talks about some of the    |         |
|     |     |               | major accomplishments         |         |
|     |     |               | -including the conversion of  |         |
|     |     |               | orthohydrogen to              |         |
|     |     |               | parahydrogen, the pioneering  |         |
|     |     |               | effort in the 60\'s to use    |         |
|     |     |               | high speed turbo              |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               | expansion machinery using gas |         |
|     |     |               | lubricated bearings, the      |         |
|     |     |               | total materials and welding   |         |
|     |     |               | analysis for the Alaska       |         |
|     |     |               | Pipeline, the Cryogenic Flow  |         |
|     |     |               | Measurement Facility and the  |         |
|     |     |               | CARE (Career Awareness and    |         |
|     |     |               | Resource Education) Program.  |         |
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| 2   | 5   | **Birmingham, | Same as above -- Cassette     | 1 tape  |
| -34 | /11 | B. W.**       | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /87 |               |                               |         |
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| 2   | 5   | Birmingham,   | Bascomb Birmingham, Victor    | Tran    |
| -35 | /13 | B. W.         | Johnson and Neil Olien        | scripts |
|     | /87 |               | discuss the Cryogenics        | : 58    |
|     |     | 1925-         | Program in Boulder. They talk | leaves  |
|     |     |               | about the design and purpose  | ; 29    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | of the hydrogen liquifier,    | cm.     |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | the creation of the Cryogenic |         |
|     |     |               | Data Center, the              |         |
|     |     |               | dissemination of cryogenic    |         |
|     |     |               | engineering know-how, the     |         |
|     |     |               | bubble chamber, the           |         |
|     |     |               | capabilities of the           |         |
|     |     |               | organization to measure fluid |         |
|     |     |               | properties, solid properties  |         |
|     |     |               | and slush, the liquified      |         |
|     |     |               | natural gas industry and the  |         |
|     |     |               | wet bomb and dry bomb.        |         |
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| 2   | 5   | Same as above | Same as above -- 2^nd^ folder | Tra     |
| -36 | /13 |               |                               | nscript |
|     | /87 |               |                               |         |
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| 2   | 5   | Same as above | Same as above -- 3^rd^ folder | Tra     |
| -37 | /13 |               |                               | nscript |
|     | /87 |               |                               |         |
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| 2   | 5   | Same as above | Same as above -- Cassette     | 2 tapes |
| -38 | /13 |               | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /87 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 2   | 5   | Blanch,       | Dr. Blanch discusses her work | Tra     |
| -39 | /16 | Gertrude      | on the Mathematical Tables    | nscript |
|     | /73 | (Dr.)         | Project; her employment at    | : 56    |
|     |     |               | Electroda Corporation; and    | leaves  |
|     |     | By: Henry     | her Mathieu functions work at | ; 29    |
|     |     | Troop         | Wright-Patterson Air Force    | cm.     |
|     |     |               | Base. She also discusses her  |         |
|     |     |               | association with the          |         |
|     |     |               | Institute for Numerical       |         |
|     |     |               | Analysis.                     |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
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| -40 | /16 |               | tapes                         | tapes   |
|     | /73 |               |                               | on file |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 2   | 10  | Blum, William | Dr. William Blum, former      | Tra     |
| -41 | /27 | (Dr.)         | Chief of the                  | nscript |
|     | /65 |               | Electrodeposition Section,    | : 121   |
|     |     | 1981-         | remembers his distinguished   | leaves  |
|     |     |               | career at NBS from 1909-1953. | ; 29 cm |
|     |     | By: Wendell   | He recalls his work in        |         |
|     |     | Miles         | analytical chemistry and      |         |
|     |     |               | electrodeposition and his     |         |
|     |     |               | work with the Chemical        |         |
|     |     |               | Warefare Divison during WWI.  |         |
|     |     |               | Dr. Blum also discusses his   |         |
|     |     |               | awards, his memberships in    |         |
|     |     |               | professional societies, and   |         |
|     |     |               | the many lectures he gave on  |         |
|     |     |               | their behalf. Dr. Blum ends   |         |
|     |     |               | with a remembrance of the     |         |
|     |     |               | many personal contacts he     |         |
|     |     |               | made over the years including |         |
|     |     |               | his associations with Dr.     |         |
|     |     |               | Hillebrand (NBS), Willis R.   |         |
|     |     |               | Whitney, William A. Noyes,    |         |
|     |     |               | Dr. Glasstone, Neil Gordon    |         |
|     |     |               | (one of the founders of the   |         |
|     |     |               | Journal of Chemical           |         |
|     |     |               | Education), Charlie Parsons,  |         |
|     |     |               | and E.W. Washburn.            |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 2   | 10  | **Blum,       | Same as above -- Cassette     | 3 tapes |
| -42 | /27 | William       | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /65 | (Dr.)**       |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 2   | 10  | Same as above | Same as above -- 7" REEL      | 1 tape  |
| -43 | /27 |               | recording tape                | on file |
|     | /65 |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               |                               | 7" REEL |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 2   | 11  | Brady, Edward | Dr. Edward L. Brady,          | Tra     |
| -44 | /10 | L. (Dr.)      | Associate Director of         | nscript |
|     | /86 |               | International Affairs,        | : 24    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | National Bureau of Standards, | leaves  |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | summarizes his thoughts on    | ; 29    |
|     |     | and           | the Directorship of Dr.       | cm.     |
|     |     |               | Richard Roberts. Dr. Brady    |         |
|     |     | Dr. Fred      | characterizes Roberts\'       |         |
|     |     | Fellows       | strengths and weaknesses and  |         |
|     |     |               | his principle contributions   |         |
|     |     |               | to NBS\--namely, more formal  |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               | management techniques and the |         |
|     |     |               | development of a budget and   |         |
|     |     |               | management system. Brady also |         |
|     |     |               | discusses the Clearinghouse   |         |
|     |     |               | for Federal Scientific        |         |
|     |     |               | Information (now NTIS), the   |         |
|     |     |               | management styles of Lewis    |         |
|     |     |               | Branscomb and Ernest Ambler,  |         |
|     |     |               | and the Bureau\'s most        |         |
|     |     |               | important programs since      |         |
|     |     |               | World War II.                 |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 2   | 11  | **Brady,      | Same as above -- Cassette     | 2 tapes |
| -45 | /10 | Edward L.     | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /86 | (Dr.)**       |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 2   | 7   | Brady, Edward | Edward Brady, Associate       | Tra     |
| -46 | /14 | L. (Dr.)      | Director for International    | nscript |
|     | /87 |               | Affairs, National Bureau of   | : 12    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | Standards, discusses the      | leaves  |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | international aspects of his  | ; 29    |
|     |     | and           | career. Dr. Brady recalls his | cm.     |
|     |     |               | association with the Atomic   |         |
|     |     | Dr. Steffen   | Energy Commission in London   |         |
|     |     | Peiser        | and Austria and the BIRD      |         |
|     |     |               | Foundation. Brady recalls his |         |
|     |     |               | experiences in negotiating    |         |
|     |     |               | agreements for cooperation,   |         |
|     |     |               | and establishing joint        |         |
|     |     |               | projects between the U.S. and |         |
|     |     |               | foreign countries as          |         |
|     |     |               | preparation for his work at   |         |
|     |     |               | the Bureau.                   |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 2   | 7   | Same as above | Same as above -- Cassette     | 1 tape  |
| -47 | /14 |               | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /87 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 2   | 7   | Brady, Edward | Edward Brady, Associate       | Tra     |
| -48 | /30 | L. (Dr.)      | Director for International    | nscript |
|     | /87 |               | Affairs, National Bureau of   | : 10    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | Standards, discusses the      | leaves  |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | cooperation between the       | ; 29    |
|     |     | and           | National Bureau of Standards  | cm.     |
|     |     |               | and the People\'s Republic of |         |
|     |     | Dr. Steffen   | China. In particular, Dr.     |         |
|     |     | Peiser        | Brady recalls NBS\'s          |         |
|     |     |               | relationship with the Chinese |         |
|     |     |               | State Bureau of Metrology.    |         |
|     |     |               | This relationship formally    |         |
|     |     |               | began in May of 1979.         |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 2   | 7   | Same as above | Same as above -- Cassette     | 1 tape  |
| -49 | /30 |               | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /87 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 2   | 8/5 | Brady, Edward | Dr. Brady, Associate Director | Tra     |
| -50 | /87 | L. (Dr.)      | for International Affairs,    | nscript |
|     |     |               | National Bureau of Standards, | : 18    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | discusses the International   | leaves  |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | Bureau of Weights and         | ; 29 cm |
|     |     | and           | Measures and the Treaty of    |         |
|     |     |               | the                           |         |
|     |     | Dr. Steffen   |                               |         |
|     |     | Peiser        | Meter. He also talks about    |         |
|     |     |               | the Pavillon de Breteuil in   |         |
|     |     |               | Sevres, France, the kilogram  |         |
|     |     |               | prototype, the four major     |         |
|     |     |               | publications of the BIPM, the |         |
|     |     |               | definition of the meter, and  |         |
|     |     |               | the effectiveness of other    |         |
|     |     |               | national standards            |         |
|     |     |               | laboratories.                 |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 2   | 8/5 | Same as above | Same as above -- Cassette     | 1 tape  |
| -51 | /87 |               | tapes                         | on file |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 2   | 8   | Brady, Edward | Dr. Edward Brady, Associate   | Tra     |
| -52 | /10 | L. (Dr.)      | Director for International    | nscript |
|     | /87 |               | Affairs, National Bureau of   | : 18    |
|     |     | By: Dr. David | Standards discusses the       | leaves  |
|     |     | R. Lide       | Standard Reference Data       | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | Program. He also talks to Dr. | cm.     |
|     |     |               | Lide about the Standard       |         |
|     |     |               | Reference Data Act, the       |         |
|     |     |               | Journal of Physical and       |         |
|     |     |               | Chemical Reference Data,      |         |
|     |     |               | COSATI (Committee on          |         |
|     |     |               | Scientific and Technical      |         |
|     |     |               | Information, and CODATA       |         |
|     |     |               | (Committee on Data for        |         |
|     |     |               | Science and                   |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               | Technology).                  |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 2   | 8   | Same as above | Same as above -- 2^nd^ folder | Tra     |
| -53 | /10 |               |                               | nscript |
|     | /87 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 2   | 8   | Same as above | Same as above -- Cassette     | 1 tape  |
| -54 | /10 |               | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /87 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 2   | 8   | Brady, Edward | Dr. Brady, Associate Director | Tra     |
| -55 | /12 | L. (Dr.)      | for International Affairs,    | nscript |
|     | /87 |               | National Bureau of Standards, | : 16    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | discusses the international   | leaves  |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | aspects of the National       | ; 29 cm |
|     |     | and           | Bureau of Standards. He talks |         |
|     |     |               | about the Treaty of the       |         |
|     |     | Dr. Steffen   | Meter, budgeting matters      |         |
|     |     | Peiser        | regarding the International   |         |
|     |     |               | Bureau of Weights and         |         |
|     |     |               | Measures, the Organic Act,    |         |
|     |     |               | guest workers from other      |         |
|     |     |               | laboratories abroad at NBS    |         |
|     |     |               | vs. research in foreign       |         |
|     |     |               | institutions by NBS staff,    |         |
|     |     |               | and Ernest Ambler\'s practice |         |
|     |     |               | to establish contacts with    |         |
|     |     |               | foreign science attaches and  |         |
|     |     |               | counselors.                   |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 2   | 8   | Same as above | Same as above -- Cassette     | 1 tape  |
| -56 | /12 |               | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /87 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 2   | 8   | Brady, Edward | Dr. Brady, Associate Director | Tra     |
| -57 | /17 | L. (Dr.)      | for International Affairs,    | nscript |
|     | /87 |               | National Bureau of Standards, | : 20    |
|     |     | By: Reeves    | is interviewed by Reeves      | leaves  |
|     |     | Tilley        | Tilley, former Chief of the   | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | Technical Information and     | cm.     |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               | Publications Division         |         |
|     |     |               | regarding the NBS             |         |
|     |     |               | Publications Program. Brady   |         |
|     |     |               | discusses the National        |         |
|     |     |               | Standards                     |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               | Reference Data Program, it\'s |         |
|     |     |               | publications, and the Journal |         |
|     |     |               | of Physical and Chemical      |         |
|     |     |               | Reference Data. Brady also    |         |
|     |     |               | talks about his chairmanship  |         |
|     |     |               | of WERB from 1969-1987 and    |         |
|     |     |               | the NBS publications          |         |
|     |     |               | \--Research Highlights,       |         |
|     |     |               | Technical News Bulletin and   |         |
|     |     |               | Dimensions NBS.               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 2   | 8   | **Brady,      | Same as above -- 2^nd^ folder | Tra     |
| -58 | /17 | Edward L.     |                               | nscript |
|     | /87 | (Dr.)**       |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 2   | 8   | Same as above | Same as above -- Cassette     | 1 tape  |
| -59 | /17 |               | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /87 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 2   | 8   | Brady, Edward | Dr. Edward L. Brady,          | Tra     |
| -60 | /31 | L. (Dr.)      | Associate Director of         | nscript |
|     | /87 |               | International Affairs,        | : 8     |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | National Bureau of Standards, | leaves  |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | comments on NBS collection of | ; 29 cm |
|     |     | and           | scientific information and    |         |
|     |     |               | the activities of the U.S.    |         |
|     |     | Dr. Steffen   | intelligence agencies. Brady  |         |
|     |     | Peiser        | discusses his relationship    |         |
|     |     |               | with the Director and Deputy  |         |
|     |     |               | Director of NBS and his       |         |
|     |     |               | colleagues. Dr. Brady         |         |
|     |     |               | acknowledges that he was      |         |
|     |     |               | instrumental in helping to    |         |
|     |     |               | set up the Oral History       |         |
|     |     |               | Program with Dr. Huntoon and  |         |
|     |     |               | that he was successful in     |         |
|     |     |               | helping to set up             |         |
|     |     |               | international cooperative     |         |
|     |     |               | activities involving NBS and  |         |
|     |     |               | foreign countries.            |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 2   | 8   | Same as above | Same as above -- Cassette     | 1 tape  |
| -61 | /31 |               | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /87 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 3   | 7   | Branscomb,    | Dr. Branscomb, former         | Tra     |
| -62 | /11 | Lewis M.      | director of NBS, recalls his  | nscript |
|     | /88 | (Dr.) 1926-   | arrival at NBS in 1951 by     | :       |
|     |     |               | invitation from Edward Condon |         |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | to pursue the measurement of  |         |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | the absorption of light by    |         |
|     |     |               | the negative ion of atomic    |         |
|     |     |               | hydrogen. Branscomb discusses |         |
|     |     |               | his work in Civil Defense     |         |
|     |     |               | with Lauriston Taylor,        |         |
|     |     |               | radiometric calibration       |         |
|     |     |               | research, Herb Broida\'s free |         |
|     |     |               | radical project, the 1954     |         |
|     |     |               | Battery Additive AD-X2        |         |
|     |     |               | controversy, the special      |         |
|     |     |               | program he set up on failure  |         |
|     |     |               | analysis, his Rockefeller     |         |
|     |     |               | Public Service Award, and     |         |
|     |     |               | Douglas Whitlock who objected |         |
|     |     |               | to Bureau efforts to reform   |         |
|     |     |               | the building code system in   |         |
|     |     |               | the U.S. Branscomb also       |         |
|     |     |               | reveals the important efforts |         |
|     |     |               | of the Bureau during his      |         |
|     |     |               | tenure \--contribution to     |         |
|     |     |               | data analysis, analysis of    |         |
|     |     |               | properties of matter and      |         |
|     |     |               | materials and the             |         |
|     |     |               | dissemination of that         |         |
|     |     |               | information out to the        |         |
|     |     |               | technical public. Lewis       |         |
|     |     |               | Branscomb also talks about    |         |
|     |     |               | the Bureau of the 1950\'s as  |         |
|     |     |               | a unique research environment |         |
|     |     |               | for the nation, and the       |         |
|     |     |               | integrity of the institute    |         |
|     |     |               | under Allen Astin.            |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 3   | 7   | Same as above | Same as above -- 2^nd^ folder | Tra     |
| -63 | /11 |               |                               | nscript |
|     | /88 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 3   | 7   | Same as above | Same as above -- Cassette     | 2 tapes |
| -64 | /11 |               | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /88 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 3   | 7   | Branscomb,    | Dr. Branscomb, former         | Tra     |
| -65 | /12 | Lewis M.      | director of NBS, recalls the  | nscript |
|     | /88 | (Dr.) 1926-   | history of JILA in Boulder,   | :       |
|     |     |               | being editor of \"Reviews of  |         |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | Modern Physics\", his         |         |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | interest in scientific and    |         |
|     |     |               | technical information and his |         |
|     |     |               | involvement in the High Level |         |
|     |     |               | Policy Group on this          |         |
|     |     |               | activity, and the creation of |         |
|     |     |               | CODATA. Lewis Branscomb also  |         |
|     |     |               | talks about the retirement of |         |
|     |     |               | Allen Astin and how he was    |         |
|     |     |               | appointed Director of the     |         |
|     |     |               | Bureau. He recalls his        |         |
|     |     |               | association with Maurice      |         |
|     |     |               | Stans and Pete Peterson, his  |         |
|     |     |               | efforts to increase the       |         |
|     |     |               | budget for the Bureau, the    |         |
|     |     |               | organization of the Bureau    |         |
|     |     |               | into Institutes and the       |         |
|     |     |               | individuals he chose to lead  |         |
|     |     |               | these teams, and his creation |         |
|     |     |               | of the Precision Measurement  |         |
|     |     |               | Grants Progam.                |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 3   | 7   | **Branscomb,  | Same as above -- 2^nd^ folder | Tra     |
| -66 | /12 | Lewis M.**    |                               | nscript |
|     | /88 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 3   | 7   | Same as above | Same as above -- Cassette     | 1 tape  |
| -67 | /12 |               | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /88 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 3   | 7   | Branscomb,    | Dr. Branscomb, former         | Tra     |
| -68 | /13 | Lewis M.      | director of NBS, recalls the  | nscript |
|     | /88 | (Dr.) 1926-   | role of ONR at the Bureau in  | :       |
|     |     |               | the 1950\'s, the Metric       |         |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | Program and Dan DiSimone\'s   |         |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | role, the International       |         |
|     |     |               | aspects of the                |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               | Bureau\'s Programs, the Air   |         |
|     |     |               | Pollution Research Program,   |         |
|     |     |               | the Consumer Product Safety   |         |
|     |     |               | Commission, and the NRA and   |         |
|     |     |               | writing specifications for    |         |
|     |     |               | firearms. Branscomb also      |         |
|     |     |               | discusses the reasons for his |         |
|     |     |               | departure to IBM, the         |         |
|     |     |               | Bureau\'s constituency, his   |         |
|     |     |               | suggestions for reinventing   |         |
|     |     |               | the Rockefeller Public        |         |
|     |     |               | Service Award, and his hiring |         |
|     |     |               | of Ed Condon while head of    |         |
|     |     |               | JILA.                         |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 3   | 7   | Same as above | Same as above -- 2^nd^ folder | Tra     |
| -69 | /13 |               |                               | nscript |
|     | /88 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 3   | 7   | Same as above | Same as above -- Cassette     | 2 tapes |
| -70 | /13 |               | Tapes                         | on file |
|     | /88 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 3   | 4   | ## Brick      | Oral history of Ferdinand     | Tra     |
| -71 | /22 | wedde, F. G.  | Brickwedde -\"On the Fiftieth | nscript |
|     | /81 |               | Anniversary of the Discovery  | : 17    |
|     |     | (Ferdinand    | of Deuterium\" - a paper      | leaves  |
|     |     | Graft) 1903-  |                               | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | presented at the American     | cm.     |
|     |     |               | Physical Society on April 22, |         |
|     |     |               | 1981. Brickwedde presents his |         |
|     |     |               | recollections on the          |         |
|     |     |               | discovery of deutrium in a    |         |
|     |     |               | speech that he delivered at   |         |
|     |     |               | the American Physical Society |         |
|     |     |               | Meeting on April 22, 1981 in  |         |
|     |     |               | Baltimore, Maryland.          |         |
|     |     |               | Brickwedde also gives         |         |
|     |     |               | extensive information on his  |         |
|     |     |               | collaboration with Harold     |         |
|     |     |               | Urey.                         |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 3   | 4   | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | No      |
| -72 | /22 | Same as above | tapes                         | tapes   |
|     | /81 |               |                               | on file |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 3   | 3   | ## Brown, Wa  | Dr. Walter Brown recalls his  | Tran    |
| -73 | /21 | lter E. (Dr,) | arrival at NBS in 1962 and    | scripts |
|     | /91 |               | his work in the Dental        | : 13    |
|     |     | d\. 1993      | Research Program with Dr.     | leaves  |
|     |     |               | George Paffenbarger. He       | ; 28    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | discusses his work in calcium | cm.     |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | phosphate and the             |         |
|     |     | and           | contributions that were made  |         |
|     |     |               | with calcium phosphate cement |         |
|     |     | Mr. Elio      | and a material that he        |         |
|     |     | Passaglia     | developed to fill in          |         |
|     |     |               | osteoporatic bones.           |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 3   | 3   | ## Brown, Wa  | Same as above -- Cassette     | No      |
| -74 | /21 | lter E. (Dr.) | tapes                         | tapes   |
|     | /91 |               |                               | on file |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 3   | 8/8 | ## Cahn,      | Ruth Haueter Cahn discusses   | Tra     |
| -75 | /95 |  Ruth Haueter | her career at NBS and her     | nscript |
|     |     |               | work on the SEAC computer.    | : 16    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | She talks about her work in   | leaves  |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | \"dynamic circuitry\" and her | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | associations with Ralph       | cm.     |
|     |     |               | Stutz, Bill Davis, Ida Rhodes |         |
|     |     |               | and Sam Alexander. Ms. Cahn   |         |
|     |     |               | also discusses her work on    |         |
|     |     |               | the design of the outscriber, |         |
|     |     |               | the fact that most of the     |         |
|     |     |               | engineers working on the SEAC |         |
|     |     |               | had backgrounds in radio, and |         |
|     |     |               | that NBS didn\'t discriminate |         |
|     |     |               | against women in the computer |         |
|     |     |               | field.                        |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 3   | 8/8 | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | 2 tapes |
| -76 | /95 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 3   | 6   | ## Condon,    | Oral history interview with   | Tra     |
| -77 | /20 |  Edward Uhler | Churchill Eisenhart, Reeves   | nscript |
|     | /86 |               | Tilley, Robert Huntoon, Jacob | : 69    |
|     |     | 1902-1974     | Rabinow, Lauriston Taylor,    | leaves  |
|     |     |               | Walter Hamer remembering      | ; 29    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | Edward Condon, June 20, 1986. | cm.     |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | C. Eisenhart, R. Tilley, R.   |         |
|     |     |               | Huntoon, J. Rabinow, L.       |         |
|     |     |               | Taylor, and W. Hamer talk     |         |
|     |     |               | about the personal side of    |         |
|     |     |               | Edward Condon, the Bureau\'s  |         |
|     |     |               | fourth Director (1945-1951).  |         |
|     |     |               | They share many stories that  |         |
|     |     |               | reflect his intellectual      |         |
|     |     |               | curiosity and significant     |         |
|     |     |               | impact on the Bureau. Some of |         |
|     |     |               | these recollections include:  |         |
|     |     |               | his recruitment of Churchill  |         |
|     |     |               | Eisenhart, Lewis Branscomb    |         |
|     |     |               | and many others, he would     |         |
|     |     |               | wander through the labs on    |         |
|     |     |               | the weekends, he thought the  |         |
|     |     |               | Bureau should publish a       |         |
|     |     |               | handbook on physics and he    |         |
|     |     |               | wrote 17 chapters, he was an  |         |
|     |     |               | extraordinary extemporaneous  |         |
|     |     |               | speaker, the Condon Award was |         |
|     |     |               | established in honor of his   |         |
|     |     |               | excellent writing abiity, he  |         |
|     |     |               | expanded the library, and was |         |
|     |     |               | responsible for the creation  |         |
|     |     |               | of the NBS Report Series.     |         |
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| -78 | /20 |  Edward Uhler |                               | nscript |
|     | /86 |               |                               |         |
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| 3   | 6/8 | ## Cook, Ric  | Dr. Richard Cook came to the  | Tra     |
| -80 | /88 | hard K. (Dr.) | Bureau in 1935 and began his  | nscript |
|     |     |               | career studying vibration in  | : 31    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | airplane wings and            | leaves  |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | calibrating proving rings,    | ; 29 cm |
|     |     |               | testing machines and strain   |         |
|     |     |               | gauges. Dr. Cook remembers    |         |
|     |     |               | Louis Tuckerman and the       |         |
|     |     |               | invention of the strain gauge |         |
|     |     |               | in the 1920s, his acoustic    |         |
|     |     |               | proximity fuze work during    |         |
|     |     |               | the war, his work in solid    |         |
|     |     |               | state physics and ultrasonics |         |
|     |     |               | at Bell labs, and his work at |         |
|     |     |               | NOA in geoacoustics. Cooks    |         |
|     |     |               | also recalls Harry Diamond    |         |
|     |     |               | Labs and the work in acoustic |         |
|     |     |               | minds on land, his assignment |         |
|     |     |               | to the Director\'s Office as  |         |
|     |     |               | Special Assistant in          |         |
|     |     |               | Acoustics, the Noise Control  |         |
|     |     |               | Act and the anechoic chamber  |         |
|     |     |               | at NBS. Dr. Cook ends with    |         |
|     |     |               | highlights of the awards he   |         |
|     |     |               | received.                     |         |
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| -81 | /88 | Same as above |                               | nscript |
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| -82 | /88 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
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| 3   | 1   | ## Cook, Ric  | Interview 2 -- Cassette tapes | 1 tape  |
| -83 | 0/5 | hard K. (Dr.) |                               | on file |
|     | /88 |               |                               |         |
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| 3   | 7   | ## Creit      | E. Carroll Creitz of the Gas  | Tra     |
| -84 | /29 | z, E. Carroll | Chemistry Section, NBS        | nscript |
|     | /87 |               | discusses his career at the   | : 35    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | Bureau. He came to the Bureau | leaves  |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | in August of 1927 and began   | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | calibrating volumetric        | cm.     |
|     |     |               | glassware. He worked in the   |         |
|     |     |               | Gas Chemistry Section until   |         |
|     |     |               | 1958, then participated in    |         |
|     |     |               | the project to seal the       |         |
|     |     |               | Declaration of Independence,  |         |
|     |     |               | the Constitution, and the     |         |
|     |     |               | Bill of Rights. Creitz        |         |
|     |     |               | discusses the publicity,      |         |
|     |     |               | anecdotes, and state-of-the   |         |
|     |     |               | art techniques used to        |         |
|     |     |               | accomplish the task. Carroll  |         |
|     |     |               | Creitz also recalls the 10    |         |
|     |     |               | years he spent in Fire        |         |
|     |     |               | Research at NBS.              |         |
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| -85 | /29 | z, E, Carroll | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /87 |               |                               |         |
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| 3   | 8/3 | ## Creit      | See Fire Research Program at  |         |
| -86 | /88 | z, E. Carroll | NBS                           |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               | Drawer-File No. 4-101 to      |         |
|     |     |               | 4-104                         |         |
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| 3   | 5   | ## Dunn       | Gordon Dunn arrived at NBS in | Tra     |
| -87 | /12 | , G. H. (Dr.) | 1961 as a NRC postdoc         | nscript |
|     | /87 |               | research associate. He worked | : 8     |
|     |     | (Gordon H.)   | under Lewis Branscomb in the  | leaves  |
|     |     | 1932-         | Atomic Physics Section on a   | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | project to measure            | cm.     |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      |                               |         |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | photodissociation of hydrogen |         |
|     |     |               | moecular ions. Mr. Dunn       |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               | remembers the move to JILA in |         |
|     |     |               | 1962 and the establishment of |         |
|     |     |               | the Visiting Fellows Program. |         |
|     |     |               | Gordon Dunn explains the      |         |
|     |     |               | government of JILA, the       |         |
|     |     |               | synergism between             |         |
|     |     |               | theastrophysics, atomic and   |         |
|     |     |               | molecular physics groups and  |         |
|     |     |               | the Memorandum of             |         |
|     |     |               | Understanding in 1976 that    |         |
|     |     |               | broadened the work of JILA.   |         |
|     |     |               | Dunn also recalls his ion     |         |
|     |     |               | trap and colliding beams      |         |
|     |     |               | work, his tenure as Division  |         |
|     |     |               | Chief of the Quantum Physics  |         |
|     |     |               | Division, and the funding for |         |
|     |     |               | JILA and its collaborative    |         |
|     |     |               | efforts with LASP (Laboratory |         |
|     |     |               | for Atmospheric and Space     |         |
|     |     |               | Physics) and NOAA.            |         |
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| -88 | 12/ | Same as above |                               | nscript |
|     | 878 |               |                               |         |
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| -89 | /12 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /87 |               |                               |         |
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| 3   | 5   | ##            | Churchill Eisenhart joined    | Tra     |
| -90 | /29 | Eisenhart, Ch | NBS in October 1946 and       | nscript |
|     | /85 | urchill (Dr.) | organized the Statistical     | : 18    |
|     |     |               | Engineering Laboratory. He    | leaves  |
|     |     | By: Joan      | was Chief of this Lab from    | ; 29 cm |
|     |     | Rosenblatt    | 1947-1963 and Senior Research |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               | Fellow from 1963-1983. He     |         |
|     |     |               | came from the University of   |         |
|     |     |               | Wisconsin in 1945 after Dr.   |         |
|     |     |               | Condon was appointed          |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               | Director. He immediately was  |         |
|     |     |               | assigned to teach Modern      |         |
|     |     |               | Statistical Techniques at the |         |
|     |     |               | Bureau\'s in-house            |         |
|     |     |               | educational program. In this  |         |
|     |     |               | oral history, Eisenhart       |         |
|     |     |               | discusses the research in the |         |
|     |     |               | Statistical Engineering Lab,  |         |
|     |     |               | his recruitment of Jack       |         |
|     |     |               | Youden, his participation in  |         |
|     |     |               | the battery additive          |         |
|     |     |               | experiments, his experience   |         |
|     |     |               | as Chair of the Editorial     |         |
|     |     |               | Committee, and the launching  |         |
|     |     |               | jof the measurement assurance |         |
|     |     |               | programs. Dr. Eisenhart also  |         |
|     |     |               | talks about the mission and   |         |
|     |     |               | future of the newly organized |         |
|     |     |               | NBS Alumni Association, Harry |         |
|     |     |               | Ku, the statistical problems  |         |
|     |     |               | work on fundamental           |         |
|     |     |               | constants, his editorship of  |         |
|     |     |               | the Journal of Research, and  |         |
|     |     |               | his membership in the Hot Gas |         |
|     |     |               | Group.                        |         |
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| -91 | /29 | Eisenhart, Ch | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /85 | urchill (Dr.) |                               |         |
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| 3   | 8   | ##            | This oral history is taken    | Tra     |
| -92 | /15 | Eisenhart, Ch | from an interview Churchill   | nscript |
|     | /91 | urchill (Dr.) | Eisenhart conducted for       | : 37    |
|     |     |               | \"Statistical Science\"       | leaves  |
|     |     | By: Olkin     | journal. Eisenhart reflects   | ; 29 cm |
|     |     |               | on his education at           |         |
|     |     |               | University College in         |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               | London and his instructors    |         |
|     |     |               | Neyman and Fisher. He talks   |         |
|     |     |               | about his teaching career in  |         |
|     |     |               | the Mathematics Dept. in      |         |
|     |     |               | Wisconsin and his work for    |         |
|     |     |               | the Statistical Research      |         |
|     |     |               | Group                         |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               | at Columbia. Dr. Condon then  |         |
|     |     |               | recruited Eisenhart in order  |         |
|     |     |               | to implement a more modern    |         |
|     |     |               | statistical and mathematical  |         |
|     |     |               | program at NBS. Eisenhart     |         |
|     |     |               | discusses some of the         |         |
|     |     |               | projects he worked on,        |         |
|     |     |               | including: the sampling and   |         |
|     |     |               | test procedures of the        |         |
|     |     |               | Secifications Secition at the |         |
|     |     |               | Bureau, the core sampling of  |         |
|     |     |               | bale wool, body measurement   |         |
|     |     |               | study,                        |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               | automotive battery study and  |         |
|     |     |               | his paper \"On the Fallacy of |         |
|     |     |               | Treating the Worst\".         |         |
|     |     |               | Eisenhart ends with a review  |         |
|     |     |               | of the positions he held at   |         |
|     |     |               | NBS.                          |         |
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|     | /91 |               |                               |         |
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|     | /91 |               |                               | on file |
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| 3   | 3   | ## Elbou      | Robert Elbourn recalls his    | Tra     |
| -97 | /23 | rn, Robert D. | involvement in NBS\'s         | nscript |
|     | /71 |               | computer                      | : 65    |
|     |     | By: Richard   |                               | leaves  |
|     |     | R. Mertz      | research and development      | ; 29 cm |
|     |     |               | activity during the late      |         |
|     |     |               | 1940\'s. He also discusses    |         |
|     |     |               | Jack Rabinow\'s development   |         |
|     |     |               | of the magnetic fluid clutch, |         |
|     |     |               | the EDVAC prototype of the    |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               | serialized machine, and the   |         |
|     |     |               | pioneering effort of the all  |         |
|     |     |               | AC                            |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               | coupled machine.              |         |
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| 4   | 5   | ## Fickett,   | Fred Fickett discusses his    | Tra     |
| -99 | /14 | Fred W. (Dr.) | arrival in 1967 as a post doc | nscript |
|     | /87 |               | in the Cryogenics Division of | : 14    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | the Superconductor and        | leaves  |
|     |     | Karma Beal    |                               | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | Magnetic Measurements Group   | cm.     |
|     |     |               | in Boulder. He explains his   |         |
|     |     |               | studies (prior to coming to   |         |
|     |     |               | NBS) in the fundamentals of   |         |
|     |     |               | metals and his work on copper |         |
|     |     |               | Fermi surface studies         |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               | when he arrived. Fickett also |         |
|     |     |               | talks about his work on the   |         |
|     |     |               | low temperature properties of |         |
|     |     |               | metals and alloys and his     |         |
|     |     |               | work in superconductors. He   |         |
|     |     |               | also recalls the many         |         |
|     |     |               | reorganizations of his group, |         |
|     |     |               | measuring magnetic            |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               | properties of materials like  |         |
|     |     |               | fiberglass, epoxy, brass, and |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               | aluminum, developing a low    |         |
|     |     |               | temperature data base on all  |         |
|     |     |               | the properties of copper at   |         |
|     |     |               | low temperatures, George      |         |
|     |     |               | Free\'s eddy current work and |         |
|     |     |               | the projects he worked on for |         |
|     |     |               | he INCRA (International       |         |
|     |     |               | Copper Research Association). |         |
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| 100 | /14 | Fred W. (Dr.) | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /87 |               |                               |         |
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| 4-  | 8/3 | ## Fire Res   | Alexander Robertson, Harry    | Tra     |
| 101 | /88 | earch Program | Shoub, Daniel Gross, E.       | nscript |
|     |     |               | Carroll Creitz, Marjorie      | : 45    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | Sandholzer, William Bailey,   | leaves; |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | and James V. Ryan discuss the | 29 cm.  |
|     |     |               | Fire Research Program at      |         |
|     |     |               | NBS/NIST. Interviewees        |         |
|     |     |               | remember the many research    |         |
|     |     |               | efforts they participanted in |         |
|     |     |               | \-- \"burnout\" studies,      |         |
|     |     |               | resistance                    |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               | of concretes to jet engine    |         |
|     |     |               | exhaust, Air Force project on |         |
|     |     |               | flash fires, Coast Guard      |         |
|     |     |               | project on motorboat fire     |         |
|     |     |               | extinguishers, sodium         |         |
|     |     |               | bicarbonate research,         |         |
|     |     |               | \"powder                      |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               | bag experiments\" for the     |         |
|     |     |               | Naval Ordance Lab, study of   |         |
|     |     |               | the kinetic properties of     |         |
|     |     |               | propellants and explosives,   |         |
|     |     |               | the testing for relative      |         |
|     |     |               | flammability on various types |         |
|     |     |               | of fabrics, mathematical      |         |
|     |     |               | modelling and combustibles,   |         |
|     |     |               | the work for                  |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               | Gypsum Association on         |         |
|     |     |               | steel-joisted floors and load |         |
|     |     |               | failure.                      |         |
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| 102 | /88 | Same as above |                               | nscript |
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| 4-  | 8/3 | ##            | Same as above -- 3^rd^ folder | Corresp |
| 103 | /88 | Same as above |                               | ondence |
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| 4-  | 8/3 | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | 3 tapes |
| 104 | /88 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
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| 4-  | 4   | ## Fox, Marga | Miss Margaret Fox discusses   | Tra     |
| 105 | /13 | ret R. (Miss) | her work in the computer      | nscript |
|     | /83 |               | group at NBS during the       | : 39    |
|     |     | By: James     | 1950s. She talks about the    | leaves  |
|     |     | Ross          | UNIVAC, SEAC & DYSEAC         | ; 9 cm. |
|     |     |               | machines; also her            |         |
|     |     |               | associations with Sam         |         |
|     |     |               | Alexander and Ida Rhodes.     |         |
|     |     |               | Miss Fox recalls the First    |         |
|     |     |               | Computer Conference in        |         |
|     |     |               | Philadelphia in 1951 and the  |         |
|     |     |               | first international           |         |
|     |     |               | conference in Paris in 1959.  |         |
|     |     |               | There is an informal review   |         |
|     |     |               | of some of Miss Fox\'s        |         |
|     |     |               | personal papers and computer  |         |
|     |     |               | artifacts, a discussion of    |         |
|     |     |               | the lack of publication and   |         |
|     |     |               | dissemination of information  |         |
|     |     |               | outside of NBS, and a         |         |
|     |     |               | description of the close,     |         |
|     |     |               | informal relationship between |         |
|     |     |               | government and industry       |         |
|     |     |               | during the 1950s.             |         |
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|     | /83 |               |                               | on file |
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| 4-  | 5   | ##            | Katharine Gebbie discusses    | Tra     |
| 107 | /12 | Gebbie, Katha | the JILA Program (a joint     | nscript |
|     | /87 | rine B. (Dr.) | institute between NBS and the | : 23    |
|     |     |               | University of Colorado and    | leaves  |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | one of the largest            | ; 29    |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | concentrations of atomic      | cm.     |
|     |     |               | physicists and                |         |
|     |     |               | astrophysicists in the        |         |
|     |     |               | country). Dr. Gebbie          |         |
|     |     |               | describes the working         |         |
|     |     |               | environment of JILA - the NBS |         |
|     |     |               | components, the University    |         |
|     |     |               | personnel, the grad students  |         |
|     |     |               | and post docs. She also       |         |
|     |     |               | describes the funding and     |         |
|     |     |               | gives and impression of the   |         |
|     |     |               | interactions of the program   |         |
|     |     |               | with industry, NBS, other     |         |
|     |     |               | government agencies and the   |         |
|     |     |               | entire scientific community.  |         |
|     |     |               | Dr. Gebbie summarizes the     |         |
|     |     |               | work of the Quantum Physics   |         |
|     |     |               | Division and talks about the  |         |
|     |     |               | Visiting Fellows Program.     |         |
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| 4-  | 5   | ## Herbst     | Jack Herbstreit discusses his | Tra     |
| 109 | /11 | reit, Jack W. | 35 year career in radio       | nscript |
|     | /87 |               | propagation at the Central    | : 16    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | Radio Propagation Laboratory  | leaves  |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | in Boulder, Colorado. He      | ; 29 cm |
|     |     |               | talks about investigating the |         |
|     |     |               | frequencies for air           |         |
|     |     |               | navigation in the U.S. (part  |         |
|     |     |               | of the Cheyene Mountain       |         |
|     |     |               | Project), studying the range, |         |
|     |     |               | reliability and accuracy of   |         |
|     |     |               | low frequency loran, the      |         |
|     |     |               | allocation of FM radio        |         |
|     |     |               | broadcasting stations and TV  |         |
|     |     |               | stations in the U.S.. He also |         |
|     |     |               | discusses the impact of CPRL  |         |
|     |     |               | on telecommunications in the  |         |
|     |     |               | U.S., his involvement as      |         |
|     |     |               | Director of the Consultative  |         |
|     |     |               | Committee on International    |         |
|     |     |               | Radio for 8 years, the        |         |
|     |     |               | importance of the             |         |
|     |     |               | International                 |         |
|     |     |               | Telecommunications Union, and |         |
|     |     |               | the contributions of Ken      |         |
|     |     |               | Norton.                       |         |
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| 110 | /11 | reit, Jack W. | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /97 |               |                               |         |
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| 4-  | 10  | ## Hilse      | Joseph Hilsenrath discusses   | Tra     |
| 111 | /29 | nrath, Joseph | his long and distinguished    | nscript |
|     | /82 |               | career at NBS. He recalls his | :       |
|     |     | By: Joseph    | work in the Thermodynamic     |         |
|     |     | Cameron and   | Tables Project where he       |         |
|     |     |               | developed the OMNITAB         |         |
|     |     | W. Reeves     | software system. He also      |         |
|     |     | Tilley        | recalls his contribution to   |         |
|     |     |               | the training programs at      |         |
|     |     |               | NBS - in particular, the Post |         |
|     |     |               | Doctoral Program. Hilsenrath  |         |
|     |     |               | ends his interview with a     |         |
|     |     |               | discussion of the efforts     |         |
|     |     |               | which led to the              |         |
|     |     |               | establishment of electronic   |         |
|     |     |               | typsetting operations at NBS. |         |
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| 112 | /29 | Same as above |                               | nscript |
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| 4-  | 5   | ## Ho         | Cletus Hoer reviews his       | Tra     |
| 115 | /14 | er, Cletus A. | career in the Microwave       | nscript |
|     | /87 |               | Metrology Section of NBS in   | : 9     |
|     |     | (Cletus       | Boulder. He began his work in | leaves  |
|     |     | Anthony)      | the Magnetic Materials Group, | ; 29    |
|     |     | 1933-         | and then started working with | cm.     |
|     |     |               | Impedance Standards. His      |         |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | projects included: inductive  |         |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | voltage devices, high power   |         |
|     |     |               | directional couplers, a six   |         |
|     |     |               | port device for improving     |         |
|     |     |               | measurement (he won a Gold    |         |
|     |     |               | Medal for the 10 gigahertz    |         |
|     |     |               | design). Mr. Hoer also worked |         |
|     |     |               | on the Josephson Junction,    |         |
|     |     |               | and worked on developing new  |         |
|     |     |               | induction standards. Hoer     |         |
|     |     |               | ends with a discussion of the |         |
|     |     |               | companies that marketed some  |         |
|     |     |               | of the high power couplers    |         |
|     |     |               | his group developed, the      |         |
|     |     |               | cryogenics standard and the   |         |
|     |     |               | effect that superconductors   |         |
|     |     |               | had on his research, and some |         |
|     |     |               | thoughts on a long-range      |         |
|     |     |               | project to make and evaluate  |         |
|     |     |               | a power standard.             |         |
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| 4-  | 9/7 | ## Hudson, R  | Ralph Hudson remembers his    | Tran    |
| 117 | /98 | alph P. (Dr.) | low temperature work in the   | scripts |
|     |     |               | Heat Division from 1951-1980. | : 67    |
|     |     |               | He describes John Pellam\'s   | leaves  |
|     |     |               | work on the properties of     | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | liquid helium II, the         | cm.     |
|     |     |               | investigation of the magnetic |         |
|     |     |               | properties of paramagnetic    |         |
|     |     |               | salts work, his work with     |         |
|     |     |               | Ambler and Temmer to study    |         |
|     |     |               | nuclei with a magnetic        |         |
|     |     |               | cooling technique, Olin       |         |
|     |     |               | Lukes\' work with the         |         |
|     |     |               | superconductivity program and |         |
|     |     |               | tin crystals, Herb Broida\'s  |         |
|     |     |               | technique for storing free    |         |
|     |     |               | radicals in highly excited    |         |
|     |     |               | states, Hudson\'s Silver      |         |
|     |     |               | Medal for his contributions   |         |
|     |     |               | to an improved helium vapor   |         |
|     |     |               | pressure scale, his parity    |         |
|     |     |               | work with Ambler, Hayward,    |         |
|     |     |               | and Hoppes, and the Stratton  |         |
|     |     |               | Award and Gold Medal for this |         |
|     |     |               | work.                         |         |
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| 118 | /98 | Same as above |                               | nscript |
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| 4-  | 3/5 | ## Humpre     | Curtis J. Humphreys, Chief of | Tra     |
| 120 | /81 | ys, Curtis J. | the Radiometry Section during | nscript |
|     |     |               | the 1940s, gives an           | : 19    |
|     |     | (Curtis       | historical account of the     | leaves  |
|     |     | Judson)       | Spectroscopic Program         | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | covering the NBS and Corona   | cm.     |
|     |     |               | Labs experiences. He          |         |
|     |     |               | discusses Dr. Coblentz and    |         |
|     |     |               | the inventions that           |         |
|     |     |               | revolutionized the techniques |         |
|     |     |               | of radiometry and             |         |
|     |     |               | spectrophotometry. Humphreys  |         |
|     |     |               | remembers the Ridberg         |         |
|     |     |               | Centennial Conference - 1954  |         |
|     |     |               | as the most distinguished     |         |
|     |     |               | group of spectroscopic and    |         |
|     |     |               | atomic physicists that was    |         |
|     |     |               | ever assembled \... the group |         |
|     |     |               | included Nels Bohr. He        |         |
|     |     |               | discusses the two main        |         |
|     |     |               | features of the spectroscopic |         |
|     |     |               | program at NBS and credits    |         |
|     |     |               | the Corona program with the   |         |
|     |     |               | establishment of the atomic   |         |
|     |     |               | wavelength standard in the    |         |
|     |     |               | infrared.                     |         |
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| 121 | /81 | Same as above |                               | nscript |
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| 5-  | 10  | #             | Dr. Robert Huntoon, former    | Tra     |
| 123 | /27 | # Huntoon, Ro | Deputy Director of NBS under  | nscript |
|     | /80 | bert D. (Dr.) | John Astin, discusses the     | : 92    |
|     |     |               | Bureau years between 1951 and | leaves  |
|     |     | (Robert       | 1976. Huntoon begins his      | ; 29    |
|     |     | DeWitt) 1909- | discussion with the Fuze      | cm.     |
|     |     |               | Program during WWII and the   |         |
|     |     | By:           | collaborative efforts of NBS  |         |
|     |     |               | staffers. He then remembers   |         |
|     |     | Dr. Churchill | the Condon era, Secretary of  |         |
|     |     | Eisenhardt,   | Commerce for Science - J.     |         |
|     |     |               | Herbert Holloman, and John    |         |
|     |     | Richard       | Astin\'s idea to create a     |         |
|     |     | Franzen, and  | conglomerate of institutes    |         |
|     |     |               | like NIH at the Bureau. Dr.   |         |
|     |     | Walter        | Huntoon relates the efforts   |         |
|     |     | Weinstein     | to improve communication at   |         |
|     |     |               | NBS \-- he discusses the      |         |
|     |     |               | \"Hot Gas\" group, Wednesday  |         |
|     |     |               | night bull sessions and his   |         |
|     |     |               | own visits around the Bureau  |         |
|     |     |               | one afternoon a week. Huntoon |         |
|     |     |               | reveals that it was difficult |         |
|     |     |               | to define NBS\'s mission in   |         |
|     |     |               | those days because it was     |         |
|     |     |               | growing and the scientists    |         |
|     |     |               | felt the mission was to do    |         |
|     |     |               | basic research. Dr. Huntoon   |         |
|     |     |               | defines the major             |         |
|     |     |               | achievements during this time |         |
|     |     |               | as: Deslatte\'s fundamental   |         |
|     |     |               | constants, the defining of    |         |
|     |     |               | the kilogram, the rubber      |         |
|     |     |               | program, digital computer     |         |
|     |     |               | work, and cryogenic research  |         |
|     |     |               | in industry.                  |         |
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| 5-  | 6   | #             | Dr. Robert Huntoon, former    | Tra     |
| 128 | /18 | # Huntoon, Ro | Director of the National      | nscript |
|     | /92 | bert D. (Dr.) | Bureau of Standards, reflects | : 49    |
|     |     |               | on the National Measurement   | leaves  |
|     |     | (Robert       | System. Huntoon discusses the | ; 29    |
|     |     | DeWitt) 1909- | types of measurements         | cm.     |
|     |     |               | involved in the system, the   |         |
|     |     | By:           | criteria used in deciding     |         |
|     |     |               | which areas the Bureau should |         |
|     |     | Walter        | go into, the Bureau\'s role   |         |
|     |     | Weinstein,    | in maintaining a master       |         |
|     |     |               | station and providing         |         |
|     |     | Joseph M.     | leadership for the system.    |         |
|     |     | Camerson      |                               |         |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     | Steffen       |                               |         |
|     |     | Peiser        |                               |         |
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| 129 | /18 | Same as above |                               | nscript |
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| 134 | /18 | ame as above  |                               | on file |
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| 5-  | 6   | ## Huskey, H  | Harry Huskey recalls that his | Tra     |
| 135 | /76 | arry D. (Dr.) | interest in automatic         | nscript |
|     |     |               | computing began in 1944 while | : 35    |
|     |     | By:           | he was teaching mathematics   | leaves  |
|     |     | Christopher   | at the Moore School,          | ; 29    |
|     |     | Evans         | University of Pennsylvania.   | cm.     |
|     |     |               | He became involved with the   |         |
|     |     |               | technical description of the  |         |
|     |     |               | ENIAC and eventually          |         |
|     |     |               | transferred to the National   |         |
|     |     |               | Physics Lab in England to     |         |
|     |     |               | work on the ACE project. He   |         |
|     |     |               | later applied to NBS when     |         |
|     |     |               | they started computer         |         |
|     |     |               | activity in California. He    |         |
|     |     |               | was involved in the           |         |
|     |     |               | contracting for a computer    |         |
|     |     |               | for the Census Bureau and     |         |
|     |     |               | helped to start up the SEAC,  |         |
|     |     |               | initally called the NBS       |         |
|     |     |               | Interim Computer. Huskey also |         |
|     |     |               | recalls his work to build a   |         |
|     |     |               | Williams tube type computer   |         |
|     |     |               | and predicts the PC and hand  |         |
|     |     |               | held computer device.         |         |
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| 136 | /76 | arry D. (Dr.) | tapes                         | on file |
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| 6-  | 2   | ## Jaco       | Maryilyn Jacox begins her     | Tra     |
| 137 | /11 | x, Marilyn E. | discussion with her early     | nscript |
|     | /98 |               | interest in science, her      | : 26    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | education in chemistry and    | leaves  |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | physics, her teaching         | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | position at the Mellon        | cm.     |
|     |     |               | Institute and her 15 year     |         |
|     |     |               | collaboration with Dick       |         |
|     |     |               | Milligan. She also recalls    |         |
|     |     |               | her work in free radicals at  |         |
|     |     |               | NBS/NIST (including F-atom    |         |
|     |     |               | reactions in solids and       |         |
|     |     |               | H-atom detachment and         |         |
|     |     |               | acetylene), her mandate to    |         |
|     |     |               | build a laboratory in 1962    |         |
|     |     |               | upon her arrival at NBS, the  |         |
|     |     |               | Arturim Leonardi Prize which  |         |
|     |     |               | she shared with Dick          |         |
|     |     |               | Milligan, and the Infrared    |         |
|     |     |               | Spectroscopy Glidden          |         |
|     |     |               | Conference.                   |         |
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| 138 | /11 | Same as above |                               | nscript |
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| 6-  | 2   | ## Jaco       | Marilyn Jacox discussses the  | Tra     |
| 140 | /18 | x, Marilyn E. | many awards she received in   | nscript |
|     | /98 |               | her NBS/NIST career. The      | : 10    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | awards include: Utica College | leaves  |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | Outstanding Alumnus Award,    | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | Physical Sciences Award from  | cm.     |
|     |     |               | the Washington Academy of     |         |
|     |     |               | Sciences, the Department of   |         |
|     |     |               | Commerce Gold Medal Award,    |         |
|     |     |               | the Federal Woman\'s Award,   |         |
|     |     |               | the Stratton Award (with Dick |         |
|     |     |               | Milligan) for ion studies,    |         |
|     |     |               | the Lippincott Award, The     |         |
|     |     |               | Hillebrand Prize of the       |         |
|     |     |               | Chemical Society of           |         |
|     |     |               | Washington, the WISE Lifetime |         |
|     |     |               | Achievement Award (which      |         |
|     |     |               | requires the recepient to do  |         |
|     |     |               | something of sustained        |         |
|     |     |               | importance to the status of   |         |
|     |     |               | women), the Syracuse          |         |
|     |     |               | University honorary ScD.      |         |
|     |     |               | Marilyn also talks about the  |         |
|     |     |               | changes she observed in the   |         |
|     |     |               | organizational structure of   |         |
|     |     |               | NBS/NIST during her career.   |         |
|     |     |               | Jacox recalls the 1964        |         |
|     |     |               | reorganization, her time as   |         |
|     |     |               | Section Chief of              |         |
|     |     |               | Photochemistry and the 1991   |         |
|     |     |               | reorganization of John Lyons. |         |
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| 141 | /18 | Same as above |                               | nscript |
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| 6-  | 9/8 | ## Johnson, D | Don Johnson discusses his     | Tra     |
| 143 | /98 | onald Richard | start with NBS as a NRC       | nscript |
|     |     |               | fellow working for David Lide | : 20    |
|     |     | 1922-         | in molecular spectroscopy. He | leaves  |
|     |     |               | then remembers his time in    | ; 28    |
|     |     | By: Karma     | the Program Office and the    | cm.     |
|     |     | Beal and      | reoganization of the Boulder  |         |
|     |     |               | Labs. Dr. Johnson also        |         |
|     |     | James         | discusses his duties as the   |         |
|     |     | Schooley      | Chief of Staff for the        |         |
|     |     |               | Undersecretary of Commerce    |         |
|     |     |               | and the development of CARB - |         |
|     |     |               | a joint venture of NBS and    |         |
|     |     |               | the University of Maryland.   |         |
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| 144 | /98 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
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| 6-  | 7/9 | ## Jon        | Sarah Ann Jones recalls her   | Tra     |
| 146 | /82 | es, Sarah Ann | 28 year career as Chief of    | nscript |
|     |     |               | the NBS library. She became   | : 45    |
|     |     | By: Walter    | the second Director of the    | leaves  |
|     |     | Weinstein and | library in 1938 following the | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | retirement of Dr. Aristide    | cm.     |
|     |     | Charlotte     | Fanti. Miss Jones discusses   |         |
|     |     | Moore         | the close relationship        |         |
|     |     | Sitterly      | between the library and the   |         |
|     |     |               | scientific and administrative |         |
|     |     |               | staffs at NBS which led to    |         |
|     |     |               | the creation of a premier     |         |
|     |     |               | physical sciences library.    |         |
|     |     |               | She tells many stories of the |         |
|     |     |               | developing library, including |         |
|     |     |               | her collaboration with Ruth   |         |
|     |     |               | Hooker and the NRL library.   |         |
|     |     |               | Their mutual cooperation led  |         |
|     |     |               | to a sharing of resources,    |         |
|     |     |               | and a plan to advise the      |         |
|     |     |               | Office of Strategic Services  |         |
|     |     |               | on how to obtain the French   |         |
|     |     |               | and German periodicals that   |         |
|     |     |               | were published during WWII.   |         |
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| 147 | /82 | es, Sarah Ann |                               | nscript |
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| 6-  | 4   | ## K          | Dr. Robert Kamper discusses   | Tra     |
| 149 | /14 | amper, Robert | his arrival at Boulder Labs   | nscript |
|     | /94 |               | in August of 1963 and his     | : 23    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | work in superconductivity. He | leaves  |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | also discusses the Bureau     | ; 28    |
|     |     |               | reorganizations in 1974 and   | cm.     |
|     |     |               | 1978. Dr. Kamper recalls his  |         |
|     |     |               | position as Division Chief in |         |
|     |     |               | the Center for Electronics    |         |
|     |     |               | and Electroengineering and    |         |
|     |     |               | the work that was conducted   |         |
|     |     |               | in microwave calibration      |         |
|     |     |               | studies, microwave metrology, |         |
|     |     |               | lasers, optical fibers and    |         |
|     |     |               | superconductivity. Kamper     |         |
|     |     |               | discusses the great           |         |
|     |     |               | improvement of the voltage    |         |
|     |     |               | standard that occurred while  |         |
|     |     |               | he was Chief, along with all  |         |
|     |     |               | of the standards that the     |         |
|     |     |               | Bureau wrote for              |         |
|     |     |               | superconductors. Finally, Dr. |         |
|     |     |               | Kamper recalls some of the    |         |
|     |     |               | problems that he encountered  |         |
|     |     |               | as the Boulder Labs grew and  |         |
|     |     |               | expanded into the surrounding |         |
|     |     |               | community.                    |         |
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| 6-  | 1   | ## Kirsc      | Russell Kirsh describes his   | Tran    |
| 151 | 0/8 | h, Russell A. | early background and training | script: |
|     | /70 |               | and what let him into the     | 18      |
|     |     | By: Dr.       | field of computers            | leaves. |
|     |     | Richard Mertz |                               |         |
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| 6-  | 1   | ## Kirsc      | Russell Kirsch describes his  | Tra     |
| 153 | /13 | h, Russell A. | career at NBS which began in  | nscript |
|     | /95 |               | the Digital Computer Lab      | : 23    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | under Sam Alexander in 1951.  | leaves  |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | He recalls his first          | ; 23    |
|     |     |               | assignment to develop         | cm.     |
|     |     |               | input/output devices for the  |         |
|     |     |               | SEAC, his writing of the      |         |
|     |     |               | first artificial intelligence |         |
|     |     |               | program and the construction  |         |
|     |     |               | of the first DYSEAC computer  |         |
|     |     |               | at NBS. Kirsch recalls        |         |
|     |     |               | demonstrating the first real  |         |
|     |     |               | time computing and real time  |         |
|     |     |               | interrupting program, and his |         |
|     |     |               | founding of the computer      |         |
|     |     |               | image processing field.       |         |
|     |     |               | Russell describes his         |         |
|     |     |               | sabbatical in 1957 at MIT and |         |
|     |     |               | Harvard and the subsequent    |         |
|     |     |               | founding of the field of      |         |
|     |     |               | Syntactic Pattern             |         |
|     |     |               | Recognition. He concludes the |         |
|     |     |               | interview by reviewing the    |         |
|     |     |               | many agencies that the Bureau |         |
|     |     |               | helped over the years to use  |         |
|     |     |               | computers.                    |         |
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| 154 | /13 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /95 |               |                               |         |
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| 6-  | 5/  | ## Kline, Go  | Gordon M. Kline begins by     | Tra     |
| 155 | 15- | rdon M. (Dr.) | discussing his work at the    | nscript |
|     | 16/ |               | National Bureau of Standards  | : 49    |
|     |     | By: Jeffrey   | during the 1930\'s, where he  | leaves  |
|     | 1   | L. Meikle     | focused on applications of    | ; 29    |
|     | 987 |               | organic resins to aviation.   | cm.     |
|     |     |               | This is followed by a general |         |
|     |     |               | discussion of his work as     |         |
|     |     |               | head of the Bureau\'s Organic |         |
|     |     |               | Plastics Section and as       |         |
|     |     |               | Technical Editor of Modern    |         |
|     |     |               | Plastics. A lengthy section   |         |
|     |     |               | of the interview is devoted   |         |
|     |     |               | to Kline\'s experiences in    |         |
|     |     |               | Germany in 1945,              |         |
|     |     |               | investigating German plastics |         |
|     |     |               | laboratories, plants and      |         |
|     |     |               | processes. The next major     |         |
|     |     |               | portion of the interview      |         |
|     |     |               | treats his experiences as an  |         |
|     |     |               | administrator of the Division |         |
|     |     |               | of Polymers at the National   |         |
|     |     |               | Bureau of Standards and his   |         |
|     |     |               | role in setting national and  |         |
|     |     |               | international standards of    |         |
|     |     |               | testing for synthetic polymer |         |
|     |     |               | products. The interview       |         |
|     |     |               | concludes with a brief        |         |
|     |     |               | discussion of his education   |         |
|     |     |               | at Colgatge University and at |         |
|     |     |               | the University of Maryland.   |         |
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| 156 | 15- | rdon M. (Dr.) | tapes                         | tapes   |
|     | 16/ |               |                               | on file |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     | 1   |               |                               |         |
|     | 987 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 6-  | 6/7 | ## Kushner, L | Dr. Kushner remembers his     | Tra     |
| 157 | /88 | awrence (Dr.) | career at NBS as a physical   | nscript |
|     |     |               | chemist from 1948-1980. He    | :       |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | began his work in the Surface |         |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | Chemistry Section studying    |         |
|     |     |               | surface active agents, then   |         |
|     |     |               | switched to the Metallurgy    |         |
|     |     |               | Division and established a    |         |
|     |     |               | metal physics group. He talks |         |
|     |     |               | about his involvement in the  |         |
|     |     |               | Commerce Science and          |         |
|     |     |               | Technology Fellowship Program |         |
|     |     |               | as a Special Assistant to Dr. |         |
|     |     |               | Holloman, his time as Deputy  |         |
|     |     |               | Director under Branscomb, and |         |
|     |     |               | his time as Director of IAT.  |         |
|     |     |               | Kushner also discusses the    |         |
|     |     |               | importance of the             |         |
|     |     |               | Experimental Technology       |         |
|     |     |               | Incentives Program, the Fire  |         |
|     |     |               | Research Program and the      |         |
|     |     |               | building research at NBS. He  |         |
|     |     |               | ends his recollections        |         |
|     |     |               | remembering his Chairmanship  |         |
|     |     |               | of the Scientific Research    |         |
|     |     |               | Society of America and his    |         |
|     |     |               | association with Sigma Xi,    |         |
|     |     |               | the stability and set of      |         |
|     |     |               | values that Ernest Ambler     |         |
|     |     |               | provided the Bureau, and his  |         |
|     |     |               | exciting work as a bench      |         |
|     |     |               | scientist while Condon was    |         |
|     |     |               | Director.                     |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 6-  | 6/7 | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | 4 tapes |
| 158 | /88 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 7-  | 1   | ## L          | Dr. Derrick Lehmer discusses  | Tra     |
| 159 | 0/8 | ehmer, Derric | his early years in computing  | nscript |
|     | /69 | k Henry (Dr.) | at the University of          | : 20    |
|     |     |               | California / Berkley and the  | leaves  |
|     |     | By: Dr. Uta   | Bureau\'s support of these    | ; 29    |
|     |     | Mezbach       | activities. He discusses the  | cm.     |
|     |     |               | first machine he built in the |         |
|     |     |               | mid 1920s; the early          |         |
|     |     |               | development of the analog     |         |
|     |     |               | computer; and the successful  |         |
|     |     |               | publishing of the journal -   |         |
|     |     |               | Mathematical Tables and Aids  |         |
|     |     |               | to Computation                |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
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| 160 | 0/8 | Same as above | tapes                         | tapes   |
|     | /69 |               |                               | on file |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 7-  | 4   | ## L          | Professor Derrick Lehmer      | Tra     |
| 161 | /18 | ehmer, Derric | discusses his numerical       | nscript |
|     | /73 | k Henry (Dr.) | analysis and computing career | : 27    |
|     |     |               | at the University of          | leaves  |
|     |     | By: Robina    | California at Berkley. Dr.    | ; 29    |
|     |     | Mapstone      | Lehmer also recalls his war   | cm.     |
|     |     |               | work in 1941, the ENIAC       |         |
|     |     |               | machine he was in charge of   |         |
|     |     |               | at the Ballistics Research    |         |
|     |     |               | Lab in Aberdeen, his          |         |
|     |     |               | Directorship of the Institute |         |
|     |     |               | for Numerical Analysis, and   |         |
|     |     |               | his 10 year editorship of     |         |
|     |     |               | Mathematical Tables and Other |         |
|     |     |               | Aids to Computation.          |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
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| 162 | /18 | Same as above | tapes                         | tapes   |
|     | /73 |               |                               | on file |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 7-  | 3/3 | ## Linteris,  | Greg Linteris discusses his   | Tra     |
| 163 | /98 | Gregory (Dr.) | work in fire suppressants and | nscript |
|     |     |               | microgravity research at      | : 22    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | NIST. He also gives an        | leaves  |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | extensive account of his      | ; 28    |
|     |     |               | application and acceptance    | cm.     |
|     |     |               | into the NASA Space Flight    |         |
|     |     |               | Program and his training and  |         |
|     |     |               | work as a payload specialist  |         |
|     |     |               | astronaut onboard the Space   |         |
|     |     |               | Shuttle.                      |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 7-  | 3/3 | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | 4 tapes |
| 164 | /98 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
|     |     |               |                               |         |
|     |     |               |                               | and 1   |
|     |     |               |                               | d       |
|     |     |               |                               | iskette |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 7-  | 3   | ## Little, C. | Dr. Little discusses his      | Tra     |
| 165 | /21 |  Gordon (Dr.) | education in radio astronomy  | nscript |
|     | /91 |               | and his work at the           | : 11    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | Geophysical Institute where   | leaves  |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | he developed the riometer. He | ; 29    |
|     |     | and           | also talks about his career   | cm.     |
|     |     |               | in CRPL in Boulder, Colorado. |         |
|     |     | Elio          | He describes a young staff    |         |
|     |     | Passaglia     | and a vibrant research        |         |
|     |     |               | organization in Boulder. He   |         |
|     |     |               | describes the divergent       |         |
|     |     |               | philosophies in the           |         |
|     |     |               | organization about what was   |         |
|     |     |               | required to advance the       |         |
|     |     |               | understanding of the          |         |
|     |     |               | propagation of radiowaves.    |         |
|     |     |               | Dr. Little describes his      |         |
|     |     |               | management style, and that of |         |
|     |     |               | Fred Brown, his mentor.       |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 7-  | 3   | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | 2 tapes |
| 166 | /21 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /91 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 7-  | 6/1 | ## Lyons,     | John Lyons discusses his      | Tra     |
| 167 | /93 | John W. (Dr.) | start as a physical chemist   | nscript |
|     |     |               | at Monsanto. He talks about   | : 42    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | his work with phosphorous as  | leaves  |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | a fire retardant and the      | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | publication of his book \"The | cm.     |
|     |     | Interview 1   | Chemistry and Uses of Fire    |         |
|     |     |               | Retardants.\" K. Willenbrock  |         |
|     |     |               | hired Lyons in 1973 as        |         |
|     |     |               | Director for the Center for   |         |
|     |     |               | Fire Research at NBS. Lyons   |         |
|     |     |               | discusses the shift from      |         |
|     |     |               | consumer product technology   |         |
|     |     |               | to energy research at NBS to  |         |
|     |     |               | helping American industry     |         |
|     |     |               | with technology. He also      |         |
|     |     |               | recalls his management of the |         |
|     |     |               | National Engineering          |         |
|     |     |               | Laboratory under Ernest       |         |
|     |     |               | Ambler, the beginnings of the |         |
|     |     |               | AMRF (Automated Manufacturing |         |
|     |     |               | Research Facility) at NBS, as |         |
|     |     |               | well as the establishment of  |         |
|     |     |               | the Manufacturing Technology  |         |
|     |     |               | Centers and the Advanced      |         |
|     |     |               | Technology Program.           |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 7-  | 6/1 | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | 2 tapes |
| 168 | /93 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 7-  | 6/4 | ##            | John Lyons discusses the      | Tra     |
| 169 | /93 | Same as above | challenges of strengthening   | nscript |
|     |     |               | NBS\'s computing and          | : 50    |
|     |     | Interview 2   | statistics labs during the    | leaves  |
|     |     |               | 1980s. He discusses the       | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | Center for Electronics and    | cm.     |
|     |     |               | Electrical Engineering and    |         |
|     |     |               | the development of the        |         |
|     |     |               | optical communications        |         |
|     |     |               | program. Lyons also recalls   |         |
|     |     |               | the Center for Building       |         |
|     |     |               | Technology program and the    |         |
|     |     |               | thermophysical properties     |         |
|     |     |               | work in the Chemical          |         |
|     |     |               | Engineering Labs. He also     |         |
|     |     |               | outlines the philosohy of the |         |
|     |     |               | National Engineering Lab \--  |         |
|     |     |               | to have NBS findings adopted  |         |
|     |     |               | as good engineering practice, |         |
|     |     |               | and to ensure that basic      |         |
|     |     |               | research is a foundation of   |         |
|     |     |               | all applied programs. He      |         |
|     |     |               | indicates that the success    |         |
|     |     |               | and growth of NEL led to      |         |
|     |     |               | NIST.                         |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 7-  | 6/4 | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | 2 tapes |
| 170 | /93 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 7-  | 6/9 | ##            | John Lyons discusses the      | Tra     |
| 171 | /93 | Same as above | transition from NBS to NIST.  | nscript |
|     |     |               | He highlights the             | :       |
|     |     | Interview 3   | Competitiveness Act and the   |         |
|     |     |               | name change to identify       |         |
|     |     |               | technological help to         |         |
|     |     |               | industry as well as standards |         |
|     |     |               | maintenance. He also          |         |
|     |     |               | discusses the organization of |         |
|     |     |               | the labs and being replaced   |         |
|     |     |               | as NIST Director.             |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 7-  | 6/9 | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | 2 tapes |
| 172 | /93 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 7-  | 6   | ##            | John Lyons begins with a      | Tra     |
| 173 | /16 | Same as above | discussion of Michael         | nscript |
|     | /93 |               | Faraday, noting his many      | :       |
|     |     | Interview 4   | contributions to science and  |         |
|     |     |               | also his interest in          |         |
|     |     |               | technology transfer and       |         |
|     |     |               | outreach. Lyons continues     |         |
|     |     |               | with a mention of his         |         |
|     |     |               | collaboration with Gerard     |         |
|     |     |               | Piel and the magazine -       |         |
|     |     |               | Scientific American. Dr.      |         |
|     |     |               | Lyon\'s main topics center on |         |
|     |     |               | a discussion of his           |         |
|     |     |               | Facilities Initiative for the |         |
|     |     |               | Gaithersburg and Boulder      |         |
|     |     |               | sites and the establishment   |         |
|     |     |               | of the ATP, MTC, MEP and STEP |         |
|     |     |               | programs. He concludes the    |         |
|     |     |               | session with a glimpse of his |         |
|     |     |               | relationship with John        |         |
|     |     |               | Sununu.                       |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
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| 174 | /16 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /93 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 7-  | 6   | ##            | In his 5th and final          | Tra     |
| 175 | /21 | Same as above | interview, John Lyons         | nscript |
|     | /93 |               | discusses NIST and the        | :       |
|     |     | Interview 5   | European Common Market. He    |         |
|     |     |               | also discusses the importance |         |
|     |     |               | of his participation in the   |         |
|     |     |               | international ANSI Boad       |         |
|     |     |               | meetings. He remembers        |         |
|     |     |               | NIST\'s 90th birthday         |         |
|     |     |               | celebration, the excellence   |         |
|     |     |               | of the Standards Alumni       |         |
|     |     |               | Association, and a number of  |         |
|     |     |               | building disasters and other  |         |
|     |     |               | controversies which NIST was  |         |
|     |     |               | called upon to analyze.       |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 7-  | 6   | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | 2 tapes |
| 176 | /21 |               | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /93 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 7-  | 1   | ## McCoubr    | Arthur McCoubrey, former      | Tra     |
| 177 | 1/3 | ey, Arthur O. | Director of the Institute for | nscript |
|     | /86 |               | Basic Standards recalls his   | : 16    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | career in measurement-related | leaves  |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | activities at the Bureau. He  | ; 29    |
|     |     | and           | remembers his early           | cm.     |
|     |     |               | assignment to study the state |         |
|     |     | Frederick     | of research at NBS, he        |         |
|     |     | Fellows       | discusses the management      |         |
|     |     |               | style of Richard Roberts,     |         |
|     |     |               | compares NBS to the national  |         |
|     |     |               | labs - PTB and NPL, and       |         |
|     |     |               | discusses NBS\'s mission to   |         |
|     |     |               | realize measurement units for |         |
|     |     |               | the country and provide       |         |
|     |     |               | opportunity for scientific    |         |
|     |     |               | research at the National      |         |
|     |     |               | Bureau of Standards.          |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 7-  | 1   | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | 2 tapes |
| 178 | 1/3 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /86 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 7-  | 1   | ##            | Sixty Years In and Out of     | No      |
| 179 | 1/3 | Mann, Wilfred | Physics -- Nov. 3, 1989       | tra     |
|     | /89 |               |                               | nscript |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 7-  | 1   | ##            | Same as above - Cassette      | 1 tape  |
| 180 | 1/3 | Mann, Wilfred | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /89 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 7-  | 3   | ## Marden,    | Mrs. Ethel Marden discusses   | Tra     |
| 181 | /31 |  Ethel (Mrs.) | her mathematics and computer  | nscript |
|     | /71 |               | science career at NBS. She    |         |
|     |     | By: Dr.       | recalls her work with the     |         |
|     |     | Richard R.    | Seac computer developing      |         |
|     |     | Mertz         | software and training staff.  |         |
|     |     |               | She also remembers her work   |         |
|     |     |               | with Sam Alexander and her    |         |
|     |     |               | eventual position as Chief of |         |
|     |     |               | the Systems Research and      |         |
|     |     |               | Development Division.         |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
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| 182 | /31 | Same as above | tapes                         | tapes   |
|     | /71 |               |                               | on file |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 7-  | 1   | ## McMurd     | Howard McMurdie discusses his | Tra     |
| 183 | /28 | ie, Howard F. | 38 year career at NBS. He     | nscript |
|     | /98 |               | arrived in 1928 and began     | : 32    |
|     |     | **1905-**     | work in the Lime and Gypsum   | leaves  |
|     |     |               | Section. Mc Murdie recalls    | ; 29    |
|     |     | By: Mrs.      | his work in x-ray             | cm.     |
|     |     | Karma Beal    | diffraction, dry cells, jewel |         |
|     |     |               | bearings, phase equilibria    |         |
|     |     |               | and Portland cement. McMurdie |         |
|     |     |               | also talks about his research |         |
|     |     |               | in the Glass Section making   |         |
|     |     |               | synthetic quartz, and his     |         |
|     |     |               | work in the Polymer Division  |         |
|     |     |               | investigating various rubbers |         |
|     |     |               | and wool fibers. At the end   |         |
|     |     |               | of the interview McMurdie     |         |
|     |     |               | discusses the work of Weir    |         |
|     |     |               | and Van Valhenburg and the    |         |
|     |     |               | history of the diamond cell.  |         |
|     |     |               | He also gives his impressions |         |
|     |     |               | of the various Directors he   |         |
|     |     |               | served under, the buildings   |         |
|     |     |               | at the \"old site\" in Van    |         |
|     |     |               | Ness, the Senior Lunch Club,  |         |
|     |     |               | and women and the early days  |         |
|     |     |               | of the Bureau.                |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
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| 184 | /28 | Same as above |                               | di      |
|     | /98 |               |                               | skettes |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
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| 185 | /28 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /98 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 6/8 | ## Paffenbarg | Dr. Paffenbarger discusses    | Tra     |
| 186 | /79 | er, George C. | his work in dental research   | nscript |
|     |     |               | at NBS during the 1920s and   | : 25    |
|     |     | By: Martha    | 1930s. He recalls his         | leaves  |
|     |     | Ross          | beginnings at NBS as a summer | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | student under Dr. Souder, the | cm.     |
|     |     | Session 1     | collegial atmosphere he       |         |
|     |     |               | encountered at the Bureau and |         |
|     |     |               | the specification program he  |         |
|     |     |               | started for testing dental    |         |
|     |     |               | materials.                    |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
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| 187 | /79 | Same as above | tapes                         | tapes   |
|     |     |               |                               | on file |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 6   | ##            | Dr. Paffenbarger discusses    | Tran    |
| 188 | /18 | Same as above | the relationship among the    | scripts |
|     | /79 |               | manufacturers, the dental     | : 34    |
|     |     | Session 2     | professions, and the federal  | leaves  |
|     |     |               | government in the dental      | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | research program at NBS. He   | cm.     |
|     |     |               | also describes how the        |         |
|     |     |               | American Dental Association   |         |
|     |     |               | became involved in the Dental |         |
|     |     |               | Research Program at the       |         |
|     |     |               | Bureau. Dr. Paffenbarger also |         |
|     |     |               | recalls how the researchers   |         |
|     |     |               | at NBS transferred their      |         |
|     |     |               | developing efforts to the     |         |
|     |     |               | dentists in the field, the    |         |
|     |     |               | work Paffenbarger did to      |         |
|     |     |               | expose fraud, and he relates  |         |
|     |     |               | the work he accomplished in   |         |
|     |     |               | the Navy Dental Corps during  |         |
|     |     |               | the war.                      |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 6   | ## Paffenbarg | Dr. Paffenbarger June 18,     | No      |
| 189 | /18 | er, George C. | 1979 interview                | tapes   |
|     | /79 |               |                               | on file |
|     |     | By: Martha    | Cassette tapes                |         |
|     |     | Ross          |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 6   | ## Paffenbarg | Dr. Paffenbarger discusses    | Tra     |
| 190 | /27 | er, George C. | the trip he made to England,  | nscript |
|     | /79 |               | Austria, Germany, and Sweden  | : 42    |
|     |     | ##            | in 1936 investigating the     | leaves  |
|     |     | Same as above | status of dental materials    | ; 28    |
|     |     |               | research in those countries.  | cm.     |
|     |     | Session 3     | He also discusses the         |         |
|     |     |               | personal relationships he     |         |
|     |     |               | developed on this trip,       |         |
|     |     |               | including Dr. Joachim         |         |
|     |     |               | Paffenbarger in Berlin, Dr.   |         |
|     |     |               | Jacob Spanner in Pforzheim,   |         |
|     |     |               | Germany, and Dr. Geyer of the |         |
|     |     |               | German Dental Association.    |         |
|     |     |               | George Paffenbarger recalls   |         |
|     |     |               | his experiences in the Far    |         |
|     |     |               | East in Japan, the            |         |
|     |     |               | Phillipines, and Hong Kong,   |         |
|     |     |               | including his time as a       |         |
|     |     |               | visiting professor at Nihon   |         |
|     |     |               | University, Japan. Lastly,    |         |
|     |     |               | Dr. Paffenbarger spends some  |         |
|     |     |               | time discussing the first     |         |
|     |     |               | international dental          |         |
|     |     |               | specification ever            |         |
|     |     |               | promulgated for amalgam.      |         |
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| 191 | /27 | Same as above | tapes                         | tapes   |
|     | /79 |               |                               | on file |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 7/3 | ##            | Dr. Paffenbarger discusses    | Tran    |
| 192 | /79 | Same as above | the practice of dentistry at  | scripts |
|     |     |               | the turn of the century. He   | : 34    |
|     |     | Session 4     | also discusses the            | leaves  |
|     |     |               | administration of the Dental  | ; 28    |
|     |     |               | Section, NBS immediately      | cm.     |
|     |     |               | before and after WWII. Dr.    |         |
|     |     |               | Paffenbarger ends his         |         |
|     |     |               | discussion with a summary of  |         |
|     |     |               | the impact of NBS work on the |         |
|     |     |               | dental profession, including  |         |
|     |     |               | the development of the        |         |
|     |     |               | countra-angle turbine         |         |
|     |     |               | handpiece, the panoramic      |         |
|     |     |               | x-ray machine, EBA cements,   |         |
|     |     |               | and composite filling         |         |
|     |     |               | material.                     |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 7/3 | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | No      |
| 193 | /79 | Same as above | tapes                         | tapes   |
|     |     |               |                               | on file |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 7   | ## Passagli   | Elio Passaglia recalls his    | Tra     |
| 194 | /19 | a, Elio (Dr.) | education and industry        | nscript |
|     | /88 |               | experience prior to his       | : 16    |
|     |     | By: Karma     | arrival at NBS. He then       | leaves  |
|     |     | Beal          | highlights his distinguished  | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | career at NBS beginning with  | cm.     |
|     |     | Session 1     | his work in the Division of   |         |
|     |     |               | Organic and Fibrous           |         |
|     |     |               | Materials. During the         |         |
|     |     |               | reorganization in 1962, he    |         |
|     |     |               | became Chief of the Polymer   |         |
|     |     |               | Physics Section, and          |         |
|     |     |               | collaborated on a very        |         |
|     |     |               | popular ellipsometry          |         |
|     |     |               | textbook. Passaglia also      |         |
|     |     |               | discusses his relationships   |         |
|     |     |               | with Drs. Huntoon and Astin,  |         |
|     |     |               | Earl Schoonover, Rob Thompson |         |
|     |     |               | and Ernest Ambler. Passaglia  |         |
|     |     |               | talks about the joint efforts |         |
|     |     |               | between NBS and NIH, the      |         |
|     |     |               | laser and high temperature    |         |
|     |     |               | materials work in the ARPA    |         |
|     |     |               | program, his Visiting         |         |
|     |     |               | Professorship at the          |         |
|     |     |               | University of Colorado, and   |         |
|     |     |               | his important work in the     |         |
|     |     |               | Flammable Fabrics Program.    |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 7   | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | 2 tapes |
| 195 | /19 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /88 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 7   | ##            | In this second interview,     | Tra     |
| 196 | /26 | Same as above | Elio Passaglia discusses the  | nscript |
|     | /88 |               | change in direction of the    | : 16    |
|     |     | Session 2     | ARPA program to laser and     | leaves  |
|     |     |               | high temperature materials,   | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | the Branscomb years and the   | cm.     |
|     |     |               | changes in the character of   |         |
|     |     |               | the Bureau, the Metallurgy    |         |
|     |     |               | Division\'s work in metal     |         |
|     |     |               | physics, his work in          |         |
|     |     |               | underground corrosion and on  |         |
|     |     |               | the Alaska Pipeline, the NASA |         |
|     |     |               | contract making perfect       |         |
|     |     |               | cyrstals, Passaglia\'s        |         |
|     |     |               | involvement in materials      |         |
|     |     |               | policy, the Shops Policy      |         |
|     |     |               | Committee at the Bureau, and  |         |
|     |     |               | the corrosion study involving |         |
|     |     |               | NBS, the Navy and Batelle.    |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 7   | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | 1 tape  |
| 197 | /26 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /88 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 4   | #             | Dr. Steffen Peiser recalls    | Tra     |
| 198 | /19 | # Peiser, H.  | NBS\'s involvement in         | nscript |
|     | /85 | Steffen (Dr.) | international science,        | : 64    |
|     |     |               | particularly in the 1970\'s.  | pages;  |
|     |     | By: Karma     | He also talks about his work  | 29 cm.  |
|     |     | Beal          | in the Free Radical Program   |         |
|     |     |               | and the Mass and Scales       |         |
|     |     | Dr. Karl      | Section of NBS. Peiser        |         |
|     |     | Kessler       | discusses his time at Harvard |         |
|     |     |               | University, the guest worker  |         |
|     |     | Dr. Howard    | program at NBS, his           |         |
|     |     | Sorrows       | involvement in the Vietnamese |         |
|     |     |               | Bureau of Standards, and his  |         |
|     |     | Thomas Murphy | leadership role in the IUPAC. |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 4   | ## Peise      | Same as above -- Cassette     | 4 tapes |
| 199 | /19 | r, H. Steffen | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /85 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 3/3 | ## P          | George Porter, former head of | Tran    |
| 200 | /03 | orter, George | the Personnel Division of the | script: |
|     |     |               | National Bureau of Standards  | 17      |
|     |     | With Norm     | (NBS). Norm Belecki, former   | pages;  |
|     |     | Belecki,      | Chief of the NIST Electricity | 29 cm.  |
|     |     |               | Division, member of the       |         |
|     |     | Reeves Tilley | Standards Alumni Association  |         |
|     |     | and           | (SAA). Reeves Tilley, former  |         |
|     |     |               | Chief of Technical            |         |
|     |     | Lisa          | Publications at NBS and       |         |
|     |     | Greenhouse    | member or SAA. Lisa           |         |
|     |     |               | Greenhouse, NIST historian.   |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 3/3 | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | 2 tapes |
| 201 | /03 | Same as above | tapes (2) + one Diskette      | on file |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 8   | ## Ra         | Jacob Rabinow discusses his   | Tra     |
| 202 | /12 | binow, Jacob  | distinguished career at NBS.  | nscript |
|     | /82 |               | He arrived in 1938 and began  | : 25    |
|     |     | By: Dictated  | rating water current meters.  | leaves  |
|     |     | by Jacob      | He describes the genteel      | ; 29    |
|     |     | Rabinow in    | atmosphere of NBS and         | cm.     |
|     |     | his home.     | Washington, DC at the time.   |         |
|     |     |               | During the war he designed    |         |
|     |     |               | safety mechanisms for fuzes.  |         |
|     |     |               | He was a prolific inventor    |         |
|     |     |               | (230 U.S. patents, 70         |         |
|     |     |               | foreign) and so talks of his  |         |
|     |     |               | many patents - including the  |         |
|     |     |               | servo-driven arm on the       |         |
|     |     |               | phonograph, the               |         |
|     |     |               | self-regulating watch, the    |         |
|     |     |               | magnetic particle clutch and  |         |
|     |     |               | his 15 patents for the Post   |         |
|     |     |               | Office. Rabinow served as a   |         |
|     |     |               | member of the Patent          |         |
|     |     |               | Committee at the Bureau in    |         |
|     |     |               | the early 70s. He left the    |         |
|     |     |               | Bureau twice to start his own |         |
|     |     |               | companies, only to return and |         |
|     |     |               | finally retire in 1975.       |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 8   | ##            | Same as above -- 2^nd^ folder | Tra     |
| 203 | /12 | Same as above |                               | nscript |
|     | /82 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 8   | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | 4 tapes |
| 204 | /12 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /82 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 5   | ## Reed,      | Richard Reed remembers his    | Tran    |
| 205 | /14 | Richard (Dr.) | metallurgy work at the        | scripts |
|     | /87 |               | Boulder Labs in Colorado. He  | : 24    |
|     |     | By: Karma     | recalls his work in the       | leaves  |
|     |     | Beal          | Properties of Solids at       | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | Cryogenic Temperatures group, | cm.     |
|     |     |               | their work in phase           |         |
|     |     |               | transformations, fracture and |         |
|     |     |               | deformation research, the     |         |
|     |     |               | failure analysis work for the |         |
|     |     |               | Alaska Oil Pipeline and the   |         |
|     |     |               | Hyatt Regency walkway         |         |
|     |     |               | collapse in Kansas City, the  |         |
|     |     |               | exchange program between the  |         |
|     |     |               | U.S. and U.S.S.R. to test     |         |
|     |     |               | techniques for cryogenic      |         |
|     |     |               | temperatures, and the study   |         |
|     |     |               | of the low temperature        |         |
|     |     |               | properties of steels.         |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 5   | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | 1 tape  |
| 206 | /14 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /87 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 3   | ## Rhode      | Mrs. Rhodes remembers the     | Tra     |
| 207 | /21 | s, Ida (Mrs.) | origin of the Math Tables     | nscript |
|     | /73 |               | Project and her involvement   | : 78    |
|     |     | By: Henry     | in this WPA program to help   | leaves  |
|     |     | Tropp         | out of work mathematicians.   | ; 9 cm. |
|     |     |               | She also recalls her          |         |
|     |     |               | collaboration with Gertrude   |         |
|     |     |               | Blanch during this time.      |         |
|     |     |               | After the war, she was sent   |         |
|     |     |               | to NBS to learn about         |         |
|     |     |               | computers. Mrs. Rhodes        |         |
|     |     |               | discusses her work in         |         |
|     |     |               | developing the UNIVAC and     |         |
|     |     |               | SEAC computers.               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 3   | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | No      |
| 208 | /21 | Same as above | tapes                         | tapes   |
|     | /73 |               |                               | on file |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 8   | ##            | Alexander Robertson, former   | Tra     |
| 209 | /24 | Robertson, Al | Chief of the Fire Protection  | nscript |
|     | /88 | exander (Dr.) | Section, discusses the NBS    | : 21    |
|     |     |               | Fire Program from 1950-1969.  | leaves  |
|     |     | By:           | Robertson recalls the events  | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | that led to the development   | cm.     |
|     |     |               | of fire research at NBS,      |         |
|     |     |               | Allen Astin\'s interest in    |         |
|     |     |               | the program, the Flammable    |         |
|     |     |               | Fabrics Act of 1953 and 1967, |         |
|     |     |               | the Federal Fire Prevention   |         |
|     |     |               | and Control Act, and the Fire |         |
|     |     |               | Research and Safety Act.      |         |
|     |     |               | Robertson also highlights     |         |
|     |     |               | individuals associated with   |         |
|     |     |               | the program - including: E.   |         |
|     |     |               | Carroll Creitz, Drs. Shoen &  |         |
|     |     |               | Eberhardt, Dr. Howard Emmons  |         |
|     |     |               | and Dr. John Rockett.         |         |
|     |     |               | Robertson ends his discussion |         |
|     |     |               | with a list of some of the    |         |
|     |     |               | accomplishments of the        |         |
|     |     |               | program.                      |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 8   | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | 1 tape  |
| 210 | /24 | Robertson, Al | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /88 | exander (Dr.) |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 8   | ##            | Summary of work experience    | Tra     |
| 211 | /24 | Same as above |                               | nscript |
|     | /88 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 8   | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | 1 tape  |
| 212 | /24 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /88 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 8/3 | ##            | For transcript and tapes See  |         |
| 213 | /88 | Same as above | Fire Research Program, August |         |
|     |     |               | 3, 1998, drawer No. 4, files  |         |
|     |     |               | No. 101-104.                  |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 7   | ## Rocket     | Dr. John Rockett begins his   | Tra     |
| 214 | /29 | t, John (Dr.) | recollections by highlighting | nscript |
|     | /88 |               | his education in aerodynamics | : 15    |
|     |     | By: Karma     | and his work at Pratt and     | leaves  |
|     |     | Beal          | Whitney, United Aircraft and  | ; 29    |
|     |     |               | Factor Mutual. Rockett then   | cm.     |
|     |     |               | describes the history and     |         |
|     |     |               | contributions of the Fire     |         |
|     |     |               | Program at NBS. He discusses  |         |
|     |     |               | the Fire Research and Safety  |         |
|     |     |               | Act, the Fabric Flammability  |         |
|     |     |               | Program, the Fire Services    |         |
|     |     |               | Programs, the research in     |         |
|     |     |               | wood cribs and fire models,   |         |
|     |     |               | his associations with John    |         |
|     |     |               | Lyons, Bernie McCaffrey, J.   |         |
|     |     |               | Herbert Holloman, and the     |         |
|     |     |               | NBS/NFPA relationship.        |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 7   | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | 2 tapes |
| 215 | /29 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /88 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 8-  | 8/3 | ## R          | For transcript and tapes See  |         |
| 216 | /98 | yan, James V. | Fire Research Program, August |         |
|     |     |               | 3, 1998, drawer No. 4, files  |         |
|     |     | By: Karma     | No. 101-104.                  |         |
|     |     | Beal          |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 5   | ## Sanders    | Aaron Sanders remembers the   | Tra     |
| 217 | /11 | , Aaron (Dr.) | optical electronics programs  | nscript |
|     | /87 |               | at the National Bureau of     | : 27    |
|     |     | By: Karma     | Standards in Boulder. He      | leaves  |
|     |     | Beal          | comments on the many projects | ; 29 cm |
|     |     |               | he was involved in including  |         |
|     |     |               | \-- the development of        |         |
|     |     |               | standards for lasers, getting |         |
|     |     |               | a measurement services        |         |
|     |     |               | program in place, optical     |         |
|     |     |               | fibers work with Gordon Day,  |         |
|     |     |               | Doug Franzen, and Bruce       |         |
|     |     |               | Danielson, work on gaseous    |         |
|     |     |               | electronics. Sanders also     |         |
|     |     |               | discusses the efforts in the  |         |
|     |     |               | standardization of length,    |         |
|     |     |               | fundamental constants, safety |         |
|     |     |               | thresholds for lasers, the    |         |
|     |     |               | work on voltage sensors, and  |         |
|     |     |               | developing very fast          |         |
|     |     |               | detectors.                    |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 5   | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | 1 tape  |
| 218 | /11 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /87 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 6/3 | ## Schoonov   | Irl Schoonover, former Deputy | Tra     |
| 219 | /81 | er, Irl (Dr.) | Director, reflects on his 41  | nscript |
|     |     |               | year career at the National   | : 63    |
|     |     | By: E. E.     | Bureau of Standards. He       | pages ; |
|     |     | Brady         | discusses his ideas for the   | 29 cm.  |
|     |     |               | Bureau as a                   |         |
|     |     |               | civilian-industrial research  |         |
|     |     |               | institute and a National      |         |
|     |     |               | Institute of Measurement. He  |         |
|     |     |               | also discusses the management |         |
|     |     |               | style of Director Condon and  |         |
|     |     |               | his relationship with Herbert |         |
|     |     |               | Hollomon. Schoonover          |         |
|     |     |               | remembers his interest in     |         |
|     |     |               | updating the international    |         |
|     |     |               | critical tables, encouraging  |         |
|     |     |               | industrial countries to take  |         |
|     |     |               | part in making standard       |         |
|     |     |               | reference materials,          |         |
|     |     |               | remembers the dental research |         |
|     |     |               | program and NBS\'s            |         |
|     |     |               | participation in ANSI.        |         |
|     |     |               | Schoonover ends with          |         |
|     |     |               | reminiscences of the many     |         |
|     |     |               | people he encountered during  |         |
|     |     |               | his time at NBS \-- Harold    |         |
|     |     |               | Stimson, Bill Baker, Lewis    |         |
|     |     |               | Branscomb, Dr. Coblentz and   |         |
|     |     |               | William Meggars.              |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 6/3 | ##            | Same as above -               | Corresp |
| 220 | /81 | Same as above | Correspondence                | ondence |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 6/3 | ##            | Same as above - Cassette      | 6 on    |
| 221 | /81 | Same as above | tapes                         | file    |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 5   | ## Schuba     | Galen Schubauer discusses his | Tra     |
| 222 | /20 | uer, Galen B. | 38 year career in             | nscript |
|     | /81 |               | aerodynamics research at NBS. |         |
|     |     |               | He highlights his work in the |         |
|     |     |               | wind tunnels developing       |         |
|     |     |               | equipment for measureing      |         |
|     |     |               | turbulence using the hot-wire |         |
|     |     |               | anemometer, investigating the |         |
|     |     |               | effectiveness of damping      |         |
|     |     |               | screens in reducing           |         |
|     |     |               | wind-tunnel turbulence, and   |         |
|     |     |               | measuring wind pressure on    |         |
|     |     |               | models of buildings, etc.     |         |
|     |     |               | Schubauer also recalls his    |         |
|     |     |               | work during WWII determining  |         |
|     |     |               | the aerodynamic               |         |
|     |     |               | characteristics of aircraft   |         |
|     |     |               | bombs and mortar shells. In   |         |
|     |     |               | 1946 he became Chief of the   |         |
|     |     |               | Aerodynamic Section and the   |         |
|     |     |               | division renewed the emphasis |         |
|     |     |               | on fundamental research on    |         |
|     |     |               | boundary-layer flow and       |         |
|     |     |               | turbulence.                   |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 5   | ## Schuba     | Same as above -               |         |
| 223 | /20 | uer, Galen B. | Correspondence                |         |
|     | /81 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 5   | ##            | Same as above - Cassette      | None on |
| 224 | /20 | Same as above | Tapes                         | file    |
|     | /81 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 8   | ## Sen        | Anneke Sengers discusses      | Tra     |
| 225 | /15 | gers, Johanna | growning up in Amsterdam, her | nscript |
|     | /96 |               | childhood interest in         | (18     |
|     |     | M.H.          | science, her education in     | pages)  |
|     |     |               | physics and chemistry and her |         |
|     |     | Levelt        | PhD work under Professor      |         |
|     |     | (Anneke)      | Michaels. Ms. Sengers relates |         |
|     |     |               | her move to the University of |         |
|     |     |               | Wisconsin, her return to      |         |
|     |     |               | Professor Michaels\' lab, her |         |
|     |     |               | marriage to Jan Sengers and   |         |
|     |     |               | her eventual return to the    |         |
|     |     |               | U.S. with letters of          |         |
|     |     |               | recommendation from Jan de    |         |
|     |     |               | Boer introducing Anneke and   |         |
|     |     |               | her husband to Ralph Hudson   |         |
|     |     |               | at NBS. Interspersed there    |         |
|     |     |               | are many references to the    |         |
|     |     |               | work she was doing, including |         |
|     |     |               | the communal entrophy         |         |
|     |     |               | problem, hydrogen liquifiers, |         |
|     |     |               | the Burnett aparatus,         |         |
|     |     |               | learning Omnitab, and         |         |
|     |     |               | calculating the quantum       |         |
|     |     |               | levels for argon, neon,       |         |
|     |     |               | nitrogen, etc.                |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 8   | ##            | Same as above - Cassette      | 6 on    |
| 226 | /15 | Same as above | tapes                         | file    |
|     | /04 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 1   | ##            | 2^nd^ part of the interview   | Tra     |
| 227 | 0/9 | Same as above |                               | nscript |
|     | /96 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 1   | ##            | Cassette Tapes                | 2 on    |
| 228 | 0/9 | Same as above |                               | file    |
|     | /96 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 1   | ##            | 3^rd^ part of the interview   | Tra     |
| 229 | 1/5 | Same as above |                               | nscript |
|     | /96 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 1   | ##            | Cassette Tapes                | 2 on    |
| 230 | 1/5 | Same as above |                               | file    |
|     | /96 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 12  | ##            | 4^th^ part of the interview   | Tra     |
| 231 | /11 | Same as above |                               | nscript |
|     | /96 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 12  | ##            | Cassette Tapes                | 2 on    |
| 232 | /11 | Same as above |                               | file    |
|     | /96 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 1/7 | ##            | 5^th^ part of the interview   | Tra     |
| 233 | /97 | Same as above |                               | nscript |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 1/7 | ##            | Cassette Tapes                | 2 on    |
| 234 | /97 | Same as above |                               | file    |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 8/3 | ##            | See Fire Research Program at  |         |
| 235 | /98 |  Shoub, Harry | NBS Aug 3, 1998               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 5   | ## Si         | John Simpson discusses his    | Tra     |
| 236 | /20 | mpson, John A | career at NBS which included  | nscript |
|     | /93 |               | work in electron physics,     |         |
|     |     |               | metrology, and manufacturing. |         |
|     |     |               | He recalls his efforts in     |         |
|     |     |               | designing and building an     |         |
|     |     |               | electron interferometer, his  |         |
|     |     |               | \"cool electrons\" work with  |         |
|     |     |               | Chris Kuyatt, the             |         |
|     |     |               | contributions to x-ray        |         |
|     |     |               | spectroscopy under Hugo       |         |
|     |     |               | Fano\'s direction and Russ    |         |
|     |     |               | Young\'s scanning tunneling   |         |
|     |     |               | microscope. John Simpson also |         |
|     |     |               | recalls his time as Acting    |         |
|     |     |               | Chief of the Mechanics        |         |
|     |     |               | Division and his task to      |         |
|     |     |               | revolutionize the division.   |         |
|     |     |               | John talks about the 1978     |         |
|     |     |               | reorganization of the Bureau  |         |
|     |     |               | and his contributions to the  |         |
|     |     |               | AMRF program.                 |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 5   | ##            | Same as above - Diskette      | 1 on    |
| 237 | /20 | Same as above |                               | file    |
|     | /93 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 5   | ##            | Same as above - Cassette      | 3 on    |
| 238 | /20 | Same as above | tapes -- 1 tape dated         | file    |
|     | /93 |               | Sept/12/89                    |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 1   | ## Sitte      | Oral history interview        | Tra     |
| 239 | /27 | rly, Charlott |                               | nscript |
|     | /81 | e Moore (Dr.) |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 1   | ##            | Same as above -               |         |
| 240 | /27 | Same as above | Correspondence                |         |
|     | /81 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 1   | ##            | Same as above - Cassette      | 2 in    |
| 241 | /27 | Same as above | tapes                         | file    |
|     | /81 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 1   | ##            | Same as above -- 7" reel 178  | 1 on    |
| 242 | /27 | Same as above | mm recording tape             | file    |
|     | /81 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 6   | ## Slutz      | Ralph Slutz recalls his       | Tra     |
| 243 | /76 | , Ralph (Dr.) | interest in computers started | nscript |
|     |     |               | as an undergraduate at MIT.   |         |
|     |     |               | He worked on the Princeton    |         |
|     |     |               | Project at the Institute for  |         |
|     |     |               | Advanced Study with John Von  |         |
|     |     |               | Neumann helping to build the  |         |
|     |     |               | ENIAC computer. He later      |         |
|     |     |               | found an opportunity to help  |         |
|     |     |               | build the NBS Interim         |         |
|     |     |               | Computer at NBS. Slutz        |         |
|     |     |               | discusses his work in         |         |
|     |     |               | designing and building        |         |
|     |     |               | input/output devices,         |         |
|     |     |               | computer circuitry and vacuum |         |
|     |     |               | tubes and he also discusses   |         |
|     |     |               | the SEAC as the first stored  |         |
|     |     |               | program machine in the U.S    |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 6   | ##            | Same as above - Cassette      | 1 on    |
| 244 | /76 | Slutz, Ralph  | tapes                         | file    |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 11  | ## Snyde      | Wilbert Snyder remembers his  | Tra     |
| 245 | /30 | r, Wilbert F. | 15 years of work in NBS\'s    | nscript |
|     | /82 |               | sound section during the      |         |
|     |     |               | 1930s. He also recalls his    |         |
|     |     |               | work in the Central Radio     |         |
|     |     |               | Propagation Laboratory (CRPL) |         |
|     |     |               | beginning in 1946. Mr. Snyder |         |
|     |     |               | discusses his publication     |         |
|     |     |               | \"Achievement in Radio:       |         |
|     |     |               | Seventy Years of Radio        |         |
|     |     |               | Science and Measurement at    |         |
|     |     |               | the National Bureau of        |         |
|     |     |               | Standards\" and the major     |         |
|     |     |               | contributions of NBS during   |         |
|     |     |               | WWI.                          |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 11  | ##            | Same as above -               |         |
| 246 | /30 | Same as above | Correspondence                |         |
|     | /82 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 11  | ##            | Same as above - Cassette      | None on |
| 247 | /30 | Same as above | tapes                         | file    |
|     | /82 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 6   | ##            | Oral history interview (June  | Tra     |
| 248 | /83 | Same as above | 1983)                         | nscript |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 6   | ##            | Same as above - Cassette      | 2 on    |
| 249 | /83 | Same as above | tapes                         | file    |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 6   | ##            | Sound recording tape 35-90    | 1 on    |
| 250 | /83 | Same as above |                               | file    |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 6   | ##            | 7" reel, 178 mm audio tape    | 1 on    |
| 251 | /83 | Same as above |                               | file    |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 12  | ## Sorro      | Dr. Howard Sorrows discusses  | Tra     |
| 252 | /10 | ws, Howard E. | the administrative styles of  | nscript |
|     | /86 |               | Dr. Richard Roberts, Dr.      |         |
|     |     |               | Lewis Branscomb and Dr.       |         |
|     |     |               | Ernest Ambler. He recalls     |         |
|     |     |               | Roberts as someone who came   |         |
|     |     |               | from industry and tried to    |         |
|     |     |               | install modern management     |         |
|     |     |               | techniques at NBS. Lewis      |         |
|     |     |               | Branscomb had an intellectual |         |
|     |     |               | leadership style with a       |         |
|     |     |               | superior knowledge of science |         |
|     |     |               | and technology. Ernest Ambler |         |
|     |     |               | placed a high priority on     |         |
|     |     |               | substance, relied on his own  |         |
|     |     |               | scientific judgement, and was |         |
|     |     |               | like a manager of a           |         |
|     |     |               | prestigious old line company. |         |
|     |     |               | Sorrows also discusses the    |         |
|     |     |               | leadership style of Edward    |         |
|     |     |               | Condon and reveals the        |         |
|     |     |               | specials projects he worked   |         |
|     |     |               | on for Richard Roberts and    |         |
|     |     |               | the working relationship he   |         |
|     |     |               | had with him.                 |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 9-  | 12  | ##            | Cassette tapes                | 4 on    |
| 253 | /10 | Same as above |                               | file    |
|     | /86 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 6/2 | ## St         | Harold Stimson remembers his  | Tra     |
| 254 | /82 | imson, Harold | 42 year career in heat        | nscript |
|     |     |               | measurement at the National   |         |
|     |     |               | Bureau of Standards. He       |         |
|     |     |               | recalls the properties of     |         |
|     |     |               | ammonia work that was going   |         |
|     |     |               | on when he arrived in 1916,   |         |
|     |     |               | his work with Ginnings on the |         |
|     |     |               | properties of water, the work |         |
|     |     |               | he did on proximity fuzes and |         |
|     |     |               | the work of Guildner, Johnson |         |
|     |     |               | and Jones on the triple point |         |
|     |     |               | of water. Included in this    |         |
|     |     |               | oral history are many         |         |
|     |     |               | personal reminiscenses        |         |
|     |     |               | between all of the            |         |
|     |     |               | participants, including       |         |
|     |     |               | Corliss\'s memory of the      |         |
|     |     |               | AD-X2 controversy.            |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 6/2 | ##            | Same as above -               |         |
| 255 | /82 | Same as above | Correspondence                |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 6/2 | ##            | Same as above - Recording     | 2 tapes |
| 256 | /82 | Same as above | tape -- 7" reel               | on file |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 6/2 | ## S          | Same as above - Cassette      | 7 tapes |
| 257 | /82 | ame as above  | tapes                         | on file |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 9   | ##            | Interview by Edith Corliss    | 1 tape  |
| 258 | /18 | Same as above | 9-18-82 at his home. No       | on file |
|     | /82 |               | transcript, 1 Cassette tape   |         |
|     |     |               | on file.                      |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 2   | ## Tayl       | An interview of Dr. Lauriston | Tra     |
| 259 | /20 | or, Lauriston | by Dr. J. C. Villforth,       | nscript |
|     | /85 |               | February 20, 1985.            |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 2   | ##            | Cassette tapes                | None on |
| 260 | /20 | Same as above |                               | file    |
|     | /85 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 12  | ##            | Dr. Lauriston Taylor          | Tra     |
| 261 | /11 | Same as above | discusses his career in the   | nscript |
|     | /86 |               | NBS proximity fuze and x-ray  |         |
|     |     |               | programs. He also talks about |         |
|     |     |               | the ramifications of the      |         |
|     |     |               | AD-X2 controversy, the Kelly  |         |
|     |     |               | Committee and its             |         |
|     |     |               | recommendation to rid the     |         |
|     |     |               | Bureau of the Ordnance Labs.  |         |
|     |     |               | Lastly, Dr. Taylor recalls    |         |
|     |     |               | the NBS project accounting    |         |
|     |     |               | system, the move to           |         |
|     |     |               | Gaithersburg, and his         |         |
|     |     |               | relationship with Harry       |         |
|     |     |               | Diamond.                      |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 12  | ## Tayl       | Same as above - Cassette      | None on |
| 262 | /11 | or, Lauriston | tapes                         | file    |
|     | /86 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 4   | ##            | Lauriston Taylor discusses    | Tra     |
| 263 | /10 | Same as above | the effects that the loyalty  | nscript |
|     | /90 |               | oaths and security clearances |         |
|     |     |               | had on the Bureau prior to    |         |
|     |     |               | and during the McCarthy era.  |         |
|     |     |               | Elio Passaglia talks about    |         |
|     |     |               | the information he is         |         |
|     |     |               | gathering to write a chapter  |         |
|     |     |               | in his book (A Unique         |         |
|     |     |               | Institution) on McCarthyism.  |         |
|     |     |               | Taylor begins and ends this   |         |
|     |     |               | history with reflections on   |         |
|     |     |               | Edward Condon and some of the |         |
|     |     |               | problems he faced at the      |         |
|     |     |               | Bureau and why he left the    |         |
|     |     |               | organization.                 |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 4   | ##            | Same as above - Cassette      | 1 tape  |
| 264 | /10 | Same as above | tapes                         | on file |
|     | /90 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 1   | ## Till       | W. Reeves Tilley, former      | Tra     |
| 265 | 1/9 | ey, W. Reeves | Chief of the Office of        | nscript |
|     | /82 |               | Technical Information and     |         |
|     |     |               | Publications remembers his 34 |         |
|     |     |               | year career at the National   |         |
|     |     |               | Bureau of Standards. Tilley   |         |
|     |     |               | discusses the Summary         |         |
|     |     |               | Technical News Service, the   |         |
|     |     |               | Technical News Bulletin       |         |
|     |     |               | (which became the official    |         |
|     |     |               | spokesman of NBS), Dimensions |         |
|     |     |               | NBS, STR news releases, and   |         |
|     |     |               | Technical Highlights. Tilley  |         |
|     |     |               | also remembers the remarkable |         |
|     |     |               | growth of the Bureau during   |         |
|     |     |               | his tenure, due in part to    |         |
|     |     |               | the refurbishing of existing  |         |
|     |     |               | NBS report series, the        |         |
|     |     |               | establishment of the          |         |
|     |     |               | Technical Note Series,        |         |
|     |     |               | Consumer Information Series   |         |
|     |     |               | and the FIPS and the          |         |
|     |     |               | expansion of the Journal of   |         |
|     |     |               | Research and improved         |         |
|     |     |               | Technical News Bulletin. Mr.  |         |
|     |     |               | Tilley discusses his          |         |
|     |     |               | relationships with Astin,     |         |
|     |     |               | Branscomb, Roberts and        |         |
|     |     |               | Ambler, and recounts some of  |         |
|     |     |               | his many accomplishments \--  |         |
|     |     |               | an effective conference       |         |
|     |     |               | program, initiation of NBS    |         |
|     |     |               | electronic photocomposition   |         |
|     |     |               | program, revision of the      |         |
|     |     |               | Communications Manual, and    |         |
|     |     |               | the success of major open     |         |
|     |     |               | houses.                       |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 1   | ##            | Same as above -- Recording    | 1 tape  |
| 266 | 1/9 | Same as above | tape 7' REEL, 178 mm          | on file |
|     | /82 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 1   | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | 2 on    |
| 267 | 1/9 | Same as above | tapes                         | file    |
|     | /82 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 5   | ## Tucker     | Oral history program -- Louis | Tra     |
| 268 | /29 | man, Louis B. | B. Tuckerman's Speech, May    | nscript |
|     | /53 |               | 29, 1953. Chief of            |         |
|     |     |               | Engineering of the National   |         |
|     |     |               | Bureau of Standards.          |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 5   | ##            | Same as above -               |         |
| 269 | /29 | Same as above | Correspondence                |         |
|     | /53 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 5   | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | None on |
| 270 | /29 | Same as above | tapes                         | file    |
|     | /53 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 10  | ##            | Elmer Weaver remembers his    | Tra     |
| 271 | /17 | Weaver, Elmer | work in the Chemistry         | nscript |
|     | /66 |               | Division of NBS under Dr.     |         |
|     |     |               | Hillebrand. He discusses the  |         |
|     |     |               | project to establish          |         |
|     |     |               | standards for public          |         |
|     |     |               | utilities and his involvement |         |
|     |     |               | in gas utilities. Weaver also |         |
|     |     |               | recalls his war work on       |         |
|     |     |               | lighter-than-air craft \--    |         |
|     |     |               | balloons and dirigibles and   |         |
|     |     |               | their gases -hydrogen and     |         |
|     |     |               | helium, he also recalls his   |         |
|     |     |               | association with the Chemical |         |
|     |     |               | Society of Washington and his |         |
|     |     |               | patents on balloon gases.     |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 10  | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | 1 on    |
| 272 | /17 | Same as above | tapes                         | file    |
|     | /66 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 1   | ## Willenb    | F. Karl Willenbrock, former   | Tra     |
| 273 | 1/7 | rock, F. Karl | Director of the Institute for | nscript |
|     | /86 |               | Applied Technology, discusses |         |
|     |     |               | the different management      |         |
|     |     |               | styles and working            |         |
|     |     |               | relationships he had with     |         |
|     |     |               | former Bureau heads, Lewis    |         |
|     |     |               | Branscomb and Richard         |         |
|     |     |               | Roberts. He also recalls the  |         |
|     |     |               | important aspects of the      |         |
|     |     |               | National Engineering          |         |
|     |     |               | Laboratory, the important,    |         |
|     |     |               | industrially oriented         |         |
|     |     |               | research of the AMRF, the     |         |
|     |     |               | building industry in the      |         |
|     |     |               | U.S., the Fire Research       |         |
|     |     |               | Program, and the work he did  |         |
|     |     |               | to implement the metric       |         |
|     |     |               | system in the U.S. He also    |         |
|     |     |               | talks about Project           |         |
|     |     |               | Breakthrough\", an effort of  |         |
|     |     |               | HUD to introduce new          |         |
|     |     |               | technology into the building  |         |
|     |     |               | industry, and the top         |         |
|     |     |               | projects of the Institute of  |         |
|     |     |               | Applied Technology over the   |         |
|     |     |               | past 40 years, including the  |         |
|     |     |               | Fire Safety and Control Act,  |         |
|     |     |               | the Center for Manufacturing  |         |
|     |     |               | Engineering, the work done in |         |
|     |     |               | the Center for Product        |         |
|     |     |               | Safety, and the program to    |         |
|     |     |               | inprove the energy efficiency |         |
|     |     |               | of buildings.                 |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 1   | ## Willenbr   | Same as above -- Cassette     | 2 on    |
| 274 | 1/7 | ock, F,. Karl | tapes                         | file    |
|     | /86 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 1   | ## Wood, Lawr | Lawrence Wood talks about his | Tra     |
| 275 | 1/6 | ence A. (Dr.) | memories of the synthetic     | nscript |
|     | /78 |               | rubber program at the         |         |
|     |     |               | National Bureau of Standards  |         |
|     |     |               | between 1936 and 1956. Dr.    |         |
|     |     |               | Wood remembers his work with  |         |
|     |     |               | Norm Bekkedahl, the first     |         |
|     |     |               | International Rubber          |         |
|     |     |               | Technical Conference in 1938, |         |
|     |     |               | his visit to the Leverkusen   |         |
|     |     |               | laboratories in Germany to    |         |
|     |     |               | observe their snythetic       |         |
|     |     |               | rubber program, his           |         |
|     |     |               | association with Jesse        |         |
|     |     |               | Jones - then Secretary of     |         |
|     |     |               | Commerce, and the start up of |         |
|     |     |               | the national Rubber Program   |         |
|     |     |               | in 1942.                      |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 1   | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | None on |
| 276 | 1/6 | Same as above | tapes                         | file    |
|     | /78 |               |                               |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 1   | #             | Dr. Harold Wyckoff\'s         | Tra     |
| 277 | /30 | # Wyckoff, Ha | interview is part of the      | nscript |
|     | /78 | rold O. (Dr.) | series \"Vignettes of Early   |         |
|     |     |               | Radiation Workers.\" Wyckoff  |         |
|     |     |               | joined the X-ray section of   |         |
|     |     |               | NBS in 1941 and dedicated his |         |
|     |     |               | career towards the safe and   |         |
|     |     |               | accurate applications of      |         |
|     |     |               | radiation in medicine. He     |         |
|     |     |               | discusses getting the         |         |
|     |     |               | million-volt plant for direct |         |
|     |     |               | current into operation, the   |         |
|     |     |               | major study of diagnostic     |         |
|     |     |               | x-ray equipment testing for   |         |
|     |     |               | the Army during WWII, the     |         |
|     |     |               | comparison of US and European |         |
|     |     |               | standards in the ionizing     |         |
|     |     |               | radiation field with the      |         |
|     |     |               | National Physical Laboratory  |         |
|     |     |               | in England, and his           |         |
|     |     |               | Chairmanship of the ICRU.     |         |
+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+
| 10- | 1   | ##            | Same as above -- Cassette     | No      |
| 278 | /30 | Same as above | tapes                         | tapes   |
|     | /78 |               |                               | on file |
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+-----+-----+---------------+-------------------------------+---------+