World War, 1939-1945

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Frederick Sanders, 2004. Interviewed by Kristine Harper. 1 sound cassette (ca. 1 hr.) : analog, mono + Transcript (25 pgs.). AMS 182; two physical versions (one master, one copy). Forms part of American Meteorological Society Oral History Project. Topics include: childhood and family; early schooling and influences; undergraduate education; aviation cadet training in meteorology, MIT; wartime service in Greenland; postwar work and graduate school; teaching at...

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Robert Simpson, 1989. Interviewed by Edward Zipser. 3 sound cassettes (ca. 3 hrs., tape 1 side 1 severely degraded) analog, mono + Transcript (45 pgs.). AMS 32-34; two versions (one master, one copy). Forms part of American Meteorological Society Oral History Project. Topics include: early life and education; early work with the meteorological society; work during World War II and Dr. Reichelderfer; Air Force School of Tropical Meteorology in Panama; hurricane...

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Joseph Smagorinsky, 1986. Interviewed by John Young. 2 sound cassettes (ca. 3 hrs.) : analog, mono + transcript (39 pgs.). AMS 3-4; two physical versions (one master, one copy). Access restrictions; AMS approval required to examine interview; written permission required to quote, cite, or reproduce any portion of the material. Forms part of American Meteorological Society Oral History Project. Joseph Smagorinsky describes his youthful interest in weather, early...

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Margaret Smagorinsky, 2006. Interviewed by Kristine Harper. 3 sound cassettes (ca. 2 hrs., tape 3 side B blank) : analog, mono + transcript (49 pgs.). AMS 201-203; two physical versions (one master, one copy).Forms part of American Meteorological Society Oral History Project. Topics include: childhood, family and education; Brooklyn College; early employment; wartime work as statistician for the U.S. Weather Bureau with Glenn Brier, Jerome Namias; graduate work...

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Jerome Spar, 1990. Interviewed by Julius London. 1 sound cassette (ca. 1 hr.) : analog, mono + transcript (14 pgs.). Transcript ends on side A of tape 1. AMS 57; two physical versions (one master, one copy). Forms part of American Meteorological Society Oral History Project. Topics include: interest in meteorology; work in the Air Force during World War II; teaching at NYU; work with weather modification (projects SCUD and Stormfury); thesis work and published...

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Athelstan F. Spilhaus, 1991. Interviewed by George P. Cressman. 2 sound cassettes (ca. 2 hrs., tape 1 and 2 side B blank) : analog, mono + transcript (14 pgs.). AMS 71-72; two physical versions (one master, one copy). Forms part of American Meteorological Society Oral History Project. Following an introduction, Cressman asks Spilhaus about his early life and his influences. Spilhaus talks about his mother, his education at the University of Capetown, and how he...