Melvin A. Rosenfeld papers
Scope and Content Note
The Melvin A. Rosenfeld papers contain information on a number of Rosenfeld's activities at WHOI, including his work in the Ocean Engineering department, the formation of the Staff Committee, work relating to the Computer Group, evaluations of the WHOI Data Library, and a proposal for a cooperative national laboratory program. Materials in the papers include agenda and minutes, notes, reports, drafts, articles, proposals, guidelines, annual reports, correspondence and memoranda.
Dates
- 1966-1979
Language of Materials
The records are in
English.
Access
Open: materials are available for research.
Use
Copyright: Permission to publish material from the collection must be authorized by the Institution Archivist.
Biographical Information
Melvin A. Rosenfeld was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1918. He received a B.S. in Geology from the University of Chicago in 1940, and his M.S. (1950) and Ph.D. (1953) in Geology from Pennsylvania State University. Rosenfeld came to WHOI in 1965 as manager of the Computer Group. In 1969 he became manager of the Information Processing Center. He retired in January 1981.
Extent
2 boxes (2.5 lin. ft.)
Overview
The Melvin A. Rosenfeld papers contain information on Rosenfeld's work in the Ocean Engineering department, the formation of the Staff Committee, work relating to the Computer Group, evaluations of the WHOI Data Library, and a proposal for a cooperative national laboratory program.
Arrangement
The papers are arranged in five series:
Custodial History
The custodial history is undocumented.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Melvin Rosenfeld in October 1980.
Separated Material
Copies of 17 issues of the JOIDES journal were included in the accession, and were removed to the journals collection.
Processing Information
First-level processing completed by Werner Deuser in November 2010.
- Title
- A Guide to the Melvin A. Rosenfeld papers, 1966-1979
- Author
- David Sherman
- Date
- 2010
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written inEnglish
Repository Details
Part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Data Library and Archives Repository