Overview The Richard H. Backus papers span the years 1959-2001, and reflect Backus' tenure at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The papers consist of questionnaires completed by students of a weeklong workshop held at WHOI in 1958 and 1959, correspondence documenting the attempted ouster of WHOI director Paul M. Fye in 1961, production information pertaining to the book “Georges Bank," of which Backus served as Editor, and a memoir and scrapbook Backus wrote about his experiences on the Atlantis...