Ocean Industry Program (OIP) records
Scope and Content Note
The records of the Ocean Industry Program include program proposals, summaries, committee meeting files, and correspondence with contributing companies, such as Exxon, Texaco, Shell, Mobil, Chevron, and Amoco.
Dates
- Creation: 1954-1979
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.
Historical Information
The Ocean Industry Program (OIP) was initiated in 1971 in response to requests from major oil companies for access to WHOI data and scientists. The program was designed to create partnerships between industry and WHOI, exchanging unrestricted funds for a competitive edge through greater access to geosciences data, scientists, symposia, and papers. WHOI would then use those unrestricted funds to support data collection and analysis, purchase scientific equipment, and support promising students, scientists, and visitors. Of particular interest was the seismic data gathered by the old Underwater Sound work done by Brackett Hersey and the work done by the Geology and Geophysics Department. It was later incorporated as a component of the Ocean Sciences and Technologies Program.
Extent
5 boxes (2.5 linear feet)
Overview
The Ocean Industry Program (OIP) was initiated in 1971 in response to requests from major oil companies for access to WHOI data and scientists. The records of the Ocean Industry Program include program proposals, summaries, committee meeting files, and correspondence with contributing companies, such as Exxon, Texaco, Shell, Mobil, Chevron, and Amoco.
Custodial History
The custodial history of the records is unknown.
Acquisitions Information
It is not known when the Archives acquired the records.
Processing Information
Processed by Beverly Woods and Marisa Hudspeth in 2003.
- Title
- A Guide to the Ocean Industry Program (OIP) records, 1954-1979
- Author
- Beverly Woods and Marisa Hudspeth
- Date
- September 2003
- 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