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Melvin A. Rosenfeld papers

 Record Group
Identifier: MC-36

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

  • Creation: 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.)

Additional Description

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:

List of Series:

  1. Ocean Engineering Department
  2. Staff Committee
  3. National Laboratory Program Proposal
  4. Library and Information Retrieval
  5. Submersible Safety

Custodial History

The custodial history is undocumented.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Melvin Rosenfeld in October 1980.

Related Material

See also three archives collections for related material: the Staff Committee records (AC-39), the Computer and Information Services (CIS) records (AC-30), and the Digital Data Library records (AC-25). Also, see the report, A cooperative national program at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution : in response to the concept of the University-National Laboratory proposed by the Commission on Marine Science, Engineering and Resources (WHOI 1969 .W6), which relates to the material in series III.

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.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

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

Repository Details

Part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Data Library and Archives Repository

https://dla.whoi.edu/dla/
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