Committee on Oceanography records
Scope and Content Note
This collection includes committee subject files, reports, and correspondence.
Dates
- 1924-1937
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
On April 27, 1927, the National Academy of Sciences voted to appoint a Committee on Oceanography to consider the share of the US in a world-wide program of Oceanographic Research. In its final report, this committee recommended the creation of a “single independent well-equipped Atlantic oceanographic institution.” This recommendation ultimately resulted in the creation of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Extent
3 boxes (1.5 lin. ft.)
Overview
This collection includs reports, correspondence, and subject files from the National Academy of Science's Committee on Oceanography from 1924-1937.
Custodial History
The custodial history is undocumented.
Acquisitions Information
The acquisition of the records by the Data Library and Archives is undocumented.
Processing Information
First-level processing completed in February 2004 by Melissa Lamont and Marisa Hudspeth.
- Title
- A Guide to the Committee on Oceanography records, 1924-1937
- Author
- Melissa Lamont and Marisa Hudspeth
- Date
- February 6, 2004
- 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