Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution A Guide to the Henry Melson Stommel Papers, 1946-1996 Manuscript Collection MC-06 37 boxes (19.25 lin. ft.) |
Henry Melson Stommel was born in Wilmington, Delaware on September 27, 1920. He was the first child of Marian Estelle Melson and Walter Herman Karl Stommel. A year after his birth, his father, a chemist, moved the family to Sweden. A year later, his mother left Sweden when she was pregnant with Henry's sister Anne, and never returned. She initially went to Wilmington but soon moved an extended family to Brooklyn, New York, where she supported them.
Henry Stommel attended New York Public Schools and then received a full scholarship to Yale University where he studied astronomy, graduating in 1942. He spent the postgraduate years l942-1944 at the Yale Observatory and concurrently studied at the Yale Divinity School. Lyman Spitzer Jr. helped him obtain employment at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in September 1944. He worked first with Maurice Ewing and then with Jeffreys Wyman, working on the results of trade cumulus.
He took two leaves of absence from WHOI, which he thought important to his development: the first, in 1946 to study with C.G. Rossby at the University of Chicago; and the second, from 1946-1947 to the Imperial College in London. Stommel remained at WHOI until l959, when he accepted an offer from Harvard University to teach. He was prompted to accept this position because of his disagreement with the policies of WHOI's director, Paul Fye. The years he spent at Harvard (1960-1963) were not happy ones, however, and at the end of that period he joined the Department of Meteorology at the Massachusetts Institution of Technology, where he remained for sixteen years. When Fye retired as director, Stommel returned to WHOI, where he remained until his death in 1992.
In l948 he published a paper which marked the birth of the field of dynamical oceanography in the US. Over the next forty-four years he came to be considered the most important physical oceanographer of his time.
Henry Stommel was married on December 6, 1950 to Elizabeth Huntington Brown (b. October 26, 1926), known as Chickie. They had three children: Matthew, Elijah, and Abigail Stommel Adams.
For other biographical accounts, see:
The Henry Melson Stommel papers span the years 1946-1996 with the bulk dating from 1970-1992. The collection reflects the varied scientific interests of Henry Melson Stommel, regarded by some as perhaps the most important physical oceanographer of all time and the founder of the field of dynamical oceanography in the US. Its primary focus is the scientific work that engrossed him for over 41 years. A large portion of the collection consists of drafts and research for scientific books and articles, most of which he wrote after returning to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1978 after years teaching at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institution of Technology. Although there is relatively little purely personal information, Stommel's colleagues often became his friends, so many letters contain some personal information. His correspondence, with scientific figures of the day, is wide-ranging.
Location of Disks
Note: All 5-l/4" disks were transferred to 3-l/2" disks
All the computer disks listed in the container list were removed from their folders and placed in the document box at the end series. The original locations of the disks are listed in the following table:
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Disk # | Box | Folder |
1 | 6 | 21 |
2 | 11 | 2 |
3 | 12 | 25 |
4 | 13 | 33 |
5 | 13 | 35 |
6,7,8 | 16/17 | 65-68 |
9 | 17 | 69 |
10 | 17 | 70 |
11 | 17 | 71-72 |
12,13 | 17/18 | 2-6 |
14 | 24 | 67 |
15,16,17 | 27 | 7 |
18 | 27 | 8, 14-15 |
19 | 27 | 17 |
20 | 28 | 19 |
21,22 | 28 | 22 |
23 | 28 | 27 |
24-30 | 28 | 32 |
31-33 | 28 | 37 |
34-37 | 29 | 45 |
38 | 29 | 51 |
39-40 | 29 | 55 |
41-42 | 30 | 62 |
43 | 28 | 21 |
Index to Correspondents in Series II, Correspondence
Routine business correspondence has not been included in the index.
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Year | To/From | Correspondent |
1949 | Letter to: | Pres. Sproul, President, University of California |
Letter from: | Pres. Sproul, President, University of California | |
1950 | Letters from: | Columbus Iselin |
H.C. Daives, University of Chicago | ||
1951 | Letter to: | Donald Pritchard, Chesapeake Bay Institute |
Letter from: | Yale University | |
1952 | Letter to: | Louis Benjamin |
Letters from: | Louis Benjamin | |
Richard M. Elliott | ||
1953 | Letters to: | Manuel d'Azevedo Castro Neves |
Paul Henson | ||
Grenge League Federation | ||
H.E. Babcock | ||
Letters from: | Paul Henson | |
C. Ewing | ||
1954 | Letter from: | Manuel Neves |
1960 | Letters to: | Columbus Iselin |
A.F. Spilhaus | ||
E.B. Wilson | ||
Paul M. Fye | ||
Letters from: | Paul M. Fye | |
1961 | Letters from: | Joanne S. Malkus |
N.B. McLean | ||
1964 | Letters to: | Dr. Chuji Tsuboi [?] |
Dr. Norman P. Neureoter [?] | ||
Prof. Kiyou Wadfat | ||
1965 | Letter from: | Thomas H. Hamilton, University of Hawaii |
1966 | Letters to: | Dr. Richard Bader |
1967 | Letters from: | Bernard Saint-Gueley [?] |
1969 | Letters from: | Charles L. Osterberg |
Warren S. Wooster | ||
Edward Fredkin Charitable Foundation | ||
1970 | Letters from: | Alan J. Faller |
Brian J. Skinner | ||
Gad Assaf | ||
Walter H. Munk | ||
1971 | Letters to: | Prof. A.S. Monin |
Mr. Feenan Jennings | ||
Dean John Knauss | ||
Dr. N.D. Bank | ||
Dr. Roberto Frassetto | ||
Mr. R.J. Smith | ||
Prof. Allan Robinson | ||
Dr. Arthur Maxwell | ||
Dr. Nelson Hogg | ||
George Veronis | ||
Letters from: | Ledolph Baer | |
Prof. Melvin E. Stern | ||
Nelson Hogg | ||
Dr. N.D. Bang | ||
Prof. Antonio Marussi | ||
Mark Winbush | ||
Fred A. Donath | ||
John R. Apel | ||
Dr. A. Leetman | ||
L. Fovin | ||
George F. Carrier | ||
Professor Antonio Marussi | ||
Mike Gregg | ||
J. Joseph | ||
Richard Vetter | ||
Michael Czepan | ||
John Swallow | ||
C.H. Mortimer | ||
G.M. Corcos | ||
Bertil Ostrom | ||
F. Fedorov | ||
1972 | Letters from: | Mary Sears |
Henri Lacombe | ||
Nelson Hogg | ||
Theodore D. Foster | ||
Letters to: | Theodore D. Foster | |
1973 | Letters from: | Dr. Michele Fieux |
Prof. Henri Lacombe | ||
Letter to: | Dr. Michele Fieux | |
1975 | Letters from: | Mrs. J. Swallow |
George Veronis | ||
1978 | Letter from: | Yeh Tu-Cheng |
1980 | Letter from: | Allan R. Robinson |
F.G. Wood | ||
Edwin Bryan, Jr. | ||
1981 | Letters from: | Donald Parson |
Jesse Swinson | ||
1982 | Letter from: | Michele Fieux |
Donald Parson | ||
John D. Post | ||
1983 | Letters from: | Andrew David |
Dr. Charles E.S. Arps | ||
H.E. Landsberg | ||
Dr. M. Samuels | ||
R. Caborloc | ||
Peter H. Raven | ||
Letters to: | Dr. Morton F. Meads | |
Dr. Marwyn S. Samuels | ||
1984 | Letters from: | Henri Lacombe |
A.C.F. David | ||
Dr. Deacon | ||
Dr. I. Shearer | ||
Eric Wanner | ||
Lucy Fromin | ||
Letters to: | Bob Millard | |
Bruce Warren | ||
Dr. Gargosian | ||
J.F. Gilbert | ||
Carl Wunsch | ||
1985 | Letters from: | George Veronis |
L. Talley | ||
Letters to: | Academician L. Brekhovskilt | |
Raymond C. Smith | ||
Dr. Walter Brundage | ||
Mr. Yashushi Fukamachi | ||
1986 | Letters to: | R.C. Beardsley |
Mrs. S.M. Usher | ||
Letters from: | Anthony H. Knap | |
1987 | Letters from: | Konstantin Nicholaevich Fedorov |
John R. Adel | ||
Wilton Sturges | ||
Larry P. Atkinson | ||
Letters to: | Dr. Wilton Sturges | |
Dr. Joseph Keller | ||
1988 | Letters from: | Haraldur Sigurdsson |
Eric Mollo-Christensen | ||
Karl K. Turekian | ||
Letters to: | Prof. Michael Mullen | |
1989 | Letters to: | Allen Peterson |
Dr. Freeman Gilhart | ||
1990 | Letters from: | Jim Pria |
Jonathan Werner | ||
I.O.S. Wormley | ||
Carl A. Friehl | ||
Pierre Welander | ||
A.I. Fel'Zenbaum | ||
Dr. Roy M. Greer | ||
Zinovy I. Kizner | ||
Letters to: | Russ Davis | |
Prof. Lillian Hornig | ||
Dr. Craig Dorman | ||
Prof. J.E. Kutzbach | ||
1991 | Letters from: | W.S. Broecker |
Freeman Gilbert | ||
Mary and John Swallow | ||
R. Ballard | ||
Peter Killworth | ||
Richard Lambert, Jr. | ||
Letters to: | Roy M. Green | |
Larry P. Atkinson | ||
Prof. M.B. Ariyapala | ||
Editor, Ocean Modeling | ||
Dr. Robert Knox | ||
Dr. Vincent Courtillot | ||
Prof. Christian Moers |
On April 6, l992, the WHOI Archives removed approximately 43 boxes of materials from the Stommel home at 766 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth. An additional 18 boxes were removed from Stommel's office in the Clark Building (Room 310A of the Physical Oceanography Department) on April 29, 1992, as well as three instruments: l) a 2" lead ball on a tether; 2) a demonstration model to illustrate the Corioliis force; 3) an Ashton brass double spring steam pressure gage 0-500 lbs.
Henry Melson Stommel (1920-1992) Papers, 1946-1996. MC-06, "Folder Name." Data Library and Archives, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
The Henry Melson Stommel Papers were given to the WHOI Archives on April 6, 1992 by Mrs. Stommel. In 1996 the Physical Oceanography Department gave the archives two boxes that contained materials relating to the 1995 publication of The Collected Works of Henry Stommel. These materials were condensed into a box and a document box and added as the Book Compilation Materials series to Stommel’s collection. In November 1999 Jim Luyten, Associate Director for Research, gave the archives 3 folders; these were integrated into the collection in January 2000.
Processed by Nancy Kougeas. The 61 boxes received in April 1992 were consolidated into 48 boxes during l992 or l993, before the collection was processed. Because of this consolidation, coupled with the fact that Henry Stommel had changed the order of folders and also destroyed many items, the original filing arrangement of the collection often could not be ascertained. Any existing order within the collection was retained, although most of the materials needed to be re-arranged. During processing, basic preservation measures were taken, staples were removed and copying done as necessary.
Open: materials are available for research.
Copyright: Permission to publish material from the collection must be authorized by the Institution Archivist.
All the computer disks listed in the container list were removed from their folders and placed in the document box at the end series. The ‘Location of Disks’ serves as another index to these disks.
Materials removed from the collection include: three instruments placed in the WHOI Historic Instrument Collection; a wooden box and a cardboard box of lantern slides placed in the film vault; and 2 audio-tapes of an “Interview with Chickie Stommel and Carl Wunsch/MIT Professor, 8/24/95” added to the oral history collection. Published copies of his works were removed from the collection, as were general reprints that had not been arranged in any order.
The collection consists of 9 series:
Researchers wishing to find related materials should search the MBLWHOI Library catalog under these terms.
Biographical 1950-1992 1.5 boxes (.75 lin. ft.) | |||||||||||
Scope and Content Note | |||||||||||
This series contains materials dating from the 1950’s through 1997. It includes Henry Stommel’s passports and daily calendars for the years 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, (l undated); his Curriculum Vitae, and information about a sabbatical year (l974-1977). It also includes medals and awards, arranged alphabetically, and honorary invitations. There are four folders of designs he created including letterhead and drawings, cartoons and poems, and a family newsletter. There is background information for and a draft of the Biographical Memoir written by Carl Wunsch for the National Academy of Science, including an interview with Elizabeth Stommel and correspondence with Anne Stommel (his sister). Also included are notes relating to Henry Stommel’s early years in Woods Hole by Professor R.B. Montgomery, and the Bulletin interview of September 20, 1990. | |||||||||||
1 | 1 | US Passports | 1955, 1957, 1962, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981 | ||||||||
2 | Calendars | 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971,1973, 1974, undated | |||||||||
3 | Curriculum Vitae | 1992 | |||||||||
4 | Sabbatical Year | 1974-1977 | |||||||||
5 | Bigelow Medal | 1974 | |||||||||
6 | Bowie Award | 1982 | |||||||||
7 | Crafoord Prize, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences | 1983 | |||||||||
8 | Grand Prix d’Oceanographie de Monaco | 1978-1982 | |||||||||
9 | A.G. Huntsman Award | 1980 | |||||||||
10 | National Medal of Science | 1989 | |||||||||
11 | AAAS - Rosenstiel Award in Oceanographic Science | 1977 | |||||||||
12 | The Royal Society | 1983 | |||||||||
13 | The Royal Society-Celebration of the Birth of Michael Faraday | 1991 | |||||||||
14 | The Henry Stommel Medal in Oceanography (Awarded to John Swallow) | 1994 | |||||||||
15 | Imperial Palace Invitation | 1966 | |||||||||
16 | Drawings, Cartoons and Poems | undated | |||||||||
17 | Letterhead and Designs and Posters | undated | |||||||||
2 | 18 | Sippewissett Times | 1971 | ||||||||
19 | Newsclippings and Notes | undated | |||||||||
20 | Brochure - “Ceremonie de remise d’une epee a Henry Lancombe” | 1975 | |||||||||
21 | Notes related to Stommel’s early years in Woods Hole and correspondence: Stommel’s Collected works by Prof. R.B. Montgomery | 1969, 1979 | |||||||||
22 | Bulletin Interview | 1990 | |||||||||
23 | Interviews of Elizabeth Stommel by Carl Wunsch - Draft and Correspondence | 1996 | |||||||||
24 | Correspondence with Anne Stommel and Carl Wunsch | 1966 | |||||||||
25 | Biographical Memoir by Carl Wunsch for National Academy of Science | 1997 | |||||||||
26 | Preface to a book written by Robert Penn Warren, mentioning Mrs. Stommel | undated | |||||||||
36 | 27 | Publication inscribed to H. Stommel by L.F. Richardson and Life of Richardson by Oliver Ashford | 1950, 1985 | ||||||||
OS1 | 28 | Wheel of Luck presented to H. Stommel | 1989 |
Correspondence 1947-1992 2.5 boxes (1.25 lin. ft.) | |||||||||||
Scope and Content Note | |||||||||||
This series is comprised of 30 folders of incoming and outgoing correspondence. The series covers the years 1949 to 1954 and 1960 to 1992, although there is no correspondence from l955 to 1960. The bulk is for the years 1971 to 1992. See the collection scope and content note for an index to the correspondents represented in the series. Folders for both l960 and l961 have many letters relating to WHOI's reorganization and concerns of the staff scientists about this. One folder, dated 1966-1987 contains equipment requisitions, and another dated 1990-1991 concerns the WHOI Library Committee. | |||||||||||
Arrangement | |||||||||||
Folders are chronologically arranged except for the last 2 folders, which have subject headings. | |||||||||||
2 | 1 | Correspondence | 1947-1954 | ||||||||
2 | Correspondence | 1960-1966 | |||||||||
3 | Correspondence | 1967-1970 | |||||||||
4 | Correspondence (folder 1 of 4) | 1971 | |||||||||
3 | 5-7 | Correspondence (folders 2-4 of 4) | 1971 | ||||||||
8 | Correspondence | 1972 | |||||||||
9 | Correspondence | 1973-1974 | |||||||||
10 | Correspondence | 1975 | |||||||||
11 | Correspondence | 1976 | |||||||||
12 | Correspondence | 1977 | |||||||||
13 | Correspondence | 1978 | |||||||||
14 | Correspondence | 1979 | |||||||||
15 | Correspondence | 1980 | |||||||||
16 | Correspondence | 1981 | |||||||||
17 | Correspondence | 1982 | |||||||||
18 | Correspondence | 1983 | |||||||||
19 | Correspondence | 1984 | |||||||||
20 | Correspondence | 1985 | |||||||||
4 | 21 | Correspondence | 1986 | ||||||||
22 | Correspondence | 1987 | |||||||||
23 | Correspondence | 1988 | |||||||||
24 | Correspondence | 1989 | |||||||||
25 | Correspondence | 1990 | |||||||||
26-27 | Correspondence (2ff.) | 1991 | |||||||||
28 | Correspondence | 1992 | |||||||||
29 | Equipment Correspondence and Property Cards | 1966-1987 | |||||||||
5 | 30 | Library Committee | 1990-1991 |
National Science Foundation Grants 1965-1994 2.25 boxes (1.125 lin. ft.) | |||||||||||
Scope and Content Note | |||||||||||
Materials span the years 1971 to 1994, and consist of proposals, project reports and correspondence with the National Science Foundation, and letters from the Foundation approving grants or requesting information.
Research in Ocean Physics, 1965-1985 (9 ff.)
Heat Flux, Oceanic/Climate of Europe/Subpolar "Gyre"- Draft, [1979]
Large Scale Zonal Structure of Equatorial Currents in the Tropical Pacific, 1979-1982 (4 ff.)
Publication of the Polymode Atlas and Data Inventory, 1979 and l984-87 (2 ff.)
Research on Buoyancy Forcing and Subduction in the Ocean, 1985 (1 f.)
A Transatlantic Hydrographic Section Along 65W, 1985-1986 (1 f.)
Research in the Ocean Circulation, 1987-1990 (4 ff.)
Horizontal Exchange and T/S Regulation in the Mixed Layer, 1991-1994 (2 ff.)
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Arrangement | |||||||||||
This series is arranged chronologically and then alphabetically by title of grant. | |||||||||||
Research in Ocean Physics | |||||||||||
5 | 1 | Research in Ocean Physics | 1965, 1966, 1971, 1974 | ||||||||
2-3 | Research in Ocean Physics (2 ff.) | 1978 | |||||||||
4 | Research in Ocean Physics | 1979 | |||||||||
5 | Research in Ocean Physics | 1980 | |||||||||
6 | Research in Ocean Physics | 1981 | |||||||||
7 | Research in Ocean Physics | 1982 | |||||||||
8 | Research in Ocean Physics | 1983 | |||||||||
6 | 9 | Research in Ocean Physics | 1984, 1985 | ||||||||
Heat Flux, Oceanic/Climate of Europe/Subpolar “Gyre” | |||||||||||
6 | 10 | Heat Flux, Oceanic/Climate of Europe/Subpolar “Gyre”-Draft | [1979] | ||||||||
Large Scale Zonal Structure of Equatorial Currents | |||||||||||
6 | 11 | Large Scale Zonal Structure of Equatorial Currents | 1979 | ||||||||
12 | Large Scale Zonal Structure of Equatorial Currents | 1980 | |||||||||
13 | Large Scale Zonal Structure of Equatorial Currents | 1981 | |||||||||
14 | Large Scale Zonal Structure of Equatorial Currents | 1982 | |||||||||
Polymode Atlas | |||||||||||
6 | 15 | Publication of Polymode Atlas and Data Inventory | 1979 | ||||||||
16 | Joint US-USSR Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment (POLYMODE) Atlas Completion and Distribution | 1984-1987 | |||||||||
Research on Buoyancy Forcing and Subduction in the Ocean | |||||||||||
6 | 17 | Research on Buoyancy Forcing and Subduction in the Ocean | 1985 | ||||||||
A Transatlantic Hydrographic Section Along 65 | |||||||||||
6 | 18 | A Transatlantic Hydrographic Section Along 65 | 1985, 1986 | ||||||||
Research on the Ocean Circulation | |||||||||||
6 | 19 | Research on the Ocean Circulation | 1986-1987 | ||||||||
20 | Research on the Ocean Circulation | 1988 | |||||||||
21 | Research on the Ocean Circulation [DISK #l] | 1989 | |||||||||
22 | Research on the Ocean Circulation | 1990, 1991 | |||||||||
Horizontal Exchange and T/S Regulation in the Mixed Layer | |||||||||||
7 | 23 | Horizontal Exchange and T/S Regulation in the Mixed Layer | 1991 | ||||||||
24 | Horizontal Exchange and T/S Regulation in the Mixed Layer | 1992-1994 |
Scientific Experiments and Expeditions 1952-1993 4.25 boxes (2.125 lin. ft.) | |||||||||||
Scope and Content Note | |||||||||||
This series spans the years 1953 to 1993, and includes three folders of ships' schedules and information on the following expeditions
Cable Projects, l953-l955, (8 ff.) and l971-l972, (2 ff.): Correspondence, technical reports, trip expenses, and data books on cable projects including Key West-Havana Cable and Bermuda to Grand Turk Subcable.
Eltanin Project Cruises, l965-l967 (includes SCORPIO Expedition), (4 ff.)
SCOR, GEOSECS, 1968-1972, (1 f.)
FOTAS (Friends of the Arabian Sea), 1969-1973, (8 ff.)
GARP (Global Atmospheric Research Program) and GATE, 1971-1975 (2 ff.)
MODE (Mid-ocean Dynamics Experiment) and PREMODE, 1971-1972, (3 ff.)
INDEX (Indian Ocean Experiment), 1973-1978, (10 ff.)
WOCE (World Ocean Circulation Experiment), 1984-1985 (3 ff.)
Pequod, l979-1980 and Semaphore Experiment, 1979-1980 and 1991, 1993, (2 ff.)
SLOCUM, 1988-1991, (14 ff.)
Ships Schedules, 1971, 1978, 1978-1979
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Arrangement | |||||||||||
Folders are arranged chronologically by first year of expedition and then alphabetically by title. | |||||||||||
Cables | |||||||||||
7 | 1 | Cables | 1953 | ||||||||
2-3 | DG, WD – Correspondence (2 ff.) | 1952-1955 | |||||||||
4 | Ciudad Trip expenses | 1955 | |||||||||
5 | Transport and the Tides | 1952, 1953 | |||||||||
6-7 | Computation Book (2ff) | 1952-1953 | |||||||||
8 | Key West - Havana Cable Voltage | 1952 | |||||||||
9 | Bermuda - Grand Turk subcable | 1971, 1972 | |||||||||
10 | Bermuda A – Curl | 1954-1961 | |||||||||
Eltanin | |||||||||||
7 | 11 | Eltanin (2 ff.) | 1965-1967 | ||||||||
12 | Eltanin (2 ff.) | 1965-1967 | |||||||||
13 | Eltanin - Scorpio Reports | 1967, undated | |||||||||
14 | Scorpio Expedition | undated | |||||||||
SCOR, GEOSECS | |||||||||||
7 | 15 | SCOR, GEOSECS | 1968, 1972 | ||||||||
FOTAS | |||||||||||
7 | 16 | Correspondence | 1969-1973 | ||||||||
17 | Chain Cruise | 1970 | |||||||||
18 | Data | 1970 | |||||||||
19 | GARP Newsletter | 1972 | |||||||||
8 | 20 | Miscellaneous Notes | 1972 | ||||||||
21 | Illustrations | 1973 | |||||||||
22 | Proposals | 1973 | |||||||||
23 | Satellites | 1973 | |||||||||
GARP and GATE | |||||||||||
8 | 24 | GARP and GATE | 1971-1985 | ||||||||
25 | Contents of Loose-leaf Binder | 1971-1975 | |||||||||
MODE and PREMODE | |||||||||||
8 | 26 | MODE and PREMODE | 1971-1972 | ||||||||
9 | 27 | Polymode Atlas - Work with Andrei S. Monin | 1970-1984 | ||||||||
28 | Polymode Atlas Distribution List | 1986 | |||||||||
INDEX | |||||||||||
9 | 29 | Correspondence | 1973-1975 | ||||||||
30 | O-First Steps—Original Pages | ||||||||||
31 | Planning Committee | 1976 | |||||||||
32 | Proposals | 1974-1978 | |||||||||
33 | Proposals and Planning | 1975 | |||||||||
34 | Statement of Purpose | 1974, undated | |||||||||
35 | Satellites | 1974 | |||||||||
36 | Seychelles | undated | |||||||||
37 | “India File” (Contents of Loose-leaf Notebook) | 1976-1980 | |||||||||
38 | India Research Data, Bombay to Mombasa | 1977, 1978 | |||||||||
PEQUOD | |||||||||||
10 | 39 | Pequod | 1979-1980 | ||||||||
40 | Semaphore Experiment | 1991, 1993 | |||||||||
SLOCUM | |||||||||||
10 | 41 | The Slocum Mission | 1988 | ||||||||
42 | Thermal engine Design, Slocum | 1990 | |||||||||
43 | Slocum Sensors | 1990 | |||||||||
44 | Slocum Committee | 1990, 1991 | |||||||||
45-46 | ONT Proposal (Slocum) (2 ff.) | undated | |||||||||
47-48 | Slocum Proposals (2 ff.) | 1991 | |||||||||
11 | 49 | Slocum Instrument Designs | 1991 | ||||||||
50 | Nature Letter | 1991 | |||||||||
51 | ONT Figures and Quad Chart | 1991 | |||||||||
52 | Slocums – Telemetry | 1991 | |||||||||
53 | Slocum Data | [1991] | |||||||||
54 | Slocum Computation Book | [1991] | |||||||||
55 | Slocum Overlays | [1991] | |||||||||
56 | Slocum, Research Article | [1991] | |||||||||
"Ships’ Schedules" | |||||||||||
11 | 57 | WHOI Ship Schedule | 1971 | ||||||||
58 | Eastward (Ship Schedule) | 1978 | |||||||||
59 | Ships’ Schedules | 1978-1979 |
Drafts and Research for Articles 1952-1992 6.5 boxes (3.25 lin. ft.) | |||||||||||
Scope and Content Note | |||||||||||
The bulk of the 45 papers in the series were written during the years 1988 to 1992. | |||||||||||
Arrangement | |||||||||||
Papers are arranged by year, then alphabetically by title. | |||||||||||
11 | 1 | “Completion of the Beta-Spiral Study…” | undated | ||||||||
2 | “On Locating Characteristic Regimes in the Circulation…”, [DISK #2] | undated | |||||||||
3 | “The Equations of Physical Oceanography…” | undated | |||||||||
4 | “Potential measurements from Nova Scotia…” | undated | |||||||||
5 | “An Electrical Analog for the Ekman…” | 1952 | |||||||||
6 | “Preliminary Report on March Bermuda Cruise” | 1953 | |||||||||
7 | “The Circulation of the Continental Shelf” | 1972 | |||||||||
8 | “Investigation of the Subpolar Gyre in the North Atlantic” | 1979 | |||||||||
9 | “William Leighton Jordan Esq. Award” | [1979?] | |||||||||
10 | “The Ocean and William Leighton Jordan” | 1980 | |||||||||
11 | “Night Thoughts on Beta-Modulated Vortices” | 1984 | |||||||||
12 | “Regimes in the Subpolar Gyre, Part I” | 1984 | |||||||||
13 | “Some Preliminary Information Thoughts on What Hetons” | 1984 | |||||||||
12 | 14 | “A Beta-Control of Buoyancy-Driven Geostrophic Flows” (proof) | 1985 | ||||||||
15 | “Experiments with Cross-Gyre Flow Patterns on a Beta-Plane” | 1985 | |||||||||
16 | “Groundwater Stimulator” | 1985 | |||||||||
17 | “Gyres Driven by Combined Wind and Buoyancy Flux” | 1985, 1986 | |||||||||
18 | “Experiments with Cross-Gyre Flow Patterns…” | 1986 | |||||||||
19 | “Interaction of Two Initially Untitled Vertical Vortex…” | Circa 1986 | |||||||||
20 | “On Closing the Ocean Circulation” | 1986 | |||||||||
21 | “Some Examples of Finite Amplitude Forced Flow…” | Circa 1986 | |||||||||
22-23 | “Maximizing Heat Flux And Geostrophic Sections” (2 ff.) | 1987 | |||||||||
24 | “Surface Energy Fluxes of the South Atlantic,” by Andrew Bunker, ed. by H. Stommel | 1987, 1991 | |||||||||
25 | “Coriolis Escapement” [DISK #3] | 1988 | |||||||||
26-28 | “Station S Off Bermuda” - Physical Measurements, Drafts and Research (3 ff.) | 1988 | |||||||||
13 | 29-31 | “Comparison of M2 Tidal currents Observed…” (4 ff.) | 1989 | ||||||||
32 | “Tidal M2 Currents”-Calculations, Correspondence, Research | 1989 | |||||||||
33 | “Cross Sections of Two Layer Inertial Gulf Stream” [DISK #4] | 1989 | |||||||||
34 | “Maximizing Buoyancy Flux Across Layered Geostrophic Sections” (2ff.) | 1989 | |||||||||
35 | “Natural Bobbers” [DISK #5] | 1989 | |||||||||
14 | 36 | “Bifurcations in a Simple Model of Intermediate Water Formation” | 1990 | ||||||||
37 | “General Principles for the Design of a World Ocean Observing System (WOOS)” | 1990 | |||||||||
38-44 | “Multiple Equilibrium States…” (6 ff.) | 1990 | |||||||||
15 | 45 | “Andrew F. Bunker: Pioneering in Air-Sea Interaction…” | 1991 | ||||||||
46-55 | “A Regulating Mechanism…” (10 ff.) | 1991 | |||||||||
16 | 56 | “Global on a Heart-Shaped Map” | 1991 | ||||||||
57-61 | “Note on the Sources of North Atlantic Deep Water” (5 ff.) | 1990, 1991 | |||||||||
62 | “Model Convective Flow Patterns…” | 1991 | |||||||||
63 | “Response of Saline Water Between Two Boxes…” | 1991 | |||||||||
64 | “Variety of Convective Flow Patterns” | 1991 | |||||||||
65-67 | “The Average T-S Relation of a Stochastically forced…” (folder 1-3 of 4) [DISK #6,7,8] | 1991 | |||||||||
17 | 68 | “The Average T-S Relation of a Stochastically forced…” (folder 4 of 4) [DISK #6,7,8] | 1991 | ||||||||
69 | “A Conjectural Regulating Mechanism…” [DISK #9] | 1991, 1992 | |||||||||
70 | “Steady Geostrophic Ducts” [DISK #10] | 1991 | |||||||||
71-72 | “Diversity of Flow Patterns Induced by…” (2 ff.) [DISK #11] | 1991 | |||||||||
73 | “Deep Water formation by Two Different Processes” | [1991] | |||||||||
74 | “The Effect of Double Diffusion on a 2 x 2 Box Model” | 1991 | |||||||||
75 | Ocean Modeling Logo | 1991 |
Book Drafts 1944-1992 10 boxes (5 lin. ft.) | |||||||||||
Scope and Content Note | |||||||||||
This series contains drafts of books, including background research and articles and correspondence. Also included is research for books not completed. | |||||||||||
Arrangement | |||||||||||
Materials are arranged alphabetically by title. | |||||||||||
Bibliography on Estuaries | |||||||||||
17 | 1 | Bibliography on Estuaries | 1952 | ||||||||
The Coriolis Force | |||||||||||
17 | 2 | "The Coriolis Force (folder 1 of 5) [DISK #12, 13]" | 1985-1988 | ||||||||
18 | 3-6 | "The Coriolis Force (folder 2-5 of 5) [DISK #12, 13]" | 1985-1988 | ||||||||
The Gulf Stream | |||||||||||
18 | 7 | Gulf Stream- Schmitz and Stommel (Contents of a loose-leaf notebook) | 1979-1980 | ||||||||
8 | Old Gulf Stream (Contents of a loose-leaf notebook, research and partial draft) | 1983, undated | |||||||||
Lost Islands | |||||||||||
18 | 9 | Gilbert Island (Binder Contents with Research) | 1976-1979 | ||||||||
10 | Guano Island (Contents of Binder) | 1979 | |||||||||
19 | 11 | Islands Which Do Not Exist l-5, 1979 (Contents of Binder with Research for Los Islands) | 1979, 1980 | ||||||||
12 | Islands Which Do Not Exist 6-10 (Contents of Binder with Research for Lost Islands) | 1979 | |||||||||
13 | Islands, 1979 (Binder Contents with Research) | 1978, 1979 | |||||||||
14 | Islands, 1979 (Contents of Binder with Research) | 1979 | |||||||||
15 | Lost Islands | 1978-1979 | |||||||||
16 | Lost Islands - Short Version (Contents of Loose leaf Notebook) | 1979 | |||||||||
17 | Lost Islands - Research Correspondence | 1979-1980 | |||||||||
18 | Guano and Gilbert Islands Research | 1981 | |||||||||
20 | 19 | Islands Which Do Not Exist | 1981 | ||||||||
20-21 | Lost Islands - Draft and Notes (2 ff.) | 1982-1984 | |||||||||
22-23 | Islands - Letters (Lost Island and Volcano Weather Correspondence, Contents of a Binder) (2 ff.) | 1980-1986 | |||||||||
24-26 | Islands Which Do Not Exist - Old 1980 Text (3 ff.) | 1980 | |||||||||
27 | Lost Islands - Redraft and Condensed Chapters | 1981 | |||||||||
21 | 28-29 | Islands Which Do Not Exist - Draft Copies (2 ff.) | 1981 | ||||||||
30 | Letters of Permission for Islands Book | 1982-1984 | |||||||||
31 | Los Jardines – Research | 1983 | |||||||||
32 | Final Islands Draft (Contents of Loose Leaf Notebook) | 1981 | |||||||||
33 | Existence Doubtful | 1983, 1985 | |||||||||
34 | Lost Islands - Galley Proofs | 1984 | |||||||||
35 | Lost Islands – Illustrations | undated | |||||||||
36-37 | Islands That Do Not Exist – Draft (folders 1 and 2 of 3) | 1982 | |||||||||
22 | 38 | Islands That Do Not Exist – Draft (folder 3 of 3) | 1982 | ||||||||
39 | Lost Islands - Maps | 1857, 1901, 1902 | |||||||||
40 | Research Articles for Lost Islands: A-B | ||||||||||
41 | Research Articles for Lost Islands: C | ||||||||||
42 | Research Articles for Lost Islands: D | ||||||||||
43 | "Research Articles for Lost Islands: E" | ||||||||||
44 | Research Articles for Lost Islands: F-H | ||||||||||
23 | 45 | Research Articles for Lost islands: I-L | |||||||||
46 | Research Articles for Lost Islands: M-R | ||||||||||
47 | Research Articles for Lost Islands: S-Z | ||||||||||
36 | 48 | “The Bolton Letters” | 1701 | ||||||||
49 | “Diary Kept by J. Degreaves” | 1850 | |||||||||
50 | “A Directory for the Navigation…” | 1871 | |||||||||
OS | 51 | “Journal of the Malayan Branch” | 1953 | ||||||||
52 | “Keller’s Log of the Antarctic” | 1828 | |||||||||
36 | 53 | “Memoir of a Chart of the Indian Ocean” | 1787 | ||||||||
54 | “Lost Islands” Maps and Charts | 1787, 1817, 1864, 1866 | |||||||||
55 | “Rear Admiral Sir W.J.L. Wharton” | undated | |||||||||
56 | “Werken Vitgeneven Door…” | 1639 | |||||||||
On the Nature of Estuarine Circulation | |||||||||||
23 | 57 | On the Nature of Estuarine Circulation | |||||||||
The Sea of the Beholder | |||||||||||
23 | 58-59 | "The Sea of the Beholder (folder 1 of 3) " | 1984 | ||||||||
24 | 60 | "The Sea of the Beholder (folders 2 and 3 of 3) " | 1984 | ||||||||
61-62 | The Sea of the Beholder (2 ff.) | 1985 | |||||||||
63 | New material | undated | |||||||||
64-64 | The Sea of the Beholder (3 ff.) | undated | |||||||||
Science of the Seven Seas | |||||||||||
24 | 67 | Science of the Seven Seas - Publisher’s Memo of Agreement and Correspondence | 1944, 1946 | ||||||||
68 | Science of the Seven Seas – Photocopy | 1944 | |||||||||
A View of the Sea | |||||||||||
24 | 69 | A View of the Sea - Uncorrected Page Proof Copy and Disk [DISK #14] | 1987 | ||||||||
25 | 70 | A View of the Sea - Reviews and Correspondence | 1985-1988 | ||||||||
71 | A View of the Sea - Publisher’s Correspondence and Agreements | 1986, 1987 | |||||||||
72 | A View of the Sea – Draft | 1985 | |||||||||
Volcano Weather | |||||||||||
25 | 73-74 | Volcano Weather after 1916- Contents of loose-leaf binder entitled “Research for ‘The Year without a Summer’” (2 ff.) | 1979-1982 | ||||||||
75-76 | Volcano Weather after 1916 - “The Year Without a Summer” – Correspondence (Contents of Loose leaf binder) (2 ff.) | 1977-1982 | |||||||||
77 | Volcano Weather After 1916 – Correspondence | 1987-1990 | |||||||||
78 | Volcano Weather After 1916 – Reviews | 1982-1984 | |||||||||
79 | Volcano Weather After 1916 - Tambora Maps and Photos | 1983 | |||||||||
26 | 80 | Volcano Weather After 1916 - Tambora Prints and N.H. Tombstone Photos | 1976-1981 | ||||||||
81 | Volcano Weather After 1916 - Negatives and Prints | undated | |||||||||
82-83 | Volcano Weather After 1916 - Research Articles (2 ff.) | undated | |||||||||
Unfinished books | |||||||||||
26 | 84-85 | El Nino – Research, Published Articles (2 ff.) | 1961-1982 | ||||||||
86-87 | Oil on Troubled Waters (2 ff.) | 1991, 1992 | |||||||||
27 | 88 | Scurvy - Proposed Book, Contents of Binder containing letters and research | 1982 | ||||||||
89 | Yellow and Dark Days - Contents of Binder | 1980, 1983 |
Data 1949-1991 3.25 boxes (1.625 lin. ft.) | |||||||||||
Scope and Content Note | |||||||||||
This series consists of data in various formats including computer printouts, photographs and disks. | |||||||||||
Arrangement | |||||||||||
Folders are arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
27 | 1 | ADR Tide Gage - Uliga island, Majuro Atoll | 1968 | ||||||||
2 | Atlantis II Cruise #60 Data | 1971 | |||||||||
3 | Anati Charts | undated | |||||||||
4 | Balloon Chains | undated | |||||||||
5 | Beta Spirals – Calculations | undated | |||||||||
6 | Beta Triangle | 1979, 1980 | |||||||||
7 | Box Models [DISK # 15,16,17] | 1983, 1990 | |||||||||
8 | Box Models - Grapchbox Disk [DISK # 18] | undated | |||||||||
9 | Chain of Boxes/Stack of Layers | 1990 | |||||||||
10 | Compton Generator—Blueprint and Demo Device | 1987, 1991 | |||||||||
11 | C14 in the Deep Water of the Indian Ocean | 1963 | |||||||||
12 | Data Ocean diagnostics Four Corner | 1986 | |||||||||
13 | Data Print-Outs | 1985, 1991 | |||||||||
14 | Density Profiles by Live Atlas [DISK # 18] | undated | |||||||||
15 | Divesit Disk and Printout [DISK # 18] | 1991 | |||||||||
16 | Dragnet.Bas. | undated | |||||||||
17 | Drive Print-Outs and Disk #19 | 1987 | |||||||||
28 | 18 | Dyn. Top Charts/Etc Curl | 1963 | ||||||||
19 | Eddy Tracking - Notebook and Disk #20 | 1990 | |||||||||
20 | Eight Box Model Cube | 1979 | |||||||||
21 | Fine Amplitude Stepped Geostrophic Flows in Zonal Current – (with Jim Luyten), Notebook and Disk #43 | 1988 | |||||||||
22 | Fronts and Disks #21-22 | 1988 | |||||||||
23-24 | Fronts – Interior (2 ff.) | 1988 | |||||||||
25 | General Figures - Wind Stress, Heat Flux | 1987 | |||||||||
26 | Helmholtz Resonator | undated | |||||||||
27 | Hidaka Box Manuscript and Disk #23 | undated | |||||||||
28 | Irminger Sea Research and Data | 1986, 1987 | |||||||||
29 | Model Data and Diagnostic Results | 1986, 1987 | |||||||||
30 | Schott and Stommel – Data | 1986 | |||||||||
31 | Model Regimes | 1987 | |||||||||
32 | North Atlantic Disks (7) [DISK # 24-30] | undated | |||||||||
33 | Oceans Data | undated | |||||||||
34 | Overlays for Stockholm and Equations | undated | |||||||||
35 | Pacific Array | 1981 | |||||||||
OS1 | 36 | Pilot Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean | 1950 | ||||||||
28 | 37 | POLYMODE XBT [DISK # 31-33] | 1990 | ||||||||
38 | Relaxation | 1949 | |||||||||
39 | Results of Ocean Diagnostics | 1986 | |||||||||
29 | 40 | OS1 Salinity Map of the North Atlantic Ocean | undated | ||||||||
41 | Sideways and Coriolis Oscillator | 1991 | |||||||||
42 | Sideways.B Mixed Layer | undated | |||||||||
43 | Six Box | undated | |||||||||
44 | Station “S” BOXBETHAG. BAG Program | undated | |||||||||
45 | Station “S” Data-Disks, (9) [DISK # 34-37] | undated | |||||||||
46 | Stommel and Webster Equations | undated | |||||||||
47 | Subduction Study | 1972, 1984 | |||||||||
48 | Surface Temperature Map for No. Atlantic | undated | |||||||||
49 | Temperature, Salinity, Oxygen Data | 1957 | |||||||||
50 | Terms l - New Diag.Newhouse, Printbox | 1981-1987 | |||||||||
51 | “Theory of Convection Cells” [DISK # 38] | undated | |||||||||
52 | Thermohaline oscillator | undated | |||||||||
53 | Tidal Wave Equation/St. Gurtz | 1989 | |||||||||
54 | Trial Data Displays | 1984 | |||||||||
55 | T.S. “NOV” Data [DISK # 39-40] | 1969 | |||||||||
56 | 2 x 2 Box Model | [1990?] | |||||||||
57 | 2 3 Cubeb.bas | undated | |||||||||
30 | 58 | Unidentified Data | undated | ||||||||
59 | Values of Flux Ratio—Table | 1992 | |||||||||
60 | Variation of Tidal Velocity in San Joaquin River | undated | |||||||||
61 | Volumeric Density Graphs | undated | |||||||||
62 | Vortex Studies—Notebook and 4 Disks [DISK # 41-42] | 1990 | |||||||||
37 | 63 | XBT Traces (rolled together) | undated |
Notebooks, Lectures, and Exhibits 1934-1991 1.5 boxes (.75 lin. ft.) | |||||||||||
Scope and Content Note | |||||||||||
This series spans the years 1934 and 1946 to 1989. Materials include notebooks with notes and computations; lectures; syllabus and course information; plan for a WHOI Exhibit Center; and Bryden Thesis (Stommel on Thesis Committee). At the end of this series are publications inscribed to Henry Stommel and cover pages for journal articles and proposals weeded from the collection. | |||||||||||
30 | 1 | Notebook - Atlantis Cruise 36 | 1934 | ||||||||
2 | Notebook - Lectures by C.G. Rossby | 1946 | |||||||||
3 | Notebook Pages | 1946-1957 | |||||||||
4 | 2-Gyres Notebook | 1977 | |||||||||
5 | Notebook | 1980 | |||||||||
6 | Notebook | 1980 | |||||||||
7 | Notebook, The Vortex Model | undated | |||||||||
8 | Exam by A.B. Mullan, “Problem for Prof. Stommel” | 1967, undated | |||||||||
31 | 9 | Structure l Worthington Essay | undated | ||||||||
10 | “A Lantern Slide Lecture on My Visit to Scripps 1959” | 1959 | |||||||||
11 | Lectures | 1960 | |||||||||
12 | Lecture - Compton Generator | 1990 | |||||||||
13 | Lamont Lecture Overlays (Is the TS Relation in the Ocean Partly Self-Regulating?) | 1991 | |||||||||
14 | Syllabus and Course Info | 1972 | |||||||||
15 | Course - Ocean Circulation | 1973 | |||||||||
16 | “On the Determination of the Depth of No Meridional Motion” | 1956 | |||||||||
17 | Slides of Cooper and Stommel | 1967 | |||||||||
18 | Talk (with Nelson Hogg) | 1989 | |||||||||
19 | Think Tank on Marine Facility | undated | |||||||||
20 | WHOI Exhibit Center | undated | |||||||||
21 | Bryden Thesis (H. Stommel on Thesis Committee) | 1976 | |||||||||
22-24 | Publications Inscribed to Henry Stommel (3ff.) | 1990, 1991 | |||||||||
25 | “On the Present Status of Our Physical Knowledge of the Deep Ocean” | July 1955 | |||||||||
32 | 26 | Journal Articles and Proposals Weeded from the Collection | undated |
Book Compilation Materials 1945-1995 4 boxes (2 lin. ft.) | |||||||||||
Scope and Content Note | |||||||||||
This series spans the 1940’s to 1995 and consists of correspondence, manuscripts, talks, awards, and publications. The one folder of correspondence includes letters from Warren Wooster, John Swallow, Walter Munk, and Joseph Reid. Most of the series contains Stommel’s writings and work either used or considered for the 1995 publication of The Collected works of Henry Stommel. | |||||||||||
The materials in this series were given to the Archives in 1996 by the Physical Oceanography Department. | |||||||||||
32 | 1 | Correspondence, 1992-1995 | 1992-1995 | ||||||||
2 | Collection originals: Vol.1; Autobiog.- AMS | undated | |||||||||
3 | Table of content…, Ch.1-2 | undated | |||||||||
4 | Ch. 3 | undated | |||||||||
5 | Ch. 4 | undated | |||||||||
6 | Vol.2: Bk. covers, chap. 1 | undated | |||||||||
33 | 7 | Vol. 2 | undated | ||||||||
8 | Vol. 2: Includes ch.2 | undated | |||||||||
9 | Vol. 2: Ch. 3 | undated | |||||||||
10 | Vol. 3: Chap.1 | undated | |||||||||
11 | Ch. 2 | undated | |||||||||
12 | Ch. 3 | undated | |||||||||
13 | Ch. 4 | undated | |||||||||
14 | Ch. 5 | undated | |||||||||
34 | 15 | Originals, not used | 1945-1949 | ||||||||
16 | Originals, not used | 1949 | |||||||||
17 | Originals, not used | 1950-1959 | |||||||||
18 | Originals, not used | 1960-1974 | |||||||||
19 | Originals, not used | 1976-1984 | |||||||||
20 | Originals, not used | 1985-1993 | |||||||||
21-22 | Reprints and Papers (2 ff.) | [194?-1992] | |||||||||
35 | 23 | Reprints and Papers (2 ff.) | 1951-1988 | ||||||||
24 | Reprints and Papes (1 of 2ff.) | 1962-1989 |
Oversized and Miscellaneous Material 1950-1989 | |||||||||||
37 | Chain 78 (Data collected during voyage) (4 ff, 11 rolls, 1 notebook) | 1978 | |||||||||
3 Boxes of Disks (3-l/2”) [see Location of Disks index in Scope and Content Note] | undated | ||||||||||
D | 1962-1989 (2 of 2ff.) | 1962-1989 | |||||||||
Notebook | 1950-1984 | ||||||||||
Notebook | 1955-1969 | ||||||||||
3 Boxes of Slides (108 slides of mostly waves) | undated | ||||||||||
1 roll of Data | undated |