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A Guide to the Papers of James Ransom Heirtzler, 1951-1972

Manuscript Collection MC-47
4 boxes (5 lin. ft.)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Biographical Information

Scope and Content Note

Administrative Information

Arrangement

Folder List


Biographical Information

James Ransom Heirtzler was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on September 16, 1925. He received his M.S. from Louisiana State University in 1948, and his Ph.D. in physics from New York University in 1953. The same year he was appointed Assistant Professor at the American University in Beirut, Lebanon, where he stayed until 1956, when he became a senior physicist at General Dynamics Corporation. In 1960 he went to Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory at Columbia University. He also served as the director of Columbia's Hudson Laboratories before accepting a position as the Chair of the Department of Geology and Geophysics at WHOI in 1969.

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Scope and Content Note

The Papers of James Heirtzler consist of correspondence, reports, notes, notebooks, and data relating to subjects such as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Reykjane's Ridge, the search for the Thresher, and Hudson Laboratories.

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Administrative Information

Custodial History

The custodial history of the records is undocumented.

Preferred Citation

Papers of James Ransom Heirtzler, 1951-1972. MC-47, "Folder Name." Data Library and Archives, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Acquisitions Information

Acquired by the Data Library and Archives September 2, 1986, and stored as boxes 160 and 161.

Processing Information

First-level processing completed by Rosemary Davis.

Access

Open: materials are available for research.

Use

Copyright: Permission to publish material from the collection must be authorized by the Institution Archivist.

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Arrangement

Arranged in a single series:

List of Series:
Subject Files

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Folder List

Subject Files 1951-1972 4 boxes (5 lin. ft.)
Scope and Content Note
The series consists of correspondence, reports, notes, notebooks, and data relating to subjects such as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Reykjane's Ridge, the search for the Thresher, and Hudson Laboratories.
Arrangement
Folders are arranged in the order in which they were received.
1 1 Correspondence – Individuals 1969
2-3 Mid-Atlantic Ridge Report, rough draft (2ff.) 1972
4 Understanding the Mid-Atlantic Ridge…, preliminary report 1972
5 Mid-Atlantic Ridge Report – Second preliminary report (copy with comments) 1972
6 Mid-Atlantic Ridge: major reviews, comments returned 1972
7 Mid-Atlantic Ridge – Review and Comments 1972
8-9 Reykjane’s Ridge (2ff.) 1962-1966
10 Reykjane’s Ridge: Project Magnet, data south of Iceland 1972?
11 Reykjane’s Ridge
12-15 T-3 (4ff.)
16 T-3 Ice Island Arctic
17 T-3
18 T-3 Report
19-23 Thresher Search (5ff.)
2 1 Hudson Laboratories Bibliography of Technical Reports, Status Reports, and Contributions 1951-1966
2 Hudson Laboratories – Columbia University
3 Hudson Laboratories – Resignation
4 Hudson Laboratories – Organizational Chart/Presidential Appointments 1967
5 Hudson Laboratories – Travel
6 Hudson Laboratories – Composition Book
7 Hudson Laboratories – Correspondence 1967
8 Hudson Laboratories – Incoming Correspondence with Replies 1967
9-10 Hudson Laboratories – Incoming Correspondence with Replies (2ff.) 1968
11-12 Hudson Laboratories – Correspondence (2ff.) 1968
13-14 Letter book (2ff.) 1968-1969
15 Hudson Laboratories – Incoming Correspondence with Replies 1969
16-17 Hudson Laboratories – Correspondence (2ff.) 1969
3 1-2 G & G Carbon Copies (2ff.) 1971
3 Carbon Copies July-December 1972
4 OIP Correspondence 1971
5 Robert Ruiter 1967-1971
6 Carbon Copies January-June 1972
7 ONR Correspondence 1972
8-9 Staff Council (2ff.) 1972
10 OIP Correspondence 1972
11 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1972
12 Individuals A-R 1972
13 Individuals S-Z 1972
14 Manuscripts Reviewed 1969
15 Individuals – Geophysics 1972
4 1-2 Manuscripts Reviewed (2ff.) 1970
3 Mediterranean Committee 1970-1973
4 Carbon Copies 1972
5 Proposals Reviewed 1971-1972
6 Manuscripts Reviewed 1972