A Guide to the G. Michael Purdy Papers, 1980-1995
Manuscript Collection MC-10
3 boxes (3.25 lin. ft.)
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution A Guide to the G. Michael Purdy Papers, 1980-1995 Manuscript Collection MC-10 3 boxes (3.25 lin. ft.) |
Mike Purdy was born on February 22, 1948, in England. He earned his B.Sc. in 1969 and his M.Sc. in 1970 from the Imperial College at London University and his Ph.D. in geophysics at Cambridge University in 1974. At the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution he was a postdoctoral scholar (1974-October, 1975); assistant scientist (1975-1979); associate scientist (October, 1979-1987); senior scientist (April 1987-1995); and chairman of the Geology and Geophysics Department (January 1991-1995). Purdy resigned from his position at the Institution on October 30, 1995, to accept the position of Director of Ocean Sciences Division at the National Science Foundation.
He is or was a member, editor, and/or chairman of many societies and committees, such as the JOI/IRIS Ocean Seismic Network Steering Committee (1989-), Editorial Board of Marine Geophysical Researches, and the American Geophysical Union. His research interests included crustal structure of the deep ocean; use of seismic methods to study processes of formation and evolution of oceanic crust; and lithosphere structure and the deep structure of continental margins. He has authored or co-authored over fifty scientific papers.
The materials span the years 1980 to 1995 and are divided into two series: Subject Files and Correspondence. Files contain proposals, drafts, reports, photographs, cruise reports, working notes, publications and correspondence.
Subjects covered in the papers include biographical information about Purdy, his involvement in various national and international projects, committees, and workshops, course material, and correspondence relating to science and his Chairmanship of the Geology and Geophysics Department.
Prior to their donation to the Archives, the material was kept in Purdy's office in the Department of Geology and Geophysics.
G. Michael Purdy Papers, 1976-1995. MC-10, "Folder Name." Data Library and Archives, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Mike Purdy sent two boxes of his non-current materials to the WHOI Archives on December 27, 1991 (accession 1991-32) from his office in Department of Geology and Geophysics (G&G). On December 12, 1999, the Archives received two boxes of Purdy’s correspondence from the G&G Department (accession 1999-18).
Processed by Margot B. Garritt. Materials from acc.1991-32 received preliminary processing in 1996. Materials from acc.1999-18 were then combined with the first accession and processed, and data from the first accession was removed and added to data holdings in the library. Materials were put into acid-free folders and boxes and labeled.
Open: materials are available for research.
Copyright: Permission to publish material from the collection must be authorized by the Institution Archivist.
There are G&G Department files, specifically data, associated with Mike Purdy, located in boxes L173, 182, and 188-189.
Data and Lamont-Doherty technical reports were removed from the boxes and added to the Library’s holdings. Overheads were removed and discarded.
Arranged in two series:
Researchers wishing to find related materials should search the MBLWHOI Library catalog under these terms.
| Subject Files 1980-1995 1 box (1.25 lin. ft.) | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note | |||||||||||
| The first file in the Subject Files series consists of biographical information about Purdy, and includes his curriculum vita and various articles written about Purdy. The remainder of the series is alphabetically arranged and contains information on Purdy’s involvement in various national and international projects, committees, and workshops. The Coastal Ocean Dynamics workshop materials contain copies of Purdy’s paper, "The Use of Modern Seismic Methods to Measure the Shear Strength of the Uppermost 50M of the Continental Shelf Sediments" (box 1, f. 33). There is multichannel seismic workshop information with related materials in the NECOR files (box 1, ff. 24-25). The ‘Romanche’ folders contain materials relating to a proposal and joint project on equatorial fracture zone by Purdy, and S.C. Solomon, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. There is a Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI) proposal for developing a Downhole Measurements program as part of JOI’s US Science proposal for the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP). Material on guest investigator Professor Joe Cann includes his collaboration, teaching and lectures during 1986 (box 1, f. 2), and information on the hydrothermal vent program with materials and reports by him. There is also information on WHOI Friends of Vents meetings (box 1, f. 36). The series also contains course material (box 1, f. 19). | |||||||||||
| Arrangement | |||||||||||
| Folders are arranged alphabetically by subject. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Biographical file | 1991-1995 | ||||||||
| 2 | Bernier test cruise | 1989-1991 | |||||||||
| 3 | Cann, Joe | 1984-1986 | |||||||||
| 4 | Caroline trough proposal | 1991 | |||||||||
| 5 | Charleston | 1985-1986 | |||||||||
| 6 | Chesapeake Bay proposal | 1989 | |||||||||
| 7 | COSOD II (Conference on Scientific Ocean Drilling) | 1986-1987 | |||||||||
| 8 | Deep drilling workshop posters | 1989 | |||||||||
| 9 | Deep seismic reflectors mtg. | October 1994 | |||||||||
| 10 | Deep towed hydrophone seismic reflection survey..,WHOI contr.4277 | undated | |||||||||
| 11 | Digicon | 1986 | |||||||||
| 12 | DOBH (Digital Ocean Bottom Hydrophone) | 1982-1984 | |||||||||
| 13 | DOD instrumentation | 1985-1987 | |||||||||
| 14 | Downhole | 1983 | |||||||||
| 15 | EPR (electron paramagnetic resonance) prop figure preparation | undated | |||||||||
| 16-17 | GAPA (Geologic/Geophysical Atlases of Atlantic & Pacific Oceans) (2 ff.) | 1982-1987 | |||||||||
| 18 | HEBBLE acoustic noise monitoring | 1982 | |||||||||
| 19 | LaCasce, E.O. – Drafts of papers | 1983 | |||||||||
| 20 | MG II [seismology course] (Restricted) | Fall 1982 | |||||||||
| 21 | Microvax | 1984-1985 | |||||||||
| 22 | Multichannel workshop | 1984 | |||||||||
| 23 | Navy survey, KN-77-2 (Knorr) | 1980 | |||||||||
| 24-25 | NECOR (Northeast Consortium Research Fleet) (2 ff.) | 1982-1984 | |||||||||
| 26 | National Science Foundation supplement request | 1988-1989 | |||||||||
| 27 | Panama City | 1986 | |||||||||
| 28 | PASSCAL | 1984 | |||||||||
| 29 | REF TEK, Refraction Technology | 1985-1986 | |||||||||
| 30 | Romanche | 1982-1991 | |||||||||
| 31 | Romanche figures | 1989 | |||||||||
| 32 | SCOSS | 1982-1983 | |||||||||
| 33 | SOHIO prospectus, [Standard Oil Company program] | 1983 | |||||||||
| 34 | Subcommittee on shipboard computer systems | 1980 | |||||||||
| 35 | TAG (Transatlantic Geophysical Profile) proposal | 1987 | |||||||||
| 36 | Vent program | 1987-1988 | |||||||||
| Correspondence 1987-1991 1.5 boxes (2 lin. ft.) | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note | |||||||||||
| Correspondence Series files date from 1987-1991. The files consist of two subseries: ‘Science’ and ‘Chairman’. The Chairman materials stem from Purdy’s tenure as the G&G department chairman. | |||||||||||
| Arrangement | |||||||||||
| Folders are arranged by year, and alphabetically thereunder. | |||||||||||
| Science | |||||||||||
| 2 | 1-2 | [A-Z], (2 ff.) | 1987 | ||||||||
| 3 | A-C | 1988 | |||||||||
| 4 | D-F | 1988 | |||||||||
| 5 | G-M | 1988 | |||||||||
| 6 | N-R | 1988 | |||||||||
| 7 | S-Z | 1988 | |||||||||
| 8 | A-D | 1989 | |||||||||
| 9 | E-I | 1989 | |||||||||
| 10 | J-M | 1989 | |||||||||
| 11 | Mc-S | 1989 | |||||||||
| 12 | T-Z | 1989 | |||||||||
| 13 | A-C | 1990 | |||||||||
| 14 | D-E | 1990 | |||||||||
| 15 | F-H | 1990 | |||||||||
| 16 | I-J | 1990 | |||||||||
| 17 | K-L | 1990 | |||||||||
| 18 | M | 1990 | |||||||||
| 19 | Mc-O | 1990 | |||||||||
| 20 | P-R | 1990 | |||||||||
| 21 | S | 1990 | |||||||||
| 22 | T-Z | 1990 | |||||||||
| 3 | 1 | A-C | 1991 | ||||||||
| 2 | D | 1991 | |||||||||
| 3 | E-G | 1991 | |||||||||
| 4 | H-J | 1991 | |||||||||
| 5 | K-N | 1991 | |||||||||
| 6 | O-R | 1991 | |||||||||
| 7 | S | 1991 | |||||||||
| 8 | T-Z | 1991 | |||||||||
| Chairman | |||||||||||
| 3 | 9 | A-C | 1991 | ||||||||
| 10 | D-E | 1991 | |||||||||
| 11-12 | F-G (2 ff.) | 1991 | |||||||||
| 13 | H-R | 1991 | |||||||||
| 14 | S | 1991 | |||||||||
| 15 | T-Z | 1991 | |||||||||