Geology
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Charles F. Richter Science Fiction Collection
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1978-00021
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Date Created
Charles Richter Oral History Interview with Ann Scheid, 1978-02-15 - 1978-09-01
Item
Dates:
1978-02-15 - 1978-09-01
Charles Richter Oral History Interview with Ann Scheid [sound recording], 1978-02-15 - 1978-09-01
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Scope and Contents
Interview in 1978 with Charles F. Richter, professor of seismology emeritus, in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences. A pioneer in seismology and active in the seismology and earthquake engineering fields for over fifty years, Richter's name is known for the earthquake magnitude scale he developed in the 1930s for local earthquakes. Richter received his PhD from Caltech in 1928. In 1937 he joined the Caltech faculty and worked alongside Harry Wood in the Seismological...
Dates:
1978-02-15 - 1978-09-01
Papers of Charles F. Richter, 1839-1984
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2000-00224
Charles F. Richter Papers
Collection
Identifier: RichterCF
Scope and Contents
The Charles Richter papers include personal and professional correspondence, unpublished talks, class and lecture notes, technical notes and data, Caltech Seismology laboratory material, and reprints. The supplement from 2000 includes diplomas, a diary (1960), Richter's science fiction collection, and miscellaneous documents donated by Clarence Allen, that were integrated into the collection.
Dates:
1839-1984
Richter In Group Photographs
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1988-00817
