Seismology
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 79 Collections and/or Records:
A Register of Earthquakes in California from 1800 to 1863
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2014-00087
Dates:
1864-01-01
Air Talk with Clarence Allen, 1991-03-20
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Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is divided according to the recording type: audio and video then ordered chronologically. Each recording includes an interview with either Caltech faculty, administrators, staff, students, alumni, JPL scientists or administrators. It also includes features such as Caltech Almanac -a detailed look at some of the many interesting people, places and discoveries in Caltech’s history-, Caltech Calendar -a listing of upcoming public events on campus- and Caltech in the News....
Dates:
1991-03-20
Air Talk with Lucile (Lucy) Jones, 1993-03-17
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Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is divided according to the recording type: audio and video then ordered chronologically. Each recording includes an interview with either Caltech faculty, administrators, staff, students, alumni, JPL scientists or administrators. It also includes features such as Caltech Almanac -a detailed look at some of the many interesting people, places and discoveries in Caltech’s history-, Caltech Calendar -a listing of upcoming public events on campus- and Caltech in the News....
Dates:
1993-03-17
Air Talk with Wilfrid Iwan, 1994-01-19
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Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is divided according to the recording type: audio and video then ordered chronologically. Each recording includes an interview with either Caltech faculty, administrators, staff, students, alumni, JPL scientists or administrators. It also includes features such as Caltech Almanac -a detailed look at some of the many interesting people, places and discoveries in Caltech’s history-, Caltech Calendar -a listing of upcoming public events on campus- and Caltech in the News....
Dates:
1994-01-19
AirTalk with Kate Hutton, 1992-03-18
Item
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is divided according to the recording type: audio and video then ordered chronologically. Each recording includes an interview with either Caltech faculty, administrators, staff, students, alumni, JPL scientists or administrators. It also includes features such as Caltech Almanac -a detailed look at some of the many interesting people, places and discoveries in Caltech’s history-, Caltech Calendar -a listing of upcoming public events on campus- and Caltech in the News....
Dates:
1992-03-18
AirTalk with Nathan Lewis and Kerry Sieh, 1989-06-21
Item
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is divided according to the recording type: audio and video then ordered chronologically. Each recording includes an interview with either Caltech faculty, administrators, staff, students, alumni, JPL scientists or administrators. It also includes features such as Caltech Almanac -a detailed look at some of the many interesting people, places and discoveries in Caltech’s history-, Caltech Calendar -a listing of upcoming public events on campus- and Caltech in the News....
Dates:
1989-06-21
Don Lynn Anderson Papers
Collection
Identifier: 10136-MS
Scope and Contents
The Don L. Anderson papers consist of a small collection of correspondence, memos, and miscellaneous administrative paperwork from the Caltech Seismology Laboratory, from the time Anderson served as Director.
Dates:
1968-1994
Arthur Gutenberg, 2000-05-01
File — Box Z17: Series II
Identifier: Z17
Scope and Contents
Arthur Gutenberg was the son of Beno and Hertha Gutenberg. He recorded some reminiscences about his father on two separate tapes. This file contains transcripts of the tapes, plus miscellaneous documents. The tapes are stored separately in AV Archives.
Dates:
2000-05-01
Benioff Photographs
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1988-00107
Benioff With Strain Seismometer
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1988-00108
Big Bear Solar Observatory: damage from 1992 earthquake
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2007-00025
Dates:
1992-06-28
Business District of San Francisco, April 17th, 1906
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2010-00104
Dates:
1096-04-17
John P. Buwalda and Imra Wann Buwalda Papers
Collection
Identifier: 10056-MS
Abstract
The personal and organizational correspondence, working papers, notebooks, and manuscripts of John P. Buwalda (1886-1954) form the the bulk of the collection known as the John P. and Imra Wann Buwalda Papers in the Archives of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The writings of Imra Wann Buwalda, wife of John P. Buwalda, on the history of Caltech, the subject of earthquakes, and miscellaneous family and professional papers connected to her work as a policewoman form a subgroup...
Dates:
1907-1981
Charles Richter Oral History Interview with Ann Scheid, 1978-02-15 - 1978-09-01
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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
Don L. Anderson Oral History Interview with Shirley K. Cohen, 1999-02-24 - 1999-04-13
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Scope and Contents
An interview in three sessions with Don L. Anderson, Eleanor and ABSTRACT: John R. McMillan Professor of Geophysics. Integrating seismology, solid state physics and geochemistry, Anderson is recognized for his work on the origin, evolution, structure and composition of Earth and other planets. He is a member of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences, and has won numerous awards including the National Medal of Science (1998), the Crafoord Prize (1998)...
Dates:
1999-02-24 - 1999-04-13
Don L. Anderson Oral History Interview with Shirley K. Cohen [sound recording], 1999-02-24 - 1999-04-13
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Scope and Contents
An interview in three sessions with Don L. Anderson, Eleanor and John R. McMillan Professor of Geophysics. Integrating seismology, solid state physics and geochemistry, Anderson is recognized for his work on the origin, evolution, structure and composition of Earth and other planets. He is a member of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences, and has won numerous awards including the National Medal of Science (1998), the Crafoord Prize (1998) and the...
Dates:
1999-02-24 - 1999-04-13
Donald V. Helmberger Oral History Interview with Shirley K. Cohen, 1999-05-27 - 1999-06-03
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Dates:
1999-05-27 - 1999-06-03
Donald V. Helmberger Oral History Interview with Shirley K. Cohen [sound recording], 1999-05-27 - 1999-06-03
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Scope and Contents
Interview in two sessions, May and June 1999, with Donald V. Helmberger, Smits Family Professor of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences. He begins by recalling his family background and childhood on a farm in Northern Minnesota, one of thirteen children. Matriculates at the University of Minnesota in 1956 (B.S. 1961). Summer work at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1961; sails to Alaska on a research vessel studying the structure of the...
Dates:
1999-05-27 - 1999-06-03
Earthquake Research at Caltech's Seismological Laboratory, 1959
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1998-00267
Dates:
1959-01-30
Fairchild Polaroid Oscilloscope Camera
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2004-00220
Dates:
1950-01-01