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Records of the Underwater Sound Laboratory,
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Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: UAV 859
Overview:
The Harvard Underwater Sound Laboratory was operated by the University from 1941 to 1949 under contract to the National Defense Research Committee/Office of Scientific Research and Development. Research at the Lab focused on the improvement of equipment for the detection of underwater sound and the design of new equipment. The records document experiments, apparatus, and Lab administration. Topics include underwater acoustics and sonar.
Records of the Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory, 1940-1972
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Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: UAV 713.9025 through UAV 713.9269.5
Overview:
The Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory was established in 1940 to conduct research on speech, hearing, and communications during World War II. It continued to operate after the War and in 1962 it was renamed the Laboratory of Psychophysics. These records document the activities of the laboratory.
Papers of Donald Howard Menzel, 1931-1986
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Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: HUG 4567
Overview:
Donald Howard Menzel (1901-1976) taught astronomy at Harvard, and was director of the Harvard College Observatory from 1952 to 1966. According to the National Academy of Sciences' Biographical Memoir, "Menzel was one of the first practitioners of theoretical astrophysics in the United States and pioneered the application of quantum mechanics to astronomical spectroscopy." These papers chiefly document Menzel's professional life of research, writing, and participation in professional...
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- Personnel records. 2
- Photoprints. 2
- Astronomers -- Archives. 1
- Astronomy -- Research. 1
- Astronomy -- Societies, etc. 1
- Astronomy -- Study and teaching. 1
- Autobiographies. 1
- Bioacoustics -- Research. 1
- Blueprints. 1
- Cryptography. 1
- Eclipses, Solar -- 1973. 1
- Log books. 1
- Manuscripts (documents) 1
- Maps 1
- Patents. 1
- Photographs 1
- Ships' logs. 1
- Sonar -- Research. 1
- Sound laboratories. 1
- Technical reports. 1
- Underwater acoustics. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Communications -- Research. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Science. 1 ∧ less
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- Harvard University 2
- United States. Navy 2
- United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. 2
- Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy. 1
- Bell Telephone Laboratories, inc. 1
- Boner, Charles Paul. 1
- Harvard College Observatory 1
- Harvard Psychological Laboratory. 1
- Harvard Underwater Sound Laboratory. 1
- Harvard University -- Engineering. 1
- Harvard University -- Laboratories. 1
- Harvard University -- Physics. 1
- Harvard University -- Scientific apparatus collections -- Pictorial works. 1
- Harvard University. Laboratory of Psychophysics 1
- Harvard University. Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory 1
- Hunt, Frederick V., 1905-1972. 1
- International Astronomical Union. 1
- International Scientific Radio Union. 1
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 1
- National Research Council (U.S.) 1
- Stevens, S. S. (Stanley Smith), 1906-1973. 1
- United States. Air Force. 1
- United States. Army. 1
- United States. Federal Communications Commission. 1
- United States. National Defense Research Committee. 1
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