MARC Record from Library of Congress

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100 1 $aWexler, Harry,$d1911-1962.
245 00 $aHarry Wexler papers,$f1929-1962.
300 $a13,000$fitems.
300 $a44$fcontainers.
300 $a19$flinear feet.
351 $aArranged in 5 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1929-1962; Series 2: Speech, Lecture, and Article File, 1930-1962; Series 3: Subject File; Series 4: Miscellany; and Series 5: Printed Matter.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, speeches, lectures, articles, subject files, biographical material, printed matter, weather charts and statistics, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Wexler's career as a geophysicist and meteorologist. Documents his work with the U.S. Weather Bureau and the Weather Service of the U.S. Air Force. Includes material on meteorological satellites such as TIROS I and the use of high-speed computers for numerical weather prediction and weather modification; records of the U.S. expedition to the Antarctic for the International Geophysical Year; and the Antarctic journal (1955-1959) kept by Wexler as chief scientist of the expedition in which he provides a detailed record of the organization and conduct of the mission. Includes papers from his school years at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
520 8 $aCorrespondents include Werner A. Baum, Charles Franklin Brooks, Hugh L. Dryden, Oren Harris, Henry G. Houghton, Jerome C. Hunsaker, Hugh Odishaw, Francis W. Reichelderfer, John Von Neumann, and Fred L. Whipple.
541 $cGift,$aMrs. Wexler,$d1963.
541 $cTransfer,$aU.S. Weather Bureau,$d1964.
541 $cTransfer,$aU.S. Dept. of Commerce,$d1971.
544 $3Dictaphone records$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
545 0 $aGeophysicist and meteorologist.
546 $aCollection material in English.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012026
600 10 $aBaum, Werner A.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBrooks, Charles Franklin,$d1891-1958$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDryden, Hugh L.$q(Hugh Latimer),$d1898-1965$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHarris, Oren,$d1903-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHoughton, Henry G.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHunsaker, Jerome C.$q(Jerome Clarke),$d1886-1984$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aOdishaw, Hugh$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aReichelderfer, Francis W.$q(Francis Wilton),$d1895-1983$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aVon Neumann, John,$d1903-1957$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWhipple, Fred L.$q(Fred Lawrence),$d1906-2004$vCorrespondence.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bAir Weather Service.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bWeather Bureau.
610 20 $aHarvard University$xStudents.
610 20 $aMassachusetts Institute of Technology$xStudents.
611 20 $aUnited States Antarctic Expedition$d(1954-1959)
650 0 $aComputers.
650 0 $aGeophysics.
650 0 $aInternational Geophysical Year, 1957-1958.
650 0 $aMeteorological satellites.
650 0 $aMeteorology.
650 0 $aTIROS satellites.
650 0 $aUniversities and colleges$zMassachusetts.
650 0 $aWeather forecasting.
651 0 $aAntarctica$xDiscovery and exploration.
656 7 $aGeophysicists.$2itoamc
656 7 $aMeteorologists.$2itoamc
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012026
856 4 $3Finding aid (PDF)$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012026.3