Some of the topics of discussion include: her transfer to Columbia University; the Lamont estate being transferred to Columbia; early impressions of Lamont Geological Observatory; impressions of relations between Laurence Kulp and W. Maurice Ewing; recollections of Heezen-Ewing tensions and Heezen presentations at 1965 meeting of the Second International Oceanographic Congress (Moscow); relations with Ewing involving promotion and tenure and impressions of Ewing's intellectual domination at Lamont; role as faculty senate member at Columbia University; recollections of proposed relocation of LGO; impressions of funding shifts involving oceanographic research, 1960s-1970s; the effects on her career of not being able to go to sea because of her gender; recollections of experiences onboard Verma and other research vessels; recollections of Henry C. Kohler; mapping the oceans; Ewing's feelings about women scientists and women on ships; the contributions of the research vessel, Vema. Prominently mentioned are: Heinrich Berann, Wallace Broecker, Charles Drake, Maurice Ewing, Bruce Heezen, C.D. Hollister, Angelo Ludas, National Geographic Society, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.