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Kaufman, Sidney, 1908-
Sidney Kaufman papers, circa 1930-2007.
Papers include material on earthquakes and seismology, elastic waves, nuclear and underwater explosions, his work during employment with Shell Oil Company and material while a professor at Cornell, including course notes and COCORP items. Also, his work with the Navy Navigation Satellite System, radiolocation, and Shell's analog computer. In addition, photographs/negatives and ephemera from his student years at Cornell and a set of Gemini photographs from NASA. Also, a VHS tape titled "Recollections by Sidney Kaufman". In 2003, a group of people met with Sidney Kaufman for an interview. He discussed many aspects of his life, including being a student and teaching at Cornell, his wife and jobs, WWII, and radar.
Sidney Kaufman obtained his BS from Cornell in 1930 and his PhD in Physics from Cornell in 1934. He worked for Shell Oil Company, during which he is credited with the world's first offshore seismic survey for oil, carried out in the 1940's. Sid left his senior position at Shell to join Cornell as Acting Professor in 1973 (Dept. of Geological Sciences, now titled Earth and Atmospheric Sciences).
Kaufman, Sidney, 1908-
Cornell University
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Project Gemini (U.S.)
Shell Oil Company
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Geophysical field investigations
Analog computers.
Earthquakes
Geophysics
Nuclear explosions.
Petroleum -- Prospecting
Satellites.
Seismology
Correspondence. aat
Film (material). aat
Maps. aat
Newspapers. aat
Photographs. aat
Publications. aat
Reports. aat
AIP-ICOS
Cornell University. Carl A. Kroch Library. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. 2B Carl A Kroch Library, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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