The questionnaire was developed by David P. Stern during the process of defining a pilot survey for the history of geophysics project (conducted in 1988 by the American Geophysical Union and the American Institute of Physics, Center for History of Physics). File includes the questionnaire sent to Hines, extensive typewritten responses, curriculum vitae, bibliography, and accompanying correspondence. Recipients were asked to send copies of their curriculum vitae and a list of publications as part one of the survey and were then asked to discuss their entry into science in general and geophysics specifically as a career; how their scientific achievements came about and major efforts they were involved in which did not achieve the hoped for results; changes from one discipline to another; funding sources; the role of other disciplies in their own research; their work as educators; and their involvement in geophysics related institutions.