Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Office of the Director.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Insitution, Office of the Director, John Hyssop Steele records, 1964-1989, (bulk 1977-1989).
The collection is primarily correspondence but also includes publications, photographs, newsclippings, Senate testimonies, journal reviews. Subjects covered include: the study of climate where ocean dynamics were a central issue; use of satellites in studying oceans; research ships; founding of the Coastal Research Center in 1979; WHOI's involvement in multi-institutional and multi-disciplinary programs including the Transient Tracers in the Ocean program (TTO), WOCE, and the Coastal Dynamics Experiment (CODE); WHOI's involvement with the discovery of the Titanic in 1985.
John H. Steele served as WHOI's fifth Director from 1977 to 1989. Prior to his directorship, Steele served as Deputy Director of the Marine Laboratory of the Aberdeen Laboratory, Scotland from 1951 to 1977. He first came to WHOI in 1958 as a Visiting Research Fellow, and between 1959 and 1961 he took part in WHOI's studies of the Sargasso Sea.
Steele, John H.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution -- Administration.
Oceanography -- Research.
Oceanogaphic research ships.
Photographs. aat
Clippings. aat aat aat
Project files. aat
Reports. aat
Oceanographers. lcsh
Fye, Paul McDonald, 1913-1988.
AIP-ICOS
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Archives. McLean lab, MS 8, 360 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA