Conklin, Nan Dieter, 1926-
Oral history interview Nannielou Dieter-Conklin, 1977 July 19.
Covers her career in astronomy. Focuses on college education at Goucher, 1945-1948, and Harvard Graduate School from 1955; influence of Bart Bok and Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin. Positions at Naval Research Laboratory, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory; funding, satellite tracking, telescope for Cerro Tololo, Berkeley, 1965; Hat Creek. Discussions on radio astronomy in 1950s and 1970s; very large array telescopes; women in astronomy and search for alternatives. Also prominently mentioned are: William W. Campbell, Harold Ewen, Thomas Gold, Helen Dodson Prince; Harvard Radio Observatory, United States Air Force, Cambridge Research Laboratory of United States Air Force, and University of California at Berkeley.
Bok, Bart J. (Bart Jan), 1906-1983
Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-
Conklin, Nan Dieter, 1926-
Gaposchkin, Cecilia Helena Payne, 1900-
Gold, Thomas.
Dodson, Helen Walter, 1905-
Air Force Cambridge Research Center (U.S.)
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory.
Goucher College.
Harvard University.
Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)
United States. Air Force
University of California, Berkeley.
Artificial satellites -- Tracking.
Astronomy.
Astrophysics -- History
Radio astronomy.
Telescopes.
Very large array telescopes.
Women scientists.
Women in science
Oral histories. aat
Interviews. aat
Sound recordings. aat
Transcripts. aat
Ewen, Harold.
Prince, Helen Dodson.
Harvard University. Harvard Radio Observatory.
Hat Creek Laboratory.
DeVorkin, David H., 1944- interviewer.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA