NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY ARCHIVES

Papers of Woodruff T. Sullivan III: Tapes Series

Interviewee: Alan H. Barrett

Alan H. Barrett, 1927-1991

• 26 August 1971, AAS Meeting ,length of interview: 35 minutes.
  Sullivan's brief summary of topics: Discovery of OH at Lincoln Lab and previous search at Naval Research Laboratory in 1956

• 15 August 1979, IAU Meeting at Montreal, length of interview: 37 minutes.
  Sullivan's brief summary of topics: 18 cm OH search at Naval Research Laboratory 1956 and detection at MIT ~1963; University of Michigan 85 foot construction and use; study of Venus from Earth and from Mariner II 1962 flyby. [Sullivan notes that the 1979 interview replaces the 1971 interview.]

Sullivan's files include: Publications card, archival material

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