[Cover of Sullivan's book 2009, Cosmic Noise]
Sullivan's Cosmic Noise, Cambridge University Press, 2009


NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY ARCHIVES

Papers of Woodruff T. Sullivan III: Tapes Series

Interviewee: Donald H. Menzel

Donald H. Menzel, 1901-1976. Interviewed 18 August 1976 at Cambridge, length of interview: 70 minutes.

Sullivan's brief summary of topics: 1920s (unpublished) suggestion for solar radio noise; wartime radio work with military and thoughts about cosmic and solar work; development of Harvard's radio astronomy at Ft. Davis and Agassiz; some theoretical work on sun; development of NRAO (much claimstaking herein).

Sullivan's files include: Publications card, Sullivan's notes, archival material.


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