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Interviewee Sort descending | Collection | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Joanne Simpson | American Meteorological Society Oral History Project |
On September 6, 1989, Margaret LeMone interviewed Joanne Simpson for the American Meteorological Society’s interview project. Simpson, a pioneering meteorologist, discusses her early interest in science, particularly mathematics, and her academic journey, which began at the University of Chicago. She reflects on her experiences in World War II-era meteorology training and her shift toward a career in meteorology, particularly focusing on tropical convection and cumulus clouds. |
Margaret LeMone | Unknown | American Meteorological Society, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | |
Jodi Karinas | Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
The Karinas talk about their family's contribution to the seafood industry. They talk about processing shrimp on the boats before shipping them to market. They tell stories of their family members driving the shrimp to the markets and sometimes dodging the cops with their shipment. They talk about shrimping seasons. They talk about the shrimp market before and after WWII. They talk about the Portuguese and their roles in the shrimp industry. They talk about the progression of the oil industry. They talk about hurricanes and their effect on the shrim |
Carl Brasseaux, Don Davis | Unknown | Louisiana Sea Grant | |
Joey Jones | Voices of the Bay |
Joey Jones was a commercial fisherman who fished for salmon, albacore, anchovies, and herring along the central California coast. He speaks of how he got into commercial fishing, the boats he owned, and how the industry changed during the forty years he fished. Unfortunately, Joey Jones was lost at sea on April 3, 2008. |
Lisa Uttal, Seaberry Nachbar | Unknown | Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary | |
John Del Rosario | Voices of the Bay |
John is Northern California Abalone Farmer. In this interview he starts with the history of abalones; how they were mainly found in Asia and Asian cultured dishes, and the main consumers of abalones in America are the Asian community. Then he shares to his audience the hardships of raising baby Abalones to adulthood in their facility. He also makes a comparison between ocean-caged raised abalones and land farm abalones, and how his land-farmed facility has more controlled over raising abalones. |
Unknown | Unknown | Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary | |
John Lee Callis | Steamboat Era Museum Oral History Project |
Interview with John Lee Callis |
Carrie Kline, Michael Kline | Unknown | Talking Across the Lines, Berea College Special Collections & Archives | |
John Norwood McCarty | Steamboat Era Museum Oral History Project |
John Norwood McCarty (1916-2012) was born to a farming family outside of Lively in Lancaster County, Virginia. His boyhood interplay with steamboats involved raising produce that he and his family then delivered to the bustling steamboat wharf to board the vessels for sale. McCarty provided vivid accounts of a rural steamboat wharf community, from a cooperative grower’s packinghouse to the local Speakeasy. |
Carrie Kline, Michael Kline | Unknown | Talking Across the Lines, Berea College Special Collections & Archives | |
Joseph Fletcher | American Meteorological Society Oral History Project |
On March 19, 1991, William W. Kellogg interviews Joseph O. Fletcher, who shares detailed accounts of his career in meteorology and atmospheric research, beginning with his early experiences in the Army Air Corps and continuing through his contributions during World War II. Fletcher describes his work with the Signal Corps, his transition to the Air Weather Service, and his role in pioneering microwave radar applications for weather detection and reconnaissance. |
William Kellogg | Unknown | American Meteorological Society, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | |
Judy Green | National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Oral History Collection |
Oral history interview with Judy Green, 2015. Interviewed by Kathleen Legg. Forms part of the UCAR/NCAR Oral History Collection. Judy Green, long time telecommunications assistant at NCAR, shares her unique perspective of NCAR, its people and culture. Green discusses her early career as a telephone operator at Mountain Bell in Cheyenne, Wyoming and how her and her family came to NCAR. Green talks about her experience with the various telephone systems at NCAR over the years, including the old “cord board”, the short lived Harris system, the Rolm system and Voice Over IP (VoIP). |
Kathleen Legg | Unknown | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | |
Lakemariam Worku | American Meteorological Society Centennial Oral History Project |
Lakemariam Worku is a 33-year-old atmospheric science PhD student from Ethiopia. He attended A&T State University in Greensboro, North Carolina, and is currently working on his research. His interest in meteorology began in his childhood when he would visit a meteorology station with his friend whose father was a meteorology observer. This fascination led him to join the meteorology department at Arba Minch University in Ethiopia. After graduation, he worked for the national meteorology agency of Ethiopia for seven years before moving to the United States. |
Jinny Nathans | Unknown | American Meteorological Society | |
Lester Machta | American Meteorological Society Oral History Project |
On October 31, 1993, Julius London interviewed Lester Machta for the American Meteorological Society’s Tape Recorded Interview Project. Machta discusses his career in meteorology, beginning with his academic training and involvement in meteorological forecasting during World War II. He describes his collaborations with prominent figures such as Harry Wexler and Carl-Gustaf Rossby, as well as his work at Chanute Field and the evolution of meteorological education and practice in the military context. |
Julius London | Unknown | American Meteorological Society, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research |