Oral history interview with Phil Smith [includes transcript], January 22-23, 2003.

CONTENT: Oral history interview [five hours] with Philip Meek Smith, Santa Fe, New Mexico, by Richard Quartaroli. BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY: Phil Smith was a geologist affiliated with the National Research Council, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Science Foundation. While waiting for w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Philip Meek
Other Authors: Quartaroli, Richard
Format: Moving Image (Video)
Language:English
Published: Northern Arizona University. Cline Library. 2003
Subjects:
Austin
William Thomas
Belknap
Bill
1920-
Buzz
Evans
Loie Belknap
John
Hamilton
Jon
National Science Foundation
National Academy of Sciences
National Research Council
Christchurch
Meek
New Zealand
Antarc*
Antarctica
antartic*
Online Access:http://archive.library.nau.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cpa/id/63409
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Summary:CONTENT: Oral history interview [five hours] with Philip Meek Smith, Santa Fe, New Mexico, by Richard Quartaroli. BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY: Phil Smith was a geologist affiliated with the National Research Council, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Science Foundation. While waiting for weather to clear in order to fly to Antartica, Smith and Bill Austin rode jet boats with Bill, Jon, and Joyce Hamilton, Christchurch, New Zealand. Smith and Austin conceived of a jet boat uprun trip of the Colorado River through Grand Canyon, successfully completed in 1960.

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