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Oral history interview with Vernon Harris, part 1

Description: This is the first of two interviews with Vernon Harris. The first interview covers his life and career up to the 1960s. The second interview covers his career at General Electric from the 1960s through his retirement in 1988. Topics discussed include: race relations in the US Army in WWII; experience as a Black engineer in aerospace work; secrecy and classification; attitudes towards military work during Vietnam War; relation between finance and engineering.
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Date: June 26, 2020
Call number: mssHM 80611 (59)
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Oral history interview with Vernon Harris, part 2

Manuscripts

This is the second of two interviews with Vernon Harris. The first interview covers his life and career up to the 1960s. The second interview covers his career at General Electric from the 1960s through his retirement in 1988. Topics discussed include: race relations in the US Army in WWII; experience as a Black engineer in aerospace work; secrecy and classification; attitudes towards military work during Vietnam War; relation between finance and engineering.

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Oral history interview with Sherman Mullin. Second Interview

Manuscripts

This is an edited transcript of an oral history interview of Sherman Mullin conducted by Peter Westwick and William Deverell. This is the second of two interviews with Mullin. The first interview covers his career up to when he joined the Skunk Works in 1982. The second interview covers his career at the Skunk Works from 1982 through his retirement. Topics covered in the interview include: role of manufacturing in aircraft development; role of flight test in aircraft development; secrecy and classification; engineering proposal writing; relation between finance and engineering in aerospace firms; educational background of Lockheed managers; effects of end of Cold War.

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Oral history interview with Sherman Mullin. First Interview

Manuscripts

This is an edited transcript of an oral history interview of Sherman Mullin conducted by Peter Westwick. This is the first of two interviews with Mullin. The first interview covers his career up to when he joined the Skunk Works in 1982. The second interview covers his career at the Skunk Works from 1982 through his retirement. Topics covered in the interview include: US Army as source of electronics training; demographics and racial attitudes within US Army in 1950s; electronics and computing in weapons systems of 1950s; transition from analog to digital computing; educational background of Lockheed managers; origins and importance of systems engineering; rise of electrical engineering in the aerospace industry; effects of L-1011 program on Lockheed; labor-management relations; Lockheed workforce demographics.

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Oral history interview with John Cashen. Second Interview

Manuscripts

This is an edited transcript of an oral history interview of John Cashen conducted by Peter J. Westwick. Maggy Rivas, Cashen’s former assistant at Northrop, was present for the interview and provided occasional comments. This transcript is the second of two interviews with Cashen; it covers from the early 1980s and the Tacit Blue project through the B-2 to his later career and retirement. Topics covered in the interview include: role of local universities in aerospace industry; relation between aeronautical engineers and electrical engineers on Stealth design; competition between Northrop and Lockheed; secrecy and classification; absence of unions at Northrop; role of computer codes; aerospace work ethics; relation between design and manufacturing engineers.

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Oral history interview with John Cashen. First Interview

Manuscripts

This is an edited transcript of an oral history interview of John Cashen conducted by Peter J. Westwick. This transcript is the first of two interviews with Cashen; it covers up to the early 1980s and the Tacit Blue project. Maggy Rivas, Cashen’s former assistant at Northrop, was present for the interview and provided occasional comments. Topics covered in the interview include: role of local universities in aerospace industry; relation between aeronautical engineers and electrical engineers on Stealth design; competition between Northrop and Lockheed; secrecy and classification; absence of unions at Northrop; role of computer codes; aerospace work ethics; relation between design and manufacturing engineers.

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Oral history interview with Eugene Noller

Manuscripts

This an edited transcript of an oral history interview of Eugene Noller conducted by Volker Janssen. Topics discussed include: Japanese-American internments in WWII; German engineers in US after WWII; Segregation in the American South in the 1950s; Engineering and art.

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