Field Station Files, 1962-1968

As the Atmospheric Sciences Program flourished at the Loomis School, Schaefer and his colleagues decided to expand the students’ educational opportunities by offering the summer session in multiple locations across the United States. While Schaefer, as director, would make appearances and coordinate the activities at each site—called field stations—the day-to-day running of each one depended on the talent of the highly reputable scientists Schaefer hired for that purpose. Initially, the field stations were located in New York (Whiteface Mountain), Colorado (Boulder), and Arizona (Flagstaff). Eventually, more sites were added, including Socorro, New Mexico and Rensselaerville, New York. Schaefer’s contacts from General Electric and Munitalp played a helpful role in establishing field stations and attracting accomplished staff members for the summer program.

The files in this subseries are a mix of more correspondence, student reports, charts, graphs, and other data from daily experiments, and occasionally photos of the students as they performed educational tasks or enjoyed recreational time.