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This box contains archivally photocopied clippings, along with related printed materials on the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colo.

David Robertson worked as a miner in hard-rock mines such as the Caribou Mine and the Good Friday Mine in the 1950s, and later as a geologist in a mine in Missouri, before returning to Boulder in 1963 to work at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). In this interview he describes mining equipment and techniques; and discusses mine safety and danger, illustrated by stories of his experiences in the mines. He also talks about working for Roy and Alice Holubar, travels in Alaska, and working in the then-new NCAR building in the 1960s.

Mary and Ed Wolff were involved with Walter Orr Roberts and I.M. Pei in bringing the Mesa Lab of NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) to life. They discuss the history of this project from the time it was just a vision for a unique laboratory enabling collaborative interdisciplinary scientific research, to working with its architect, I. M. Pei, to its completion. They describe the problems and challenges in the areas of design and construction as well as how political problems of dealing with choice of a site, a director, and the interactions with the city, state and federal governments were overcome. They talk about some of the ways the building did not live up to expectations and the many ways it demonstrated symbolic and practical scientific value, particularly in respect to new ways of doing science.