WMRS Historical Documents and Transcribed Oral Histories
 
 

Peter Miljanich interview by Sarah Sheehan. Peter worked at barcroft between 1951 through 1954 (text file) also some notes and a pencil sketch of the station grounds.

25 years of High-Altitude Research by Nello Pace (6 MB pdf file)

Bert Vaughan's written account of the early days at Barcroft and Crooked Creek, with photos (6 MB pdf file)

1955 Brochure about WMRS

History chapter in Crooked Creek Guidebook

2002 "Focus on Field Stations" article in ESA Bulletin

1959 article in California Agriculture describing research on chickens at Barcroft

1952 article in Science about first years at WMRS by Nello Pace and S.F. Cook. "White Mountain High Altitude Research Station"
Science, New Series, Vol. 116, No. 3026. (Dec. 26, 1952), pp. 697-700.

1952 article about Barcroft in "Research Reviews" published by the Office of Naval Research

Schulman's 1954 science article about the longevity of trees including Bristlecones - prior to discovery of the great ages in the White Mountains

1962 article in Westways describing WMRS "high and dry" research

1963 article in California Monthly about Barcroft and Crooked Creek