National Air and Space Museum Archives

Charles Y. Johnson Collection

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.1997.0060
Creators:
Johnson, Charles Yothers, 1920-
Dates:
1947-1977
Languages:
English
.
Physical Description:
5.15 Cubic feet
(7 legal document boxes) (3 flatboxes)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a great variety of material relating to experiments performed at NRL. Included are reports, photographs, transparencies, rolled data and 167 glass slides.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Charles Yothers Johnson (1920-) began his service with the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Washington, DC in 1942. He was to remain with NRL for many years, a physicist first with the Rocket Sonde Branch and later with the Upper Air Physics Branch, where he became Head of the Aeronomy Section. At NRL Johnson participated in space and upper air research relating to such subjects as cosmic ray physics and rocket instrumentation and such experiments as the Aerobee and Lagopedo projects.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Charles Y. Johnson, gift, 1998, 1997-0060, Public Domain

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

More Information

General

General
NASMrev


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Aerobee rockets Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Astrophysics Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Astronautics Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rockets (Aeronautics) Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Reports Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Slides (photographs) Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Johnson, Charles Yothers, 1920- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Naval Research Laboratory (Washington, D.C.). Rocket Sonde Branch Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Naval Research Laboratory (Washington, D.C.). Upper Air Physics Branch Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Naval Research Laboratory (Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Project Lagopedo Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

National Air and Space Museum Archives
14390 Air & Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, VA 20151
NASMRefDesk@si.edu