National Air and Space Museum Archives

Space Race Scrapbooks

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.1999.0029
Creators:
Enkenhus, Kurt
Dates:
1957-1961
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1.88 Cubic feet
(4 flatboxes)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of ten scrapbooks created by Dr. Kurt Enkenhus, who was director of the Aerodynamics Department at the Naval Ordnance Lab and a Professor at the von Karmen Institute, Brussels, Belgium. The scrapbooks, containing newspaper and magazine articles from a variety of American sources, document the space race between the Soviet Union and the United States. The scrapbooks also contain a small amount of articles on general US foreign policy and domestic issues.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
John Anderson, Aero, gift, 1999, 1999-0029, unknown

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

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