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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Visionary: The Odyssey of Sir Arthur C. Clarke Collection [McAleer]
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2017.0003
- Creators:
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McAleer, Neil., 1942-
- Dates:
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bulk 1980-2000
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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12 Cubic feet(12 boxes)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 12 cubic feet of material gathered or created by author Neil McAleer for his authorized biography of Sir Arthur Clarke, Visionary: The Odyssey of Sir Arthur C. Clarke. The collection includes correspondence, emails, articles, photographs, videotapes, and audio tape cassettes/transcripts of Clarke's friends and colleagues in science fiction and space advocacy that McAleer interviewed for the biography. This collection also consists of digital files of much of the collection.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Visionary: The Odyssey of Sir Arthur C. Clarke Collection [McAleer] is the updated 2012 version of Neil McAleer's Arthur C Clarke: The Authorized Biography which was published in 1992. According to Michael Neufeld's 2013 Quest review of the book, "McAleer's book provides the only comprehensive biography of the writer that exists."
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Neil McAleer, Gift, 2016
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access.
Preferred Citation
Visionary: The Odyssey of Sir Arthur C. Clarke Collection [McAleer], Accession 2017-0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronautics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Audiotapes | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Video recordings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Correspondence | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Electronic records (digital records) | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Clarke, Arthur C. (Arthur Charles), 1917-2008 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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