National Air and Space Museum Archives

Charles Stuart Sheldon II Papers

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0141
Creators:
Sheldon, Charles Stuart, II, 1917-1981
Dates:
1934-1980
bulk 1958-1972
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
13.08 Cubic feet
(12 records center boxes)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists mainly of Sheldon's research correspondence files from his tenure at CRS and NASC. The collection also reflects his activities as Staff Economist for the Joint Economics Committee (1955-57), Assistant Director, House Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration (1958), and Technical Director, House Committee on Science and Astronautics (1959-61). The bulk of the material consists of papers and notes regarding U.S. and Soviet space programs (both manned and unmanned) in connection with various papers and speeches prepared by Dr. Sheldon, including original drawings of Soviet spacecraft, various photos of U.S. and Soviet craft, articles, and papers touching on various aerospace subjects, as well as notes of lectures given by Dr. Sheldon, and copies (both rough-draft and final) of speeches given by him in the 1960s.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Dr. Charles Stuart Sheldon II (1917-1981) was an economist, author, and advisor to Congress and the President on aerospace matters. Sheldon graduated from the University of Washington (BA, 1936; MA, 1938) and Harvard University (AM, 1939; Ph.D., 1942) and worked in several transportation and economics-related positions before World War II. During and after the war he served in the United States Navy (1943-1952) before transferring to the Naval Reserve. He spent several several years on the staff of the University of Washington Departments of Transportation (1940-48), including three years as Director (1946-48), and Economics (1949-55), before joining the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress (CRS) as Senior Specialist, Transportation and Communications (1955-58). At the same time he served as director of several congressional committees relating to astronautics. He joined the professional staff of the National Aeronautics and Space Council (1961-66), which advised the President on aerospace matters, before returning to CRS (1966-81).

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
C.S. Sheldon II, Gift, 1984, XXXX-0141, unknown

Using the Collection

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Conditions Governing Use
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Outer space -- Exploration -- Soviet Union Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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