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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Super-Sonic Transport (SST) Collection [Whitehead]
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0287
- Creators:
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Whitehead, William Scholl
- Dates:
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1963-1976
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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2.18 Cubic feet(1 flatbox) (3 legal document boxes)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, reports, brochures, articles and a scrapbook dealing with this effort. Much of the correspondence is concerned with efforts to obtain support and funding for the project from private industry and the United States Congress. The scrapbook, with index, is a collection of newspaper and magazine clippings about the SST project and includes technical, political, financial and public relations articles.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
During the 1960s and 1970s there was an effort to establish a program to produce a supersonic transport in the United States. William Scholl Whitehead of the firm Ives, Whitehead and Co., was heavily involved in this endeavor.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Ives, Whitehead & Co, Inc, Gift, unknown, XXXX-0287, NASM
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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General
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