Query: Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)
Photographs and Slides
George Carruthers Innovative Lives Presentation
Creators:
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Carruthers, George R.
Dates:
1996-02-22
Size:
0.25 Cubic feet
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0597
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

This video history consists of original, master and reference videos documenting a children's lecture program by George R. Carruthers, a physicist and inventor. Carruthers invented the Far Ultra-Violet Camera (FUVCAM).

Digital Content Available

in NMAH.AC.0597 for Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)

Archival
Materials
George Carruthers Collection
Creators:
Carruthers, George R.
Dates:
1970s - 2010s
Size:
7.34 Cubic feet (9 boxes of various size, 1 folder, 1 map folder)
Collection ID:
NASM.2020.0024
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of material documenting the space science career of Dr. George Carruthers.

This collection is in English.

in NASM.2020.0024 for Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)

Archival
Materials
In Building 209 of the Naval Research Laboratory, featured Charles Y. Johnson on lab testing of equipment, c. 1945-1987, including: development of mass spectrometers; development of vacuum chambers; comparison of spectrometers in lab and at launch site; electronics of electrometer unit; Johnson's training for vacuum chamber construction; reasons for U.S. Navy's commitment to upper atmosphere research; specifications for laboratory construction. Visual documentation included: Bennett mass spectrometer vacuum test chamber and components in operation; mass spectrometers and electrometers; period photographs of lab and launch site testing facilities, 1950s; array of equipment in Room 324A; construction of electronically shielded room; equipment for current NRL projects.
Level:
file
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9539
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
in Record Unit 9539 for Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)

Archival
Materials
In the Director's Conference Room at the National Air and Space Museum, featured Friedman, Byram, Kreplin, and Chubb on the chronology of NRL's astronomical research, c. 1945-1964, including: backgrounds of interviewees; research freedom, and lab culture at the NRL; development of gas-tube radiation detection technology; technical problems with different rockets; defining research goals in stellar and solar astronomy; 1950s rockoon program and ultraviolet research; solar flare and X-ray studies; participation in International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958; Vanguard satellite program and influence of NASA on NRL; reasons for U.S. Navy's commitment to astronomy. Visual documentation included: assortment of gas tubes for radiation detection; 1950s cartoon of NRL personalities; period photographs of tubes, NRL staff, rockets and launch sites; diagrams of instrument components.
Level:
file
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9539
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
in Record Unit 9539 for Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)

Archival
Materials
Brewster, John M. Benadryl as a therapeutic agent in treatment of common cold. U.S. Naval Med. Bulletin, September 1947 – October 1947
Level:
file
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0001
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
in NMAH.AC.0001 for Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)

Archival
Materials
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Level:
file
Collection ID:
Record Unit 188
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
in Record Unit 188 for Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)

Archival
Materials
Early Rocketry (V-2) Photograph Collection
Creators:
DeVorkin, David H., 1944-
Dates:
1942-1990
bulk 1942-1948
Size:
2.93 Cubic feet (7 legal document boxes)
Collection ID:
NASM.1994.0056
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

The collection is comprised primarily of photographs showing the manufacture and test launching of V-2 missiles, both in Germany and in the United States (White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico) during and after World War II. There are also images of the facilities at Peenemunde and American confiscation of the …

in NASM.1994.0056 for Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)

Archival
Materials
U.S. Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Virginia, computation and ballistics department
Level:
file
Dates:
1955 January
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0554
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
in NMAH.AC.0554 for Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)

Archival
Materials
United States: Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
Level:
file
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0417
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
in NMAH.AC.0417 for Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)

Archival
Materials
Papers, drafts and note, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Level:
file
Dates:
1967
Collection ID:
NASM.2012.0052
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
in NASM.2012.0052 for Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)
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