Query: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Meteorite Photography and Recovery Project

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Prairie Network Proposals, Contracts, Project Authorizations, 11/1/1970-10/31/1971
Level:
file
Collection ID:
Record Unit 302
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
in Record Unit 302 for Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Meteorite Photography and Recovery Project

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Materials
Prairie Network Proposal, 11/1/1973-10/31/1974, 11/1/1974-10/31/1975
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file
Collection ID:
Record Unit 302
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
in Record Unit 302 for Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Meteorite Photography and Recovery Project

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Proposal for the Continuation of the Meteorite Photography and Recovery Project (P49-3-65)
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file
Collection ID:
Record Unit 168
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
in Record Unit 168 for Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Meteorite Photography and Recovery Project

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Meteorite Photography and Recovery Project (Prairie Network), 1969-1972.
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file
Collection ID:
Record Unit 253
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
in Record Unit 253 for Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Meteorite Photography and Recovery Project

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Materials
Meteorite Photography and Recovery Project (Prairie Network), 1963-1968.
Level:
file
Collection ID:
Record Unit 253
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
in Record Unit 253 for Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Meteorite Photography and Recovery Project

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Materials
Records
Creators:
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Assistant Director (Science)
Dates:
1961-1973
Size:
18.5 cu. ft. (18 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 253
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This record unit consists of administrative records maintained by Charles A. Lundquist as assistant director (Science), which primarily concern SAO scientific projects. Projects represented in the records include the Satellite Tracking Program, Celescope Project, Gravitational Redshift Space Probe Experiment, Hydrogen Maser Program, Very Long Baseline Interferometer (VLBI), Earth Albedo Project …

in Record Unit 253 for Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Meteorite Photography and Recovery Project

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Materials
Station Files, 1962-1968.
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series
Collection ID:
Record Unit 263
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
in Record Unit 263 for Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Meteorite Photography and Recovery Project

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Materials
Fred Lawrence Whipple Papers
Dates:
circa 1927-1983
Size:
23.5 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7431
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

in Record Unit 7431 for Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Meteorite Photography and Recovery Project

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Materials
Fred Lawrence Whipple Papers
Dates:
circa 1932-2004
Size:
19.72 cu. ft. (19 record storage boxes) (2 5x8 boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 04-183
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The papers of Fred Lawrence Whipple (FLW) document his astronomical research; his professional work in the field of astronomy; and his career as Director of the SAO. They include correspondence with professional colleagues, amateur astronomers, SAO staff scientists, Smithsonian Institution officials, scientific societies and professional groups, government agencies, and Harvard …

in Accession 04-183 for Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Meteorite Photography and Recovery Project
Focuses on the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO); development of the Multiple-Mirror Telescope with the University of Arizona with disks from the U.S. Air Force; innovative design elements; National Science Foundation limits on funding; dynamics of a multi-institutional project; chess games on mainframe computer; development of the Center for Short-Lived Phenomena; Prairie Network of the Meteorite Photography and Recovery Project had limited successes; surplus property crisis when staff member mistakenly traded for other equipment; the subsequent internal audit system later allowed SI to own ships for coral reef research; challenges of managing a complex science organization; Secretary Ripley's approach to Congressional hearings; transition from Fred L. Whipple to George B. Field as SAO director; Field's management style; relationships with Harvard University over the Center for Astrophysics; appointment of Irwin Shapiro, of MIT, as director in 1983; important role of assistant directors Carlton Tillinghast and John G. Gregory; role of Robert A. Brooks as Undersecretary, followed by Michael Collins and Phillip S. Hughes; Brooks' relationship with Regent James E. Webb, chair of the Executive Committee; Chief Justice Warren Burger and his relationship to S. Dillon Ripley and the Smithsonian; Challinor's image of the "barons and bishops" - Assistant Secretaries and central administrators, and their roles at the Smithsonian; SAO "Mafia" of great Italian astrophysicists, including Guiseppe Colombo, Riccardo Giaconni, Luigi Jacchia and others; role of Board of Regents in securing funding; and increasingly important role of computers in Smithsonian research, 1970s-1990s.
Level:
file
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9599
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

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