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1911-1961
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- series
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18 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0173
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
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Mahr, Burnley
- Dates:
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1953-1994
bulk [ca. 1960s-1970s]
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1.09 Cubic feet ((1 records center box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1996.0031
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains materials from Mahr's work on the following projects: EOS Landsat, Orbiter, LST Hubble, Navaho, Skylab, Apollo, and the Shuttle Robot Retrieval Arm. In addition, there are also promotional materials from Rockwell International's Space Division pertaining to various spacecraft.
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Bendix Air Races Collection
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Bendix Corporation.
Bendix Aviation Corp
- Dates:
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1931-1985
bulk 1931-1939
bulk 1946-1962
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7.28 Cubic feet (5 records center boxes, 1 16 x 20 x 3 inch flatbox, 1 12 x 16 x 3 inch flatbox)
7.66 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1988.0115
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Bendix Corporation (1924-1983), manufacturers of devices for the automotive and aviation industries, sponsored the Bendix Trophy Race—a transcontinental speed competition for aircraft—annually from 1931-1939, then sporadically from 1946-1962. This collection includes race-related materials from the Bendix Advertising and Publicity department, along with materials from other aviation events for which Bendix was a sponsor. Approximately a third of the collection relates to the corporation's activities from circa 1960 to 1983, including military and commercial avionics and communications systems, and support for the Unites States space program, particularly the construction of Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex 39.
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United States. Army. Air Corps
Marx, Walter J.
- Dates:
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1942-1945
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0.39 Cubic feet (One letter document case.)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2021.0019
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of Major Walter Marx's report History of the Women Pilots in the Air Ferrying Division, ATC along with related memoranda and rewrites. The collection also contains six color transparencies of WAFs, a memorandum discussing discrimination the WASPS faced while in Lebanon Tennessee in 1943, and the Northwest Route under the Ferrying Division Air Transport Command, June 16, 1942-November 1, 1942 Report.
This collection is in English.
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Jones, Ernest La Rue, 1883-1955
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1906-1960
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17.38 Cubic feet (41 letter document boxes; 1 slim legal document box; 2 flatboxes; 2 microfilm cases)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0096
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Ernest Jones Aeronautical Collection (NASM.XXXX.0096) contains approximately 17 cubic feet of material comprised of the works of this early aviation historian and materials relating to his career and personal life. The collection includes original correspondence, photographs, published material, and various other media.
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bulk 1913
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0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2016.0048
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of two black and white images, one 3 by 5.25 inches, the other 3.5 by 5.75 inches, of the Wright (Co) Model C used by the 1st Aero Squadron at Texas City, Texas, 1913.
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Stine, G. Harry (George Harry), 1928-1997
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[ca. 1950s-1970s]
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12.49 Cubic feet ((11 records center boxes) (1 flatbox))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0573
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of Stine's collection of archival material relating mainly to his involvement in rocket associations, including the NAR, and his association with model rocket manufacturers. The following mediums are included: photographs from model rocket meets, correspondence, magazine and newspaper articles, newsletters, galley proofs, c...
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U.S. Army Air Corps
- Dates:
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1935
- Size:
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0.17 Cubic feet (2 reels)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2018.0071
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Launched on November 11, 1935, from the Stratobowl near Rapid City, South Dakota, "Explorer II" carried Captain Albert Stevens, Captain Orvil Anderson, and an assortment of instruments to a world record altitude of 22,066 kilometers (72,395 feet). This collection consists of two reels of 16mm silent motion picture film relating to "Explorer II."
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Garber, Paul Edward, 1899-1992
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1824-1992
- Size:
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241.95 Cubic feet (488 boxes plus flat files)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1991.0063
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Paul E. Garber Collection documents Paul Edward Garber's life, both personal and professional, prior to and during his 72-year tenure at the National Air and Space Museum.
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National Air and Space Museum. Department of Astronautics
- Dates:
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1965-1984, with materials dating from circa 1953
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32 cu. ft. (64 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 398
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection deals chiefly with Durant's tenure as Assistant Director for Astronautics at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM). Perhaps the single topic of greatest interest is the effort to obtain a building for NASM, which was accomplished on July 1, 1976, when the new museum opened. A parallel theme concerns the drive to plan and com...