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Durant, Frederick C., 1916-
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[ca. 1953-1963]
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29.43 Cubic feet ((27 records center boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0084
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection includes material on the rocket and space activities and interests of Durant during the period circa 1953-1963. The collection consists of business and personal correspondence, articles, reports, pamphlets, manuscripts, color transparencies and photographs. Some of the contents are not in English. In April 2000, an additional six bo...
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Charles Ingram Stanton, Sr., Papers
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Stanton, Charles Ingram, 1893-1986
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1917-1977
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4.22 Cubic feet (1 slim legal document box; 4 legal document boxes; 3 flatboxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0076
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of Stanton's personal papers. The material includes correspondence, photographs, news clippings and articles, reunion memorabilia and records, and personal and professional writings over the course of his aeronautical career.
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National Air and Space Museum. Department of Aeronautics
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1965-1986
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36.5 cu. ft. (73 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 330
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the history of the Department of Aeronautics from 1966-1986, a period marked by intensive planning for the new museum, its construction and opening in July 1976, and the emergence of the National Air and Space Museum as a large and important bureau of the Smithsonian and the most visited museum in the world. At the begi...
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Crossfield, A. Scott (Albert Scott), 1921-
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1940 - 2004
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18.71 Cubic feet (42 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2006.0041
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of over nine cubic feet of material documenting Scott Crossfield's aviation career, with emphasis on his involvement with the North American X-15. The following types of material are included: correspondence; reel to reel tapes; papers, manuscripts; newspaper and magazine clippings; aviation manuals; photographs; film; and Crossfield's notes and reports.
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Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973
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1941-1945
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0.23 Cubic feet ((1 legal document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0553
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 442 copy photographs including color dye coupler photo transparencies and silver gelatin photo-negatives which document U.S. Navy aircraft and aviation activities during World War II. They include aerial combat, aircraft carrier landings and takeoffs, bombings, explosions, flights, and signal exchanges. Aircraft shown in...
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Hardesty, Von, 1939-
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1876-2006
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26 Linear feet
30.81 Cubic feet (53 legal-size document boxes, 1 slim legal-size document box, 1 flat box )
26 Linear feet
30.81 Cubic feet (53 legal-size document boxes, 1 slim legal-size document box, 1 flat box )
26 Linear feet
30.81 Cubic feet (53 legal-size document boxes, 1 slim legal-size document box, 1 flat box )
26 Linear feet
30.81 Cubic feet (53 legal-size document boxes, 1 slim legal-size document box, 1 flat box )
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2006.0034
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Russian Aeronautical Collection is a mix of technical, historical, and cultural reference materials, including originals or copies of articles, documents and other historical materials relating to Russian and Soviet aviation from the Tsarist period through the Soviet era. The collection focuses on key events, personalities and aircraft designs, and certain subject areas are covered in depth, including the life and career of Igor Sikorsky, the transpolar flights of the 1930s, Soviet aviation in the Spanish Civil War, and the operational history of the Soviet Air Force in World War II.
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Elms, James C., 1916-
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1959-1980
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3.5 Cubic feet (10 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1993.0047
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of speeches, papers, notes, newspaper articles and records on Elms' career, including the following areas: Transportation System Center; Electronics Research Center; Manned Space Station; Space Shuttle; Space Systems Committee; Gemini Mission Review Board; and Hearings on space topics.
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National Air and Space Museum. Executive Officer
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circa 1974-1978
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 345
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records are the administrative subject files of John Whitelaw as Executive Officer, circa 1974-1978. Much of the material consists of copies of memos, budgets, and reports, mostly routine.
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National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.
- Dates:
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Ongoing
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12 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1183.K
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Technical Reference Files comprise an artificial collection that currently contains 1,900 cubic feet of aviation and space related materials, organized in 22 subject series. File materials include photographs, press releases, clippings, correspondence, reports, and brochures, on individuals, organizations, events, and objects.
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1906-1945
- Level:
- series
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1 Boxe
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0029
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This series consists of business records collected and released by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. Included are photocopies of twenty-three historical Curtiss-Wright documents including the Wright brothers' original patent certificate and other Wright patents, Glenn Curtiss' original patent for the first flying boat, and stock certificates issued t...