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Aerojet-General M-1 Engine Reports
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Creators:
Aerojet-General Corporation
Dates:
1962-1968
Size:
2.18 Cubic feet ((2 records center boxes))
2.08 Linear feet
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0190
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of design information, development program plans, quarterly technical progress reports, research and development proposals, and technical reviews concerning the development of the M-1 rocket engine. The majority of the material was prepared for NASA by Aerojet-General.

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Robert Gordon Rocket Propulsion Collection
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Creators:
Gordon, Robert
Dates:
[ca 1940s-1950s]
Size:
0.68 Cubic Feet ((1 legal document box) (1 slim legal document box))
Collection ID:
NASM.1999.0023
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of biographical material on Robert Gordon, papers authored by him and by colleagues on various aspects of rocket propulsion, and his associations with the American Rocket Society, the Aerojet Engineering Corporation and the University of California Department of Nuclear Engineering.

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Aerojet Experimental Liquid Propellant Jet Units Flight Test Scrapbook
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Dates:
bulk 1942-1943
Size:
0.47 Cubic Feet ((1 box))
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0844
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of a scrapbook containing 44 black and white photographs of various sizes as well as four typewritten pages describing the photographs and the flight tests they depict. Photographs are divided into five "exhibits." Exhibit I is noted to be the solid propellant jet unit. Exhibit II depicts flight tests conducted from April 7...

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Andrew G. Haley Papers
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Creators:
Haley, Andrew Gallagher, 1944-1966
Dates:
1939-1967
Size:
46.87 Cubic Feet ((43 records center boxes))
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0200
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection documents Haley's involvement with astronautics and space law. The material consists primarily of documents covering Haley's activities in the IAF and ARS, including information on the various conferences and institutes he helped organize. The collection also contains material relating to the founding and early operations of Aerojet...

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Robert C. Truax Collection
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Creators:
Robert, C. Truax, 1917-2010
Dates:
1929-2005
bulk 1980-2000
Size:
11.99 Cubic Feet
12.95 Linear Feet (21 Legal Size Boxes, 1 Slim Legal Size, 3 Shoe Boxes, 1 Flat Box)
Collection ID:
NASM.2016.0008
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

Robert Truax was one of the great originals of American rocketry and a major proponent and inventor of ultra-low-cost rocket engine and vehicle concepts.

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Digitized Content United Shoe Machinery Corporation Records
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Creators:
United Shoe Machinery Corporation
Dates:
1898 - 1987
Size:
145 Cubic feet (296 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0277
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The collection documents the activities of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation of Beverly, Massachusetts, manufacturers of shoe machinery equipment. The collection consists of engineering records, legal records, research and development records, employee/personnel records, correspondence, company catalogs, product literature, advertising materials, photographs, and moving images.

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Digitized Content I.C.E. Integrated Circuit Collection
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Creators:
Integrated Circuit Engineering Corporation.
Dates:
1970-1997
Size:
164 Cubic feet (224 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0600
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Collection documents the 30 year history of Integrated Circuit Engineering Corporation which provided consulting expertise in the field of integrated circuits and semiconductors.

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Digitized Content Correspondence
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Creators:
National Air and Space Museum. Department of Astronautics
Dates:
1965-1984, with materials dating from circa 1953
Size:
32 cu. ft. (64 document boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 398
Repository:
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...

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Bellcomm, Inc Technical Library Collection
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Creators:
Bellcomm, Inc.
Dates:
1959-1972
Size:
81.71 Cubic feet (222 letter document boxes, 1 slim letter document box, 4 flatboxes)
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0093
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection contains the non-book portion of Bellcomm's Technical Library. The material in the collection consists of technical reports prepared by NASA subcontractors and/or NASA facilities during the first decade of space exploration (1960-1970). The collections also includes some reports issued by the California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) at Pasadena, CA, including Space Program and Research Summaries, as well as technical and engineering documents.

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Records
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Creators:
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Dates:
circa 1954-1966
Size:
57 cu. ft. (57 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 188
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records consist of files from various offices within the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) as well as the central files located in the SAO administrative office. Retrieval from records is difficult. While there is no apparent order to the records, a table of contents consisting of imposed general headings is provided below ...

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