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Giacconi, Riccardo
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circa 1958-1992, 2008
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28 cu. ft. (28 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 10-142
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the professional papers of Riccardo Giacconi (1931-2018), an astrophysicist specializing in x-ray astronomy and who was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of cosmic x-ray sources. Giacconi's papers document his research, participation in the larger astrophysics community, and influence on ...
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Giacconi, Riccardo, interviewee
- Dates:
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2004
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5 audiotapes (reference copies). 5 videotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9617
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Videohistory Program, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 1986 until 1992, used video in historical research. Additional collections have been added since the grant project ended. Videohistory uses the video camera as a historical research tool to record moving visual information. Video works best in historical r...
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DeVorkin, David H., 1944-
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[ca. 1930s-1950s]
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0.45 Cubic Feet (1 legal document box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1994.0054
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the photographs used in the book.
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Johnson, Charles Yothers, 1920-
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1947-1977
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5.15 Cubic Feet ((7 legal document boxes) (3 flatboxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1997.0060
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a great variety of material relating to experiments performed at NRL. Included are reports, photographs, transparencies, rolled data and 167 glass slides.
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Fireman, Edward L., 1922-1990
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circa 1950-1990
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25.53 cu. ft. (24 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (3 3x5 boxes) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7463
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Giacconi, Riccardo
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1955-2002
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82.13 cu. ft. (80 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes) (1 16x20 box) (1 blueprint storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7416
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document Riccardo Giacconi's professional career, and consist of papers illustrating his scientific work and administrative records relating to the institutions at which he worked. There is extensive documentation of Giacconi's professional activities, including meetings attended, papers presented (and published), his services a...
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1986-1987
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8 videotapes (Reference copies). 22 digital .wmv files and .rm files (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9539
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Videohistory Program, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 1986 until 1992, used video in historical research. Additional collections have been added since the grant project ended. Videohistory uses the video camera as a historical research tool to record moving visual information. Video works best in historical r...
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DeVorkin, David H., 1944-
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1942-1990
bulk 1942-1948
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2.93 Cubic feet (7 legal document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1994.0056
- Repository:
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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 technology. American projects documen...
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U.S. Army Air Corps
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1935
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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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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Science Media Group
- Dates:
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1994-2013
- Size:
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-067
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Science Media Group (SMG) was founded by Dr. Matthew H. Schneps and Dr. Philip Michael Sadler as an experimental project to explore novel applications of video in the service of science education. In operation at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Harvard College Observatory from 1989 to 2013, this accession consists of...