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Haley, Andrew Gallagher, 1944-1966
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1939-1967
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46.87 Cubic feet ((43 records center boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0200
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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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Cobb, Geraldyn "Jerrie" Menor
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bulk 1952-1998
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1.5 Cubic feet ((3 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2017.0035
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 1.3 cubic feet of archival material documenting the aviation and space careers of Geraldyn M. "Jerrie" Cobb, 1952-1998. The following types of materials are included: magazine articles; photographs; scrapbooks; licenses; brochures; maps; VHS tapes; and manuals and handbooks. The collection is a mix of her early flying ca...
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Correspondence
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National Air and Space Museum. Department of Astronautics
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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
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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...
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National Air and Space Museum. Department of Space Science and Exploration
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circa 1972-1988
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7.5 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 347
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of administrative files of the Department of Astronautics and the Department of Space Science and Exploration. They contain exhibit records, including scripts, status reports, and planning documents, as well as records concerning interns, publications, lectures, collections management, position descriptions, and professio...
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Science Service
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1920-1979
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41.04 Cubic feet (114 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0125
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Science Service was founded in 1921 by newspaper publisher Edward Willis Scripps (1854-1926) and the zoologist William Emerson Ritter (1856-1944) as a news service for the purpose of disseminating information on scientific progress to the public, and to "present facts in readable and interesting form." The Science Service Astronomy and Astronautics files in the National Air and Space Archives consists of papers, news releases, articles, newspaper and magazine clippings, and technical papers pertaining mainly to astronomy and astronautics and dating from the late 1920s through the early 1970s.
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Porter, Richard W. (Richard William), 1913-1996
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circa 1930s-1980
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6.54 Cubic feet (6 records center boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1997.0037
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of six feet of material documenting Porter's many scientific contributions. The following types of material are included: photographs, lecture notes, correspondence, trip notes, newspaper clippings, symposium programs, papers, and periodicals, circa 1930s-1980s.
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Ehricke, Krafft, 1917-1984
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1949-1984
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124.9 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2003.0025
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection is composed of Krafft Ehricke's files including Ehricke's published and unpublished papers as well as papers and works by others that Ehricke gathered, presumably as reference material.
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National Air and Space Museum. Office of the Director
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1971-1978 and undated
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10.12 cu. ft. (18 document boxes) (1 12x17 box) (1 16x20 box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 306
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of the official files of Michael Collins as director of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), 1971-1978. To a large extent, the files concern the planning and funding of the new NASM building, its construction, the preparation of exhibits, and the opening of the Museum on July 1, 1976. On day-to-day administrative ...
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National Air and Space Museum. Space History Division
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1980-2014
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4.58 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 15-177
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by David H. DeVorkin, Curator, 1981- , documenting a variety of topics including educational and public programming related to exhibitions; collections management and loans; lecture series; and the Albert Einstein Planetarium. Particularly well-documented are educational aspects of the ...
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National Air and Space Museum
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1977, 1979, 1982-1992
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2 cu. ft. (4 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-121
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting events, mostly for corporations and professional associations, held at the National Air and Space Museum, including introductions to special viewings of films, speeches, seminars, symposia, and meetings. Materials include audiocassettes.
