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Novak, Charles Frank, Sr.
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1946
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0.23 Cubic feet (1 slim legal document box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1995.0008
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of eighteen prints and 2 reels of color and black and white footage relating to the White Sands Project.
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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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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
- Repository:
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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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United States Space Program Oral History Collection [Kapp]
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Kapp, Michael
- Dates:
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1939-1977 and undated
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30.01 Cubic feet (44 legal document boxes; 9 letter document boxes; 8 audio boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0138
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of reel to reel audio tapes relating to the United States space program. The material includes recordings of events, missions, press conferences, and other happenings from the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs.
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Rinzler, Ralph
- Dates:
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1890-2011
bulk 1950-1994
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106.32 Cubic feet (87.5 cubic feet of papers, 18.82 cubic feet of audio)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.RINZ
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
This collection, with bulk dates from 1950-1994, documents the life of Ralph Rinzler and his professional activities as Director of Field Programs for the Newport Folk Festival, Director of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival (formerly the Festival of American Folklife) and the Office of Folklife Programs (now the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage), and the Smithsonian Institution's Assistant Secretary for Public Service. Includes personal papers, business records, correspondence, notes, photographs, audiotapes and field recordings.
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United Telegraph Workers.
Western Union Telegraph Company
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circa 1820-1995
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452 Cubic feet (871 boxes and 23 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0205
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents in photographs, scrapbooks, notebooks, correspondence, stock ledgers, annual reports, and financial records, the evolution of the telegraph, the development of the Western Union Telegraph Company, and the beginning of the communications revolution. The collection materials describe both the history of the company and of the telegraph industry in general, particularly its importance to the development of the technology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection is useful for researchers interested in the development of technology, economic history, and the impact of technology on American social and cultural life.
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National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.
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Ongoing
- Size:
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270 Cubic feet (Ongoing)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1183.O
- Repository:
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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.
