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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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Neupert, Werner
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undated
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2.18 Cubic feet ((2 record center boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2002.0057
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists Werner Neupert's files and collection of publications relating to the Orbiting Solar Observatories and and the experiments associated with each. Much of the collection documents artifacts in the collection of the National Air and Space Museum, transferred from NASA by Neupert. Included are a loose-leaf notebook of charts an...
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Space Science and Exploration Department
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1950-1974
bulk 1959-1974
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13.08 Cubic feet ((12 records center boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0154
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of material gathered by the Space Science and Exploration Department, National Air and Space Museum, relating to the United States space program through the Skylab missions. The material consists of photos and reference material covering a wide variety of subjects, including space suits, food, lifting bodies, and other supp...
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Charles D. Walcott Collection
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Walcott, Charles D, (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927
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1851-1940 and undated
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11.7 linear meters and oversize.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7004
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Charles D. Walcott Collection Papers (Record Unit 7004) were given to the Smithsonian by his wife, Mary Vaux Walcott, with certain more recent additions. The Archives would like to thank Dr. Ellis L. Yochelson, United States Geological Survey, and Frederick J. Collier, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, for th...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for the Sciences
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1987-1993
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-162
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession contains files about the American Association of Museums (AAM), International Council of Museums (ICOM), National Academy of Public Affairs (NAPA), and Polar Research Board, all of which document Robert S. Hoffmann's roll of Assistant Secretary for Science. The goal of the AAM is to strengthen and expand the educational role of...
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Kranzberg, Melvin, Dr., 1917-1995
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1934 - 1988
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140 Cubic feet (408 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0266
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Personal papers of Dr. Kranzberg from his undergraduate years at Amherst College through his professional career. Collection documents his involvement with development of the new field of history of technology and his role as principal founder of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT); work as consultant and advisor to domestic and international agencies, colleges, and universities; personal affiliations, lectureships, publications; and teaching and administrative activities for more than 40 years as a college professor.
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Ride, Sally, 1951-2012
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1970-2012
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24 Cubic feet (63 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2014.0025
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Sally K. Ride Papers consists of over 23 cubic feet of papers, photographs, certificates, and film, created or collected by Sally Ride and chronicling her career from the 1970s through the 2010s. The papers document Ride's lifetime of achievements and include material relating to her astronaut training and duties; her contributions to space policy; her work as a physicist; and her work as an educator, including Sally Ride Science and related STEM projects.
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Interdisciplinary Communications Program
- Dates:
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1968-1976
- Size:
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85.5 cu. ft. (85 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 300
- 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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Reingold, Nathan, 1927-
- Dates:
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1952-1991
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29 cu. ft. (29 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7470
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of Nathan Reingold document his research on the history of American science, his professional activities, and his careers at the National Archives and Records Service, Library of Congress, and Smithsonian Institution. Included is incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1952-1991, with colleagues, publishers, administrators, profession...
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Von Kármán, Theodore, 1881-1963
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1871-1963
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2 Cubic feet ((10 shoeboxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0537
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection covers von Karman's life, but the core of the collection is records relating to: his career in Germany after World War I; materials pertaining to his assocation with such organizations as the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, the National Advisory Committee on Aviation, the United States Air Force, and the Int...