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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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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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Air and Space Museum (U.S.). Division of Space History
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bulk 1969-1972
2019
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0.39 Cubic feet ((1 box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2015.0018
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a complete set of printed stowage lists, including revisions lists, from the Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17 missions. The collection also includes fully searchable pdf files of the lists created in 2019 by a special project initiated by the National Air and Space Museum's Department of Space History and executed by the Smithsonian's Transcription Center.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
United States. National Imagery and Mapping Agency. Geodesy & Geophysics
- Dates:
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1999
- Size:
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0.79 Cubic feet (Two letter boxes.)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2019.0051
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of drawings, inspection report sheets, and a manual relating to the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
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Sheldon, Charles Stuart, II, 1917-1981
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1934-1980
bulk 1958-1972
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13.08 Cubic feet ((12 records center boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0141
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists mainly of Sheldon's research correspondence files from his tenure at CRS and NASC. The collection also reflects his activities as Staff Economist for the Joint Economics Committee (1955-57), Assistant Director, House Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration (1958), and Technical Director, House Committee on Science a...
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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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National Air and Space Museum (U.S.)
Hardesty, Von, 1939-
- Dates:
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1917-2000
bulk 1981-1986
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13.38 Cubic feet (11 legal document boxes, 1 shoe box (5 x 8 inches), 6 records center boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1993.0060
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of background material collected in support of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM) exhibit "Black Wings: The American Black in Aviation" (opened in 1982) and its companion book (published 1983) by curators Von Hardesty and Dominick Pisano, a related symposium, educational materials, and a travelling version of the exhibit. The collection contains photographs and textual materials used in the exhibit and book, internal correspondence and memoranda, and a large amount of material gathered for research purposes but not used in any "Black Wings" production.
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Brown, David M.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States. Navy
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1970-2005
bulk 1980-2002
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11.76 Cubic feet (33 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2006.0013
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The David M. Brown Papers consist of almost twelve cubic feet of archival material documenting his career as a U.S. Navy flight surgeon, naval aviator, and NASA astronaut. It includes Brown's diaries, manuals, checklists, certificates, workbooks, notebooks, and related training materials.
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United States. Office of Commercial Space Transportation
Johnson, Sara Madeline
- Dates:
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1986
- Size:
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0.79 Cubic feet (2 letter document boxes.)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2020.0015
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of documents relating to Madeline Johnson and her role as Director of the Office of Commercial Space Transportation (OCST).
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DeVorkin, David H., 1944-
- Dates:
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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...
