Events Files
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National Air and Space Museum. Office of Special Events
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circa 1971-1989
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23.5 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 339
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist primarily of Special Events files. Also included is a small amount of administrative material and records of the annual Frisbee Festival, 1977-1983. Other Frisbee Festival materials can be found throughout the collection.
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Rosen, Milton, b. 1915
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bulk 1940s-1990s
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4.36 Cubic Feet ((4 box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2005.0070
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of four cubic feet of material documenting the aerospace career of Milton Rosen, especially his work on the Viking Rocket and Vanguard Projects. The collection includes the following types of material: a Viking scrapbook; publications written by Rosen, including articles, papers, journals, and books; Viking photographs; Nav...
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National Air and Space Museum. Department of Aeronautics
- Dates:
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1965-1986
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36.5 cu. ft. (73 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 330
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the history of the Department of Aeronautics from 1966-1986, a period marked by intensive planning for the new museum, its construction and opening in July 1976, and the emergence of the National Air and Space Museum as a large and important bureau of the Smithsonian and the most visited museum in the world. At the begi...
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Newell, Homer Edward, 1915-1983
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1960-1973
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1 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0150
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of articles and transcripts of speeches by Newell during his tenure with NASA.
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bulk 1938-1968
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37 Cubic feet ((31 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0034
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of aeronautical charts of United States territory (ca. 1944-1963), a few specific states (ca. 1965), the Middle East as charted by the U.S. Army during World War II (ca. 1944), and some international flight areas (c. 1947 and 1968). These charts were complied by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Coast and Geodetic Survey, U....
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United States National Museum. Office of the Director
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circa 1921-1973
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38 cu. ft. (76 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 190
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records contained in this record unit are essentially those of Frank A. Taylor in his capacity as Director, United States National Museum (1962-1971) and Director General of Museums (1968-1971). However, some records as Chairman of the Exhibits Modernization Committee (1943-1959) and Director of the National Museum of History and Technolog...
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Wittmann, Otto, 1911-2001
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1932-1996
- Size:
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10.1 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.wittotto
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of museum director, art consultant and curator Otto Wittmann (1911-2001)date from 1932 to 1996 and measure 10.1 linear feet. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence and other files concerning Wittmann's career as Director of the Toledo Museum of Art and as trustee and acting chief curator of the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Eleven scrapbooks contain materials primarily relating to the activities of the Toledo Museum of Art, but also contain documentation of Wittmann's World War II service in the Art Looting Investigation Unit (ALIU) of the U.S. Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the present day CIA. Also found within the papers are files relating to his work with the National Endownment of the Arts, Arts and Artifacts Indemnification Committee, scattered biographical information, and personal correspondence.
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Neill, Thomas Taylor, 1903-1988
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1926-1972
bulk 1938-1943
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17.25 Cubic feet ((2 legal document boxes) (15 records center boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0181
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains the research material that Neill used in compiling his book. The material consists of correspondence and reports dealing with inspection, specifications, and performance tests of automobile and aircraft engines and fuels from 1926 to 1944. There are also reports, articles, and log books of specific engine types, both aerona...
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National Air and Space Museum. Department of Aeronautics
- Dates:
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1993-1995
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-160
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the Enola Gay exhibition controversy. Materials include correspondence from Congress, United States veteran organizations, and associations regarding the exhibition; correspondence and memoranda of Martin O. Harwit, former Director of the National Air and Space Museum, and staff of the Department of Aeronautics, pertaini...
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Sullivan, Kathryn
- Dates:
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1970s - 2010s
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11.5 Cubic feet (15 boxes.)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2019.0007
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of approximately 11.5 cubic feet of papers, photographs, certificates, and video/film, created or collected by Kathryn Sullivan, spanning her lifetime of achievement.