Operation Crossroads Scrapbook
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United States. Army Air Forces
- Dates:
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1946
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0.83 Cubic feet ((1 flatbox))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0302
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This scrapbook is a photo and documentary history of the Task Group T-2 which was given the responsibility of the overall supervision of the AAF Airborne installation and large part of the photography. It mostly contains what appears to be photograph prints for briefing boards. Included are statistics and supply requirements, charts of types of cam...
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Korff, Frederick Francis "Bud,", 1926-2016
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undated
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0.38 Cubic feet ((2 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2017.0019
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of approximately 0.38 cubic feet of material relating to Frederick Francis "Bud" Korff's service with the 509th Composite Group. There is a folder of correspondence between Korff and various friends and relatives, most frequently letters from Korff to his mother. The collection also contains news clippings; "The Atomic Blas...
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Ladd, Harry Stephen, 1899-
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circa 1915-1982 and undated
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2.58 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7396
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document Ladd's career with the USGS and his research on the geology of Pacific Islands. They include incoming and outgoing correspondence documenting field work, USGS matters, research and the publication of papers, and professional activities; diaries and field notes, mostly documenting his investigations in the Pacific; sc...
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Schultz, Leonard P. (Leonard Peter), 1901-1986, interviewee
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1976
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3 audiotapes (Reference copies). 6 digital .mp3 files (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9510
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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United States. Army Air Forces
- Dates:
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1946
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2018.0018
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of one 10 by 8 inch black and white photograph, taken in 1946, of Paul Warfield Tibbets, Thomas Wilson Ferebee, and Theodore J. "Dutch" Van Kirk, in uniform. The photograph is signed by all three in blue ink.
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Morrison, Joseph Paul Eldred
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1923-1973 and undated
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1.5 cu. ft. (3 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7376
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The largest portion of Morrison's papers consists of professional correspondence written and received between 1923 and 1973. It documents his research interests and the extent of his influence as an adviser and research editor to students and colleagues worldwide in malacological matters. In addition there are small groups of letters, not...
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Chace, Fenner Albert, interviewee
- Dates:
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1977
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3 audiotapes (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9514
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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Hardesty, Von, 1939-
- Dates:
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1876-2006
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26 Linear feet
30.81 Cubic feet (53 legal-size document boxes, 1 slim legal-size document box, 1 flat box )
26 Linear feet
30.81 Cubic feet (53 legal-size document boxes, 1 slim legal-size document box, 1 flat box )
26 Linear feet
30.81 Cubic feet (53 legal-size document boxes, 1 slim legal-size document box, 1 flat box )
26 Linear feet
30.81 Cubic feet (53 legal-size document boxes, 1 slim legal-size document box, 1 flat box )
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2006.0034
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Russian Aeronautical Collection is a mix of technical, historical, and cultural reference materials, including originals or copies of articles, documents and other historical materials relating to Russian and Soviet aviation from the Tsarist period through the Soviet era. The collection focuses on key events, personalities and aircraft designs, and certain subject areas are covered in depth, including the life and career of Igor Sikorsky, the transpolar flights of the 1930s, Soviet aviation in the Spanish Civil War, and the operational history of the Soviet Air Force in World War II.
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Clark, George Howard, 1881-1956
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Electricity and Modern Physics
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circa 1880-1950
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220 Cubic feet (534 boxes, 25 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0055
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection forms a documentary record of over half a century of the history of radio, with the greatest emphasis on the period 1900-1935. The collection includes materials that span the entire history of the growth of the radio industry. It is useful for those historians and other researchers interested in technological development, economic history, and the impact of applications of technology on American life.
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Del Mar, Bruce E., 1913-
Del Mar Avionics Corporation
- Dates:
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1951-2011
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3 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1249
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the development of the Holter Monitor, a portable device for continuously monitoring heart activity for an extended period, through engineering logbooks, drawings, operator manuals, correspondence, photographs, sales brochures and catalogs, biographical information about the engineering staff who worked on the monitor, patents and trademarks, and marketing and sales materials.