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Website Records
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Creators:
National Air and Space Museum
Dates:
2012
Collection ID:
Accession 13-047
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of three websites maintained by the National Air and Space Museum. The "How Things Fly" website, crawled June 1, 2012, explains the basic principles that allow aircraft and spacecraft to fly. It is a companion website to the physical exhibition of the same name. The "Become a Pilot Family Day and Aviation Display" web...

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Pamela A. Melroy Papers
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Dates:
1961-2008
bulk 1980s-2000s
Size:
17.6 Cubic feet (19 containers)
Collection ID:
NASM.2018.0034
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of 17 cubic feet of papers relating to the life and career of astronaut Pamela A. Melroy.

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Digitized Content Herbert Stephen Desind Collection
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Creators:
Desind, Herbert Stephen.
Dates:
1950-1992
Size:
109 Cubic feet (305 boxes)
Collection ID:
NASM.1997.0014
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

The collection consists of 109 cubic feet of material, primarily photographs with some additional documentation, covering aerospace topics. The bulk of the material relates to US space exploration, including extensive photo files on US manned missions through the Space Shuttle, and satellite and sounding rocket work. The first series consists of unmanned spacecraft material, the second series consists of manned spacecraft material, and the third series consists of aircraft material.

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Riccardo Giacconi Papers
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Creators:
Giacconi, Riccardo
Dates:
circa 1958-1992, 2008
Size:
28 cu. ft. (28 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 10-142
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of the professional papers of Riccardo Giacconi (1931-2018), an astrophysicist specializing in x-ray astronomy and who was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of cosmic x-ray sources. Giacconi's papers document his research, participation in the larger astrophysics community, and influence on ...

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Krafft Arnold Ehricke Papers
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Creators:
Ehricke, Krafft, 1917-1984
Dates:
1949-1984
Size:
124.9 Cubic feet
Collection ID:
NASM.2003.0025
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection is composed of Krafft Ehricke's files including Ehricke's published and unpublished papers as well as papers and works by others that Ehricke gathered, presumably as reference material.

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Riccardo Giacconi Papers
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Creators:
Giacconi, Riccardo
Dates:
1955-2002
Size:
82.13 cu. ft. (80 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes) (1 16x20 box) (1 blueprint storage box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7416
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records document Riccardo Giacconi's professional career, and consist of papers illustrating his scientific work and administrative records relating to the institutions at which he worked. There is extensive documentation of Giacconi's professional activities, including meetings attended, papers presented (and published), his services a...

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Digitized Content Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Dates:
June 25-July 6, 2008
Size:
1 Cubic foot (approximate)
Collection ID:
CFCH.SFF.2008
Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.

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Development Records
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Creators:
National Air and Space Museum. Office of Advancement
Dates:
circa 1999-2018
Size:
2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 18-059
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of materials documenting marketing and fundraising efforts on behalf of the National Air and Space Museum. Particularly well-documented within this accession are capital campaigns for the construction and expansion of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Materials include correspondence, reports, proposals, campaign ma...

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Grant Proposals
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Creators:
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Sponsored Programs and Procurement Department
Dates:
2007-2009
Size:
9 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 14-177
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records documenting outside funding for Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) research, projects, and activities. Materials include proposals, quotations, and bids from contractors, equipment makers, and other vendors to provide services, equipment, and instruments for SAO. Files marked [JPL RSA]* are Jet Prop...

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Richard Porter Papers
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Creators:
Porter, Richard W. (Richard William), 1913-1996
Dates:
circa 1930s-1980
Size:
6.54 Cubic feet (6 records center boxes)
Collection ID:
NASM.1997.0037
Repository:
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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