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bulk 1938-1968
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37 Cubic feet ((31 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0034
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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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Ritchie, Donald Jeanne, 1920-
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1955-1976
bulk 1960-1970
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13.08 Cubic feet (12 records center boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0088
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of Ritchie's research files. The material consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, photos, drawings, and Soviet books detailing Russian missile and rocket development during the 1960s. The collection also includes copies of Ritchie's reports during his tenure at Bendix and manuscripts of various chapters of his book 'R...
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Kapp, Michael
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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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bulk 1917-1985
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0.41 Cubic feet ((2 boxes and 2)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1994.0018
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of manuals, reports, photographs, drawings, brochures, and other material relating to aircraft propulsion. The following companies are represented: Pratt & Whitney, Armstrong Siddeley, Bristol, Napier, Westinghouse, and Rolls Royce Engines. Besides material on engines and propellers, the collection also contains U.S. Navy D...
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U.S. Army Air Corps
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1935
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0.17 Cubic feet (2 reels)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2018.0071
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Launched on November 11, 1935, from the Stratobowl near Rapid City, South Dakota, "Explorer II" carried Captain Albert Stevens, Captain Orvil Anderson, and an assortment of instruments to a world record altitude of 22,066 kilometers (72,395 feet). This collection consists of two reels of 16mm silent motion picture film relating to "Explorer II."
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National Air and Space Museum. Office of Administration
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1992-1996
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-041
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of general training and program files. Since the training coordinator's program originated within the Collections Management Division, some files overlap the two offices.
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Durant, Frederick C., 1916-
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[ca. 1953-1963]
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29.43 Cubic feet ((27 records center boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0084
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection includes material on the rocket and space activities and interests of Durant during the period circa 1953-1963. The collection consists of business and personal correspondence, articles, reports, pamphlets, manuscripts, color transparencies and photographs. Some of the contents are not in English. In April 2000, an additional six bo...
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Associated Press
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bulk 1971
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0.06 Cubic Feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2014.0040
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of two copies of a black and white aerial photograph showing Camp Eagle, Phu Bai, Vietnam (base camp for the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division). A large peace sign has been cleared into the countryside near the camp. Some Vietnamese grave sites are also visible. The photograph is an Associated Press photo and was taken on...
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Mahr, Burnley
- Dates:
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1953-1994
bulk [ca. 1960s-1970s]
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1.09 Cubic feet ((1 records center box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1996.0031
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains materials from Mahr's work on the following projects: EOS Landsat, Orbiter, LST Hubble, Navaho, Skylab, Apollo, and the Shuttle Robot Retrieval Arm. In addition, there are also promotional materials from Rockwell International's Space Division pertaining to various spacecraft.
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Johnson, Caldwell C.
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[ca. 1950s-1970s]
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0.45 Cubic feet ((1 legal document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2000.0019
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 34 items of manned space flight memorabilia, circa 1950s-1970s, including pencil and ink drawings by Caldwell Johnson from the Mercury, Apollo, and the Apollo-Soyuz programs. This collection also contains papers, reports, and brochures on these three projects, along with design studies for other spacecraft and related eq...