National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Space History
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National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.
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Ongoing
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270 Cubic feet (Ongoing)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1183.O
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Technical Reference Files comprise an artificial collection that currently contains 1,900 cubic feet of aviation and space related materials, organized in 22 subject series. File materials include photographs, press releases, clippings, correspondence, reports, and brochures, on individuals, organizations, events, and objects.
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Ehricke, Krafft, 1917-1984
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1949-1984
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124.9 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2003.0025
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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This collection is composed of Krafft Ehricke's files including Ehricke's published and unpublished papers as well as papers and works by others that Ehricke gathered, presumably as reference material.
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Guest Services
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1983-2007
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-214
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiotapes recorded during the Friday Noon Lecture Program at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) as well as other lectures organized by the NMNH, Office of Education and, beginning in 2006, its successor office, NMNH, Office of Guest Services.
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Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007
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1906-2008
bulk 1951-1995
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26 Cubic feet (57 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1326
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents, through printed materials, photographs, audio and moving image, Don Herbert's career as a science educator under the persona of "Mr. Wizard" from 1951 until the 1990s.
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Contracts and Procurement Office
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1991-1999
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17 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-171
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory projects and activities. Materials include proposals, correspondence, progress reports, cost estimates, notes, final project reports, research announcements, and memoranda.
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1994-2013
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-067
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Science Media Group (SMG) was founded by Dr. Matthew H. Schneps and Dr. Philip Michael Sadler as an experimental project to explore novel applications of video in the service of science education. In operation at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Harvard College Observatory from 1989 to 2013, this accession consists of...
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Science Service
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1920-1979
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41.04 Cubic feet (114 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0125
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Science Service was founded in 1921 by newspaper publisher Edward Willis Scripps (1854-1926) and the zoologist William Emerson Ritter (1856-1944) as a news service for the purpose of disseminating information on scientific progress to the public, and to "present facts in readable and interesting form." The Science Service Astronomy and Astronautics files in the National Air and Space Archives consists of papers, news releases, articles, newspaper and magazine clippings, and technical papers pertaining mainly to astronomy and astronautics and dating from the late 1920s through the early 1970s.
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Desind, Herbert Stephen.
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1950-1992
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109 Cubic feet (305 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1997.0014
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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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- Creators:
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National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.
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Ongoing
- Size:
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175 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1183.B
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Technical Reference Files comprise an artificial collection that currently contains 1,900 cubic feet of aviation and space related materials, organized in 22 subject series. File materials include photographs, press releases, clippings, correspondence, reports, and brochures, on individuals, organizations, events, and objects.
