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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Mountain, Joseph D., 1902-1970
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1916 - 1970
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1.57 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1991.0079
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection follows Mountain's aviation career.
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Garber, Paul Edward, 1899-1992
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1824-1992
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241.95 Cubic feet (488 boxes plus flat files)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1991.0063
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Paul E. Garber Collection documents Paul Edward Garber's life, both personal and professional, prior to and during his 72-year tenure at the National Air and Space Museum.
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1960s-1970s
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1416
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of black and white and color photographs and some negatives documenting computing history Photographs document primarily individuals, equipment, and computers being used.
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Gilbert, Glen Alexander, 1913-1982
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1935-1982
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1.82 Cubic feet (4 document boxes; 1 slim document box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0187
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a seven volume set representing a partial documentation of Gilbert's contribution to ATC development. The material was compiled by Gilbert's wife after his death in 1982. The collection also includes two books by Gilbert on air traffic control.
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National Air and Space Museum. Exhibits Design Department
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1971-2007
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6.5 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-273
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of a central set of scripts for new exhibitions, revisions to existing exhibitions, and proposed exhibitions at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM). Some records document NASM exhibits at the Arts and Industries building before the museum had its own building as well as exhibits at NASM's Paul E. Garber Preservatio...
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1964-1972
1989
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2.43 Cubic feet (5 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1000.1610
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
In 1989, the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) Archives published National Air and Space Museum Archival Videodisc 6, a LaserDisc CAV format 12-inch (30 cm) optical disc; this videodisc reproduced National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) photography of American lunar missions from 1964 to 1972, including Ranger, Surveyor, Lunar Orbiter, and Apollo missions. This small collection consists of a historical series assembled by the NASM Archives to provide background information on lunar exploration missions by the United States and the Soviet Union; this material was reproduced on the first side (Side A) of NASM Archival Videodisc 6.
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Arnold, Rudy, 1902-1966
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circa 1920s-1950s
bulk 1920-1940
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10.91 Cubic feet (9,579 photographic items)
25.37 Linear feet (38 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0356
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Rudy Arnold (1902-1966) was introduced to photography in 1918. After studying at the New York School of Photography, he worked at the New York Journal-American and the New York Graphic. During his stint at the latter he started to focus on aviation photography. In 1928, Arnold started his own aviation photography business and worked out of the following New York air fields and airports during his career: Roosevelt Field, the old Curtiss Airport, Floyd Bennett Field, and LaGuardia Airport His coverage of a wrecked airliner in upstate New York was the first photograph sent by wire to newspapers across the country. Arnold's work appeared in every aviation magazine, house organs (Douglas, Grumman), and mass circulation magazines as well as many newspapers. He also did motion-picture camera work for Universal and Paramount.
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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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1974-1983
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10.14 cu. ft. (11 document boxes) (8 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 588
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of master audio tapes for Radio Smithsonian programs 482-533, 1979, and Smithsonian Galaxy editions 26-76, 1979-1981; and audio tapes of Smithsonian special events, concerts, lectures, interviews, symposia, and openings, 1974-1983.
