Fred L. Whipple Oral History Interviews
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Whipple, Fred L. (Fred Lawrence), 1906-2004, interviewee
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1976
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4 audiotapes (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9520
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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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Baer, Ralph H., 1922-2014
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1943 - 2015
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16 Cubic feet (44 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0854
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Ralph H. Baer was a German-born ordnance specialist, inventor, and engineer. He was a pioneer of early videogame technology. The papers include autobiographical materials; firearms notes, manuscripts, and photographs; and videogame and television engineering notes, diagrams, schematics, and video documentation.
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National Science Resources Center. Executive Office
- Dates:
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1984-2003
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-049
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of materials pertaining to National Science Recources Center (NSRC) meetings, development and planning. Materials include agendas, meeting minutes, memoranda and correspondence, printed email, notes, logistical files, strategic plans, proposals, programs, evaluation reports, contribution reports, and development initiat...
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National Science Resources Center. Executive Office
- Dates:
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1983-2003
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-047
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the grant and funding activities of the National Science Resources Center. Materials include proposals, progress reports, final reports and products, meeting minutes, expenditures and budget information, accounting reports, correspondence and memoranda, brochures, and project award notifications...
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National Science Resources Center. Executive Office
- Dates:
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1986-2001
- Size:
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-118
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of publications by the National Science Resources Center (NSRC) regarding science education. Materials include curricula, guides, conference and training materials, and other published NSRC products.
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Marton, Ladislaus Laszlo, 1901-1979 (physicist)
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1932 - 1970
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4.66 Cubic feet (15 boxes, one (1) 16 mm film)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0100
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of materials documenting the history of electron optics, especially electron microscopes. Included are engineering drawings of Marton's devices, designed in Belgium, Stanford and RCA in the 1930s and 1940s; notebooks concerning extensive investigations in electron microscopy; photographs and micrographs concerning developm...
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Ride, Sally, 1951-2012
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1970-2012
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24 Cubic feet (63 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2014.0025
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Sally K. Ride Papers consists of over 23 cubic feet of papers, photographs, certificates, and film, created or collected by Sally Ride and chronicling her career from the 1970s through the 2010s. The papers document Ride's lifetime of achievements and include material relating to her astronaut training and duties; her contributions to space policy; her work as a physicist; and her work as an educator, including Sally Ride Science and related STEM projects.
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Contracts and Procurement Office
- Dates:
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1965-1978
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20 cu. ft. (20 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 525
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document quotations, proposals, and bids from contractors, equipment makers, and other vendors to provide facilities and instruments for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) and its programs. Of special interest are voluminous files concerning the development and planning for the Multiple-Mirror Telescope (MMT) fa...
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1932, 1946, 1957-1989
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4.43 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-109
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by James C. Cornell, Jr., a public information specialist and publications manager for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) for nearly 40 years. SAO jointly administers the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) with the Harvard College Observatory. Materials prima...
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National Science Resources Center. Executive Office
- Dates:
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1996-2002
- Size:
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-133
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of record documenting grants received by the National Science Resources Center (NSRC). Materials include project reports and budgets.
