Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 344
National Air and Space Museum. Department of Aeronautics
Correspondence, circa 1981-1989
Historical Note
Edmund T. Wooldridge, Jr., served as Chairman of the Department of Aeronautics, 1983-1986. Von D. Hardesty became Acting Chairman in 1986 and then Chairman until July, 1987, when Donald S. Lopez became Acting Chairman, serving 1987-1988. In 1989 Dominick A. Pisano was appointed Acting Chairman.
Descriptive Entry
These records consist primarily of the correspondence files of the department for fiscal years 1987-1989, divided into separate series for museums, people, organizations, and international correspondence. Also included is a chronological file of staff memoranda and some miscellaneous correspondence of curator Robert C. Mikesh, circa 1981-1986.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Hardesty, Von, 1939-
- Lopez, Donald S., 1923-2008
- Mikesh, Robert C.
- Pisano, Dominick A., 1943-
- Wooldridge, E. T.
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Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 344, National Air and Space Museum. Department of Aeronautics, Correspondence