Smithsonian Institution Archives

Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution

Record Unit 398
National Air and Space Museum,
Department of Astronautics,
Correspondence,
1965-1984, with materials dating from circa 1953


Historical Note

Descriptive Entry

Series Descriptions

  Series 1. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1940-1980, AND UNDATED.

  Series 2. CORRESPONDENCE WITH ORGANIZATIONS, 1957-1984, AND UNDATED.

  Series 3. SUBJECT FILES AND PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1946-1979, AND UNDATED.



HISTORICAL NOTE

Frederick Clark Durant, III, (1916- ) was born in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, and educated as a chemical engineer at Lehigh University (B.S., 1939). He served as a naval pilot during World War II.

In the post war years his career led him through a variety of aspects of aeronautics and rocketry, in both the government and private corporations. He was employed with Bell Aircraft Corporation, 1947-1948; the U.S. Naval Air Rocket Test Station, New Jersey, 1949-1952; as an Engineering Consultant, 1953-1954; with Arthur D. Little, Inc., 1955-1957; Avco-Everett Research Laboratory, 1958-1961; and Bell Aerosystems Company, 1962-1964. In 1965 he joined the National Air Museum (the National Air and Space Museum after 1966) as its Assistant Director for Astronautics. He held that post until leaving NASM in 1980 to pursue other interests. Durant is a recognized expert on the history of rocketry and is a member of numerous societies, among them the American Astronautical Society and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and he is a past President of the American Rocket Society.


DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY

This collection deals chiefly with Durant's tenure as Assistant Director for Astronautics at the National Air and Space Museum. Perhaps the single topic of greatest interest is the effort to obtain a building for NASM, which was accomplished on July 1, 1976, when the new museum opened. A parallel theme concerns the drive to plan and complete the new museum's exhibits. Durant's wide contacts in the aerospace community, based on his years as an engineer and administrator, made him very useful in this respect. At the same time, there is a continuing interest in the on-going study of the history of military aviation and astronautics as well. Finally, there is documentation for Durant's private interests, which included stamp collecting, magic, and the activities of the Cosmos Club, to which he belongs.

Correspondents include many of the United States astronauts; Arthur C. Clarke; Stanley Kubrick; and the creators of "Star Trek," the popular television series.


SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

SERIES 1.
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1940-1980, AND UNDATED.

This series consists of Durant's correspondence with individuals interested in one or another aspect of his activities. For the most part it deals with efforts to develop the exhibits and collections at NASM, but historical inquiries also represent a significant part of the whole. Correspondents include Isaac Asimov, painter Chesley Bonestell, historian Daniel Boorstin, aeronautical engineer A. V. Cleaver, Mrs. Robert H. Goddard, Senator Barry Goldwater, Gene Roddenberry, Carl Sagan, G. Harry Stine, and several involved in the production of Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey."

Box 1 of 64
Folder1   Abbot, Charles G., 1969
Folder2   Abbot, William F., undated. Includes notes of a personal conversation
Folder3   Abramson, Bertram N., 1970, 1974
Folder4   Acharya, J., 1978-1979
Folder5   Adams, Carsbie Clifton, 1971-1973
Folder6   Adler, A. William, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976
Folder7   Africano, Alfred, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1974-1977
Folder8   Agel, Jerome B., 1969-1970, 1972. Includes an interview between Agel and Durant discussing aspects of producing Stanley Kubrick's "200l: A Space Odyssey"
Folder9   Akens, David Strode, 1967-1969, 1971, 1978
Folder10   Albert, Roy J., undated
Folder11   Allen, Harold, 1970
Folder12   Allen, James G., 1967-1968
Folder13   Allen, Jon Lewis, 1976
Folder14   Allen, Joseph P., 1975
Folder15   Allison, David, 1978
Folder16   Allward, Maurice, 1970-1974, 1976-1977
Folder17   Althin, Torsten, 1972
Folder18   Altman, R., 1969
Folder19   Ananoff, Alexandre, 1965-1976, 1978
Folder20   Anders, Col. William A., 1970-1971
Folder21   Anderton, David A., 1974
Folder22   Andjelic, Tatomir P., 1969, 1971-1974, 1976, 1978
Folder23   Anschutz, Richard H., 1970
Folder24   Appley, Mortimer H., 1975-1976
Folder25   Arfons, Walter, 1966-1967
Folder26   Armstrong, Neil A., 1969-1970, 1979. Contains casual references to the first Apollo moon landing
Folder27   Arpad, Horvath, 1968-1969
Folder28   Asimov, Isaac, 1972, 1974
Folders29-30   Aston, Rogers, 1970-1980. Consists of material describing the dedication of the new Goddard Rocket and Space Museum, Roswell Museum and Art Center, April 9, 1975. Includes photographs
Folder31   Aston, Rogers, photographs and publications, 1975

Box 2 of 64
Folder1   Atchison, Joseph Anthony, 1971
Folder2   Atkinson, Paul G., 1966, 1972, 1975
Folder3   Auchincloss, Mrs. Hugh D., 1970
Folder4   Babison, Jane F., 1971-1973
Folder5   Baker, Barbara J., 1978
Folder6   Baker, Norman S., 1967, 1973, 1975
Folder7   Baker, Robert M. L., 1969-1970
Folder8   Baker, Robert M. L., UFO studies, 1968-1970. Includes photographs
Folder9   Balin, Ina, 1971
Folder10   Ball, Albert, 1970
Folder11   Barbely, Charles G., 1972
Folder12   Bardey, Robert S., 1969
Folder13   Barnes, A. L., 1979
Folder14   Barnes, Ann E., 1974
Folder15   Barnes, Barbara, 1972
Folder16   Barnes, Richard, 1972-1973
Folder17   Barre, General J. J., 1967
Folder18   Barsky, Constantine Grigorovich, 1977
Folder19   Bartelot, Richard G., 1970
Folder20   Barwick, Arthur R., 1969, 1971-1973, 1976
Folder21   Bascom, Willard, 1968, 1972, 1980
Folder22   Basler, Christian O., 1977
Folder23   Bassi, Sofia, 1972-1976. Concerns the 1972 presentation of her painting "Voyage in Space" to NASM
Folder24   Bassi, Sofia, photographs, clippings
Folder25   Basura, Nick, 1973
Folder26   Batchelor, John, 1972-1976. Includes photograph
Folder27   Bauch, Gerhard, 1976
Folder28   Baum, Dwight C., 1963, 1973

Box 3 of 64
Folder1   Baumann, Robert C., 1958-1959, 1966
Folder2   Baume, Alessio, 1971
Folder3   Bazjanac, Davorin, 1968-1979
Folder4   Bazjanac, Davorin, publications, 1966-1971
Folder5   Bean, Alan L., 1978
Folder6   Becker, Thomas W., 1971-1972
Folder7   Becker, Thomas W., photographs and illustrations
Folder8   Becklake, John, 1975-1979
Folder9   Beckman, Ronald, 1970
Folder10   Bedford, Ronald, 1976
Folder11   Beichel, R., 1974
Folder12   Bekey, Ivan, 1977-1978
Folder13   Benford, Robert J., 1974-1976
Folder14   Benn, Edward, undated
Folder15   Berber-Credner, H., 1968
Folder16   Beresford, Spencer M., 1970
Folder17   Bergaust, Erik, 1968-1977
Folder18   Berger, Ernest G., 1969
Folder19   Berklacy, George, 1970
Folder20   Berkner, Mrs. Lloyd, 1971
Folder21   Bernath, Mrs. Merril V., 1969
Folder22   Berndtson, Carl Alexius, 1970-1979
Folder23   Bernstein, Leemarie Burrows, 1972
Folder24   Berry, Charles A., 1971
Folder25   Betts, Lt. General A. W., 1968
Folder26   Biggs, Buford B., 1971
Folder27   Billingham, John, 1973, 1979
Folder28   Billings, Bruce H., 1971
Folder29   Bilstein, Roger E., 1971
Folder30   Binder, Mrs. Sabine, 1971
Folder31   Bird, John, 1975
Folder32   Black, Joseph W., 1972
Folder33   Blaine, J. C. D., 1979
Folder34   Blosset, Lise, 1968-1974
Folder35   Blue, Margaret Garber, 1972
Folder36   Bodlak, David, 1974
Folder37   Boltin, Lee, 1969-1970

Box 4 of 64
Folders1-2   Bonestell, Chesley, 1966-1977. Correspondence concerns shows at the Smithsonian of work by Bonestell, a well-known painter and illustrator of space art
Folder3   Bonestell, Chesley, March-July 1967 exhibition, photographs
Folder4   Bonestell, Chesley, September-November 1969 exhibition, photographs
Folder5   Bonestell, Chesley, "Beyond Jupiter" exhibition, March-September 1973, correspondence. Includes photographs
Folder6   Bonestell, Chesley, "Beyond Jupiter," 1973, photographs
Folder7   Bonestell, Chesley, reproductions of illustrations
Folder8   Bonestell, Chesley, imitators of Bonestell style
Folder9   Bonestell, Chesley, award of British Interplanetary Society bronze medal, 1977
Folder10   Bonestell, Chesley, paintings on loan, 1972-1973
Folder11   Bonestell, Chesley, Smithsonian sale of reproductions, 1970-1974
Folder12   Bonney, Walter T., 1967, 1972
Folder13   Bono, Philip, 1968-1970
Folder14   Boorstin, Daniel J., 1970-1979
Folder15   Borman, Frank, 1969. Concerns the flight of Apollo VIII spacecraft. Includes photographs
Folder16   Bornstein, C. Zachary, 1979
Folder17   Bory, Georges, 1967
Folder18   Bosworth, Kyle F., 1968-1969
Folder19   Botsford, Ward, 1969
Folder20   Botto, A. Alan, 1979
Folder21   Bounds, Ronald W., undated
Folder22   Bourgin, Simon, 1975-1976
Folder23   Boushey, Homer A., 1980

Box 5 of 64
Folder1   Bova, Benjamin, 1972-1977. Bova is a noted science fiction writer and editor of Analog, a popular science fiction magazine. Of special note is a guide for teaching a course on science fiction.
Folder2   Boyes, John, 1973-1974
Folder3   Bradbury, Ray, 1978
Folder4   Brady, George W., 1975
Folder5   Brandwein, David S., 1966-1969
Folder6   Branigan, Thomas L., 1965-1969
Folder7   Bridges, Philip N., 1966-1972
Folder8   Brodsky, R. F., 1979
Folder9   Brotzman, Donald G., 1971
Folder10   Brouwer, Theo, 1960-1969
Folder11   Brown, Joseph Scott, 1972
Folder12   Brown, Richard M., 1972-1974
Folder13   Brownell, Thomas H., 1966-1973. Includes photographs
Folder14   Bryan, C. D. B., 1978
Folder15   Buck, Thomas F., 1967-1977
Folder16   Bucknam, Robert C., 1973
Folder17   Buedeler, Werner W., 1967-1980
Folder18   Bull, Harry W. and Bertha K., 1973-1978
Folder19   Burchfield, John A., 1972
Folder20   Burgess, Eric, 1969-1978
Folder21   Burke, Jerry A., Jr., 1968
Folder22   Bush, George F., 1967-1973
Folder23   Butler, Paul H., Jr., 1970
Folder24   Byrns, Zack H., 1972
Folder25   Caidin, Martin, 1974-1980

Box 6 of 64
Folder1   Caidin, Martin, diary extract, ca. 1955
Folder2   Caidin, Martin, articles, 1975-1976
Folder3   Campbell, John T., 1967
Folder4   Campbell, Paul A., 1965-1977
Folder5   Carafoli, Elie, 1972
Folder6   Caras, Roger A., 1966-1973. Includes reference to Durant's involvement in Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey"
Folder7   Cardiel, Juan, 1976
Folder8   Carroll, Winton A. J., undated
Folder9   Carter, Leonard J., 1967-1980
Folder10   Cartwright, Aubrey, 1971-1972
Folder11   Cernan, Eugene A., 1968-1979
Folder12   Chamberlain, Joseph M., 1972
Folder13   Chernyi, G. G., 1966-1967
Folder14   Chester, Charlotte W., 1971
Folder15   Chillson, Charles W., 1971
Folder16   Chow, W. T., 1969
Folder17   Christensen, H. (Chris), 1967
Folder18   Christian, James L., 1972
Folder19   Christiensen, David L., 1970
Folder20   Christman, Albert B., 1972. Includes transcript of an interview with Rear Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, U. S. N. (retired), February 11, 1972, documenting Hustvedt's contacts with Robert Goddard, as well as his role as an observer of May 1921 aerial attack tests on capitol ships
Folder21   Christophersen, Mrs. Rolf E., 1972
Folder22   Cipriano, Anthony J., 1978
Folder23   Clark, John D., 1966-1972
Folder24   Clark, John W., 1973-1974
Folder25   Clarke, Arthur C., visit of March 15, 1973. The noted science fiction writer, pundit, and futurist, Arthur C. Clarke, visited the Smithsonian and the Air and Space Museum, on a number of occasions. Most of this material deals with details of arrangement, though there are copies of some of Clarke's addresses here as well.
Folder26   Clarke, Arthur C., visit of March 15, 1973, photographs
Folder27   Clarke, Arthur C., "Technology and the Limits of Knowledge," Doubleday Lecture, May 1973, 1972-1973
Folder28   Clarke, Arthur C., testimony before the House Committee on Space Science and Applications, July 24, 1975. Includes negatives
Folder29   Clarke, Arthur C., "Imperial Earth," 1975
Folder30   Clarke, Arthur C., visit of October 4-9, 1975
Folder31   Clarke, Arthur C., visit of March 1976, 1975-1976
Folder32   Clarke, Arthur C., visit of October 20, 1977

Box 7 of 64
Folder1   Clarke, Arthur C., publications
Folder2   Clarke, Fred W., 1972-1978
Folder3   Clarke, Roderick W., 1966-1968
Folder4   Cleator, P. E., 1978
Folders5-11   Cleaver, A. V., 1963-1977. A. V. (Val) Cleaver was a highly regarded British aeronautical engineer, and presided over the British space program for a number of years. He was also a man of considerable acumen and frankness, which make his correspondence with Durant worth reading.
Folder12   Cleaver, A. V., publications, photograph
Folder13   Cocker, Neil, 1969
Folder14   Cohen, Hermann, 1970
Folder15   Cohn, Ernst M., 1965-1966
Folder16   Cohn, Ernst M., publications
Folder17   Cole, Frank, 1966
Folder18   Collier, Robert A., 1968-1969
Folder19   Collins, Michael, 1970-1980. Concerns loan of certain items belonging to Collins and taken on the Gemini X and Apollo XI flights
Folder20   Commoner, Barry, 1970
Folder21   Coneybear, J. Frank, 1975
Folder22   Connolly, Thomas F., 1970

Box 8 of 64
Folder1   Conover, Willis, 1975-1979
Folder2   Conrad, Charles, Jr., 1976
Folder3   Cooke, Hereward Lester, 1973-1978
Folder4   Coppens, Willy, Baron de Houthulst, 1967-1978
Folder5   Corbeau, Jean, 1975
Folder6   Corn, Joseph J., III, 1974
Folder7   Cornett, Lloyd H., Jr., 1968
Folder8   Corning, Erastus, III, 1972-1978
Folder9   Cornog, Robert, 1969
Folder10   Cowen, Robert C., 1972-1973
Folder11   Crawford, Robert, 1973
Folder12   Cremers, Hans-Gunther, 1969, 1971-1972. Includes photographs
Folder13   Crneski, Paule, 1971-1973. Includes photographs
Folder14   Cromie, William J., 1973
Folder15   Croome, Angela, 1969
Folder16   Crossette, George, 1972
Folder17   Crow, Sir Alwyn Douglas, 1940, 1946, 1966-1976. Sir Alwyn Crow was responsible for directing Great Britain's rocketry program from 1936 to 1945. This material contains a war-time pass to the Dover area signed by Winston Churchill, as well as photographs.
Folder18   Ctein, Mr., 1974
Folder19   Culick, Professor F. E. C., 1974-1978
Folder20   Cunningham, James L., 1974-1979
Folder21   Cunningham, R. Walter, 1971-1977. Refers to his experiences in the astronaut program and includes photographs
Folder22   Dalton, Joseph R., 1972-1973
Folder23   Dalzell, Bonnie, 1974-1975. Concerns an article on an imaginary bestiary of space creatures published in the October 1974 Smithsonian
Folder24   Dalzell, Bonnie, article. Includes drafts and corrections of the article, as well as the published version. Also includes an audio cassette
Folder25   Daniels, Elmer A., 1971. Includes photographs.
Folder26   Daniloff, Nicholas, 1968-1972
Folder27   Daniloff, Nicholas, "The Kremlin and the Cosmos." Daniloff, at one time a UPI reporter in Moscow, ultimately published a book on the origins of the Soviet space program. This manuscript seems to be a precis of the intended book.
Folder28   Danilov, Victor J., 1971-1975
Folder29   David, Leonard, 1974-1979
Folder30   Davidson, Theron W., 1971

Box 9 of 64
Folder1   Davies, Dorothy H., 1973
Folder2   Davis, Don, 1973-1974
Folder3   Davis, Hubert P., 1979
Folder4   Davis, William B., 1972-1977
Folder5   Davis, William O., 1972
Folder6   Dean, James, 1971-1979
Folder7   Debus, K. H., 1973
Folder8   de Camp, L. Sprague, 1979
Folder9   Degraaf, Donald E., 1971
Folder10   Deisch, John Noel, 1975-1976
Folder11   Demler, Marvin C., 1976
Folder12   Denes, Agnes C., 1969-1973
Folder13   Denver, John, 1976. Includes a reference to Denver's view on the importance of space research
Folder14   DeSaussure, Hamilton, 1978-1979
Folder15   de Vaal, Jan, 1974
Folder16   DeVoe, Barbara, 1972
Folder17   Dickey, Tom S., 1969-1972. Includes photographs
Folder18   Dietrich, Bruce L., 1972. Includes photographs
Folder19   Dietz, Robert S., 1969
Folder20   Dille, Robert C., 1976-1977
Folder21   Dillon, Wilton S., 1972
Folder22   Disher, John H., 1972
Folder23   Dixon, Thomas F., 1978
Folder24   Dodd, Mrs. John Bruce, 1970
Folder25   Dolan, Thomas M., 1976
Folder26   Dooling, David, 1975-1980
Folder27   Dossey, John R., 1974-1977. Co-written with Guillermo Trotte
Folder28   Dossey, John R., photographs
Folder29   Dossey, John R., publications. Co-written with Guillermo Trotte. Includes photographs
Folder30   Dowd, William F., 1970
Folder31   Doyle, Stephen E., 1971
Folder32   Doyle, William L., 1974
Folder33   Drake, F. D., 1972
Folder34   Draper, Charles Stark, 1971-1980
Folder35   Draper, Charles Stark, publications and awards

Box 10 of 64
Folder1   Draper, Charles Stark, contents of Draper Collection given to NASM, 1974, and past
Folder2   Draper, Dana, 1972-1973
Folder3   Draper, Robert, 1977
Folder4   Driggers, Gerald W., 1971-1975. Includes photographs
Folder5   Driggers, Gerald W., publications
Folder6   Driscoll, Robert W., 1975
Folder7   Dryden, Hugh L., 1971-1976
Folder8   Dryden, Hugh L., memorabilia, inventory of
Folder9   Dunne, Brian B., 1972-1976. Includes photographs
Folder10   Dupas, Dr. Alain, 1978-1979
Folder11   Durant, Richard, 1968
Folder12   Durant, Richard C., 1969
Folder13   Dyuzhev, Anatoly M., 1979
Folders14-16   Eaker, Ira C., 1970-1972, news analyses
Folder17   Eames, Charles, 1974
Folder18   Eastman, Ford, 1965
Folder19   Eddy, John A., 1974
Folder20   Edelson, Burton I., 1975-1979
Folder21   Edler, Henry G., 1967-1969
Folder22   Edson, James B., 1960-1973
Folder23   Efremov, Michael N., 1973. Includes photographs

Box 11 of 64
Folder1   Ehricke, Krafft A., 1972-1974
Folders2-3   Ehricke, Krafft A., publications
Folder4   Eisele, Donn F., 1975-1979
Folder5   Ellis, Robert O., 1977
Folder6   Emde, Carl F., 1972-1978
Folders7-10   Emme, Eugene M., 1960-1979
Folder11   Emme, Eugene M., publications
Folder12   Engel, Donald W., 1970-1973
Folders13-17   Engel, Rolf, 1965-1979

Box 12 of 64
Folder1   Engel, Rolf, publications
Folder2   Escher, William J. D., 1971-1972
Folders3-4   Escher, William J. D., publications
Folder5   Essers, I., 1971
Folder6   Estler, William C., 1969-1980. Includes photographs
Folder7   Ethell, Jeff, 1969
Folder8   Eugster, Jakob A., 1965. Includes photograph
Folder9   Eula, Antonio, 1973-1974
Folder10   Evans, D. Kent, 1971-1972. Includes photographs
Folder11   Evans, Harry L., 1967
Folder12   Ezell, Edward C., 1974-1976
Folder13   Falcoa, Joao Luis, 1970. Includes photographs
Folder14   Falkiewicz, Andrew T., 1972
Folder15   Fantuzzi, Roberto, 1969-1971. Includes photograph
Folder16   Feinstein, Harry G., 1978
Folder17   Feldman, George J., 1972
Folder18   Ferrandini, Robert O., 1972-1973

Box 13 of 64
Folder1   Ferris, Keith, 1975
Folder2   Ferry, J. Peter, 1975-1976. Includes photograph
Folder3   Ferry, J. Peter, publications, 1972-1976
Folder4   Fiedler, William A., 1977
Folders5-6   Finkhouser, James, publications
Folder7   Fiorio, Franco, 1968
Folder8   FitzGerald, Joan, 1978. Includes photographs
Folder9   Flanagan, Edward R., 1970
Folder10   Fleischer, Richard, 1971
Folder11   Fleisher, Leila E., 1971-1972
Folder12   Fleisig, Ross, 1979
Folder13   Fletcher, James C., 1979
Folder14   Flickinger, Don, 1965-1980
Folder15   Folsom, Samuel Bruce, 1972
Folder16   Forner, Raquel, 1974-1975
Folder17   Forrester, A. Theodore, 1965. Includes photograph and publications
Folder18   Forsten, Irving, 1967
Folder19   Forte, Larry N., 1974. Includes negatives
Folder20   Fortune, William C., 1977
Folder21   Fouhy, Ed, 1969
Folder22   Fox, David, 1969-1978
Folder23   Fradin, David, 1972
Folder24   Frankel, Charles, 1978
Folder25   Franks, David C., 1967
Folder26   Frasketi, Joseph J., Jr., 1978
Folder27   Frazier, Mark, 1977-1979
Folder28   Frazier, Mark, publications

Box 14 of 64
Folder1   Frazier, Mark, publications
Folder2   Freas, Frank Kelly, 1971-1976. Includes photographs
Folder3   Freitag, Robert F., 1974, 1978
Folder4   Frey, Royal D., 1970
Folder5   Friedlander, Charles D., 1970-1972. Includes photograph
Folder6   Friedman, Richard, 1973
Folder7   Friedman, Stanton T., 1970-1973
Folder8   Fritz, Alfred, 1965
Folder9   Froehlich, Walter, 1978
Folder10   Fulton, James G., 1971
Folder11   Gallagher, Gerald J., 1972-1973
Folder12   Gamache, George P., 1967
Folder13   Gann, Ernest K., 1972
Folder14   Garber, Paul E., 1975-1979
Folder15   Gardner, W. James, 1974
Folder16   Garratt, Gerald R. M., 1968-1972
Folder17   Gatland, Kenneth W., 1967-1978
Folder18   Gavriushin, N. C., 1974
Folder19   Gazenko, Oleg G., 1974-1979
Folder20   Gehrig, James J., 1970-1973
Folder21   Geiss, Johannes, 1973-1974
Folder22   Gellman, Rick, 1974
Folders23-24   Generales, Constantine D. J., Jr., 1967-1979
Folders25-26   Generales, Constantine D. J., Jr., publications

Box 15 of 64
Folder1   Generales, Constantine D. J., Jr., publications
Folder2   Gerathewohl, Siegfried J., 1976-1977
Folder3   Gerdon, Paul Jerome, 1966
Folder4   Gernsback, M. Harvey, 1974-1980
Folder5   Gervaise, Eric, 1976
Folder6   Gibbs-Smith, Charles Harvard, 1969-1979
Folder7   Gibbs-Smith, Charles Harvard, publications
Folder8   Gibson, R. E., 1970-1971. Includes photograph
Folder9   Gilborn, Craig, 1974-1979. Includes photograph
Folder10   Gill, John D., 1974
Folder11   Gillespie, George M., 1972-1974
Folder12   Glading, Gay, 1969
Folder13   Glaser, Peter E., 1967-1978
Folder14   Glassman, Donald, 1971
Folder15   Glenn, John H., Jr., 1965-1979
Folder16   Glenn, John H., Jr., photographs
Folder17   Glenn, John H., Jr., news clippings and articles
Folders18-19   Goddard, Robert H., fiftieth anniversary of the launch of the first liquid propelled rocket, March 16, 1976. Includes plans, programs and photographs of the event. Robert H. Goddard is considered the father of American rocketry and in fact received significant support from research grants made by the Smithsonian. This material documents the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Goddard's March 16, 1926, launching of a liquid-fuel rocket, as well as other aspects of his career. Esther C. Goddard, his wife, played an active role in these events, and her efforts are recorded here also.
Folder20   Goddard, Robert H., publications, press clippings, photographs
Folder21   Goddard, Robert H., fiftieth anniversary (Auburn, Massachusetts), 1975-1976. Site of the 1926 launch
Folder22   Goddard, Robert H., construction of memorial site, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1976-1978
Folder23   Goddard, Robert H., National Inventor's Hall of Fame, 1978

Box 16 of 64
Folder1   Goddard, Robert H., Senate bill S.397, 1975. Concerns acquisition of Auburn, Massachusetts, site
Folder2   Goddard, Robert H., "The Empty Frame," 1976
Folders3-4   Goddard, Mrs. Robert H. (Esther), 1967-1980
Folder5   Goddard, Mrs. Robert H. (Esther), Auburn, Massachusetts, memorial to Robert H. Goddard, 1974
Folder6   Goddard, Mrs. Robert H. (Esther), First Goddard Conference on Science, Technology, and Society, 1978
Folder7   Goddard, Roy F., 1976
Folder8   Gold, Thomas, 1969-1977
Folder9   Goldwater, Senator Barry, 1972-1974
Folder10   Gompertz, Richard F., 1970
Folder11   Gonzales, Tony, 1977-1979. Includes photograph and slides
Folder12   Goodstadt, George J., 1972
Folder13   Graff, William Tell, Jr., 1975
Folder14   Graham, Alfred R., 1970-1979
Folder15   Graybiel, Ashton, 1968-1976
Folder16   Green, Leon, Jr., 1970
Folder17   Greenman, Paula, 1974-1978. Includes photographs and slides
Folder18   Grey, Jerry, 1972-1973
Folder19   Grierson, John, 1976-1978
Folder20   Grimwood, James, 1966
Folder21   Grosse, A. V., 1969
Folder22   Guerra, Arthur, 1974
Folder23   Guest, Kathryn, 1977
Folder24   Guisinger, Roger Neil, 1978-1979. Includes photographs
Folder25   Guyton, Boone T., 1976
Folder26   Haber, Heinz, 1974-1975
Folder27   Hackes, Peter, 1976-1978

Box 17 of 64
Folder1   Hackett, Thomas P., 1978
Folder2   Hagen, John P., 1971-1975
Folder3   Hahn, Fritz, 1973-1977
Folder4   Haise, Fred W., 1976
Folder5   Hale, Russell W., 1966, 1968
Folder6   Haley, Andrew G. Jr., 1967-1970
Folder7   Hall, Edward N., 1967
Folder8   Hall, George A., 1977. Includes photographs
Folder9   Hall, Kenneth D., 1972
Folder10   Hall, R. Cargill, 1968-1977
Folder11   Hall, R. Cargill, publications
Folder12   Hall Syndicate, 1972
Folder13   Halvorsen, Harold, 1980
Folder14   Hamill, James P., Jr., 1969-1970. Includes photographs
Folder15   Haney, Paul, 1975
Folder16   Hanrahan, James S., 1974
Folder17   Hanson, William R., 1972
Folder18   Harada, Mitsuo, 1960-1976
Folder19   Hardy, David A., 1971-1973
Folder20   Hardy, David A., articles, photographs
Folder21   Harmon, Jack, 1968-1969
Folder22   Harris, George W., Jr., 1974-1975. Includes photographs
Folder23   Hastings, Laurence G., 1976-1977
Folder24   Haugland, Vernon, undated
Folder25   Haviland, R. P., 1977
Folder26   Hawkins, Willis M., 1978-1979
Folder27   Haynie, Robert F., 1972
Folder28   Heberlein, Hermann, 1974
Folder29   Hecht, Friedrich, 1972
Folder30   Heimburg, Karl L., 1974

Box 18 of 64
Folder1   Heinemann, Edward H., 1971-1979
Folder2   Henderson, Zoe, 1972-1973
Folder3   Hendricks, James, 1969-1978
Folder4   Hendricks, James, photograph, publications
Folder5   Hendrickson, Walter B., Jr., 1973
Folder6   Herman, Floyd, 1969
Folder7   Hermann, Rudolf, 1977
Folder8   Herrick, Samuel T., 1968-1974
Folder9   Hersey, Irwin, 1970
Folder10   Hewitt, Anthony, 1968
Folder11   Higgins, Mrs. Milton P., 1976
Folder12   Higham, Robin, 1975-1977
Folder13   Hill, Miss B., 1969
Folder14   Hill, Walter C., 1973
Folder15   Hilton, William F., 1979
Folder16   Hinton, Walter, 1979
Folder17   Hipp, W. Gordon, 1974-1977. Includes photographs
Folder18   Hirsh, Richard F., 1979
Folder19   Hjertstrand, Ake, 1965-1979
Folder20   Hjertstrand, Ake, publications
Folder21   Hoagland, John H., 1971-1976
Folder22   Hoagland, John H., publications
Folder23   Hoagland, Richard, 1972
Folder24   Hobbs, R. A., 1967
Folder25   Hobbs, Robert D., 1973
Folder26   Hochschild, Harold K., 1972-1979
Folder27   Hoelscher, Clifford and Jean L., 1973-1974
Folder28   Hoff, Nicholas John, 1973-1977
Folder29   Holbrow, Charles H., 1975-1977
Folder30   Holder, William G., 1969-1973
Folder31   Holley, I. B., Jr., 1967-1974
Folder32   Holman, John W., 1974
Folder33   Holmes, Jay, 1969

Box 19 of 64
Folder1   Hoover, George W., 1966-1980
Folders2-3   Hoover, George W., publications
Folder4   Horwath, Peter A., 1974-1977
Folder5   Hotz, Robert B., 1979
Folder6   Houbolt, John C., 1973, 1976
Folder7   House, William C., 1973
Folder8   Houtman, Maarten, 1975-1980
Folder9   Houtman, Maarten, publications, photographs
Folder10   Howard, William J., Jr., 1971
Folder11   Hubbard, Barbara Marx, 1972-1973
Folder12   Hubbard, Barbara Marx, publications
Folder13   Hubbard, Earl, undated
Folder14   Hudock, Robert, 1969
Folder15   Huffman, David, 1972
Folder16   Hull, E. W. Seabrook, 1977
Folder17   Humphreys, B. J., Jr., 1971-1978
Folder18   Humphreys, Donald R., 1970-1971
Folder19   Hunsaker, Jerome C., 1972
Folder20   Hunter, George S., 1968
Folder21   Hunter, Maxwell, M., 1965-1976
Folder22   Hussain, Farooq, 1978
Folder23   Husting, Eugene, 1977-1979

Box 20 of 64
Folder1   Hustvedt, Erling H., 1972
Folder2   Hustvedt, Olaf M., 1972
Folder3   Hutton, Charles W., 1973
Folder4   Huzel, Dieter K., 1965-1976
Folder5   Hynek, J. Allen, 1974
Folder6   Ikaris, Nikolas, 1969
Folder7   Inaba, Toshimi, 1979
Folder8   Inglish, H. C., 1966
Folder9   Irvine, Matthew, 1972-1979
Folder10   Irvine, Matthew, publications, photographs
Folder11   Isachenko, Georgi I., 1971
Folder12   Isenberg, Gerald I., 1976
Folder13   Itokawa, Hideo, 1969-1972
Folder14   Jackson, Norman F., 1970-1976
Folder15   Jackson, Roy, 1973
Folder16   Jackson, Russell, 1966-1972
Folder17   Jacobs, Horace, 1979
Folders18-19   James, George S., 1965-1979
Folder20   James, George S., publications, news clippings
Folder21   James, Peter N., 1974-1975
Folder22   Janic, Cedomir, 1971-1977
Folder23   Janic, Cedomir, photographs, publication

Box 21 of 64
Folder1   Jein, Gregory, 1974
Folder2   Jennings, Charles W., 1974
Folder3   Jeppson, Lawrence S., 1975-1977
Folder4   Johansen, Gunnar, 1966-1968
Folder5   Johnson, Laurence W., 1973
Folder6   Johnson, Leslie J., 1979-1980
Folder7   Johnson, Leslie J., "The British Interplanetary Society (Liverpool), 1933-1937"
Folder8   Johnson, Raymond, 1972-1974
Folder9   Johnston, S. Paul, 1971-1980
Folder10   Jones, Glen T., 1973
Folder11   Jones, R. B., 1972. Includes photograph
Folder12   Jonson, Raymond, 1972
Folder13   Jugin, Milivoj, 1972
Folder14   Kagel, John, 1977
Folder15   Kaiser, Henry J., III, 1969
Folder16   Kaiser, William K., 1978
Folder17   Kallir, Otto, 1970-1971
Folder18   Kaltman, Leo, 1972
Folder19   Kantrowitz, Arthur, 1976-1978
Folder20   Kaplan, Joseph, 1967-1971
Folder21   Kaplan, Michael, 1971
Folders22-23   Kapp, Michael, 1967-1978
Folder24   Kapp, Michael, tape inventory, photographs
Folders25-26   Karas, Jonathan, 1969-1974

Box 22 of 64
Folder1   Karas, Jonathan, 1975-1979. Jonathan Karas and his firm, Science House, were retained to produce much of NASM's exhibit on the Apollo program. These records are chiefly concerned with that topic.
Folder2   Karas, Jonathan, publications
Folder3   Kasanicky de Kassay, Joseph V., 1969-1974. Includes copies of autographed pictures from Richard M. Nixon and Neil Armstrong
Folder4   Katz, Hilda, 1970-1974
Folder5   Kavanau, Lawrence L., 1972-1975
Folder6   Kay, Antony L., 1968
Folder7   Kayser, Lutz T., 1966-1967
Folder8   Kehr, Ernest A., 1976-1977
Folder9   Keller, J. Allen, 1969
Folder10   Kennedy, J. P., 1972
Folder11   Kernan, Michael, 1976
Folder12   Keys, C. Roy, 1972-1974
Folder13   Kimball, Ward, 1972-1977. Includes photograph
Folder14   King, David, 1973
Folder15   Kirbus, Federico B., 1968
Folder16   Kitmacher, Gary H., 1976-1978
Folder17   Klammer, John T., 1974
Folder18   Klass, Philip J., 1968-1979
Folder19   Klass, Philip J., news articles, clippings. Includes photographic slide
Folder20   Klein, Jay K., 1974
Folder21   Klep, Rolf, 1978-1979. Includes photographs
Folder22   Koelle, Dietrich E., 1967
Folder23   Koelle, H. H., 1968
Folder24   Koether, Fred A., 1966, 1979
Folder25   Kolin, Ivo, 1970
Folder26   Konecci, Eugene B., 1966-1971

Box 23 of 64
Folder1   Konecci, Eugene B., symposium, 1966
Folder2   Kontaratos, A. N., 1973
Folder3   Kooy, Johan M. J., 1966-1969
Folder4   Korn, Donald L., 1976
Folder5   Koszarski, Richard, 1978
Folder6   Kramer, Saunders B., 1976-1977
Folder7   Kranzberg, Melvin, 1970
Folder8   Krasyk, Frank J., 1972-1974. Includes photographs
Folder9   Krausskopf, Otto K., 1966-1967
Folder10   Krivobok, Georges N., 1971
Folder11   Kronstein, Max, 1971-1979
Folder12   Kroschel, Neil K., 1970
Folder13   Kubrick, Stanley, 1974. Contains a letter informing Durant that Kubrick's models for the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" were destroyed, against his wishes, and are thus not available for NASM.
Folder14   Kuhn, Wayne E., 1977
Folder15   Kuprin, Oleg, 1973
Folder16   Lacey, G. W. B., 1972
Folder17   Laffon, Edouard, 1970-1971
Folder18   Langenecker, Bertwin, 1971-1974
Folder19   Larrabee, Eugene E., undated
Folder20   Lasser, David, 1974-1980
Folder21   Laven, William G., Jr., 1971
Folder22   Lawrence, Mrs. Lovell, Jr., 1971-1975
Folder23   Layne, Scott, 1971-1973
Folder24   Layton, J. Preston, 1972, 1979
Folder25   Leary, William, M., Jr., 1976
Folder26   Lederer, Jerome, 1972-1978
Folder27   LeGalley, Donald P., 1972
Folder28   Lehman, Betsy, 1979
Folder29   Lehr, Paul, 1974
Folder30   Leonov, Alexei A., 1973
Folder31   Levitt, I. M., 1966-1972. Includes photographs
Folder32   Ley, Willy, ca. 1966-1969
Folder33   Lichtveld, Frans de Boer, 1969
Folder34   Lienau, Carl C., 1968-1976. Includes photograph
Folder35   Lippisch, Alexander M., 1974-1976
Folder36   Lloyd, Joel J., 1971
Folder37   Loening, Grover, 1972
Folder38   Loewy, Raymond, 1970-1971

Box 24 of 64
Folder1   Loewy, Raymond, "The Designs of Raymond Loewy." A 1975 exhibit at the Renwick Gallery. Includes photographs
Folder2   Logsdon, John M., 1971-1972
Folder3   Lomberg, Jon, 1973-1979. Includes an audio cassette of a CBC radio program, "The Viking Project: Is There Life on Mars?", December 12, 1976.
Folder4   Long, F. Vinton, 1972-1973
Folder5   Louis-Hirsch, Mme. O., 1968-1969
Folder6   Love, Ralph H., 1970
Folder7   Lovelace, William Randolph, II, 1970-1971
Folder8   Lovell, James A., Jr., 1969-1970
Folder9   Low, George M., 1967-1971
Folder10   Low, Robert J., 1967
Folder11   Lowe, Nancy, 1969. Concerns Col. John H. Glenn memorabilia.
Folder12   Lowman, Paul D., Jr., 1968-1972
Folder13   Ludwig, George H., 1968-1972
Folder14   Lunkin, Yu. P., 1974
Folders15-16   Maccabee, Bruce S., 1979
Folder17   MacMaster, Daniel M., 1971-1972
Folder18   Madeleine, Giuseppe Tiberio, 1970
Folder19   Magnus, Carl, 1978
Folder20   Maise, Albert Leon, 1972
Folder21   Malina, Frank J., 1967-1980
Folder22   Malina, Frank J., publications, photographs. Molina is an internationally known figure in kinetic art, and most of this material deals with his artistic work.

Box 25 of 64
Folder1   Malone, Robert, 1977
Folder2   Maluquer, Juan J., 1971
Folder3   Mammel, D., 1972
Folder4   Mandell, Allan D., 1975
Folder5   Manion, Kathleen, 1970-1971
Folder6   Manning, Mrs. L. E., 1972
Folder7   Maran, Stephen P., 1972
Folder8   Marden, Luis, 1974-1975
Folder9   Marial, Alicia, 1971
Folder10   Marschak, Fred, 1975
Folder11   Marsten, Richard, 1976
Folder12   Martin, Bill J., 1972
Folder13   Martin, Louis W., 1972
Folder14   Martin, William I., 1980
Folder15   Mategot, Mathieu, 1971-1979. Concerns the gift of a tapestry celebrating man's landing on the moon
Folder16   Mategot, Mathieu, photographs, news clippings
Folders17-18   Mategot, Mathieu, publications
Folder19   Mateu, Pedro Sancho, 1969
Folder20   Mattson, Axel T., 1972
Folder21   Mauk, Lawrence T., 1978-1979
Folder22   Mayo, Alfred M., 1967, 1976
Folder23   McClelland, Clark, 1971-1980
Folder24   McDivitt, James A., 1970-1972
Folder25   McGonagle, Joan, 1970
Folder26   McKenna, Richard P., 1973
Folder27   McLain, Clifford E., 1972
Folder28   McLeod, J. Robert, 1979
Folder29   Medaris, John B., 1971
Folder30   Megerian, George, 1968-1970
Folder31   Meissner, Hans-Otto, 1967
Folder32   Melrose, George B., 1970
Folder33   Menzel, Donald H., 1970-1977
Folder34   Mesnard, Richard, 1974

Box 26 of 64
Folders1-2   Michaelis, Anthony R., 1969-1979
Folder3   Michaelis, Anthony R., publications
Folder4   Michaelson, Ky, 1974-1975. Includes photographs
Folder5   Michaud, Michael A. G., 1973-1979
Folder6   Michaud, Michael A. G., publications
Folder7   Middendorf, J. William, II, 1970
Folder8   Mikhailov, Gleb K., 1974-1977
Folder9   Miller, James, 1970
Folder10   Miller, Jay, 1972
Folder11   Miller, Larry, 1975. Includes photograph
Folder12   Miller, Ron, 1972-1974
Folder13   Milliken, William J., 1972-1976
Folder14   Milwitzky, Benjamin, 1973. Includes fragment from Atlas Able V satellite
Folder15   Mion, Pierre, 1971-1974. Includes photograph
Folder16   Mion, Pierre, photographs, illustrations
Folder17   Mole, Robert A., 1975. Includes photographs
Folder18   Monick, Steven W., 1972-1973
Folder19   Moore, Bill, 1978

Box 27 of 64
Folders1-2   Moore, Noel, 1969-1971
Folder3   Moore, Patrick, 1972
Folder4   Moore, William C., 1970, 1976
Folder5   Moreau, John E., 1974-1979. Includes photographs and slides
Folder6   Morehead, Joseph H., 1969
Folder7   Morey, Loren, 1976
Folder8   Morin, Michael, 1974-1976
Folder9   Morrish, Thomas M., 1970
Folder10   Morrison, Richard B., 1969-1970
Folder11   Morton, W. Brown, III, 1971
Folder12   Mosakowsky, Dorothy, 1979
Folder13   Moskowitz, Saul, 1964-1968
Folder14   Moss, Emanuel C., 1970
Folder15   Moulin, Herve, 1970
Folder16   Mount, Wadsworth W., 1976-1980
Folder17   Mueggenberg, H. Harry, 1968-1972
Folder18   Mueller, George E., 1966-1979
Folder19   Mulder, George C. P., 1979
Folder20   Mullen, Thomas J., Jr., 1969-1978
Folder21   Multhauf, Robert, 1969
Folder22   Myer, Robert, 1975
Folder23   Myers, W. D., 1971
Folder24   Myles, Kwasi, 1979
Folder25   Nagy, Alex P., 1973-1979. Includes photographs
Folder26   Nagy, Istvan Gyorgy, 1977
Folder27   Nenadovich, Miroslav, 1974-1975
Folder28   Newman, Robert A., 1978-1979
Folder29   Nicklin, John W., 1967-1971
Folder30   Nicks, Oran W., 1967
Folder31   Nimoy, Leonard, 1975
Folder32   Numeroff, William J., 1965-1977

Box 28 of 64
Folder1   Oakley, Ralph B., 1974-1975
Folder2   Oberg, James E., 1972-1977
Folders3-4   Oakley, Ralph B., publications
Folder5   Oakley, Ralph B., photographs
Folder6   Oddo, Robert, 1969
Folder7   O'Dea, William T., 1970
Folder8   Ohman, Nils O., 1971
Folder9   O'Keefe, John A., 1972-1973
Folder10   Olin, Charles H., 1973
Folder11   O'Neill, Gerard K., 1975-1978
Folder12   O'Neill, Gerard K., photographs
Folders13-15   O'Neill, Gerard K., publications
Folder16   O'Quinn, Kerry, 1977-1978

Box 29 of 64
Folders1-2   Ordway, Frederick I., III, 1965-1980
Folder3   Ordway, Frederick I., III, publications and photographs
Folder4   Oroveanu, Matei I., 1973
Folder5   Osborne, Robert, 1972
Folder6   Otis, James, 1975
Folder7   O'Toole, Thomas, 1970
Folder8   Pacner, Karel, 1968-1979
Folder9   Page, Thornton, 1970-1975
Folder10   Pardoll, John D., 1972
Folder11   Parry, Albert, 1976
Folder12   Parsons, Jeff, 1969-1970
Folder13   Pascariu, Ioan I., 1971-1976
Folder14   Pearson, Lee M., 1969-1970
Folder15   Peck, Edward, 1969-1979
Folder16   Peck, Edward, "Raketen-Post" pamphlets
Folder17   Peeples, Samuel A., 1973
Folder18   Pendray, G. Edward, 1965-1978
Folder19   Pendray, G. Edward, Guggenheim exhibit, 1965, 1961-1974
Folder20   Pendray, G. Edward, Time capsule, 1960

Box 30 of 64
Folder1   Pendray, G. Edward, news clippings
Folder2   Perkins, A. B., 1975
Folder3   Perry, Bradford, 1973
Folder4   Perry, Geoffrey, 1976-1980
Folder5   Perry, Geoffrey, publications
Folder6   Pesek, Ludek, 1970. Includes photographs
Folder7   Pesek, Rudolf, 1966-1980
Folder8   Peterson, Jean, 1973-1977
Folder9   Philips, Frederic M., 1976
Folder10   Phillips, Edward Hake, 1973
Folder11   Pickering, William H., 1973
Folder12   Pike, Charles P., 1976
Folder13   Pineau, Roger, 1977
Folder14   Pirquet, Frieda, 1971, 1978
Folder15   Pittinger, A. Lincoln, 1968-1970
Folder16   Pollak, Virginia Morris, 1965
Folder17   Pomeroy, John, 1971
Folder18   Porter, Richard W., 1976
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