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Record Unit 7416
Giacconi, Riccardo
Riccardo Giacconi Papers, 1955-2002
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | Giacconi, Riccardo |
| Title: | Riccardo Giacconi Papers |
| Dates: | 1955-2002 |
| Quantity: | 82.13 cu. ft. (80 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes) (1 16x20 box) (1 blueprint storage box) |
| Collection: | Record Unit 7416 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | These papers document Riccardo Giacconi's scientific career and illustrate his scientific work and administrative records relating to the institutions at which he worked. There is extensive documentation of Giacconi's professional activities, including meetings attended, papers presented (and published), his services as officer or board member of professional societies; grants, proposals, and contracts, mainly with NASA; correspondence with colleagues; slides and photographs of many facilities with which Giacconi was associated (some unlabeled); news clippings and press releases; appointment books and journals; and files documenting his association with Montedison S.p.A. The papers offer a roughly chronological overview of the institutions and major scientific projects with which Giacconi has been associated during his professional career. These include American Science and Engineering Inc.; Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Harvard University; Space Telescope Science Institute; and the European Southern Observatory. While these series contain both scientific and administrative records, administrative materials predominate after Giacconi's move from the Center for Astrophysics to the Space Telescope Science Institute. Interspersed amongst institutional series are series covering major scientific projects that spanned more than one institution, including the High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO) series of satellites, particularly HEAO-B (also known as Einstein), Uhuru, and the Advanced X-Ray Astronomical Facility (AXAF), later known as the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. The papers illustrate Giacconi's tenure on various committees having to do primarily with space science; detail his involvement with professional scientific societies; his involvement in professional scientific meetings; and his association with the Italian firm Montedison S.p.A. and its efforts to found a scientific research institute. Other materials contain Giacconi's general correspondence, much of it from his time at STSI; publications not tied to any specific institute or project, many aimed at lay audiences; general materials relating to x-ray astronomy, including newspaper clippings and articles; and materials relating to Giacconi's personal life, including receipts, pamphlets, announcements, and video tape. Finally, there are records documenting awards Giacconi received for his scientific accomplishments. The Nobel Prize is not included in this collection. |
Historical Note
Riccardo Giacconi (1931-2018), an astrophysicist, was born in Genoa, Italy. He attended the University of Milan, receiving the PhD in 1954. From 1954 to 1956, he served as an Assistant Professor of Physics at the University, then became Research Associate (Fulbright Fellow) at Indiana University. From 1958 to 1959, he was a Research Associate in the Cosmic Ray Laboratory at Princeton University. In 1959 he took the post of Senior Scientist, vice president in charge of the Space Research and Systems Division, at American Science and Engineering (ASE), a private research corporation in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He stayed at ASE, serving as Executive Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors, until 1973, when he left to become Associate Director of the High Energy Astrophysics Division of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CFA) and Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University. He remained at the CFA until 1981 when he was appointed first Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STSI) and Professor of Physics and Astronomy at The Johns Hopkins University. In 1991 he was also appointed Professor of Physics at the University of Milan.
Much of Giacconi's pioneering work in x-ray astronomy took place during his tenure at ASE, and he was a major force in the development of the company. In 1962 Giacconi's group succeeded in detecting the first extrasolar x-ray source. In 1963 the same group obtained the first solar x-ray picture by use of an x-ray telescope, which had been conceived, advocated, designed, and fabricated by them. In that same year Giacconi proposed an x-ray astronomy satellite, Explorer. The proposal led to a program of construction in 1966-1970, followed by a successful launch in 1970. The satellite became known as Uhuru, and represented a major qualitative step in x-ray astronomy's observational capability. Following this early work on solar x-ray studies, a major program, initiated in 1968, culminated in the flight of the SO-54 x-ray telescope on the Apollo Telescope Mount's Skylab mission. In 1970 a program for construction of a 1.2 meter x-ray telescope for study of extrasolar sources was initiated. The program was modified in 1973, and finally led to the Einstein Observatory mission, successfully launched in 1978. Giacconi had responsibility for the scientific direction and administrative management of all these programs.
Giacconi went to the CFA as Director of the High Energy Astrophysics Division in 1973. He oversaw the conception, fabrication, and design of the Einstein Observatory, preparation of the software and hardware for data reduction for Einstein, and the establishment and implementation of the Guest Observer Program.
In 1981 Giacconi became Director of the new Space Telescope Science Institute, managed by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).When fully operational, the STSI was to be the center of operations and research for the Hubble Space Telescope, which was launched in 1990. From 1987 to 1988, Giacconi served as a consultant to Montedison S.p.A., an Italian chemical conglomerate, with the title of Chairman of the Board, Instituto Donegani, the research arm of the parent corporation. This activity, which was an attempt to elevate Instituto Donegani to a world class center for chemistry, was soon abandoned.
In 1993, Giacconi left STSI to head the European Southern Observatory (ESO). ESO is an intergovernmental European organization for astronomical research. ESO coordinates the activities of the La Silla and Paranal observatories in the Atacama Desert in Chile. One of the major scientific achievements of ESO under Giacconi's leadership was the installation of the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory.
Giacconi left ESO in 1999 and is currently the President of Associated Universities, Inc., which manages the National Radio Astronomy Observatory under a grant from the National Science Foundation.
Giacconi is the author of over 300 articles on x-ray astronomy. He has been awarded numerous prizes for his scientific research, including the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of cosmic x-ray sources.
Descriptive Entry
These records document Riccardo Giacconi's professional career, and consist of papers illustrating his scientific work and administrative records relating to the institutions at which he worked.
There is extensive documentation of Giacconi's professional activities, including meetings attended, papers presented (and published), his services as officer or board member of professional societies; grants, proposals, and contracts, mainly with NASA; correspondence with colleagues; slides and photographs of many facilities with which Giacconi was associated (some unlabeled); news clippings and press releases; appointment books and journals; and files documenting his association with Montedison S.p.A.
Series 1 provides biographical information about Giacconi. Series 2 through 12 offer a roughly chronological overview of the institutions and major scientific projects with which Giacconi has been associated during his professional career. The institutions are American Science and Engineering (Series 2), Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (Series 4), Harvard University (Series 5), Space Telescope Science Institute (Series 11) and European Southern Observatory (Series 12).
Although all the institutional series mentioned contain both scientific and administrative records, there is a noticeable decline in scientific content when Giacconi moves from the Center for Astrophysics to the Space Telescope Science Institute. Interspersed amongst institutional series are series covering major scientific projects that spanned more than one institution, including the High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO) series of satellites (Series 6-9), particularly HEAO-B also known as Einstein, Uhuru (Series 3), and the Advanced X-Ray Astronomical Facility (AXAF), later known as the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (Series 10).
Series 13 through 17 illustrate Giacconi's tenure on various committees having to do, primarily, with space science. Series 18 and 19 detail his involvement with professional scientific societies. Series 20 documents Giacconi's involvement in professional scientific meetings. Series 21 illustrates his involvement with Italian company Montedison and its efforts to found a scientific research institute. Series 22 contains Giacconi's general correspondence, much of it from his time at STSI. Series 23 consists of publications that did not match with any specific institute or project. Many of these publications are directed toward a lay audience. Series 24 contains generic materials relating to x-ray astronomy including newspaper clippings and articles. Series 25 consists of Giacconi's appointment books. Series 26 contains materials that relate to Giacconi's personal life, including receipts, pamphlets, announcements, and videotapes. Series 27 consists of awards that Giacconi received for his scientific accomplishments. The Nobel Prize is not included in this collection. The total volume of the collection is approximately 95 cubic feet.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (U.S.)
- American Science and Engineering, Inc.
- Associated Universities, Inc.
- Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy
- Chandra X-ray Observatory (U.S.)
- Einstein Observatory
- European Southern Observatory
- European Southern Observatory. La Silla Observatory
- European Southern Observatory. Paranal Observatory
- Explorer 1 (Artificial satellite)
- Giacconi, Riccardo
- Harvard University
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. High Energy Astrophysics Division
- High Energy Astrophysical Observatory
- Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft)
- Indiana University
- International Astronomical Union
- Johns Hopkins University
- Large Orbiting X-Ray Telescope
- Montedison S.p.A.
- Montedison S.p.A. Instituto Donegani
- National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory (U.S.)
- National Research Council (U.S.)
- National Science Foundation (U.S.)
- Princeton University
- Skylab Program
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Einstein Data Center
- Space Telescope Science Institute (U.S.)
- Uhuru (Artificial satellite)
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- University of Milan
- Very Large Telescope Project
- X-Ray Astronomy Institute
Subject
- Astronomy
- Astrophysics
- Atacama Desert (Chile)
- Nobel Prizes
- S-054 Telescope
- Scorpius X-1 (Star)
- Space photography
- X-ray telescopes
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7416, Riccardo Giacconi Papers
Container List
Series 1
Biographical Information, 1967-1968, 1971-1982, 2002, and undatedThis series provides basic biographical information about Giacconi and some of his scientific accomplishments. The series consists of autobiographies, correspondence, photos, clippings and curriculum vitae. Two major sources of information are autobiographical accounts of Giacconi's scientific work, one of them specifically focused on early x-ray astronomy. There is also a folder of Who's Who biographies, a folder of Giacconi's curriculum vitae, some newspaper clippings and two photos of him giving lectures.
Box 1
Folder 1 Giacconi Autobiography, 2002
Folder 2 Recollections of Early X-Ray Astronomy, undated
Folder 3 Curriculum Vitae, 1968, 1973-1977
Folder 4 Who's Who Bios, 1977-1979
Folder 5 Newspaper Clippings, 1973-1980
Folder 6 Naturalization Certification, 1967
Folder 7 Correspondence re: Development of X-ray Telescope, 1981-1982
Folder 8 Photos, undated
Series 2
American Science and Engineering Inc., 1958-1973This series relates to Giacconi's work at American Science and Engineering Inc. (ASE) from 1959 through 1973. It contains project proposals, publications, correspondence, memoranda and news clippings. This series details many of the projects undertaken by ASE that were developed for government contracts, including the 1962 rocket flight that discovered the first extra-solar x-ray source and provided the impetus for the development of x-ray astronomy.
Box 1
Subseries 2a: Correspondence and Memoranda: 1961-1973
This subseries consists primarily of correspondence between ASE and NASA regarding projects undertaken by ASE for flights on NASA rockets. A smaller section of this subseries contains correspondence relating to the identification of extra-solar x-ray sources, including Sco X-1 (the first such source known) and the Crab Nebula. Also there is correspondence relating to two Christmas cards between ASE and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), which demonstrates how competitive x-ray astronomy was at the time.
Folder 9 Vendors, 1960
Folder 10 APS Meeting Trip Report, 1960
Folder 11 NASA, 1961
Folder 12 Ball Brothers, 1961-1962
Folder 13 NASA, 1962
Folder 14 NASA, 1963
Folder 15 NASA, 1964
Folder 16 Herbert Friedman, 1964, 1967-1968
Folder 17 Bruno Rossi, 1964-1972
Folder 18 NASA, 1965
Folder 19 Hugh Johnson (Lockheed), 1966
Folder 20 NASA, 1966
Folder 21 ASE-NRL Christmas Card Dispute and Rivalry Over Priority, 1966
Folder 22 Radiotelevisione Italiana, 1966-1967
Folder 23 Crab Nebula, 1966-1967
Folders 24-25 Optical Identification of Sco X-1, 1966-1967, 1970-1971
Folder 26 Materials Relating to Sco X-1, 1966 and undated
Folder 27 Visitors, 1966, 1968-1973
Folder 28 NASA, 1967
Folder 29 Correspondence Apollo Telescope Mount, 1967-1970
Folder 30 Memoranda Apollo Telescope Mount, 1967-1971
Folder 31 NASA, 1968
Folder 32 NASA, 1969
Folder 33 BBC Production "The Violent Universe," 1969
Folder 34 Grumman, 1969-1970
Folder 35 NASA, 1970
Folder 36 Solar Physics Report, 1970
Folder 37 NASA, 1971
Folder 38 NASA, 1972
Folder 39 IR Astronomy Proposal, 1972
Folder 40 Giacconi Resignation, 1973
Subseries 2b: Publications: 1959-1973, and undated
This subseries contains both publications produced internally by ASE employees for agencies funding their projects, and scholarly publications for scientific journals. This subseries also contains a comprehensive index for all internal publications during Giacconi's tenure.
Folder 41 Internal Document Index 2-995, undated
Box 2
Folder 1 Internal Document Index 1001-2748, undated
Folder 2 Internal Document Index 2748-3141, undated
Folder 3 Internal Document Index 3142-3284, undated
Folder 4 Detection of Soft X-Rays Produced on the Lunar Surface, 1959
Folder 5 Review of Experimental Theoretical Progress in X-Ray Astronomy, 1960
Folder 6 Instrumentation for X-Ray Astronomy, 1960
Folder 7 A "Telescope" for Soft X-Ray Astronomy, 1960
Folder 8 Particle Detection at 150 Miles Altitude, 1960
Folder 9 Instrumentation for Detection of Soft Lunar X-Rays, 1960
Folder 10 Company Brochures, c. 1960
Folder 11 An X-Ray Light Collecting Collimator, 1961
Folder 12 Physical Review Letters - "Evidence for X-Rays outside the Solar System," 1962
Folder 13 Measurement of Fluorescent X-Radiation from the Moon and Detection of Other X-Ray Sources, 1963
Folder 14 The Physical Review and Physical Review Letters - "Further Evidence for Galactic X-Rays," 1963
Folder 15 Space Science Reviews 4 - "Observation of X-Ray Sources Outside the Solar System," 1963-1965
Folder 16 Journal of Geophysical Research - "Measurements of Differential Energy Spectrums of Electrons in the Magnetosphere," 1964
Folder 17 Journal of the Optical Society of America - "Aplantic Telescope for Soft X-Rays," 1964
Folder 18 Nature - "Observation of Two Sources of Cosmic X-Rays in Scorpius and Sagittarius," 1964
Folder 19 COSPAR I (Space Research VI) "The Location and Spectra of Cosmic X-Ray Sources," 1965
Folder 20 A Study of X-Ray Sources Outside the Solar System Phases 1 and 2, 1965
Folder 21 Astrophysical Journal - "Solar X-Ray Images Obtained Using Grazing Incidence Optics," 1965-1966
Folder 22 Company Profiles, 1965-1967 and undated
Folder 23 Chicago Talk on Sco X-1, c. 1966 and undated
Folder 24 Journal of Geophysical Research "Space and Time Variations in Outer Belt Electron Spectra," 1966-1967
Folder 25 Correspondence - Reprint Requests, 1966-1968, 1970-1971
Folder 26 Annual Reports, 1966-1972
Folder 27 Volume in Honor of Bruno Rossi "Galactic X-Ray Sources," 1967
Folder 28 Preliminary Results from the OSO-IV X-Ray Spectroheliograph, 1967
Folder 29 Journal Articles, 1967-1969
Folder 30 Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics "Observational Techniques in X-Ray Astronomy," 1968
Folder 31 Correspondence re: Evolution of Stars Volume, 1968
Folder 32 Scientific American - "X-Ray Stars," 1968
Folder 33 Science - "X-Ray Structures of the Sun During the Importance 1N Flare of 8 June 1968," 1968-1970
Folder 34 Space Science Reviews 9 - "Grazing Incidence Telescopes for X-Ray Astronomy," 1969
Folder 35 Journal Articles, 1970
Folder 36 ASE's Spectroheliograph for the Apollo Telescope Mount, 1970
Folder 37 Research Study on Stellar X-Ray Imaging Experiment, 1970
Folder 38 Research Study on Stellar X-Ray Imaging Experiment, 1971
Folder 39 Subcontract Management Plan for the Space Systems Division, 1971
Folder 40 A Compilation of Scientific Progress Reports for 1968-1969 on ASE's Spectroheliograph Experiment for Skylab-1, 1971
Folder 41 Progress Report Research Study on Stellar X-Ray Imaging Experiment, 1971
Folder 42 Journal Articles, 1971
Box 3
Folder 1 A Program of High-Resolution X-Ray Astronomy using Sounding Rockets, 1972
Folder 2 X-Ray Astronomy in the Space Shuttle Time Period, 1972
Folder 3 Astrophysical Journal - "On the use of Long-Base Time-Delay Measurements in the Study of Rapidly Varying X-Ray Stars," 1972
Folder 4 Journal Articles, 1972
Folder 5 Clusters of Galaxies with a Wide Range of X-Ray Luminosities, 1973
Folder 6 Journal Articles, 1973
Subseries 2c: Proposals: 1958, 1960-1972
This subseries contains research proposals for projects to be developed by ASE for various government agencies including NASA.
Folder 7 Satellite-Borne Cosmic Ray Experiments (University of Chicago), 1958
Folder 8 Measurement of Soft X-Rays from a Rocket Platform, 1960
Folder 9 Experiment for the Measurement of Soft X-Rays from the Moon, 1960
Folder 10 Assay of the Lunar Surface by Means of X-Ray Spectroscopy, 1960
Folder 11 X-Ray Detector for High Resolution Mapping of the Sun from S-16A, 1961
Folder 12 Measurement of the Angular Position of a Point Source of Radiation from Single Satellite, 1961
Folder 13 Vela Hotel, 1961
Folder 14 Experiment to Measure Solar X-Radiation from S-57 Satellite, 1962
Folder 15 High Resolution X-Ray Mapping of the Sun from an OSO Satellite, 1963
Folder 16 Survey of Extraterrestrial Non-Solar X-Radiation by Rocket Borne Instruments, 1963
Folder 17 Lindsay Proposal, 1963
Folder 18 Experimental Plan of Extrasolar X-Ray Astronomy, 1963
Folder 19 X-Ray Astronomy from Manned Gemini Flights, 1963
Folder 20 Offer of ASE Instrument for NASA Experiments, 1964
Folder 21 High Resolution (5 Arc Second) X-Ray Telescope for the OAO, 1964
Folder 22 Initial Phase of a Program to Develop a High Resolution X-Ray Telescope for AOSO, 1964
Folder 23 In House Proposals, 1964
Folder 24 An Experiment to Detect Celestial X-Ray Sources from the OAO-A, 1964
Folder 25 A Program of X-Ray Astronomy from Sounding Rockets, 1964
Folder 26 To Study the Inclusion of a High Resolution X-Ray Telescope and Spectrometer for Celestial X-Ray Astronomy in the OAO-E, 1965
Folder 27 A Program of X-Ray Astronomy from Sounding Rockets Using Large Area Counters, 1965
Folder 28 A Program for Measurement of Fluorescent X-Rays from the Lunar Surface from a Lunar Orbiting Vehicle, 1965
Folder 29 Experiment to Measure the Celestial X-Ray Background During the Voyager Mission to Mars, 1965
Folder 30 A Program for Using High Angular Resolution Studies of Celestial X-Ray Sources Using Sounding Rockets, 1965
Folder 31 Rapid Recordings of X-Ray Spectra and Images of Solar Flares Using a Spectrographic X-Ray Telescope on Apollo Telescope Mount, 1966
Folder 32 The Investigation of Cosmic X-Ray Sources Using a High Resolution X-Ray Telescope on the ATM, 1966
Folder 33 Spectrographic X-Ray Telescope Flare Equipment for ATM, 1966
Folder 34 Preliminary Scientific Specifications for the ATM Experiment, 1966
Folder 35 A Design Definition of a Large Orbiting X-Ray Telescope Facility, 1969
Folder 36 Solar X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer System for the OSO-I Pointed Section, 1969
Folder 37 A Study of Specular X-Ray Reflection from Polished Surfaces, 1969
Folder 38 Apollo Telescope Mount, 1970
Folder 39 5 Arc Second Soft X-Ray Imaging Telescope on a Small Satellite, 1970
Folder 40 Continuation of Cosmic X-Ray Studies from Rockets with Focusing Optics, 1971
Folder 41 To Study the UV Spectra of Selected Galactic X-Ray Sources, 1972
Folder 42 Continue Investigating the X-Ray Emission from Solar Flares and Active Regions, 1972
Folder 43 Far Infrared Emission from X-Ray Sources using High Accuracy Position Measurements, 1972
Folder 44 A Planetary and Cosmic X-Ray Experiment MJS-77, 1972
Subseries 2d: Clippings: 1962-1973
This subseries consists of press releases and newspaper clippings covering both discoveries made by ASE scientists and financial and personnel matters relating to ASE.
Folder 45 Swedish Newspaper about ASE Rocket Flights, 1962
Folder 46 1962-1966
Folder 47 1966-1967
Folder 48 1968-1970
Folder 49 1970-1973
Subseries 2e: Research Files: 1958-1963, 1965, 1967-1968, and undated
Assorted materials including notebooks, loose notes, memoranda and correspondence related to research and experiments undertaken by ASE in the early 1960s. Some of the folders relate to named experiments, such as Cambridge Satellite, while some cannot be associated with any specific investigation.
Box 4
Folder 1 Solar Winds, 1958-1959
Folders 2-3 Van Allen Layer Data, 1959-1960
Folder 4 Medical X-Ray Project, 1960
Folder 5 Particle Detectors, 1960
Folder 6 H. Friedman, 1960
Folder 7 Proton Alpha, 1960-1961
Folder 8 Lunar X-Rays, 1961
Folder 9 Lunar X-Rays C.R.C. Experiment, 1961
Folder 10 R. Giacconi a + P, 1961
Folder 11 SA16 Solar Observatory, 1961
Folder 12 Notes on Early X-Ray Searches, c. 1961
Folder 13 Lunar X-Rays, B. Rossi Calculations, c. 1961
Folder 14 Icosahedron Experiment, c. 1961
Folder 15 Varied Experiments, c. 1961
Folder 16 Eccentric Orbit Satellite, c. 1961
Folder 17 Prompt X-Ray Detectors, c. 1961
Folder 18 Harvard Collimator, 1962
Folder 19 Rocket Launches, 1962
Folder 20 Sco-1 Star chart, c. 1962
Folder 21 Starad Data FTV 1401, 1962
Folder 22 Swedish Rockets, 1962
Folder 23 Cambridge Satellite, 1961-1963
Folders 24-25 Cambridge Satellite Notebook, 1961-1963
Folder 26 Blue Scout Orbital, 1962-1963
Folder 27 Binaries, Galactic Sources, undated
Folder 28 Her X-1 and Cen X-3, 1965
Folder 29 Cygnus Materials, 1967-1968
Folder 30 Gamma Rays, undated
Folder 31 Mass Absorption Coefficients for Materials Suitable in Soft X-Ray Work, undated
Folder 32 Micro Second Star, undated
Folder 33 Proton Spectrometer, undated
Folders 34-35 Rossi & Olbert Course, undated
Box 5
Folder 1 Transistors, undated
Subseries 2f: Photos: 1962, 1965, 1968, 1972-1973, and undated
This subseries consists of photos of various experiments undertaken by ASE scientists. Of interest are some of the earliest x-ray photos taken of the sun, using a focusing x-ray telescope in 1965.
Folder 2 Radiation Experiment Model 11 AF 19(628)-252, 1962
Folder 3 Electrostatic Analyzer, 1962
Folder 4 Solar X-Ray Images, 1965
Folder 5 S-17 X-Ray Astronomy Experiment, 1965
Folder 6 Rocket Launch, 1968
Folder 7 Solar X-Ray Images, 1969
Folder 8 Assorted Projects, 1972, 1973, and undated
Folder 9 Apollo Telescope Mount, 1973
Folder 10 Rocket-Based X-Ray Detector, undated
Folder 11 ATM Solar X-Ray Picture, undated
Folder 12 Space Lab X-Ray Telescope, undated
Folder 13 Sounding Rocket, undated
Folder 14 Unidentified Project, undated
Subseries 2g: Patents: 1960-1967
This subseries consists of patents on instruments developed by ASE scientists. Among the patents is number 3,143,651: "An X-ray reflection collimator adapted to focus X-radiation directly on a detector" which is the basis for the modern x-ray telescope.
Folder 15 1960-1967
Subseries 2h: Video: 1973
This subseries contains one video of the solar x-ray corona taken in 1973. It was transferred from 16mm to video in 1990.
Folder 16 The Solar X-Ray Corona, 1973
Subseries 2i: Printouts: 1962
This subseries contains one item, the original telemetry reading from the 1962 rocket flight that first detected extrasolar x-rays. The readout is wrapped around a cardboard tube and covered with Mylar.
Telemetry Printout 1962 (in back of box)
Series 3
Uhuru (X-Ray Explorer, SAS-A), 1963-1980This series covers Giacconi's involvement with the Uhuru satellite project, also known as X-Ray Explorer or SAS-A. The series contains proposals, project reports, journal publications about Uhuru itself and the data resulting from it, memoranda, correspondence, news clippings and photographs. This series covers the complete development of the Uhuru satellite from its proposal in 1964 by Giacconi, through its construction and launch in 1970, successful operation from 1970-1974, analysis of the x-ray data, and its final celebration at a memorial symposium in 1980.
Box 5
Subseries 3a: Correspondence: 1963-1979
This subseries contains correspondence covering all aspects of Uhuru's conception, construction, operation and analysis. The bulk of the correspondence covers the period from 1964-1977.
Folder 17 NASA, 1963-1967
Folder 18 Optical Observations in Coordination with Uhuru, 1969-1971
Folder 19 General, 1970-1971
Folder 20 Transmitter Problem with SAS-A and SAS-B, 1972
Folder 21 NASA Contracts, 1970-1973
Box 6
Folder 1 Observations, 1971-1973
Folder 2 General, 1972-1973
Folder 3 Advanced Studies and Guest Investigator Program, 1971-1974
Folder 4 NASA Annual Spacecraft Review, 1972-1974
Folder 5 History and Purpose, 1966-1967, 1971, 1977
Folder 6 Observations, 1972-1978
Folder 7 General, 1974-1979
Folder 8 Walter Sullivan, 1977
Subseries 3b: Memoranda: 1963-1979
This subseries contains both internal ASE memoranda, memoranda between ASE and NASA, and memoranda from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The memoranda up until 1970 primarily concern construction and contract details between ASE and NASA. Memoranda from 1971 to 1979 primarily concern data reduction efforts from the Uhuru project, with a secondary emphasis on continued funding of the project.
Folder 9 April 1963-August 1966
Folder 10 NASA Contract, 1966-1967
Folder 11 August 1966-December 1966
Folder 12 Minutes from Weekly Meetings, 1966-1967
Folder 13 January 1967-February 1967
Folder 14 February 1967-October 1967
Folder 15 1970-1973
Folder 16 1973-1979
Subseries 3c: Publications: 1965-1977
This subseries consists primarily of scholarly publications about the scientific findings based on the data from the Uhuru project. A much smaller set of publications, dating from 1965-1968, covers the construction and intended uses of the Uhuru satellite. The subseries is arranged generally in chronological order, with one, four-folder set from 1973-1974 collected and arranged with an index by Dr. Giacconi.
Folder 17 List of Publications, 1971-1977
Folder 18 Articles about Extragalactic X-Ray Sources, 1965-1971
Folders 19-20 An X-Ray Explorer to Survey Galactic and Extragalactic Sources, 1967
Folder 21 Review of the SAS-A Experiment Program, 1968
Folder 22 The X-Ray Explorer Experiment, 1968
Folder 23 Discovery of Periodic X-Ray Pulsations in Cen X-3 from Uhuru, 1971
Folder 24 Uhuru Catalog of X-Ray Sources, 1971
Folder 25 The Uhuru X-Ray Instrument, 1971
Folder 26 Refereed Papers, 1971
Folder 27 Evidence for the Binary Nature of Cen X-3 from Uhuru X-Ray Observations, 1972
Folder 28 The Uhuru Data Reduction and Analysis System, 1972
Folder 29 Uhuru Star Aspect Sensor, 1972
Folder 30 Astrophysical Journal - The Uhuru Catalog of X-Ray Sources, 1972
Folder 31 Uhuru Catalog of X-Ray Sources, 1973
Box 7
Folder 1 The Uhuru Satellite for Encyclopedia Britannica, 1973
Folder 2 Further X-Ray Observations of Hercules X-1 from Uhuru, 1973
Folder 3 1973
Folder 4 3rd Uhuru Catalog of X-Ray Sources, 1974
Folders 5-7 1974
Folder 8 Cen X-3 Pulsations, 1974
Folder 9 Small Astronomy Satellite A, Uhuru Data Analysis Final Report, 1974
Folder 10 Advanced Studies and Guest Investigators Reports, 1974-1975
Folder 11 Uhuru and the 4U Catalog Draft, 1977
Folder 12 Uhuru and the 4U Catalog, 1977
Folder 13 Short-Term Time Variability of Cygnus X-1, 1977
Folder 14 Evidence for X-Ray Emission from Super Clusters of Galaxies Determined From Uhuru, 1977
Folder 15 Evidence of X-Ray Emission from Class II Clusters Draft, undated
Series 3d: Proposals: 1964-1977
This subseries contains proposals that relate to the construction and launch of the Uhuru satellite and the later analysis of the data that it recorded during its 4-year lifespan.
Folder 16 An X-Ray Explorer to Survey Galactic and Extragalactic Sources, 1964
Folder 17 Project Proposal for the Explorer X-Ray Astronomy Observer, 1966
Folder 18 Design Specifications, 1966
Folder 19 Applied Physics Laboratory, 1967
Folder 20 Technical Proposal for the X-Ray Explorer Experiment Phase II, 1967
Folder 21 MIT Proposal for SAS-B Satellite, 1968
Folder 22 Expanded Operations X-Ray Explorer Experiment, 1970
Folder 23 Observing Plan X-Ray Explorer Experiment, 1970
Folder 24 Extended Objectives for the Uhuru Satellite, 1971
Folder 25 Uhuru Advanced Studies and Guest Investigator Program, 1972
Folder 26 Uhuru Advanced Studies and Guest Investigator Program, 1973
Folder 27 Data Analysis Development, 1973-1977
Folder 28 Addition to the Data Reduction Effort, 1975
Subseries 3e: Reports: 1966-1979
This subseries contains progress reports on various aspects of the Uhuru project, both on its construction and on the progress of the reduction of its data.
Folder 29 Progress Reports - Explorer Project Phase 1, 1966-1967
Folder 30 Progress Reports, 1971-1974
Box 8
Folder 1 Monthly Progress Reports on Uhuru Data Reduction, 1974-1978
Folder 2 Final Report - Uhuru Data Reduction, 1979
Subseries 3f: Clippings and Press Releases: 1970-1975
This subseries contains popular press clippings about the Uhuru launch and the associated discoveries stemming from the data recorded by the satellite.
Folder 3 Press Releases, 1970-1971, 1975, 1977
Folder 4 NASA Selected Press Clippings, 1971
Folder 5 Clippings, 1971-1973
Subseries 3g: Uhuru Memorial Symposium: 1980-1981
This subseries contains correspondence and publications arising from the Uhuru Memorial Symposium on the past, present and future of x-ray astronomy, held on the 10th anniversary of the launching of the Uhuru satellite.
Folder 6 Correspondence, 1980-1981
Folder 7 Publications, 1981
Folder 8 Photos, 1980
Folder 9 Proceedings, 1981
Subseries 3h: Research Files: 1971-1973
This subseries contains assorted handwritten notes and a research notebook on the Uhuru satellite.
Folder 10 Research Notebook, 1971
Folder 11 Cen X-3 Plot, 1972
Folder 12 Notes, 1973
Subseries 3i: Budgetary Records: 1974-1979
This subseries contains records concerning the budget and funding for the Uhuru data reduction project.
Folder 13 Uhuru Data Reduction, 1974-1979
Subseries 3j: Photos: 1965, 1970-1973, and undated
This subseries contains photos of the various components that were used to make the Uhuru satellite.
Folder 14 Satellite Components, 1965
Folder 15 Assorted Photographs, 1970-1973 and undated
Folder 16 Photos. undated
Folders 17-18 Assorted Slides, undated
Subseries 3k: Video: undated
This subseries consists of a single videotape containing a short documentary about the construction and launch of the Uhuru Satellite.
Folder 19 Africa and the SAS-A Satellite, undated
Box 83
Subseries 3l: Computer Output: 1977, and undated
This subseries contains computer generated printouts arising from analysis of data from the Uhuru satellite. It consists of one folder of computer printouts and one large plot of x-ray observations.
Folder 1 Printouts 1977, stored as oversize item in this box.
Box 84
Plot of X-Ray Observations (blueprint storage tube)
Series 4
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CFA), 1971-1988This series covers Giacconi's tenure as the Associate Director of High Energy Astrophysics at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CFA). The series contains correspondence, memoranda, project files, proposals, administrative records and publications. This series illuminates all aspects of the Center for Astrophysics from its formation in 1973 to Giacconi's departure in 1981. Both administrative and scientific work is represented. Extensive memoranda and administrative records relate to the development and operation of the Center. There are also numerous scientific project files, rejected proposals and a run of preprint publications from the High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) from 1973 through 1988.
Box 8
Subseries 4a: Correspondence: 1971-1981, 1984
This subseries contains correspondence relating to the operation of the Center and scientific investigation. The folders are ordered alphabetically by either the primary correspondent or the topic of the correspondence. There is extensive correspondence between Giacconi and George Field, Director of the CFA. There is also significant correspondence with scientists wanting to visit and work at the Center, either as part of the Visiting Scientists program or as postdoctoral fellows. Two folders of correspondence cover Giacconi's role as a referee for journal papers.
Folder 20 re: Yoram Avni, 1978
Folder 21 re: Neta Bahcall, 1975, 1979
Folder 22 Ball Brothers, 1973-1975
Folder 23 re: George Blumenthal, 1975
Folder 24 Paul Boynton, 1975-1977
Folder 25 re: Claude Canizares, 1974, 1977-1980
Folder 26 re: Alfonso Cavaliere, 1974
Folder 27 re: Richard Chase, 1980
Folder 28 Chinese Astronomers, 1979-1981, 1984
Folder 29 re: Lynn Cominsky, 1978, 1980
Folder 30 Phyllis DeFano, 1980
Folder 31 M. Elvis, 1979
Folder 32 Kenton Evans, 1976, 1978
Folder 33 G. Fabbiano, 1976-1977
Folder 34 re: Andrew Fabian, 1980-1981
Folder 35 Daniel Fabricant, 1978
Folder 36 R. Feinberg 1979
Box 9
Folder 1 George Field, 1973
Folders 2-3 George Field, 1974
Folder 4 George Field, 1975
Folder 5 George Field, 1976
Folder 6 George Field, 1977
Folders 7-8 George Field, 1978
Folder 9 George Field, 1979
Folder 10 George Field, 1980
Folder 11 George Field, 1981
Folder 12 Christine Forman Award Nominations, 1976-1979
Folder 13 Gamma Ray Review, 1973
Folder 14 re: Gordon Garmire, 1979-1980
Folder 15 John Gerdes, 1975, 1981
Folder 16 Isabella Gioia, 1980-1981
Folder 17 Paolo Giommi, 1980
Folder 18 Paul Gorenstein Supergrade Promotion, 1980
Folder 19 Robert Hansman, 1977
Folder 20 Harvard Recommendations, 1975, 1977, 1979
Folder 21 P. C. Hedgerock, 1978
Folder 22 re: Richard C. Henry, 1977
Folder 23 Richard Hirsh - History of X-Ray Astronomy, 1976-1977, 1979
Folder 24 re: Steve Holt, 1976
Folder 25 Erik Hog, 1977
Folder 26 Steven Kahn, 1980
Folder 27 Jan Kallne, 1980-1981
Folder 28 Ludwig Katz, 1975
Folder 29 re: Edwin Kellogg, 1979
Folder 30 re: Robert Krakow, 1973-1974
Folder 31 re: Bill Kraushaar, 1980
Folder 32 re: Donald Lamb, 1977-1978, 1980
Folder 33 re: Fred K. Lamb, 1977-1980
Folder 34 Robert Leach, 1974-1975, 1978
Folder 35 re: Walter Levin, 1974
Folder 36 re: E. Mathieson, 1976-1977
Folder 37 re: Terry Matilsky, 1976, 1980
Folder 38 Mt. Hopkins, 1973-1977
Box 10
Folder 1 National Medal of Science, 1973-1974, 1976
Folder 2 re: John Naugle, 1976
Folder 3 re: Dan Parsignault, 1978
Folder 4 Postdoctoral Fellows, 1978-1981
Folder 5 Ken Pounds - Cyg X-1, 1975
Folder 6 re: Steve Pravdo, 1979
Folder 7 Prizes, 1974, 1979-1980
Folder 8 re: Saul Rappaport, 1977, 1980
Folder 9 re: Ed Reeves, 1980
Folders 10-11 Refereed Papers, 1971-1972, 1974-1979
Folder 12 re: George Ricker, 1978
Folder 13 Luis Rodriguez, 1974-1977
Folder 14 Wallace Sargent, 1977
Folder 15 Herbert Schnopper, 1976-1977
Folder 16 re: Peter Serlmitsos, 1978
Folder 17 Fred Seward, 1975-1977
Folder 18 re: Sabatino Sofia, 1977-1979
Folder 19 Start of the Center for Astrophysics, 1972-1973
Folder 20 re: Ken Swartz, 1980
Folder 21 re: John Timothy, 1977
Folder 22 M. Ulmer, 1976
Folder 23 Ed van den Heuvel, 1977
Folder 24 re: Nissim Vidal, 1976
Folder 25 Visiting Scientists, 1977-1981
Folder 26 Visiting Scientists, 1980-1981
Folder 27 Warner/Pierce Prize Nominations, 1973-1975, 1980-1981
Folder 28 Waterman Award Nominations, 1976-1979
Folder 29 Trevor Weekes re: Gamma Ray Proposal, 1977
Folder 30 re: Martin Weisskopf, 1975-1977
Folder 31 re: Robert Wilson, 1977
Subseries 4b: Memoranda: 1973-1981
This subseries contains memoranda primarily relating to the running of the Center for Astrophysics. The memoranda are ordered by topic, and chronologically within the topic. There is extensive coverage of the Associate Directors' Meetings from 1974-1981. Other topics with significant coverage are the SAO Executive Committee and the SAO Computer System.
Folder 32 Abell Clusters, 1977
Folder 33 Archiving of Computer Data, 1981
Folder 34 Associate Directors' Meetings, 1973
Folder 35 Associate Directors' Meetings Minutes, January-July 1974
Folder 36 Associate Directors' Meetings, July 1974-June 1975
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Folders 1-2 Associate Directors' Meetings, July 1975-May 1977
Folder 3 Associate Directors' Meetings, September 1977-December 1978
Folders 4-5 Associate Directors, 1979-1980 (Folders 1-2 of 3)
Folder 6 Associate Directors, 1979-1980 (Folder 3 of 3)
Folder 7 Associate Directors, 1980
Folders 8-9 Associate Directors, 1981
Folder 10 Budget Projections, 1974
Folder 11 CFA Ad Hoc Review Committee, 1979-1980
Folder 12 CFA Board, 1980
Folders 13-14 CFA Structure, 1980
Folder 15 Challinor Visit, 1974, 1979
Folder 16 Core Grants, 1979-1981
Folder 17 EEO Stats, 1980
Folders 18-19 Executive Committee, 1978
Folder 20 Executive Committee, 1979
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Folder 1 Executive Committee, 1980
Folder 2 Executive Committee - Computer, 1980
Folder 3 Executive Committee, 1981
Folder 4 General, 1973-1977
Folder 5 General, 1977
Folder 6 General, 1978
Folder 7 General, 1979
Folders 8-9 General, 1980-1981
Folder 10 Giacconi Hiring, 1972-1973
Folder 11 John Gregory, 1973-1975
Folder 12 Herb Gursky/OIR Division, 1977-1981
Folder 13 HEAD Memoranda, 1979
Folder 14 Nova Program "Darkness Visible," 1981
Folder 15 Paper Preparations, 1979
Folder 16 Radio Interview, 1975
Folder 17 SAO Computer System, 1974-1976
Folders 18-20 SAO Computer System, 1977
Folder 21 SAO Computer System, 1978
Folder 22 SAO Council, 1980-1981
Folder 23 SAO Visiting Committee, 1977
Folder 24 S.I. General, 1978-1981
Folder 25 Staff, 1977-1978
Subseries 4c: Administrative Records: 1973-1981
This subseries contains administrative records touching on the financial and personnel issues of the Center. It contains funding requests, HEAD budget materials, travel vouchers. There are also records relating to personnel evaluations and promotions including Giacconi's own performance reviews.
Folder 26 HEAD Budget, 1973
Folder 27 HEAD Budget, 1974
Folder 28 HEAD Budget, 1975
Folder 29 HEAD Budget, 1976
Folder 30 HEAD Budget, 1977
Folder 31 HEAD Budget, 1979
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Folder 1 HEAD Budget, 1980
Folder 2 Contracts, Grants and Proposals, 1979-1981
Folder 3 Five-Year Forecast, 1974
Folder 4 Five-Year Preplanning Document, 1980
Folder 5 Funding Requests, 1974-1975
Folder 6 Funding Requests, 1975
Folder 7 Funding Requests, 1976
Folder 8 Funding Requests, 1978
Folder 9 Funding Requests, 1979
Folder 10 Funding Requests, 1980
Folder 11 Giacconi Financial Reporting, 1976, 1979-1981
Folder 12 Giacconi Hiring and Performance Reviews, 1973-1974, 1979-1981
Folder 13 Institutional Funds, 1974-1975
Folder 14 Institutional Funds, 1976
Folder 15 Institutional Funds, 1977
Folder 16 HEAD Management Information Reports, 1980-1981
Folder 17 Mt. Hopkins Observatory Monthly Reports, 1973-1976
Folder 18 Overseers Committee, 1974-1975
Folder 19 Performance Evaluations, 1980
Folder 20 Personnel List, 1981
Folder 21 Personnel Review Meetings ,1973
Folder 22 Fiscal Projections, 1981
Folder 23 Promotions, 1977
Folder 24 Promotions, 1980
Folder 25 Directory of Smithsonian Fellows, 1980
Folder 26 Smithsonian Staff Handbook, 1981
Folder 27 Travel Vouchers, 1976
Folder 28 Travel Vouchers, 1978-1979
Folder 29 Travel Vouchers, 1980-1981
Subseries 4d: Projects and Grants: 1971-1981
This subseries contains project files of various scientific investigations undertaken by CFA/SAO while Giacconi was there. The files contain project proposals, progress reports, correspondence, memoranda, budgetary materials and contract documents. One project file "Cosmic X-Ray Studies from Rockets with Focusing Optics" dates from before Giacconi's start, but continues under his direction. Another, the ANS project, began at ASE but moved over to CFA with Giacconi and his colleagues.
Folder 30 Aerobee 350 Rocket Payload Progress Reports, 1975-1976
Folder 31 Experiment Definition and Integration Studies for the Accommodation of an Aires Rocket X-Ray Telescope Payload on Spacelab/Shuttle
Folder 32 ANS Contracts, 1970-1978
Folder 33 ANS Hard X-Ray Experiment Presentation, 1971
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Folder 1 Crystal Selection for the ANS X-Ray Spectrometer, 1971
Folder 2 ANS Program Progress Reports 1-5, 1971
Folder 3 ANS Program Progress Reports 6-11, 1971
Folder 4 ANS Program Progress Reports 12-16, 1971-1972
Folder 5 ANS Memoranda, 1971-1974, 1976
Folder 6 ANS Correspondence, 1971-1974, 1977
Folder 7 ANS HXX Checkout Equipment Functional Description, 1972
Folder 8 ANS HXX Critical Design Review Presentation, 1972
Folder 9 ANS Program Progress Reports, 1972-1978
Folder 10 ANS Prelaunch Data Analysis Proposal, 1973
Folder 11 ANS X-Ray Sky Map, 1973
Folder 12 ANS Budgetary Materials, 1973-1977
Folder 13 ANS Press Release, 1974
Folder 14 ANS Hard X-Ray Data Analysis Proposals, 1974-1977
Folder 15 ANS Project Authorizations, 1974-1978
Folder 16 ANS Data Analysis Final Report, 1978
Folder 17 ANS Promotional Card, undated
Folder 18 Bragg Crystal X-Ray Spectrometer, 1979-1980
Folder 19 A Measurement of the Cosmic-Ray Energy Spectrum from 1011 to 1016 eV, 1975
Folders 20-21 Cosmic X-Ray Studies from Rockets with Focusing Optics, 1971-1976
Folders 22-24 Construction of a High-Resolution, Cylindrical Crystal Spectrometer Suitable for Line Shape Diagnostics of X-Rays from Hot Plasmas Proposals, 1976-1981
Folder 25 Construction of a High-Resolution Cylindrical, Crystal Spectrometer for Line Shape Diagnostics of X-Rays from Hot Plasmas Contracts and Funding, 1976-1981
Folder 26 Construction of a High-Resolution Cylindrical, Crystal Spectrometer for Line Shape Diagnostics of X-Rays from Hot Plasmas Progress Reports, 1976-1981
Folder 27 Gamma Ray Observation, 1973
Folder 28 Grazing Incidence Telescope for X-Ray Astronomy using Sounding Rockets, 1974-1979
Box 15
Folder 1 High Resolution Imager (HRI) for the Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT) Proposals, 1981
Folder 2 High Resolution Imager (HRI) for the Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT) Memoranda and Correspondence, 1980-1981
Folder 3 High Resolution X-Ray Detector Development, 1980
Folder 4 Continuation of a Sounding Rocket Program of X-Ray Astronomy with Large Area Collectors of High Angular Resolution, 1974
Folder 5 LAMAR Proposals, 1978-1981
Folder 6 LAMAR Memoranda, 1978-1981
Folder 7 LAMAR Presentation, 1980
Folder 8 LAMAR Contracts and Authorizations, 1980-1981
Folder 9 LAMAR Correspondence, 1980-1981
Folder 10 LAMAR Progress Reports, 1980-1981
Folder 11 LAMAR Schematics, 1980
Folder 12 LAMAR Sounding Rocket Program Proposals, 1974-1981
Folder 13 LAMAR Sounding Rocket Program Project Authorizations, 1976-1980
Folder 14 LAMAR Sounding Rocket Program Memoranda, 1977-1980
Folder 15 LAMAR Sounding Rocket Program Progress Reports, 1979-1981
Folder 16 Development of a Low-light Imaging System for Cosmological Investigations, 1975-1976
Folder 17 Large Space Telescope (LST) Proposals, 1975
Folder 18 Large Space Telescope (LST) Memoranda, 1975-1977
Folder 19 Meteoroid Mass Flux Studies, 1975-1979
Folders 20-21 SAS-C Data Reduction, 1974-1981
Folder 22 Development of a Scintillating Imaging Proportional Counter for Applications in X-Ray Astronomy, 1975-1977
Folder 23 Single Photon Imaging Detector Memoranda, 1976-1978
Folders 24-25 Single Photon Imaging Detector Proposals, 1976-1978
Folder 26 Single Photon Imaging Detector Authorizations and Budgets, 1976-1979
Folder 27 Single Photon Imaging Detector Correspondence, 1977-1978
Folder 28 Single Photon Imaging Detector Reports, 1977-1979
Folder 29 Sounding Rocket Experiment to Study the Diffuse Soft X-Ray Background Proposals, 1974-1980
Box 16
Folder 1 Sounding Rocket Experiment to Study the Diffuse Soft X-Ray Background Contracts and Authorizations, 1978-1980
Folder 2 Sounding Rocket Experiment to Study the Diffuse Soft X-Ray Background Progress Reports, 1979-1981
Folder 3 Transient Source Survey Explorer Study, 1976-1977
Folder 4 Transmission Gratings and Optical Constants in the Vacuum UV and X-Ray Region, 1980-1981
Folder 5 X-Ray Imaging Detectors with Negative Electron Affinity Photocathodes Proposals, 1975-1976, 1980
Folder 6 X-Ray Imaging Detectors with Negative Electron Affinity Photocathodes Memoranda, 1976-1979, 1981
Folder 7 X-Ray Imaging Detectors with Negative Electron Affinity Photocathodes Project Authorizations, 1976-1980
Folder 8 X-Ray Imaging Detectors with Negative Electron Affinity Photocathodes Correspondence, 1977-1980
Folder 9 X-Ray Imaging Detectors with Negative Electron Affinity Photocathodes Reports, 1980
Folder 10 Grants: Jan Kallne, 1980
Folder 11 Grants: Studies and Observations of UV and X-Ray Sources, 1979
Subseries 4e: Proposals: 1972-1981
This subseries contains rejected project proposals from 1972 through 1981.
Folder 12 To Investigate the Scattering and Extinction of Sunlight in the Atmosphere of Venus, 1972
Folder 13 High Resolution X-Ray Astronomy, 1973
Folder 14 Systematic Experimental and Theoretical Program to Improve the Angular Resolution of X-Ray Telescopes, 1973
Folder 15 Lunar Data Analysis and Synthesis, 1973
Folder 16 Apollo Soyuz Test Program Proposals, 1973
Folder 17 High-Resolution Optical Spectroscopy of Comet Kohutek, 1973
Folder 18 Celestial X-Ray Sensor for Studies of the Venus Atmosphere and Localization of Gamma Bursts, 1973
Folder 19 Hard X-Ray Burst Detector with High Angular Resolution, 1973
Folder 20 XUV Telescope Sounding Rocket Survey, 1974
Folder 21 An Imaging Detector for Hard X-Ray Sources, 1974
Folder 22 A Sky Survey in High-Energy Gamma Rays, 1974
Folder 23 Definition of Large Area Modular Arrays of Reflectors for Cosmic X-Ray Observations of Very High Sensitivity, 1974
Folder 24 A Sky Survey in High Energy Gamma Rays, 1974
Folder 25 An Experiment Definition Study of a Soft Solar X-Ray Imaging and Spectrometric System, 1974
Folder 26 Measurements of Bremsstrahlung, Radiative Electron Capture, and Dielectronic Recombination, 1974
Folders 27-28 Temporal X-Ray Explorer, 1974
Folder 29 Localization of Gamma Ray Bursts and Investigation of Temporal Structure and Spectra from Near Earth Orbit, 1974
Folder 30 Participation in XUV Astronomy Mission Definition, 1974
Folders 31-32 An XUV Sky Survey with a Wide Field Imaging Telescope, 1974
Folder 33 Solar Soft X-Ray Imaging Spectrometric System for the Solar Maximum Mission Management Proposal, 1974
Folder 34 Solar Soft X-Ray Imaging Spectrometric System for the Solar Maximum Mission Technical Proposal, 1974
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Folder 1 Study of an Imaging Detector for Hard X-Ray Sources, 1975
Folder 2 An XUV Sky Survey Using Sounding Rockets, 1975
Folder 3 A Collaborative Program of Research into the Theory and Observations of Binary Star Systems with Compact Stellar Membership, 1975
Folder 4 Measurement of Spatial and Temporal Variability in Lunar Radon Emission, 1975
Folder 5 High-Resolution X-Ray Mirror Development for Shuttle, 1975-1976
Folder 6 Development of Low Resolution Imaging Spectrophotometry Using a Low-light Level Imaging System, 1976
Folder 7 Cosmic X-Ray Spectroscopy on the Space Shuttle, 1976
Folder 8 Continuation of the Study of X-Rays and Gamma Rays, 1976
Folder 9 Large Area Modular Array (LAMAR) for an Aries Sounding Rocket, 1976
Folder 10 High Sensitivity Cosmic X-Ray Observations with the LAMAR Facility on Space Lab 2, 1976
Folder 11 High Sensitivity Cosmic X-Ray Observations with the LAMAR Facility on the Space Shuttle Orbital Flight Test Missions, 1976
Folder 12 Spectrographic Imaging X-Ray Telescope Experiment, 1976
Folder 13 Cosmic X-Ray Spectroscopy on the Space Shuttle Orbital Test Flight, 1976
Folder 14 XUV Astronomy on the Space Shuttle, 1976
Folder 15 XUV Astronomy on the Space Shuttle Orbital Flight Test, 1976
Folder 16 High Sensitivity Gamma-Ray Burst Experiment, 1976
Folder 17 Short Wavelength Reflectivity of Multilayered Metallic Surfaces, 1977
Folder 18 Extension of Current State-of-the-Art Microlithographic Techniques to X-Ray and XUV Spectroscopy, 1977
Folder 19 A Hard X-Ray Detector with Very High Spatial Resolution, 1977
Folder 20 Development of a Single Photo Courting Linear Silicon Diode Array for Using in a High Resolution Bragg Crystal Spectrometer, 1977
Folder 21 A Spectrographic Imaging X-Ray Detector Sounding Rocket Experiment, 1977
Folder 22 Development of an Advanced High Resolution Detector for X-Ray Astronomy, 1977
Folder 23 Conceptual Evaluation of Cylindrical Focusing High Resolution Bragg Crystal Spectrometer, 1978
Folder 24 All Sky Camera with High Angular Resolution for Localization and Temporal Study of Gamma Ray Bursts and Soft Gamma Ray Sources, 1978
Folders 25-26 A Small, Helium-cooled, Infrared Telescope for Spacelab, 1976-1978
Folder 27 Evaluation of Position Sensitive Detectors for a Cylindrical Focusing High Resolution Bragg Crystal Spectrometer, 1979
Folder 28 A Focusing Crystal Spectrograph for X-Rays from Laser Fusion Targets
Folder 29 Simultaneous UV and X-Ray Observations of Variable Quasars, 1979
Folder 30 Studies of the Replication Method for X-Ray Telescopes for the LAMAR Facility, 1979
Folder 31 Testing of Mosaic Crystals for Cosmic X-Ray Spectroscopy, 1979
Folder 32 Measurement of the X-Ray Spectra of Molybdenum Ions, 1979
Folder 33 Design and Development of High Quality X-Ray Imaging Detectors for X-Ray Astronomy Using Negative Electron Affinity Photocathodes, 1979
Folder 34 Proportional Counter for X-Ray Analysis of Lunar and Planetary Surfaces, 1975-1979
Folder 35 Development of Instrument for Measurement of Mass Flow Distribution and Chemical Composition of Comets from X-Ray Fluorescence, 1977-1979
Folder 36 High Resolution Cosmic X-Ray Spectroscopy on Shuttle/Spacelab, 1978-1979
Folder 37 A Comparative Study of the UV and X-Ray Line Spectra of Four Binary X-Ray Sources, 1978-1979
Folder 38 An Imaging Solid State Spectrometer for Cosmic X-Ray Spectroscopy, 1978-1979
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Folder 1 Spherical, Crystal Imaging Spectrometer for Cosmic X-Ray Spectroscopy on the Space Shuttle, 1978-1980
Folder 2 Stellar Coronal Explorer, 1980
Folder 3 Study of Solar and Stellar Coronal Plasmas, 1981
Folder 4 Pre-Phase "A" Study of a Free Flyer Large Area Modular Array of Reflectors (LAMAR), 1981
Subseries 4f: Publications: 1971-1988
This subseries primarily consists of HEAD preprint publications from 1973-1988. Indexes of each year appear at the front of the first folder for that year. Two folders contain the drafts and final copies of a book on x-ray astronomy that Giacconi and his colleagues wrote for the Annual Review in 1980. There is also one issue of the "Centerline", the Center for Astrophysics newsletter.
Folder 5 Superclusters, 1977
Folder 6 Center for Astrophysics Report to the Ad Hoc Review Committee, 1979
Folder 7 Centerline, 1980
Folder 8 "Telescopes for X-Ray Astronomy" for Annual Review 1st Draft,1980
Folder 9 "Telescopes for X-Ray Astronomy" for Annual Review 2nd Draft, 1980
Folder 10 "Telescopes for X-Ray Astronomy" for Annual Review Final Draft, 1980
Folder 11 CFA HEAD Preprints List, 1971-1981
Folder 12 CFA HEAD Preprints, 1974-1975
Folders 13-17 CFA HEAD Preprints, 1975
Folders 18-19 CFA HEAD Preprints, 1976 (Folders 1-2 of 3)
Box 19
Folder 1 CFA HEAD Preprints, 1976 (Folder 3 of 3)
Folders 2-5 CFA HEAD Preprints, 1977
Folders 6-7 CFA HEAD Preprints, 1978
Folders 8-9 CFA HEAD Preprints, 1979
Folder 10 CFA HEAD Preprints #1109 and #1473, 1979
Folders 11-13 CFA HEAD Preprints, 1980
Folder 14 CFA HEAD Preprints, 1980-1981 (Folder 1 of 3)
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Folders 1-2 CFA HEAD Preprints, 1980-1981 (Folders 2-3 of 3)
Folder 3 Galaxy Clusters, 1980-1981
Folders 4-5 CFA HEAD Preprints, 1981
Folders 6-11 CFA HEAD Preprints, 1982
Folders 12-14 CFA HEAD Preprints, 1983
Folder 15 CFA HEAD Preprints, 1984
Box 21
Folders 1-2 CFA HEAD Preprints, 1984
Folders 3-5 CFA HEAD Preprints, 1985
Folders 6-11 CFA HEAD Preprints, 1986
Folders 12-13 CFA HEAD Preprints, 1986-1987
Folder 14 CFA HEAD Preprints, 1987
Box 22
Folders 1-2 CFA HEAD Preprints, 1987
Folders 3-5 CFA HEAD Preprints, 1988
Folder 6 Clippings 1973-1974
Series 5
Harvard, 1969-1981This series relates to Giacconi's tenure as a Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University. The series contains memoranda, correspondence, lecture notes, coursework, term papers, proposals, and meeting minutes. The series illuminates activities taking place within the Department of Astronomy including faculty recruitment, graduate admissions and graduate research.
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Subseries 5a: Committee on Academic Studies: 1980-1981
This subseries consists of materials related to the Committee of Academic Studies. This Committee serves to direct the academic progress of graduate students in the Department of Astronomy. This subseries contains memoranda, research plans, research proposals, course evaluations, committee reports and a guide to life for astronomy graduate students.
Folder 7 Course Evaluations, 1980-1981
Folder 8 Meeting Minutes, 1980-1981
Folder 9 Memoranda, 1981
Folder 10 Primer on Grad Student Life, 1980
Folder 11 Student Paper Grade Reports, 1981
Folder 12 Student Research Plans, 1980-1981
Folder 13 Student Research Proposals, 1981
Folder 14 Thesis Advisory Committee Reports, 1980-1981
Subseries 5b: Courses: 1975-1978, 1980
This subseries contains materials related to courses taught in the Harvard Astronomy Department. The bulk of the material comes from Giacconi's course Astronomy 262: High Energy Astrophysics (X-Ray Astronomy). One folder contains materials relating to a mini-course on statistics taught by Yoram Avni, a visiting professor.
Folder 15 Astronomy 262 Course Outline, 1980
Folder 16 Astronomy 262 Course work, 1978
Folder 17 Astronomy 262 Lectures, 1976
Folder 18 Astronomy 262 Lectures, 1978
Folder 19 Astronomy 262 Lectures, 1980
Folder 20 Astronomy 262 Memoranda, 1975-1978, 1980
Folder 21 Astronomy 262 Term Papers, 1976
Folder 22 Astronomy 262 Term Papers, 1980
Folder 23 Yoram Avni Statistics Course, 1980
Subseries 5c: Faculty Search: 1973-1981
This subseries consists of materials relating to various searches that Harvard has made to fill faculty positions within the Astronomy Department. Two folders document the search made for a tenured professor, first focusing on Marc Davis as an "optical" astronomer, and then focusing on Josh Grindlay as a high-energy astronomer. There is also a folder concerning a search for an assistant professor. Lastly, there is a file of correspondence from Giacconi regarding various applicants for positions within the Astronomy Department.
Folder 24 Assistant Professorship, 1979-1980
Folder 25 J. Grindlay Tenure, 1980-1981
Folder 26 Optical Professor Search, 1978-1981
Folder 27 Recommendations for Professors, 1973-1979
Subseries 5d: Memoranda: 1974-1981
This subseries contains memoranda relating to affairs specifically within the Astronomy Department and more generally to Harvard. It is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Folder 28 Astronomy Department, 1979-1981
Folder 29 Faculty Meetings, 1977-1981
Folder 30 Graduate Admissions, 1980-1981
Folder 31 HCO Budget, 1980-1981
Folder 32 HCO Council, 1980-1981
Folder 33 Leaves of Absence, 1980-1981
Folder 34 Robert Reed, 1974-1979
Folder 35 Relocation of Agassiz Station, 1981
Folder 36 Visiting Committee, 1976
Folder 37 Visiting Committee, 1978
Folder 38 University Memoranda, 1979-1981
Subseries 5e: Proposals: 1969, 1977-1978, 1981
This subseries consists of research proposals put forward by the Harvard College Observatory.
Folder 39 High Spatial and Spectral Resolution Investigations of the Solar Atmosphere, 1969
Folder 40 Wide Field, High Resolution and High Sensitivity Survey of X-Ray Bursts and Hard X-Ray Sources, 1977
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Folder 1 Imaging Hard X-Ray Survey Experiment on Shuttle/Skylab, 1978
Folder 2 Energetic X-Ray Imaging and Timing Experiment on the X-Ray Timing Explorer Mission, 1981
Subseries 5f: Administrative Records: 1974, 1976-1977, 1979-1981
This subseries consists of records relating to the running of the Astronomy Department. The subseries contains faculty, staff, and student directories, affirmative action documents, academic calendars, a list of film projectors, Harvard's policy on patents and copyrights and a map of the campus.
Folder 3 Astronomy Department Faculty and Grad Student Directories, 1979-1981
Folder 4 Harvard Faculty and Staff Directory, 1980-1981
Folder 5 Astronomy Department General Documents, 1974, 1976-77, 1980-1981
Folder 6 Insurance, 1981
Subseries 5g: Graduate Advisees: 1973-1977
This subseries consists of records relating to graduate students advised by Giacconi while at Harvard.
Folder 7 Andrew Conners, 1973, 1975-1976
Folder 8 Ken Swartz, 1974-1977
Subseries 5h: University Appointments: 1971-1972, 1974, 1976, 1978
This subseries consists of documents appointing Giacconi first to the position of Associate of the Harvard College Observatory and later to the position of Associate Director of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Folder 9 University Appointments, 1971-1972, 1974, 1976, 1978
Subseries 5i: Clippings: 1979
This subseries contains clippings relating to Harvard University.
Folder 10 Clippings, 1979
Series 6
High Energy Astrophysical Observatory (HEAO), 1967-1974, 1976, 1978-1980 and undatedThis series consists of materials related to the HEAO series of projects as a whole. It consists of budgetary materials, correspondence about collaborative efforts, reports, proposals, meeting notes and agenda, general correspondence and press materials. The budget materials chronicle the difficulties that the HEAO program experienced in 1973, when it was almost cancelled.
Box 23
Subseries 6a: Budget: 1972-1973
This subseries consists of materials relating to the budgetary difficulties that the HEAO program suffered in 1972-1973. The subseries primarily consists of correspondence and memoranda.
Folder 11 Funding Concerns, 1972
Folder 12 Project Termination, 1973
Folder 13 ASE money problems due to HEAO cancellation, 1973
Folder 14 Experiment Restructuring, 1973
Subseries 6b: Collaboration: 1969-1972
This subseries consists of correspondence related to collaborative efforts between ASE and other companies for the HEAO projects.
Folder 15 Correspondence, 1969-1970
Folder 16 General Electric, 1969-1970
Folder 17 TRW, 1969-1972
Folder 18 Boeing, 1970
Subseries 6c: Meetings: 1967, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1979-1980
This subseries consists of notes and agendas from meetings related to the HEAO projects.
Folder 19 National X-Ray Astronomy Facility, 1967
Folder 20 Review, July 7, 1970
Folder 21 NASA X-Ray Astronomy Panel Meeting, 1970
Folder 22 HEAO Spacecraft Management Review, May 2, 1974
Folders 23-24 NASA Program Presentation, May 1974
Folder 25 HEAO/NASA, September 27-28, 1976
Folder 26 HEAO Science Symposium (Huntsville), 1979
Folder 27 HEAO Honor Awards Ceremony, 1980
Subseries 6d: Proposals: 1968, 1970, 1973, and undated
This subseries consists of proposals for experiments intended for the HEAO program.
Folder 28 Astronomical X-Ray Polarimetry, 1968
Folder 29 Large Gas-Cerenkov Experiment, 1970
Folder 30 ACS (Attitude Control System), 1970
Folder 31 UCSD Gamma Ray Detector, 1970
Folder 32 High Energy Gamma Ray Astronomy with a Large Area Spark Chamber, 1970
Folder 33 Case Western - High Energy Solar Neutron Experiment, 1970
Folder 34 HEAO Contamination Study, 1970
Folder 35 NASA Review of Proposed Experiments, 1973
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Folder 1 HEAO/LAMAR Conceptual Drawings, undated
Subseries 6e: Reports: 1969-1970
This subseries consists of reports relating to the early stages of development of the HEAO program.
Folder 2 Telescopes and Subsystems for a High Energy Astronomy Observatory, 1969
Folder 3 Study of the Attitude Control and Sensing Systems for the HEAO Series of Spacecraft, 1970
Subseries 6f: Correspondence: 1970-1972
This subseries contains general correspondence relating to the HEAO program.
Folder 4 1970-1972
Subseries 6g: Press/Media Coverage: 1975, 1978-1979, and undated
This subseries consists of two promotional booklets produced by NASA to highlight the HEAO satellites. There is also one clipping describing the planned HEAO satellites.
Folder 5 "The New Universe" Film Script, 1975
Folder 6 NASA Promotional Booklets, 1978-1979
Folder 7 Clippings, undated
Series 7
High Energy Astrophysical Observatory (HEAO-A), 1970-1981This series contains materials related to Giacconi's involvement with the HEAO-A satellite in the High Energy Astrophysics Observatory (HEAO) series of launches, first with ASE and later with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The series consists of proposals, reports, contract materials, publications, memoranda and correspondence relating to the overall HEAO-A effort and to specific experiments on the satellite. The two specific experiments were AXR-1, a large-area focusing x-ray collector, and AXR-2, a scanning modulation collimator. AXR-1 was scrapped in 1973 when the entire HEAO program was restructured, but AXR-2 continued and was included in the HEAO-A launch in 1977 as experiment HEAO A-3.
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Subseries 7a: AXR-1: 1970-1973
This subseries contains materials related to the large-area focusing collector experiment for HEAO-A satellite. This subseries contains reports, proposals, contracts, memoranda and correspondence relating to the design and preliminary testing of the focusing collector.
Folder 8 Management Proposal for a Long Wavelength Cosmic X-Ray Survey with a Large-Area Focusing Collector, 1970
Folder 9 Program Definition Phase for a Large-Area Focusing Collector, 1970
Folder 10 Phase C/D Proposal Vol. I, 1971
Folder 11 Phase C/D Proposal Vol. II, 1971
Folder 12 Phase C/D Proposal Vol. III, 1971
Folder 13 Mission Operations and Data Analysis, 1971
Folders 14-15 Columbia (CAL)-Long Wavelength Cosmic X-Ray Survey with a Large-Area Focusing Collector, 1971
Folder 16 Continuation of Phase B Definition Activities, 1971
Folder 17 Preliminary Proposal for an Ultraviolet Monitor for the Large-Area Focusing X-Ray Collector Experiment, 1971 (?)
Folder 18 Mission Operations and Data Analysis, 1972
Folder 19 Phase C/D Proposal for AXR-1 Vol. I, 1971
Folder 20 Phase C/D Proposal for AXR-1 Vol. II, 1972
Folder 21 Phase C/D Proposal for AXR-1 Vol. III, 1972
Folders 22-24 Modifications to Proposal for HEAO Experiment AXR-1, Phase C/D, 1972
Folder 25 Program Change Proposals, 1972
Folder 26 Engineering Summary of the Technical Proposal for a Cosmic X-Ray Survey with a Large-Area Focusing Collector, 1972
Folder 27 Proposal for Completion of Laboratory Work with a Large-Area Focusing Collector, 1973
Folder 28 C/D Program Phase of the Large-Area Focusing Collector Experiment, undated
Folder 29 Preliminary Requirements Review, 1971
Box 25
Folder 1 End-Item Specification (Columbia), 1971
Folder 2 Program Development Plan (ASE) Large-Area Focusing Collector Experiment Vol. I, 1971
Folders 3-5 Program Development Plan (Columbia) Large-Area Focusing Collector Experiment, 1971
Folder 6 Quality Program Plan AXR-1, 1972
Folder 7 Reliability Program Plan for AXR-1, 1972
Folder 8 Program Management Plan, 1972
Folder 9 Experiment Verification Plan, 1972
Folder 10 Safety Program Plan, 1972
Folder 11 Contamination Control Plan, 1972
Folder 12 Electromagnetic Compatibility Control Plan, 1972
Folder 13 Radiation Control Plan, 1972
Folder 14 Status of the Columbia University Long Wavelength Focusing Collector Experiment, 1971
Folder 15 Trade-off Study Reports, 1971
Folder 16 Review of Applicable Documents, 1971
Folder 17 Monthly Progress Reports Columbia, 1971
Folder 18 Progress Reports #1-2, 1972
Folder 19 Progress Reports #3-4, 1972
Folder 20 Progress Reports #5-6, 1972
Folder 21 Progress Report #7, 1972
Folder 22 Progress Report #8, 1973
Folder 23 Final Report Contract NAS8-28572, 1973
Folder 24 AXR-1 Instrument Development Status Report, 1973
Folders 25-26 Correspondence Columbia, 1971-1972
Box 26
Folder 1 Memoranda Columbia, 1970-1972
Folder 2 Correspondence Contract NAS8-27971, 1972-1973
Folder 3 Memoranda Contract NAS8-27971, 1972-1973
Folder 4 Contracts NAS8-26841, 1971-1972
Folder 5 Contracts NAS8-27971, 1972-1973
Folder 6 Contracts NAS8-28572, 1972
Subseries 7b: AXR-2: 1970-1981
This subseries consists of materials related to the scanning modulation collimator experiment. The subseries contains proposals, reports, plans, design specifications, memoranda, contracts, publications and correspondence relating to the design, construction, and flight of the AXR-2 experiment about HEAO-A.
Folder 7 Phase C/D Proposal Vol. I, 1971
Folder 8 Phase C/D Proposal Vol. II, 1971
Folder 9 Phase C/D Proposal Vol. III, 1971
Folder 10 MIT-Integrated X-Ray Modulation Collimator Experiment, 1971-1972
Folder 11 Supplement to Phase C/D Proposal Vol. I, 1972
Folder 12 Supplement to Phase C/D Proposal Vol. II, 1972
Folder 13 Supplement to Phase C/D Proposal Vol. III, 1972
Folder 14 Supplement to Phase C/D Proposal Vol. IV, 1972
Folder 15 Program Change Proposals, 1972
Folder 16 A-3 Proposal Restructured Vol. I and III, 1973
Folder 17 A-3 Proposal Restructured Vol. II, 1973
Folder 18 Participation in the Scanning Modulation Collimator Experiment, 1973
Folder 19 Proposal P633-9-76, 1976
Folder 20 Proposal P707-6-77, 1977
Folder 21 Proposal P973-4-80, 1980
Folder 22 Design Review, 1971
Box 27
Folder 1 Preliminary End-Item Specifications, 1971
Folder 2 Preliminary End-Item Specifications for HEAO A-3, 1973
Folder 3 Mission Operations Requirements, 1974-1976
Folder 4 Quality Program Plan, 1972
Folder 5 Reliability Program Plan, 1972
Folder 6 Experiment Verification Plan, 1972
Folder 7 Program Management Plan, 1972
Folder 8 Engineering and Development Plan, 1972
Folder 9 Safety Program Plan, 1972
Folder 10 Radiation Control Plan, 1972
Folder 11 Electromagnetic Compatibility Control Plan, 1972
Folder 12 Contamination Control Plan for AXR-2, 1972
Folder 13 Reliability Program Plan HEAO A-3, 1973
Folder 14 Quality Program Plan for HEAO A-3, 1973
Folder 15 Safety Program Plan for HEAO A-3, 1973
Folder 16 Progress Reports #1-4, 1972
Folder 17 Progress Reports #5-6, 1972
Folder 18 Progress Report #7, 1972
Folder 19 Progress Report #8, 1973
Folders 20-21 Progress Reports, 1974-1981
Folder 22 Contracts NAS8-27973, 1972-1973
Folders 23-24 Contracts NAS8-30453, 1973-1981
Folder 25 Contracts Budgets NAS8-30453, 1974-1976
Folder 26 Memoranda, 1972-1973, 1977-1979
Folder 27 Correspondence MIT, 1970-1973
Folder 28 Correspondence ,1972-1981
Folder 29 Publications, 1975, 1977-1978, undated
Subseries 7c: HEAO-A General: 1970-1972, 1977-1978, and undated
This subseries contains materials related to the HEAO-A satellite as a whole. It includes memoranda, stationery, publications, newsletters and correspondence.
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Folder 1 Memoranda, 1970-1971
Folder 2 Memoranda MIT, 1971-1972
Folder 3 NASA Technical Memoranda, 1977
Folder 4 Newsletters, 1977-1978
Folder 5 Annual Report, 1978
Folder 6 Sky and Telescope Article, 1978
Folder 7 HEAO-A Experimenters' Stationery, undated
Folder 8 HEAO-A List of Experiments, undated
Series 8
Large Orbiting X-Ray Telescope (LOXT, HEAO-C), 1968-1974This series contains materials arising from Giacconi's involvement with the Large Orbiting X-Ray Telescope (LOXT) proposed for flight on the HEAO-C satellite. The series consists of proposals, reports, contract materials, publications, memoranda and correspondence relating to the LOXT experiment. The HEAO-C Satellite was eventually launched in 1979, but the LOXT was not one of the experiments.
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Subseries 8a: Proposals: 1970-1972
This subseries consists of various research and design proposals put forth during the LOXT project.
Folder 9 LOXT Management Proposal, 1970
Folders 10-11 LOXT Technical Proposal Summary, 1970
Folder 12 LOXT Management Plan and Phase B Proposal, 1971
Folder 13 LOXT Mirror Design Study, 1971
Folder 14 LOXT Mirror Graphite Composite Test Program, 1971
Folder 15 LOXT Management Plan and Phase B Proposal, 1972
Folder 16 Supplemental Proposal to the LOXT Mirror Design Study, 1972
Folder 17 Supplement to the LOXT Phase B Proposal - High Resolution Mirror Development and Test Program, 1972
Folder 18 LOXT Phase B Study Plan, 1972
Folder 19 LOXT Pre-Definition Phase Extension, 1972
Subseries 8b: Reports: 1971-1974
This subseries consists of reports on various parts of the LOXT experiment throughout its development cycle.
Folder 20 LOXT Contract NAS8-27795 Progress Reports, 1971-1972
Folder 21 HEAO Mission C, Phase A Final Report, Vol. I Executive Summary, 1972
Folder 22 HEAO Mission C, Phase A Final Report, Vol. II Preliminary Analysis and Conceptual Design, 1972
Folder 23 HEAO Mission C, Phase A Final Report, Vol. III Appendices, 1972
Folder 24 LOXT Pre-Definition Study Progress Reports #1-2, 1972
Folder 25 LOXT Pre-Definition Study Progress Report #3, 1972
Folder 26 LOXT Pre-Definition Study Progress Report #4, 1972
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Folders 1-2 LOXT Mirror Design Study, 1972
Folder 3 LOXT Pre-Definition Study Progress Reports #5-6, 1972
Folder 4 LOXT Pre-Definition Study Progress Reports #7, 1972
Folder 5 LOXT Summary Status Reports, 1972
Folder 6 LOXT Pre-Definition Study Progress Reports #8, 1973
Folder 7 LOXT Pre-Definition Study Progress Reports #10-11, 1973
Folder 8 LOXT Instrument Development Status Report, 1974
Subseries 8c: Correspondence and Memoranda: 1968-1972
This subseries consists of correspondence and memoranda between members of the LOXT design team and between members of the design team and NASA about all aspects of the LOXT project.
Folders 9-10 Correspondence and Memoranda Large Orbiting X-Ray Facility, 1968-1969
Folder 11 Correspondence and Memoranda Stellar X-Ray Astronomy, 1968-1969
Folder 12 Large X-Ray Facility Design Definition, 1969
Folder 13 Memorandum LOXT Consortium Agreement, 1969
Folder 14 Correspondence Contract NAS8-24385, 1969-1970
Folders 15-16 Correspondence and Memoranda LOXT, 1970
Folder 17 Memoranda LOXT Liaison File, 1970
Folder 18 Correspondence and Memoranda LOXT, 1971
Folder 19 Columbia, 1971
Folder 20 LOXT Correspondence, 1971-1972
Folder 21 Memoranda LOXT, 1972
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Folder 1 Correspondence Contract NAS8-28534, 1973
Subseries 8d: Contracts: 1969-1974
This subseries contains contract materials related to the various projects that formed the overall LOXT experiment.
Folder 2 NAS8-24385, 1969-1970
Folder 3 NAS8-27795, 1971-1972
Folder 4 NAS8-28534, 1972-1974
Subseries 8e: LOXT Development: 1968, 1970, 1972, and undated
This subseries contains assorted records relating to various aspects of the LOXT plan, including design, budget and approval.
Folder 5 Notes - High Energy X-Ray Telescope Satellite Columbia, December 9, 1968
Folder 6 LOXT Evaluation Committee Presentation, 1970
Folder 7 Request for Quotation - High Resolution Paraboloid Test Mirrors, 1972
Folder 8 LOXT Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Statement of Work, c. 1972
Folder 9 Status Review, September 12, 1972
Folder 10 Experiment Reviews, 1973
Folder 11 Review of Low Energy Telescope, 1973
Folder 12 Budget LOXT, undated
Series 9
High Energy Astrophysical Observatory (HEAO-B, Einstein), 1970-1985, and undatedThis series consists of materials stemming for Giacconi's role as Principal Investigator on the HEAO-B x-ray satellite, renamed the Einstein Observatory after its launch in 1978. The series contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, reviews, presentations, clippings, and photographs. This series covers all aspects of the HEAO-B satellite after 1973. In January 1973 the HEAO series of spacecraft was almost cancelled. The x-ray telescope that was supposed to be flown on the HEAO-C satellite was reduced in size and power and reassigned to the HEAO-B satellite. Giacconi was involved in the project first at ASE, then at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, before resigning as Principal Investigator when he moved to the Space Telescope Science Institute in 1981.
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Subseries 9a: Correspondence: 1973-1981, 1985
This subseries consists of correspondence relating to the HEAO-B project, including its construction, budget, testing and launch. The subseries primarily consists of material between 1973, when the HEAO projects were restructured by NASA, and 1981 when Giacconi resigned as Principal Investigator to move to the Space Telescope Science Institute.
Folders 13-14 1973
Folder 15 X-Ray Polarimeter, 1973
Folder 16 1974
Folder 17 Focal Plane Crystal Spectrometer, 1974
Folders 19-21 1975
Folder 22 1976
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Folders 1-3 1976
Folder 4 MPC, 1976
Folders 5-6 1977
Folder 7 1977
Folders 8-12 1978
Folder 13 Columbia Funding, 1978
Folder 14 Deep Survey Assignment of Topics, 1978-1979
Folder 15 Data Analysis - Visiting Scientists, 1978-1980
Folder 16 Einstein Colloquia, 1978-1980
Folder 17 Dispute with Columbia, 1978, 1980
Folders 18-19 1979
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Folders 1-2 1979
Folder 3 Dispute over NASA Financial Support, 1979
Folder 4 Deep Survey, 1979-1980
Folder 5 Leicester, 1979-1980
Folder 6 Image Permissions, 1979-1981
Folder 7 Requests for Slides, 1979-1981
Folder 8 1980
Folder 9 Funding Shortfall, 1980
Folder 10 1981
Folder 11 Re: Director's Time, 1981
Folder 12 Einstein Termination, 1981
Folder 13 Tananbaum Appointment, 1981
Folder 14 Einstein Data Users, 1985
Subseries 9b: Memoranda: 1973-1984
This subseries consists of memoranda relating to the HEAO-B project, including its construction, budget, testing, launch and scientific life. The subseries primarily consists of material between 1973, when the HEAO projects were restructured by NASA, and 1981 when Giacconi resigned as Principal Investigator to move to the Space Telescope Science Institute.
Folders 15-17 1973
Folders 18-19 1974
Folders 20-22 1975
Folder 23 1976
Folder 24 Focal Plane Detector, 1976
Folder 25 Mission Planning Guidelines and Inputs, 1976-1977
Folder 26 1977
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Folders 1-3 1977
Folder 4 Confidential Memoranda, 1977
Folders 5-6 1978
Folder 7 Naming of HEAO-B, 1978
Folder 8 Division of Research Topics, 1978
Folder 9 Users' Committee 1978
Folder 10 Einstein Topics, 1978-1979
Folder 11 3C273 Observation, 1979
Folder 12 CAS A and Tycho Data, 1979
Folder 13 Cluster Survey Analysis, 1979
Folder 14 HRI Observations, 1979
Folder 15 QSO Group, 1979
Folder 16 Scientists willing to give seminars, 1979
Folder 17 Users' Committee, 1979
Folder 18 New Redbook Meetings and Scientific Topics, 1979-1980
Folder 19 1980
Folder 20 List of Einstein Seminars, 1980
Folder 21 Users' Committee, 1980
Folder 22 Medium Sensitivity Survey, 1980-1981
Folder 23 Data Analysis, 1980-1983
Folder 24 1981
Folder 25 Users' Committee, 1981
Folder 26 Scientific Distribution Memos, 1981-1982
Folder 27 FORTRAN 5 Update, 1982
Folder 28 1983
Folder 29 Einstein Distribution, 1984
Folder 30 IPC Sequences, 1984
Subseries 9c: Proposals: 1973-1981
This subseries consists of proposals and plans relating to the design, construction, and testing of the HEAO-B project, and to data analysis of the information gathered by the satellite.
Folder 31 Focal Plane Polarimeter, 1973
Folder 32 SAO HEAO-B Predefinition Phase, 1973
Folder 33 Budget Proposal for X-Ray Polarimeter, 1973
Folder 34 Experiment Module for the HEAO-B Mission, 1973
Folder 35 Interim Cost Runout, 1973
Folder 36 Technical Proposals for X-Ray Polarimeter, 1973
Box 34
Folder 1 Management Proposal for X-Ray Polarimeter, 1973
Folder 2 RFP Technical Guidelines, 1973
Folder 3 Proposal Guidelines for Development Phase of HEAO-B, 1973
Folder 4 Participation in HEAO-B Definition Study, 1973
Folder 5 Columbia Proposal for Continuation of Work on Program Definition, 1973
Folder 6 Verification Plan for the Solid State Spectrometer, 1973
Folder 7 Project Management Plan for the Solid State Spectrometer, 1973
Folder 8 Preliminary Management Plan, 1974
Folder 9 Preliminary Mission Operations Plan, 1974
Folder 10 Development Phase (C/D) of the HEAO Mission B Telescope Experiment, 1974
Folder 11 Program Management Plan, 1974
Folders 12-13 Phase C/D Financial Proposal, 1974
Folders 14-15 Phase C/D Technical Proposal
Folder 16 Technical Proposal for the Focal Plane Crystal Spectrometer, 1974
Folder 17 Cost Estimate for the Focal Plane Crystal Spectrometer, 1974
Folder 18 Project Management Plan for the Focal Plane Crystal Spectrometer, 1974
Folder 19 Safety Plan for the Focal Plane Crystal Spectrometer, 1974
Folder 20 Cost Estimate for Solid State Spectrometer, 1974
Folder 21 Engineering and Development Plan for the Focal Plane Crystal Spectrometer, 1974
Folder 22 Quality Assurance and Reliability Program Plan for the Focal Plane Crystal Spectrometer, 1974
Folder 23 Phase C/D X-Ray Telescope Experiment, 1974
Folder 24 Weight and Mass Properties Control Plan, 1974
Folder 25 Electromagnetic Compatibility Control Plan, 1974
Folder 26 Radiation Control Plan, 1974
Folder 27 Columbia Proposal for Participation in HEAO-B, 1974
Folder 28 Mission Operations Plan for Solid State Spectrometer, 1974
Folder 29 Engineering and Development Plan, 1974
Folder 30 Experiment Verification Plan, 1974
Folder 31 Program Management Plan for X-Ray Telescope Experiment, 1974
Folder 32 Engineering and Development Plan for Solid State Spectrometer, 1974
Folder 33 Technical Proposals for High Resolution Mirror Assembly, 1974
Box 35
Folder 1 Proposal Modifications, 1974-1978
Folder 2 Supplement to NAS8-30753, 1976
Folder 3 Additional Funds for Computer Acquisition, 1976
Folder 4 Additional Funds for HRI X-Ray Testing, 1976
Folder 5 Contract Modifications, 1976-1981
Folder 6 Data Reduction System Development, 1977
Folder 7 Modification of SAO Measuring engine to be used for Optical Identification of HEAO-B X-Ray Sources, 1978
Folder 8 Funding Proposals, 1978-1980
Folder 9 Star Tracker Contingency Study, 1979
Folder 10 HEAO-2 Consortium Request for Additional Funds, 1979
Folder 11 Reduced Effort on HEAO-B, 1981
Subseries 9d: Reports: 1973-1981
This subseries consists primarily of progress reports on the HEAO-B experiment.
Folder 12 High Resolution Spectroscopy on HEAO-B, 1973
Folder 13 Technical Note on Reflecting Surfaces for the HEAO-B X-Ray Telescope, 1973
Folder 14 Experiment Progress Report #12, 1973
Folder 15 Experiment Progress Report #13, 1973
Folder 16 Experiment Progress Report #14, 1973
Folder 17 Experiment Progress Report #15, 1973
Folder 18 Experiment Progress Report #16, 1973
Folder 19 Experiment Progress Report #17, 1973
Folder 20 Experiment Progress Report #18, 1973
Folder 21 Experiment Progress Report #19, 1974
Folder 22 Experiment Progress Report #20, 1974
Folder 23 Experiment Progress Report #21, 1974
Folder 24 Experiment Progress Report #22, 1974
Folder 25 Experiment Progress Reports #1-6 Phase C/D, 1974
Folder 26 Progress Reports #2-5 for Focal Plane Crystal Spectrometer, 1974-1975
Folder 27 Columbia Participation in Design, Development and Operation of HEAO-B, 1974-1975
Folder 28 Experiment Progress Reports #7-12 Phase C/D, 1975
Folder 29 ASE Experiment Progress and Status Report #10 Vol. 1, 1975
Folder 30 ASE Experiment Progress and Status Report #10 Vol. 2, 1975
Box 36
Folder 1 ASE Experiment Progress and Status Report #11 Vol. 1, 1975
Folder 2 TRW Report - Momentum Management of Reaction Wheels with Magnetic Torquing, 1975
Folder 3 Progress Report on the Solid State Spectrometer, 1975
Folder 4 Experiment Progress Reports #14-18 Phase C/D, 1975
Folder 5 Experiment Progress Reports #19-32 Phase C/D, 1976-1977
Folder 6 Final Mass Properties Report and Electrical Power Budget, 1977
Folder 7 HEAO-B3 Mission Operations Progress and Status Reports, 1978
Folder 8 HEAO-B X-Ray Telescope, 1978
Folder 9 Progress Reports, 1978-1981
Folder 10 Star Tracker Failure, 1979
Folder 11 Operations Control Center Final Report, 1981
Subseries 9e: Observing Program: 1976-1980, 1982-1983
This subseries consists of material relating to the program of observation carried out by the HEAO-B satellite. The subseries contains memoranda, correspondence, proposals, manuals and observations plans.
Folder 12 Memoranda, 1976
Folder 13 CFA Proposals, 1976
Folder 14 GSFC Proposals, 1976
Folder 15 Columbia Proposals, 1976-1977
Folder 16 Memoranda re: Guest Observers, 1976-1977
Folder 17 Guest Observer Program Utrecht, 1976, 1978
Folder 18 Leiden Proposals, 1976-1979
Folder 19 Dr. Lydie Koch, 1977
Folder 20 Guest Observer Program Overview, 1977
Folder 21 Consortium Observing Plan, 1977
Folder 22 Publications, 1977
Folder 23 Guest Observer Program Proposal, 1977-1978
Folders 24-25 Guest Observer Correspondence, 1977-1978
Folder 26 HEAO-B Consortium Observing Program, 1978
Folder 27 Summary of Instrument Performance and Guest Observer's Guide, 1978
Folder 28 Einstein Movement, 1979
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Folder 1 Guest Observer Proposals, 1979
Folder 2 Consortium Observing Plan, 1979
Folder 3 Computer Printout, 1979
Folder 4 Einstein Observatory Users' Manual, 1980
Folder 5 Guest Observer Correspondence, 1980
Folder 6 Data Analyses, 1982
Folder 7 Invitation to Participate in Guest Investigator Program, 1983
Folder 8 Observing Program - Rough Drafts of Einstein Observatory User's Manual, 1984
Subseries 9f: Meetings and Presentations: 1970, 1973-1978
This subseries contains materials arising from reviews of the HEAO-B project, presentations about the HEAO-B project, and meetings discussing some of the Einstein results.
Folder 9 NASA Consortium Presentation, 1970
Folder 10 Consortium Meeting, May 23, 1973
Folder 11 Consortium Meeting, July 19, 1973
Folder 12 Scientific Steering Committee Meeting, 1973
Folder 13 OSS Review, September 13, 1973
Folder 14 OSS Review Report, 1973
Folder 15 Scientific Steering Committee Meeting, 1974
Folder 16 Triennial Review, March 19, 1975
Folder 17 Consortium Meeting, March 19, 1974
Folder 18 Presentation to Dr. Noel Hinners, 1975
Folders 19-20 Triennial Review, September 1975
Folder 21 Scientific Steering Committee Meeting, 1975
Folder 22 Tiger Team Review, 1975
Folder 23 Review with John Naugle, December 9, 1976
Folder 24 Consortium Meeting, March 25, 1977
Folder 25 TRW Meeting, February 15-16, 1978
Folder 26 Project Review at TRW, April 13, 1978
Folder 27 MIT Astrophysics Colloquium "Early Results from Einstein," 1979
Subseries 9g: Contracts: 1973-1981
This subseries consists of contract and budget materials relating to the HEAO-B project.
Folder 28 NAS8-30530, 1973-1974
Folder 29 Project Authorizations NAS8-30530, 1973-1974
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Folder 1 NAS8-30751, 1974
Folder 2 Budget Documents, 1974-1977
Folders 3-5 NAS8-30751 Contract Modifications, 1974-1981
Folder 6 Project Authorizations NAS8-30751, 1976-1981
Folder 7 NASW-3000, 1980
Subseries 9h: Specifications: 1973-1977
This subseries consists of materials outlining the specifications of the various parts of the HEAO program, and the specifications for the mission itself.
Folder 8 Statement of Work - HEAO-B Crystal Spectrometer MIT, 1973
Folder 9 Statement of Work - Hardware Development ASE, 1973
Folder 10 Statement of Work - HEAO-B Telescope Experiment Columbia, 1973
Folder 11 Statement of Work - HEAO-B Telescope Experiment SAO, 1973
Folder 12 Aspect Sensor System, 1974
Folder 13 Image Proportional Counter, 1974
Folder 14 Prime Equipment Detail Specification, 1974
Folder 15 Mission Operations Plan, 1974
Folder 16 Contract End Item Specifications for Focal Plane Crystal Spectrometer, 1974
Folder 17 Preliminary Instrument End Item Specifications for the Solid State Spectrometer, 1974
Folder 18 Mission Operations Requirements, 1975-1976
Folder 19 Focal Plane Transport Assembly, 1977
Folder 20 NASA Support Plan, 1977
Subseries 9i: Press/Media Coverage: 1978-1981, and undated
This series consists primarily of articles and press releases about the Einstein Observatory. There is also a transcript of a Nova program from 1981 about x-ray astronomy. The Einstein Observatory and scientists are prominently featured.
Folder 21 Launch Materials, 1978
Folder 22 NASA Press Kit, 1978
Folder 23 TRW Annual Report, 1978
Folders 24-25 Clippings, 1978-1981
Folder 26 Harvard Magazine, 1979
Folder 27 Popular Science, 1979
Folder 28 NASA Presentation and Press Kit, 1979
Folder 29 Press Releases, 1979
Folder 30 Science Magazine, 1979
Folder 31 Scientific American, 1979-1980
Folder 32 Science Magazine, 1980
Folder 33 Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1980
Box 39
Folder 1 Transcript "Cosmic Fire" Nova Program, 1981
Folder 2 NASA Promotional Brochure, undated
Subseries 9j: Photos: 1977-1979, 1981, and undated
This subseries contains glossy photos and slides of Einstein observations. There are also a number of images of graphs and charts presumably used in either publications or presentations about Einstein observations. Although the first folder in the series contains an index of most of the numbered images, most of the images are unlabelled.
Folder 3 Einstein Images Index, 1984 and undated
Folder 4 Einstein Photographs 1-52, undated
Folder 5 Einstein Photographs 53-202, undated
Folder 6 Einstein Photographs 203-565, undated
Folder 7 Einstein Photographs 583-762, undated
Folders 8-9 Einstein Slides Book 1 1-350, undated
Folders 10-11 Einstein Slides Book 2 351-740, undated
Folders 12-13 Einstein Slides Book 3 741-1008, undated
Folder 14 Construction and Testing, undated (Folder 1 of 3)
Folders 15-16 Construction and Testing, undated (Folders 2-3 of 3)
Folder 17 Assembly, 1977-1978
Folder 18 Cygnus X-1 First Light, 1978
Folder 19 Ursa Minor, Cyg X-3 HRI, Cyg X-3 IPC, 1978 and undated
Folder 20 Deep Survey, 1979
Folder 21 Visions of Einstein Educational Program, 1981
Folder 22 Crystal Spectrometer, undated
Folder 23 Assorted Photos, undated
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Folder 1 Assorted Photos, undated
Folder 2 IRAS Slides, undated
Folders 3-5 Assorted Slides undated
Subseries 9k: Publications: 1978-1979, 1981
This series contains draft materials from publications about Einstein, and a list of papers that were written about Einstein and its observations.
Folder 6 Einstein Papers in Astrophysical Journal, 1979
Folder 7 NASA X-Ray Astronomy Book Draft, 1979-1980
Folder 8 Papers written in connection with Einstein, 1981
Folder 9 Notes about Preprints, undated
Subseries 9l: Research Files: 1977-1978, 1980-1981
This series consists of notebooks and loose sheets about various Einstein observations, and a timeline of x-ray research up to the launch of the Einstein satellite. The first notebook contains information about the Einstein launch and some photos of early Einstein observations, and the second is concerned with Giacconi's Deep Survey project.
Folder 10 X-Ray Astronomy Timeline, 1977
Folder 11 Research Notebook, 1978
Folder 12 Deep Survey Notebook, 1978
Folder 13 Deep Survey Loose Papers, 1978
Folder 14 Galaxy Clusters, 1980-1981
Folder 15 Target Observation List, undated
Folder 16 Observation Plots, undated
Folder 17 Observation Schedule, undated
Subseries 9m: Audiovisual Materials: undated
This subseries consists of one Super 8mm animated segment of the Crab Pulsar as seen by the Einstein Observatory.
Folder 18 Crab Pulsar Movie, undated
Subseries 9n: Awards: undated
This subseries contains a commemorative HEAO-B plaque produced by TRW.
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Lucite plaque with wood base in foam holder
Series 10
Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), 1975-1981, 1991This series details the early design and development of the 1.2 m x-ray telescope known as AXAF. It contains meeting minutes, reports, proposals, memoranda, photos and a videotape. The telescope was originally planned to be the LOXT for the HEAO-C mission. This plan was dropped with the restructuring of the HEAO missions in 1973. The plan was revived by Giacconi in a 1976 proposal to the NASA entitled "Study of the 1.2 Meter X-Ray Telescope National Space Observatory." Giacconi resigned as chairman of the AXAF Working Group in 1981. The telescope was finally launched in 1999 and christened "Chandra," for noted astronomer Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
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Subseries 10a: Meetings: 1977-1980
This subseries describes the early design meetings and presentations about the AXAF. The subseries contains meeting minutes, agenda, correspondence, memoranda and prepared presentations.
Folder 1 Meetings - 1.2 M X-Ray Observatory JPL Management Approach, 1977
Folder 2 Perkin-Elmer X-Ray Telescope Briefing, 1977
Folder 3 AXAF Working Group Meeting, December 1, 1977
Folder 4 AXAF Working Group Meeting, January 19, 1978
Folder 5 AXAF Working Group Meeting, March 9, 1978
Folder 6 AXAF Working Group Meeting, April 25, 1978
Folder 7 AXAF Management Meeting, May 18, 1978
Folder 8 AXAF Working Group Meeting, May 22, 1978
Folders 9-10 AXAF Working Group Meeting, July 6, 1978
Folder 11 AXAF Working Group Meeting, September 15, 1978
Folder 12 AXAF Working Group Meeting, March 27, 1979
Folder 13 Lockheed AXAF Briefing, 1979
Folder 14 Meetings - CCD X-Ray Imager Program, 1979
Folder 15 AXAF Meeting, January 31, 1980
Folder 16 AXAF Working Group Meeting, June 19, 1980
Subseries 10b: Proposals: 1976-1980, 1991
This subseries contains proposals for design and construction of the AXAF and for its management. Of note is the first proposal for the AXAF written by Giacconi in 1976.
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Folder 1 Study of the 1.2 M X-Ray Telescope Vol. 1 Technical Proposal, 1976
Folder 2 Study of the 1.2 M X-Ray Telescope Vol. 2 Management Proposal, 1976
Folder 3 Development of the High Efficiency X-Ray Detector with 10 Arc Second Resolution for 1.2 m X-Ray Telescope, 1976, 1979
Folder 4 Proposals - Study of the 1.2 M X-Ray Telescope Revised Proposals, 1977
Folder 5 Proposals - 1.2 M X-Ray Observatory Study Plan, 1977
Folder 6 Study of an Imaging X-Ray Detector with Spectral Resolution for use on a 1.2 M X-Ray Telescope, 1977
Folder 7 Proposals - AXAF Research Study Proposals, 1977-1981
Folder 8 Proposals - Development of a CCD Array for AXAF, 1978
Folder 9 Proposals - CCD Camera Facility Requirements, 1978 and undated
Folder 10 To Develop an Imaging X-Ray Spectrometer for Advance X-Ray Astronomy Facilities, 1979
Folder 11 Development of a CCD Array as an Imaging Detector for Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facilities, 1979-1980
Folder 12 Preliminary Studies of an Imaging Proportional Counter for the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility, 1979-1980
Folder 13 Continuation of a Research Study entitled AXAF, 1980
Folder 14 AXAF Science Center, 1991
Subseries 10c: Memoranda: 1977-1981
This subseries contains memoranda about the AXAF project. A number of the memoranda concern funding for the AXAF. A smaller group of memoranda deals with the scientific justification for various aspects of the project that are threatened with budget cuts.
Folder 15 AXAF Working Group Charter, 1977
Folders 16-18 NAS8-32667, 1977-1981
Folder 19 AXAF Meeting at NASA, June 15, 1978
Folder 20 Memoranda - CCD Development, 1978-1981
Folder 21 January-May, 1979
Folder 22 Dr. Tim Mutch Briefing, 1979
Folder 23 Scientific Justification for 1.2 M Size for the X-Ray Telescope, 1980
Folder 24 Mirror Sensitivity Justification, 1980
Folder 25 AXAF Energy Response out to 8 keV, 1980
Folder 26 AXAF A/O Issues, 1980
Subseries 10d: Reports: 1977-1981
This subseries contains reports on various aspects of AXAF design and management.
Folder 27 Study Plans, 1977-1979
Folder 28 AXAF Mirror IG Deflection Parametric Study, 1978
Folder 29 Astrophysics Project Concept Summary: AXAF, 1978
Folder 30 TDRSS User's Guide, 1978
Folder 31 Reports - High Resolution X-Ray Imaging with CCD Arrays, 1978
Folder 32 Monthly Progress Reports, 1978-1980
Folder 33 Reports - AXAF Final Report for Period, August 1977-November 1978, 1979
Folder 34 Draft Sections of the AXAF Science Working Group Report, 1979
Folder 35 High Resolution Mirror Assembly Structural Systems Trades Analysis Interim Engineering Report, 1979
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Folder 1 Management of the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility, 1979-1980
Folder 2 Reports - Progress Reports on Development of a CCD Array, 1979-1981
Folder 3 High Resolution Mirror Assembly Optical System Study Interim Engineering Report, 1980
Folder 4 High Resolution Mirror Assembly Structural Systems Trades Analysis Interim Engineering Report, 1980
Folder 5 AXAF Science Working Group Reports Excerpts, 1980
Folder 6 AXAF Science Working Group Report, 1980 (?)
Folder 7 AXAF Phase A Reference Concept, 1980
Folder 8 Monthly Progress Reports, 1981
Subseries 10e: Correspondence: 1975-1981
This subseries contains correspondence between Giacconi and others regarding the early stages of the AXAF project.
Folder 9 1975-1981
Folder 10 Arthur Walker re: AXAF Management, 1978
Folder 11 HEAO/AXAF Cost Comparison, 1980
Folder 12 Giacconi's Resignation as AXAF Chairman, 1981
Subseries 10f: Contracts: 1977-1981
This subseries consists primarily of contracts and project authorizations for the "Study of the 1.2M X-Ray Telescope" under NASA contract NAS8-32667. One folder contains records about contract H32191B covering "Participation as Members of the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility Science Working Group."
Folder 13 Contracts - AXAF Funding Needs, 1977
Folder 14 Contract H32191B, 1977-1981
Folder 15 Contracts - NAS8-32667, 1977-1981
Folder 16 Contracts - Project Authorizations NAS8-32667, 1977-1981
Folder 17 Contracts - NSG-7615 CCD Array, 1979-1980
Folder 18 Contracts - CCD Project Authorizations, 1979-1981
Subseries 10g: Publications: 1979
This subseries consists of publications about x-ray optics consulted as research by the AXAF Working Group.
Folder 19 Development of Imaging X-Ray Telescopes at Max-Planck Institut, 1979
Folder 20 Reflectivity of Gold-Coated Wolter-I Telescopes at Soft X-Ray Wavelengths, 1979
Folder 21 X-Ray Test Facilities at Max-Planck Institut Garching, 1979
Subseries 10h: Promotional Materials: undated
This subseries consists of two booklets published by NASA to promote space-based astrophysics. One booklet is entitled "The Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility" and the other is called "The Great Observatories for Space Astrophysics." Each book is accompanied by slides of its illustrations.
Folder 22 The Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility, undated
Folder 23 The Great Observatories for Space Astrophysics, undated
Subseries 10i: Photos: undated
This subseries consists of photos and slides relating to the AXAF project. Many of them consist of artists' renderings of the AXAF. A number of slides seem to come from presentations about the AXAF, including design guidelines, specifications and a listing of people in the AXAF Working Group.
Folder 24 Artists' Conceptions, undated
Folder 25 Slides, undated
Subseries 10j: Video: 1986
This subseries consists of one video entitled "AXAF," apparently produced for NASA. Running time: 13 minutes and 40 seconds.
Folder 26 "AXAF" NASA, July 1986
Series 11
Series 11: Space Telescope Science Institute (STSI), 1959, 1975, 1981-1990This series covers Giacconi's tenure as the first head of the Space Telescope Science Institute from 1981-1993. It contains meeting agenda, minutes, correspondence, memoranda, reports, proposals, press clippings and a video. The STSI is the institution responsible for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). A good deal of the material relates to AURA (Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy), STSI's parent organization. There is a significant lack of material from the years 1990-1993, and there also is little information relating to the day to day operations of the STSI, or the technical development of the HST.
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Subseries 11a: Meetings and Presentations: 1975, 1981-1988
This series consists primarily of agenda, notes, and presentations made at meetings of AURA (Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy), an organization of which STSI is a member.
Folder 27 HST Meeting Pasadena, 1975
Folder 28 AURA Board of Directors Meeting, 1981
Folder 29 AURA Board of Directors Meeting, 1982
Folder 30 AURA Board of Directors Meeting, 1983
Folder 31 AURA Board of Directors Meeting, 1984
Folder 32 AURA Board Presentation Briefing Package, 1984
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Folder 1 Keller Presentation, 1984
Folder 2 AURA Executive Committee Meeting, December 1984
Folder 3 Guaranteed Time Observing Meeting, 1985
Folder 4 AURA Board of Directors Meeting, 1985
Folder 5 AURA Executive Committee Agenda, June 1985
Folder 6 STSI Presentation for AURA Executive Committee, June 1985
Folder 7 AURA Executive Committee Agenda, September 1985
Folder 8 Agenda Items for AURA Executive Committee Meeting. September 1985
Folder 9 Space Telescope Institute Council, 1985
Folder 10 HST Science Working Group, 1986
Folder 11 AURA Board of Directors Meeting, 1986
Folder 12 AURA Executive Committee Agenda, January 1986
Folder 13 NASM Slideshow, 1986
Folder 14 AURA Executive Committee Agenda, June 1986
Folder 15 AURA Executive Committee Agenda, September 1986
Folder 16 AURA Executive Committee Agenda, December 1986
Folder 17 AURA Board of Directors Meeting, 1987
Folder 18 AURA Executive Committee Agenda, June 1987
Folder 19 AURA Executive Committee Agenda, September 1987
Folder 20 AURA Executive Committee Agenda, January 1988
Folder 21 AURA Board of Directors Meeting, 1988
Folder 22 Booz Allen Consultants, March 4, 1988
Folder 23 AURA Executive Committee Agenda, May 1988
Subseries 11b: Publications: 1987
This subseries consists entirely of a working draft of the book "Shaping the Space Telescope". The book is a history of the development efforts for the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Folder 1 Shaping the Space Telescope Introduction, 1987
Folder 2 Shaping the Space Telescope Chapter 1, 1987
Folder 3 Shaping the Space Telescope Chapter 2, 1987
Folder 4 Shaping the Space Telescope Chapter 3, 1987
Folder 5 Shaping the Space Telescope Chapter 4, 1987
Folder 6 Shaping the Space Telescope Chapter 5, 1987
Folder 7 Shaping the Space Telescope Chapter 6, 1987
Folder 8 Shaping the Space Telescope Chapter 7, 1987
Folder 9 Shaping the Space Telescope Chapter 8, 1987
Folder 10 Shaping the Space Telescope Chapter 9, 1987
Folder 11 Shaping the Space Telescope Chapter 10, 1987
Folder 12 Shaping the Space Telescope Appendices, 1987
Folder 13 Starfinder Teacher's Notes, 1990
Folder 14 Exploring the Universe with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope: A Science Writer's Guide, 1991
Subseries 11c: Memoranda and Correspondence: 1983-1987
This subseries consists of memoranda and correspondence relating to astronomy with the Hubble Space Telescope, and to administrative matters within STSI. Two large folders detail Giacconi's plan to offer a limited amount of time to the amateur astronomical community.
Folder 15 Correspondence - Space Telescope Study Group, 1975-1976
Folder 16 Memoranda - Management Information Report, 1981
Folder 17 Memoranda - Don Hall, 1981-1984
Folder 18 Memoranda - Robert Brown Agreement, 1983
Folder 19 Correspondence - LST Dela,y 1983
Folder 20 Memoranda - Janet Heller Personnel File, 1983-1986
Folder 21 Memoranda - Items for Executive Committee Discussion, 1984
Folder 22 Memoranda - Actions Taken Due to AURA Executive Committee Meeting, October 1984
Folder 23 Correspondence - Alice and the Space Telescope - Malcolm Longair, 1984-1986, 1988-1989
Folder 24 Correspondence - Mark Littman, 1984-1986
Folder 25 Memoranda - Actions Taken Due to AURA Executive Committee Meeting, January 1985
Folder 26 Memoranda - Agreement with Beijing Observatory, 1985
Folder 27 Correspondence - Janet Heller, 1985
Folder 28 Memoranda - Janet Heller, 1985
Folder 29 Memoranda - Requests for Science Speakers, 1985
Folder 30 Correspondence - Don Hall, 1985, 1988
Folders 3-32 Correspondence - Amateur Astronomy Opportunities with HST, 1985-1987
Folder 33 Correspondence - Janet Heller, 1986
Folder 34 Memoranda - Janet Heller, 1986
Folder 35 Memoranda - New Ideas for HST Uses, 1986
Folder 36 Memoranda - Mark Littman Cambridge Press, 1986
Folder 37 Memoranda - Mark Littman Personnel File, 1986
Folder 38 Correspondence - AURA Consultant Salary Review, 1987
Folder 39 Correspondence - OPD: Review Panel Consultants, 1987
Folder 40 Correspondence - Booz Allen Consultants, 1987-1988
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Folder 1 Correspondence - Malcolm Longair, 1987-1989
Folder 2 Correspondence - Meiksin, Avery, 1988
Folder 3 Correspondence - Illingworth, Garth, 1988-1989
Folder 4 Correspondence - NASA Project Management, 1991-1992
Subseries 11d: Budgets and Operations: 1987-1988
This subseries consists of the proposed STSI budget for 1987 and the proposed operating plan for 1988.
Folders 5-6 Budget, FY 1987
Folder 7 Operating Plan, 1988
Subseries 11e: Reports: 1985, 1987
This subseries consists of reports suggesting improvements to the STSI structure, and the responses to said suggestions.
Folder 8 Space Telescope Science Program Implementation Committee, 1985
Folder 9 Responses to Space Telescope Science Institute Visiting Committee, 1985
Folder 10 Advisory Review Team for Operations, 1987
Subseries 11f: Proposals: 1959, 1985
This subseries contains two proposals relating to the Space Telescope. The oldest is outlining the needs of a space telescope program in 1959, over 30 years before the actual Hubble telescope was launched.
Folder 11 Space Telescope Program - Preliminary Requirements, 1959
Folder 12 Entry Processor, 1985
Subseries 11g: Press Materials: 1980-1981, 1986
This subseries contains clippings, press releases, and photos about the Space Telescope and the Space Telescope Science Institute, including articles about Giacconi's hiring as the first president of that Institute.
Folder 13 Space Telescope Article in IBM Technical Directions, 1980
Folder 14 Clippings and Press Releases, 1981
Folder 15 Photos of Saturn (?), 1986
Subseries 11h: Video: 1986, 1990-1992, and undated
This subseries consists of videos about the Hubble Space Telescope. There are several interviews with Giacconi about the telescope, including the effects that the Challenger Shuttle disaster had upon the program. There are several tapes that describe the work of the STSI, an episode of Starfinder, an educational astronomy program, one BBC production that describes the HST's mirror problem and several public relations videos about HST and STSI.
Folder 16 Giacconi Interview re: Challenger Explosion, February 25, 1986
Folder 17 Unedited Giacconi Interview re: HST Launch, 1990 (?)
Folder 18 Smithsonian World "Where No Man Has Gone," 1990 (?)
Folder 19 The Launch and Deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope, 1990 (?)
Folder 20 Starfinder 18 "Density of Matter," 1990
Folder 21 "Why Is There A Space Telescope Science Institute?," 1990
Folder 22 "Hubble: A New View" The Sky at Night, 1991 (?)
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Folder 1 BBC Horizon "A Small Problem with the Mirror," 1991
Folder 2 Video from EPAO (Education and Public Affairs Office) 1992 AAS Display, 1992
Folder 3 AAS Video Press Release, 1992 (?)
Series 12
European Southern Observatory (ESO), 1984-1987, 1989-2001This series deals with Giacconi's time as Director General of the European Southern Observatory and contains both scientific and administrative materials. The series consists of meeting materials, reviews, correspondence, reports, proposals, budget materials, operations plans, and press releases. Unlike some of the earlier series in this collection, the ESO portion was accessioned with a high degree of original order. This order has been maintained as well as possible, with minimal rearrangement and relabeling of materials.
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Subseries 12a: Meetings: 1994-1999
This subseries consists primarily of agenda, correspondence and meeting notes for meetings of the ESO Council. Council meetings were held multiple times yearly. A lesser component of the subseries consists of individual committee meetings at the ESO Council meetings, management meetings and working group meetings.
Folders 1-3 ESO, 69th - 73rd Council Meeting
Folders 4-6 ESO, Correspondence 69th - 73rd Council Meeting
Folders 7-9 ESO, 74th Council Meeting, April 1994 and 75th Council Meeting, June 1994
Folders 10-12 ESO, 76th Council Meeting, August 1994
Folders 13-15 ESO, 77th Council Meeting, 1994
Folders 16-18 ESO, Monthly Management Meeting, 1994
Folders 19-21 ESO, 79th Council Meeting, June 1995
Folder 22 ESO 46th Committee Council, October 1995 (Folder 1 of 2)
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Folder 1 ESO 46th Committee Council, October 1995 (Folder 2 of 2)
Folders 2-4 ESO, 80th Council Meeting, November 1995
Folders 5-6 ESO, Monthly Management Meeting, April 1996 - August 1996
Folders 7-9 ESO, I - 81st Council Meeting, June 1996
Folders 10-11 ESO, II 81st Council Meeting, June 1996
Folders 12-14 ESO, Meeting Paris, July 10, 1996
Folder 15 ESO, Extraordinary Council Meeting October, 1996/DOC 598, 601 Conf. and 579 Conf.
Folders 16-18 ESO, 84th Council Meeting, December 1996
Folders 19-20 ESO, 85th Council Meeting, June 1997
Folder 21 ESO Committee of Council, September 1997 (Folder 1 of 3)
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Folders 1-2 ESO Committee of Council, September 1997 (Folders 2-3 of 3)
Folders 3-5 ESO, Meeting with Prof. Courtillot, November 25, 1997
Folders 6-8 ESO, 86th Council Meeting, December 1997
Folders 9-14 ESO, Working Group, January 22, 1998
Folders 15-16 ESO, 87th Council Meeting, February 1998, Garching
Folders 17-18 ESO, 88th Council Meeting, June 11-12, 1998, Garching
Folders 19-20 ESO, 88th Council Meeting, June 11-12, 1998, Garching, Correspondence Records
Folders 21-22 ESO 89th Extraordinary Meeting, September 15, 1998, Garching
Folder 23 ESO, 90th Council Meeting, December 1998, Garching (Folder 1 of 3)
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Folders 1-2 ESO, 90th Council Meeting, December 1998, Garching (Folders 2-3 of 3)
Folder 3 ESO, ECC Meeting, Garching, 29 March 1999
Folders 4-6 ESO, 91st Council Meeting, June 1999, Garching
Folder 7 ESO, 91st Council Meeting, June 21-22, 1999, Garching
Folder 8 ESO, 91st Council Meeting Presentation, June 1999
Subseries 12b: ESO Reviews: 1994-1999
This series consists of documents from ESO's annual organization-wide review process.
Folders 9-11 ESO, Operations - I ESO Wide Review, February 1994
Folders 12-14 ESO, Operations - II ESO Wide Review, February 1994
Folders 15-17 ESO, Operations - ESO Wide Review, February 1995
Folders 18-20 ESO, Operations - II ESO Wide Review, February 1995
Folders 21-22 ESO, Operations - I ESO Wide Review, February 1996 (Folders 1-2 of 3)
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Folder 1 ESO, Operations - I ESO Wide Review, February 1996 (Folder 3 of 3)
Folders 2-4 ESO, Operations - II ESO Wide Review, February 1996
Folders 5-7 ESO, Operations - I ESO Wide Review, February 1997
Folders 8-10 ESO, Operations - II ESO Wide Review, February 1997
Folders 11-12 ESO, Review 1997
Folders 13-16 ESO, Operations - ESO Wide Review Day I & II, February 2-5, 1998
Folders 17-20 ESO, Operations - ESO Wide Review Day III & IV, February 2-5, 1998
Folders 21-22 ESO, ESO Wide Review, Garching, February 1-4, 1999/Book 2 (Folders 1-2 of 3)
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Folder 1 ESO, ESO Wide Review, Garching, February 1-4, 1999/Book 2 (Folder 3 of 3)
Folders 2-4 ESO Wide Review, 1999
Subseries 12c: Institutions: 1993-1998
This subseries consists of correspondence with other astronomical organizations around the world. The subseries is arranged alphabetically by organization and chronologically within each organization. A large fraction of the material from the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana and the material from the University of Milan is in Italian.
Folder 5 Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Documents, 1995
Folder 6 ASI, Piano Quadro, 1995
Folders 7-8 ASI, Commissione dei Cinque, 1995
Folders 9-10 ASI, Documents, 1995-1996
Folders 11-15 ASI, Documents
Folder 16 ESO, Correspondence with Universities and Institutes, January 1993 - 1997 (AURA) (Folder 1 of 2)
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Folder 1 ESO, Correspondence with Universities and Institutes, January 1993 - 1997 (AURA) (Folder 2 of 2)
Folders 2-5 ESO, Correspondence with Observatories (BRERA)s 1993-1998
Folder 6 ESO, Observatoire de Geneve, HARPS Science Proposal, January 29, 1999
Folder 7 ESO, Correspondence with Universities and Institutes, January 1993 - 1997 (Harvard)
Folders 8-11 ESO, International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, August 1993 - February 1997
Folder 12 ESO, Correspondence with Universities and Institutes, January 1993 - 1997 (Johns Hopkins)
Folders 13-16 ESO, Projects Univ. di Milano I, January 1993 - March 1995
Folders 17-19 ESO, Science and Universities, Milan & Cornell, March 1995
Folders 20-23 ESO, Correspondence with Institutes - NASA, January 1993 - March 1997
Folder 24 ESO, Science Institutes - NASA, April 1997
Subseries 12d: Chile: 1994-1998
This subseries documents the day to day bureaucratic records of the ESO installation in Chile. It consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports and legal documents. A good deal of the subseries deals with disagreements between ESO and the Chilean government over rights granted to ESO by a 1963 agreement.
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Folders 1-3 ESO, Chile, 1994
Folders 4-7 ESO, Chile, August 1994
Folder 8 ESO, Chile, November 1994
Folder 9 ESO, WG Relations with Chile, 9th Meeting, February 16, 1995
Folder 10 ESO, Chile, Meeting of Chile Working Group, March 1, 1995
Folders 11-14 ESO, Chile, April 1995
Folders 15-16 ESO, Chile, April 19, 1995
Folders 17-20 ESO, Chile, August 1995
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Folders 1-4 ESO, Chile, December 1996
Folders 5-6 ESO, Chile/Hotel 1998
Folders 7-8 ESO, Chile
Folders 9-10 ESO, Chile, Acuerdo
Subseries 12e: Telescopes: Very Large Telescope (VLT), Large Scale Array (LSA), National New Technology Telescope (NNTT): 1984-1987, 1989-1998
This subseries consists of technical and administrative materials relating to various telescopes developed and proposed at the ESO. The Very Large Telescope refers to one of four 8 meter telescopes developed and built by ESO in Chile. The Large Scale Array is an array of radio telescopes. The National New Technology Telescope was a proposed 15 meter telescope that was never funded.
Folder 11 VLT Miscellaneous Reports, 1985, 1986, 1991
Folder 12 ESO, VLT, Early Reports, 1986
Folder 13 VLT, Miscellaneous Reports, 1986
Folder 14 ESO, 2nd Workshop on VLT, Venice, 1986, Proceedings
Folder 15 ESO, VLT, Proposal for Construction, March 1987
Folder 16 ESO, VLT, Project Reports, 1989-1990
Folder 17 ESO, VLT, Early Reports, 1989, 1991
Folder 18 ESO, VLT Site Selection and Operations, ESO/Chile 1990
Folder 19 VLT, Miscellaneous Reports, 1990
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Folder 1 ESO, VLT, Project Reports, 1991-1993
Folders 2-5 ESO, VLT Programme Review, January 11-15, 1993
Folders 6-9 VLT Programme Review, January 1993
Folder 10 VLT, Operations, January 1993
Folders 11-13 ESO, VLT Bi-weekly Meetings, Sept 1993 - July 1994
Folder 14 VLT, Ceremony at Paranal, December 4, 1996
Folder 15 ESO, VLT Division, 1997 Review
Folder 16 Large Southern Array (LSA), Study Project, October 1995
Folder 17 LSA/MMA, Management Working Group Meeting, September 1997
Folder 18 LSA/MMA Feasibility Study, April 1998
Folders 19-20 ESO, LSA, November 6, 1998
Folder 21 Preliminary Report of the NNTT Scientific Advisory Committee 1984
Subseries 12f: Operations and Budget: 1986, 1991, 1994-1996, 1999
This subseries consists primarily of materials detailing the operational plans, both current and proposed, for the ESO. There are also budget materials detailing the financial situation of the ESO for 1996.
Folder 22 ESO, Operations, 1996-2003; 1986, 1991, 1996 (Folder 1 of 2)
Folder 23 ESO, Operations, 1996-2003; 1986, 1991, 1996 (Folder 2 of 2)
Folder 24 ESO, Annual Operation Plan, 1994
Folder 25 ESO, Operation Plan Executive Summary, Blueprint for ESO/Chile in 21st Century, 1994
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Folders 1-2 ESO, 1996 Budget Details, 1995
Folders 3-4 ESO, Director General WP, 1996
Folder 5 ESO, Executive Summary of ESO Long Range Plan, 1999-2006; 1999
Subseries 12g: Press Materials: 1995-1999, and undated
This subseries consists primarily of press releases put out by the ESO describing its operations. There are also clippings from the Chilean press, a folder of "El Mensajero", the ESO news publication, and a folder of assorted reports about the ESO.
Folder 6 Observations of the Chilean Press, March - April 1995
Folders 7-9 ESO, Press Releases, 1996-1999
Folder 10 ESO News Reel, June 1999
Folder 11 ESO, Miscellaneous Brochures, 1995-2001
Folder 12 ESO, Miscellaneous Documents, undated
Subseries 12h: Programmes: 2000
This subseries details some of the astronomic and scientific investigations taking place at ESO's La Silla site in Chile.
Folders 13-14 ESO, Programmes Ext/La Silla 2000
Subseries 12i: Workshops: 1991, 2000
This subseries consists of workshop schedules, lists of participants and papers presented at scientific workshops.
Folder 15 ESO, Workshop - Coating and Cleaning Large Mirrors, October 1991
Folder 16 ESO/ST-ECF/STScI Workshop, October 2000
Subseries 12j: Assorted Materials: 1987, 1992, 1994, 1996, and undated
This subseries consists of assorted materials that do not easily fall into one of the other subseries. The subseries contains the "Basic Texts", which are the equivalent of the ESO constitution, a paper outlining the future computer network of ESO, a notebook apparently consisting of Giacconi's thoughts on applicant interviews for an unspecified position at ESO, two folders about the mind and the brain, materials relating to a proposed underground lab, and a folder of miscellaneous reports and proposals.
Folder 17 ESO, Basic Texts, January 1987
Folder 18 ESO Miscellaneous Documents, 1992, 1994
Folder 19 Networking at ESO - The Strategy/Dave Muat, 1996
Folders 20-21 Mind and Brain Information, 1999
Folder 22 Associated Universities, Inc. Underground Lab, 2000-2001
Folder 23 Riccardo Giacconi, Interviews (in spiral notebook)
Series 13
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1965, 1967-1981This series relates primarily to the activities of NASA advisory committees and study groups on which Giacconi served. The series contains meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, blueprints and other scientific background materials. There is also a collection of NASA announcements for participation in scientific research that Giacconi received over the years.
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Subseries 13a: Physical Sciences Committee (PSC): 1973-1977
This subseries consists of materials relating to Giacconi's time on the NASA Physical Sciences Committee. The subseries consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, agenda, and reports. The PSC was the main scientific committee responsible for NASA space research, and it was the forerunner of the Space Science Advisory Committee (Subseries 13b).
Folder 1 Official Correspondence, 1973-1974
Folders 2-3 Meeting Materials, 1974
Folders 4-10 Meeting Materials, 1975
Folders 11-13 Meeting Materials, 1976 (Folders 1-3 of 6)
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Folders 1-6 Meeting Materials, 1976 (Folders 4-6 of 6)
Folders 4-9 Meeting Materials, 1977
Folder 10 Employment Documents, 1975-1977
Subseries 13b: Space Sciences Advisory Committee: 1977-1981
This subseries consists of materials relating to Giacconi's time on the NASA Space Sciences Advisory Committee. The subseries consists of meeting minutes, agenda, presentations, pamphlets, and proposals. This committee was the descendant of the Physical Sciences Committee and served to help advise and direct NASA space science research.
Folder 11 A Distant Model Limit for a Class of Model Gamma-Ray Burst Sources, 1977
Folders 12-13 Astrophysics Project Concept Summaries, 1978
Folder 14 Gamma Ray Observatory, 1978
Folder 15 Hard X-Ray Imaging Instrument, 1978
Folder 16 HEAO-1 Correspondence, 1978
Folder 17 Mars: The Viking Discoveries, 1978
Folder 18 Spacelab Correspondence, 1978
Folder 19 Solar Terrestrial Programs, 1978
Folder 20 UAH/NASA Workshop on Space Science Platform, 1978
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Folder 1 Venus Orbiting Imaging Radar, 1978
Folders 2-7 Meeting Minutes and Background Materials, 1978-1980
Folders 8-9 Correspondence, 1979-1981
Folder 10 Voyager Pamphlet, undated
Subseries 13c: Advisory Council: 1979-1980
This subseries highlights Giacconi's involvement with the Innovative Committee of the NASA Advisory Committee. It consists of meeting materials, including agenda, minutes, presentations, reports and correspondence. The committee was looking at ways to improve NASA space program through new and innovative means. Much of the work dealt with improving the Space Shuttle.
Folders 11-13 Innovative Committee, 1979
Folders 14-15 Innovative Committee, 1980
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Folders 1-2 Innovative Committee 1980
Subseries 13d: Astronomy Missions Board: 1967-1970
This subseries covers Giacconi's involvement with the Astronomy Missions Board. It contains minutes, correspondence, reports and employment records.
Folder 3 Employment Records, 1967-1971
Folder 4 Board Minutes, November 1968
Folder 5 Board Minutes, December 1968
Folders 6-7 Correspondence, 1968-1969
Folder 8 Board Minutes, 1968-1969
Folder 9 Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) Correspondence, 1968-1970
Folder 10 A Long Range Program in Space Astronomy, 1969
Subseries 13e: High Energy Management Operations Working Group: 1973-1979
This subseries deals with Giacconi's work on the High Energy Management Operations Working Group, sometimes known as HEAMOWG. The subseries consists of meeting minutes, agenda, and correspondence. HEAMOWG was primarily formed to deal with the management of the new orbiting astronomical observatories, such as Uhuru and the HEAO series.
Folders 11-13 High Energy Management Operations Working Group, 1973-1979
Subseries 13f: Shuttle Utilization Advisory Committee: 1972
This subseries deals with Giacconi's tenure on the Shuttle Utilization Advisory Committee. It consists of materials relating to the meeting of that committee, including minutes, agenda and correspondence.
Folders 14-15 Meeting Materials, 1972
Subseries 13g: Study Group on X-Ray and Gamma Ray Astronomy: 1965
This subseries consists of material from Giacconi's serving on the NASA Study Group on X-Ray and Gamma Ray Astronomy and the possibility of using space-based observatories to conduct observations.
Folder 16 Correspondence, 1965
Folder 17 Report, 1965
Subseries 13h: Opportunities for Participation in Research: 1967-1981
This subseries contains NASA announcements of research opportunities sent out to Giacconi (amongst other scientists) over the years.
Folder 18 Opportunities for Participating in Spaceflight Investigation, 1967
Folder 19 Opportunities for Participating in Spaceflight Investigation, 1968-1972
Folder 20 Opportunities for Participating in Spaceflight Investigation, 1973-1975
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Folders 1-3 Opportunities for Participation in Space Science Research, 1976-1981
Subseries 13i: Reports: 1977-1978, 1980, 1987
This subseries consists of reports put out by NASA on different subjects, none of which seems to have much to do with space-based astronomy.
Folder 4 Surface Penetrator Research Report, 1977
Folder 5 Lunar Science Research Projects, 1978
Folder 6 Self-Replicating Systems, 1980
Folder 7 Remote-Sensing Technology and Global Needs, 1987
Subseries 13j: Correspondence: 1973, 1977-1981
This subseries consists of one folder of correspondence and memoranda about various NASA projects and groups. It is labeled Miscellaneous in keeping with Giacconi's original designation.
Folder 8 Miscellaneous, 1973, 1977-1981
Subseries 13k: Publications: 1979
This subseries consists of a glossy information brochure covering the Voyager spacecraft's encounter with Jupiter.
Folder 9 Voyager Encounters Jupiter, 1979
Series 14
National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council (NAS/NRC), 1970-1989Box 63
Subseries 14a: Space Science Board: 1970-1975, 1978, 1980-1982
This subseries describes the activities of the Space Science Board, of which Giacconi was a member. The Space Science Board acted as an advisory board to NASA about science priorities. The subseries contains reports, blueprints, reviews, correspondence, meeting minutes and agenda. Much of the material is about the space shuttle and its potential use in space-based, high-energy astronomy.
Folders 11-14 Summer Study on NASA Space Science Priorities, 1970-1971
Folder 15 NASA Space Astronomy Program Review, 1972
Folder 16 Shuttle Sortie Workshop Report, 1972
Folders 17-19 Space Shuttle Summer Study Report (Woods Hole), 1973
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Folders 1-2 Space Shuttle Summer Study Materials (Woods Hole), 1973
Folder 3 Space Shuttle Summer Study Shuttle Telescope Blueprints (Woods Hole), 1973
Folder 4 Space Shuttle Summer Study High Energy Astronomy Report (Woods Hole), 1973
Folders 5-6 Space Shuttle Payload Planning Working Group Report, 1973
Folder 7 1974 Priorities Report of the Committee on Space Astronomy, 1973-1975
Folder 8 Space Plasma Physics Report Vol. 1, 1978
Folders 9-10 Data Management and Computation Issues and Recommendations, 1980
Folder 11 Board Meeting, October 1981
Folder 12 Board Meeting, November 1982
Subseries 14b: Astronomy Survey Committee (ASC): 1969-1971, 1974, 1979-1981
This subseries documents the Astronomy Survey Committee's survey of the current state and future of astronomy. The subseries consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, agenda, and reports by the various panels of the committee. The ASC meets every ten years to survey the state of various disciplines of astronomy and to make predictions and recommendations about future research directions. Giacconi participated in the survey for the 1970s and the 1980s, particularly concentrating on the state of high energy astronomy such as x-ray astronomy.
Folders 13-14 Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 1970s, 1969-1971, 1974
Folder 15 HEA Panel Meetings 1979
Folder 16 Solar Physics Working Group Draft Report, 1979-1980
Folder 17 Preliminary Reports on Astronomy Disciplines, 1979-1980
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Folders 1-2 High Energy Astrophysics Panel Report Drafts, 1979-1981
Folder 3 March 1980 Committee Meeting
Folder 4 High Energy Astrophysics Panel - X-Ray Astronomy Draft, 1980
Folder 5 Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 1980s Final Draft Report, 1980
Folder 6 ASC Report 3rd Draft, 1981 (Folder 1 of 2)
Folder 7 ASC Report 3rd Draft, 1981 (Folder 2 of 2)
Folder 8 Report on the Panel of High Energy Astrophysics, 1981
Folder 9 PICAS Initiative, 1988
Subseries 14c: Correspondence: 1971-1982
This subseries contains correspondence to and from Giacconi and other members of the NAS.
Folder 10 1971-1973
Folder 11 1974
Folder 12 1975-1977
Folder 13 1978
Folder 14 1979-1980
Folder 15 Personal Information Update, 1980
Folders 16-17 1981-1982
Folder 18 Eureca Programme, 1982
Subseries 14d: Committee on NASA Program Changes: 1981
This subseries consists of material concerning the International Solar Polar Mission (ISPM) and how it might be changed or modified to make it more successful.
Folder 19 ISPM NASA Background Material, 1981
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Folder 1 ISPM Review, 1981
Folder 2 ISPM Review Report, 1981
Subseries 14e: Ad Hoc Committee on Classified Activities: 1971-1973
This subseries deals with the activities of the Ad Hoc Committee on Classified Activities, which was formed to deal with the problem of classified information arising from NAS projects, and how to deal with the publication of scientific information having to do with those projects. The subseries contains correspondence and meeting minutes.
Folders 3-4 Correspondence and Minutes, 1971-1973
Subseries 14f: Meetings: 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982
This subseries consists of material relating to NAS meetings that Giacconi attended, including annual meetings and meetings related to NASA missions.
Folder 5 Assembly of Physical Sciences, 1973
Folder 6 Annual Meeting, 1978
Folder 7 Annual Meeting, 1979
Folder 8 Annual Meeting, 1980
Folder 9 Committee on NASA S&T Program Reviews, March 1982
Folder 10 Committee on NASA S&T Program Reviews, November 1982
Folder 11 NASA Aeronautics Program Reductions, 1982
Subseries 14g: Publications: 1974, 1982, 1987, 1989
This subseries contains various publications put out by NAS.
Folder 12 Opportunities and Choices in Space Science, 1974
Folder 13 Report of the Treasurer, 1982
Folder 14 Science and Technology Centers: Principles and Guidelines, 1987
Folder 15 Report from the Committee on the Structure of the Academy, 1987
Folder 16 NAS Member Directory, 1989
Series 15
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), 1970-1975, 1977-1978This series highlights Giacconi's work on advisory committees for AURA in the 1970s. The series consists of meeting minutes, agenda, correspondence, proposals, bulletins, and biographies. AURA runs several large astronomical observatories in the United States and abroad. Giacconi served on several committees: the Next Generation Telescope Advisory Committee (NGT), the Ad Hoc Committee on the Kitt Peak Observatory Rocket Program, and the Visiting Committee. These committees were intended to investigate and suggest improvements for various AURA programs, especially the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona and the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. Although AURA is the parent organization for STSI, there is no connection between this series and Series 11: STSI.
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Subseries 15a: NGT Advisory Committee: 1977-1978
This subseries consists of materials chronicling the meetings of the Next Generation Telescope Advisory Committee for AURA. The committee discussed plans for building a larger and more advanced telescope for optical astronomy.
Folder 17 Report #1, 1977
Folder 18 Report #2, 1977
Folder 19 Report #3, 1977
Folder 20 Report #4, 1977
Folder 21 Report #5, 1978
Folder 22 Committee Meeting, November 1978
Folders 23-24 Proposals, 1978
Subseries 15b: Ad Hoc Committee on the Kitt Peak National Observatory Rocket Program: 1972
This subseries documents the work of the Ad Hoc Committee on the KPNO Rocket Program. The subseries consists of correspondence. The committee was formed to discuss whether or not KPNO should continue with its program of rocket launches dedicated to high-energy astronomical observation.
Folder 25 Correspondence, 1972
Subseries 15c: Visiting Committee: 1970-1975
This subseries deals with the activities of the AURA Visiting Committee, which travels to various AURA managed observatories to examine and evaluate their workings. The committee was mainly concerned with the Kitt Peak National Observatory, but there is some material for the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
Folder 25 Kitt Peak Background Material, 1970-1971
Folder 26 Correspondence, 1971
Folder 27 Correspondence, 1972
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Folder 1 Correspondence ,1973
Folder 2 Correspondence, 1974
Folder 3 Correspondence, 1975
Folder 4 KPNO and CTIO Quarterly Bulletin, 1971
Folder 5 KPNO and CTIO Quarterly Bulletins, 1973
Folder 6 KPNO and CTIO Quarterly Bulletins, 1974
Folder 7 KPNO and CTIO Quarterly Bulletin, 1975
Folder 8 KPNO and CTIO Annual Report, 1974
Folder 9 History of Users Committee, 1974
Folder 10 CTIO General Information, 1974
Folder 11 KPNO Scientist Profile,s 1975
Series 16
X-Ray Astronomy Institute, 1974-1976, 1979-1980This series consists of materials relating to the proposed foundation of a National X-Ray Astronomy Institute. The series contains correspondence and proposals relating to the foundation of the Institute. The X-Ray Astronomy Institute was supposed to be similar in function to the Space Telescope Science Institute but directing the efforts of various orbiting x-ray astronomy satellites such as Einstein (HEAO-B) and AXAF. The proposed institute never made it past the discussion phase.
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Folder 12 Proposals, 1976
Folder 13 Management Documents, 1974 and undated
Folder 14 Correspondence, 1975
Folder 15 Correspondence, 1976
Folder 16 Correspondence, 1979-1980
Folder 17 Unsent Correspondence 1979 and undated
Series 17
National Science Foundation (NSF), 1980-1981This series highlights Giacconi's work on the Astronomy Advisory Committee of the National Science Foundation in 1980-1981. The series consists primarily of meeting material of the committee including minutes, agenda, and correspondence. There is also an annual report of the National Science Foundation from 1981.
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Folder 18 Astronomy Advisory Committee Arecibo, 1980
Folders 19-20 Astronomy Advisory Committee Meeting, September 1980
Folder 21 Astronomy Advisory Committee Meeting, April 1981
Folder 22 Astronomy Advisory Committee Meeting, September 1981
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Folder 1 Annual Report, 1981
Folder 2 Science and Technology Research Centers Solicitation, 1987
Series 18
International Astronomical Union (IAU), 1964-1989, and undatedBox 68
Subseries 18a: Correspondence: 1964, 1967-1969, 1972, 1980-1984, 1987, 1989
This subseries consists of correspondence relating to Giacconi's association with the International Astronomical Union. The correspondence consists of general correspondence relating to affairs of the IAU and more specifically to preparations for meetings on topics in which Giacconi was interested, such as the HST.
Folder 3 General, 1978, 1980-1982, 1989
Folder 4 Astronomer's Handbook, 1982, 1984
Folder 5 Dean, John G., 1986
Folder 6 Definition of the Meter, 1983
Folder 7 IAU Representative to COSPAR, 1982-1983
Folder 8 Joint Discussion about HST, 1987-1988
Folder 9 Joint Meeting on Supernovae, 1982, 1984
Folder 10 Membership, 1964, 1967-1969, 1972, 1981-1982, 1987
Folder 11 Protests against Extraneous Space Objects, 1987
Subseries 18b: Groups: 1972, 1977, 1979, 1982-1988, and undated
This subseries documents the specific groups and commissions in which Giacconi was interested at IAU meetings. Commission #44 deals with Astronomy from Space Astrophysics, and Commission #48 deals with High Energy Astrophysics. The two commissions have now merged into one body under the title Commission #44/Division XI.
Folder 12 Commission #44, 1977, 1979, 1986
Folder 13 Commission #48 Correspondence, 1972, 1982-1985, 1987
Folder 14 Commission #48 Membership Lists, 1985-1986 and undated
Folder 15 U.S. National Committee, 1985-1988
Folder 16 Working Group on Numerical Data, 1972
Subseries 18c: Publications: 1986
This subseries contains one information bulletin about the IAU.
Folder 17 Information Bulletin #56, 1986
Series 19
Professional Societies, 1967, 1972, 1975-1976, 1978, 1980-1990This series relates to professional scientific organizations to which Giacconi belonged. The series consists of newsletters, reports, bulletins, and correspondence. This series is closely related to Series 20, Professional Meetings, as many of the meetings that Giacconi attended were put on by these organizations, especially the American Astronomical Society or AAS.
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Folder 18 Accademia Nazionale Dei Lincei, 1986-1988
Folder 19 AAAS Correspondence, 1988-1989
Folder 20 AAAS Reports and Bulletins, 1987-1989
Folder 21 AAS Correspondence, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1980-1982
Folder 22 AAS High Energy Astronomy Division, 1983, 1987-1988
Folder 23 AAS Newsletters, 1989
Folder 24 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1987-1988
Folder 25 American Physical Society, 1967, 1976, 1982-1983, 1987-1988
Folder 26 Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1986
Folder 27 COSPAR, 1982, 1985, 1988
Folder 28 International Academy of Astronautics, 1986-1990
Folder 29 International Astronomical Federation, 1984, 1986
Folder 30 Italian Physical Society, 1988
Series 20
Professional Meetings, 1960, 1962, 1964-1982This series details the numerous professional scientific meetings that Giacconi attended between 1960 and 1981. The series is comprised of correspondence, conference programs, conference proceedings, and copies of lectures delivered by Giacconi. The definition of "meeting" was made by Giacconi himself in his filing. It is a wide definition, ranging from international astronomical conferences, to physics department colloquia, to junior tutorials at Harvard. There are a number of papers delivered by Giacconi within the records but almost all of them is a variation on the title "New Developments in X-Ray Astronomy".
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Folder 31 X-Ray Astronomy Conference at SAO (Cambridge), 1960
Folder 32 3rd International Symposium on X-Ray Optics and X-Ray Microanalysis (Palo Alto), 1962
Folder 33 Correspondence re: Meetings, 1963-1967, 1970
Folder 34 5th International Cospar Space Science Symposium (Florence), 1964
Folder 35 American Physical Society/American Association of Physics Teachers (New York), 1964
Folder 36 2nd Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (Austin), 1964-1965
Folder 37 2nd Texas Symposium Slides (Austin), 1965
Folder 38 Astrophysics Colloquium on X-Ray Astronomy (University of Chicago), 1965
Folder 39 High Energy Astrophysics Course of the International School of Physics (Varenna), 1965
Folder 40 Woods Hole Summer Study (Woods Hole), 1965
Folder 41 University of Chicago Physics Colloquium, 1966
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Folder 1 Cornell Physics Colloquium (Ithaca), 1966
Folder 2 AAAS Symposium on UV, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Astronomical Observations (Washington), 1966
Folder 3 AAAS Helen B. Warner Prize (Los Angeles), 1966
Folder 4 MIT Colloquium (Cambridge), 1966
Folder 5 American Physical Society (Minneapolis), 1966
Folder 6 Rice University Space Science Symposium (Houston), 1966
Folder 7 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Boston), 1966
Folder 8 Italian Physics Society (Bologna), 1967
Folder 9 10th International Conference of Cosmic Rays (Calgary), 1967
Folder 10 International Astronomical Union (IAU) (Prague), 1967
Folder 11 ESLAB Symposium "Satellite and Rocket Measurements of Corpuscular Radiation from Outer Space" (Noordwijk), 1967
Folder 12 3rd Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (New York), 1967
Folder 13 American Physical Society (New York), 1967
Folder 14 Industrial Associates Conference at Cal Tech (Pasadena), 1967
Folder 15 4th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (Dallas), 1968
Folder 16 Cornell Colloquium (Ithaca), 1968
Folder 17 AIAA Space and Atmospheric Committee Meeting (Boulder), 1968
Folder 18 American Physical Society (Los Alamos), 1968
Folder 19 Institute for Applied Behavioral Science (Washington), 1968
Folder 20 Special Conference for New England Executives in Electrical Science and Engineering: New Prospects for Corporate Growth (Boston), 1968
Folder 21 Center for Advancement of Science Writing (Evanston), 1968
Folder 22 American Physical Society (Miami), 1968
Folder 23 Univ. of Rochester Cosmic Ray Astrophysics Seminar (Rochester), 1968
Folder 24 AIAA New England Section Meeting (Boston), 1968
Folder 25 British National Committee on Space Research (London), 1968
Folder 26 IAU Colloquium on Space Spectroscopy (Evanston), 1968
Folder 27 American Physical Society New England Section (Mt. Holyoke), 1969
Folder 28 OSO Satellite Workshop (Boulder), 1969
Folder 29 IEEE International Geoscience Electronics Symposium (Washington), 1969
Folder 30 11th International Conference on Cosmic Rays (Budapest), 1969
Folder 31 Denver X-Ray Conference (Denver), 1969
Folder 32 IAU Non-Solar Gamma and X-Ray Astronomy (Rome), 1969
Folder 33 Society of American Value Engineers, 1970
Folder 34 American Astronomical Society (AAS) (Boulder), 1970
Folder 35 IAU Crab Nebula Symposium (Jodrell Bank), 1970
Folder 36 5th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (Austin), 1970
Folder 37 IAU Symposia (Munich and Brighton), 1970
Folder 38 Cal Tech Colloquium (Pasadena), 1971
Folder 39 Brown University Colloquium (Providence), 1971
Folder 40 American Physical Society (Cambridge), 1971
Folder 41 American Physical Society (San Juan), 1971
Folder 42 Indiana University Colloquium (Bloomington), 1971
Folder 43 Marshall Space Flight Center Symposium (Huntsville), 1971
Folder 44 Harvard College Tutorial (Cambridge), 1971
Folder 45 Goddard Space Flight Center Colloquium (Greenbelt), 1971
Folder 46 Cospar International Committee on Space Research (Seattle), 1971
Folder 47 Bell Labs Colloquium (Holmdel), 1971
Folder 48 Iowa State Colloquium (Ames), 1971
Folder 49 Brookhaven Colloquium (Upton), 1971
Folder 50 Harvard University Physics Colloquium (Cambridge), 1971
Folder 51 Princeton Colloquium (Princeton), 1971
Folder 52 American Physical Society (Washington), 1971
Folder 53 12th International Conference on Cosmic Rays (Hobart, Tasmania), 1971
Folder 54 AAS (Baton Rouge), 1971
Folders 55-56 Cospar (Madrid), 1972
Folder 57 Cospar Program (Madrid), 1972
Folder 58 Boston College/American Physical Society (Boston), 1972
Folder 59 AAS Meeting (Seattle), 1972
Folder 60 Princeton Conference on Compact X-Ray Sources (Princeton), 1972
Folder 61 6th June Institute (Toronto), 1972
Folder 62 Royal Society Meeting (London), 1972
Folder 63 Univ. of Houston Seminar (Houston), 1972
Folder 64 American Physical Society (Washington), 1972
Folder 65 Univ. of Illinois Astrophysics Colloquium (Urbana), 1972
Folder 66 AAS Meeting (Pasadena), 1972
Folder 67 Univ. of Minnesota Colloquium "Xray Astronomy and Binary Stars," 1972
Folder 68 6th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (New York), 1972
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Folder 1 6th Texas Symposium Proceedings "Progress in X-Ray Astronomy," 1973
Folder 2 Erice Summer Study (Palermo), 1972
Folder 3 Summer Study Group on Theoretical Astrophysics (Frascati), 1972
Folder 4 ESRO (European Space Research Organization) Lecture (Frascati), 1972
Folder 5 Theoretical Workshop on Physics of Compact X-Ray Sources (Kitts Peak), 1972-1973
Folder 6 Harvard Science Center Dedication (Cambridge), 1973
Folder 7 XVIth International Solvay Conference on Physics (Brussels), 1973-1975
Folder 8 IAU Extraordinary General Assembly (Warsaw), 1973
Folder 9 IAU Symposium #64 (Warsaw), 1973
Folder 10 U. Chicago Symposium at Yerkes Observatory (Wisconsin), 1973
Folder 11 X-Ray Symposium - Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt), 1973
Folder 12 American Physical Society (New York), 1973
Folder 13 Naval Research Laboratory Symposium (Washington), 1973
Folder 14 New York Academy of Sciences, 1973
Folder 15 International Conference on Supernovae (Lecce), 1973
Folder 16 Univ. of Wisconsin Colloquium (Madison), 1973
Folder 17 International Symposium on Gamma-Ray Astrophysics (Greenbelt), 1973
Folder 18 IAU Symposium #66 (Warsaw), 1973
Folder 19 Cambridge Summer School (England), 1973
Folder 20 13th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Denver), 1973
Folder 21 IAF Conference (Baku), 1973
Folder 22 International Conference "X-Rays in Space," 1973
Folder 23 International School of Cosmology and Gravitation (Bologna), 1973
Folder 24 American Physical Society/American Astronomy Society Joint Meeting (Tucson), 1973
Folder 25 Smithsonian Council (Tucson), 1973
Folders 26-28 Woods Hole Summer Study (Woods Hole), 1973
Folder 29 Editorial Committee Meeting - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Cambridge), 1974
Folder 30 IAU Colloquium #27 (Boston), 1974
Folder 31 Marshall Space Flight Center Space Science Seminar (Huntsville), 1974
Folder 32 Astrophysics Workshop on Compact X-Ray Sources (Trieste), 1974
Folder 33 Elmbrook Talk, 1974
Folder 34 7th Texas Symposium (Dallas), 1974-1975
Folder 35 7th Texas Symposium Proceedings "Her X-1 and Cen X-3 Revisited," 1974
Folder 36 Varenna Summer School Correspondence w/ Attendees (Varenna), 1974-1975
Folder 37 Varenna Summer School Correspondence/Program (Varenna), 1974-1975
Folder 38 Johns Hopkins University Symposium (Baltimore), 1974-1976
Folder 39 University of Waterloo Workshop (Ontario), 1975
Folder 40 14th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Munich), 1975
Folder 41 Marcel Grossman Meeting (Trieste), 1975
Folder 42 "Frontiers of Astronomy" Conference (Trieste), 1975
Folder 43 Cospar/IAU Symposium (Varna), 1975
Folder 44 Goddard Symposium on X-Ray Binaries (Greenbelt), 1975
Folder 45 International School of Astrophysics (Urbino), 1975
Folder 46 International Conference on Space Observatories (Williamsburg), 1975-1976
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Folders 1-2 8th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (Boston), 1975-1977
Folders 3-4 International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" (Varenna), 1975-1978
Folder 5 Accademia Nazionale Dei Lincei (Rome), 1976
Folder 6 IAU Commission 44 (Grenoble), 1976
Folder 7 Astrophysics Workshop on Astrophysical Environments (Aspen Center for Physics), 1976
Folder 8 SAO/NASM Lecture "New Windows on the Universe," 1976
Folder 9 AAAS Annual Meeting (Boston), 1976
Folder 10 NAS Space Science Symposium (Washington, D.C.), 1976
Folder 11 ESO Workshop "Optical Observations of Compact Galactic X-Ray Sources" (Geneva), 1978
Folder 12 Cospar Working Group #3, 1976
Folder 13 American Physical Society (Washington), 1976
Folder 14 HEAD/AAS (Cambridge), 1976
Folder 15 International School of Astrophysics (Urbino), 1976
Folder 16 "New Windows on the Universe" Boston Museum of Science Lecture Series, 1977
Folder 17 Harvard Center for Earth and Planetary Physics (Cambridge), 1977
Folder 18 Goodspeed-Richards Memorial Lecture - Univ. Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), 1977
Folder 19 NASA Special Tutorial for Noel Hinners, 1977
Folder 20 Radiation Background in Space Workshop (San Francisco), 1977
Folder 21 8th Texas Symposium Article, 1977
Folder 22 MIT Colloquium - Survey of 4U Results (Cambridge), 1977
Folder 23 "Active Nuclei - Missing Mass" - Niels Bohr Institute (Copenhagen), 1977
Folder 24 Tokyo Lectures, 1977
Folder 25 HEAD/AAS (Honolulu), 1977
Folder 26 Joint US/USSR Workshop on Cosmic X-Ray Sources, 1977
Folder 27 Cospar (Tel Aviv), 1977
Folder 28 Summer Courses of the International School of Physics (Enrico Fermi) (Varenna), 1977
Folder 29 ASPRA Colloquium (Boston), 1977
Folder 30 MIT Symposium: SAS-3 (Cambridge), 1977
Folder 31 Cospar/IAU Symposium, 1977
Folder 32 Harvard/MIT Joint Lectures - New Windows in the Universe: X-Ray Astronomy (Cambridge), 1976-1977
Folder 33 American Physical Society Spring Meeting (Washington), 1977
Folder 34 X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Astronomy in the 1980s (Spitzingsee), 1978
Folder 35 Goddard Memorial Symposium (Washington), 1978
Folder 36 Lectures at USSR Space Research Institute (Moscow), 1978
Folder 37 American Association of Variable Star Observers, 1978
Folder 38 HEAD/AAS (La Jolla), 1978
Folder 39 UVA Lecture (Charlottesville), 1978
Folder 40 Princeton Colloquium (Princeton), 1978
Folder 41 Meetings Giacconi Couldn't Attend, 1979
Folder 42 Presentation to Dr. Frosch at NASA, 1979
Folder 43 American Physical Society (Washington), 1979
Folder 44 NAS Space Science Board (Washington), 1979
Folder 45 Goddard Scientific Colloquium (Greenbelt), 1979
Folder 46 AAS (Wellesley), 1979
Folder 47 AAS Council Meeting (Wellesley), 1979
Folder 48 16th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Kyoto), 1979
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Folder 1 IAU (Quebec), 1979
Folder 2 IAU Symposium 92 (Los Angeles), 1979
Folder 3 AIAA "Global Technology 2000" (Baltimore), 1979
Folder 4 Symposium on X-Ray Astronomy (Tokyo), 1979
Folder 5 NATO Advanced Study Institute (Erice), 1979
Folder 6 Meetings Giacconi Could Not Attend, 1980
Folder 7 AAS Council Meeting (San Francisco), 1980
Folder 8 Lecture at University of Rhode Island, 1980
Folder 9 Princeton Colloquium (Princeton), 1980
Folder 10 Harvard Junior Tutorial (Cambridge), 1980
Folder 11 Princeton Workshop "X-Ray Emission from Clusters of Galaxies," 1980
Folder 12 American Physical Society (MIT), 1980
Folder 13 AAS Council Meeting (College Park), 1980
Folder 14 MIT Physics Department Colloquium (Cambridge), 1980
Folder 15 CASW Meeting - New Horizons in Science (Durham), 1980
Folder 16 Milan, 1980
Folders 17-18 Accademia Nazionale Dei Lincei Lectures (Rome), 1980
Folder 19 Royal Astronomical Society Meeting (Cardiff), 1980
Folder 20 Max Planck Institut Colloquium (Munich), 1980
Folder 21 10th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (Baltimore), 1980
Folder 22 Franklin Institute Medal Day Awards (Philadelphia), 1980
Folder 23 University of Utah "Frontiers of Science" Lecture Series (Salt Lake City), 1980
Folder 24 1980 HEAD/AAS Meeting Proceedings, 1980 (Folder 1 of 2)
Folder 25 1980 HEAD/AAS Meeting Proceedings, 1980 (Folder 2 of 2)
Folder 26 1980 HEAD/AAS Meeting Proceedings Correspondence, 1980-1981
Folder 27 Meetings Giacconi Could Not Attend, 1981
Folder 28 AAS Council Meeting (Albuquerque), 1981
Folders 29-30 15th ESLAB Symposium (Amsterdam), 1981
Folder 31 15th ESLAB Symposium Proceedings, 1981
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Folders 1-2 AAS Meeting (Calgary), 1981
Folder 3 158th Meeting of AAS "Dannie Heineman Prize" (Calgary), 1981
Folder 4 Ciclo di Conferenza (Rome), 1981
Folder 5 Ciclo di Conferenza Proceedings (Rome), 1981
Folder 6 IAU 17th General Assembly (Patras), 1981
Folder 7 14th Texas Symposium, 1982
Folder 8 IAU (Bologna), 1984
Folder 9 IAU 20th General Assembly (Baltimore), 1984-1988
Folder 10 IAU Colloquium "Physics of Formation of FeII Lines Outside LTE, 1985
Folder 11 IAU Symposium #124 (Beijing), 1985-1986
Folder 12 IAU Symposium #125 (Nanjing), 1986
Folder 13 IAU Symposium #130, 1986
Folder 14 COSPAR/IAU Symposium of the Physics of Compact Objects (Sofia), 1987
Folder 15 AAS (Boston), 1989
Folder 16 AAS Meeting (Washington, D.C.), 1990
Folder 17 IAU Symposium "Active Galactic Nuclei and Star Formation," 1991
Series 21
Montedison S.p.A., 1985-1988This series deals with Giacconi's time as a consultant for Italian chemical conglomerate, Montedison S.p.A. Giacconi served as President and later Chairman of the Board for the Instituto Donegani, the research arm of Montedison. The series consists of itineraries, meeting agenda, correspondence, brochures, clippings, reports, and organizational documents. Much of this series is in Italian.
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Subseries 21a: Meetings and Visits
This subseries consists of materials relating to the many meetings Giacconi attended and visits that he made during the course of his association with Montedison. The subseries contains itineraries, correspondence, meeting agenda and drafts of presentations.
Folders 18-19 Milan March 14, 1985
Folder 20 Dossier Per Il Convengo Di Washington, 1986
Folders 21-22 Science and Technology Between International Cooperation and Competition, 1986
Folders 23-24 Science and Technology Program, 1986
Folder 25 Milan, March 1987
Folder 26 Le Piste della Ricerca: I Traguardia dell'Europa 2000, April 1987
Folder 27 Milan, June 1987
Folder 28 Milan, July 30, 1987 and April 26, 1987
Folders 29-30 Milan - Osservatorio di Brera, September 1987
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Folder 1 Biospherics Talk, November 9, 1987
Folder 2 Meeting with Professor Conti, November 19, 1987
Folder 3 Talk in Rome, December 9, 1987
Folder 4 Milan Visit, December 1987
Folder 5 Visiting Committee, March 1988
Folder 6 Donegani Visit, March 28-30, 1988
Subseries 21b: Correspondence
This subseries consists of correspondence to and from Giacconi concerning Montedison matters.
Folder 7 Fellowship, 1985-1987
Folder 8 Commtech International, 1986
Folder 9 1986-1987
Folder 10 1987
Folder 11 1988
Subseries 21c: Reports
This subseries contains reports on the research activities undertaken by Instituto Donegani scientists.
Folder 12 Institute Activities, 1986
Folder 13 Progress Reports, 1986-1987
Folder 14 1986 Research Results, 1987
Folder 15 Research Activities, 1987 and undated
Folder 16 Ricerca E Sviluppo del Grupo Montedison, undated
Folder 17 Detection of Distant Galaxy Clusters, 1989
Subseries 21d: Organizational Documents
This subseries consists of documents that outline the structure of Instituto Donegani, its personnel and its budget.
Folder 18 Institute Budget, 1986
Folder 19 Personnel Distribution, 1986
Folder 20 Scientist Directory, 1986
Folder 21 Institute Background, 1987
Folder 22 Corporate Composition, undated
Subseries 21e: Brochures
This subseries contains corporate brochures from Instituto Donegani, Montedison and Dow Chemicals.
Folder 23 Institute Brochure, 1986
Folder 24 1985 Montedison Brochure, 1987
Folder 25 Dow Brochures, 1986-1988
Subseries 21f: Clippings: 1986-1988
This subseries contains clippings about Montedison and Instituto Donegani.
Folder 26 La Chimica and La Industria, 1986
Folder 27 1987-1988
Subseries 21g: Historical Documents: 1987
This subseries contains the facsimile printing of a Renaissance astronomy manuscript by Johannis De Dondis. It seems to have been produced with support from the Montedison company.
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Folder 1 Renaissance Astronomy Manuscript, 1987
Series 22
Correspondence, 1960, 1967, 1969-1992Box 75
Subseries 22a: Chronological Correspondence: 1960, 1967, 1969-1981
This subseries consists of the professional and personal correspondence of Giacconi while at ASE and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. During this period Giacconi maintained his correspondence chronologically, with minimal subject headings.
Folder 2 1960, 1967, 1970-1971
Folder 3 Personal, 1969
Folder 4 Personal, 1970
Folder 5 Personal, 1971
Folder 6 Bruno Rossi, 1971, 1973-1974, 1976-1977, 1979-1980
Folder 7 Personal, 1972
Folder 8 Who's Who Bios, 1972
Folder 9 University Recommendations, 1972
Folder 10 1972-1973
Folder 11 Personal, 1973
Folder 12 Personal ,1973-1978
Folders 13-14 1974
Folder 15 Black Hole "Nuts," 1974
Folders 16-17 1975
Folder 18 1976
Folder 19 1977
Folders 20-21 1978
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Folders 1-2 1979
Folders 3-4 1980
Folder 5 Kipanta, Nestor, 1980-1981
Folders 6-7 1981
Subseries 22b: Alphabetic Correspondence: 1967, 1973-1992
The second subseries of correspondence ranges in time from 1967 to 1992, with the bulk of the material from the years 1981 to 1989. This period corresponds to Giacconi's time as head of the Space Telescope Science Institute. Although it covers his time at STSI, the correspondence does not directly concern his activities there. Much of this subseries consists of letters of recommendation that Giacconi wrote for others.
Folder 8 Abell Cluster Project, 1985
Folder 9 Aeritalia, 1987
Folder 10 Albrecht, Rudolph, 1981-1983
Folder 11 Amateur Astronomers, 1988-1989
Folder 12 Amateur Astronomers of Cortina, 1987
Folder 13 American Association of Variable Star Observers, 1987
Folder 14 Anderson, Peggy, 1985
Folder 15 Ashman, Keith Martin, 1988
Folder 16 Astronomers, Washington Area, 1989
Folder 17 Austin, Arthur, 1984-1985
Folder 18 Avni, Yoram, 1982, 1985
Folder 19 Bahcall, John, 1984, 1987-1990
Folder 20 Baldini, 1985
Folder 21 Barbieri, Cesare, 1988
Folder 22 Beatty, Kelly J., 1985-1986
Folder 23 Bechtold, Jill, 1982, 1984-1985, 1987-1988
Folders 24-25 Beers, Timothy 1979, 1981-1983
Folder 26 Belloni, Tomaso, 1988
Folder 27 Bertola, Francesco, 1986, 1988-1989
Folder 28 Bignami, Giovanni, 1985
Folder 29 Bless, Robert, 1988
Folder 30 Blumenfield, Barry, 1987
Folder 31 Bozzolato, Giampiero, 1984-1987
Folder 32 Boynton, Paul, 1981
Folder 33 Bohringer, Hans, 1990
Folder 34 Brucato, Robert, 1990
Folder 35 Brankuardi-Raymont, Graziella, 1986
Folder 36 Brookings Institute, 1986
Folder 37 Bucciarelli, Beatrice, 1988
Folder 38 Bulkin, Bertram, 1986
Folder 39 Caccia, Jean-Luc, 1988
Folder 40 Calio, Anthony, 1982
Folder 41 Caltech, 1987
Folder 42 Canizares, Claude, 1983
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Folder 1 Cavalieri, Alfonso, 1985-1986
Folder 2 Chincarini, Guido, 1985, 1989-1990
Folder 3 Center for National Policy, 1986
Folder 4 Danziger, I. J., undated
Folder 5 Davies, Roger, 1986
Folder 6 Delvaille, John P., 1981
Folder 7 Dias, R. Bruce, 1981
Folder 8 Disney, Michael, 1984, 1987
Folder 9 Donahue, Tom, 1984, 1987
Folder 10 Dyson, Freeman, 1988
Folder 11 Esposito, Larry, 1983-1984
Folder 12 Fabbiano, Giuseppina, 1988
Folder 13 Fastie, William, 1976, 1982-1983, 1988-1989
Folders 14-15 Feigelson, Eric, 1974-1977, 1979-1982, 1984-1989
Folder 16 Feynman, Richard, 1987
Folder 17 Fermilab Astrophysics Visiting Committee, 1985
Folder 18 Field, George, 1984, 1986-1987, 1989
Folder 19 Forman, William and Christine, 1983
Folder 20 Gallagher, John, 1982
Folder 21 Galli, Mario, 1985
Folder 22 Garwin, Richard ,1988-1989
Folder 23 Giaretta, David, 1988
Folder 24 Gioia, Isabella, 1984
Folder 25 Goldberg, Leo, 1987
Folder 26 Goldberg, Alan, 1981
Folder 27 Greenberg, Richard, 1987-1988
Folder 28 Grindlay, Jonathan, 1979, 1981
Folder 29 Gristina, Anthony, 1987
Folder 30 Gursky, Herb, 1988-1991
Folder 31 Hanle, Paul, 1985, 1987
Folder 32 Halpern, Jules, 1980-1982
Folder 33 Heap, Sarah, 1981, 1988
Folder 34 Heckman, Timothy, 1986
Folder 35 Henry, J. Patrick, 1979-1982
Folder 36 Hillman, Sandy, undated
Folder 37 Holt, Stephen, 1983
Folder 38 Huchra, John, 1983-1984, 1988
Folder 39 Helfand, David, 1982, 1988
Folder 40 Jura, Michael, 1982
Folder 41 Kaiser, Nick, 1986
Folder 42 Kondo, Yoji, 1983
Folder 43 Krolik, Julian, 1987
Folder 44 Kron, Richard, 1988
Folder 45 Kumar, Shailendra, 1986
Folder 46 Kusnose, M. and Takahara F., 1988
Folder 47 Kyoto Prize in Basic Science, 1987
Folder 48 Landolt/Sher Controversy, 1986, 1988
Folder 49 Lang, Serge "The File," 1978-1987
Folder 50 Lattanzi, Mario, 1987-1988
Folder 51 McCray, Richard 1983, 1987-1988
Folder 52 McManus, James, 1992
Folder 53 Maccacaro, Tommaso, 1984-1989
Folder 54 Macauley, Molly, 1989
Folder 55 Macorini, Edgardo, 1987-1988
Folder 56 Margon, Bruce, 1986-1990, 1992
Folder 57 Mahoney, Lonnie, 1983
Folder 58 Mann, Al, 1988
Folder 59 Matilsky, Terry, 1985-1986
Folder 60 Meredith, Leslie, 1985
Folder 61 Miller, Joseph, 1984
Folder 62 Morisawa, Katsuro, 1988
Folder 63 Murray, Steven, 1982, 1986
Folder 64 Mushotzky, Richard, 1983, 1986-1987, 1989
Folder 65 Neugebauer, Garry, 1990
Folder 66 Oda, Minoru, 1986, 1988-1989
Folder 67 O'Dell, C. R., 1983
Folder 68 Oort, Jan, 1984-1985, 1987
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Folder 1 Ostriker, Jerry, 1988-1989
Folder 2 Pacini, Franco, 1985, 1987
Folder 3 Padovani, Paolo, 1988-1989
Folder 4 Poli, Giuseppe, 1985
Folder 5 Primini, Frank "Deep Survey," 1985, 1989
Folder 6 Pringle, James, 1988
Folder 7 Qu, Qinyue - Nanjing, China, 1985
Folder 8 Regge, Tullio, 1986
Folder 9 Robbins, Mark, 1987
Folder 10 Rodriguez, Luis, 1987-1988
Folder 11 Rosenthal, Harris, 1981
Folder 12 Rosner, Robert, 1982, 1984-1985
Folder 13 Ruffini, Remo, 1985, 1987-1988
Folder 14 Rutelli, Giovanni, 1984
Folder 15 Sagdeev, R. G., 1987
Folder 16 Salpeter, Edwin, 1982
Folder 17 Sancisi, Renzo, 1983
Folder 18 Sandage, Allan, 1986-1987, 1991
Folder 19 Schlenger, Jacques, 1985
Folder 20 Schmidt, Maarten, 1989
Folder 21 Schwartz, Dan, 1982
Folder 22 Salvatore, Serio, 1985
Folder 23 Shukla, Poornachandra, undated
Folder 24 Setti, Giancarlo, 1987
Folder 25 Skinner, Thomas, 1986
Folder 26 Smith, James, 1988
Folder 27 Spadolini, Giovanni, 1983
Folder 28 Steglich, Frank, 1996
Folder 29 Stocke, John, 1988
Folder 30 Strobel, Darrell, 1984
Folder 31 Strom, Stephen, 1982, 1988
Folder 32 Sunyaev, Rashid, 1989
Folder 33 Tananbaum, Harvey, 1980, 1988-1989
Folder 34 Taraglio, Sergio, 1987-1989
Folder 35 Trimble, Virginia, 1983 (?)
Folder 36 Tsuruta, Sachiko, 1984
Folder 37 Tucker, Wallace, 1967, 1973-1977, 1980-1981, 1983
Folder 38 Timothy, Adrienne, 1982, 1984
Folder 39 Tosi, Camillo, 1988
Folder 40 Tosi, Monica, 1985-1986
Folder 41 Ulmer, Melville, 1982, 1987
Folders 42-43 Vaiana, Giuseppe, 1982, 1985-1989, 1991
Folder 44 Van Speybroeck, Leon, 1986, 1988-1989
Folder 45 Visa Applications, 1985, 1987
Folder 46 Wanglin, Sharon, 1985
Folder 47 Weisskopf, Martin, 1986, 1988
Folder 48 Wenk, Jane, 1987
Folder 49 Westphal, James, 1983
Folder 50 Whitting Turner Construction Co., 1985
Folder 51 Wolf Prize, 1987
Folder 52 Wood, H. John, 1984
Folder 53 Wyse, Rosemary, 1987
Folder 54 Yahil, Amos, 1982
Folder 55 Young Presidents' Organization, 1986-1987
Folder 56 Zamorani, Gianni (Giovanni), 1985-1989
Series 23
Publications, 1956-1966, 1971-1981, 1983, 1992This series consists of publications that are not specifically tied to any institute to which Giacconi belonged. Most of the publications are on a more general level than those found in other series. There are a number of summary articles on the then current state of x-ray astronomy and the rough drafts of two separate books on x-ray astronomy, one in 1974, and one in 1983. There is also a folder of preprints in Russian, presumably about x-ray astronomy.
Box 78
Folders 57-58 Giacconi Articles, 1956-1966
Box 79
Folder 1 Russian Preprints, 1957, 1966, 1973-1978
Folder 2 Scientific American, 1967
Folders 3-4 X-Ray Astronomy Book Correspondence, 1969-1980
Folder 5 X-Ray Astronomy Book Legal Documents, 1969-1970, 1972-1973, 1976-1979
Folder 6 The Physics Teacher "X-Ray Astronomy," 1971-1973
Folder 7 Science - "X-Ray Astronomy: Observations of New Phenomena," 1972
Folder 8 Physics Today - "Progress in X-Ray Astronomy," 1973
Folder 9 Astrophysical Journal - Correspondence, 1973
Folder 10 X-Ray Astronomy Book - Permissions, 1973-1974
Folder 11 X-Ray Astronomy Book Chap. 1 Galley Proofs and Permissions, 1974
Folder 12 X-Ray Astronomy Book Chap. 2 Galley Proofs and Permissions, 1974
Folder 13 X-Ray Astronomy Book Chap. 3 Galley Proofs and Permissions, 1974
Folder 14 X-Ray Astronomy Book Chap. 4 Galley Proofs and Permissions, 1974
Folder 15 X-Ray Astronomy Book Chap. 5 Galley Proofs and Permissions, 1974
Folder 16 X-Ray Astronomy Book Chap. 6 Galley Proofs and Permissions, 1974
Folder 17 X-Ray Astronomy Book Chap. 7 Galley Proofs and Permissions, 1974
Folder 18 X-Ray Astronomy Book Chap. 8 Galley Proofs and Permissions, 1974
Folder 19 X-Ray Astronomy Book Chap. 9 Galley Proofs and Permissions, 1974
Folder 20 X-Ray Astronomy Book Chap. 10 Galley Proofs and Permissions, 1974
Folder 21 X-Ray Astronomy Book Index and Appendices Galley Proofs and Permissions, 1974
Folder 22 X-Ray Astronomy Book Foreword Draft, 1974
Folder 23 X-Ray Astronomy Book Chap. 1 Draft, 1974
Folder 24 X-Ray Astronomy Book Chap. 2 Draft, 1974
Folder 25 X-Ray Astronomy Book Chap. 3 Draft, 1974
Folder 26 X-Ray Astronomy Book Chap. 4 Draft, 1974
Folder 27 X-Ray Astronomy Book Chap. 5 Draft, 1974
Folder 28 X-Ray Astronomy Book Chap. 6 Draft, 1974
Folder 29 X-Ray Astronomy Book Chap. 7 Draft, 1974
Box 80
Folder 1 X-Ray Astronomy Book Chap. 8 Draft, 1974
Folder 2 X-Ray Astronomy Book Chap. 9 Draft, 1974
Folder 3 X-Ray Astronomy Book Chap. 10 Draft, 1974
Folder 4 X-Ray Astronomy Book Appendix A Draft and Galley Proof, 1974
Folder 5 X-Ray Astronomy Book Appendix B Draft and Galley Proof, 1974
Folder 6 X-Ray Astronomy Book Appendix C Draft and Galley Proof, 1974
Folder 7 X-Ray Astronomy Book Index Draft and Galley Proof, 1974
Folder 8 "X-Ray Astronomy" in High Energy Astrophysics and Its Relation to Elementary Particle Physics, 1974
Folder 9 Review of Modern Physics - Correspondence, 1974-1975
Folder 10 Kosmos - "X-Ray Astronomy," 1974-1975
Folder 11 Science Year - "High Energy Astronomy," 1975
Folder 12 American Journal of Physics - "Richtmeyer Memorial Lecture: Progress in X-Astronomy," 1975-1976
Folder 13 Edizioni Scientifiche E Tecniche - "X-Ray Astronomy," 1975-1976
Folder 14 Science Year - "High Energy Astronomy," 1976
Folder 15 Science Year - "High Energy Astronomy," 1977
Folder 16 Physica Scripta - "Extragalactic X-Ray Sources," 1977
Folder 17 Princeton University Press Correspondence, 1977
Folder 18 Harvard University Press Correspondence re: X-Ray Astronomy Book, 1977, 1979-1981
Folder 19 Science Year - "High Energy Astronomy," 1978
Folder 20 American Scientist Correspondence, 1978
Folder 21 Plenum Publishing Correspondence, 1978
Folder 22 Correspondence re: Review Articles, 1978, 1980-1981
Folder 23 Italian Translations, 1978-1981
Folder 24 Science Year - "High Energy Astronomy," 1979
Folder 25 Scientific American - "X-Ray Astronomy," 1979
Folder 26 Review "L'observation des etoiles doubles visuelles," 1979
Folder 27 Cambridge Press Correspondence, 1980
Folder 28 Energy and Technology Review, 1980
Folder 29 Museoscienza "L'Astronomia in Raggi X," 1981
Folder 30 Rough Draft of X-Ray Astronomy Book, 1983
Folder 31 G.S. Vaiana Memorial Lecture, c. 1992
Series 24
X-Ray Astronomy, 1974-1975, 1978, 1982, and undatedThis series consists of materials on x-ray astronomy that do not fit with any other series. There are two audiotapes of lectures, two research notebooks, and three folders of clippings.
Box 80
Folder 32 Oggi Article, 1974
Folder 33 Clippings, 1978
Folder 34 Clipping "The Universe in X-Rays," 1982
Folder 35 Research Notebooks, undated
Folder 36 Audiotape "Advances in X-Ray Astronomy," 1974
Folder 37 Audiotape Richtmyer Memorial Lecture, 1975
Box 83
Folder 2 Oversize Photos, undated
Series 25
Appointment Calendars, 1966-1981, 1990-1992This series consists of Giacconi's appointment calendars. There is a gap from 1982 through 1989, which would cover most of his time at the Space Telescope Science Institute.
Box 81
Folder 1 1966
Folder 2 1967
Folder 3 1968
Folder 4 1969
Folder 5 1970
Folder 6 1971
Folder 7 1972
Folder 8 1973
Folder 9 1974
Folder 10 1975
Folder 11 1976
Folder 12 1977
Folder 13 1978
Folder 14 1979
Folder 15 1979-1981
Folders 16-17 1980
Folders 18-19 1981
Folder 20 1990
Folder 21 1991
Folder 22 1992
Series 26
Personal Materials, 1961, 1969, 1975-1981, 1985, 1987, 1992This series consists of assorted personal materials that relate to Giacconi's personal rather than professional life. The series consists of correspondence, brochures, reports, blueprints, and audio and video tapes.
Box 81
Folder 23 Assorted, 1975-1981
Folder 24 University of Milan Blueprints, undated
Folder 25 Conseil General des Peche Pour La Mediterrannee, 1961
Box 82
Folder 1 Underwater Equipment Brochures, 1969, 1976-1977, 1979
Folder 2 Falmouth Waste Management Impact Statement, 1979
Folder 3 Video - ABC World News, December 25, 1985
Folder 4 Video - Chair Construction, undated
Folder 5 Audio - Lecture (?) in Italian, undated
Folder 6 Audio - Megabit, August 1, 1987
Series 27
Awards, 1967, 1971-1972, 1980, 1986-1987This series consists of awards that Giacconi received in recognition of his scientific achievements. The Nobel Prize is not among them.
Box 83
Folder 1 Uhuru, computer output printouts, 1977 (described with Subseries 3l but stored here as oversize items)
Folder 2 Oversize Photos, undated (described with Series 24 but stored here as oversize items)
Folder 3 Outstanding Young Man of Boston, 1967
Folder 4 A. Cressy Morrison Award, 1982
Folder 5 Roentgen Prize, 1971
Folder 6 NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement for SAS-A (Uhuru), 1971
Folder 7 NASA Public Service Medal for X-Ray Astronomy Research, 1972
Folder 8 NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement for HEAO-2, 1980
Folder 9 Election to International Academy of Astronautics, 1986
Box 84
Citation for Wolf Prize in Physics, 1987
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